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New Jersey is Ground Zero: Black Leaders Take Aim at an Unlikely Adversary
May 7, 2021 May 28, 2021 The Positive Community Magazine
Courtesy of The New Jersey Black Economic Justice Coalition
New Jersey, a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans two-to-one, has suddenly be-come a battleground state in the minds of local and national social justice and Black business leaders.
New Jersey is Ground Zero for Economic Injustice
In four virtual town hall meetings organized by Rev. Dr. David Jefferson, pastor of the iconic Metropolitan Baptist Church in Newark; and Jacob Walthour, CEO of Newark's Blueprint Capital Advisors, some of the nation's most powerful business, media, and social justice leaders, including National Urban League President Marc Morial, Rev. Al Sharpton of National Action Network, Radio Host/Social Justice Leader Jennifer Jones Austin, Nationally Syndicated Talk Show Host Roland Martin, Money Manager John Rogers and billionaire Robert Smith, CEO of Vista Equity Partners have voiced support for the effort to create sustainable Black communities, and in addition, sent messages to the democratic establishment. They believe the Black vote must not be given away cheaply to the governor or any other elected official in New Jersey.
"It is imperative we use this moment in time where there is an awareness. We can change this dynamic. We can change the wealth dynamic in our community and the time is now," said Smith.
An Unlikely Adversary
These leaders are not fighting their traditional adversary, the Republican Party, and its orbit of conservative minded party leaders like Senator Mitch McConnell and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
The administration of Governor Phil Murphy has been under attack from local civil rights groups and cler-gy on a number of issues including school segregation, COVID-19 vaccine distribution, marijuana decriminal-ization, and the administration's refusal to release data detailing how much business it does with Black busi-nesses. They feel the governor made promises during his campaign, but has betrayed the very community that elected him to office in 2017 when he received 94% of the Black vote.
Democratic leaders such as State Senate President Stephen Sweeney and former New Jersey Black Caucus Leader Ronald Rice have responded with commitments to sponsor legislation to bring about government ac-countability and economic parity.
Silence among Murphy and Democrats
According to Walthour, the Murphy Administration has not offered any support for the town halls or developed a plan for Black communities like Newark, where over one-third of the population lives in poverty. A number of Black elected officials, community, and business lead-ers have declined to participate in the town halls, which over 50,000 consumers on Facebook, YouTube, and other streaming platforms have seen.
"The unwillingness of some leaders to join us and their silence on these important economic issues can only be attributed to their fear of retribution from Murphy and the prioritization of their own self-interests over that of their constituencies," said Walthour.
He knows firsthand the power of the Murphy administration's threats and their willingness to deliver on them. His firm has filed a federal lawsuit in New Jersey against Governor Murphy, Division of Investment Director Co-rey Amon, Chief of Staff George Helmy, and others who he alleges have discriminated against his firm and others owned by Blacks and women. When he complained about the unlawful treatment, the state defendants retaliated by refusing to honor his contract and directly reaching out to his clients in order to interfere in those relationships.
Both Senators Rice and Sweeney have been vocal about the need for the Murphy administration to address the Blueprint legal matter, which is now becoming a central issue in the 2021 election. Murphy has denied any wrongdoing, but attorneys representing the state have refused to turn over emails and other documents Walthour says will prove his firm's allegations.
"Phil Murphy and his staff think they can treat Black people any way they want. We are placing our faith in the court system to do the right things like releasing the public documents because he won't," exclaimed Walthour. "If his staff is telling the truth then he should not fear producing public documents," he concluded.
Sharpton's Sharp Warning
The National Action Network's Rev. Al Sharpton kicked off the latest meeting with a direct call for Black voters in New Jersey and elsewhere to make economic parity an election issue. "Not enough focus has been put on the fact that many of those who are running for office in New Jersey this year can promise charity but not parity," said Sharpton. "We are giving our votes away too cheaply. You cannot have us elect you and then you do business in a segregated way," he said. "We should not deal with folks who are not in business with us. If you are not in business with us, then you have business with those that may be adversarial to our interests; you ought to go get your votes from them," Sharpton concluded.
Jefferson, who also serves as New Jersey president of National Action Network and legal counsel to Blueprint, is spearheading the plan. He said, "We will draft a pledge to get every elected official to make a commitment to economic justice legislation before individuals vote for them." Jefferson and Walthour have created the New Jersey Black Economic Justice Coalition, which will host events including additional town halls, debates, and rallies to educate and inspire Black communities to fight for their share of the economic pie in the state.
Access to Capital Is Access to Opportunity
While Sharpton focused on the political solution, the billionaire private equity investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith focused on the financial and technological needs of Black businesses who struggle to scale without access to capital from banks, pension funds, and other financial institutions. Smith also warned that the near future would require businesses to digitize, modernize, and use soft-ware in order to thrive in the "new economy." According to Smith, over 70% of Black communities do not have a bank branch. He also discussed the US pension system including state, local, and federal monies, which has a total of $19 trillion in assets. Smith said despite the significant contributions by Black teachers and other public employees, Black asset professionals manage less than 1%.
"The access to capital is access to opportunity. It has been something our community has been starved of," said Smith. "If we don't have access to the banks and the banking system to support the financial architecture and we don't have access to managing capital to drive the re-turns of that capital into our infrastructure, we will continue to starve the infrastructure of our community."
It's Our Money
Nationally Syndicated Talk Show Host Roland Martin has moderated two of the panels. He leveraged Smith's comments and added, "For folks who are watching, that may have gone over their heads when you say $19 trillion in pension funds. If you know somebody who is a teacher or a firefighter, a police officer—they could be a secretary or an administrative assistant for the state or federal government— they all have pensions. It is estimated that 40% of people who are part of the pension system in New Jersey are African American," Martin said. "And so what's happening is we have white folks at every level managing, directing, and controlling those funds."
Sharpton remarked, "What effectively happens is white developers go to pension funds to borrow money to do their development. They take that money, go into the communities and do their development. So grand-ma's pension is being used to gentrify grandma out of her own community." Martin added, "And, so essential-ly, the work of Black people, everyday Black people, is funding all these things across the country and largely white people are benefiting and becoming billionaires and millionaires.
Institutional Barriers Must Be Addressed
Racial and Social Justice Advocate, Radio Host, Chair of the New York City Racial Justice Commission, and daughter of legendary pastor and civil rights leader William Augustus Jones, Jennifer Jones Austin brought attention to the public policies, laws, and methods that government agencies use to systematically exclude Black businesses from winning government contracts. "We need to break down the structural and institutional barriers," said Austin. "If you get it into the laws, it becomes the way things have to be done. Fifty to sixty percent of our households have women as primary breadwinners who have depressed wages. Our children are growing up in poverty and we don't have enough to make ends meet. They can't even think about raising the capital to take ad-vantage of some of these wealth building opportunities.
John Rogers, the nation's longest standing Black asset manager, said that institutions must consider Black law firms and accounting firms and stop considering Black people only qualified for janitorial, construction, and catering contracts. He believes the focus of the economic justice movement has to extend beyond government and must target hospitals, universities, and museums that re-ceive federal funds to make sure those institutions have contracts with Black businesses.
"We have to get these institutions to do the right thing," said Rogers. "We need to get those contracts. The fight for Black business and economic survival is now. I'd say it's a modern-day Jim Crow. Black and Brown people get to do catering and construction, which are import-ant, while the White guys get all of the other opportuni-ties in private equity and hedge funds and technology to become billionaires."
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Punchestown Festival Betting
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Punchestown Festival Travel
Punchestown Racecourse is located about three miles from Naas in County Kildare – a 45-minute drive from Dublin, and about an hour's drive from Dublin Airport.
The National Hunt Festival at Punchestown will be held from Tuesday, 22 April to 26 April. You can expect a record turn-out, so buy your Punchestown Festival tickets early!
Getting to Punchestown Racecourse
By Bus from Dublin
On Punchestown race days, Bus Eireann operates a service from Bus Aras (on Store Street) in central Dublin to the Punchestown Racecourse. For bus schedule information, call Bus Eireann on 01 836 6111.
By Bus from Dublin Airport
On race days and for the duration of the National Hunt Festival, a special bus service runs from the airport to Punchestown Racecourse. A one-way trip costs €15. With as many as 100,000 spectators expected to attend the 2008 festival, it's recommended that you pre-book a seat.
During the Punchestown Festival, buses depart from the airport at 9.30, 10.00, 10.30 and 11:00am on Tuesday, 24 April and at 10.00 and 11.00am on other race days. On each day of the festival, the bus service runs back to Dublin Airport at 7.15pm. For more information about the bus service, you can phone 00 353 56 8831106.
By Car from Dublin (about 26 miles)
Punchestown Racecourse is situated 37km south of Dublin. From the M50 motorway, exit onto N7 Junction 9. At the R445 Junction with the M7, turn left onto the R445 to Naas. Continue to the centre of Naas on the R411. At the first set of traffic lights, turn left onto the R410. Drive for about 2 miles and then turn right onto Woolpack Road at the crossroads. Drive for about another mile, and Punchestown Racecourse will be on your left.
Punchestown Festival travel distance from Cork is about 142 miles. The racecourse is about 129 miles from Belfast.
Who will you back at the Punchestown Festival? Check our Punchestown Festival betting tips before placing your bets.
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Green Bay Packers re-sign backup QB Scott Tolzien to new one-year deal
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The Green Bay Packers made free agency headlines by re-signing wide receiver Randall Cobb, and they are continuing to maintain their offensive depth with the re-signing of backup quarterback Scott Tolzien.
Randall Cobb resigns – Green Bay Packers re-sign wide receiver to four-year, $40 million contract
Brad Jones released – Packers release linebacker after six seasons
Mike McCarthy – Packers head coach believes his team was the best in the NFL
The Packers have given Tolzien a one-year, $1.35 million contract.
Tolzien has been with the Packers for two seasons, and he started out on the practice squad before being promoted to the roster in 2013 and eventually becoming a temporary starter.
He was brought back in 2014 as the third-string quarterback behind Matt Flynn, but Flynn may be on his way out since his contract is also expired.
Tolzien has been expected to become Rodgers' primary backup for a while, and it may be his time now that he has experience in the Packers offense.
Pro Football Talk announced the Packers re-signing their backup on Twitter.
New deal for Scott Tolzien means Matt Flynn's out in Green Bay http://t.co/LvPZC2ijHf
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) March 8, 2015
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> Bennett invites Merkel to visit Israel
Bennett invites Merkel to visit Israel
Prime Minister Bennett speaks to German Chancellor, who called to congratulate him on the formation of a government and assuming office.
Ben Ariel
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Angela Merkel Naftali Bennett Germany-Israel
Naftali Bennett Koby Gideon/GPO
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke on Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who called to congratulate him on the formation of a government and assuming office.
The Prime Minister thanked her and referred to the new spirit in Israel and the opportunity to strengthen bilateral ties.
Prime Minister Bennett expressed appreciation for Germany's commitment to the security of Israel and for supporting Israel's right to self-defense during Operation Guardian of the Walls. The Prime Minister invited Chancellor Merkel to visit Israel.
While Germany and Israel are considered close allies, Merkel and former Prime MIinster Benjamin Netanyahu had some differences, mostly around the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Merkel has several times insisted that the "two-state solution" is the best way to end the Israel-PA conflict while criticizing Israel over its construction in Judea and Samaria.
At a Government-to-Government meeting in Berlin in December 2012, Merkel and Netanyahu "agreed to disagree" over Israeli construction in areas the PA claims for a future state. |
Even though the 'Jaffe Memo' represents conspirators 'red handed', as it were, it is hard to imagine that anyone would actually try to implement the things on the memo, let alone actually be able to pull it off.
While there is no question that Jaffe, Berelson, etc, were deliberating over a multitude of options, which itself gives us insight into their twisted minds, the more pressing matter is whether or not any of their ruminations came to fruition. There are three areas that would need to be investigated to settle that question. 1., Just what did Planned Parenthood decide and 2., Did they ever manage to implement their decision and 3., Did it 'work'?
As the reader can imagine, anyone who chooses to act on a population control agenda doesn't really want anyone to know the details. It will have to be re-packaged. The documents that lay bare the real agenda must not be allowed to see the light of day. But, it has been said, "by their fruits you will know them." It is fair to say that even without a series of 'smoking guns' the maxim, 'where there is smoke, there is fire' has legitimacy.
Below, are links and sources that address each of those three areas. More to come, as time permits, and as research unfolds.
1. What did they decide?
International Planned Parenthood begins its "Operation Countdown" in 1974
2. Did they attempt to implement it?
3. Did it work?
Overall Goal of the Memo (de-population):
People 65+ to Outnumber Children Under 5
America's Birthrate is Now a National Emergency
"The new birth rate numbers are out, and they're a disaster. There are now only 59.6 births per 1,000 women, the lowest rate ever recorded in the United States. Some of the decrease is due to good news, which is the continuing decline of teen pregnancies, but most of it is due to people getting married later and choosing to have fewer children."
Memo Point: "Encourage Increased Homosexuality"
"Sex is nature's way—coercive, prankish, and pleasurable–of ensuring survival of the species. But in eras of overpopulation, those pleasures spill into a multitude of directions to slow or halt procreation—which is why I maintain that homosexuality is not a violation of natural law but its fulfillment, when history wills it." (See also.)
Homosexuality as Population Control? Why Gays & Lesbians Are Essential to the Balance of Nature.
Memo Point: "Discourage Home Ownership."
Home ownership Increasingly Difficult For Average Americans [2016]
Home ownership at a 48 year low [2016]
"Figures from the St. Louis Fed showed a homeownership rate of 63.5 percent. The last time it was lower was in 1967." [editor: the 'Jaffe Memo' was penned in 1969.]
And there are plenty of policies that could help close that gap, whether from the left or from the right. Not just pro-maternity policies, but also policies that encourage healthy child-rearing, like child tax credits, family savings accounts, and tax-free children savings accounts. Or education reforms that would make fewer parents feel that they have to pony up for private school to give their kids a decent shot at life. Perhaps one of the biggest things we could do is to reduce the countless state and local regulations that make housing expensive.
Memo Point: "Restructure family (Postpone or avoid marriage)"
This is the end of marriage, capitalism and God. Finally!
To sort:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-23/want-to-slow-climate-change-stop-having-babies-bioethicist-travis-rieder-says
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-10-05/countries-where-the-most-young-adults-live-with-their-parents
Without job and income security, the authors warn, young adults could postpone reaching traditional markers of adulthood. Poor economic prospects could begin to affect health, fertility, crime and even "social cohesion." |
ALTON, Telecom operators in Nigeria suspend access to Twitter
Home » News » ALTON, Telecom operators in Nigeria suspend access to Twitter
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has suspended access to Twitter.
A statement jointly signed by ALTON chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo and executive secretary, Gbolahan Awonuga, and released this morning June 5, stated that the suspension was based on a directive by the telecommunications industry regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
The statement titled 'Order to Suspend Access to Twitter', reads
"We, The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) wish to confirm that our members have received formal instructions from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the industry regulator to suspend access to Twitter.
ALTON has conducted a robust assessment of the request in accordance with internationally accepted principles.
Based on national interest provisions in the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003, and within the licence terms under which the industry operates; our members have acted in compliance with the directives of the Nigerian Communications Commisison (NCC) the industry regulator.
We remain committed to supporting the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and upholding the rights of citizens.
As an industry, we endorse the position of the United Nations that the rights held by people offline must also be protected online. This includes respecting and protecting the rights of all people to communicate, to share information freely and responsibly, and to enjoy privacy and security regarding their data and their use of digital communications"
The Federal government on Friday, June 4, announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter's operations in Nigeria. The suspension came days after the micro-blogging site deleted President Buhari's tweet referencing the civil war.
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Spanish non-profits must work harder to integrate digital into fundraising
Regular givers and donors provide half of the third sector's income in Spain, but charities must work harder to integrate digitalisation into their fundraising, according to the Spanish Fundraising Association (AEFr) .
The main income drivers globally and nationally were discussed at the association's event Fundraising Radiography, Trends and Visions of the Future in Barcelona in December. Building on the findings of the recent The Reality of the Partner 2019 study, the event explored the role of regular givers as the main source of individual donations for non-profit organisations in Spain, incentivised in part by the ease of giving via Direct Debit.
The Reality of the Partner study showed that 9 out of 10 Spaniards have supported a non-profit organisation in some way and 2 out of 10 donate regularly. More than €500 million was raised through donations from both regular givers and donors in 2018 across the 16 organisations that collaborated in the study, including Action against Hunger, SOS Children's Villages Spain, and Amnesty International. These contributions represented 49% of the 16 charities' income, with private contributions on an upward trend.
In fact, additional data presented at the event from IFM Forum, an international study of fundraising by the 15 largest INGOs in the world, showed that Spain attracted the largest number of recurring donations in 2018, recording a total of 348,000 new regular givers, with face-to-face and telemarketing remaining the main recruitment channels.
However, the event also highlighted that the country's non-profits are playing catch up with other nations when it comes to the development of digital channels.
In addition to analysing both global and Spanish fundraising data, trends and visions for the future were discussed with contributions from Óscar Cereijido Ferreira, Business Director of the Institut de Formació Continua Universitat de Barcelona and Jaime Gregori, president of the AEFr, who said that "the fundraising sector in Spain has to work to maintain and increase collaboration of regular givers, but also to integrate digitalisation into fundraising to meet social challenges and have a greater impact on society."
The event included a roundtable on marketing and digital fundraising, with Sergi Pallarès, co-founder and CEO of StockCrowd, and Juan Pablo Sánchez, founder and CEO of A Small Job. Other sessions saw Nerea Plaza, responsible for the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Projects of AGBAR, and David Camps, DKV Integralia Foundation's Director of Communication and Marketing, discuss company and NGO collaboration, and Julián Pindado, associate account Director of Kantar, and Ana Lisbona Bañuelos, doctor of Psychology and Professor of Social Psychology at UNED, give a talk on the motivations and profile of donors. |
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Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro Has now Obtained EEC Certification: With Snapdragon 898
By Habib on November 7, 2021 NEWS, PHONES, Xiaomi
The Qualcomm official website launched the 2021 Snapdragon Technology Summit page, which will be held from November 30 to December 2, 2021.
Judging from the recent news, manufacturers including Honor, Xiaomi, Vivo, Samsung, Motorola, OPPO, Huawei, ZTE, Asus, Black Shark, Lenovo, Nubia, Realme, OnePlus, Sharp, and other manufacturers all have the opportunity to get the first batch. , Even some manufacturers can compete for the first.
According to previous information, Xiaomi expects to hold a press conference at the end of this year or early 2022 to launch the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro series flagship mobile phone and is expected to launch the Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 SoC.
The news revealed that the Mi 12 series will adopt a new packaging process, equipped with an LTPO adaptive refresh rate screen, support 1-120Hz adaptive refresh rate adjustment, and standard 120W wired fast charging, using a hyperboloid centered single hole screen, and under-screen Fingerprints, etc.
Existing netizens have discovered that the Mi 12 series will also be launched simultaneously in the global market. The global versions of Mi 12 and 12 Pro (2201122G & 2201123G) have now obtained EEC certification, which indicates that the global launch of the Mi 12 series is imminent, even far away. Far earlier than last year's global conference time. In addition, the Xiaomi Mi 12 with a model number of 2201122G has also obtained India BIS certification before or will be released in India together with Redmi Note 11 Pro/Pro +.
The Snapdragon 898 chip is expected to use Samsung's 4nm process, with a new dual Part 3400 architecture, and equipped with Adreno 730 GPU. In addition, the Snapdragon 898 chip has a total of eight cores. The base frequency shown in the list is 1.79GHz. Mass production and frequency increase will increase performance while increasing power consumption.
At present, manufacturers that have the opportunity to release or even launch a new generation of Snapdragon flagship platforms include Samsung, Lenovo, Motorola, Xiaomi, Huawei, Vivo, OPPO, etc., and mobile phones equipped with Snapdragon 898 chips are expected to be launched years ago.
Read Also: Xiaomi Mi 12: Equipped With Snapdragon 898, May Be released on Nov 30
Weibo blogger previously leaked an engineering machine equipped with the Snapdragon 898 chip, showing that it is equipped with the SM8450 chip. The core frequencies are 1 x 3.0GHz, 3 x 2.50GHz, 4 x 1.79GHz, and the GPU is Adreno. 730.
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Science Comics: Polar Bears
Survival on the Ice
Author: written by Jason Viola; illustrated by Zack Giallongo
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Head out to the Arctic and learn about polar bears in this volume of Science Comics, Survival on the Ice, an action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers!
Do you have what it takes to live in one of the harshest places in the world? What if you had just a couple years to gain the knowledge you'll need to survive on your own? Join two curious polar bear cubs as they play, hunt, and navigate life in the Arctic. With each season, they learn polar bear biology and behavior, as well as strategies and skills that will help them thrive in a landscape that is rapidly changing beyond their control. Living with super insulated bodies in a world that's melting? For polar bears, keeping cool is the name of the game!
Get ready to explore the depths of the ocean, the farthest reaches of space, and everything in between! These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, Science Comics is for you!
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The Revenant: Revelatory and Remarkable
At the core of this grim film about pain, loss and revenge, The Revenant is a story about steel-cored adventurers whose every day is full of extreme but self-imposed hardships. This film, a fictionalized account of the story of actual 19th century fur trapper Hugh Glass, shows better than any other the brutal conditions under which fur trappers lived on North America's frontier. Nature is a living, breathing, bloody-clawed character in this film, as much a part of the cast as Leonardo DiCaprio or Tom Hardy. Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography is stunning: he captures both nature's grandeur and man's brutality in this film.
Stories in which characters face extreme adversity allow actors to emote more dramatically, showing not only their acting ability but also their willingness to suffer for their art. When an epic is directed, shot, acted and edited this masterfully, the arc of the story, the flow of action, the building of character and the depth of each loss all reverberate more intensely within the viewer's heart.
The Revenant overflows with evident extremes: constant cold (which left the actors courting hypothermia and frostbite more than once); bloody brutality; heaving, spitting, screaming vengeance; terrifying physical danger; a highly protective mother bear; hand-to-hand combat between invading white trackers and indigenous Native Americans; horses undergoing the worst possible disasters; even creatures seeking respite in the dead bodies of other creatures. It is to the great credit of the cast, and DiCaprio and Hardy in particular, that these characters feel not like strutting caricatures of good and evil but like actual human beings.
The scenes involving closeups that show flickers of the subtlest emotions are as thrilling as those involving CGI bears, horses or eviscerations. Hardy is almost unrecognizable, not only because of the facial hair and prosthetic scalped pate but also because of his quirky accent with its unexpected twangs and turns. His character is thoroughly unlikable, but also so uneasy that we can never trust ourselves to know him or anticipate his next move. Despicable as his actions may be, his motivations are clear, yet he leaves us perpetually off our guard. This keeps this long, intense movie from sinking under the weight of his character's badness. In a year that also saw him give laudable performances in Mad Max: Fury Road and in Legend, the brutal but entertaining story of London's deranged mobsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray, Hardy's stunning portrayal of brooding, bloody John Fitzgerald in The Revenant is a career highlight.
After giving so many fine performances in his long career, Leonardo DiCaprio truly earned his Oscar for The Revenant. I was first moved by him when he was a talented teen giving stunning performances in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? and This Boy's Life. With the exception of Titanic, which I thought elicited some of his and Kate Winslet's worst performances, I've watched his career unfold with great pleasure. His role in The Revenant has all the Oscar-friendly elements—the physical hardship, extremes of pain, fear, loss and vengeance—but it also requires that we utterly believe in the living, breathing reality of his character's plight, and that we want to stay with him through each new horror despite our own great discomfort.
If the story were just about a wronged man seeking vengeance, we might grow tired of the chase or grow to hate the man who seeks revenge, but this long saga, which focuses heavily on DiCaprio during long solitary scenes, lets us feel and sympathize with the reasons behind his vengeance. We sense his great pain, his loss and his essential decency because Leo insists that we do. DiCaprio's character must impress us with his fortitude and his ability to surmount the nearly insurmountable, time and time again, but in order to care about him we must be constantly reminded of his vulnerability, and no actor today is better able to display alternating vulnerability and quick-on-his-feet mental resourcefulness than Leonardo DiCaprio.
Director Alejandro González Iñárritu's treatment of the story incorporates scenes of silent, lyrical natural beauty in the sweeping manner of director Terrence Malick. The two share the ability to step back from an engrossing, intense situation and remind us of the environment in which it takes place, allowing the audience to breathe. They let us rebalance ourselves to better evaluate the mental states of the characters to whom we feel so closely drawn. These directors share a penchant for magical realism and sensual naturalism, something that was evident in Iñárritu's award-winning direction of the fantastical (and Oscar-winning) film The Birdman. That film was alternately claustrophobic and expansive, with the most explosive and off-putting scenes taking place within the confines of a theater, and the true expression of the main character taking place during bursts of real or imagined flight. In The Birdman, Iñárritu allows us to believe that a man can feel trapped and caged while alone in a barren landscape or free to fly while sitting cross-legged in a tiny theater dressing room, his mind miles away from his levitating body.
The Birdman threatened always to drift away into the realms of the irrational while simultaneously forcing the audience and the characters to face life's real limitations and gravitational pull. The Revenant explores what it's like to be bound to earth by pain, determination and oppressive nature while being urged forward by elements of the indomitable human spirit that are eternal, ineffable and stronger than gravity: one human being's love for another, and a determination that even death might be conquered in order to honor and hold onto the spirits of those whom we have loved and lost.
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The Amorous Adventures of Bigfoot
Above: A classic story of Bigfoot's sexcapades from the late, lamented Weekly World News
There's apparently a burgeoning market for a type of writing that could likely make me a tidy living if I didn't mind writing sketchy, skeevy stories for money: it's mythical creature erotica. I could even customize it for different localities and sell it in downloadable format on Amazon. Numerous enterprising young writers are making living wages by doing just that for an array of erotic niche markets: Minotaur erotica, troll porn, stories of hot and heavy encounters with dinosaurs and the ever-popular stories of scantily clad 40-foot-tall women running amok. (The market for stories about giant women is apparently surprisingly large according to David Sedaris.) If I wrote naughty Seattle-based mythical creature stories, I think the first one would have to begin like this:
"Brooke's heaving bosom strained at the zipper of her olive green REI hoodie. Her pegged jeans were ripped and frayed, and she'd already lost a grande flat white AND a Teva sandal in the tussle with the eight-foot-tall beast. Drizzle was falling on the sculpture park, and the musky fur of the hairy behemoth who had dragged her away from the rhododendrons and toward the water began to curl in the damp air. She twisted and turned in the monster's grip, and as he held her aloft, the big-footed brute was momentarily blinded by the glare from her septum ring which dazzled his monstrously large yet limpid eyes.
'Ooook! Ook hmmmurgle' he growled and grumbled, his breath reeking of salmon. He pulled her down hard into his chest, then fumbled for her iPhone. Grabbing it roughly from her hands before she could text her yoga teacher to ask for help, Sasquatch hurled Brooke's last connection to civilization into Elliott Bay before he flung her over his matted shoulder with his huge, hirsute arms. Her asymmetrical lavender hair flew into his face, her tattooed fists bashed and battered his hot, hairy back, but he only grunted his assent: he liked his hipsters nice and feisty."
But don't you worry—in the end it turns out that our heroine and her hairy antagonist are just heavily into role-play. Brooke uses her safe word, her big-footed boyfriend respects her boundaries, and they put on vintage flannel shirts and then go out for Moscow mules and truffle fries at their favorite Belltown pub afterwards. It IS Seattle, after all.
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Stoddart Mechanostereochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Interview with Nobel Laureate Fraser Stoddart
In this video, we talk to Nobel Laureate Fraser Stoddart about the most recent discoveries, studies and technologies in chemistry. Fraser Stoddart, along with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Ben Feringa, won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the design and synthesis of artificial molecular machines.
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Using Mass Spectrometry to Identify Unknowns in Environmental Matrices
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Uncovering the chemistry behind behavior: How cell-to-cell differences are advancing our understanding of the brain
The biology of aging: How discovery proteomics is unraveling the elements of age-related diseases
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Easy One Finance Ltd And Others v Luk Wing Kee Andrew And Others
Judgement Number HCA421/2020
HCA421/2020 EASY ONE FINANCE LTD AND OTHERS v. LUK WING KEE ANDREW AND OTHERS
HCA 421/2020
HIGH COURT ACTION NO 421 OF 2020
EASY ONE FINANCE LIMITED
1st Plaintiff
ASIA PACIFIC FINANCE & FUND MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2nd Plaintiff
CARLTON FINANCE LIMITED
3rd Plaintiff
LUK WING KEE ANDREW 1st Defendant
LUK CHIU KWAN HUNG ANGELA 2nd Defendant
WONG LUK WING YAN WINNIE 3rd Defendant
WONG WAI WING GEORGE 4th Defendant
Before: Deputy High Court Judge Burns, SC in Chambers (Open to Public)
Dates of Hearing: 8 May 2020
Date of Decision: 8 May 2020
Date of Reasons for Decision: 3 June 2020
Reasons for Decision
1. By a facility letter dated 2 April 2019, the plaintiffs, who are licensed money lenders, lent HK$75,000,000 ("the Loan") to the defendants ("the Borrowers").
2. Repayment of the Loan is secured by a mortgage on the house and grounds at 8 Price Road, Hong Kong ("the Property") which is owned by the 1st and 2nd defendants ("the Mortgagors").
3. It is not disputed that the Borrowers have defaulted in their repayment obligations under the Loan.
4. From about July 2019 until March 2020, the plaintiffs attempted to sell the Property pursuant to the power of sale reserved under the Mortgage first by appointing estate agents (5 in all) for that purpose and subsequently by way of 5 public auctions.
5. At length, on 27 March 2020, through the introduction of one of the estate agents appointed by the plaintiffs, the plaintiffs entered into a provisional sale and purchase agreement ("the Provisional Sale and Purchase Agreement") for the sale of the Property at HK$76,800,000 ("the Sale"), with a completion date set for 26 May 2020.
6. Immediately prior to the entering into of the Provisional Sale and Purchase Agreement and thereafter, the Mortgagors objected to it and refused to allow the plaintiffs or their representatives to enter into the Property, arguing that the plaintiffs were not entitled to possession of the Property; that the power of sale under the Mortgage was not exercisable or not exercisable without a court order and that a sale under the Provisional Sale and Purchase Agreement would be at an undervalue.
7. As a consequence of the Mortgagors' actions, the plaintiffs issued a writ on 21 April 2020 claiming the following relief:
(1) As against the Mortgagors:
(a) A declaration that the plaintiffs had lawfully exercised their power of sale under the Mortgage;
(b) An order that the Mortgagors do quit, vacate and deliver up vacant possession of the Property forthwith; and
(c) An order that each of the Mortgagors be restrained (whether acting by themselves and/or through others, including but not limited to their agents and/or nominees and/or servants) from:
(i) occupying or using the Property in any way;
(ii) impeding, obstructing or delaying, in whatsoever manner, the plaintiffs' recovery of vacant possession of the Property and the completion of the Sale.
(2) As against all defendants (ie the Borrowers, including the Mortgagors):
(a) A sum to be assessed representing the difference between the net proceeds of sale and the defendant's outstanding indebtedness (HK$84,248,871 as at 20 April 2020, according to the plaintiffs' calculations);
(b) Interest thereon;
(c) Costs; and
(d) Further or other relief.
8. On the same day as that on which the writ was issued (21 April 2020), the plaintiffs issued an inter partes summons by which application was made for orders against the Mortgagors substantially in terms of those sought against them by the writ (see paragraphs 7(1)(b)&(c) above).
9. The inter partes summons first came on for hearing on 24 April 2020 when directions were given for the further conduct of the application (including the filing of further affidavit evidence) and the matter was adjourned for argument, to be heard on 8 May 2020.
10. At the outset of the hearing of the argument on 8 May 2020, Mr Arthur Yip, counsel for the Mortgagors, stated that, solely for the purposes of the plaintiffs' application made by their inter partes summons, the only point on which he proposed to address the court on behalf of the Mortgagors was the contention that the Sale was at an undervalue; that in entering into the Provisional Sale and Purchase Agreement at the alleged undervalue the plaintiffs had failed to comply with their duty as mortgagees and that therefore they were not entitled to the orders sought by the summons. Mr Yip expressly reserved the Mortgagors' arguments that the plaintiffs were not entitled either to take possession of the Property or to exercise the power of sale under the Mortgage.
11. At the conclusion of counsels' oral submissions at the hearing held on 8 May 2020 and on the plaintiffs giving a cross undertaking as to damages, I made the following order:
(1) that the Mortgagors do quit, vacate and deliver up vacant possession of the Property within 7 days;
(2) that until the conclusion of the trial or further order each of the Mortgagors be restrained (whether acting by themselves and/or through others, including but not limited to their agents and/or nominees and/or servants) from:
(a) occupying or using the Property in any way;
(b) impeding, obstructing or delaying, in whatsoever manner, the plaintiff's recovery of vacant possession of the Property and the completion of the sale of the Property pursuant to the Sale and Purchase Agreement;
(3) that the costs of the application made by the inter partes summons (including the costs of the hearings on 24 April 2020 and 8 May 2020) be reserved, to be determined upon the handing down of reasons for the orders I had made (which reasons now follow).
Applicable legal principles for the grant of interlocutory injunctions
12. The applicable legal principles for the grant of interlocutory injunctions are well settled and not in doubt: see American Cyanamid Co v. Ethicon Ltd [1975] AC 396 and the commentary in Hong Kong Civil Procedure 2020, Vol 1, §29/1/18 - 29/1/46 at pp 747 - 761, - see especially§29/1/29 which sets out the approach of the court as regards applications for mandatory injunctions, viz:
"Mandatory injunctions – Where the plaintiff seeks a mandatory injunction, by which the defendant is compelled to act rather than prohibited from acting, the American Cyanamid principles are usually modified to require a higher standard of proof. This has been expressed as requiring the plaintiff to show 'a strong prima facie case' and that the court must feel a 'high degree of assurance' that at trial it will appear the injunction was rightly granted (Brave Venture Ltd v. Xinhua News Media Holdings Ltd (2017) 5 H.K.L.R.D. 153 (CA); Shepherd Homes v. Sand Ham [1971] Ch. 340 at 351; TKI Ltd v. New Happy Ltd [1995] 1 H.K.C. 551, (CA). The plaintiff need not, however, show that its case is so strong as to entitle it to obtain summary judgment Emagist Entertainment Ltd v. Nether Games (Hong Kong) Ltd [2013] 1 H.K.L.R.D. 898.
However, this more stringent test arises due to the typically more onerous effect of a mandatory injunction rather than the mere classification of an injunction as mandatory National Commercial Bank Jamaica v. Olint Corp Ltd [2009] 1 W.L.R. 1405, cited in Re Wako Giken (HK) Co. Ltd [2010] 4 H.K.L.R.D. 121; see also para. 29/1/8. The ultimate question is: what is the course to adopt that involves the least injustice in case of the grant or refusal of interlocutory relief, as the case may be Music Advance Ltd v. Incorporated Owners of Argyle Centre Phase 1 [2010] 2 H.K.L.R.D. 1041, as applied in China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd v. Zhang Caikui [2018] HKCA 409 (CA). Where the court cannot be satisfied that the plaintiff has a 'strong prime facie case', it may still grant a mandatory injunction where the balance of convenience is tilted so much in the plaintiff's favour that justice requires the grant of an injunction, (Komal Pantel v. Chris Au [2015] 6 H.K.C. 389), or 'where the injunction sought is not expensive to comply with, or is not irreversible or would not effectively pre-empt the trial' (Wu Wei v. Liu Yi Ping (unrep., HCA 1452/2004, [2009] HKEC 139); Kwan Toi Ming v. Man Kit Construction Co. Ltd (unrep., HCA 3959/2002, [2003] HKEC 485), applied in TGI Friday's Inc. v Perfect Wave Ltd (unrep., HCA 2376/2012, 09 April 2013). The higher risk of injustice typically associated with mandatory injunctions means the court must take extra care in weighting the balance of convenience (Rover International Ltd v. Cannon Film Sales Ltd [1987] 1 W.L.R. 670)."
The duties of a mortgagee in exercising the power of sale under a mortgage
13. It is well settled that, in exercising a power of sale under a mortgage:
(1) a mortgagee is not a trustee for the mortgagor; that once a power of sale arises the mortgagee is entitled to exercise it for his own purposes whenever he chooses to do so and that it matters not that the moment may be unpropitious or that, by waiting, a higher price could or might be obtainable;
(2) the mortgagee is not required to obtain the mortgagor's consent or to inform the mortgagor before he exercises the power to sell the mortgaged property and the mortgagee is not required to consult or advise the mortgagor of the sale of the property;
(3) the duty of the mortgagee is limited to the duty to act in good faith and the duty to take reasonable care to obtain the true market value of the property at the time he decides to sell it;
(4) the mortgagee cannot be expected to get the market completely right, nor is he... |
Community Service Award Deadline Set For Feb. 17
Applications are being taken for the Community Service Award, which is designed to recognize and encourage service by members of the CSULB family to the community within which they live. The award is sponsored by the Academic Senate, the Staff Council, the Alumni Association and the Associated Students. The application deadline is Monday, Feb. 17.
For qualification, a wide range of service activities are eligible, including political, religious and social activism. In all cases, sustained involvement and especially significant results are considered. Special attention will be given to noteworthy accomplishments within the past 12 months.
Preference will be given to unpaid volunteer service which is not part of one's normal and expected occupational duties. Those eligible are CSULB faculty, staff, students and alumni, which includes all former students and friends of the university. Self-nominations are encouraged and awardees may reapply five years after receiving an award.
For more information, visit the Staff Council website. |
Together At Home Highlights: Watch Billie Eilish, Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, & More
News April 19, 2020 10:19 AM By James Rettig
Yesterday was the One World: Together At Home concert, which was organized by Global Citizen and Lady Gaga as a fundraiser to support the World Health Organization and the healthcare workers that are fighting to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. It went on for a long time, with six hours of livestream pre-show and a two-hour primetime window. that was broadcast on all the major TV networks. Most of the marquee artists performed during that last portion.
Lady Gaga opened with "Smile," popularized by Nat King Cole; Stevie Wonder paid tribute to the late Bill Withers by doing "Lean On Me"; the Roots did "Safety Dance" with Jimmy Fallon; Lizzo did "A Change Is Gonna Come"; Jennifer Lopez covered Funny Girl's "People," Billie Eilish and her brother FInneas did "Sunny." And the Rolling Stones were on hand to do "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and Taylor Swift performed her Lover track "Soon You'll Get Better," fresh off announcing that she was cancelling all of her live performances for this year.
Check out videos and a setlist from the primetime portion of the event below.
Lady Gaga – "Smile"
Stevie Wonder – "Lean On Me" & "Love's In Need Of Love Today"
Paul McCartney – "Lady Madonna"
Kacey Musgraves – "Rainbow"
Elton John – "I'm Still Standing"
The Roots & Jimmy Fallon – "Safety Dance"
Maluma – "Carnaval"
Chris Martin – "Yellow"
Shawn Mendes & Camilla Cabello – "What A Wonderful World"
Eddie Vedder – "River Cross"
Lizzo – "A Change In Gonna Come"
The Rolling Stones – "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Keith Urban – "Higher Love"
Burna Boy – "African Giant" & "Hallelujah"
Jennifer Lopez – "People"
John Legend & Sam Smith – "Stand By Me"
Billie Joe Armstrong – "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
Billie Eilish – "Sunny"
Taylor Swift – "Soon You'll Get Better"
Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, John Legend, Andrea Bocelli & Lang Lang – "The Prayer"
There's a playlist of all the One World: Together At Home performances here.
Celine Deon
Together At Home |
>The Aeronautical Journal
>Volume 121 Issue 1238
>Trajectory optimisation for a rocket-assisted hypersonic...
The Aeronautical Journal
Trajectory optimisation for a rocket-assisted hypersonic boost-glide vehicle
S.T.I. Rizvi ,
H. Linshu ,
X. Dajun and
S.I.A. Shah
S.T.I. Rizvi*
School of Astronautics, Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing, P.R. China
H. Linshu
X. Dajun
National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
[email protected]
In this work, trajectory optimisation has been performed for a wing-body rocket assisted vehicle to compute the bestset of performance parameters including burn-out angle, angle-of-attack, bank-angle and throttle command that would result in optimal down-range and cross-range performance of the re-entry vehicle. An hp-adaptive Pseudospectral method has been used for the optimisation by combining the launch and rocket rocket-assisted re-entry stages. The purpose of the research is to compute optimal burn-out condition, angle-of-attack, bank-angle and optimal thrust segments that would maximise the down-range and cross-range performance of the hypersonic boost glide vehicle, under constrained heat rate environments. The variation of down-range/cross-range performance of rocket rocket-assisted hypersonic boost glide vehicle with bounds on diminishing heat rate has also been computed.
trajectory optimisationhypersonic boost-glidewaveriderwing-body configurationpseudospectral methodoptimal control
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 121 , Issue 1238 , April 2017 , pp. 469 - 487
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2017.11[Opens in a new window]
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2017
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The following is by new contributing writer, Sarah Carbiener. She obsesses about TV as much as I do and will start providing regular coverage of it. I'm happy to have her extra pair of eyes since there are so many shows and I can't watch them all.—PCN
During the first season of Big Love, I couldn't help but be fascinated by the polygamous family, their world, the politics, and…be completely bored by the plots. It felt like the creators were too protective of their main characters, not wanting to put them in any real trouble and, gosh darn it, they really wanted us to love and root for the central family. Well, it was pretty hard to do that when they were in so little trouble for so long. This certainly wasn't a problem in the third season, however, and it seems it won't be in the fourth either. **Spoilers ahead!**
In the third season finale, Nicki (Chloe Sevigny) brings to the Henrickson household the daughter she abandoned when she left her first husband J.J.; Bill's brother Joey (Shawn Doyle) kills Roman (Harry Dean Stanton), the prophet of Juniper Creek, to avenge the murder of his second wife-to-be; and after falling feet first through a barn loft and hitting his head, Bill (Bill Paxton) decides to follow Roman's example and start his own church. (This is only a fifth of what happens in the finale. Like every episode last season, it was packed with plot developments.)
The fourth season picks up six weeks later with the FBI mysteriously still searching for the long-dead Roman. It isn't until Nicki's mother's large walk-in freezer loses power that we discover where Roman's been hiding.
Panicked, Adaleen (Mary Kay Place) calls Nicki, and because she is one of my favorite characters to hate, it was awesome to finally get to see her come apart at the seams. This is the woman who hired a man to approach her son Alby (Matt Ross) for sex in a truck stop and then murder him, and when he confronted her about it, she not only didn't deny her actions, but she wasn't at all remorseful. It doesn't get much colder than that.
But in this opening episode, when she's begging her daughter to go into the walk-in freezer and get some bacon because she doesn't know how else to tell Nicki that her father's dead, we finally get to see her as desperate and frantic and crazed as she makes everyone else.
After the discovery of the body, the episode becomes a much darker version of Weekend at Bernie's as the Juniper Creek gang and the Henricksons keep trying to dump the body in the others' backyard. Unfortunately for Bill, he forgot the one rule about revenge. (My father taught me this in the second grade, and it has served me well ever since.)
If someone picks on you, never get them back right away because you will always be the person who gets caught. Wait a few days and get them when they're not expecting it. Bill drags Roman's thawing corpse straight back to Juniper Creek when it shows up in the lot where he's building the casino and, based on the end of this first episode, it looks like he's getting caught.**End spoilers**
The rest of the episode includes some light conflict between Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and the Native Americans they're running the casino with, and a hilarious storyline between Bill's homicidal parents (Bruce Dern, Grace Zabriskie). The septuagenarians' fighting, complete with exclamations like, "Ow, my hip," had me laughing so hard I was crying. Overall, a very strong start for what's sure to be another intense season of our favorite polygamists. With Bill basically naming himself the next prophet, this may be the most literally epic season yet.
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Lion Garton ready to roar
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There is something distinctly old fashioned about Johnny Garton. The South Londoner is following a well-trodden title route through one of boxing's traditional weight classes. A raucous group of fans follow him across the Thames from Peckham to his adopted home at London's home of boxing - the York Hall in Bethnal Green - and he is willing to risk defeat in order to get where he wants.
Garton (16-1-1, 5 KOs) has defended the Southern Area welterweight belt twice and gets the opportunity to add the English title to his collection when he faces the returning Tyler Goodjohn on 12 March. The fight will be 28-year-old Garton's ninth consecutive appearance at the York Hall and it seems certain that he and Goodjohn will create the type of fight that, if they were competing in the 1950s, would see them double their purses by collecting nobbins after the final bell.
"A few people have said that to me," Garton said to BM when told the fight sounds like a fight of the year candidate. "We know Tyler is gonna come to fight and he's as tough as they come. He just won't stop coming all night but, if you ask anybody who knows me, I always make sure I'm in the best condition I can be. I'll be the first to admit I might not be the most talented boxer so I make absolutely sure I'm as fit as I can be.
"I have tried to box a bit more in my recent fights but that's all well and good. When I get hit, I might well end up going back to what I know best!
"I'll be honest with you, I never even thought I'd win a Southern Area title, let alone an English title. I'm on the very verge of winning the English title now though so why not carry on dreaming? The more you get, the more you want and you do start thinking bout the British belt."
Most fans only exposure to Garton will have come from an all too brief appearance in that most modern of boxing creations; Prizefighter. Once his motor is revving, Garton steadily gathers momentum and becomes harder and harder to deal with as the rounds pass by so the crash, bang wallop sprint of the three-round format was never going to suit him. Drawn against Sam Eggington in a 2014 edition of the tournament, Garton was simply unable to find his rhythm.
"The way I fight, I get stronger and stronger as the rounds go on so I knew that Prizefighter wouldn't really suit me. My problem was that I wasn't getting good fights so I jumped at the chance when it was offered. I got caught in the first round and started to worry that I was falling behind so came out and tried to get to him and just ended up making mistakes. The ten-round distance suits me far more and I definitely warm up as the fight goes on.
"Don't get me wrong, I love Prizefighter and I'd do it again tomorrow and I actually had a great time on the night. I'm with Steve Goodwin now and, since that night, he's got me into position to fight for the Southern Area title and now the English title so it's all worked out well."
Garton is a staunch Millwall fan and, just two days before he spoke to BM, his beloved Lions missed a late penalty and dropped two crucial points to lowly Crewe Alexandra. The miss also cost a certain boxing writer the princely sum of £675.23. That's by the by, though. Garton laughed and pointed out the similarity between football teams and boxers performing to the level of their opposition.
"We always seem to play good against the big teams and let ourselves down against the smaller teams. I guess boxing can be a lot like that at times, too," said Garton. "There are time when you're sparring where you think you should be okay against somebody and they give you the runaround or it goes the total opposite way and you end up doing really well against somebody good." |
Episode B1.001 Overview of Operations for Stage I Businesses
You have a dream. It's a great dream - in the US we call it the "American Dream." An idea that turns into an entrepreneurial journey. Many dreams die in this early stage. Even more close their doors before reaching Stage VI.
But what if you knew how to grow a sustainable business fast, even in today's (post) pandemic economy? That is exactly what we will be sharing in our Season 2 programming at the IBGR Network. Proven strategies delivered by seasoned business owners, sharing what works and what doesn't work at each of the six stages of business growth.
Take a look at the Stages of Business Growth and choose the level that best describes where your business is currently. Then pick one of the four times each stage is delivered daily in a 24 hour period. Welcome to the world of entrepreneurship!
Well this is exciting. We made 2 fundamental changes to the 3rd Quarter. The first was announced at the beginning of the month - the month of Agile. That decision was based on where most businesses are today in relationship to arbitrary government action on Covid19. We use the term because decisions to open or not open are political and therefore unpredictable. Agile is the right choice for the Owner's Mindset because it works in unstable environments.
The second major change is the design of programming. The new approach is applying the Stages of Fast and Sustainable Growth for the 6 time blocks and shift the themes or tracks to days of the week. The goal was to make it easier for the business owner to find the right live show or podcast.
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Today's show has a singular purpose, overview what you can expect for Season 2 in the area of Operations for Stage I companies. Even if you not at this stage, it is a smart move to understand what should have been earlier or what you can look forward to as the business performs to its full potential.
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Meet Michael!
Meet nine-year-old Michael. His life was difficult from the very beginning. He was born only after 23 weeks and diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Instead of going home to the comfort of his family, Michael had to spend seven months in the hospital. He has endured 14 surgeries and needs even more procedures. His last surgery took almost seven hours. Michael has daily challenges as a result of his illness. He is cognitively impaired and learning how to walk using a gait trainer. These obstacles might seem insurmountable for Michael, but he is remarkably resilient.
Michael can be described as a great kid with cool interests. He listens to a variety of music, but his favorite artists are Andrea Bocelli and Mark Anthony. He likes reading, writing, and putting together puzzles. He enjoys going outside and playing ball with his dad. Michael also participates in equine therapy. Most of all, Michael is simply awesome, and his biggest fans are mom and dad. His father says, "Everyone said our life would be hard and it has been all the contrary! Every day he gives us a new surprise, sometimes it's doing something he has never done before. His drive is just amazing. He's at therapy at 8:00 am and at 3:00 he wants to keep going!" Michael's mom says that her son is beautiful and that he wakes up each morning with a big smile. Both parents say in joyful unison about their son. "He is our biggest blessing."
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MV Cassandra and the Good Shepherd Sisters
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 5:25 PM
(The photo above is from the November 26, 1983 issue of Times Journal. The following text is an excerpt from an RGS article. Accompanying the four sisters at MV Cassandra was another Bantayog Martyr: Innoncencio "Boy" Ipong.)
Shepherding has taken many forms in the history of the Good Shepherd Sisters. In the Philippines, on November 21, 1983, it was shepherding in a shipwreck. Sisters Mary Consuelo Chuidian, Concepcion Conti, Virginia Gonzaga, and Catherine Loreto were on board the M/V Doña Cassandra when it sank in shark-infested waters off the coast of Northeastern Mindanao, Philippines. Survivors told of the four Sisters praying, distributing life vests, helping children put theirs on, instructing other passengers to hasten towards the life rafts and to be ready to abandon ship, not calculating how little time they had to save themselves – until time did run out.
Sister Mary Consuelo Chuidian, 46, born in Manila, a religious of 20 years, Superior of the Davao Community, had volunteered to document the first case of hamletting, Vietnam-style, in Laac, Davao del Norte. She chaired the Women's Alliance for True Change, was coordinator of the Rural Missionaries for Southern Mindanao, and was active in the associations of women religious in Davao and Mindanao. Her leadership inspired her community to be open to victims of every kind, especially those of Martial Law.
Sister Mary Concepcion Conti, 46, born in Bauan, Batangas, a religious of 18 years, member of the Davao Community, had organized and headed the Community-Based Health Program in the Diocese of Tagum. She sought to train rural health workers, thus empowering them to attend to the basic health needs of the poor. She was an exceptional teacher and learner who brought her skills to her Mindanao mission.
Sister Mary Virginia Gonzaga, 42, born in Bacolod City, a religious of 9 years, Superior of the Sapad Community in Lanao del Norte. She had organized the Young Christian Workers in her home city and later, as a religious, worked among slum dwellers and migrant workers before she went to the Sapad mission among Christians and Muslims.
Sister Mary Catherine Loreto, 39, born in Pasig, Rizal, a religious of 8 years, member of the Davao Community, at the time of her death was coordinator of Task Force Detainees in her area. Hers was the most difficult challenge of standing up for those harassed by the military and their families, with the risk of herself falling under suspicion.
The four Sisters were honored by Bantayog ng Mga Bayani Foundation at its annual celebration of martyrs and heroes. In inscribing their names on the Wall of Remembrance, 7 December 1999, the citation read:
For contributing to the protest movement against the Marcos dictatorship and human rights abuses, as street parliamentarians and religious superiors heading and implementing education, health, rehabilitation and justice programs, both through legal and extra-legal means;
For leaving the safety and comfort of home and convent to work as rural missionaries among poor farmers, indigenous peoples and Muslims in remote areas of Mindanao, thus becoming active witnesses to the Church's mission to serve the poor, deprived and oppressed at the height of state repression of the Church;
For putting their individual talents at the service of country and people. |
Apellis Announces Positive Results from Phase 1 Clinical Trials of APL-2, a C3 Complement Inhibitor
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, June 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced positive results from two Phase 1 clinical trials of its complement C3 inhibitor, APL-2. The trials were randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single and multiple ascending dose studies designed to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of subcutaneous injection in healthy adult volunteers.
Forty subjects were administered APL-2 subcutaneously (SC) either as a single dose (ranging from 45 to 1,440mg) or repeated doses for 28 consecutive days (ranging from 30 to 270 mg/day). Both studies concluded that pharmacological doses of APL-2 were safe and well tolerated and that APL-2's PK / PD profile supports daily SC administration. In addition, complement-mediated hemolysis (destruction of the red blood cells) was assessed and daily APL-2 doses of 180mg and 270mg significantly reduced hemolytic activity as early as eight days after the start of dosing, and this inhibition was maintained throughout the dosing period.
"We are pleased to have accomplished this major milestone in the clinical development of APL-2. Targeting C3 is very challenging as it is the most abundant complement protein in the body. It is the first time that a study demonstrates that inhibiting complement at the C3 level can be safely achieved in a clinical study," said Cedric Francois, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Apellis.
In parallel, Apellis has also initiated two Phase 1b clinical trials in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) designed to assess the safety, preliminary efficacy and pharmacokinetics of subcutaneously administered APL-2 alone or in combination with eculizumab. Data are expected to be presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting in December 2016.
About Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
PNH is a debilitating disorder characterized by complement-mediated hemolysis with or without hemoglobinuria, an increased susceptibility to thrombotic episodes and/or some degree of bone marrow dysfunction. Even with treatment under the current standard of care, a significant subset of patients still suffer from debilitating anemia and transfusion dependence.
About APL-2
APL-2 is a synthetic cyclic peptide conjugated to a polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymer that binds specifically to C3 and C3b to inhibit C3 cleavage and activation into C3a and C3b. The active moiety of APL-2 binds to C3 and its fragments with an affinity (as measured by surface plasmon resonance and expressed as Kd) approximately between 150 and 450 pM. APL-2 effectively inhibits all three pathways of complement activation (classical, lectin, and alternative) with a particularly high potency against the alternative pathway. By inhibiting C3, APL-2 blocks the three principal complement activation pathways and their related effects, which may result in both disease control and disease modification.
About Apellis
Apellis is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of a platform of novel therapeutic compounds for the treatment of a broad range of autoimmune diseases based upon complement immunotherapy. Uncontrolled complement activation can lead to a wide range of life-threatening or debilitating disorders. Apellis was the first company to have advanced a C3 inhibitor into clinical trials to treat long-lasting disorders with repeated injections. Apellis is currently evaluating its lead product candidates in Phase 1 clinical trials in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and in a Phase 2 clinical trial in geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). For additional information about Apellis, please visit www.apellis.com.
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Kidney Disease Killing Farm Workers in Sri Lanka
Associated Press: January 19, 2015
V.G. Karunawathie, a patient suffering from a chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology, rests after returning home from a dialysis session at a nearby hospital, in Konketiyawa village in Padaviya, Sri Lanka.
Karunawathie isn't hungry for breakfast. She rarely is these days, but she forces herself to choke down a few bites of rice, dried fish and a simple coconut mix. The doctors say it's better to have something in her stomach before the four-hour dialysis treatments.
She's going for her second session of the week, dressed all in pink, right down to her flip-flops. Her fingers and toes are fat with fluid, and her spongy arms feel like soft water balloons. Since she can no longer pass liquids on her own, doctors have told her to drink only 500 milliliters a day -- equal to less than a can and a half of soda.
As she walks unsteadily to the door, her two youngest children, 16 and 11, kneel before her and place their heads at her feet in a traditional show of respect.
V.G. Karunawathie is only 40 years old, but she is dying, and no one knows why. Her kidneys have stopped working, and now she's kept alive by a pump that filters waste from her blood twice a week through a snorkel-like tube implanted into her neck.
The cause of her disease, which affects an estimated 70,000 to 400,000 people in Sri Lanka's rice basket, has baffled doctors and researchers for two decades. Even the World Health Organization hasn't been able to pinpoint what's killing as many as 10 people a month in Karunawathie's village -- ravaging one house while sparing the next -- as it creeps farther and farther into neighboring areas.
The disease mirrors equally confounding conditions plaguing thousands of farmworkers in parts of India, Egypt and Central America. Suspected causes include chronic dehydration and the heavy use and misuse of agrochemicals. In Sri Lanka, fertilizer use is among the heaviest in the world.
No one cause has been identified, but theories abound. Many believe a combination of factors could be at play -- from toxic algae and hard ground water to heavy metal exposure and high fluoride in drinking water.
But to Karunawathie, there is no mystery at all. She understands more about this so-called chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology than anyone should.
It killed her father, mother and five brothers. Three other siblings have been sickened.
As the youngest of a dozen children, Karunawathie was diagnosed with the disease 12 years ago in her impoverished farming village. Since then, she's been told to stop eating fish and lotus root and to abandon her aluminum pots and pans for clay cooking utensils.
She's heard arsenic is to blame along with cadmium, lead and even home-brewed alcohol. Like most, she believes there's something in the water. But she has long given up trying to determine the source of her family's killer. Instead, she lives day to day at the mercy of a machine. And even that's not a sure thing.
Dialysis is supposed to be given three times a week, but most Sri Lankan patients get it only twice since just 183 machines exist nationwide -- even though 2,000 new patients are in need annually. Critics say it's just one area where the government is failing the sick. Clean drinking water still isn't available in all affected areas, only a handful of kidney specialists practice in public hospitals and there's no national donor transplant program.
With few options, many desperate patients are forced to burn through their meager savings, traveling hours every week by bus for treatment only to be too exhausted afterward to return home. Instead, they sprawl out on hospital grounds or in hallways for the night. Or they simply stay home and wait to die.
Karunawathie is fortunate to live only 10 kilometers (6 miles) from basic care. But the ride on the back of her son's motorbike is a torturous trip across scabbed pavement framed by a tangle of trees alive with monkeys and peacocks.
When she reaches the hospital on this day, there's bad news: All the dialysis units are being used.
Karunawathie is told to come back later. But with each step, her strength is dying.
History of the disease
More than a half-century ago, after Sri Lanka gained independence from Britain, farmers were encouraged to move to the hot, dusty North Central province with offers of free land.
Driven by the Green Revolution of the 1960s, the teardrop-shaped island south of India abandoned ancient farming practices for modern techniques and adopted chemicals that promised the dream of self-sufficiency.
Rice paddies and vegetable fields soon dotted the vast, flat land irrigated by large reservoirs. And today, Sri Lanka produces enough rice to feed its 20 million people.
Karunawathie's father was among those who moved from the cool, airy mountains to claim a piece of this harsh ground. He earned good money farming tobacco when she was a child, and the whole family helped harvest and handle the pesticide-coated leaves often stacked in a bedroom to dry.
Then in 1987, her father died after his kidneys suddenly gave out. He was one of the first in Konketiyawa village to succumb.
The unexplained disease wasn't noticed by doctors until a few years later, after it started popping up elsewhere in the area. Unlike most kidney cases, there was no link to diabetes or hypertension. Instead, patients arrived at hospitals complaining of fatigue, loss of appetite, joint pain and difficulty passing water.
Within months, they were dead. Many were men in their 30s and 40s who had labored in the paddy fields from the time the searing sun awoke until it faded red in 100-plus degree temperatures. No cases were detected outside the so-called dry zone, even though farming is practiced across the island famous for its teas.
By 2003, Dr. Tilak Abeysekera was alarmed by the growing number of patients he was seeing, including family clusters. He began traveling to affected areas to screen entire villages. A telltale protein was found in about 10 percent of the urine samples, and biopsies later revealed that something was destroying tissue that supports the kidney's filters, causing the organ to shrink.
He diagnosed Karunawathie that same year. But more than a decade later, he is no closer to understanding the cause.
"That type of disease you get in response to toxin exposure," says the aging, bespectacled doctor, who heads the kidney department at the Teaching Hospital in Kandy. "That's what led us to think this is an environmental disease from exposure to a toxin. How it gets into the human body is still debatable."
While the death rate has climbed to as many as 20,000, the source continues to baffle, just as it does along Central America's Pacific coast. A similar number of mostly sugarcane farmers have died there during the past two decades.
The problem has become so dire in one part of Nicaragua, it's been dubbed the "island of widows." Two areas in India and a pocket of Egypt have also been hit.
Despite millions spent on numerous studies in Sri Lanka -- some led by distinguished local researchers and others conducted using questionable methodology -- new cases continue to emerge.
The media have reported voraciously on all probable causes, including one group's claim that a vision from God led them to discover arsenic as the source.
The latest paper blames glyphosate, the country's top weed killer that's well-known worldwide as Roundup. That hypothesis, published in a little-known open access journal last February, suggests the agrochemical, introduced by U.S.-based Monsanto, forms a bond with heavy metals in food and drinking water that eventually destroys the kidneys. Glyphosate has been detected by the WHO in 65 percent of those sickened by the mystery kidney disease.
Although the theory has never been proven and Monsanto dismisses the claim, a minister announced in March that after seeing the report, then-President Mahinda Rajapaksa decided to ban the herbicide. The order was never enforced following industry protests and the chemical wasn't even officially outlawed until last month, in what was seen largely as a political move to win votes ahead of January's election. Glyphosate is still being sold in Sri Lanka.
Everyone is in agreement about one thing: Farmers living in the affected area douse their fields with too many chemicals, mixing up concoctions that sometimes include kerosene and multiple poisons. Most workers rarely, if ever, wear protective gear.
"You would think that this is such a major health issue that there would be a tremendous outpouring of sympathy and support, but instead there is all these political and economic interests behind the scenes that is sort of blocking addressing this issue," says Asoka Bandarage, a Sri Lankan academic in the U.S. who has written about the problem.
"Even if it's not a definitive link, I think there's enough evidence or suspicion that they should really try to find alternatives to such heavy use of pesticides."
Fear as illness spreads
The nonstop swirl of confusing information has fueled fear, especially since the affected area has expanded from two districts to seven.
At the first sign of a simple backache or stomach cramp, villagers worry they've got "the kidney disease." Some try to drink as little from their wells as possible and give the only bottled water they can afford to their children, leading to chronic dehydration that exacerbates the condition.
Others living in the hard-hit area of Padaviya, where Karunawathie's village is located, are concerned about marriage prospects due to growing stigma. Women are wary of moving there, and in some places, young men are fleeing to cities in hopes of escaping their family medical histories.
"They are the farmers who have fed the nation for the last three or four decades," says Hemantha Withanage, head of the nonprofit Center for Environmental Justice. "Now they are dying, and the country is not looking after them."
The health ministry is expanding screening to try to figure out just how many people are affected and to improve early detection. It also plans to supply more medicine and dialysis machines, adding nearly a third of the country's units in 2013. But the kidney disease is already gobbling up to 5 percent of the health budget.
Newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena is a former health minister who hails from one of the hardest-hit areas. As part of his campaign, he donated money received for election posters to a fund set up for kidney patients. He also has promised to do more to address the problem.
The WHO report published two years ago is seen as the most credible research so far.
It found disease in 15 percent of adults in three affected districts, hitting male farmers over 39 years old the hardest even though more women with less-advanced disease were seen overall. Elevated cadmium and pesticide residues were detected in urine, leading the authors to surmise that they may be damaging patients' kidneys over time, in combination with other factors such as arsenic.
Water -- the source widely suspected as the culprit -- came up clean. However, the WHO study's Geneva-based author, Shanthi Mendis, says it could still be playing a key role when combined with other factors. She adds that the government must provide safe drinking water and regulate the use of agrochemicals. Pesticide bans and plans to truck in water are not solutions.
"This drinking water should have been put right years ago," she says. "Nobody's really taking any real action. They're just talking."
Fertilizer is another issue. For years, the government has heavily subsidized imports coming mostly from China. Rice farmers currently only pay about $2.70 for each 50-kilogram bag. If that suddenly stopped, protests would likely follow.
Although the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization ranked Sri Lanka among the world's top 30 users of fertilizer per hectare in 2011, the Agriculture Ministry has slowly started decreasing how many bags it distributes -- amounting to about 750,000 metric tons annually at a cost over $300 million. It says it's pushing for a gradual return to the old ways of chemical-free cultivation.
But farmers, worried about their yields and meager bottom lines, aren't keen to go back. They say agrochemicals are far cheaper and easier than manual labor and produce just enough output for their families to survive, especially during a recent drought that turned once-verdant fields into endless acres of abandoned brown stalks.
Karunawathie's husband and brother, who has early stage kidney disease, both work seasonally on farms, earning about $150 a month. They never used to wear masks or gloves when spraying chemicals, but take precautions now.
Her brother says the poisons cause people to lose their appetite, and he sometimes vomits into the dirt. As a result, he never eats or drinks while spraying.
Like everyone else in the village, the family has always relied on foul-tasting well water, heavy with calcium and magnesium that turn the water hard. They gladly abandoned it last year, when the government set up a filtration plant just down the road.
Karunawathie says it tastes much better, but she doesn't know if it's the answer. She's sure it's too late for her and many neighbors who are already sick, but she hopes the clean water will keep her three children from becoming the next generation to suffer.
"I don't feel any different since I started drinking the filtered water," she says. "I've seen a lot of deaths in the family, and I also think I will go through the same thing."
Transplants are scarce
Despite recently emerging from a quarter-century of civil war, Sri Lanka has managed to build and maintain a strong health system that's the envy of its neighbors. Child and maternal survival rates are among the best in Asia, and most care is free.
The Buddhist-dominated country also has a long history of eye donation through a local nonprofit that's made it one of the world's top cornea providers, yet no national kidney cadaver transplant program exists to help save lives.
It's a frustration that overwhelms doctors who say until the cause of the mystery is found, the government's focus must switch from searching for the reason to providing the only long-term solution available. Less than 50 transplants have been performed at Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital, the affected area's main health facility, while desperate patients post daily newspaper ads with their photos and blood types, pleading for someone to help.
"Four or five people are added every week to dialysis, a minimum of three a week," says Dr. Charitha Weesasinghe, a kidney surgeon at the hospital. "But without transplant, you just wait for them to die."
Karunawathie's brother is the only family member lucky enough to get a kidney after a well-off man in their village came forward. As a police officer, he was well cared for in a special hospital until he recovered.
Karunawathie herself is not even hoping for a donor, and says she would refuse even if someone offered such a precious gift. The person would need to be properly cared for after surgery, and she has no money to offer.
Instead, she weakly straddles the motorbike at dusk and rests her head on her son's shoulder after her second trip to the hospital for treatment today.
As the oldest child, 21-year-old B.R. Pradeep Nuwan Weerawansa says he is treasuring whatever time he has left with his mother. But it's hard to watch her strength wither, with each lifesaving treatment leaving her weak.
"I want to give her whatever I can while she's still living," he says. "She's gone beyond the stage of recovery."
On this day, she finally gets her time with the machine, but all has not gone well. Karunawathie's skin is clammy, and she complains it's so hot, she feels as if steam is coming out of her body. Pinches of electric shock pulse through her arms.
By the time she gets home, her eyelids are heavy, and she's breathing hard through her mouth. Her mother-in-law, who's been losing weight lately from her own advancing kidney disease, helps drag her into the house, where she collapses onto a bed by the front door.
She whimpers and calls for a fan to try to move the suffocating air, but there is no relief. Her children kneel and stroke her head, trying to offer the only comfort they can.
Karunawathie knows it won't be long now. She's seen this disease enter her village too many times, always with the same cruel ending.
"When the call comes, we have to be prepared to go," she says, softly. "We can't run away and escape."
That night, she's rushed back to the hospital where doctors work to stabilize her. She fights through the pain only to wake the next morning to learn that death has found someone else.
Another neighbor is gone. She wonders if she'll be next.
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Women's Basketball First To Win at Inaugural Seneca Tournament
North's extramural women's basketball team went undefeated at the tournament hosted at the Seneca King campus on February 15th.
This was the first time this campus held a women's basketball tournament and the Hawks were determined to be the first to be named champions in the new facility.
It was an early start to the day but despite being tired the women managed to win their first game with a final score of 50-39 against the WLU Brantford team.
In the second game, the Hawks faced George Brown and took the win 34-25.
After winning both games, Humber finished first in their pool.
This put them in a good place heading into the semi-finals where they played against Fleming.
Fleming was forced to play back-to-back games and they came out tired in their second game against the Hawks.
Humber was well rested and took this as an opportunity to take it easy and work on some offensive plays.
Energy was a lacklustre in the third quarter but the Hawks managed to pick up the intensity and secure the win 40-17.
The women had a really short break before heading into the final game against the aggressive Lakehead team.
It was back and forth in the final game as the scores remained too close for comfort.
Solid defence from both teams made it a low scoring game.
It wasn't until the fourth quarter where the Hawks made smart passes to take a 10-point lead, winning the game with a final score of 31-21.
Everyone on the team played their role well and contributed equally to the winning outcome.
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Canary Wharf IRA bomb' plaque unveiled—14 years on
Published: 7:01 AM December 8, 2009 Updated: 8:15 AM October 14, 2020
A MEMORIAL plaque has been unveiled in East London to commemorate two killed and 39 injured by the IRA Canary Wharf bombing almost 14 years ago. Two survivors returned for the unveiling at South Quay DLR station, just 80 yards from the bomb that exploded in 1996
By Mike Brooke Picture: Joe Lord
A MEMORIAL plaque has been unveiled in East London to commemorate the two men killed and 39 injured by the IRA Canary Wharf bombing almost 14 years ago.
Two of the survivors injured by the blast joined Tower Hamlets Mayor Ahmed Omer at yesterday's unveiling at South Quay DLR station, just 80 yards from the bomb that exploded in a lorry 7pm on February 9, 1996.
Two workers in a newsagent's directly opposite, Inan Bashir and John Jefferies, were killed in the blast.
Security guard Jonathan Ganesh, who was buried under the rubble, returned yesterday with fellow survivor Tony Sharp for the unveiling.
Mr Sharp, who has been involved in memorial events since the first anniversary of the bombing, said: "Images from the aftermath are still shown on the news because it was obviously a really significant event. It's something that should be remembered because of the two people who were tragically killed."
Mr Ganesh has been campaigning in a different direction to get compensation from Libya which supplied the Semtex explosives to the IRA. He was one of the group of IRA victims and survivors from all overt the UK which organised a delegation of MPs to meet Libya's leader Colonel Gaddafi in October.
The 1996 Canary Wharf bombing caused extensive damage to South Quay station and destroyed a neighbouring six-storey office block. It also shattered windows on Millwall's Barkantine estate close by, injuring families. |
...since Piranesi came to live at the top of the Spanish Steps, he may then have placed the Horti Luciliani purposefully in the same location within the Ichnographia. If this is so, then Piranesi deliberately places himself (figuratively) within the garden of the father of Roman satire. ...find the exact location of Piranesi's home, Check its location on the Nolli map, and then find the exact location within the Ichnographia. ...not sure if the exact spot will be significant, but it will be good to know nonetheless.
First off, I accidentally skipped a paragraph within the passages I sent you earlier today. The missing paragraphs comes after "...Campo Marzio leads to the same conclusion." Here's the paragraph:
The obsessive articulation and deformation of the composition no longer correspond to an ars combinatoria. The clash of the geometric "monads" is no longer regulated by any "preestablished harmony"; and, most important, it demonstrates that the only meaning this paradoxical casuistry can refer back to is pure geometry, in the absolute semantic void that characterizes it.
It seems that Tafuri saw (in the Campo Marzio) individual plans that don't signify anything either historic or symbolic or even realistically typologic, and all together the Ichnographia is heap of meaningless fragments, thus it's all a divorce from any symbolic/meaningful system.
I just read some of Barthes' Elements of Semiology where a sign is composed of a signifier and a signified, and, what Tafuri sees is the Campo Marzio plans (individually and as a 'whole') as signs that still have a signifier, i.e., architectural building plans, but these signs/plans lack a signified, something that gives the plans any real meaning.
In reality, Piranesi employed all kinds of signs that carry a wide variety of signifiers--sometimes it's the shape of the plan(s), sometimes it's the placement/location (rightly or wrongly) of the plan(s), often it's just the label/name attached to the plan (which signify at least some historical existence), and then there are examples of combinations of the above distinctions, e.g., the Atrium Minerva (wisdom) as centerpiece of the 'garden of satire' which is situated at a location coincident with the top of the Spanish Steps, where Piranesi moved his family and business about a years after the Campo Marzio was published.
Piranesi acquired a detailed knowledge of Bufalini's Ichnographia Urbis of 1551 via his direct involvement with Nolli's Pianta Grande di Roma of 1748. A decade later, in 1758, Piranesi began his Ichnographia Campus Martius where, in some instances, he utilized Bufalini's map/plan as source material for the redrawing of ancient Rome's urban plan. Bufalini's plan, especially in the open areas all around the built-up section of Medieval and Renaissance Rome, includes 'reconstructions' of the larger ancient edifices like the imperial baths and stadiums, and some temple complexes. There are also near countless unnamed, fragmentary plans of ancient remains; remains, moreover, that, after consulting Nolli's plan, appear to no longer exist in Piranesi's time. It is from a select group of plan fragments on the Mons Pinicus or Collis Hortulorum of the Ichnographia Urbis that Piranesi imaginatively redraws the Horti Luciliani, the Sepulchrum Neronis, a Basilica along the Via Flaminia, the Horti Pincii, and the Monumentum Comitis Herculis.
Piranesi's resultant redrawn plans suggest a methodology whereby the fragmentary plans of Bufalini were used as kernels of ancient fact that, in turn, galvanized newly interpreted redrawings of what once was. As suggested by Dixon, "as there were great gaps in the knowledge of the past, great leaps were then needed to supply the holistic vision of the past which was the aim of scholars--archaeologists and historians--like Piranesi. In the Ichnographia, Piranesi filled the gaps..." Futhermore, from a strictly design point of view, Piranesi used some the fragmentary plans of Bufalini as contiguous elements which, when mirror-copied and multiplied, manifest the beginnings of the new plans.
Besides Bufalini's plan delineations, Piranesi also makes use of Bufalini's labelings. Bufalini labels all his full plan reconstructions of ancient buildings, often labels the fragmentary plans, and even labels blank locations (indicating the spot of an ancient edifice although actual remains no longer then existed). In utilizing the labels within the area of the Mons Pinicus or Collis Hortulorum, however, Piranesi hardly remains faithful to Bulafini's data. For example, where Bufalini positions the Horti Salustiani and Domus Pincii, Piranesi places the Horti Luciliani and, in turn, places the Horti Salustiani and Domus Pincii further east; the street Bufalini labels Via Conlatina, Piranesi labels Via Flamina; where Bufalini positions the Sepulcr. Neronis, Piranesi places the Bustum Caesaris Augusti and, in turn, labels an unnamed fragment along his Via Flaminia Sepulchrum Neronis; a small round structure Bufalini labels T. Solis, Piranesi labels Aula within the Horti Luciliani and, in turn, labels a newly imagined round building further south Delubrum Solis. It is honestly difficult to discern whether Piranesi is here playfully inverting Bufalini's data or actually rectifying Bufalini's "facts" with advanced knowledge of the past. Like Bufalini, Piranesi groups the Domus Martialis, Ludus Florae and the Templum Florae together, but he positions the group further west and moves the Domus Martialis south rather than north of the Ludus Florae. And where Bufalini locates the Sepulch. Falimiae Domiciarum, Piranesi places a very small Sepulcr. Familiae Aenobarb. and a very large Sep. Cnei Domitii Calvini whose plan Piranesi bases on an unrelated fragment of the Forma urbis.
It is not aleatory then that the already outworn images of Archigram, or the artificial and willful ironies of Robert Venturi or of Hans Hollein simultaneously amplify and restrict the field of intervention of architecture. They amplify it insofar as they understand that space solely as a network of superstructures.
There is, however, a result to this which emerges in projects such as that by Venturi and Rauch for the American Bicentennial Celebration* in Philadelphia. Here, there is no longer a desire to communicate; the architecture is dissolved into an unstructured system of ephemeral signals. Instead of communication, there is a flux of information; instead of an architecture as language, there is an attempt to reduce it to a mass-medium, without any ideological residue; instead of an anxious effort to restructure the urban system, there is a disenchanted acceptance of reality, becoming an excess of purest cynicism. (Excess, after all, always carries a critical connotation.) In this fashion, Venturi, placing himself within an exclusively linguistic framework, has reached a radical devaluation of the language itself. The meaning of the Plakatwelt, of the world of publicity, is closed in on itself. He thereby achieves the symmetrically opposed result of that metaphysical retrieval of a "being" of architecture, extracted from the flux of existence. For Venturi, it is the non-utilization of language itself, having discovered that its intrinsic ambiguity, once having made contact with reality, makes illusory any and all pretexts of autonomy.
Manfredo Tafuri, "L'Architecture dans le Boudoir: The language of criticism and the criticism of language" (1974).
*The Venturi & Rauch project used to illustrate Tafuri's point is the International Bicentennial Exposition Master Plan (1971). Tafuri's words, however, seem to relate to both the International Bicentennial Exposition Master Plan and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Celebration for 1976 (1972)--two distinct projects each for a different site in Philadelphia. Tafuri references the "American Bicentennial Celebration" to a feature of what is actually both Venturi & Rauch projects within a 1973 issue of L'architecture d'aujourd'hui magazine where it is easy to mistake the two projects as one single work. It's interesting then that Tafuri's salient point about an architecture "dissolved into an unstructured system of ephemeral signals" is based upon two distinct projects misperceived as one.
Three other variations on the theme remain for special comment. This trio have in common the idea, typical of synthetic eclecticism, of creating a new building type by combining elements from two of the most famous buildings of antiqity, the Parthenon and the Pantheon. Thus, perhaps, something new is created, something taking of the universally acknowledged excellences of these archetypes. It is too much to say that the combinations surpass either of the paradigms, but it cannot be denied that the resulting contrasts of form are productive of novel and provocative aesthetic effects. Similar juxtapositions of well-known and heavily associated forms were a commonplace in the projects of imaginative architects at this time, such as Boullee, Gilly, and Valadier; and Robert Mills proposed a combination of a Doric colonnade and an obelisk for the Washington Monument.
Carroll L. V. Meeks, "Pantheon Paradigm" (JSAH: 1960.12, 142).
Aldo Ross's Modena cemetery design of 1971 has been one of the most widely discussed architectural projects of the past decade. Now under construction, on the basis of a revised plan of 1976, Rossi's cemetery demonstrates his use of established architectural types, in unexpected combinations, to convey specific ideas about architecture and life.
Some critics, such as Manfredo Tafuri, have taken the view that the meaning of Rossi's design cannot be verbalized. This articale seeks to demonstrate that the oposite is the case. Here, Rossi's sources and writings are explored in tandem, in order to unravel the complex message contained in his cemetery design. In particular, Rossi's debts to Piranesi, Boullee, Loos, Hannes Meyer, Le Corbusier, and de Chirico are discussed.
Eugene J. Johnson, "What Remains of Man--Aldo Rossi's Modena Cemetery" (JSAH, 1982.3, 38).
Eternal Wrest in Pieces.
just thought of that while typing the above.
His book is designed as a megastructure, and we all know now their fate today.
Read together, they avail us of the opportunity to be placed both "within" and "without" at one and the same time, which none of the books on their own would allow.
Chris Fawcett, "The Rites of Criticism" (JSAH, 1980.5, 155-6).
He asserts that as early as the 18th century,Piranesi discerned that a wholly organized world os not a paradise but a nightmare. The full consequences of these contradictions, however, were not worked out until the 20th century.
I trust that Tafuri's advise will be similarly ignored.
The great value of Architecture and Utopia lies not in its political prescriptions but in its wealth of insights into the relationship between architecture and social theory since the Enlightment. Therein also lies its great frustration. The book touches on a bewildering variety of topics from Abbe Laugier to Andy Warhol until it seems less like a sustained argument than a series of brilliant asides. The pace is as rapid as the scene in Godard's "Breathless" in which the characters race each other through the galleries of the Louvre.
Robert Fishman, "Utopia and its Discontents" (JSAH, 1980.5, 153-5).
It's odd to think that Piranesi works like Koolhaas does, especially since it's certain Piranesi did not know Koolhaas. If Piranesi's hedonism is in the architecture, then shouldn't Piranesi's architecture (that exhibits hedonism) be shown? I wouldn't say that the Carceri, for example, exhibit "pleasure or happiness as the sole or chief good in life." And the architecture in the Ichnograpia Campus Martius exhibits more inversionary themes like life/death, Pagan/Christian, love/war, and lots of spectator activity (which is more passive than active).
It's interesting to compare Tafuri's more rapid-fire passages with what was in architectural journals/magazines at the same time the passages were written. The passages are very much like taking all your bookmarks and then writting a sentence or two about each of them, and then grouping the sentences into paragraphs. I believe all the rapid-fire passages could have been very precisely footnoted.
from the vaults...
Piranesi's Birthday 2007.01
It's Piranesi time to the nth degree.
architecture's self-reflective dialectic
"In the process of demonstrating the open-endedness of architecture's self-reflective dialectic as well as its fictitious beginnings, Eisenman analytically "read" a series of architects throughout his career, whose structures would disintegrate into radically self-contradictory configurations in the process: Andrea Palladio, Giambattista [sic] Piranesi, and Giuseppe Terragni were his main critical templates to corroborate that the discipline had always hinted at an awareness of its paradoxical foundations; the critical dimension of architecture was just less subdued with these architects, and hence their analyses released the whole (ironic) critical-constructive paradoxes of architecture. For example, in his etchings for a map of the Campo Marzio dell'antica Roma from 1762, Piranesi had proliferated the classical compositional logic of architecture to a point where his two-dimensional plan could no longer correspond to the three-dimensional ideal of a "classical" urban space; Piranesi had created a formal hyperbole out of the accepted rules of classical composition only to demonstrate the logical collapse of these very rules. Piranesi "concretized" the idea of language's sublime open-endedness into a physical reality that took on characteristics of the grotesque: "Whereas the sublime deals with qualities of the airy, qualities which resist physical occupation," Eisenman argued, "the grotesque deals with real substance, with the manifestation of the uncertain in the physical." With Piranesi, classical architecture used its own mechanism for self-annihilation--in a sense, it "swallowed its own stomach." Alongside Piranesi, Eisenman also made Palladio and Terragni into demonstrations of the breakdown of the established architectural canon at their respective moments in time. He rhetorically fleshed out their formal "disturbances" in the accepted compositional standards of architecture and propagated them ad nauseam into self-contradictory diagrams of formal fragments. Once again the temporal dialectic of postulation and refutation was in and of itself materialized as "architecture.""
Emmanuel Petit, Irony or, the Self-Critical Opacity of Postmodern Architecture (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 175.
Petit's explanation of Eisenman's analysis of Piranesi's Ichnographia Campus Martius is really only a paraphrasical reiteration of Tafuri's critique of the Campo Marzio plan. Furthermore, Eisenman's quote regarding the sublime stems from a text that has nothing directly to do with Piranesi and/or the Campo Marzio plan.
Nonetheless, Petit's explanation raises various questions, such as:
What is "the classical compositional logic of architecture" and how exactly did Piranesi proliferate the classical compositional logic of architecture?"
What is "the three-dimensional ideal of a "classical" urban space" that Piranesi's two-dimensional plan could no longer correspond to?
If Piranesi did indeed create "a formal hyperbole out of the accepted rules of classical composition," then how exactly did he then simultaneously "demonstrate the logical collapse of these very rules?"
Once again, it is really only Tafuri who ever attempts to substantiate the above claims regarding what Piranesi supposedly did via the Campo Marzio, yet even Tafuri's 'evidence' does not rightly correspond with what is actually present within Piranesi's large plan.
So then, what exactly do the superfluity of Piranesi's original building plans within the Ichnographia Campus Martius signify, disclose, communicate and represent? What were the ingredients of inspiration, and what prompted this burst of planimetric imagination in the first place? Appropriately enough, a nascent answer to these questions comes from Piranesi himself, where, in the dedication to the Campo Marzio, he cites the Forma Urbis, Hadrian's Villa and more as exemplars:
I am rather afraid that parts of the Campus which I describe should seem figments of my imagination and not based on any evidence: certainly if anyone compares them with the architectural theory of the ancients he will see that they differ greatly from it and are actually closer to the usage of our own times. But before anyone accuses me of falsehood, he should I beg, examine the ancient [Marble] plan of the city . . . he should examine the villas of Latium and that of Hadrian at Tivoli, the baths, the tombs and other ruins outside the Porta Capens and he will find that the ancients transgressed the strict rules of architecture just as much as the moderns. Perhaps it is inevitable and a general rule that the arts on reaching a peak should decline, or perhaps it is part of man's nature to demand some licience in creative expression as in other things which we sometimes criticise in buildings of our times.
Thus, following Piranesi's lead, the investigation commences.
dialectic 1 : the theory and practice of weighing and reconciling juxtaposed or contradictory arguments for the purpose of arriving at truth esp. through discussion and debate
Also, I'm currently re-reading Tafuri's Architecture and Utopia, and I have a heightened awareness of the avant-garde architectural lineage that Tafuri sees the Ichnographia Campus Martius as the protogenitor of. I think it's now possible, however, to 'fabricate' a whole other avant-garde architectural lineage once one understands what the Ichnographia Campus Martius is really all about.
This year's late Autumn is very different than last year's late Autumn--I've already had to shovel snow four times in the last two weeks. Despite the warmer temperatures, yesterday's and today's walk in the woods was still amidst a white blanket of snow--quite nice, actually. Saw a lone fawn yesterday, in the woods adjacent the cow pasture high point, the third time I'd seen it there since the controlled hunt on 4 November. I get a strong feeling that that's where the fawn last saw its mother alive. It's interesting how this animal's mind registers the spot of last sighting to then be, by default kind of, the spot of possible further sighting. A sadly innocent point of view, or is that exactly how hope operates?
Read this while having a late lunch: "Have you ever stopped to wonder anything about what you see there [ArchDaily] or on Archinect or Dezeen or ArchNewsNow or whatever blog or newsfeed you tune into (or tunes into you) every morning?" Figure out for yourself who wrote that in the book UPS delivered here today. I have to return/exchange one of the other books I received today; Project of Crisis is missing pages 123 through 154. Amazon is express shipping a new copy tomorrow. Such modern times we live in, or is it such Christmas (shopping) times we live in?
Reading over the last week and a half has been very Tafuri centric. So far finished Architecture and Utopia, "Ashes of Jefferson," (I think I'm going to read the chapters of The Sphere and the Labyrinth in reverse order) "The Boudoir in The Expanded Field," and "Manfredo Tafuri, or, Humanism Revisited." Last night I started to re-read Theory and History of Architecture. I'm reading the texts to learn/study the structure of Tafuri's history/theories, with particular focus on how Tafuri fit's Piranesi's Campo Marzio Ichnographia into his history. As I wrote a week ago, "Also, I'm currently re-reading Tafuri's Architecture and Utopia, and I have a heightened awareness of the avant-garde architectural lineage that Tafuri sees the Ichnographia Campus Martius as the protogenitor of. I think it's now possible, however, to 'fabricate' a whole other avant-garde architectural lineage once one understands what the Ichnographia Campus Martius is really all about."
At this point I'm still reading, but I'm also beginning to formulate "a whole other avant-garde architectural lineage." It's rather inspiring to even imagine a whole other architectural history of the last 250 years. Aha, working title: Architecture post Semiquincentennial.
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Feb 11, 2020 / Kaihan Krippendorff
It's a myth that startups are the world's drivers of innovation — in fact, company employees are the primary sources of new ideas. But before you can propose them, you need to identify beliefs that are getting in your way. Here's how, from innovation expert Kaihan Krippendorff.
Think that visionary startups are the main drivers of innovation in the world? It's a myth. "If we were left to go-it-alone entrepreneurs, we would not have mobile phones, personal computers or email," says Kaihan Krippendorff, founder of Outthinker and the Outthinker Strategy Network. "Entrepreneurs get the headlines but actually employees have been society's primary drivers of innovation."
Krippendorff spent three years interviewing 150 internal entrepreneurs — people working within companies — and experts to come up with a playbook for how to remove barriers that frustrate efforts to change. His advice is contained in his new book Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs. Got a great idea for your organization? Here's where you should start.
You may not know that you know Jean Feiwel. But if you or your friends or kids were ever spooked by Goosebumps, entertained by The Baby-Sitters Club, or had your mind bent by Animorphs, you have her to thank. Currently senior vice president at Macmillan Publishers, she created the imprints and platforms that brought these series to the world.
Jean's most recent venture is Swoon Reads, the leading crowd-sourced platform to help undiscovered romance writers refine manuscripts and find an audience. It's been lauded as an example of a publishing company introducing the kind of innovation we expect from Silicon Valley. Publishers Weekly has called it a "pioneering publishing model," and the New York Times says it "is upending the traditional discovery process."
Her story is representative of the process that successful internal innovators seem to follow. It did not come out of an R&D lab or a corporate-sponsored group; it was born out of the passion of someone who sensed a need and managed the process to navigate a solution through the sprawling bureaucracy of a large corporation.
The path to innovation begins when someone sees an opportunity and takes action on it. Finding opportunities is not hard; they surround us. The difficulty is that most people fail to recognize them or, if they do, choose not to move on them. There could be many reasons, but the most common one is this: Somehow they never take the first step.
The first necessity, the first step on the path, is what I have called "intent." I chose this word as it alludes to "entrepreneurial intention," an established concept in entrepreneurship theory. But it could also be called "commitment," "determination," "tenacity," "resolve," or "perseverance."
In a fascinating study, psychologist Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire studied two groups of people: Those who considered themselves lucky and those who considered themselves unlucky. He asked each to look through a newspaper and report how many photographs were inside. On average, unlucky people took two minutes to count and lucky people took seconds. What was the difference?
On the second page of the newspaper was a message: "Stop counting — There are 43 photographs in this newspaper." The message took up half the page and was written in large type, so no one should have missed it. Yet unlucky people tended to overlook it.
His research concluded that "lucky people generate their own good fortune via four basic principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good."
It is almost as if lucky people step into a situation with the intention of finding luck, so they find it. Those without such an intention fail to see opportunity even when it is staring them in the face.
What is going to stop you from taking the initial action that will put you on the path to innovating from within your organization? What is stopping you from seeing and acting on the opportunities around them? The research points to a clear answer.
Alan Carsrud and Malin Brännback, two of my mentors and thesis advisers, are leading experts on entrepreneurial intention. Intention precedes the recognizing opportunities and taking action to pursue them. Intention comes first; all else follows.
If you've ever either missed an opportunity you should have recognized or held back from taking action when you should have, you were probably stopped because your internal dialogue was having one of three conversations: it won't work; you can't do it; or people will think negatively about you.
Academics use slightly more formal descriptors to describe the beliefs that stop people.
Behavioral beliefs: Whether you believe that the actions required would result in a desirable outcome. You're asking yourself "Would this work?".
Control beliefs: Whether you believe that you are capable of taking the actions that would achieve the outcome — that you can accomplish the task and that you have the self-efficacy required. You're asking yourself "Am I capable?".
Normative beliefs: How you believe other people will react if you take action and the degree to which that influences you. You're asking "What would my colleagues/friends/partner/mother say?"
Here are 5 steps to take to pinpoint your internal beliefs.
Step 1: Identify what is stopping you from acting
To do this, picture yourself inside a movie. Imagine that you are presented with an opportunity to innovate. Maybe you have been invited to join a team working on a new initiative, maybe you have discovered an unmet customer need, or maybe you have come up with a new way to improve a process in your organization. Whatever the scenario, in your movie you feel a moment of excitement, but then choose not to pursue the possibility.
Now think about what you were telling yourself when you decided to pass. Which of these statements sound closest to your internal dialogue?
Behavioral Beliefs ("This won't work")
They will never listen to me.
You just can't innovate in the company.
We are too stuck in our ways.
We move too slowly.
It's too hard.
It's unlikely to succeed.
I can't be sure it will work.
Control Beliefs ("I am not capable")
I don't have what it takes.
I'm not an entrepreneur; I'm not innovative.
I don't know enough; I lack the technical knowledge.
I'm not that kind of person.
Who am I to think I could do this?
I don't have the right mind-set.
I'm not the kind of person willing to take the risk.
Normative Beliefs ("People won't approve")
What would people say?
I would look weird.
My colleagues or friends would laugh.
This could hurt my career.
What would happen if I failed?
This could be embarrassing.
That is not the kind of thing that people like me do.
Step 2: Be willing to choose your beliefs
Once you realize which types of beliefs are at work, start replacing them. First, recognize that beliefs are not necessarily true — they are rules that humans adopt to help explain what has happened in the past and to give us security about the future.
Performance coach Amanda Foo-Ryland works with executives to dismantle unhelpful or limiting beliefs. Limiting beliefs are the things you believe about yourself that restrict your abilities. She puts it this way: "The first thing to establish is that our beliefs, whether they're limiting or empowering, aren't the truth. They're just things we think. They feel real to us. Other people have different beliefs, which feel real to them. None of these beliefs are objectively true."
To loosen your attachment to unhelpful beliefs, be willing to consider that the belief(s) you identified in step 1 above may not be true. Can you find any examples of someone proving this belief is not true? Has anyone ever done something that contradicts the belief? Rarely do our beliefs hold true 100 percent of the time.
Step 3: Feel the cost
Foo-Ryland has created a process that enables people to clarify the limiting belief and also start demolishing the destructive thought pattern. She calls it the Sherlock Holmes Technique, because you're observing yourself as closely as Sherlock would, and as objectively. Try it for 48 hours, and I think you'ill notice your behavior and outcomes change for the better. All you need is a notebook and a sense of openness.
Every time you have a thought about taking an innovative action, ask yourself, "What is it I believe about myself that caused me to think that?" Notice what comes up, and write it down in your notebook. Every time you feel bad, ask yourself, "What do I believe about myself that caused me to feel that?" Notice what comes up, and make a note of this.
Each time you do either one, physically move yourself away from where you were sitting or standing. In this new position, ask the question again ("What is it I believe about myself that caused me to think that?" or "What do I believe about myself that caused me to feel that?"). Ask the question in a playful way, as if you have caught the limiting belief by surprise.
At the end of your 48 hours, look at your list. Ask yourself two questions about each item on it:
What has been the cost of having this belief?
What will be the cost of living in this belief for the next five years?
When calculating "cost," think about the monetary value of your time and energy, and put a real dollar value on it. Also think about the emotional costs — to your relationships, sense of fulfilment, career, capacity to have an impact in the world.
Step 4: Assess the payoff
An accurate assessment of a belief involves payoffs as well as costs. Ask yourself, "What is the benefit to me of holding onto this belief?" Does it reduce your risk? Does it help you avoid embarrassment?
Often this payoff is something you may not be comfortable admitting to yourself. For example, if you are limited by behavioral beliefs ("This won't work"), your payoff may be that you are too scared to try. That's a common feeling. If you are limited by control beliefs ("I am not capable"), you may be avoiding taking full responsibility. If you are limited by normative beliefs ("People won't approve"), your payoff may be that you avoid the jealousy of others who see you succeeding at something they didn't try themselves.
Step 5: Choose a new belief
Think of a new belief you might use instead. Don't choose something that feels like a directly opposite belief. For example, if your limiting belief is "I don't have what it takes," don't pick "I do have what it takes." Instead, consider something like "I have fun innovating" or "I am a passionate person" or "I am driven to have an impact on the world."
Imagine how your life would be in 5 years, and then in 10 years, if you lived this new belief. What would your career look like — your level of fulfillment, the impact on people around you, the role model you set for your children, your customers, your level of energy, your health, etc.?
Great internal innovators don't enter new situations wanting to keep doing things right; they have the intent to do things differently and better. Their innovations come from an ongoing drive to look for and pursue new opportunities. Without an intention to innovate, people tend to overlook opportunities and avoid taking actions to pursue them. If you can identify the belief holding you back, and then deconstruct and replace it, you will start seeing and acting on new possibilities.
Excerpted from the new book Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs by Kaihan Krippendorff. Copyright (c) 2019 Kaihan Krippendorff. Used by arrangement with the publisher: Columbia Business School Publishing. All rights reserved.
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Good morning! Here is today's summary from Nigerian Newspapers
1. Workers in Ogun State have embarked on a one-week warning strike, DAILY POST reports.
The workers are demanding the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage as promised by Governor Dapo Abiodun, as well as the remittance of their cooperative deductions, payment of leave bonuses, among others.
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3. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday justified his government's borrowing to finance infrastructure.
The Nigerian leader, who spoke on Tuesday at a meeting with members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) at the State House, in Abuja, stated that his administration takes loans to solve the dire shortfall in infrastructure.
4. President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, said Nigeria would have been in trouble by now if not for his government's decision to embrace agriculture.
President Buhari at a virtual meeting with members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) at the State House, in Abuja on Tuesday, stressed the position of agriculture in the government's scheme to reduce joblessness and poverty.
5. The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed into law the Lagos State House of Assembly Service Commission (Amendment) 2020.
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6. The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is not oblivious of the financial strains brought by the increase in fuel pump price and electricity rates.
Yekini Nabena, the APC spokesman in a statement he signed on Tuesday, noted that the reviews are crucial and hard thought decisions by the government.
7. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the resumption dates for public and private primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the State.
Commissioner for Education, Barrister Olasukanmi Olaleye, who made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday, said that schools will now operate morning and afternoon shifting for pupils and students of primary and secondary schools.
8. The Police in Anambra State have rescued eight children suspected to have been stolen from different states of Nigeria.
Spokesperson for Anambra State Police Command, SP Haruna Mohammed who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday, said the suspected human trafficking syndicate, consisting two women and three men were also arrested.
9. One person was killed yesterday in Ilupeju-Ijan Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government area of Ekiti State, as a retired United States of America army officer, Major Jide Ijadare and one other were kidnapped in the town.
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Those that have bought shares in gas and electricity companies could potentially lose out on millions of pounds, according to analysts. This is because domestic and business energy companies could be forced to slash pay-outs due to a shift towards clean energy by regulators under new plans.
Investors that have shares in the National Grid and SSE could see a colossal hit from Ofgem's plans, the industry watchdog. Returns could be cut in half over a five-year period between 2021 and 2026.
Since 2013, business and home energy suppliers have been making around 7 to 8 percent. In 2019, Ofgem proposed reducing this amount to 4.3 percent. Although, the regulator published a baseline rate of return of 3.95 percent in early July this year (2020).
The amount of money power companies can make is controlled by Ofgem. This is to ensure that they do not exploit their roles as near-monopolies by significantly increasing prices, and cutting any investment going into the network. The proposals were unveiled on 9 July. Additionally, £25billion will be included to fund the transformation of Britain's energy networks, this is all part of a target to become carbon neutral by 2050. Furthermore, around £630million would be utilised for green innovation.
Analysts have suggested that shareholder pay-outs are under threat, it is also likely that jobs may be cut as a result of this remarkable change within the sector. Ofgem said that the reductions in returns will mean a smaller amount of consumers' money going into network companies' profits. This would allow for more money to be spent on improving infrastructure and pushing forward with carbon reduction activities.
Rob McDonald, SSE's managing director of transmission, said: "The draft settlement does not strike the right balance for all stakeholders." Home and commercial electricity and gas provider, Scottish Power, said: "Nobody benefits from this half-baked plan. It's bad for jobs, bad for apprenticeships, bad for training and bad for the UK supply chain."
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With all indicators pointing to warmer temperatures in future years, a bill in the City Council would keep these facilities open every day until the first day of public school and every weekend until the end of September.
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"The average New Yorker isn't going to be able to go to the Caribbean for a vacation, or even to the Hamptons for that matter," Levine says. "To have this wonderful, healthy venue for summer recreation that is just a subway ride away, with no admission cost for everyone, is an incredibly important feature of New York City. We want to extend and expand this wonderful resource by a few weeks."
The move also recognizes changing work schedules. As more New Yorkers, especially millennials, take jobs outside of the traditional 9-to-5 hours, they have more opportunities to enjoy the sun and splash, Levine argues.
While New Yorkers have always swum in the city's rivers, the modern pool and beach system dates to the 1930s, a product of federal funding and the brainchild of controversial city planner Robert Moses. At the time, money was flowing from the Works Progress Administration at the height of the New Deal and local waterways were becoming increasingly polluted, while new research extolled the benefits of athletic activity for children's psychological development.
During the summer of 1936, the hottest on record in the city, Moses and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia opened 11 public pools around New York, one each week. They were marvels of modern engineering at the time, with monumental bathhouses and pump systems that guaranteed sanitary water. Their opening ceremonies, highly promoted in the local press, became major affairs.
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Today, as the effects of climate change become more keenly felt, the importance of public beaches and pools will only grow, Kahrl says.
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Levine's proposal has a ways to go before it's approved.
"We have been examining and exploring the feasibility of this concept. It's important to note that there are certain factors that could make this a complicated and costly enterprise," Liam Kavanagh, the deputy parks commissioner, said at a City Council hearing last month. He estimated that keeping all 56 pools and 14 miles of beaches open would cost about $350,000 per day.
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Transportation in Siwan
Siwan is a famous district of Bihar, which is fast developing in terms of infrastructure and transportation. It is a major export hub of sugar and rice in Bihar and is therefore eminently famous all across India. In past few years, the region has seen lot of developmental changes that contribute to its rapid expansion. Although, the internal transportation structure is not very well developed, but there are public transportation facilities available which makes it easy for people to travel within the district.In addition to this, the district it connects with major airports and railways of celebrated cities of Bihar, which makes it a easy to reach place among travelers. It also links to major cities through metalled roads in order to make it convenient for outsiders to reach and travel in Siwan.
Road Network in Siwan
The city of Siwan profoundly connects through road network with almost all major cities of Bihar. The best way to reach and travel in Siwan is through local buses offer by Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation. It provides bus services on daily basis to make it convenient for travelers to reach as well as travel inside Siwan. You can also hire taxis, cars and other vehicles from BSTDC at very nominal rates. If you are at any major junction in Bihar then you can easily reach to Siwan through this bus service.
Siwan is well connected to other parts of Bihar. It is just 121Kms from Muzzafarpur, 144kms from Patna, 138Kms from Gorakhpur, 233kms from Varanasi, 204Kms from Ara, 145Kms from Buxar, 500Kms from Kanpur and 387Kms from Lucknow. Regular bus service on daily basis is obtainable from these areas for Siwan.The region of Siwan is also closely located near the boundaries of Nepal, the capital of Kathmandu, which is just 308Kms from Siwan. In case you are not comfortable with state transportation services then you can even hire private taxis from these major regions. The cost of hiring private taxis or vehicles is more and it is essential that you hire such services from a reliable transport company only. Otherwise, you can fully rely on local state bus services to reach Siwan.
Railway Network in Siwan
Siwan junction is one of the busiest stations in Bihar. The district is the head of 16 blocks all of which are easily reachable from Siwan junction railway station. For this reason, it witness influx of travelers throughout the year.Besides Siwan junction, there are other well-connected railway stations also which can make you reach to Siwan without meeting any trouble. There are numerous trains, which operate between Siwan and major cities.Some of the major trains are from Lucknow to Siwan, 389Kms, from Kanpur to Siwan, 461Kms, from Delhi to Siwan 875Kms and from Kolkatta to Siwan, 736Kms.
Some other nearby railway destinations other than Siwan junction are Maharajganj railway station, Mairwa, Pachrukhi, Siwan Kachari and Amlori Sarsar. These are famous and old railways stations of Siwan district, which will take you directly to this amazing place in less time.
Air Connectivity in Siwan
The district of Siwan does not possess any domestic airport of its own. But, there are eminent airway facilities available near major cities to Siwan. Nearest airport to Siwan is Lok Nayak Jayprakash or Patna airport which is just 144kms from Siwan and is located in Patna.The contact and booking details for these airports is easily available online. So, if you want to travel comfortably to Siwan and money is not a bound, then this is a good option.
Internal Transportation Network in Siwan
The internal transport facilities of Siwan depend largely on local mini-buses, tempos and shared autos. There is rickshaw service also available in the district, which is the cheapest and simplest mode of traveling within the district boundaries.The service of shared autos is more common and accessible to travel to popular and commuting blocks within the district. So, if you want to reach from one block of Siwan to other then the option of shared auto is best.There is also tempo service available, which you can hire for an entire day in order to travel in Siwan at an affordable price. These tempos are offered by both government and private companies, out of which the cost of hiring private tempo service is little higher.Besides these, you can also the quality service of private cabs and taxis if you are willing to spend more and travel in Siwan in more comforting manner. However, the fact is that the rickshaws are more convenient and easy to go at places where taxis or autos cannot go.
The services of buses and taxis to and from Siwan are available for 24 x 7 and at cheap rates. You only have to decide between hiring public and private undertaking services.
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The object-based learning program has now been repurposed into a docent-guided program called a Trailhead Tour in the permanent gallery. In this tour, docents meet school groups and invite them to look for Chinese Canadian history in our Modern History gallery. They are then given images of four Chinese Canadian objects, led through a discussion about the significance of each object and challenged to write a text label and find a place in the museum to add these stories.
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Ticket for passage on the ship 'Maria'. BCA K/EA/C43/B36F01N005
The Royal BC Museum has selected and digitized important Chinese Canadian collections in the BC Archives and Modern History Collections to provide online access and to support learning and outreach initiatives. To date the Royal BC Museum has digitized more than 378 artifacts and approximately 12,692 pages of archival materials.
In partnership with Open School BC, a portion of the digitized collections—including 44 images of 31 objects, 87 digitized archival pages from 15 accessions, two audio files and 162 archival images—has been used to develop educational materials to support the BC Social Studies curriculum.
To celebrate the early days Chinese Canadian history, the Royal BC Museum presented the 2013 exhibition Tradition in Felicities: Celebrating 155 Years of Victoria's Chinatown, with Victoria's Chinatown community. It showcased the history and heritage of Victoria's Chinatown as a gateway between Asia and North America, and as an important site for Chinese Canadian community development. In 2014 the Royal BC Museum received the prestigious Keck Award from the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works for its live conservation project. Visitors to this exhibition also provided a great deal of valuable feedback.
Gold Rush! El Dorado in British Columbia
The Royal BC Museum, May–October 2015
Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, ON, April–December 2016
Guangzhou to British Columbia: The Chinese Canadian Experience 1858–1958
Guangzhou Metro Yuexiu Station, October 28–November 28, 2015 (find out more here)
Gold Mountain Dream! Bravely Venture into the Fraser Valley
Guangdong Museum of Chinese Nationals Residing Abroad, Guangzhou, China, November 5–December 20, 2015. (find out more here)
Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada, March 12–April 11, 2016
Jiangmen Museum, Jiangmen, China January 21–March 20, 2016
Museum of Xinhui District, Jiangmen, China, April 1–May 15, 2016
Musuem of Taishan District, Jiangmen, China, May 16–June 30, 2016
Kaiping Museum, Kaiping, China, July 1–August 15, 2016
Enping Museum, Enping, China, August 16–September 30, 2016
Heshan Museum, Heshan, China, October 1–November 15, 2016
Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China, November 16–December 30, 2016
Chilliwack Museum, Canada, June 19–October 13, 2017
Vernon Museum and Archives, Canada, October 16, 2017–February 28, 2018.
The Kelowna Museums, Canada, September 10, 2018 –January 28 2019 .
Rossland Museum, Canada, February 1, 2019 – March 18. (Tentative)
The Musée Héritage Museum, St Albert, Canada, March 25– June 3, 2019.
Courtenay & District Museum, Canada, June 7, 2019 – September 4 2019.
In addition, to help the public learn more about the Chinese Historical Wrongs Legacy Initiatives, the Royal BC Museum partnered with the Ministry of International Trade to reveal the Legacy Initiatives' behind-the-scenes stories in a special issue of the Royal BC Museum's online magazine Curious, available in English, simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese.
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Frank Harmon Wins AIA NC & Sir Walter Raleigh Awards for Walnut Creek Urban Wetlands Park Center
October 9, 2010 Blueplate PR
October 9, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – Frank Harmon, FAIA, principal of Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh, recently received both an Award of Merit from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA NC) and a Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Community Appearance for his firm's design of the thoroughly "green" Walnut Creek Urban Wetlands Park Environmental Education Center in Raleigh.
The AIA NC award was presented during AIA NC's 2010 Conference held recently in Asheville.
The Sir Walter Raleigh Award was presented during a special ceremony at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh to celebrate the people and projects that have made outstanding contributions to the appearance, environment and livability of the state's Capital City.
"The longest porch in North Carolina."
Walnut Creek Urban Wetlands Park is transforming 49 acres of abused, polluted wetlands near the downtown district into a living, natural resource for the City of Raleigh. The park's mission is to promote understanding of and protection for an urban wetlands, enhance community pride, and encourage economic development while preserving the natural beauty of the wetlands and protecting the habitat of numerous species.
Completed in September of 2008, the 7000-square-foot Environmental Education Center was Phase One of the project. It houses a bookshop, conference room, small library, and a kitchen, as well as classrooms and a laboratory.
The all-wood construction utilized recycled materials wherever possible and blends seamlessly into the landscape. An abundance of windows welcomes the surroundings into the building and facilitates natural ventilation and illumination. Resting lightly upon the land, the structure is poised six feet above the wetlands flood plain so its footprint is minimal.
All circulation occurs on the exterior of the building across "the longest back porch in North Carolina," as Harmon calls it, inviting visitors out into the environment. The metal roof's deep overhangs protect the interior from the harsh summer sun. A bio-retention system filters storm water runoff before it returns to Walnut Creek. Extensive areas of native plants and flowers further blend the building into its surroundings.
"Since the overall goal of Walnut Creek Urban Wetlands Educational Park is to conserve and protect a natural wetland, the architectural element had to embrace the same mission," Harmon said.
Harmon's firm designed the Center with consultants Robin C. Moore and Nilda Cosco of The Natural Learning Initiative. Other key players in the design were landscape architect Cynthia Rice, civil engineers McKim & Creed and structural engineer Tim Martin PE.
The Walnut Creek Urban Wetland Park is part of the Raleigh Parks & Recreation Department.
For more information on the Environmental Education Center, go to www.frankharmon.com and click on "current" projects.
About Frank Harmon Architect PA:
Frank Harmon Architect PA, a multi-award-winning firm headquartered in downtown Raleigh, is recognized nationally as a leader in innovative, modern, and regionally inspired "green" architecture. This year the firm was ranked 13th out of the top 50 firms in the nation by Architect magazine, an annual rating that emphasizes ecological commitment and design quality as much as profitability. Recent projects include Duke University's Ocean Science Teaching Center in Beaufort, the NC Botanical Garden's new Visitors Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, and Merchants Millpond Outdoor Educational building in Gatesville, N.C. The firm's work has been featured in numerous books, magazines and journals on architecture, including Dwell, Architectural Record, Architect, and Residential Architect. For more information, go to www.frankharmon.com.
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Arthur June 1, 2011 / 7:40 pm
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Occasional Paper 86: Royal Australian Navy in the Pacific War
By Richard H Pelvin and Jozef H Straczek
This paper was provided courtesy of the Sea Power Centre – Australia. It was first published in 2003 and is available on the Sea Power Centre website Feature Histories page. Both authors worked for the Defence Department in a range of roles over many years. Jozef Straczek was the Senior Naval Historical Officer in the Naval History Directorate, Department of Defence, Canberra. He has written or contributed to many books and articles on naval history. Among his works is the reference book, The Royal Australian Navy: ships, aircraft and shore establishments (Sydney: Navy Public Affairs, 1996). Richard Pelvin worked for ten years in the historical sections of the Army and Navy. He was also Curator of Official Records at the Australian War Memorial and has written and published widely on military, naval and aviation history.
In the morning of 8 December 1941 Japanese troops commenced landing in Northern Malaya. This assault was co-ordinated with the Japanese strike against the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor (7 December, local time). As a consequence of these actions the Royal Australian Navy found itself facing a new enemy and fighting a new war. A war that was to last four years and see Australian ships and personnel operate across the vast expanse of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Prior to the outbreak of hostilities six corvettes of the RAN had already been based at Singapore. Other vessels, including the cruiser HMAS Hobart, the destroyer HMAS Vampire and the sloop HMAS Yarra, were ordered back to Australian waters to help meet this new threat. Vampire formed part of the escort of HM Ships Prince of Wales and Repulse on their ill-fated sortie to attack Japanese landing forces at Kuantan on Malaysia's east coast. She rescued 225 survivors after both the capital ships had been sunk by Japanese naval aircraft.
HMAS Vampire was present for the sinking of HM Ships Prince of Wales and Repulse on 10 December 1941. She would later be sunk herself off Ceylon in April 1942
After this disaster the Australian ships were heavily involved in escorting the troopships bringing reinforcements to Singapore, often in the face of severe Japanese air attacks. On one occasion Yarra lifted over 1300 survivors from the troopship Empress of Asia after it had been dive bombed and sunk. A few days prior to this, on 27 January, Vampirecarried out a spirited but unsuccessful attack on a superior Japanese landing force at Endau. An accompanying British destroyer, HMS Thanet, was sunk. Other ships carried out patrol and evacuation duties. After taking part in the evacuation of Singapore the Australian ships formed part of the force allocated for the naval defence of the Netherlands East Indies.
To remove a threat from their flank while attacking eastern Java the Japanese Navy launched a heavy air raid on Darwin, which was being used by the Allies as a staging point for reinforcements. The bombers hit the town, airfield and harbour facilities, sinking five merchant ships and the destroyer USS Peary. Many other vessels, including the hospital ship Manunda, were damaged. This was the first of many such raids.
In Javanese waters, on 27 February a combined Australian, British, American and Dutch striking force composed of five cruisers, including HMAS Perth, as well as a number of destroyers, engaged Japanese forces covering the approach of a landing force. In this action, the Battle of the Java Sea, the Allies lost two Dutch cruisers and three destroyers with damage to a British cruiser. Subsequently the Allied naval forces were ordered to withdraw from the Dutch East Indies. However, whilst attempting to reach Australia through Sunda Straits, Perth, accompanied by the cruiser USS Houston, RAN into a Japanese force landing troops in Bantam Bay. In the ensuing action both cruisers were sunk with heavy loss of life. Many of the survivors were to subsequently die as prisoners of war.
AA Guns loaded
HMAS Perth displayed incredible fight while outnumbered by a superior force. The ship, superbly led by Captain Hector 'Hec' Waller was eventually sunk in the early hours of 1 March 1942.
The Australian built corvettes were able to withdraw successfully to Australia while the destroyer Vampire had reached Ceylon. Also fortunate was the destroyer HMAS Vendetta which had been immobilised and under repair in dry dock at Singapore at the time of the attack. She eventually reached Australia after an epic towing operation through enemy controlled waters. Less fortunate, the sloop Yarra which, whilst escorting a convoy south of Java, was surprised by a Japanese heavy cruiser squadron. Despite putting up a gallant fight she was overwhelmed and sunk on 4 March. The following month, on 9 April, Vampire was also sunk by Japanese carrier aircraft off Ceylon.
With the occupation of Malaya and the Dutch East Indies the strategic centre of gravity moved east. The Japanese, having occupied Rabaul and points on the northern New Guinea coast decided to occupy the Solomon Islands and Port Moresby. This would enable them to deny the Allies bases from which to attack Rabaul and also to threaten the RANs Pacific lines of communication. The Combined Operations Intelligence Centre, located in Melbourne, linking information from locally based signals intelligence units, Coastwatchers and aerial reconnaissance, issued an assessment on 25 April that a Japanese assault on Port Moresby was imminent.
On 1 May the cruisers HMA Ships Australia and Hobart and USS Chicago escorted by three American destroyers sailed from Hervey Bay to rendezvous with an American force built around the aircraft carriers Yorktown and Lexington. The Australian force, designated Task Force 44, reinforced with a fourth US destroyer and detached on 7 May to block the movement of any Japanese ships through the Jomard Passage. The force was bombed that day by Japanese aircraft incurring only superficial damage. Although no other enemy were sighted the presence of the Allied ships was influential in the Japanese decision to withdraw the Moresby Invasion force. Meanwhile US carrier aircraft had sunk the Japanese light carrier Shoho the same day.
In the action between the American and Japanese fleet carriers, Shokaku and Zuikaku on the 8th, the Lexington was sunk and the Yorktown badly damaged. Neither of the Japanese carriers were sunk though the Shokaku was badly damaged. Although the Japanese had inflicted greater losses in ships on the Allies they had not achieved their strategic objectives. Further, the Shokaku and Zuikaku had suffered such heavy losses in aircraft and personnel that they were not available for the Midway Operation in early June.
The combined effects of the battle of the Coral Sea, Midway and later the Solomons Campaign turned the tide of the Pacific War. Although no Australian vessels were present at the Battle of Midway, Australian naval signals intelligence played an important part in helping to monitor Japanese movements and intentions and passing this information onto the Americans at Pearl Harbor.
Just prior to the Midway Operation the Japanese again brought the war to Australia' shores with an attack on Sydney Harbour by midget submarines. The accommodation ship HMAS Kuttabul was sunk alongside Garden Island but all three Japanese submarines were lost. This was not the first incursion by Japanese submarines into Australian waters. In January four minelaying boats had operated in northern Australian waters, laying mines off Darwin and in Torres Strait. One, the I-124, had been sunk by the corvette HMAS Deloraine, assisted by other RAN and US vessels. In February and March the submarine I-25 had launched its reconnaissance seaplane on flights over Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart before moving on to New Zealand and Fiji. Simultaneously, submarine operations off the west coast resulted in the sinking of two merchant vessels and attacks on three others.
The tracks of the three midget submarines through Sydney Harbour
The midget attack presaged a submarine campaign against shipping on Australia's eastern coast which lasted from early June until August. Fourteen ships were attacked of which six were sunk. Convoys were introduced on the Australian east coast on 6 June. The Japanese submarines also shelled Sydney and Newcastle with little resultant damage. Further operations carried out in the first half of 1943 resulted in the loss of another eleven ships including the hospital ship Centaur.
While the first submarine campaign was being waged, plans were in hand to eject the Japanese from the Solomon Islands. On 7 August an Allied force landed on Guadalcanal. Naval support was provided by an Australian/American force of cruisers and destroyers, including HMAS Australia, Canberra and Hobart. Shortly after midnight on 9 August a Japanese cruiser squadron attacked the allied force sinking Canberra and three American cruisers. Although operations in the Solomons were to continue, further RAN involvement was limited, although valuable support was provided by Coastwatchers.
Later in August the Japanese landed at Milne Bay. Units of the RAN had convoyed troopships to the area and latter supported the defence of the area from the sea. On 29 August the new destroyer HMAS Arunta sank the Japanese submarine RO33 off Port Moresby, thereby removing a major threat to the logistic support for Australian troops. With the successful conclusion of the Milne Bay battle the RAN provided naval support for forces operating in northern New Guinea and commenced development of the string of bases that would be opened up along that coast to support the Allied advance. Operations included conducting hydrographic surveys, shore bombardments, t RAN sporting troops and providing logistic support.
December 1942 saw the commencement of Operation Lilliput, which over a six-month period saw the transportation of 60,000 tons of supplies and 3,802 troops from Milne Bay to Oro Bay, escorted by Australian corvettes. In March 1943 the Japanese suffered a major defeat when a reinforcement convoy heading for Lae was destroyed by Allied air attack in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Intelligence on this convoy was provided by the joint RAN /USN codebreaking organisation in Melbourne.
This same period saw a lesser but significant level of RAN activity in the area north and west of Darwin. While supporting commando operations in Timor the destroyer HMAS Voyager was lost in September 1942 as was the corvette HMAS Armidale in December. With the withdrawal of the commandos the RAN continued to support covert operations in the area by the Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) which were maintained until the end of the War. In September 1943 SRD operatives in small boats carried out Operation Jaywick, successfully attacking Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour. They had been t RAN sported there in a small captured fishing vessel, the Krait. In late 1944 another covert attack on Singapore Harbour was mounted by the SRD but was to end in disaster. Throughout the war the RAN units based on Darwin were also to provide support for settlements, missions, airfields and other military installations in the area. On 22 January 1943, while undertaking one of these voyages, the stores carrier HMAS Patricia Cam was bombed and sunk.
As 1943 and 1944 progressed Australian ships were involved in the campaigns to oust the Japanese from West New Guinea and adjacent islands. In the succession of landings carried out the cruisers and destroyers carried out bombardments and provided seaward cover. The corvettes escorted merchant ships through the area. The armed merchant cruisers HMAS Manoora, Kanimbla and Westralia were converted to Landing ships Infantry (LSI). As such they were to take part in many of the amphibious operations such as those at Hollandia, Biak, Aitape and Morotai which brought the Allies closer to the Philippines.
In July 1943 the cruisers were detached from the 7th Fleet for operations in the Solomons area. Enroute to Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Hobart was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and put out of action for nearly two years. In the previous month the heavy cruiser Shropshire had been transferred from the Royal Navy as a replacement for Canberra.
Captain John A Collins CB RAN assumed command of HMAS Shropshire on 7 April 1943 and she commissioned as HMAS Shropshire at Chatham on 20 April 1943.
Morotai was taken in September 1944 and from there the landings in Leyte were mounted. The LSIs landed American troops at Panaon while the covering forces included Australia, Shropshire, Arunta and her sister ship HMAS Warramunga. Survey work was carried out by the frigate HMAS Gascoyne. On 20 October a Japanese aircraft crashed into Australia causing heavy damage and casualties and forcing her withdrawal with Warramunga as escort.
In the Battle of Surigao Strait on 25 October Shropshire and Arunta formed part of the large American force formed around six battleships which overwhelmed a much smaller Japanese battle squadron attempting to attack the amphibious forces. Shropshire engaged the battleship Yamashiro with gunfire while Arunta carried out a torpedo attack. Surigao Strait was the last action fought using the traditional battle line. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, of which it was part, remains the largest naval battle in history and saw the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy as a fighting force.
In January 1945 the Allies commenced the invasion of Lingayen. Australia, now repaired, Shropshire, Arunta and Warramunga carried out bombardment duties while Manoora, Kanimbla and Westralia landed troops. The sloop HMAS Warrego and the frigate HMAS Gascoyne performed escort duties and carried out survey tasks in Lingayen Gulf. The Allied ships came under frequent air attack, especially from kamikaze aircraft. Gascoyne and Westralia were near missed and Arunta damaged. Australia, however, was grievously damaged when, between 5 and 9 January, she was hit five times. She continued to carry out her bombardment duties until ordered to retire with Arunta on 9 January. The other vessels continued operations in the area until March, by which time the repaired cruiser Hobart had rejoined.
At this time the British Pacific Fleet commenced operations in the Pacific. The RAN was initially represented by the destroyers HMA Ships Quickmatch and Quiberon as well as a number of corvettes. Later the destroyers HMA Ships Napier, Norman, Nizam and Nepal joined. All of these vessels had previously served in the Indian Ocean with the British Eastern Fleet. The destroyers had taken part in attacks on Japanese oil installations in Sumatra and the N Class vessels had supported the Army in Burma. The corvette HMAS Launceston had sunk the submarine RO 110 off Vizagapatam. The destroyers saw service in support of the Okinawa operations in April while the corvettes formed two minesweeping flotillas.
The RAN 's last operations in the Pacific were those in support of Australian troops in the landings at Tarakan, Brunei and Balikpapan in May, June and July respectively. As before the cruisers and destroyers provided gunfire support, troops were landed from the three LSIs and the sloops, frigates and corvettes carried out patrol, escort and surveying duties. RAN vessels, especially the smaller motor launches, were also active in the final operations in New Guinea waters.
Upon the conclusion of the war the RAN played a significant part in the arrangements for the surrender of various Japanese forces in South East Asia and the South West Pacific. Minesweeping continued for a number of years after the surrender and Australian service personnel and prisoners of war from around the region were repatriated.
The Pacific War saw an expansion of the infrastructure necessary to support wide ranging naval operations. Defensive minefields were laid in Australian, New Zealand and New Guinea waters. Harbour defence systems were established around Australia and forward operating bases provided logistic support to ships close to the combat areas. The manufacture of mines, torpedoes, guns and ammunition was undertaken as was the development and construction of sophisticated electrical equipment.
Shipbuilding, repair and maintenance facilities were greatly expanded, including the construction of the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island. Three destroyers, twelve frigates and sixty corvettes as well as numerous smaller vessels were built. A large number of merchant ships were converted for naval purposes and many others were defensively armed and given mine countermeasures. Most of this work was carried out by the men and women of the unarmed forces who worked in the factories and dockyard around Australia.
Women were enlisted into the Navy for the first time and helped provide many of the support functions so desperately needed by a navy at war. Some of these women played an invaluable, and largely unrecognised, role in supporting the large intelligence organisation that had been established. One, Ruby Boye, also served as a Coastwatcher at Vanikoro from February 1942 to October 1944. Before the end of the war the peak strength of the RAN had reached 39,650 with approximately 337 vessels ranging from cruisers to motor launches in service.
In proportion to its size the RAN made a significant contribution to the Allied effort in the war against Japan. This was more noticeable in the earlier days of the war when operations were taking place in Australia's proximity and before the United States was able to fully deploy its manpower and industrial strength. The amphibious operations, survey, minesweeping, convoy and patrol tasks from late 1942 to 1945 tend to be overlooked yet they were all essential components in the exercise of sea power and ultimately the war in the Pacific was a maritime campaign.
Prime Minister William Morris Hughes and his impact on Australian naval and maritime affairs: All at Sea with Billy
To the returning servicemen Hughes was 'the Little Digger' a symbol of Australian self-confidence. Geoffrey Button
Formative years
William Hughes, the father of William Morris Hughes, came from a line of respected tradesmen whilst his mother, Jane Morris, was from yeoman farming stock all from North Wales. The young couple set off from the Principality for the bright lights of London, where William (snr) was employed as a joiner and carpenter at the House of Lords, and to supplement the family income Jane did some domestic work. The Hughes family were pillars of the Welsh Baptist Church at Moorefields in London, where William was a deacon.
Their only child William Morris Hughes was born in London in 1862. William's mother died when he was aged seven, and accordingly the child returned to Wales to be brought up by his aunt. A bright pupil, he attended Llandudno Grammar School until he turned 14. As a young man he was physically uninspiring; at a height of 5 foot 5 inches he was small, scrawny and suffering from deafness and chronic dyspepsia (gastrointestinal discomfort). He had piercing blue eyes and big ears. What he lacked physically was more than compensated for in mental toughness, intellect and oratorical skills.
His intended career path was that of a schoolmaster and he was apprenticed for five years as a pupil-teacher at St Stephen's Anglican School, Westminster. Here, under the tutelage of a friendly headmaster, he spent the first hour of every day at lessons before putting in another five hours as a teaching assistant. He also attended evening classes and undertook quarterly assessment examinations. Hughes's school inspector was the great man of letters and eminent poet, Matthew Arnold. Arnold instilled into the youngster a love of literature, giving him a volume of Shakespeare's collected works. Despite his small stature a patriotic Hughes also found time to serve as a volunteer with the Royal Fusiliers.
In 1884, aged 22, Hughes took a government assisted passage to the new Colony of Queensland. He was offered a teaching position in the remote outback which he turned down and took to the road undertaking various odd jobs. Eventually finding himself back in Brisbane he then worked his way to Sydney in the galley of a coastal steamer. This led to a series of shore jobs as a kitchen hand before gaining a better paid position with a manufacturer of kitchen equipment.
Billy was living at a boarding house in the inner Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst. Here he met and married his landlady's daughter, Elizabeth Cutts, who had a young son from a previous relationship. Over the next few years Billy and Elizabeth had three daughters and two surviving sons.
In 1890, using Elizabeth's family money, they set up shop in Balmain and lived over the premises. Gradually this business developed into an outlet for the sale and exchange of books and a place for political discourse. This was the time of the bitter national maritime strike, into which shearers and coalminers were drawn, in support of maritime workers.
Hughes edited a radical weekly called New Order, giving him a platform to enter state politics, and in 1894 he won the working-class waterfront seat of Pyrmont and Ultimo. His energetic organisational skills gained him various union posts including secretary of the Wharf Labourers' Union. Using his union power base Hughes easily won a seat in the new Federal Parliament. He supported Australia having its own defence force and advocating conscription of all males between the ages of 18 and 60 to undergo part-time military training. He joined the National Defence League to influence public opinion in favour of a national defence policy.
Working in arbitration on behalf of the unions allowed Hughes to qualify for the Bar, and in 1904 his first major political role was his appointment as Minister for External Affairs and Chairman of a Royal Commission on the Navigation Bill. Hughes carefully examined all aspects of the Australian maritime environment and gained considerable expertise in this field. After two years the Royal Commission produced a report exposing the harsh conditions under which merchant seamen worked and recommended reforms. Meanwhile the British Government became interested and proposed Britain and New Zealand join with Australia to secure unified action. When this took place Hughes became one of the delegates, resulting in his first return to his homeland where his work ethic created a favourable impression.
Pen and ink drawing of Hughes as seen by Will Dyson – National Portrait Gallery
On the domestic front, in 1906 Elizabeth Hughes died, leaving a considerable void. In 1907 leadership of the Labor Party passed to Andrew Fisher with Hughes as his deputy and the following year Hughes became Attorney-General. Between 1907 and 1911 the conservative Daily Telegraph invited Hughes to provide a weekly column presenting 'The Case for Labor' in which he promoted moderate socialism. In 1911 he remarried, this time at a different social level, to Mary Campbell, a pastoralist's daughter. By now he had a fine home, a motor car and a hobby farm on the Hawkesbury River.
The Australian federal parliamentary system was still evolving, and from Federation to the outbreak of the Great War there had been five elections, with a sixth due on 5 September 1914. During this time there had been a total of nine Prime Ministers. With war clouds looming in September 1913 a general election was called, resulting in a return of the Liberals by a majority of one with Joseph Cook becoming Prime Minister. The instability of Cook's government brought about another election and during the campaign the British Empire found itself at war with Germany. Labor won office with Hughes serving as Attorney-General under Prime Minister Fisher. On 3 August 1914, Cabinet agreed to offer to place the newly acquired Australian fleet under control of the British Admiralty, and to send an expeditionary force of 20,000 troops overseas whenever it was required by the Imperial Government.
In October 1915 Fisher resigned to become High Commissioner in London and Hughes, unopposed, became Prime Minister. He felt secure enough to visit England in early 1916 as he wanted a more effective voice in the progress of the Great War. In particular Hughes was concerned that Australia's exports were hampered by insufficient shipping and for the need to gain control of the ex-German Pacific colonies.
Hughes, accompanied by his wife Mary, a qualified nurse, and their infant daughter Helen, sailed unheralded from Sydney on 26 January 1916 with calls at New Zealand and Canada, then travelling overland to the US. They landed in Vancouver on 19 May 1916 and crossed the border to Seattle where ten wooden ships were being built for the Australian Government. Progress was good as three had already been launched and a fourth would be the next day. They also arranged to see some concrete ships and enlist the help of an expert on these to visit Australia with a view to constructing them under licence.
The party proceeded to Washington to meet President Woodrow Wilson, then sailed from New York in the Red Star liner Finland, reaching Liverpool on 7 March. The Australian Prime Minister's energetic approach won him many admirers in Britain and although not impacted by the complexities of European policymaking, he gained a reputation as a statesman and was to strike up a rapport with another fiery Welshman, Lloyd George. The opportunity was taken to visit Australian troops on the front line in France before returning home via troopship on 31July 1916. The new-found status of our Prime Minister is aptly summarized in the following newspaper description:
Before Mr. Hughes went to England he was plain 'Billy': in the cables he was Mr. Hughes…now that he has received the 'freedom' of the cities of London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, York, Sheffield and Birmingham, and doctorates from the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Oxford and Wales, and is a Privy Counsellor in addition, what is one to call him? Seems sacrilege to say 'Billy' nowadays. (Tweed (NSW) daily newspaper 29 July 1916.)
Upon returning home he was involved in the hostile conscription debate. Hughes preferred to legislate for conscription as was being done in Britain, Canada and New Zealand but he feared losing a closely contested vote, especially as many Irish-Australians were against continuation of the war. As an alternative a referendum was held on 28 November 1916 where 'No' triumphed by a narrow margin.
A wartime double dissolution election was called in May 1917 with Hughes changing horses from Labor to Nationalist but again winning a mandate. As manpower shortages at the front continued, a second referendum was called in November 1917, which was defeated by a wider margin than the first.
The Imperial War Cabinet met in London in June 19181to which the Dominion Prime Ministers were invited. To satisfy this requirement a more ambitious visit was made in RMS Niagara, which sailed from Sydney on 26 April 1918.Hughes was again accompanied by his wife and daughter. Included in the party were Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Navy Joseph Cook and Mrs. Mary Cook, the Solicitor-General Sir Robert Garran and John Latham2, a naval reservist and brilliant lawyer with expertise in Pacific affairs and naval intelligence. Latham acted as Cook's secretary. The extensive party included Percy Deane, Hughes's personal assistant, and his physician, Dr. R Mungovan, two stenographers and a messenger. While he was not part of the official entourage, from the time they reached England, journalist Keith Murdoch was never far distant. In London they lived in a house provided by the British Government.
The Billy Book of the many travels of Hughes
When they reached Auckland they were joined by the New Zealand Prime Minister William Massey and his Minister for Finance Joseph Ward, who then traveled with them to Canada. On reaching Vancouver they traveled by train to Ottawa to meet with the Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden and thence to Washington for discussions with the American President Woodrow Wilson. Hughes and Cook arrived in New York on 13 May and were in Washington from 27 to 30 May. They were received by President Wilson on 29 May, however the meeting lasted only thirty minutes with the academically devout President being unimpressed by the forthright views of his guest.
Imperial War Cabinet
In North America the parties made separate transport arrangements to England, with the Canadian and New Zealand delegates arriving in London on 8 June. At the first meeting of the Imperial War Cabinet on 12 June the Australian delegation was limited to the Solicitor-General Robert Garran and LCDR John Latham. It was not until the meeting of 17 June and afterwards that Prime Minister Hughes and Minister for the Navy Cook attended.
Possibly to prevent Prime Minister Hughes from grandstanding, a Royal Navy cruiser HMS Leviathanwas placed at his disposal to transport him from New York to England, but the rules against females travelling aboard RN ships were unbending. Mother and daughter and the remainder of the official party departed from New York in the troop transport ex-RMS Adriaticon 05 June 1918. They were now part of an escorted convoy of eight ships carrying American troops and equipment to the war in Europe. After berthing at Liverpool the official party was reunited at Euston Station in London on 15 June.
Following the Imperial War Cabinet meeting other PMs departed, but Hughes remained to argue the case for better access for Australian products to English markets. He again visited Australian troops in France. With the approach of peace, it was agreed that Hughes and his entourage should remain to safeguard Australia's interests. This gave Hughes his moment on the international stage where he won a mandate over New Guinea and over the phosphate rich island of Nauru. To Australian returning servicemen he was 'the Little Digger', a symbol of Australian self-confidence. He returned home with many of them in a troopship.
Learning the Ropes in Wooden Ships
The work of Hughes on the Royal Commission into the operation of the Navigation Bill, his association with maritime unions and a penchant for nationalism drove him to support a union push for a local merchant fleet manned by Australians. This also fitted with a 'White Australia' policy as many British merchant ships which operated on the Australian waterfront were majority crewed with low-cost Asian labour.
Upon the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, by astute management of its military and naval forces Australia was fortuitously able to impound 27 German and one Austrian vessel through Prize Law. A merchant fleet of well found vessels had been obtained at virtually no cost. Initially the Transport Branch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) operated these ships. Some were used as troop transports and supply ships and others fulfilled commercial purposes.
In 1916 the Commonwealth Government Line of Steamers (CGLS) came into being through Prime Minister Hughes invoking the War Precautions Act to requisition money for a payment of £2,047,000 for 15 British tramp ships. With war-time conditions shipping was at a premium and this was a high price for these vessels. Each ship's name began with 'Austral' such as Australfield– collectively they were known as 'the Australs'. In 1918 management of the Australs and the requisitioned enemy ships were all placed under the CGLS.
Because of wartime losses hulls remained at a premium, affecting Australia's ability to ship produce. As steel was in short supply and the local steel manufacturing industry was in its infancy, an American proposal was received to revert to building ships of wood, which was in plentiful supply. This resulted in the Commonwealth in 1917 entering into contract with the Patterson-MacDonald shipyard of Seattle for the supply of 10 wooden steam driven cargo ships. The contract was later amended for five steam powered and five motor ships.
In January 1918 the Sydney firm of Kay McNicol was co-opted by Prime Minister Hughes to present plans for the construction of similar wooden merchant ships. Initially this was to be for 24 ships divided amongst four builders for six ships each, with three builders in Sydney and one in Western Australia. With the end of the Great War the need for these vessels was reassessed and only the first two ships, which were already under construction by Kidman & Mayoh at a slipway at Kissing Point on the Parramatta River, were completed. It is noteworthy that Kidman & Mayoh had never before built ships.
The whole history of the wooden ships was a disaster. As ocean going vessels of about 3,000 gross tons with a maximum speed of nine knots they were too small and too slow to be commercially viable. Many were poorly built with extensive repair work required to make them seaworthy. Litigation with the American builders, who became bankrupt, lasted many years. As soon as possible these vessels were sold at bargain basement prices. The Commonwealth incurred losses of £2.34m on this venture. In addition, losses on the two Australian built ships were estimated to be about £300,000.
The fate of the two locally built ships Burnside and Braeside, which were considered unseaworthy, was pitiful. Burnside was burnt out on the stocks on 4 September 1923 and Braeside was towed outside the Heads on 21 December 1923 and set on fire.
The next venture into shipbuilding was however successful with the construction in Australia of two Dale-class, and in Britain, of five Bay-class ships3.
The 10,000 gross ton Dales were twin screw refrigerated cargo ships built at Cockatoo Island Dockyard and at the time the largest such vessel built in country. The Bays were handsome twin screw cargo-passenger vessels of 12,800 tons. Given the past mistakes these ships were a great accomplishment and they were much admired.
Esperance Bay, Hobsons Bay, Moreton Bay and Jervis Bay became armed merchant cruisers and Largs Bay a troopship. Under the command of Captain Fogarty Fegen, RN, VC, Jervis Bay is well known for her heroic action against the German pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer where against overwhelming odds she was responsible for saving the majority of her convoy of 38 ships.
By 1923 half of the Government owned fleet of fifty-four ships was laid up and during the following three years most of the ships were disposed of at bargain prices. However, with the Dales and Bays the nationalised shipping company (CGLS) retained the nucleus of a fine merchant marine. These ships were as good as any others afloat and their standard of accommodation for both passengers and crew was excellent. Crew accommodation, pay and entitlements were possibly the highest in the world. But this was not good enough for a rapacious union movement which called for more and through a series of petty strikes virtually brought the company to a standstill. Surely William Morris Hughes, a visionary, a man of the people, had the ability to control the unruly maritime unions.
But Hughes's influence had waned, with no end in sight the Government decided to sell its shipping interests to a British monopoly and by 1928 it no longer had any ships on the Australian register. The Australian merchant fleet would never fully recover from this blow.
Relationships with the Australian Navy
While Hughes was generally supportive of the Australian navy he could afford to leave much of its administration to his close friend and colleague Senator George Pearce who first became Minister for Defence in 1908 and continued in that role during the whole of the Great War and beyond. This confidence was well placed as Pearce was most competent and a great advocate of the RAN.
In May 1918 the Admiralty produced a memorandum for consideration of the Imperial War Conference that proposed a single navy for the Empire. This stirred up national resentment with Hughes but he left the running of this important issue with his Navy Minister Cook, which most likely fell to the latter's assistant John Latham. The result was that all Dominions rejected the proposal. As a compromise it was agreed that Admiral Jellicoe should tour the Dominions to advise on the needs of Dominion navies.
Hughes crossed swords with the naval establishment when HMAS Australia returned home in June 1919 with an incident in Fremantle where stokers refused to take the ship to sea, resulting in the court-martial of five ringleaders. In a nation recovering from a horrendous war, naval discipline by way of prison sentences meted out to the culprits seemed out of touch with community expectations and political pressure was brought to bear for reduced sentences. The Fleet Commander, the Australian born and popular Commodore John Saumarez Dumaresq, and the First Naval Member of the Naval Board, Rear Admiral Grant, threatened to resign in what they considered political interference in naval justice. Luckily they were persuaded to withdraw their resignations and the incident was largely forgotten.
In April 1922 John Dumaresq, now a Rear Admiral, had resigned and was returning home to England. Prior to his departure the Admiral took the opportunity to speak his mind to reporters. He expressed fears held throughout the Australian Fleet chastising the Government for the lack of appropriate funding for the navy, and expressing the hope that the Australian Navy would never fall below three light cruisers and an adequate number of other ships such as submarines. 'If she falls below three light cruisers, the soul of the Australian Navy will have expired, as the spirit, morale – call it what you will – of a navy cannot be maintained with anything less than three light cruisers'.
These comments incensed Prime Minister Hughes who responded by saying the Admiral's comments were 'unfortunate and showed rather bad taste' and continued, 'it is the business of the Naval Board, of which Admiral Everett is chief, to advise the Government upon naval policy, and it is the business of the admiral in charge of the fleet to command the forces placed at his disposal by the Government on the advice of the Naval Board. Therefore, whatever is to be said in reference to the naval policy of the Government should be left to the responsible naval adviser'. This rebuke was hotly resented by naval officers who supported the comments of the late fleet commander. The last word came from Admiral Dumaresq who said 'it would not become me to reply to such a great man as the Prime Minister of Australia', adding that his intent was to be open with the Australian people about his beliefs. Tragically Admiral Dumaresq, who suffered from ill health, was never to return home as within a month he died at an American hospital in Manila and he was buried there with full military honours provided by American armed forces.
Dumaresq's comments related to Government restrictions being placed upon the RAN because of economic stringencies. With the onset of the Great Depression the RAN suffered severely. Recruiting ceased and no new entries were accepted into the Naval College which had been moved from Jervis Bay to the Flinders Naval Depot. Manpower was reduced and the number of ships in commission fell, at its lowest level to just four ships: two cruisers, a seaplane tender and one destroyer. But by the mid-1930s there was a progressive movement towards rearmament and the RAN quickly returned to a formidable naval force.
William Hughes was also instrumental in providing support to the establishment of the Returned Services League (RSL) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). He also set up the Commonwealth Oil Refineries which had the effect of halving the local price of motor fuel, and encouragement was given to the search for oil deposits in Australia. He endeavoured, with limited success, to provide a regular service of airships between Britain and Australia. He also secured approval to establish a direct overseas wireless link from Australia to other major centers. As a consequence, Hughes became a director of Amalgamated Wireless Australia (AWA).
By 1923 the Hughes magic was fading and with lack of support he resigned as Prime Minister on 2 February 1923, retiring to the back bench. Hughes made another tilt for power when as part of a coalition government in October 1934 he became Minister for Health and Repatriation but only lasted a short while, resigning the following November. However, within three months he was back as Minister for External Affairs until April 1939, then as Attorney-General, and from September 1940 as Minister for the Navy. While the approach of the Second World War stimulated the old warhorse he was now becoming a spectator as younger men sought power.
On his 90th birthday his parliamentary colleagues gave him a testimonial dinner. A week later on 28 October 1952 he died of pneumonia.
William Morris Hughes was Prime Minister of Australia from 27 October 1915 to 9 February 1923, a then-record period of 7 years, 3 months and 14 days, and he led a politically diverse country through the majority of the Great War and beyond.
The international image Australia sought to portray at the time of the Great War was of a breed of tall, carefree, country boys who became bronzed warriors. In this respect their political leader, the symbolic 'Little Digger', was the very opposite. Hughes was portrayed as a poor self-educated working class migrant, nurtured by the union movement to represent the aspirations of the working class. Hughes in fact came from a solid lower-middle class background, was well educated and continued with his studies as is evidenced by admittance as a barrister-at-law, and acknowledged with the accolade of being made a Privy Counsellor, and the award of honorary doctorates from prestigious universities. The real Hughes was more at home with the ideals of Plato and Kant rather than the radical socialism of Marx and Lenin.
Hughes was an enigma, a man of contradictions; starting with a socialist manifesto he became comfortable in the society of newspaper barons, landowners and industrialists. During his amazing career he achieved much but in naval and maritime circles he will be remembered as doing more than any other in building a fleet and then losing a fleet.
Of the immediate Hughes family, tragically their 21-year-old unmarried daughter Helen died in London in 1937 after complications following childbirth. William Hughes died in Sydney on 28 October 1952; his wife Mary died on 2 April 1958 and is buried in the Sydney Northern Suburbs Cemetery next to her husband and daughter.
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From the time of end of the Boer War to the start of the Second World War there were a number of Committees on Imperial Defence to which colonial, later Dominion, representatives were invited. In 1917 Lloyd George instituted an Imperial War Cabinet with executive powers. It first met and held a number of meetings between March and May 1917. Owing to a federal general election in May 1917 Australia was not represented during this important series of meetings.
LCDR John Greig Latham RANVR was seconded to the official delegation for the 1918 Imperial War Cabinet meetings. Although recognising the achievements of Hughes he was critical of the Prime Minister's excesses and affronted by his manner in dealing with diplomatic issues. In 1923 Latham was amongst an influential group who sought the resignation of Prime Minister Hughes. Sir John Latham later became Chief Justice of the High Court. Between the wars Latham was one of the few men in Australian politics with naval experience.
All five Bay-class ships were sold but there were some later and confusing name changes,Esperance Baybecoming Arawaand then Hobsons Bayrenamed Esperance Bay, both these vessels and their sister Moreton Baywere later converted in Australian shipyards to Armed Merchant Cruisers (AMC). Jervis Bay's conversion to an AMC was carried out at St John, New Brunswick, Canad
The Royal Australian Naval College's debt to Admiral Creswell
The following article is based on an address by Robert Hyslop to the Canberra and District Historical Society which appeared in that Society's journal of September 1986, and still relevant today. It is reproduced by kind permission of the Society.
Robert Hyslop (1918-2007) started a lifelong association with the Royal Australian Navy in 1936 as an accounts clerk at Garden Island Dockyard, later transferring to Navy Office in Melbourne, before moving to senior Defence roles in Canberra in the 1950s. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Department under the formidable Sir Arthur Tange and had many more senior public service roles before ill health forced him into retirement in 1981. Robert was a prolific writer with a great insight into Australian political history.
In this paper I will examine the debt owed by the Royal Australian Naval College to Admiral William Creswell concentrating on its beginnings and early development.
William Creswell, the son of Edmund and Margaret Creswell, was born at Gibraltar on 20 July 1852. At the age of thirteen he entered the Royal Navy's training college Britanniaas a cadet; in 1867 he was promoted midshipman and in 1873, after being wounded in a skirmish with pirates on the Malay Coast, he was promoted Lieutenant. In September 1878, disappointed at the slowness and uncertainty of promotion within the Royal Navy, he retired and migrated to Australia in the hope of becoming a pastoralist. For the next seven years he worked in the Northern Territory exploring and cattle droving; in 1885 he was invited to and took up an appointment with the South Australian naval forces with the rank of Lieutenant in HMCS Protector, the only ship in that colony's defence force. In 1893, he was appointed Naval Commandant for the colony and, in 1895, promoted to the rank of Captain.
On 1 May 1900 Creswell accepted command of the Queensland naval forces and in February 1904 he was appointed Naval Officer Commanding the Commonwealth Naval Forces. He became Director of Naval Forces and when the Australian Naval Board was established in January 1905, he was appointed Naval Member. The other members of the Board were James W. McCay, MHR, Minister for Defence; and John A. Thompson, Chief Accountant, Department of Defence, Finance Member. The Board's powers and functions were loosely defined as being responsible, subject to the Minister for Defence, for 'the administration of all matters relating to the Naval Forces'.
When control of the colonial military and naval forces was transferred to the Commonwealth on 1 March 1901, the naval defence forces were small. Meeting in Melbourne in August 1899, the naval officers representing the Australian Colonies noted that 'the total naval force consisted of 1,545 men of whom 1,000 (could) be considered bona fideseamen; and the remainder consisted of boatmen, yachtsmen, &c'. Those figures, however, do not agree with data published elsewhere – for example the Statistical Register for 1900 for each of the colonies – buttheyare consistent in that they show that neither Western Australia nor Tasmania possessed a naval force.
Captain Creswell, Director of Commonwealth Naval Forces c1904
Although in good order, much of the equipment was old-fashioned and showing signs of its age; there were no facilities for the full-time training of officers and other ranks nor was expenditure on such resources thought to be necessary. In all the circumstances, the recently established Naval Board and, in particular, Creswell as Naval Member and Director of Naval Forces, had an uphill task ahead.
Creswell was exceptional among naval officers in his understanding of the place of defence in the political system, being remarkably free of naval insularity. He could be scathing, even in his public statements, when he believed that ministers were failing to face up to issues as, for example, during the early years of Federation when successive governments allowed the naval forces to wither away. As Naval Director, his annual reports to Parliament were very critical. In 1905 he wrote:
The main weakness is the condition of the Permanent Officers List. The retirement and retrenchment of Officers without appointing successors on an already attenuated list, to which there have been no fresh appointments for many years, have reduced the list of Permanent Officers to a condition bordering on collapse.
He repeated that criticism in his 1906 Report. But, when faced with a decision which he might not like he was able to accept it and get on with the task, albeit, perhaps, with a grumble. In 1913, for example, in replying to a long minute by his colleague, Captain Hughes-Onslow, who complained about the choice of Jervis Bay as the site for the Naval College, Creswell observed:
Criticism of the site and condition is of no service at the present time. I can only say the disadvantages to be overcome exceed expectations. The main point however is that they must be overcome.
That was an attitude which he exhibited on many occasions.
The 1899 Conference of Naval Officers was satisfied that 'The ability of the Naval Establishments in the Australian Colonies to train Naval Forces has long been proved' and 'the training of seamen in the colonial ships of war…might be considered an equivalent to six months continuous training in an Imperial ship of war'. They did not seem to consider the question of officer training as being a significant problem, evidently believing that this was a task best left in the hands of the Royal Navy; that was not an opinion shared in political quarters. Whereas the Agreement relating to the Naval Force on the Australian Station provided that eight naval cadetships would be available for young Australians to be trained in that force, the Defence Act 1903 (Section 29) made provision for the establishment of a Naval and Military College 'for the purposes of imparting education to the various branches of naval and military sciences, and in the subjects connected with the naval and military professions, and for qualifying persons for the naval and military service'. Clearly, the Parliament had recognized that, at some future date, these facilities would become necessary as reflecting Australia's independent status and its acceptance of a responsibility to establish naval defence forces.
Australian Naval Defence Force
In his 1905 Annual Report, Creswell raised the question of setting up an Australian Naval Defence Force without making any reference to the need to start a naval college. He did, however, insist:
Whenever it is decided to enter on a defined Naval Defence policy, the training question (of Seamen) will be the first to come up for consideration. It must be freed from the early Military bias, and special requirements and conditions of sea service recognised, and given effect to Special Australian conditions.
Although he did not refer specifically to Section 29 of the 1903 Defence Act, Creswell was clearly not in favour of a combined 'Military and Naval College'.
In February 1906 Creswell went to England 'to inquire into and gain every possible information with regard to the latest naval developments' including 'any information…on the matter of training Officers and Seamen'. During the course of his inquiry, Creswell visited the naval colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth for naval cadets, the college at Keyham for naval engineering students and the War Colleges at Portsmouth and Plymouth for senior officers. In his report, he outlined in some detail the training provided at each institution and, in identifying their strengths and weaknesses, related them to the Australian scene. He was particularly impressed with Osborne where:
Naval requirements (had) been carefully thought out…and the best methods adopted to meet them. The work is healthy, useful, and practical…Parallel with this the cadet's schoolwork, comprising the natural sciences, practical mathematics, history, modern languages, and the general educational subjects.
His only criticism was that 'Intimate daily association with the sea should be part of the cadet's life'. At Osborne these conditions were lacking.
Creswell was impressed by the fine buildings and general standard of accommodation. At Dartmouth, where the cadet moved in his third year of training;
The English Naval Officer has been given a jumping-off place for his life's work that he will look back on with pride. The building will serve for many a generation. Solid stone and sound oak will last, and look even better for age, when the sons and grandsons of the present Cadets are Admirals of the Fleet.
Those observations are significant in that they enabled Creswell to clarify his ideas of what he believed should be the objectives of persons planning an Australian Naval College.
During his visit to England, Creswell had gathered 'all information to help the University of Melbourne in their scheme for establishing a School of Naval Science' and, in a report dated 14 August 1906, he elaborated on that proposal. He identified the subjects which he would include in the curriculum but he was not sanguine that the concept would be adopted. He wrote:
The present condition of the Australian Naval Forces offers small prospect of a School for Naval Science being much used for the present. Of the ultimate need of such a school there is no question, but at present, the Naval Forces are not in a position to avail themselves of it.
Bid for Naval History
Never one to pass up an opportunity to make a point, Creswell made a bid for Naval History as:
A subject to which I would suggest prominence should be given. There is probably no portion of the Empire whose existence as such is more closely associated with Naval History, and none where the principles it teaches demand closer attention. Naval History as a University subject and encouraged in schools would, I was advised, be of national benefit.
In September 1906 Deakin, as Prime Minister, 'outlined a scheme for limited defence which, in many respects, was little more than an upgrading of existing harbor and coastal defences'; in the second stage, the Commonwealth would 'pass from merely harbour defence to defence'. In Creswell's opinion, this was 'the most important advance yet made in Australia's defence…(it) establishes the principle of Commonwealth responsibility in the defence of ports and of the trade on our coasts'. At the same time, he noted:
The first measure necessary after the adoption of the Government scheme of naval defence will be the entry and training of officers for the new establishments. The responsibility both for selection and training of officers is a grave one…Very much depends on the first impressions given by any service and this again will greatly depend on the officers serving as its initiation.
Twelve months later, he was critical that little progress had been made; in Creswell's opinion:
The earnest intention of the Commonwealth to establish an efficient naval service will take first effect in the training system for the Naval Force, which should be specialized to meet the needs of a Naval service.
Imperial Defence Conference
The question of a Naval College was not seriously considered until 1909. On 23 June in a ministerial statement outlining the policy of administration proposed by his ministry, Alfred Deakin indicated that steps would be taken to increase the naval and military defence forces. Colonel Justin F. Foxton, MHR (Brisbane) had been appointed Australian representative at the forthcoming Imperial Defence Conference; Creswell was to act as 'expert adviser' on naval matters. Foxton was instructed 'to consult the Admiralty upon the whole question of Imperial naval defence, and particularly as to the marine defence of the ports and coasts of Australia by the most effective vessels manned and officered, as far as possible, by Australians trained to the standards, and study the opportunities of the Royal Navy'. Deakin went on to outline briefly the facilities which would be provided for 'the efficient training of a sufficient number of officers chosen for their natural aptitudes and capacity to command'; these would include 'A Military College, as well as a School of Musketry, and probably a primary Naval College'.
Creswell could not have been happy about the failure of the Government to adopt his well-publicised belief in the need for a separate naval college, but the fact that the Ministry had not made a final decision was encouraging.
The question of officer training was raised in the Senate on 15 September 1909, when Senator Thomas Givens made the point that it was 'extremely desirable that we should have a naval college at which our young people may be trained in naval matters'. He believed that such a college should be placed within the Federal territory and objected 'to any government institution of that kind being located on other than Federal territory'. Givens insisted that:
If Inter-State jealousies are to be avoided, it is absolutely necessary that all institutions of that kind – including the small arms and ammunition factories – should be established on Federal territory, where they will be under Commonwealth control and subject to Commonwealth laws.
When he suggested that the proposed college should not be established 'in any big commercial centre where all sorts of distractions would be placed before the boys attending the institution', he raised a professional point not as yet publicly explored.
Givens next referred to the steps being taken in New South Wales and Victoria to raise funds to present Britain with a Dreadnought class vessel as a gift from the Australian people to assist her in ensuring that the Royal Navy was superior to that of Germany and as a mark of imperial loyalty. In New South Wales where the target had been set at £250,000, £86,020 was raised.
The Dreadnought Fund
On 29 September the Government was asked whether a proposal had been made to donate to the Commonwealth the sum of £85,000, the Dreadnought Fund, and whether, if rejected that 'the money thus privately subscribed should be expended in the construction of a Naval College in Sydney, to be taken over eventually by the Federal Government'. In reply, Senator E. D. McMillen, Vice-President of the Executive Council, stated that the funds had not been offered to the Commonwealth while conceding that 'According to the press, some of the subscriptions promised…are likely to be devoted to that purpose'. At the same time, he insisted that 'Any proposal for Government expenditure must necessarily be submitted to Parliament'. As later events were to prove, that answer was quite correct.
On 15 October 1909 a report had appeared in the Melbourne Age stating that the Lord Mayor of Sydney had announced that donations totaling £11,100 had been made that day 'for the purpose of the naval college and Dreadnought farms'. When the matter was raised in the Senate during Question Time, Senator McMillen tabled a copy of the letter recently received from the Lord Mayor of Sydney 'conveying an extremely handsome and generous offer to the Commonwealth which…we gratefully accept'. At the same time, he indicated that a suitable site for the proposed naval college had not yet been identified.
The question of a naval college was again raised on 24 November when Joseph Cook, Minister for Defence, sought approval of Parliament 'for a scheme of naval defences formulated at the recent Imperial conference'. He emphasized the need for:
The training of the Australian personnel to be looked to, and for this purpose we shall require a naval college for officers. If we are to have effective co-operation with the Royal Navy, our officers must be interchangeable, and subscribe to the same standard of efficiency – they must be subject to identical training, with an equal standard of qualification in corresponding ranks.
College to be at Middle Head, Sydney
The Ministry having taken that decision, the next question, which was one directly involving Creswell, was the selection of a site for the proposed college. With almost indecent haste and contrary to Creswell's advice, on 10 March 1910 Cook announced that the college would be established at Middle Head, Sydney. Creswell's objections seem to have been of a relatively minor nature. Writing in 1911, he expressed a continuing belief that Sydney was not a suitable site; he wrote:
When boys have to be put through strenuous work at a growing age – climate should be the first consideration in the selection of a site and New South Wales or at any rate Sydney is not the best climate for our purpose.
Creswell, however, did not offer any alternative suggestion. Later, as a member of the Naval Board, he protested against the selection of Captain's Point, Jervis Bay. On 15 January 1912 the Board protested that its preferred sites had 'been set aside for reasons in no way related to naval advantage or naval efficiency'.
British naval expert
Before Cook's decision regarding Middle Head was confirmed the Ministry fell, to be replaced by the Fisher Government on 29 April 1910 with Senator Pearce now Minister for Defence. Pearce, to some extent, had already disclosed his hand. During the debate in October 1909 and the 'Dreadnought' offer, he had testily asked 'if a number of citizens of other States made similar offers with similar conditions attached, i.e. that the college should be located in their State, will the Government accept them?' The Fisher Government did not feel bound by Cook's decision. On 24 May Cabinet gave formal approval to the principles of the 1909 Naval Agreement and agreed that the services of a British naval expert should be sought to advise, inter alia, on 'the location and character of the training schools for preparing personnel for our Naval service, to include both officers and men, and all branches of the Service'.
The Government had first invited Admiral Sir John Fisher, recently named as First Sea Lord, to accept the task but he declined; 'I'd go as a Dictator, he wrote, but not as Adviser'. On Fisher's advice, Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson was invited and accepted the task. His report, dated 1 March 1911, 'a blueprint for a comprehensive scheme of naval defence' simply recommended that a naval college be established 'at Sydney'. He also outlined the training which he believed personnel at each level should undertake; for future officers 'the period and nature of training should be assimilated as far as practicable to those in force in the United Kingdom'. That was a scheme which has been shown to have been approved by Creswell.
A bust of Vice Admiral Sir William Creswell sits in front of the honour board of Cadet Captains at the Royal Australian Naval College.
Captain B. M. Chambers, RN, second Naval Member, Navy Board was then entrusted with the task of identifying suitable sites. In a report dated 20 June 1911 he set out the conditions against which he assessed the claims of the nine sites in the vicinity of Sydney and Jervis Bay examined by him. Essential conditions included close proximity or easy access to the sea with a suitable anchorage; a minimum of fifty acres of land, if located near the city, or 1000 acres to form a reserve; the climate must be good. Among 'desirable' criteria Chambers included accessibility but he was emphatic that 'a tripper element in the neighbourhood (was) most undesirable'. He believed that the site should be within easy distance of a main railway line so that the cadets might be able to visit their homes and to ensure that the staff was not 'cut off too rigidly from civilisation'.
Preferred sites
In his report dated 20 June, Chambers listed, in order of preference, Barrenjoey, Jervis Bay and Sutherland House. His recommendation, although supported by the Naval Board, was unacceptable to the Government and his search was resumed. On 9 November 1911 he reported that Burraneer Bay in Port Hacking was 'a site of which any nation might be proud and one not excelled by any existing naval college', but his recommendation was ignored. On 16 November the Prime Minister, Andrew Fisher announced that Jervis Bay had been selected as the site for the proposed Naval College; a decision for which he offered no explanation.
The question of a site having been settled, arrangements to recruit cadets could now be made and their training commenced. There were no suitable buildings at Jervis Bay which might provide temporary accommodation and arrangements were made to take over Osborne House, Geelong where the Royal Australian Naval College was opened on 1 March 1913.
Creswell, as a member of the Naval Board, had been opposed to the decision regarding Jervis Bay. The Board expressed concern that Chambers's earlier recommendation of Burraneer Bay had been rejected 'for reasons in no way related to Naval advantage or Naval efficiency'; later, he wrote:
While prepared loyally to carry out the decision of the Government and to do our utmost to ensure the success of the Naval College, we desire to point out that we consider the site chosen is, from a naval point of view, unsuitable for the purpose of the College.
A major objection was that the site was not served by a railway although Chambers had believed that the existing line to Nowra might be extended.
Railway considered necessary
On 24 July 1911 he had reported that Jervis Bay was 'suitable but at present very inaccessible and…should not be undertaken unless a railway is assured in the immediate future'. Nevertheless, the Government persisted in its decision and, having taken it, both Fisher and Pearce soon found that the New South Wales Government was not prepared to invest public funds in such a project. James McGowen, Premier of New South Wales, left no doubt where his Government stood; he wrote:
The construction of this line will, for a considerable number of years at all events, involve the State in a heavy annual loss, and it is therefore scarcely probable that the (Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works) will report in favour of the extension unless some proposal is put forward by your Government in the direction of compensating the State.
Senator Pearce minuted the file that a grant-in-aid should be considered but nothing further seems to have been done.
The next significant mention of a rail link recorded in the files was a minute by Creswell dated 8 March 1915; he wrote:
It was regarded as a distinct pledge that the Government of New South Wales should build this railway from Bomaderry to Jervis Bay – the College would not have been begun without that pledge. Captain Chambers…assured me that he would never have assented to Jervis Bay without the guarantee of a railway being built by New South Wales and that the College was an impossibility without it.
Pearce wondered 'whether the New South Wales Government (would) agree to construct the railway if we guarantee such loss'. David Miller, Administrator of the Federal Capital Territory made the point that provision existed in the Seat of Government Act 1909for a rail link between the National Capital, not at that time named, and Jervis Bay and he indicated that a trial survey had been made. In such circumstances, Miller thought 'it premature to ask the Commonwealth Government to give evidence of its intentions'.
Creswell, ever the realist, put the whole issue to rest in a minute dated 15 October 1915. He wrote:
The railway question is of historic interest only – and I do not think the question need be further pursued. It is of interest to the student of politics as showing how a direct undertaking by one side becomes first qualified and is then disavowed as if no undertaking had been given. The need for a railway has been lessened by a good road and proper motor vehicles for the College. There is no prospect of its being built within the lifetime of the longest life of the youngest cadet at the College – it was to have been completed simultaneously with the college, i.e. in six months.
On 22 October 1915 the Captain of the College was informed by the Naval Board that the Commonwealth Government was not prepared to meet any part of the expected loss on the proposed railway line and that, for this reason 'it would appear therefore that the construction of the line is postponed indefinitely'.
In April 1916 the Naval Board again looked at the need for a rail link. While the Second and Third Naval Members favoured reopening the question, Creswell disagreed; he wrote: 'There is no question of the superior advantages of the Railway but we are not in such a completely helpless condition as to be at the mercy of any terms the New South Wales Government may wish to impose'.
Prize giving at RANC
The Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay has never been connected to either the New South Wales railway system or by direct route to Canberra. During negotiations leading to the acquisition of the site, neither Government had committed itself formally to constructing or paying for a rail connection. Nevertheless, it was reasonable enough for Creswell and his colleagues to believe that part of the price paid for the decision to locate the college at Jervis Bay against their advice was that a railway would be built, with concessions being made by both governments.
Transferred to retired list
Creswell's naval career came to an end on 27 November 1919 when he was formally transferred to the retired list; in September 1922 he was promoted Vice-Admiral. By that time the Naval College had been firmly established at Jervis Bay and it seemed that its future was assured. In 1923, however, a move was made to combine the College with the Royal Military College, Duntroon; a move which Creswell would have opposed. In 1931, as an economy measure during the great depression, the College was moved to Flinders Naval Depot (HMAS Cerberus); it was re-located at Jervis Bay in 1958. Its re-opening was marked by the College being commissioned and named HMAS Creswell.
Creswell had taken a great interest in the setting up of the Naval College. As a result of his visit to England in 1906, he had been able to clarify his thinking about the kind of officer training which he thought was appropriate for Australia and, as Director and later First Naval Member he had been able to influence decisions which reflected those beliefs. At the same time, his influence, important as it was in establishing the College, extended into every phase of naval life in Australia. Writing in 1933, shortly after Creswell's death, Captain Chambers, first Captain of the College, wrote:
Byvirtue of his long residence in Australia not less than his service in different States, he had come to know almost every man of note in the Commonwealth. He had a retentive memory and a knowledge of Australian politics and politicians as well as those of other personalities which was truly remarkable. He had rather a love of harmless intrigue and, fancying his own astuteness, would often take a pride in obtaining some desired outcome by oblique methods, demonstrating his knowledge of local conditions, which it seemed to the present writer could have been equally well arrived at by more direct means. Still, there can be no question that he was a skillful pilot amidst the metaphorical rocks and shoals which beset the passage of the Australian Navy in the days when he was at its head.
More recently, (the historian) Stephen Webster observed:
It is impossible to study the early development of Australian defence without coming to grips with Admiral Creswell. The parts he played in the gestation, birth, and early youth of the RAN were major ones.
Webster sees Creswell, with 'characteristics of determination, tenacity and resourcefulness' as having 'an impact upon the Australian public, federal politicians and the Admiralty' as well as 'a laudable and important role in the shaping of early federal defence policy'.
In looking back over its record, the College owes much to the early guidance, encouragement and inspiration which Creswell gave it during its earliest years. He created a proper understanding of the indispensable institution of the nation for whose interests it existed; and, above all, he developed a public awareness of the never-ending demands made on every officer and cadet-midshipman serving in the Royal Australian Navy.
Note: For reasons of space the numerous notes used in this address have been omitted. A complete copy of the original text is available on request to the Naval Historical Society.
RAN controlled minefields in World War 2
By Mike Turner and Hector Donohue
Very little has ever been reported about the controlled minefields laid at ports along Australia's east coast in 1942 as part of Australia's defence against Japanese invasion. The primary role for controlled minefields became defence against midget submarines after two events in 1942. Japanese midget submarines entered Sydney Harbour on 31 May. The threat of invasion receded after the United States Navy decisive victory at the Battle of Midway on 4-7 June.
Controlled minefields
Controlled minefields are either observation minefields or loop controlled minefields.
Figure 1: British observation controlled minefield prior to World War 1 – Cowie
Some of the mines in an observation minefield are fired by a shore control station when a ship is visually observed to be crossing a mine line. The first controlled mines were designed in 1843 by Colonel Colt of revolver fame. The first operational observation minefields were laid during the First Schleswig War in 184 -51, and successfully deterred the Danish fleet from entering Kiel Harbour.
There was concern in Australia in 1877–78 that Australian ports and coastal shipping could be attacked by Russian warships if there was a war between Britain and Russia. The Russian intention to do so in 1878 was confirmed in 1891. Australia's defences included observation minefields, and the British Mk 3 Electrical Mine was in service. The storage, maintenance and laying of observation minefields was an Army responsibility until they were transferred to the RAN in 1912.
Britain first laid loop controlled minefields in World War 1
Ground mines, or the sinkers of moored mines, in a loop controlled minefield are enclosed by a loop of electrical cable. In Figure 2 the loop is about 550m by 22 m. When a submarine (or steel-hulled ship) crosses the loop a small current is generated in the loop and deflects an extremely sensitive moving coil galvanometer in a shore control station. This deflection is amplified by a small lamp shining on the galvanometer mirror and observed as a spot of light moving across a screen in one direction and then in the reverse direction (a 'swing'). Mines are fired when a 'swing' indicates that a submarine is over the loop. A guard loop to seaward alerts the control station to the approach of a submarine.
Individual controlled mines can be laid in rivers, canals or narrow channels and controlled by visual observation, for example as shown in the schematic in Figure 3.
There is a firing key at shore stations 1 and 2. The mine detonates when both keys are closed and the battery is connected to the mine detonator. Each shore station has a transit line to the mine using a transit marker, T1 or T2. A key is closed whilst a designated section on a ship is on the mine transit line, the designated section in this example being the port side of the ship's superstructure denoted by a heavy line. Figure 3 is a limiting case where both keys are about to be closed. Single controlled mines were laid by the Viet Cong in rivers and canals in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. When Eastern Mariner (ex-minelayer HMAS Bungaree)was wrecked by a mine in the Saigon River on 26 May 1966 the mine was almost certainly such a mine.
Table 1: British controlled mines laid by the RAN
L Mk 2 L Mk 3 L Mk 4
Type ground or moored ground ground
Diameter 1.02 m 0.79 m
Charge weight 227 kg 909 kg 227 kg
Mine weight 505 kg 318 kg
Sinker weight 952 kg (no sinker) 446 kg
Total weight 1457 kg 1629 kg 764 kg
The L MK 2 moored mine became a ground mine when married to its sinker. On 21 March 1942 the Admiralty requested storage at the RAN Mine Depot at Swan Island for 1200 controlled mines – 600 L Mk 2, 300 L Mk 3 and 300 L Mk 4.
RAN observation minefields
In 1941 Australia did not have any controlled mines, and the Naval Board requested the Torpedo School, Flinders Naval Depot to undertake experiments related to observation minefields. These experiments were under the supervision of LCDR R B C Hutchison RN, who had relevant experience in Northern Ireland. It was intended that materials would come from local sources, including large quantities of heavy lead-covered cable. These experiments were successfully completed by January 1942, using the charges from Mk XIV moored mines and Mk VII depth charges.
By April 1942 the Director of Military Operations had selected thirteen areas requiring anti-invasion minefields. Botany Bay, Port Stephens and Broken Bay were of particular importance, since they offered flank access to vital centres.
Priorities for ports were reviewed following the Japanese midget submarine attack at Sydney on 31 May/1 June 1942, and the first minefield was laid at Newcastle in June as described later. Like the Newcastle minefield the other three priority minefields in June 1942 were designed for protection against midget submarines, and were:
On 4 August 1942 Navy informed Army that the minefields at Newcastle, Townsville and Cairns had been completed, and anti-invasion minefields at Botany Bay, Broken Bay and Port Stevens were underway. The minefield for Port Phillip had been cancelled, since Melbourne and Geelong would now be covered by an Indicator Loop System inside Port Phillip Heads from Portsea to Swan Island. There was also an Indicator Loop System at Sydney Heads.
Figure 4: Three planned observation minefields at Broken Bay
Minefields normally had four parallel mine lines. At Broken Bay anti-invasion minefields were planned for Pittwater, Hawksbury River and Cowan Creek. Mining stations were established at Hungry Beach and Juno Head (aka Juno Point). Presumably the Hungry Beach minefield was between Hungry Beach and Juno Head, and the Cowan Creek minefield was cancelled. Presumably the Pittwater minefield was also laid.
The areas eventually provided with observation minefields were:
Newcastle (completed before code names were assigned)
Townsville (Operation PEARL)
Cairns (Operation RUBY)
Broken Bay (Operation OPAL)
Botany Bay (Operation TOPAZ)
Port Stephens (Operation DIAMOND)
Observation minefields were manned by Navy personnel working in close co-operation with the Army.
RAN loop controlled minefields
A loop controlled minefield had 128 mines. A 'station' had eight electrical cable loops ('minefield loops'), each surrounding a mine line of sixteen mines. The protected width was about two miles, as in Figure 6. There were also two loops of electrical cable to seaward ('guard loops') to alert the control station to the imminent arrival of a submarine at the minefield.
In March 1942 the Admiralty sent ACNB plans for loop controlled minefields at Hobart, Sydney and Port Darwin. In May 1942 ACNB advised the Admiralty that there was no current requirement for minefields at Hobart and Sydney, and the Admiralty agreed. Indicator loops were laid at Port Darwin instead of controlled mines.
In September 1942 it was intended that a station be laid at Port Moresby as soon as the necessary laying arrangements could be made with the Royal Navy, however it was cancelled following a joint RAN/USN meeting on 26 January 1943. Four minefield stations were shipped to Australia, but in the event were never used operationally
Station Numbers 78 and 79 were held in store at Sydney.
Station Number 70 was used for training at Flinders Naval Depot.
Station Number 77 was held at Brisbane as a spare for Station Numbers 57 and 67 laid by the Royal Navy at Brisbane in May and June 1942 (as described later).
Loop controlled minefields at Brisbane
Figure 6: Loop controlled minefields at Moreton Bay
Brisbane was an important naval port which included a very large base for USN submarines, and was the only Australian port protected by loop controlled minefields. Two RN loop controlled minefields (originally intended for Hobart) were laid in 1942 to protect Moreton Bay. In 1944 the minefields were primarily for use against submarines, however they were to be used against cruisers or larger vessels if shore defences could not cope with them. Engagement parameters were established so that if a surface craft was visible above a loop its mines could only be fired if no doubt existed regarding the hostile nature of the vessel. If no surface craft was visible the mines could be fired unless, due to low visibility or failure of searchlights, the absence of a surface craft could not be established beyond all reasonable doubt.
The two loop controlled minefields were
Station 67, originally laid as the North West Channel minefield, then re-laid as the East Channel minefield.
Station 57 laid as the Main and Pearl Channel minefields.
The two minefields were laid in May and June 1942 by the Laying Vessel HMS AlseywithHMS Atreus as Base Ship (under the command of Captain J D Campbell RN). Each minefield had eight mine loops with sixteen L Mk 2 mines per loop. Operation DUNCAN was the laying of Station 67 as the North West Channel minefield. All mines were L Mk 2 mines laid as ground mines. The minefield was laid in rough weather from 19 to 30 May, and all loops were tested on 30 May by Alseysteaming over them. On 10 September the survey ship HMAS Bangalowreported on her investigation of faults in this minefield. Eight days later Navy Office advised it was intended that this minefield be recovered and re-laid as a second line off Cowan Cowan in the East Channel. Minelaying Operation EDWARD was the laying of Station 57 as the Pearl and Main Channel minefields from 6 to 19 June, and L Mk 2 mines were laid as both ground mines and moored mines.
The control station for Station 67 (RAN Station Number 2) was initially on Bribie Island, then at Tangalooma on Moreton Island. Station 57 was controlled from Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island (RAN Station Number 3).
Maintenance and recovery of controlled minefields
HMA Ships Bermagui, Gippsland and Uralba were classed as 'minefield tenders' responsible for the maintenance of controlled minefields. Bermagui andGippslandhad been built before World War I, whereas 603-gross tons Uralba was requisitioned as a new vessel on 13 August 1942 and commissioned on 23 November 1942. Uralba had been selected as a minefield tender well before she was requisitioned, and appears to have played the leading role as a minefield tender.
HMAS Uralba at Station Pier, Melbourne 30 January 1945 with carrier HMS Implacable astern – A Green
Bermagui was a requisitioned 402-gross ton steamer commissioned on 11 December 1939. and was an auxiliary minesweeper at Newcastle and Adelaide until 12 February 1943. Approval to convert her to a minefield tender was given in March 1943, and she was recommissioned as such on 4 January 1944. She appears to have only been tasked as a minefield tender in January and February 1944. Gippsland was a 143-gross tons requisitioned steamer and laid the observation minefield at Newcastle in 1942 and worked on the Botany Bay minefields in 1943.
Tending minefields included mine loop replacement, for example Uralba relaid Mine Loop No. 2 at Brisbane on 19 December 1943 as Operation HARRY. By March 1945 all observation minefields had been removed with the exception of Newcastle, and the removal of Stations 57 and 67 at Brisbane was nearing completion.
Minefield at Newcastle
Figure 7: Minefield at Newcastle
This minefield was an ad hoc controlled minefield, being neither an observation minefield nor a standard controlled minefield. There was a loop around the only mine line to indicate when a submerged submarine was passing over the mine line. The mines are reported as having a height of only 69 cm above the sea bed, so would have been L Mk 3 ground mines. (The depth of water was 7.9 m, and even with the L Mk 3 mine the clearance for deep draught vessels was very marginal). An Indicator Loop acted as a guard loop to alert the staff controlling the mines. The three legs for the loop were 45m apart.
Small concrete bunker huts for Mining Station 45 at Stockton were installed by 18 June 1942. Two days later a 400 m long mine line of 12 mines in eight 'groups' was installed by HMAS Gippsland. The minefield was operational on 26 June 1942, and the cable for the three-legged Indicator Loop was laid by Gippsland on 17 August 1942.
SS Gippsland as a salvage vessel in Sydney 1947 – A Bould
The OIC of Mining Station 45 in January 1943 was LEUT Alfred Pett RANVR, HMAS Maitland. He was mobilised on 20 March 1942 for mine operations, and completed a Bomb Mine Disposal (BMD) course at Flinders Naval Depot in December 1942.
On the night of 18/19 January 1943 LEUT Pett returned from Newcastle just before midnight to find that the control hut was keeping alarm watches due to submarine activity off the NSW coast. (On 18 January the Japanese submarine I-21was near Sydney when her torpedoes sank the freighter Kalingooand badly damaged the tanker Mobilube). He woke the duty officer on the bed in the control hut and they went to the Wardroom. Pett then checked the minefield circuits in the dark (using a torch to avoid impairing the night vision of the lookout sailor) and without the wireman who was present in the depot at the time. (It was SOP for the Officer of the Watch to conduct a daily check of the firing circuits with the wireman, and this had been done on the forenoon of 18 January). He was unaware that he had accidentally knocked the main firing switch to its ON position. Mine group number 4 was accidentally fired at about 0030 when he re-inserted its safety fuse on completion of testing. The loud explosion was not reported in the Newcastle Herald, presumably due to wartime censorship.
Each mine had the equivalent of 1180 kg TNT, the equivalent of seven Mk 7 depth charges. In the depth of water of 8 m the gas bubbles would have vented and generated airborne shock waves (air blast). The air blast pressure at buildings from the two or three mines in group 4 would have been of the order of 20 Pa, the pressure for a nearby thunderclap. Glass panes in windows require an overpressure of 1000 to 1500 Pa for breakage. The remainder of a building is more robust, and buildings would not have been damaged by the air blast from group 4. The explosion would also have generated seismic ground waves, but it is unlikely that they damaged buildings. Damage to buildings at HMASMaitlandwas not reported at a Board of Inquiry.
The Board of Inquiry found that this weekly test at midnight during an alarm was unnecessary and Lieutenant Pett 'was grossly careless in carrying out a test'. Pett was transferred to HMAS Magnetic (Townsville) on 22 March 1943 as Rendering Mines Safe (RMS) and BMD officer. In April 1943 the Director of Ordnance, Torpedoes and Mines recommended that 'if his services are to be retained I recommend that he be transferred from the C/MO branch to some position where he cannot endanger the lives of himself or others.' Director of Naval Reserves and Naval Reserves Mobilizationrecommended that he be demobilised, however his appointment was not terminated until 28 October 1945.
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Admiral Sir George King-Hall – The last Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station
Admiral Sir George King-Hall, the last Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station, was a proponent of an Australian navy and friend to Rear Admiral William Creswell. Sir George came from an eminent naval family of great readers and correspondents. He gave freely the benefits of his experience in the training and development of younger officers. The RAN's biennial King-Hall Navy History Conference was named in his honour. The Naval Historical Society has recently been provided with a copy of unpublished personal diaries kept by the Admiral during his time in Australia, from which much of the material in this paper has been taken.
Early Family Life
George Fowler King-Hall was born on 14 August 1850. His father was Admiral Sir William King-Hall and his younger brother Herbert also became an Admiral. This well established naval family of a religious disposition had a keen interest in literature and education.
George married Olga Felicia Ker and they had three children; William joined the Royal Navy, and his sisters Magdalen and Louise became prominent writers. William, who was known by his middle name of Stephen, served in the RN during WWI.Post-war he resigned to establish a literary career and enter politics, and he served in the Ministry of Aviation Production during WWII. Post-war he lost his parliamentary seat to a bright newcomer and future prime minister, Harold Wilson. He joined the BBC and presented a programme for children on current affairs. Some of our readers may recall his gift of simplifying complex issues, which was popular with both children and parents. He was the third generation of this family of remarkable naval men to be awarded a knighthood.
George King-Hall's service career had mostly good parts and he had excelled in many postings. But the navy during this period suffered a number of downturns when both ships and men were paid off and officers found themselves on half pay. William endured several years of career inactivity during the four periods he was on half-pay, which slowed an otherwise outstanding career.
A Good Will Gesture
In 1911 life for the then Vice Admiral George King-Hall (GKH) was at low ebb. He had yet another period on half-pay for nearly three years, and at 60 years of age a stark and unspectacular retirement was staring him in the face. But suddenly the gloom lifted and the sun shone through. A replacement Commander-in-Chief was needed for the Australia Station and, as this was a short-term farewell gesture before handing over to a local man, it was unlikely to appeal to a younger career orientated officer. King-Hall was a man of sound principles and good administrator, but to some an unusual choice owing to his strong Presbyterian views which included being a teetotaller. However, he was offered the job as a retirement present with the eventual perks of a knighthood and all the trimmings expected by a Commander-in-Chief, plus promotion to full Admiral. On hearing of his appointment the C-in-C designate writes: I thank my God for his Goodness to me and mine.
After the Governor-General, the Commander-in-Chief was arguably the second most important Imperial officer in the new federation of Australian colonies. But when taking up his appointment GKH knew this to be a bitter-sweet post of relatively short duration when his position would be abolished and command of naval affairs handed over to the newly formed Royal Australian Navy.
Just before taking the Australian appointment GKH had to worry about such items as buying a second hand carriage with sets of harness and shipping this to Australia, as befitting his rank and position. Their eldest son had just entered the naval college at Osborne House but two daughters still needed to complete schooling in England, which meant Lady King-Hall remained behind and joined her husband later.
Admiral Sir George King-Hall (left) and Rear Admiral Sir George Patey (right) are received by the Governor General Lord Denham on the steps of Admiralty House, Sydney on 4 October 1913 AWM
Arrival in the Antipodes
Admiral King-Hall, with his personal staff, made the voyage in the P&O passenger liner RMS India with calls at Fremantle and Adelaide before arrival at Melbourne on 20 February 1911. Here he was met by Captain Tickell and later called upon Captain Creswell and the Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, and Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson1.The latter had been doing great work reporting to the Commonwealth Government on future naval infrastructure requirements. Admiral Henderson advised GKH to be cautious owing to the fractious nature of recent relationships with the Imperial authorities caused by the indiscretions of Lord Dudley and a lack of tact displayed by Admiral Poore.
The King-Halls were charming and courteous hosts if somewhat austere. The Admiral, who was a member of the Temperance movement, noted strong drink was often a failing in Colonial society. His predecessor as C-in-C was Admiral Sir Richard Poore; it is unfortunate that Lady Poore is alleged to have put the newcomers down saying: I do not know how you will go with the new Admiral. He won't have anything to do with dancing or go in for anything and only give lemonade. It remained to be seen how a moralistic Victorian would fare in a liberal colonial society now coming to grips with industrial socialism. This high office would also have been endorsed and monitored by their Lords of Admiralty, Prince Louis of Battenberg and Winston Churchill.
There was a strong political content to his work and many of his diary entries describe his dealings with leading politicians. He developed a close working relationship with the Governor-General, members of the Cabinet and Rear Admiral Creswell. In Creswell's case he was helpful to the local man who, only two years his junior, he regarded as 'able, but antiquated'. GKH was impressed with the clarity of Senator Pearce's views and both he and Creswell were thankful to have a sympathetic C‑in‑C to deal with. It should be noted that Senator Pearce and King-Hall were of similar persuasions as the former was an ardent Congregationalist and teetotaller. Another leading politician at this time, Joseph Cook, who as Minister for Defence was instrumental in the appointment of the Henderson Commission and served as Prime Minister from June 1913 to September 1914, was a strict Methodist who tried to restrict the licensing of public houses. While friendly with senior politicians, King-Hall considered them too familiar with journalists and therefore could not be trusted with confidences.
Reading between the lines of his correspondence it appears he was well suited to these demands and his appointment was a wise choice. While some senior Royal Naval officers were aloof, this was not a trait of the King-Halls and their unpretentious manner went down well with Australians. However, his independent outlook and sympathy for local viewpoints did get him into trouble with the new First Lord, Winston Churchill.
An Admiral on a Budget
While GKH was well connected he had barely sufficient funds to cover expenses and could not entertain on the style of previous C-in-Cs who relied on family money. His diaries mention his promotion to Captain which allowed him to enter marriage in 1892 but shortly after the navy went into recession and he was 2½ years on half-pay. Again, after reaching flag rank there was another period on half-pay which so stretched his resources that the family moved across the Channel to reduce their living expenses.
The King-Halls were enchanted with their new official residence at Admiralty House and found the house and its grounds splendid. However the Admiral was trying to work out how to make income meet expenditure, with wages for domestic staff at £400 a year and running expenses for messing at £800 per year, without entertainment. Some savings were found; his under-employed groom and coachman was replaced when his coxswain was found to have equestrian talents and acted in a dual capacity. And a bluejacket was employed in lieu of a second footman. Later further savings were identified when Table Money was found to be non- taxable.
The most remarkable feature of naval pay rates during GKH's career is that they did not change once in the 50 years that he served, in other words there was no inflation and the value of currency, then on the Gold Standard, was stable. An Admiral of the Fleet received £6 a day in 1865 and the same amount in 1913, a Sub Lieutenant received 5/- (25p) a day throughout the same period. In the early 1900s this system was under threat by a politicised industrial class seeking greater equality through increased wages. The system was brought to an end by the impacts of uncontrolled expenditure on armaments during WWI which was to bankrupt many European economies, and the purchasing power of the pound was halved during the War.
A description of King-Hall's service and his rates of pay are shown in the attached table.
Date Rank Ship Annual Rate £Notes
1865 Midshipman Narcissus 32
1865 Sub Lieutenant Lord Warden 91
1876 Lieutenant (G) Audacious 182 + 36 as Lt (G)
1883 Lieutenant Euryalus 219 10 years seniority
1885 Commander Half pay 155
1889 Commander Melita 365 + 68 command pay
1892 Captain Half Pay 288
1898 Captain Narcissus 501 + 328 command pay
1900 Captain COS in Med 602 Senior Captain
1904 Rear Admiral Ireland 1,095 + 784 table money
1908 Vice Admiral Half Pay 593
1911 Vice Admiral C-in-C Australia 1,460 + 1642 table money
1912 Admiral C-in-C Australia 1,825 + as above
1914 Retired 766
The Political Situation
The Australian political scene in 1911 was a time of turmoil with relationships between the newly federated Australian states and Imperial authorities evolving, with older institutions holding on to power and new arrivals seeking to implement authority. From the commencement of Federation to the start of the Great War there were nine changes in administration of the Commonwealth Government.
The new C-in-C soon found himself involved in controversy as it was part of Labor policy to establish an independent Australian Navy. The Liberal opposition supported a campaign to raise money to build ships for the Royal Navy, the so-called Dreadnought Project. The Governor-General, Lord Dudley, made a speech in support of the opposition campaign, putting him at odds with the elected government. The G-G acquired a reputation of being anti-Labor which made him unpopular with at least half the electorate and relations with the Prime Minister were frosty.
William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, was a rich aristocrat who became Governor-General in 1908. His private life left much to be desired, resulting in an estrangement from his wife, and he was famously known for debts and late payment of accounts. Due to his acrimonious relationship with Labor Prime Minister Andrew Fisher he asked to be recalled from office and in July 1911 was replaced by Lord Denman. Liberal PrimeMinister Alfred Deakin said of Lord Dudley: His ambition was high, but his interests were short-lived…He did nothing really important, nothing thoroughly, nothing consistently…He remained…a very ineffective and not very popular figurehead.
Statesman & Educator
Not only was Admiral King-Hall involved with his naval duties with a keen interest in his squadron, their state of training and preparedness for war, but also their integration with the new Australian naval ships. He frequently took passage with his ships during exercises and visits to various Australian states, New Zealand and the Pacific territories. With his wife he also undertook a demanding round of social calls which included schools, hospitals, churches, indigenous communities, factories, pastoral properties, institutions and reformatories. Add to these social engagements on public holidays, race days and regattas, and entertaining visitors at Admiralty House, they were a very busy couple. Church was rarely missed and he also played golf and enjoyed taking his wife to the theatre and the new novelty of the cinema.
It could be argued that many of the social engagements undertaken by the C-in-C might more properly fall within the province of the State Governor, especially those in NSW. Was GKH under orders to promote the image of the Royal Navy, or did he just see this as a social obligation, and a way of getting to know people? The two NSW Governors during his term of office, Lord Chelmsford and Lord Strickland, were both highly intelligent Oxbridge men who had trained at the Bar and were experienced and politically astute. This was a necessary attribute as the political situation in NSW was unstable and needed careful guidance.
The following summary, which is mainly taken from of extracts of his personal diaries, provides an understanding of his wide ranging interests.
27 February 1911 – went around the Dockyard at Garden Island. Saw all the prisoners, 18, nearly all Colonists serving 90 days for desertion. Then up harbour to inspect our magazines at Spectacle Island.
05 June 1911 – with daughter Louise visited the Ragged School, Lower Campbell Street. About 50 children there, parents either drunken, or immoral. Most of the children between 6 & 10. I had no idea in this favoured land, there was a need for Ragged Schools. (This must have created an impression as two weeks later there is further mention of entertaining at Admiralty House all 160 Ragged School children from the Sydney area.)
14 September 1911 – attended marriage of Lt Prichett of Challengerto Miss Kerr Clarke in Dockyard Chapel which was prettily decorated filled with friends and bluejackets. After the service a luncheon in the Sail Loft. I proposed the health of the parents of the Bride & Bridegroom in neat little speech. (There are several other mentions of the Sail Loft being used for parties and dances.)
19 September 1911 – not a very reassuring telegram from Admiralty, regarding French & German negotiations. Informed the G-G as his Secretary is going to Melbourne to see Minister for Defence, Pearce, & Prime Minister, Fisher. Powerfulto remain here and Encounterat Jervis Bay is returning. I have wired Colombo to order other ships if they can reach them by W/T to go to Singapore and coal. Prometheusto remain at Suva with Torch as the German Cormoranis there. I have made other war preparations regarding the German steamers.
26 February 1912 – (notes great disparity in pay levels with an Ordinary Seaman in the RAN earning more than a Petty Officer in the RN Squadron).
11 March 1912 – Captain Amundsen arrived in Framhaving returned from successful voyage and transit over the ice in being the first to reach the South Pole. Noted the careful planning3with all men experienced skiers and trained in Arctic conditions, and inclusion of very sturdy dogs trained in pulling sledges. Amundsen had depots at every degree of latitude between his departure point and the Pole and cairns spaced about 5 miles apart between every depot. At this stage fate of Capt. Scott's expedition was unknown but it was feared it was not so well prepared.
30 March 1912 – with G-G drove by carriage to Centennial Park to witness the review by His Excellency of 18,000 Cadets. G-G rode around the grounds inspecting the six Brigades, one being Naval Cadets 650 strong.
29 April 1912 – (agreement reached that Admiral King-Hall takes command of Australian naval units with Encounterturned into a training ship for Commonwealth.)
10 September 1912 – Mr Arthur Jose the 'Times' correspondent to lunch. A very interesting man and strong supporter of the Labor Party. His letters are put in the 'Times' about once a fortnight. He does not think Lord Denman looked upon as an adviser to the Federal Government. (After the commencement of hostilities Jose joined the Intelligence Branch of the RAN and later wrote the naval volume of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914 – 1918.)
This afternoon visited St Vincent's Hospital with Olga and talked to about 20 of our men there. (This was the first of several visits to St Vincent's.)
01 October 1912 –(First of a number of approaches made to the Admiral sounding him out about possibility of his taking a state governorship. GKH reluctant to have his name forwarded owing to lack of financial resources.)
05 October 1912 –(Prime Minister Fisher is guest at Admiralty House over the weekend. The Commonwealth proposes taking over Cockatoo Dockyard as they cannot get the NSW Government to move quickly enough.
He said the Australians would fight rather than let the Japanese in the country. I said in a few year's time they would insist on being treated on equal terms with other nations and they meant to be masters in the Pacific.)
21 October 1912 – Trafalgar Day – went to Navy House where 150 Tingaraboys had been invited to tea.
28 October 1912 – Three RAN Torpedo Boat Destroyers arrive.
05 November 1912 – yesterday sent a telegram to Winston Churchill on the RAN and Commonwealth proposals. Had conference at Navy Office with Boards and Senator Pearce agreed to my proposals for the NZ Government to join with Australia in naval defence. Am anxious Mr Fisher should make a declaration as to RAN being placed under Admiralty control in war time. Have asked G-G to wire Colonial Office to back up my telegram.
06 November 1912 – Great Ball this evening at Government House Melbourne, several thousand asked. In procession we marched up the Ball Room which is larger than the one at Buckingham Palace.
07 February 1913 – Japanese Actzumoand Soya(late Russian Variag) arrived under Rear Admiral Tochinai with 75 cadets on board. Made and returned calls. We agreed the Americans were too far off from their bases to be feared by Japan. They intend having submarines for defence.
21 April 1913 – Capt. Hughes-Onslow, 2nd Member of Naval Board, came and had a long talk. He told me what a lot trouble the old ANF ratings were giving in Melbourne. I agreed with him that it would be HMS Cambrian a lot better to get rid of those men at once and not let them poison the minds of the RAN ratings.
22 April 1913 – visited Cockatoo Island and inspected the keel of Brisbane. Had a long talk with Mr Clark, the overseer lent by the Admiralty. The cream of the workmen who came out from England has returned home for better wages. Problem is that Unions will not allow piece work resulting in low productivity.
05 June 1913 – inspected RMC Duntroon where I was struck with the fine manly and open countenance of the Cadets, and their fine physique. They have very good quarters and huge expanse of open country with a magnificent climate. Later inspected site of new Federal capital and proposed infrastructure.
27 June 1913 – inspected all the Naval Establishments preparatory to turning over them to the Commonwealth on 01 July.
01 July 1913 – telegram from Admiralty, only to give Commonwealth use of Garden Island, and not Admiralty House.
28 July 1913 – Olga and children board Blue Funnel liner Nestorfor passage to England.
30 July 1913 – paid visit to Cockatoo and had talk with Mr Cutler the manager on the work. After pay increases production has doubled on Brisbanebut not increased on destroyers.
04 August 1913 – motored 45 miles to Geelong with Creswell, Drummond and Flag Lt. Visited RAN College, was extremely pleased at everything I saw. The Cadets most smart and intelligent, only been there five months, but quite equal to the Cadets at Osborne (UK) in every way, good manners and much due to Grant the Executive Officer and Captain Chambers. I gave them an address, which I felt was good, and also afterwards spoke to the Instructors and men.
09 August 1913 – went to Navy House and saw Onslow, Creswell & Manisty2, the latter spoke very strongly to me on the way Onslow was going on. There is much trouble going on there, Onslow is most excitable and unbalanced and Manisty is intemperate.
04 October 1913 – The Australian ships came in punctually to the moment, looking very well, the day beautifully fine. Masses of people on every point and on grounds of Government House and gardens. I was on board Cambrian. After salutes ships were secured.
Patey called on me, and I returned call. He then came to Admiralty House where Prime Minister and Navy Board had assembled, and was introduced to them, and they presented him to the G-G who was in another room. Afterwards all were entertained to luncheon.
After lunch Senator Millen and I had a long conversation about suspension of Capt. Hughes-Onslow and proposes having a conference with Patey and myself on the future composition of the Board. Yesterday Creswell and Manisty confided in me the former would like to leave, he is finding it too much.
05 October 1913 – the banquet last night was a great affair. The G-G and all speakers spoke very well, I spoke last. This morning, the Thanksgiving service took place at St Andrews Cathedral. I went up with G-G, Lady Denman and party.
08 October 1913 – Creswell came to see me and we had a long talk over the reconstruction of Navy Board and his future prospects. After lunch Patey came over and we talked over many subjects and were later joined by Senator Millen where we went over the formation of the Board.
13 October 1913 – At 09.30 Patey and staff came to take possession of Admiralty House, the Commonwealth being the 'user' of it for the time being. Joined my flagship (Cambrian) and slipped at 11.30. Much cheering and bands playing and out we went. I could not but be affected at the thought that the reign of the RN had come to an end as I took my last look at the fair city of Sydney. I feel my work is finished and Patey must now shoulder the task.
14 October 1913 – arrived at Port Stephens this morning and anchored outside the entrance. Went with Drummond in steam pinnace. We walked through the bush to Salamander Bay, a very fine stretch of water, to be the new submarine base. We all agreed that Port Stephens should be a great naval base, and also building yard – not Jervis Bay or Sydney. P. S. is a very fine harbour more extensive in some ways than Port Jackson, but a good deal of dredging is required.
15 October 1913 – arrived Two Fold Bay for shelter as gale is blowing other side of Cape Gabo and intend remaining until barometer, which is abnormally low, steadies itself.
19 October 1913 – At 07.30 secured alongside Pier (Melbourne). Later called at Government House and Creswell called.
21 October 1913 – Addressed officers and men of Cambrian. Then departed in Captain's galley with Captain Drummond pulling stroke oar and the other oars manned by the senior officers. The men gave me such cheers. I felt deeply touched. As the galley arrived at the landing, my flag was taken down in the boat and struck on board Cambrianand so I finished my career as Commander in Chief of the Australian (sic)Station – on Trafalgar Day.
Final Farewell
Admiral Sir George King-Hall handed over command of the Australia Station to Rear Admiral Patey in Sydney on 13 October 1913 and then sailed in HMS Cambrian for Melbourne. On 21 October at Port Melbourne he struck his flag and three days later on 24 October sailed for England. The remainder of the ships of the Royal Naval Squadron dispersed, with three transferring to the RAN and two remaining in New Zealand waters; one was sold out of service in Sydney.
The Admiral took passage in the Aberdeen White Star Line ship Demosthenes bound for the Cape. The Admiral travelled in comfort as three cabins had been placed at his disposal. Lady Olga had already taken passage so as to prepare their home in time for his return. GKH would spend some time at the Cape where his brother Rear Admiral Sir Herbert King-Hall was the Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station.
The Admiral arrived at London on 8 December 1913; a few days later he was invited to lunch with the Battenbergs and afterwards he briefed the C‑in‑C on Australian naval policy. Then he called on Winston Churchill and discussed policy on Australian and New Zealand naval affairs. A week later the Admiral was invited to an audience with the King at Buckingham Palace. So ended over fifty years of exceptional naval service. The great man died on 10 September 1939 aged 89.
Admiral Sir George King-Hall has been remembered in the biennial 'King-Hall Conferences' on naval history which were mainly held in Canberra from 1999 to 2013. These have since been replaced by the Seapower Centre working with ADFA through a Naval Studies Group producing a series of podcasts to improve naval history knowledge aimed at a wider and younger audience.
Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson was engaged by the Commonwealth Government to advise on the future composition of the RAN and associated infrastructure – his report was received in March 1911.
Paymaster Eldon Manisty had been secretary to Admiral Henderson's visiting mission before serving as Finance & Civil Member and Naval Secretary of the Naval Board.
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Lung cancer top killer, but research dollars and donor support poor: oncologist
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Posted Nov 15, 2013 6:18 am EST
Lung cancer kills more Canadians each year than any other malignancy, but the disease receives a disproportionate amount of research and donation dollars compared with far less deadly cancers, says a national advocacy organization.
Lung Cancer Canada says the disease causes more than 28 per cent of Canadian cancer deaths — more than those from breast, colon and prostate cancer combined — but receives only seven per cent of cancer-specific research funding and 0.1 per cent of charitable cancer donations.
Dr. Natasha Leighl, an oncologist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, said the reason lung cancer gets so little respect is the stigma surrounding tobacco use — and the mistaken belief that all cases of lung cancer result from smoking.
But Leighl said at least 15 per cent of people who get lung cancer never smoked and some develop it through exposure to radon gas or industry-related carcinogens like asbestos. And recently, the World Health Organization fingered air pollution as a major cause of lung cancer.
"As someone who works in this area, I'm always so surprised that Canadians are so supportive of other smoking-related diseases like heart disease and stroke, and yet lung cancer seems to bear all the blame associated with smoking," she said Thursday.
"I think it's important to realize that a growing number of people with lung cancer are people who smoked as teenagers and then quit when they were very young. There's a growing number of never-smokers with this disease, and this is something that really affects all Canadians and is definitely worth people supporting, irrespective of the smoking issue."
In fact, one in 12 Canadians is at risk for lung cancer in their lifetime — both smokers and never-smokers alike, said Leighl, who is also president of Lung Cancer Canada.
About 25,000 Canadians are diagnosed annually with lung cancer and an estimated 20,000 die each year from the disease, said the organization, which is calling for a national screening program, increased research funding and greater access to new life-prolonging drugs.
Dr. Peter Ellis, an oncologist at McMaster University's Juravinski Cancer Centre, said that despite the grim toll taken on women by lung cancer, the disease "isn't even recognized" in fundraising events like the annual Weekend to End Women's Cancers.
"We need to change that," Ellis told a briefing on the state of lung cancer in Canada on Thursday.
Other cancers, among them colon and breast cancer, are influenced by lifestyle choices such as poor diet and lack of exercise, but patients with those malignancies aren't typically exposed to the stigma attached to lung cancer.
Indeed, those dealing with lung cancer say they often feel isolated because of people's reactions to their diagnosis. Typically, they say, it begins with: "Oh, I never knew you smoked!"
Roz Brodsky was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2004 at age 45, not long after she had quit smoking. Like many in her generation, she said she started smoking as a teen because she thought it was "glamorous" and she got hooked.
When some people learned she had lung cancer, they either "recoiled with horror or asked 'Do you smoke?'" instead of asking if she was OK, said Brodsky of Thornhill, Ont.
She said she found it difficult, in a society where women with breast cancer get so much support with numerous pink-ribbon fundraising efforts, that there was not even a support group for people with lung cancer in a city as large as Toronto.
Now 55 and cancer-free, Brodsky said she worries about young people who have never smoked mistakenly believing they have no risk of lung cancer because of its connection with smoking.
"The way lung cancer is portrayed … it lulls non-smokers into a false sense of security."
Despite lung cancer's lack of clout in the fundraising arena, Leighl said doctors and researchers are making strides forward in earlier diagnosis and treatment.
The five-year survival rate has risen to 18 per cent from about 14 per cent a decade ago, and there have been a number of breakthroughs in understanding what drives the development of lung cancer at the molecular level.
That's led to new drugs, such as Tarceva, which target genetic abnormalities within cancer cells. Other drugs, which are in clinical trials but available for doctors to prescribe, act to help the immune system recognize and kill cancer cells.
"This is not chemotherapy," Leighl said of the immune-based therapy. "You don't lose your hair, you don't get sick to your stomach. This is really about harnessing the immune system and its ability to kill cancer.
"We've seen dramatic (tumour) shrinkages in patients with lung cancer. I've had patients who've been on those treatments for more than a year. They've been chemotherapy-free where even last year I would have had to put them on chemotherapy. That would have been the standard.
"So there's a lot of excitement and potential promise."
Lung Cancer Canada wants a national program to screen people with the highest risk of lung cancer, using low-dose computerized tomography, or CT, scans for earlier detection of the disease.
An estimated 1,250 lives could be saved each year with such screening and pilot programs need to be set up by all provinces, so Canadians across the country have access to them, Leighl said.
"This is something the government needs to move on quickly."
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Four friends who battered teen in posh Oxfordshire 'turf war' walk free 'because they wouldn't cope in prison'
FOUR young thugs who battered a teenager amid a posh "turf war" have been spared jail after their lawyers told a judge they wouldn't cope in prison.
Kieran Clifton, 19, dragged the 17-year-old victim out of his car in March last year before yob cronies Se Smith, 18, Daniel Clifford, 22, and Joshua Campbell, 19, attacked him while screaming "you're going to be unrecognisable after this" and "do you want me to stab you?"
Kieran Clifton led the attack on the gang's innocent victim
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Daniel Clifford was part of the 'posh' gang but dodged jail
Se Smith's lawyer told the judge he regretted his role in the attack
Joshua Campbell also avoided a jail term despite the violent attack
The four yobs, from Oxfordshire, all arrived at court in smart shirts and listened as their lawyers battled to keep them out of jail.
The victim was not even known to his attackers but they recognised him as being one of the "Thame lot" and they were told that he was due to arrive on their turf at the Co-Op in upmarket Watlington.
The court was also told Clifton believed his four-year relationship with his first "proper" girlfriend had been broken up because of the victim.
He rushed to his suspected love rival's car as it rolled into the Co-Op car park and screamed: "Get out of the f***ing car! I am going to smash your head in."
Jane Brady, defending Clifton, who had led the assault and admitted a charge of causing actual bodily harm, said: "It is fair to say he is absolutely terrified of going inside.
"His mother would have concerns about her son's ability to cope in such an environment."
This is a young man who now, without a shadow of a doubt, looking back on that night, absolutely regrets the decisions that were taken and what unfolded.
Smith's lawyer Kellie Enever
Judge Nigel Daly was told the other three men, who all admitted affray, had no previous convictions and their defence lawyers gave a litany of examples which they said showed their clients had tried to mend their ways since the attack.
Sean Smith, defending Clifford, claimed his client had a substance abuse problem and had been spending £400 a week on cocaine and cannabis, but was Clifford for the previous two weeks before the sentencing.
The defence team for Campbell, who was convicted of assaulting two police officers later in the same night, asked Judge Daly not to impose a rehabilitation requirement on his client, saying: "He feels rehabilitated already."
Kellie Enever, representing Smith, said: "This is a young man who now, without a shadow of a doubt, looking back on that night, absolutely regrets the decisions that were taken and what unfolded."
The judge told group at Oxford Crown Court: "This is a group incident on a single young man who was totally unable to protect himself.
"He was dragged from a car, kicked and punched and suffered significant injury – bruising, damage to his teeth, needed to be on crutches for a week.
You better mend your ways. It has been 18 months since this has happened. It would appear that each of you stands to have a good chance at rehabilitation. This has been your last chance. Appear before me again and you know exactly where you're going.
Judge Nigel Daly
"For some reason, this young man was deliberately targeted. Perhaps because he came from Thame and you four came from Watlington and there had been bad blood between the two factions."
The court heard the four youths downed Amaretto-based spirits at the Fat Fox pub in Watlington, Oxon, before the attack in March last year.
Judge Daly said to Clifton: "You accepted being significantly involved in violence, you played a leading role in what went on. You have not accepted that you have any issues with drinking. Drink, in my view, played a significant part.
"Drinking Coca Cola and Amaretto? I'm surprised you were not sick!"
The judge sentenced Clifton to a 12 month jail term, suspended for 12 months, with a 15-day rehabilitation requirement, unpaid work of 160 hours and ordered him to pay £750 compensation.
Clifford and Campbell, who lived on a farm in Radnage, were both handed suspended sentences of 12 months with a 10-day rehabilitation requirement, 120 hours unpaid work and £750 compensation.
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Smith received an eight month suspended sentence, 100 hours unpaid work as well as being made subject to a curfew for three months and ordered to pay £750 compensation.
Judge Daly told them: "You better mend your ways. It has been 18 months since this has happened. It would appear that each of you stands to have a good chance at rehabilitation.
"This has been your last chance. Appear before me again and you know exactly where you're going."
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Indie | Friday 10th August 2018 | Alice
Recently Ten Tonnes have been popping up on everyone's radar following the success of new and well known songs like "Lucy" which flew into our music channels and streaming services. Sitting with Ethan at the Paganini Ballroom Brighton set in what can be only described as a traditionally elegant and charming venue I found myself inherently excited to talk Ethan's latest endeavours including his highly anticipated debut album and his high profiled and well deserved support tours which have blown many away following his ride to success within the industry.
How did your passion for music arise?
There was always music on in the house; my parents are big music fans, so there was Paul Simon, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan playing in the background. As well as that my dad had guitars around, so a good environment to encourage us to play music. My older brother began playing bass first and he said I should learn drums, as we'd be able to have our own thing going on. I began playing drums around 9 and then progressed onto the guitar around 13. From there I'd written short stories when I was young. English was my favourite subject at school, which had a huge impact, so I then started writing songs after that. They weren't great at first, when I look back I still think the same I must admit. I later went to York University to do music production which after a year I dropped out, as I was set on doing my own music.
Where do you find your inspiration?
My mum's a massive fan of The Specials. Both my parents have a massive music collection. I loved it but that's the music you grow up on but the music you later discover yourself is what you're into. I listen to mainly older music like Eddie Cochran, The Smiths, and The Pixies. I start listening to an artist and then what they listened to eventually creating a web of music.
How does your writing style come about?
I start in a load of different ways. I record everything on voice memos with the guitar or at the piano with small ideas, finding out what's going on. A lot of it is making phonetic vowel sounds before it progresses. Most of my music is about relationships and is introspective, it's what I'm most comfortable writing about. I love proper good song writing, as stupid as that may sound. Classic song writing and big choruses. Most of my songs are like 20% reality starting from something that happened, the rest isn't, the truth always gets in the way of a good story. It's not always going to be to the letter of what happened in your life. My voice memos are the best. Going back over them and finding something from a year ago and thinking that's good before tweaking it is a great experience. If I'm left to my own devices I can just write for ages. I've been doing some co writing lately, which is great as you can end up with a song at the end of two days. At first I wasn't sure about co- writing as I didn't think I'd get anything from it but the more I've done the more I see the value of it. It makes me excited about song writing again.
You had an incredible experience being able to work with Burberry and being alongside some of the most incredible artists who also had the opportunity, how was the experience for you?
When I first got the offer it was bonkers as Burberry is massive! They were really supportive of my work and I did a few Burberry acoustic sessions, which was great. It really projected my music around the world. The effect is similar like BBC introducing, when you have the support of such a well-known brand, it can challenge any doubts, it makes you think I am made for pursuing this and that other people do likeit.
Who would you want to work with if you had any choice?
I'd love to make music for film. That's one of my dreams as I'm a massive film nerd. I nearly did film at university; it's my otherpassion.
What's your favourite film?
I was thinking about this the other day. I've got a few, The Godfather is a classic, There Will Be Blood, Life of Brian is another one
Recently many venues are closing around the UK, how do you feel as someone who relies on these venues?
It's ridiculous, there's no point behind it. The government we have at the moment has created a complete defunding of the arts in general. That plays into the venues having to close. That's where the problem is.
Favourite venue in London?
Scala is great as the upper level still feels like you're in the mix. I loved the gig there too with Twin Peaks which I'm
sure plays into that. I recently played the Sebright Arms, which was great, the Lexington and Camden assembly also.
What do we have in store for the debut album?
It's in the works. We're working on it and have got a lot done. At the moment we are in the finishing stages of writing, but we are going to keep on writing until it's perfect. I think we've got the track list in but just a few more to record for the deluxe version. I think it's going to end up being out early next year, like January.
Talk me through your expectations of the support tours recently including Stereophonics?
I've been doing loads of support tours, which is the best thing in the world as you get to play to somebody else's crowd and try and win them over. It's a win win situation as they either don't like you which is ok and you get the experience of playing a gig or they love you and get a few more fans from that. Can't go wrong. You also get to play these nuts venues and ones I've always wanted to play off my bucketlist.
What is the song you feel most connected to?
Lucy. It's the one that has got me a career up to this point in the early days. It's still my favourite to play live and I think we are going to re-release it as a single at some point. I love the most recent single up until it comes out. All those current songs I live with and play them all the time but then they become someone else's song when they come out.
What is your next move?
Festival season and then getting the album out. It's always been a dream to have an album out.
Sitting with Ethan his drive and bright nature shines through showing why so many fans and bands are falling in love with his music. With support tour after support tour, supporting some of the biggest and best artists like Stereophonics, it's no surprise Ethan's gathered a following to some of the UK's biggest and best venues. It is refreshing to see not only talent but also someone set on perfecting their art to the best it can be. 2018 has shown to be his year, with big things to come.
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How lockdown has impacted Manchester's iconic clubbing scene
The world of strobes, sticky floors and ecstatic crowds seems a million miles away. In its place is Tier 3, an uncertain arrangement in which already mounting pressures on the nightlife industry have increased.
Those pubs and bars unable to offer food – such as Terrace in the Northern Quarter – have closed their doors again. Now, another lockdown approaches and soon public events will be a thing of the past once again.
We spoke with Noire State and Hit & Run, both of which have run events under Coronavirus regulations, to see how navigating them has affected the clubbing experiences they offer.
The last few weeks have seen the distribution of funds from the Cultural Recovery Fund, with a deep sigh of relief washing over the many recipient venues across the UK. But funds have not been divided equally. Hundreds of venues have been left without adequate financial support while Resident Advisor and Boiler Room, huge organisations less likely to be damaged by closures and declining footfall, both received substantial grants.
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Such inequalities are exacerbated by the fact that events have struggled to be as profitable as they once were.
"The main thing was the vast increase in costs for opening the doors," Hit & Run told us. "I was paying five times the amount I'd normally expect for a venue that capacity. In the past you'd legally have to have one doorman for every 100 punters; that was changed to one doorman for every 40 punters, meaning the security bill was already two and a half times higher than usual."
It's clear that the music scene is under a very real and imminent threat
Such is the reality of the situation. Businesses have been saddled by the curfew, creatives have been instructed to retrain by the government, bursaries for creative subjects have been slashed and venues have been forced to close. It's clear that the music scene is under a very real and imminent threat.
Back in July, Manchester-based party Noire State hosted rising garage mastermind Interplanetary Criminal at Brickhouse Social. Founded on a shared love of the underground music scene, Noire State are set on supplying the same energy they have provided at raves and gigs over the years to "regular ravers who really miss going out, and who are just more than happy to just be somewhere that's mixing live house, disco, garage and breakbeat."
For them, lack of clarity from the government has presented new challenges. "From volume levels to the lack of transparency on the government regulations, it's been a lot of trial and error and a minefield for pretty much all promoters," they explained. Coronavirus is uncharted territory, and promoters are understandably taking each step with extreme caution.
Since July, however, much has changed. Those attending Noire State's events at Sammy's these days have to order a 'substantial meal' if it is to be accompanied by alcohol. Keeping up regulations like these has taken adaptation.
"For an industry that was already struggling, to cut four to six hours of that workday out has definitely meant we've had to put our heads together and find creative ways to get people out earlier."
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Given that the 10pm curfew had already taken a significant slice out of UK venues' earnings – and with re-closure now a reality – businesses are understandably suffering. As well as being financially limiting, order-to-table regulations at COVID-secure events naturally created a different clubbing experience, as Hit & Run explained:
"The energy was obviously different with everyone spaced out, but it was actually pretty special due to the fact that everyone was buzzing to hear their favourite music loudly on a good rig with their mates after a long period of enforced abstinence."
"Absence really had made the heart grow fonder, and whilst I found running the event even more heart-palpitation-inducing than usual, the atmosphere during and the feedback after the event made it feel more than worthwhile."
Created in Oxford in 2001, Hit & Run has evolved into a bass music-focused Manchester night that promotes a "tolerant atmosphere where all sexes, sexualities, classes, ages, ethnicities are more than welcome to join us on the dancefloor with a shared love of good music and good times."
Having showcased a vast array of up-and-coming talent over the years, Hit & Run's most recent event hosted an explosive selection of drum and bass heavyweights: Bou, Randall, Chimpo, and Indika. Sit-down drum and bass, as a phrase, doesn't have the best ring to it. The high-octane drive of the genre is characterised in part by its crowd participation, but the desire to have a good time whatever the circumstances ensured a series of successful nights.
Now, though, things have changed: Hit & Run are offering the nostalgic experience of clubbing from 'the comfort of your laptop' for their Halloween event, which can be streamed via Zoom, Twitch and Mixcloud.
Sit-down drum and bass doesn't have the best ring to it
Manchester's music scene has always embodied a raw and implacable energy that, despite this new assault on its foundations, remains a defiant beacon in the landscape of UK nightlife. While packed-out sweat box raves have been put on hold for the foreseeable future, the events scene has adapted to the circumstances, in spite of COVID and government restrictions.
As Hit & Run emphasized, live events need defending. "In the era of mass digital reproduction, where art, recorded music and film can be multiplied an infinite amount of times, live music was a last bastion of unreproducible singularity, of uniqueness; [there's] something electric and magnetic about being in a particular place, time and space with your favourite artist or DJ, in communion with them and your friends in the moment."
As events continue happening online and lockdown-related press-leaks spring up erratically, it seems almost impossible to plan anything at the moment. Regardless, it's encouraging, and unsurprising, that the creative scene is refusing to buckle. A more recent shred of hope comes in the form of grant applications opening for DJs, meaning that some people with careers in music are able to benefit from creative funding.
While the creative scene is struggling economically, you have to hope – like at any point where the arts are under attack – that the nation's creative spirit will only become stronger and more resilient.
In the words of Hit & Run: "I think we all know that we won't go out without a fight, but it's going to be tricky as we don't have a huge amount of influence or concentrated-capital in our corner and our natural empathy for those who might be affected seriously negatively by Covid is weaponised against us. Like a plant growing through concrete, we will find a way."
All photographs in this article are used courtesy of Hit & Run.
Rob Day is a Leeds-based writer, editor, and recent English graduate. Currently the managing editor for BabyStep Magazine, Rob has written for a range of platforms over the last couple of years, whilst working on various ongoing music production projects.
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War Crime trial. Former Auswitz Guard found Guilty
94 year old sentenced to 5 yrs in jail....
OK. he was there.... and there were many more with him,. and. there were many people who died in those terrible conditions, and due to the criminals that ran the camps. I am not denying that... BUT..
Consider this.... when he was there, the court heard that he knew what was going on, but did nothing to stop it, and that, in effect was his crime, that he is going to jail for....
At the time... he was 22 years old... either a conscript or a volunteer, in the German Army... as were many others, fighting for their country,.. ( we also have a parallel army doing the same things )...
According to the court,... he did nothing to stop the killing...... how could he... ? 22 years old, corporal, or private or whatever "lowly rank" he held... if he had said to his superior....
"Er, excuse me Herr Hitler should not be treating people like this, and I object to it, and I dont want to be a guard here" He would probably have been taken away somewhere and shot.
I am not saying he should "get away with the criminality" of the situation, but he was hardly in a position to stop it or do anything about it , was he ? ?
Re: War Crime trial. Former Auswitz Guard found Guilty
Well he should have left the army and done a runner then.
5 years is far too little for a **** who watched so many people sent to their death. He should get a life sentence.
The germans thought nothing of killing, it was an army full of aggressive psychopaths who had something wrong in the head. Killing people meant nothing to them. While I agree he couldn't change much, he could have left and got out of it. He didn't. Instead he chose to stay and watch so many innocent people being sent to their deaths who could have lived and had good lives.
WW2 had a very negative effect on the planet, many parts still have not recovered fully and if you go to some countries you can still see it. Even on the german autobahns you'll see one railway bridge after another in pieces... in poland you'll see many areas that look like they were bombed just yesterday.
I have no sympathy for these people who served Hitler.
chenks76
what did you do personally to stop Blair and his illegal war that led to many deaths?
did you up sticks and leave the country in protest?
if you didn't then can we hold you indirectly responsible for innocent deaths?
this guy was merely a pawn in the game.
Just like all the allied army people that were FORCED to take part in the war, they followed orders that resulted in innocent deaths.
@7up wrote:
He should get a life sentence.
At 94, 5 years probably is a life sentence.
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Yes and consider this:
Reinhold Hanning volunteered to join the Waffen SS.
While at Auschwitz he would have lived a luxurious existence compared with his military comrades who fought on the front line.
His actions and the actions of his fellow SS guards denied millions of human beings the right to a ripe old age - something he was fortunate to achieve.
I have no sympathy for him and hope he manages to serve his full sentence.
@cyrilclark1 You say that with some conviction... ( as if you know for sure that he "volunteered" freely..... .. but...
from a previous report...
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He was said to have joined the SS forces voluntarily
in 1940 at the age of 18
at the urging of his stepmother.
In the declaration, Mr Hanning said he was sent to Auschwitz
after being wounded in battle and having his requests to return to the frontline rejected.
What would you have done, at the age of 18 ? under those circumstances ...
.. and would you have been so self concerned as to have taken 7up`s route at 22 yrs old, of deserting the army, and risking getting shot as a deserter?
@chenks76 wrote:
Blair wasn't doing the same as Hitler. Blair did not start a mass extermination programme. Agreeably what he did in Iraq was wrong but its not the same thing that Hitler did.
As for what I did, I was not part of the armed forces. Get a grip chenky old pal.
I did however like many voice my opposition to it online, verbally etc.
@shutter wrote:
He could have refused to grant his mothers wish. The fact that he wanted to go back to the frontline just proves he wanted to go and kill people.
Quite frankly I cannot quite understand how so many people here in this thread are defending a man who helped to send thousands of innocent people to their deaths.
billnotben
Personally I think it's the German government that got off lightly.
"Displaced Person" slave labour from the start of the war to the end of the war. "Compensation" £1500 and no apology.
@billnotben
They did get off lightly, look at the power house Germany is today.
We realised that if we kept Germany down we would get no compensation from them until they were in a position to pay us back, I accept they worked hard but if we had treated west germany as the russians treated east germany they would be one of the poorest nations in europe, we gave them a chance but they seem reluctant to give that same chance to Greece and virtually control the EU.
@7up.... As you, and many others on this forum, have not been in the service of their country, under a separate legal systems from the "normal" legal system of civilians.. you do not seem to grasp the seriousness of the situation as it was back then, when he joined the army.
He was, and so was all of our forces, subject to " Military Discipline"... from the moment that he "signed up"... in his case, I suspect, ( as I was not born then). he had "no option" but to join the forces of Hitler. unless, perhaps, he was in a "safe" job... and at the age of 18, that would have been difficult.
Being subject to Military Discipline he would have been ordered to do certain duties ( and not personally, but in his squad/division) .. ..i.e. be on the front line shooting the english and american, or later, the russian army, and killing them,..... just as those of our forces were doing the same thing, killing german soldiers... ( and later other countries that we have invaded/secured the freedom of). ...
Once you have been ordered to do something, either verbally, or implicitly, by nature of Directives from the Command, or other officers, at squadron/division level, and also standing orders/daily orders written on a notice board, or according to your training and position,
to do anything but carry out that order, is against the (Military) law,
and therefore subject to punishment... that punishment would be delivered by a senior officer... not a court of law. as you know it today. ( nor indeed was there such courts, except for really serious "crimes" e.g. Courts Martial).
I am not defending him, for his lack of action, to stop the terrible crimes committed, nor am I prosecuting him for the same thing. I am just putting into the arena of this forum, what the court has done to him, and let your inner conscience give some thought as to what, or how, you ......( for "you" - read "anyone on this forum").... would have reacted, should you have been in his position, at that time.
( note ... this is not a personal attack on you 7up )...
Impossible to know what you would do until put in a particular situation, remember his family and friends would have supported his role in the army even though they are unlikely to have specific details.
It can be hard to turn your back on family and friends and refuse to fight, I think we shot a number of our own soldiers in WW1 who refused to fight.
Self survival is a strong instinct.
Quite right 7up, there is absolutely NO defence for his actions.
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Haptik builds WhatsApp chatbot to spread Coronavirus awareness
The WhatsApp chatbot "nCov helpdesk" will be available to answer frequently asked questions on Coronavirus.
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| Updated on Feb 14 2020, 06:05 PM IST
The death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak has spiked to nearly 1,500 while the confirmed cases of infection jumped to nearly 65,000 as per health officials on Friday. (PTI)
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Haptik on Friday launched a WhatsApp chatbot called "nCov helpdesk" to spread awareness and answer frequently asked questions about the novel coronavirus (COVD-19).
Given the accessibility of WhatsApp as a medium and people's preference to chat, the helpdesk is available on WhatsApp to shatter myths and suggest basic hygiene practices around the virus.
According to the company, people tend to mass-forward messages they receive without verifying the contents, often leading to false or incorrect information being spread and the nCov helpdesk is trying to piece together this jigsaw by providing accurate information on the WhatsApp screen.
Additionally, this chatbot is built with the goal of spreading awareness about the virus and reducing panic and confusion among the masses.
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Update 2: US Dollar hits a 15 month low, this as Geithner said in Tokyo today that we fully support a strong US Dollar. I wonder if he got more laughter? He has been ham handed on Dollar policy since March.
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How low can you go? LIMBOOOO!
Update: That didn't take long! Lowering the bar on results BEFORE HE EVEN LEAVES , speaking of lowering the bar again for TOTUS, let's limbo!! TOTAL reversal of what Obama said just yesterday! Betcha Timmeh got an earful from the Chinese after TOTUS' ill thought yuan remarks, heh:
President Barack Obama jets to Asia on Thursday for a four-nation swing that White House officials say will highlight the centrality of the continent to U.S. economic health and security.But administration officials say the president isn't likely to bring along tangible concessions on hot-button issues, nor will he return with concrete achievements. Unfinished business — from the shape of U.S. military bases in Okinawa, to a South Korean free-trade agreement, to climate change, trade and currency issues with China — will remain unfinished.
So what will Obama do there? What SKILLS will he bring to the table?? His charm of course!!!
Instead, Mr. Obama will likely rely heavily on oratory and personal popularity to try to boost U.S. influence while maintaining close economic ties to a region that has become the biggest creditor to the U.S….
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he plans to raise the issue of the yuan currency with Chinese officials when he meets with them in Beijing next week.
"Currency, along with a host of other issues, will come up, and I'm confident that both the United States and China can arrive at a broad set of policies that encourages trade that benefits both countries, that allows ongoing economic growth," Obama told Reuters in an interview…
Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy hang on.
*David Bowie courtesy of mastert316
November 9, 2009. Tags: Currency, David Bowie, deficit spending, Economy, Inflation, Obama Asia Trip, Obama Budget, Obama China, Obama Foreign Policy, Treasury Markets, US Dollar policy, yuan peg to dollar. Economy, Finance, Obama Administration, Politics, Taxes, Wall St.
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Senior Chinese and United States officials are upbeat about next week's visit by US President Barack Obama, suggesting that the prospects for beefing up collaboration and constraining long-standing disputes between the countries are good.
The Foreign Ministry said yesterday it hopes Obama's China trip will reap real rewards.
Citing the positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship Obama and President Hu Jintao pledged to build between the nations when they met earlier this year, spokesman Qin Gang said at a press conference that China hopes the countries will continue to develop their relationship.
Qin also called on the US to properly handle bilateral trade problems, an issue that has flared recently with both sides imposing a series of anti-dumping cases against each other.
"Compared to the huge common interests and benefits brought about by bilateral trade, the problems in trade relations are secondary," said Qin.
He said the nations should negotiate on an equal basis and oppose trade and investment protectionism in any form.
Robert Hormats, undersecretary for economic, energy and agricultural affairs with the US State Department, struck a similar tone.
He said in Beijing yesterday that both the US and China will "do what we can" to avoid a trade war.
He said tension between countries with close trade ties is inevitable and added that "many of these things can be negotiated before they get to the WTO stage".
With such a massive amount of trade between the two countries, Hormats said a trade war is something neither nation wants. He also stressed that both China and the US want to cooperate on climate change and energy use, subjects on Obama's China agenda.
Obama is scheduled to visit China from Nov 15 to 18 during his maiden Asian tour as president.
His time in China, which will fill about half of his weeklong Asian timetable, will include discussions with President Hu Jintao on a wide range of issues.
China a vital partner
Obama stressed during an interview with Reuters on Monday that he sees China as a vital partner, as well as a competitor.
Obama said the world's two most powerful nations need to work together on the big issues, and any competition between them has to be fair and friendly.
"On critical issues, whether climate change, economic recovery, nuclear nonproliferation, it is very hard to see how we succeed or China succeeds in our respective goals, without working together," he said.
While saying currency issues and trade will be at the center of his visit, Obama stressed that it is important "as we enter into these discussions that we are looking at all the issues involved and not just one".
Obama will be the first US president to pay a state visit to China for almost 12 years. Bill Clinton made a state visit in 1998.
Analysts said the leaders will likely ink several agreements against the backdrop of the global economic slump and increasing security threats.
"I can give you a long list of common interests between the two nations, ranging from economy to security, from concerns over financial turbulence across the Pacific to nuclear problems in Iran and on the Korean Peninsula," said Pang Zhongying, an international expert at Renmin University of China.
"And the list is increasing every day. That's why we are expecting a rich consensus to be reached, though possibly not in the form of signed documents, during Obama's visit."
But despite much common ground, analysts warned there will be no quick fix for long-standing disputes between the countries.
In response to the Reuters report that said Obama planned to put currency and trade at the center of the agenda, Qin Gang pointed out that China's policy toward its currency would be "proactive, controllable and gradual".
"China will not make a single step backward on the currency issue," said Zhou Shijian, a senior analyst at the Sino-US Relations Research Center of Tsinghua University.
Chinese exports fell by 21.3 percent during the first nine months of the year compared to the same period last year. That slump was caused in part by problems with the value of the US dollar.
"It is time for a currency to appreciate, not depreciate," said Zhou.
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Dagger bill upsets Peters
Winston Peters
Winston Peters is opposing a National MP's member's bill, put into the ballot two years ago, that would allow Sikhs to carry a ceremonial dagger known as a Kirpan.
The New Zealand First leader is citing a report on the website Politik which quotes Prime Minister Bill English saying it will become law if National is re-elected.
Mr Peters says that would mean one law for Sikhs and another for the rest of New Zealand.
"If Sikhs can do this as part of their customs, then what do we say to Maori who want to carry the traditional weapons, a taiaha, or perhaps a Hindu who wants to carry a trident, their traditional three-pronged spear," he said yesterday.
"We have sympathy for the Sikh community and their adherence to their laws, but they are in New Zealand now and it's our laws that must apply."
The bill was drafted by Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi and went into the ballot in August 2015.
It seeks to amend the Crimes Act so that Sikhs would be allowed to carry the Kirpan, a curved dagger in a metal sheath, beneath their clothing.
The bill states that the Kirpan must have a blade no longer than 10cm, it should be blunt, and the person carrying it would also have to be wearing the four other articles of faith uncut long hair, a comb, an iron bracelet and under shorts.
The Politik article, written by journalist Richard Harman and published yesterday, said Mr English told an Indian gathering in Auckland a week ago: "If re-elected, a National-led government will amend the Crimes Act to exempt Sikhs from carrying a Kirpan for religious reasons from being considered to be in possession of an offensive weapon."
Under normal circumstances, the bill would have to be drawn from the ballot before going through Parliament but any members' bill can be taken over by the Government and put on the order paper. NZN |
Belgium decides on 9th March
by Benny Royston November 20, 2007 6:16 pm 66 views
Belgian broadcaster Eén has announced that the final of Eurosong 2008, to select Belgium's Eurovision Song Contest entry, will take place on 9th March 2008. 28 acts will participate in the four quarter finals beginning on January 27th. After that, there will be two semi finals and one grand final on Sunday 9th March.
Eurosong 2008 kicks off with the first of four quarter final heats on Sunday 27th January. The other three heats will be held on 3rd, 10th and 17th February. The semifinals are scheduled for 24th February and 2nd March. On Sunday 9th March, the Belgian representative for Belgrade will be chosen during the final of Eurosong 2008, broadcast live on Eén.
Songs for Eurosong 2008 can be submitted until Friday 23rd November. In December, VRT will annnounce more details about Eurosong 2008 and reveal the 28 selected candidates for the Belgian selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Stay tuned to esctoday.com and partnersite belgovision.com for all the latest news from Belgium.
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Funding for £350m Wimbledon stadium and housing scheme
Aaron Morby 4 weeks ago
Homes England has signed a £150m loan deal to fund a 600 homes-led scheme at the former Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium site in Plough Lane.
The scheme being developed by housing association Catalyst and developer Galliard also includes improved public realm and a new sports stadium to be delivered by AFC Wimbledon.
Housing Minister Kit Malthouse will announce the deal today, which is the first to be agreed from the £1bn Housing Delivery Fund.
The Housing Delivery Fund was set up between the government and Barclays Corporate Banking to provide loan finance to open up the housing market and help small and medium-sized developers to deliver new homes across the country.
Ealing-based Modebest Builders will be groundworks contractor on the housing element of the site.
Homes England also signed a smaller deal for £5.3m in Southampton to help developer Cannon Capital Developments convert a former commercial building into 56 apartments for private sale in the city's Ogle Road.
Sir Edward Lister, Chairman of Homes England, said: "We promised to form new, innovative partnerships to shake up the housing market and do things differently to accelerate the delivery of new homes across the country, and this partnership with Barclays is doing just that.
"This is a real milestone moment as we announce the first loan deals to come to fruition, which will see new housing be delivered in two areas where it is needed most."
Written by Aaron Morby
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A Life Shaped by Service: Eleni's Story
By Ryan Miller on November 19, 2015
Categories: Real Stories
LIFT's team members come from all walks of life. They represent a variety of life stages, from college students to seasoned professionals. By weaving together this rich tapestry of experiences in service of a common goal – helping families lift themselves out of poverty for good – we are able to achieve big things. To offer you a behind the- scenes look at the stories that shape LIFT's identity we sat down with one of our superstars, Eleni Refu, who recently transitioned from the role of AmeriCorps Shriver Fellow to staff member, and asked her to tell us more about her LIFT journey.
Finding Refuge and Support in the United States
Eleni was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and came to the U.S. as a refugee when she was just a child. Moving from Ethiopia to Idaho might have come as quite the culture shock to some, but Eleni flourished in the welcoming environment of her new home. She found peace among the sizeable population of refugees living in her community.
After graduating with a degree in Political Science from the University of Rochester, Eleni was determined to use her education to set herself on a career path that made a difference on an issue that many refugees face today: poverty.
"I applied to LIFT because I really loved the AmeriCorps program, and I felt like LIFT's mission resonated with my experiences as a child of an immigrant family. I understood what LIFT was trying to do, and I knew it would be a great fit for me."
Finding Herself Through Service
In her role as a Fellow on LIFT-DC's development team, Eleni worked to build the capacity of the organization through grant writing, prospect research, donor outreach, and social media. As time passed, Eleni thrived in her role and grew to love the work she was doing even more. "I want to be one of the people that is making changes," she tells us.
Beyond the joy she found in her day-to-day work, Eleni also spoke about the welcoming staff and professional development support – both factors that helped her decide to stay on past a single year of service. "LIFT has changed the arc of my future. It's given me the confidence to be vocal on the issues I care about."
Eleni tells us her favorite LIFT memory: "All of us fellows were sitting around a table, and I think the conversation started by talking about one Member's experience, and we started to talk about what we thought about poverty,what we thought were the important issues, and I remember sitting around and listening to what everyone was thinking and really admiring everyone and…" Eleni begins to cry. "It just made me realize that everyone was so admirable. Everyone was so motivated and they were all so ambitious in the causes that they cared about, and I remember thinking these are the perfect people to be around at this point in my life."
Eleni's smile and positivity are infectious. It is hard not to be happy when you are around her. Her contributions as a LIFT staffer are an important thread in the tapestry of stories that make LIFT such a special place for so many people.
The Shriver Corps is a once-in-a-generation initiative. Through it, AmeriCorps*VISTA members are committed to helping people across the United States lift themselves out of poverty. Shriver AmeriCorps Fellows serve full time at LIFT sites to further realize Sargent Shriver's vision: Americans engaged in service to their fellow citizens, working together to build pathways to prosperity.
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Episode 62 • 28 July 2015
Hip hop megastar Cassper Nyovest takes center stage on Afternoon Express today.
At just 24-years old and a little over a year after the release of his first album, Cassper Nyovest is arguably one of the biggest hip hop stars in recent memory. He has since released two more albums and has a social media following of millions of people. Hot off the heels of the announcement that he is in a relationship with Boity Thulo, we speak to Cassper about his love life and his growing career.
Also on the show, our First For Women series continues as we welcome Marlene le Roux, acting CEO of the Artscape Theatre and award-winning activist and influential businesswomen, Chris Karsten from WWF SASSI talks marine sustainability and responsible fishing, and in the kitchen we create not one but two amazing dishes - a teriyaki trout and a nut meringue!
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Sydney Olympic Park Gymnastics Club Supporting the State's Best Up and Coming Talent
The Sydney Olympic Park Gymnastics Club has taken home three wins at the 2019 Gymnastics NSW Awards held this month at Doltone House in Sydney.
Rising star 15-year-old Jose Caballero was recognised for his international achievements and was awarded Junior International Athlete of the Year in Men's Gymnastics.
Sydney Olympic Park's Kindergym Coach Kate Peninton took home her second Coach of the Year award in three years, highlighting her talent and dedication to supporting young gymnasts. The club was one of five to win multiple awards on the night and was also recognised as one of eight clubs in NSW to have more than 1,000 members. |
Ethics, Transparency, and Risky Research
The other day Roxani Krystalli shared a memo detailing her communication and negotiations with the US National Science Foundation on issues relating to data sharing and privacy in the context of research on violence in Colombia. The memo addresses a number of core issues that were part and parcel of the Qualitative Transparency Deliberations (QTD) several years ago. It is worth a read. It actually gives me hope about the responsiveness of our institutional funders to the actual concerns that political scientists have. But it is also worth a read for two other reasons: on the question of epistemology and transparency, and on institutionalizing rules in the production of knowledge.
On the first, as I wrote elsewhere, what I find striking about the memo and its discussion is that nothing in it is specific to an interpretivist epistemology. I would imagine that a positivist doing such research would have the same concerns and obligations. For example, on the question of anonymizing individual data:
These markers [name, title, institutional affiliation] are not the only aspects of identity that sketch the lives of my interlocutors. To illustrate, the first question I ask state officials who work within bureaucracies of victimhood is how they arrived at this position. My research to date has shown that their answers often consist of detailed accounts of the violence they and their families have observed or experienced in ways that would be identifiable even if I removed the research participant's name, location, or professional title
Relatedly, on informed consent:
The range of disclosure requested by NSF would present three specific challenges to this process. First, for some of my interlocutors who have not had any formal education or access to the internet, a "data depository" is not a concept that would translate in their daily lives in a way that would allow them to meaningfully consent to this process. Second, for interlocutors who do understand the concept, it can bear strong connotations of state surveillance or surveillance by foreign governments. This perception would be exacerbated by the fact (which I would have to disclose to my research participants as part of the required funding disclosure in the consent process) that it is a US government grant that requires me to share data in this way.
There are other examples. These are not interpretivist problems, these are problems for anyone doing risky research in postconflict areas. They are certainly questions that I have pondered at some length, and I suspect that many others have as well.
It is on the issue of institutionalizing rules in the production of knowledge, though, that I find Krystalli's memo even more telling. Contemporary political science is moving in a direction of greater post hoc policing of published research: replication archives, annotation for transparent inquiry, DA-RT, and so forth. There is real concern that social scientists need to create common disciplinary institutions to prevent fraudulent or plainly erroneous research from being published; or, in the case of related initiatives like pre-analysis plans, to mitigate the strategic incentives that authors face to produce certain types of findings. Much of this concern is genuine, and it responds to real problems.*
But there is a related move to ensure that political science remains a broad and inclusive discipline in which not just quantitative and experimental, but also historical, qualitative, ethnographic, and post-positivist research can be published. The logic of the replication archive is plain for a dataset; not so for field notes. The QTD initiative was an attempt to figure out if there was a way to put these together. Although I have come to believe that some proponents of initiatives like ATI wish to use these initiatives as a way to constrain the types of qualitative work that are admissible as "Real political science," in my experience most genuinely want to find a way to ensure that other types of research are still possible.
The emerging solution seems to be something like an "opt-out" provision that allows the authors of qualitative, ethnographic, or other types of research to request that the established rule not apply to their specific research. That is, in effect, what Krystalli's memo is.
Here is how these intersect. The establishment of a blanket standard—a rule—for analytic transparency that forces qualitative or ethnographic scholars to go through an appeal procedure to ensure that their work is not subject to that rule creates one more barrier to seeing such work published. Think of how much extra work that memo required! It also requires discretion—and good will and understanding—on the part of editors, funders, or other gatekeepers.
Well-meaning proponents of institutionalized rules who also seek to maintain a methodologically and epistemologically plural discipline should take note.
* I am a big fan of replication archives for quantitative research, and I am also happy when I have to to create a replication archive for my own work. It enforces a discipline on analysis and coding that is annoying in the moment but welcome after the fact.
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Absalom's Daughters
The Annunciate
Hand of Prophecy
Speaking Dreams
Sisters of the Great War
The Cure for Everything
The Witch Bottle & Other Stories
In a dark future universe, where human technology has not significantly halted human violence, scientists roam a distant star system selling an opium-like drug, and plans are made to fuse human DNA with a lifeform called the Grub in hopes of finally erasing humankind's most violent tendencies.
Severna Park, author of the related SF novels Speaking Dreams and Hand of Prophecy, turns to a new universe in The Annunciate. ThreeSys is a three-star system, and each star has 11 human-settled worlds. The humans are separated not only by vast distances but also by technology, divided into Jackless, Jacked, and Meshed. The Jackless have no access to the virtual reality of the Jacked. And neither caste has access to the nanotech-sculpted dimension that the Meshed can enter to control and manipulate them.
When Jackless and Jacked rise against their overlords, three Meshed survive and struggle to retain their mastery with Staze, a potent, immediately addictive drug that traps users in an overwhelming dream. But the dream may be the entrance to another world–one inhabited by a mysterious and powerful being that wishes to enter our universe. Is it the Unknown Child, the long-prophesied savior of ThreeSys? Or is it an alien predator that will destroy humanity?
The Annunciate is an interesting, ambitious consideration of love and need, power and responsibility, and the complexities of human bonds. –Cynthia Ward
From Library Journal
In the far future, humanity has spread throughout the galaxy and fragmented into three distinct factionsAthe Meshed, the Jacked, and the JacklessAaccording to their ability to access virtual technology. Hunted to near-extinction by the other two factions, the Meshed maintain a precarious existence until a strange, alien being encounters a trio of Meshed fugitives and announces itself as their salvation. The author of Speaking Dreams depicts a grim future where fear of "the other" takes precedence over trust and good faith. Marred only by the lack of appealing characters, this novel of ideas belongs in large sf collections.
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From Kirkus Reviews
Far-future virtual-reality/alien-contact yarn from the author of Hand of Prophesy (1998). In Park's 3-sun, 33-planet ThreeSys, those "Meshed" (connected through internal and external nanomachine "propagats") have access to an augmented sensory/information Net. The Jacked have merely a standard plug-in computer/machine interface. The Jackless have nothing. To restrain ThreeSys's endemic violence and warfare, the Meshed introduced an addictive, pacifying drug called Staze. The non-Meshed retaliated with computer viruses that wiped out all the Meshed save Eve, Annmarie, and Corey. Only these three know how to make Staze, but will they choose to bring a drug-induced peace, or seize control of everything? What remains of the Mesh is failing, and only on planet Paradise, the first planet to be colonized, subsequently blasted by war, do old-type, virus-immune propagats survive. Eve, the junior partner, constantly betrayed by Corey or manipulated by Annmarie, wants only her Jacked, Staze-addicted lover, Naverdi. But the Paradise propagats soon take over their ship's systems and combine with worms and moss on the planet to produce a "succubus," an ignorant but powerful construct. The succubus grabs Naverdi and impregnates her with the Unknown Child, meanwhile linking Meshed and Jacked with all ThreeSys's Staze addicts through their dreams. Will this, as the addicts believe, deliver enlightened peace? Or, as Eve suspects, is the succubus a voracious alien predator? A passionate, ferocious…swirl of sex, treachery, religion, drugs, technology, and transcendence. — Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
"The Annunciate has nanotechnology and spaceships, but at its heart is Severna Park's delicate calculus of human need-the need for information, for a fix, for a place to live, for a lover and for a mother–the need for hope." — Maureen F. McHugh, author of Mission Child
"A spellbinding brew of love, fear, nanotechnology, virtual reality, sex, drugs, and a profound meditation on the nature and possibilities of human interaction." — S.M. Stirling
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Inquests into the deaths in the Keyham Incidents
Information for the press and public
The inquest into the deaths in the Keyham Incidents will take place between 17 January 2023 and 23 February 2023.
The inquests into the deaths of the five victims: Maxine Davison, Lee and Sophie Martyn, Stephen Washington and Kate Shepherd will commence on 17 January 2023. Jake Davison's inquest will commence on 20 February 2023.
The Senior Coroner for Plymouth, Mr Ian Arrow, who is an Independent Judicial Officer, will be investigating these deaths in accordance with the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, assisted by Counsel to the Inquest, Bridget Dolan, KC.
All inquests will be held before a jury and will engage the State's investigative obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Inquests will be held at Exeter Racecourse, Kennford, Exeter EX6 7XS.
There will be an annex to the Coroner's Court to view the Inquest proceedings remotely in the Reception Room at the Council House, Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 2AA.
The Racecourse is just off the A38 with ample free car parking and nearby refreshment providers for attendees.
Please be aware only food purchased at Exeter Racecourse may be consumed onsite.
The bereaved families and those directly affected by these incidents who wish to watch the proceedings at the Plymouth venue will be given priority seating in so far as is practicable, and so are invited to notify the Coroners Court on [email protected] by no later than 6 January 2023 if they wish to attend the Plymouth court annex.
There will be some space available at both venues for public and press attendance and the Coroner's Service will be making reasonable provision for the expected attendance at both venues. Press who wish to attend the hearings are invited to notify the Coroners Court on [email protected] by no later than 6 January 2023 of their wish to attend, indicating which venue. Whilst there is no requirement for pre-booking it will assist administration if notice can be given.
As far as practicable a designated area in the court room and the court room annex will be allocated for members of the press.
As these are in-person hearings with two court-room venues being made available there will only be limited provision for remote links which are to be prioritised for participants (that is interested persons and their legal representatives). There is no current provision for a virtual public gallery. Any person wishing to make an application under section 85A of the Courts Act 2003, and the Remote Observation and Recording (Courts and Tribunals) Regulations 2022 should do so by no later than 6 January 2023. All applications must be made in writing to [email protected] and should include the reasons being put forward as to why it would be in the interests of justice for remote access to be granted.
A witness list will not be published, however a schedule of topics proposed to be covered each day will be provided in advance of the hearings.
At the end of each sitting day the witnesses who will be giving evidence the following day will be announced.
The normal court sitting day will be from 10am to 4.30pm with a one hour break at lunchtime from around 1pm.
The court will not be sitting on 24 January or 1 February 2023
Public Wifi will be available in the Exeter court and the Plymouth court annex
The Coroner's Court Support Service and Victim Support will be in attendance daily at Exeter Racecourse who offer confidential, emotional support and practical help to bereaved families, witnesses and others attending an Inquest
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Unread post by CheGuevara » March 24th, 2009, 5:50 am
VostokSila wrote: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA u donkey riders live in boxes... one of you gets a brain and money and then you like "hooooo ahhhh!!!" lol the Albanians are the poorest b!tches in them rich neighburhoods... they are usualy the poorest rich people XD.
You know this all because you never met an Albanian right?
lol "the most powerful crime lord in germany" is wearing a 1000 dollar suit... WOW that's soooooo rich lol. Not many rich people can afford 1000 dollar suits XD.
I never stated this. I responsed to razbojnik's dumb comment that Burim Osmani looks like a plumer. I responded by saying, "Yeah, a plumer in a $1,000 suit." A lot of people can afford $1,000 suits in Germany, even Russians. But there is only one Felix Osmani in Germany or anyone as powerful as him
VostokSila
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Unread post by VostokSila » March 24th, 2009, 6:13 am
But there is only one Felix Osmani in Germany or anyone as powerful as him
lol sure
Russians in Germany in general are richer than Albanians.. that is why Albanians are street bangers alot more than Russians in Germany.
Well, you can think what you please. Albanians are importers and wholesalers of drugs in Germany. There has been no indication that Albanians are involved in street level dealing. Just because there is a lot of Albanian suspects in Germany, it doesn't mean they are on the street. Albanians control 70% of the heroin reaching Germany. Not to mention they are very active in cocaine trafficking, prostitution (if you call prostitution street dealings then Albanians are bigger street "bangers" because they control a lot of prostitution in the country), etc....
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Unread post by Azure9920 » March 24th, 2009, 7:57 am
A bit off topic- Do you have any reports/articles etc, about the Osmani clan? Preferably in English. I can't seem to find very much. In fact, the only English words I've seen when searching the "Osmani clan" comes from you on this site.
Take the google translator and translate the reports in English. There's many of them.
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Unread post by RONNIE » March 24th, 2009, 8:44 am
To my knowledge, the international Russian syndicates in Germany are mostly involved in money laundering and frauds in the energy sector, as well as some prostitution. There are Germany based Russian gangs too but they are not significant. Albanians are much more significant in Germany, but they work together with the Russians.
Thats not to say the Russians arent powerful in Germany, just to avoid misunderstandings
No one id doubting the Russians have a strong presence in Germany. I mean you got 13,000 Russian suspects in the country alone. That goes to show you how strong they are. But the Albanians are just too powerful to be compared to in that country. 35,000+ suspects plus they control 70% of the heroin in the country, a lot of cocaine, prostitution, legal invesments, corruption with the state, arms trafficking, organized theft, etc...
I was translating some things with google, pretty interesting:
Kai Hermann, a former "star" author: "That was a fairly lengthy research, in particular to the family Osmani was very very difficult, because this family in the St. Pauli milieu, at least enjoys a tremendous respect. That is, it is often happens that only the names mentioned careful, and then emptied the table or there was a deafening silence. "
One article says only one of the brothers alone has 300 million Euros in legitimate assets in just one city
RONNIE wrote: To my knowledge, the international Russian syndicates in Germany are mostly involved in money laundering and frauds in the energy sector, as well as some prostitution. There are Germany based Russian gangs too but they are not significant. Albanians are much more significant in Germany, but they work together with the Russians.
"Russian groups were
active in the most varied fields of criminal activity in 2005, ranging from motor vehiclerelated
property offences to money laundering and human trafficking for the purpose of
sexual exploitation."
I told you guys, Albanians have bought up the entire St. Pauli district of Hamburg which is the entertainment capital of Germany. I remember when I was there what the Germans had to say about the Albanians lol. The Osmani Clan is fvcking huge.
Yeah looking it up it says its one of the biggest entertainment centers and one of the biggest red light districts in the world
In Germany groups are involved in business frauds.. extortion, car smuggling/selling, prostitution, weapons (to bigger clients).
Do you realy think that we can see the whole picture just by articles and censored reports??... think logicaly. If we did see the whole picture then there will be no organized crime.
The Law knows like how much? 30% of all the stuff? Im basing this on the huge profits criminal organizations are making with no problems from law, I think that if the law knew like 50% of what's going on the profits would be ALOT less big.
And from what they know they give what they think will not hurt their investigations and shit... like 50% of 30% is 15% in overall.
I believe we know (the citizens ppl) from 10% to 25% of what is going on. Its hard to tell from 25% what is realy going on... lol not to mention saying who is stronger.
Don't listen to John.
Wait... what makes u think Osmani clan are criminals?? can u show me articles or something?
VostokSila wrote: Wait... what makes u think Osmani clan are criminals?? can u show me articles or something?
The fact that he is on a database as a criminal. The fact that the German police are investigating him for prostitution, drug trafficking, car thefts and political corruption. The fact that he just won his court case of which he was accused of fraud and corruption as well as money laundering.
:S:S:S:S What type of question was that?
I cant say if they are criminal, but the translation says one of them was only called "Don of Hamburg" in the newspaper for many years.
Nobody can call them a criminal because none of the brothers have been convicted of anything and nobody has ever testified against them. Burim Osmani was tried but the court failed to convict him. The newspapers call them, "The German Clan," "The Osmani Clan," "Don of Hamburg," like you mentioned, "Osmani Clan--as deep as the German state?" --- title of a German newspaper on the documentary I posted of them.
CheGuevara wrote: Nobody can call them a criminal because none of the brothers have been convicted of anything and nobody has ever testified against them. Burim Osmani was tried but the court failed to convict him. The newspapers call them, "The German Clan," "The Osmani Clan," "Don of Hamburg," like you mentioned, "Osmani Clan--as deep as the German state?" --- title of a German newspaper on the documentary I posted of them.
Are you sure he's never been convicted?
"Burim Osmani was established in 1999 to a fine of 90 days of receiving sentences condemned: he had stolen TÜV and ASU plaques purchased."
Despite the poor English, that leads me to believe he received a sentence of 90 days for stealing something, or possessing stolen property of some kind.
He was fined for 90 days for accepting a stolen television. It was a dumb conviction if you can call it that. The German police are really bad when it comes to investigation and stuff. Once, they checked my cousin for his bike that he was riding, they started asking him all sorts of questions, "Where did you get it? When did you get it? Wheres your father? Will he tell me the same thing if I go and ask him while you stay here?" I was surprised.
Lol, it would be funny if he stole the television himself though, I would seriously die of laughter if that happened.
No, another article says he was sentenced to pay 2700 Mark? Only a fine, not prison
Unread post by VostokSila » March 24th, 2009, 2:22 pm
Hold up... you telling me that I cannot present Abramovich as an example because he's legit but you can present them Osman clan?? lol Abramovich had toooons of investigations and shit against himm.. a shitload. He was proven not guilty with lawyers.
So you say what you want when it is best suiting for you John.
Unread post by CheGuevara » March 24th, 2009, 3:02 pm
No you cannot presend Abromaovich. He is not called the Don of London by any newspapers. He was not investigated in England (or was he?). Russia and Albania are corrupt, especially during the time Abromavich was investigated on which is why I barely ever bring up sources and gangsters who operate in Albania itself because the politics, corruption and cooperation with the state in Albania is too hard to be determined with gangsters. Burim Osmani and his group is not similar to Abromavich. Burim Osmani came to Germany in 1985 and he has all this money in the bank, part of the reason Germany is so convinced he is a full fledged crimnial. What's his excuse for having hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars even though he is an immigrant in Germany? His brother (Qazim) won big money in gambling and then him and his brother (Bashkim) have been investing smartly ever since.
Unread post by RONNIE » March 24th, 2009, 3:05 pm
Unbelievable the articles about the "Godfather", as they call Felix for many many years.
Here are some examples I somehow managed to translate. Sometimes you have to type in single words in a better translator to find out the meaning.(Software if you have)
- 1979 came Felix allegedly with only a plastic bag with the necessary to Hamburg
- They call him in Hamburg, the "godfather". Anyone who knows him, is as mesmerized by his charisma. For his fellow countrymen, the Albanians from Kosovo he is a revered idol. He leads a glittering nightlife and at daytime is a caring family man.
- He was something like the top "Peace of the Justice" for his countrymen. Supposedly in gambling, he had won the bar "Corner 57", his Court held there. A waiter: "supplicants were begging for admittance. Those who succeeded, were first searched. Many then knelt down and kissed the hand of Felix, like in the film."
- "Without the clan happens on the Kiez nothing" said a police inspector investigating. And admired his intelligence. "Felix makes no mistakes".
He, like his brothers, also known as "highly intelligent".
- Kai Hermann, a former "star" author: "That was a fairly lengthy research, in particular to the family Osmani was very very difficult, because this family in the St. Pauli milieu, at least enjoys a tremendous respect. That is, it is often happens that only the names mentioned careful, and then emptied the table or there was a deafening silence."
It seems like every paper is talking like this about him.
They talk about the family being a "shadow government", with highest political connections in the German state, doing business worldwide. One of the four brothers alone has 300 million Euros in legitimate assets in just one city and until recently they were all considered huge legitimate investors.
I think Felix might be easily among the most powerful guys (whether criminal or not) I have ever heard of. He was never in prison and there is not even an investigation going against him currently.
I am not one to really glorify mobsters, but you have to give it to these guys. Its like out of the fucking Godfather film, an 18 year old from the poorest country in Europe going to Germany with only a plastic bag of the most necessary things, becoming "one of the most wealthy and powerful men in Germany". No matter how he did it.
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RONNIE wrote: I am not one to really glorify mobsters, but you have to give it to these guys. Its like out of the #%@&#%@ Godfather film, an 18 year old from the poorest country in Europe going to Germany with only a plastic bag of the most necessary things, becoming "one of the most wealthy and powerful men in Germany". No matter how he did it.
Which is the reason Albanians love this guy so much. Not only that but he has helped out Albania as well. He hasen't forgotten about his people. He grew up in Gjakovë, Kosovë with nothing. Just like Don Vito Corleone, he came to Germany alone with nothing just like in the movie. He took absolutely shit and made it into a dream. He opened up a place for immigrants in Germany to help them get settled because he knows how hard it is to come from a rough area of the world with nothing. Everyone knows theses guys. I am surprised I never heard of him until two months ago.
Anyway, point is Felix Osmani and his clan are probably the most powerful organized crime clan in the country and possibly the most powerful in Europe in total.
CheGuevara wrote: Which is the reason Albanians love this guy so much. Not only that but he has helped out Albania as well. He hasen't forgotten about his people. He grew up in Gjakovë, Kosovë with nothing. Just like Don Vito Corleone, he came to Germany alone with nothing just like in the movie. He took absolutely shit and made it into a dream. He opened up a place for immigrants in Germany to help them get settled because he knows how hard it is to come from a rough area of the world with nothing. Everyone knows theses guys. I am surprised I never heard of him until two months ago.
Yes, absolutely agreed. One article said he sent 100 very well equipped soldiers from Hamburg to Kosovo to fight during the war.
The funniest thing about organized crime in Germany is that thewestside claims Italians get the most press attention which couldn't be farther from the truth. It has to be the biggest crock of shit I have ever heard. Based on ethnicity, Turks are on the news more then anyone. Turks are always getting caught on the street with heroin, cocaine, meth, x, marijuana, if you pay attention to the reports on the bka. website (azure posted them on another thread) Turks are first in every single drug category in terms of arrests. I just find it funny because Italians (besides when the massacre happened) barely get attention on the German media compared to Albanians and Turks.
thewestside, I know you still check this forum, you BULLSHITTER.
Unread post by Azure9920 » March 24th, 2009, 6:36 pm
CheGuevara wrote: What's his excuse for having hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars even though he is an immigrant in Germany? His brother (Qazim) won big money in gambling and then him and his brother (Bashkim) have been investing smartly ever since.
Surely not following the pattern of every other millionaire immigrant. He MUST be a criminal. You sound so much like Raj at the moment with his Oaza stories.
What's your proof that Felix runs the largest criminal organization in Germany? Furthermore, what's your proof that the Osmani clan is the most powerful organization in Germany?
My proof is that the German police are trying to get this guy and the newspapers call him a clan boss. I mean there is no skeptism about it, he is a gangster in the eyes of Germany. Have you seen the newpapers articles on the guy? Are you forgetting the fact that the book, "The German Clan" was about them?
It's like calling the boss of the Lucchese family a business man because he hasn't been convicted.
I have no proof that his organization is the strongest in Germany or Europe though. That I said is probably the case. I can't state it they are or are not as a fact but the guy's brother alone has $450-500 million worth of legal investments. I mean god fvcking damn, you have to be big time to have that. Not to mention that is just his brother (Bashkim I think has that) and that they have legal investments outside Germany as well and the newspapers even go as far as calling his organization a shadow government.
CheGuevara wrote: I have no proof that his organization is the strongest in Germany or Europe though.
Oh, okay.
Azure9920 wrote:
LOL! Go fvck yourself and your passive aggressive ways lol
This guy is stupid like thewestside, just let him. If someone reads those newspaper articles and still has to ask "what is your proof that he runs the biggest
organization" is not even worth talking to. I mean how stupid can someone be? The man has highest connections into German politics and is called "The Godfather"
The Osmani family makes the Rizzuto family look like fucking farmers, lol
LOL, It's okay dude, he knows they are big time. He just refuses to admit it because he wants proof of the Italian mafia. I mean look at what he does, he states the organized crime reports from Germany and states that Albanians have only 11 groups when in fact Kosova Albanians are the majority of Albanians in Germany and they have Serbian nationality, not Albanian and the Serbian groups have 24 groups. Someone who manipulates a report like that in favor of trying to make the Italians look bigger is worthless in the art of debate.
I mean the guy is:
-called the godfather
-don of hamburg
-organization is called a shadow government with connections to the highest political circles
-has hundreds of millions of dollars just on legal investments
and azure is asking, what proof do you have that he is a gangster? what proof did anyone have John Gotti was a gangster until he was convicted? lol. it's so pointless to argue with people who don't take rational into consideration.
He is not called the Don of London by any newspapers
OH SHIT... this must mean that he is legitimate.. because he is not called the Don of London in the media lmao.
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By Alan Jacobs
The Politics of Long Joy
Introducing a new column.
Near the middle of Milton's Paradise Lost, the archangel Raphael describes for Adam—who has not yet fallen, not yet disobeyed—the War in Heaven between Satan's rebellious angels and those who have remained faithful to God. Throughout this portion of the poem a major figure is a loyal angel named Abdiel. It is his task, or privilege, to cast the first blow against Satan himself: his "noble stroke" causes Satan to stagger backwards and fall to one knee, which terrifies and enrages the great rebel's followers. This happens as Abdiel expected; he's not afraid of Satan, and knows that even the king of the rebels cannot match his strength, since rebellion has already sapped some of the greatness and power of the one once known as Lucifer.
But what if the combat hadn't gone as expected? What if Satan had been unhurt by Abdiel's blow, or had himself wounded the faithful angel? In that case, says one Milton scholar, John Rumrich, "God would by rights have some explaining to do." What right would God have to send Abdiel into a struggle where he could be wounded or destroyed? To Rumrich's claim that most eminent of Miltonists, Stanley Fish, replies: Every right. God's actions are not subject to our judgment, because he's God—a point which, Fish often reminds us, modern literary critics seem unable to grasp.
Moreover, Fish notes, Abdiel himself doesn't think that God owes him success, or indeed owes him anything at all. In Abdiel's understanding of what it means to be a creature, all the owing is on his side; all the rights are on God's. As it happens, there are moments in the story when things don't go as Abdiel expects, where his efforts seem futile or pointless—or seem so to us. Yet this doesn't bother him at all. Why not? Because in each case he did what he was made to do: he obeyed. Obedience is the creature's calling; the ultimate outcome and disposition of events belongs to God, and only to God. God does not need to adjust events to meet our expectations, nor must he offer us an explanation when our expectations are thwarted. And if we focus on our own obedience we will not ask such things of God.
In the long and brilliant preface that Fish wrote for the second edition of his landmark book Surprised by Sin: the Reader in Paradise Lost, he calls Abdiel's attitude "the politics of long joy," and sees Milton as a passionate advocate for that politics. Milton himself strove to live by it: having made an impassioned case for freedom of the press in his tract "Areopagitica," he pauses to say that his argument "will be a certain testimony, if not a Trophy." That is, whether his argument succeeded or not (and in fact it didn't), he wrote it simply in order to testify to his convictions. It was within his power to make such a testimony; it was not within his power to control the minds of the members of Parliament.
"The politics of long joy" is an odd phrase, but a rich one. Fish derives it from another moment in Paradise Lost, when the archangel Michael reveals to Adam a vision of "Just men" who "all their study bent / To worship God aright," who then are approached by a "bevy of fair women" and determine to marry them. Adam likes this vision; two earlier ones had shown pain and death, but this one seems to Adam to portend "peaceful days," harmony among peoples. But Michael immediately corrects him. This is in fact a vision of the events described in Genesis 6, in which, after the "sons of God" become enamored with the "daughters of man," God discerns that "the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." "Judge not what is best / By pleasure," Michael warns Adam, "though to nature seeming meet." Instead, Adam should judge according to the "nobler end" for which he was created: "conformity divine," that is, obedience to God. And when Adam hears this rebuke Milton tells us that he was "of short joy bereft." Of short joy bereft: for the joy which comes from judging according to appearances and immediate circumstances, according to what we now like to call "outcomes," is always short. Only the joy of conforming our will to God's is long.
Most important of all, Fish goes on to say, "It cannot be too much emphasized that the politics of being—the politics of long joy—is not quietism. Its relative indifference to outcomes is not an unconcern with the way things go in the world, but a recognition that the turns of fortune and and history are not in man's control and that all one can be responsible for is the firmness of one's resolve." Milton says of the loyal angels fighting against Satan's forces that "each on himself relied" as though "only in his arm the moment lay / Of victory." Or, in Fish's summary, "each acts as if the fate of the world is in his hands, while knowing full well it isn't."
It seems to me that this politics of long joy is the one thing needful for the Christian cultural critic, as for a warring angel like Abdiel or a poetic polemicist like Milton. Perhaps the chief problem with the "culture wars" paradigm that governs so much Christian action and reflection, in the North American context anyway, is that it encourages us to think in terms of trophies rather than testimonies. It tempts us to think too much about whether we're winning or losing, and too little about the only thing we ultimately control, which is the firmness of our own resolve. If the culture warrior would prefer not to be governed by Stanley Fish, or even by John Milton, maybe Koheleth provides an acceptable model: "In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good" (Ecclesiastes 11:6).
It seems to me that the careful dance, the difficult balance, of Christian cultural criticism is to be endlessly attentive to the form and the details of the world around us, while simultaneously practicing the "politics of long joy"—and in this way avoiding an unhealthy obsession with "trophies," and avoiding also being conformed to the ways of this world. It's a tough walk to walk, because one of the peculiarities of fallen human nature is that we find it difficult, over the long haul anyway, to remember that there is a world of difference between "I have no control over this" and "this isn't very important." We tend, against all reason, to diminish the importance of everything we cannot shape or direct. But our joy will be short if it is grounded in circumstances and events, because circumstances and events always change: if they please us now, they will displease us later. And then what will we do?
Central to this discipline, for me anyway, is a constant striving to remember who human beings are and what we are made for. Which brings me to the title of this column. On Bruce Cockburn's 1980 recording Humans there's a song called "Rumours of Glory"—a song about "the extremes / of what humans can be," but also about the imago Dei which each of us bears, the divine image that waits always for the discerning eye to notice it. In the song, perhaps his best (which is saying a lot), Cockburn sees the "tension" between what we were made to be and what we in fact are; he sees that human culture is produced by that tension, which generates "energy surging like a storm." At once attracted and repelled by that energy, "you plunge your hand in; you draw it back, scorched." And the hand that has been plunged truly into the human world is always marked by that plunging: it's "scorched", yes, but beneath the wound "something is shining like gold—but better." The truth of who we are, given the extremes of divine image and savage depravity, is hard to discern; perhaps we can only achieve it in brief moments; perhaps we only catch rumors of the glory that is, and is to be. But even those rumors can sustain us as we walk the pilgrim path.
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The conservation area will raise the profile and quality of both historic and contemporary architecture not simply the preservation of historic townscape. The conservation area will allow the council to insist on better quality buildings in our town centre. Further, the designation of a conservation area will also open the door to historic area grant schemes which can be targeted towards improving shop fronts and the repair and reuse of empty and unused buildings. This has already shown results by the successful first round bid for a [http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Latest_News#16th_May_2012_Townscape_Heritage_Initiative_.28THI.29_success Townscape Heritage Inititative (THI) grant of £1.7m]from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore selected buildings in Rye Lane and Peckham High Street. [[Image:HSBC bank.jpg|left|200px]] The Council's [http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=20573 Conservation Area appraisal report] sets out all the details. The public consultation on this was carried out in June to August 2011 and the decision was made in October 2011.<br> Click here for [http://www.metro.co.uk/news/879573-peckham-high-street-to-be-made-a-conservation-area#ixzz1bmZQSvOr Metro News report October 2011] Click [[Conservation Area|here]] for the Peckham Society displays about the Conservation Area proposals.<br> Click here for the 2009 [http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/ResearchReportsPdfs/054_2009WEB.pdf English Heritage report] on historic Peckham town centre.<br> Click here for SLP 22 June 2010 report on [[Media:10.06.22_SLP_PTC_conservation_IMG.jpg|''Preserving Peckham - fight to protect Town's historic buildings, page 1'']], and [[Media:10.06.22_SLP_PTC_consv_text_IMG.jpg|''page 2 here'']] {{-}} [[Image:High St mural.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Victorian mural in former pub at 116 Peckham High Street]] ==Victorian Mural at 116 Peckham High Street== This is a late Victorian rare, hand painted panel, tiled by WB Simpson & Sons, for this pub at Pub at 116, Peckham High Street. It was produced c. 1875, and shows the trial of Queen Katharine (from Shakespeare's 'Henry VIII'). Simpsons, who are still in the same business http://wbsimpsonsons.co.uk , decorated pubs, churches, swimming pools, bath houses and other public buildings in and near London. Remaining examples need to be protected. The Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society say they would be glad to support any application for listing or undertake the process. See [http://peckhampeculiar.tumblr.com/post/126004828449/historic-peckham-mural-under-threat earlier news] about the damage from a nail bar shelf attached to this mural. [https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ineitev15oo8de5/AACkjSPk6CPmwgRq0qg9dyY-a?dl=0 See pictures of the damage once the shelf was removed.] [https://www.facebook.com/PeckhamVision/posts/985503408139189 We found a local professional restorer] who offered to do the repairs and put her in touch with the owners. It looks as if the restoration did not take place. We are checking why and what can be done next. (January 2017). ==Peckham history in pictures== The following sites have a variety of pictures of Peckham's long history. *[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/southwark/assets/galleries/peckham 19th & 20th century images of Peckham] *[http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&nord=1&q=pictures+peckham&revid=808579350&ion=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&sa=X&ei=J3iXTbH_PMGahQfb0ZHWDg&ved=0CEUQsAQ&biw=1057&bih=689 Google images] *[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/southwark/peckham/jones-and-higgins-02.htm Jones & Higgins, Rye Lane, Peckham, 1963] *[http://pubology.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/pubs-of-se15/ Pubs of Peckham, SE15] ==Peckham history in film== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmS76Bsnpn8&index=1&list=RDrmS76Bsnpn8 How Percy Won the Beauty Competition (1909) 7 minutes)] This early British short film was filmed 105 years ago at the Gaumont Studios immediately up Dog Kennel Hill just beyond current Sainsbury's. All the shots have been identified as being nearby. Dulwich Hamlet FC is down the slope. The last scenes were at Greendales playing fields and the sports pavilion. Some of this Gaumont film team eventually went to the emerging Hollywood. Fred Karno's Circus, Charlie Chaplin etc.] * [https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-alexandra-day-in-peckham-1913-online Alexandra Rose Day in Peckham in 1913,] short film of a charity fundraising event featuring a large group of women in white walking and dancing in Rye Lane while selling artificial roses to raise funds for local hospitals. * [https://www.facebook.com/theundergroundmap/videos/638751003226241/UzpfSTEwMDAwMjYyMjIzMDc1MTozMTYzNjIzMjAzNzAyNDE4/? Further film of Alexandra Rose Day in 2013 Rye Lane, Peckham (1913)] [http://transpont.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/history-corner-peckham-in-1913.html And more 2013 info.] * [http://youtu.be/9lttjZU3d4k Remember The Old Folk] - film from 1954 featuring the pensioners of Peckham. Great footage of Rye Lane & Peckham High St. (2.5 minutes) * [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/human-fish Human Fish 1949] Video of a contest between human fish Harold Elven and an expert angler. Harold was a member of the Peckham Experiment and a champion swimmer. The contest was held in the swimming pool in Pioneer Centre of the famous Peckham Experiment. (2 minutes)** Further info 2012: there has been a continuous local campaign for the last 10 years not to have the car park developed, as locals there prefer the open space even if it is a car park. This has finally been successful with the council agreeing in 2012 not to include it in development sites. Over the last few years there have been new attractive gates, railings and ground surface, and recently the Council agreed a resident's project for some wildflowers to be sown in the soil bank by the recycling bins. * [http://youtu.be/-rl4pGOqP90 Peckham Park school] film from 1970 about life at school in Peckham in late Victorian times (19 minutes) * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZiDTmGyXM Old Billiard Hall stairs on front of Peckham Rye station c1979] Above the ticket hall in Peckham Rye station, there is a huge magnificent empty space. This began to come to light again during recent years through campaigns by the Peckham Society, Rye Lane & Station Action Group and Peckham Vision. It was referred to as the Old Billiard Hall as it had been used for that for many decades by the railway staff and public. In those years access was by a staircase added on the front of the building entering the room through a door in what was and is now again a window space. This can be seen in this video clip of a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZiDTmGyXM 1979 episode of the Sweeney TV programme chase at Peckham Rye station.] That additional staircase was reached from the forecourt by the original staircase in the SW tower. The Billiard Hall was closed and the windows bricked up over 40 years ago and it remained a secret silent place inhabited mainly by pigeons. It was originally the Waiting Room for platforms 2 and 3, so it is also referred to as the Old Waiting Room. Over the last few years, it has been [http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Old_Waiting_Room revived and opened to view] again by local residents. * [http://flasv.com/video/id/5AaBpiuP2Do Holdrons building 2002:] corner of Bournemouth Road and Rye Lane before demolition in c2012. * [https://vimeo.com/52476341?ref=t history of cinema in Peckham.] 15 minutes of reminiscences and also old clips from 2013. * [http://vimeo.com/44344005 The Tower ] This short film of the Tower cinema car park in Choumert Grove, by student film maker and local resident Joanna Darnley, is "an exploration into the extraordinary changing space of a place that most people would walk by without a thought, but for some people is a memory of a time when Peckham was a totally different place. Not only a discussion of a forgotten era…" ** UPDATE 2017: the plan to develop the site for housing [[Planning#April_2017_4_sites_walk|has resurfaced in 2017 in the New Southwark Plan (NSP) consultations]] as a plan to build 50 or more houses while retaining the car park! [[Media:NSP58_Choumert_car_park_comments_%26_NSP_text_-_F.pdf|See more info here.]] In October 2017 the final version of the New Southwark Plan had removed the car park from its development sites. The local campaign had succeeded. * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XaxDBjc6RM Peckham Streets] - 10 mins aerial drone footage from above central Peckham as prelude to the evening 30 April 2017 Peckham Streets showing vintage [https://www.facebook.com/peckhamsociety/photos/pcb.803438133147681/803438113147683/?type=3&theater film clips of Peckham over the last 100 years.] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaXAwAc-ct8 Art deco ceiling rediscovered] in Holdrons 1930s building where Khans Bargain is in 2017. – BBC London News == Peckham history in text == ===History of Peckham=== * '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peckham Wikipedia Entry]''' - Read all about Peckham on Wikipedia * '''[https://southwarkheritage.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/historic-peckham Southwark Heritage summary]''' of Peckham's history from its mention in the Domesday Book in 1086 to today. [[Image:Tillings_horse_riding_school_DVGW7GSWsAA6nKX.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Tillings Riding School, Peckham]] ===Thomas Tilling Buses=== In 1850, Thomas Tilling started the first bus service of four journeys a day between Peckham and Oxford Street. By 1905 the company had 7000 horses, and a riding school in Melon Road, Peckham. They were the first to operate by bus timetables. They also had 20 motor buses and in 1907, began the first long-distance motor bus service, running 13 buses between Oxford Circus and Sidcup in Kent. In 1909, Tilling joined with the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC). They then co-operated on a joint route from Peckham to Turnham Green, via Oxford Circus. The LGOC had introduced numbers on all its routes, and this was route number 12. This service between Peckham and Oxford Circus still operates and is still the number 12. It may be the oldest operating bus route in London. In 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I, the last horse-bus operated on the Tilling Honor Oak – Peckham Rye Station route, after which the horses were requisitioned for war work. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Tilling More information from Wikipedia.] ===The Peckham Experiment=== '''See more extensive information on [[Peckham_Experiment|the Peckham Experiment Peckham Vision pages]]<br>''' The Peckham Experiment was a study into the nature of health in the 1920s-1940s. The researchers decided to study the family unit in a community setting to study what contributes to human health. The centre/laboratory, known as the Pioneer Health Centre, was purpose built for the Experiment in St Mary's Road, in Peckham. The blue shaded area of the map shows the boundary of the Peckham Experiment. The research was conducted by annual medical checks and observations of families interacting in social activities. Recognising the importance of sound nutrition, they rented a farm to provide fresh organic food. The experiment pioneered thinking, decades ahead of its time, about the way in which health could be nurtured rather than just sickness remedied. The Peckham Research Findings have influenced authorities across the world including the WHO. The Health Centre building is still here in St Mary's Road and is listed by English Heritage in recognition of its historic importance as architecture and its pioneering in health and social understanding. [http://www.thephf.org Read more...] * [https://gcgosling.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/social-medicine/ 1947 film (20 minutes) about the Pioneer Health Centre] * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01w4jd0 8 minutes on Dr Innes Pearse from BBC Radio 4 Womans' Hour 2014] * [http://irissfm.iriss.org.uk/episode/078 37 minutes radio broadcast: Lisa Curtice in conversation with Henrietta Trotter who was closely involved at the time with the Pioneer Health Centre, later known as the Peckham Experiment.] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60rOx0gb0EE&index=1&list=WL TV news programme ''The One Show'' 2012 on Peckham Experiment.] * * [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/human-fish Human Fish 1949] Video of a contest between human fish Harold Elven and an expert angler. Harold was a member of the Peckham Experiment and a champion swimmer. The contest was held in the swimming pool in Pioneer Centre of the famous Peckham Experiment. (2 minutes) Recent ideas for the New Peckham Experiment<br> * [http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Peckham_Town_Centre_Forum/meetings#22nd_April_2010 Peckham Town Centre Forum 22 April 2010] * [http://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk/blogs/the-new-peckham-experiment-get-involved/?c=Blogs Incredible Edible Conference October 2010] The original catchment area for the Centre in 1935 is shown on the map below. The major part of this small area was in what is now called New Cross Gate in the London Borough of Lewisham. But in 1938 the area was extended west further into Peckham and just beyond Peckham Rye station, and south to Nunhead and north to just beyond the Old Kent Road, so that [[Media:Peckham Experiment Map extension.jpg|most of the eastern half of Peckham was covered.]] [[Image:Peckham experiment map.png|center|800px|Area covered by the Peckham Experiment]] ===The history of Rye Lane Chapel=== " ... the Church approves, as a site for a new chapel and chapel house, the piece of land 80 feet frontage on the east side of Rye Lane adjoining the south side of the house occupied by the late Mr. Samuel Leigh and further approves the purchase of the same for £550 ... ... The lowest estimate was accepted; as follows:- Chapel £1,734; Manse £580; School Hall £340. Building commenced in the month of May 1863 ... " [http://www.theobamber.co.uk/history%20of%20rye%20lane.htm Read more ] ===World War Two bombs Peckham=== "Whole quarters in both Southwark and Bermondsey were destroyed in the great blitz of 1940 and to-day present a scene of great desolation. Many buildings were destroyed … Many houses have been destroyed in Rye Lane's tributary streets and also on the east side of Peckham Rye Common and in East Dulwich Road in successive air raids. No other part of London, except Croydon, has suffered more severely from the ravages of Hitler's flying and rocket bombs. …" [http://transpont.blogspot.com/2008/03/london-marches-on.html Read more...] ===Peckham Pram Factories=== "… the area seems to have been a centre of pram making. .. some of the finest perambulators in the world. Two well-known firms that specialise in these products pay particular attention to taste in colour and decoration, and the finished articles speak highly for the craftsmanship and regard given, not only to strength and durability, but also to individual character and beauty of line, the sine qua non of British Industry. …The firms in question were Royale Prams at the Besfoldas Works, 70a Nunhead Grove, SE15; and Deanes Limited at Denette Works, 163 Peckham Rye…" [http://www.peckhamvision.org/blog/?p=88 Read More...] ===Whitten Timber=== links to be uploaded ===[http://www.exploringsouthwark.co.uk/peckham-nunhead/4587615731 Exploring Southwark - Peckham & Nunhead]=== * [http://www.exploringsouthwark.co.uk/mcdermott-road-community-garde/4591039685 McDermott Rd community garden] * [http://www.exploringsouthwark.co.uk/the-bussey-building/4588614792 Bussey Building] * [http://www.exploringsouthwark.co.uk/peckham-rye-common/4591037465 Peckham Rye Common] * [http://www.exploringsouthwark.co.uk/peckham-rye-park/4591037458 Peckham Rye Park] * [http://www.exploringsouthwark.co.uk/pioneer-health-centre/4588599144 Peckham Experiment] [[Category:Historic Peckham]]
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3827 Conrad Drive, Spring Valley, CA 91977
Spring Valley 44, a 44-unit apartment community, located in the Casa de Oro neighborhood of Spring Valley. Built in 1971, the property features 17 one-bedroom/ one-bathroom units, 11 two-bedroom/one-bathroom units, and 16 two-bedroom/ two-bathroom units. Spring Valley 44 is comprised of four buildings and is located on a 1.05-acre lot. Spring Valley 44 offers investors the opportunity to acquire a stable asset in a preferred Casa de Oro community with the ability to continue to capture upside in rental income through renovation of the units. The immediate surrounding community is comprised of residential housing, schools, and local retail outlets. Residents will enjoy the Property's many common area amenities, including open parking, gated swimming pool, and on-site laundry facilities. Each unit has a generous amount of square footage and feature fully equipped kitchens with dishwashers, private patios (select units), and upgraded LVT (faux wood) flooring (select units). Located 11 miles East of San Diego, Spring Valley is the country's largest unincorporated community and it is comprised of rolling hills and countryside. Named for the fresh water spring located there, the community boasts an enviable climate influenced by ocean currents and winter temperatures averaging 61 degrees. Residents enjoy the country feel, but have close proximity to employment, dining and retail via the 94 and 125 freeways.
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Anthony Albanese's Headland Speeches
Sharon Bird MP
Sharon Bird
WOLLONGONG EMPLOYERS ENCOURAGED TO HIRE AN APPRENTICE OR TRAINEE
Ms BIRD (Cunningham) (10:23): I have on many, many occasions in this place—and, indeed, in my electorate—been very critical of the record of this government on apprenticeships
An opposition member: For good reason.
Ms BIRD: For a very good reason, as my colleague says. There's been a loss of over 140,000 apprentices since the government were first elected. Despite the government's rhetoric that this is a policy that they really care about, the outcomes are appalling. They are not delivering an increase in apprenticeship opportunities for young people or, of course, for older workers who might want to retrain. In fact, in the most recent economic update we found out that they underspent nearly a billion dollars in this space, and a significant proportion of that was in the area of apprentice and trade programs. I've also spoken extensively about the importance of TAFE in this sector. I acknowledge that even today there are protests in New South Wales about more cuts to TAFE by the state Liberal government, and we've have seen the impact of that.
In this context, I want to report to the House on an important local initiative. While the government are asleep at the wheel in this space—and, I have to say, to some extent blaming young people themselves, because they keep saying that the problem is that young people just don't appreciate what a great opportunity an apprenticeship is. Well, I say that's just bunkum.
Young people in my area are jumping at the opportunities for apprenticeships. The problem is that there are not enough of them available. The government needs to get into the space of investing in them.
Thank heavens some local organisations step up to the plate. Our local business chamber, the Illawarra Business Chamber, has been very proactive in the space of youth unemployment, skills programs and supporting apprenticeships, and I acknowledge its work. Apprenticeship Careers Australia, which is part of the business chamber, had an open session for two hours at the local Grill'd restaurant, and I acknowledge the management and staff there who supported this project. It was something like a speed dating session, where young people who wanted an apprenticeship or traineeship could come along and talk about their skills and experience and see if they could be matched by Apprenticeship Careers Australia to job opportunities. Jenny Hirst is the area manager. She's a really experienced and professional person in this space. All we need now for those young people is additional employers to those that are already signed up to come on board and give these young people a go. So I say to local employers: if you think you have the capacity to give a young person an opportunity through an apprenticeship or traineeship, please get straight onto Jenny and Apprenticeship Careers Australia, register and let's get moving.
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A New Kind of Brownshirt
Being a poser is a way of life when you're in political environment where quangos and appointees make most policy. If you don't have a platform or opposable thumbs, much of it involves either scaring people or trying to convince them that you walk on water.
John Rosenthal introduces us to a German politician who backtracked after saying that Germany shouldn't discriminate against Iraqi non-Christians in awarding asylum. The logic is goes something like this: symbolically, giving asylum to a minority of people being targeted for matters of upbringing or conscience makes you prejudiced, especially in the eyes of the people targeting them. Better to open the policy to anyone, and let Ba'athists into your country.
Herta Däubler-Gmelin, you probably won't recall, is the same woman in September 2002 who compared George Bush to Adolf Hitler. Apparently this is enough to get you appointed to the Bundestag's Human Rights Committee, having resigned her post of Minister of Justice after the Hitler gaffe only to find that she has a whole new bunch of fans.
Her father deported 70 000 Slovak Jews to Nazi camps.
It's all very amusing when you consider the confusion Europeans carry around with them. She is an SPD member who has to share space with people who are as wildly Anti-American as the far left and the far right, yet when you corner them, they all have their strange pet theories about America, Jews, minorities, etc. à la Front Nationale, don't have a very stern notion of what individual freedom is, don't necessarily understand that there's anything suicidal about the redistribution policies of the left, or the roles of the unbridled mega-corps of European industry that are as protected from competition from within as they are from abroad.
In Germany, however, the spring and summer months of 2002 would mark the return of a virulent anti-Americanism into the mainstream of German political discourse, as Schröder made a novel sort of "preemptive" opposition to military intervention in Iraq into the centerpiece of his re-election campaign. Däubler-Gmelin made her remarks at a campaign event only days before the elections and the -- at the time merely hypothetical -- prospect of a war against Iraq was again the theme. Bush wanted to use a war "to divert attention from domestic problems," Däubler-Gmelin suggested, just as "Adolf Nazi" had once done.
The chancellor would offer his American counterpart an ambiguous "apology" for his minister's comparison. Significantly, however, he rejected calls for her resignation. Indeed, on the very day of the elections, government spokesman Uwe-Karsten Heye went to the trouble of dismissing reports of her impending resignation as "pure speculation" (ddp, Sept. 22, 2002). The election results would secure victory for Schröder by a razor-thin margin. Shortly after their announcement, Däubler-Gmelin brought the controversy to a close by informing the chancellor that she was not available to form part of the new government.
Which is funny, considering that the history past that she's so keen to dissociate herself from also happens to be politically useful. Odder still is that those Ba'athists who will likely flee to Germany under her policy revision will recall where their movement has its' origins: in Hitler's SA that her father was a "jurist" in.
Just who is it here tangling with evil? The people whose president she compared to Hitler or the parties to mass murder under Saddam that political correctness is manipulating her into helping?
A note to anyone who isn't convinced that this subject remains touchy: her Wikipaedia page describes her father, the political instrument behind the exportation of people to death camps as merely "a Nazi diplomat and the mayor of Tubingen".
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UN approves sanctions against South Sudan
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New York, May 31, 2018 (SSNA) — The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday approved a resolution, imposing an arms embargo on South Sudan and sanctions against six senior government and rebel officials.
The measure which was passed by 9-6 votes was a "milestone," according to one African Union official who spoke exclusively to the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) hours after the vote was announced.
After the vote, UNSC then told the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to report to the world body by June 30 if "a viable political agreement" has not been reached by South Sudan's warring factions. The SSNA was informed that if the parties to the conflict failed to reach a lasting political deal by the end of June, then the UNSC will immediately impose an arms embargo on the war-torn young nation and punitive measures against government and rebel figures.
The United States has increasingly become impatience after previous American administration failed to find a lasting solution to the raging civil war in the young nation. South Sudan gained her independence from Sudan in July 20111. The South Sudanese overwhelmingly credited the United States as "the mastermind" behind the secession.
The South Sudan News Agency has obtained a document which shows that South Sudan's defense minister Kuol Manyang Juuk, Cabinet Affairs minister Elia Lomoro, Ex-SPLA Chief of Staff Paul Malong, Information minister Micheal Makuey Lueth, Deputy SPLA chief of defense for logistics Malek Reuben, and the SPLM/A-IO governor of Bieh State Koang Rambang are listed as the main target for the looming sanctions.
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Dodgers Prospects: Michael Grove – "Friday Night Lights" to Bright Lights of L.A.
Michael Grove at Spring Training 2020. Photo Credit: Tim Rogers/Dodgers Nation
by Casey Porter November 8, 2021, 10:18 pm
*** This post was originally written and released by Dodger Poke Report and is being cross-posted on Dodgers 2080.***
Baseball and Apple Pie is a phrase used to symbolize everything that is right about America. It's also a phrase that is used to capture the imagination of every person that has picked up a ball, a bat, or a glove and has dreamed about their American Dream.
Towns of every size roll out the balls and bats every Summer, mow the grass at the ball fields, and give millions of young kids the chance to become the next Pee Wee Reese, Sandy Koufax, Fernando Valenzuela, Kirk Gibson, or Chris Taylor.
There have been songs written about this great game, poems that depict the heroes' rise and fall, and books and movies that rekindle our childhood crush we all have on this game.
Baseball is more than just a game. It's an idea, an institution, a dream, and just simply a way of life for so many. But, no form of art can ever match real life and when someone writes their own story about their own American dream, nothing can compare to that.
Michael Grove is a pitcher in the Dodgers organization who grew up in the Ohio Valley, on the Ohio River, and in one of the oldest and most historic towns in all of America. Located at the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, Wheeling West Virginia, in a lot of ways, defines America. It was once a part of the great state of Virginia, but then became the capital of West Virginia upon its creation. It's had times where it was the richest of the rich, but also had times of Rust Belt depressions as well.
Wheeling is known as the "Nail Capital of the World" and is a slice of mid-size Americana that symbolizes all that is good about this great land. Kids that grow up in Wheeling learn a certain work ethic, how to have respect for all others, a sense of community pride, and a total appreciation of everything that has gone into making them who they are. It helps people like Michael Grove stay grounded, understand the importance of giving back, and to always take pride in what they call "home".
Amateur Awesomeness
Michael Grove became a star at his Hometown High School, Wheeling Park High, then became a star at the local university, the University of West Virginia, and is now on his journey to becoming a star on the highest stage of baseball with the Dodgers organization.
Grove was not only a star on the field, he was also the equal off of it. While he was earning one baseball award after the other in his amateur career, he was also earning a spot on the Dean's List and the President's Honor Roll.
As a Junior in High School, Grove led his Patriots to the state Semifinals underneath the Guidance of his legendary Head Coach Mike McLeod. McLeod is a Wheeling Park High School alum that decided to come home and give back to his community. Many people in the Wheeling Community think that McLeod is the greatest athlete ever to walk the halls as a Patriot. But, while that may be great talk for the folks at the local coffee shop, like Wheeling Coffee & Spice Co, one thing that is a total consensus is that McLeod is a coach that changes lives. McLeod has always believed in building relationships and has mastered the art of helping young kids grow up to be successful adults.
This sense of pride is the reason why Michael Grove still makes time to go back home and watch his Alma Mater play, especially in the State Tournament, and why, even at his young age, he has already started giving back. If all this sounds familiar, that's because it should. The culture that has been developed in Michael Grove is the exact culture that the Dodgers organization builds for its players and why Michael Grove fits in so well.
On the Field
Michael Grove's amateur career was one that had a long list of accomplishments. In High School, he posted a 1.20 ERA, hit .488, was named to the West Virginia Sport's Writers Association All-Star team in 2 consecutive years, was named the 2014 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year, and was ranked as the #2 player in West Virginia by Prep baseball report as a Senior.
After High School, Grove took his plus fastball, impeccable character, and great talent to the University of West Virginia and immediately started blazing his trail. As a Freshman at West Virginia, the 6'3 Ohio Valley player of the year was named to the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention team, and then also named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team. He pitched in several roles and made 7 starts and was turning into one of the better prospects in the Big 12.
His Sophomore year started successfully but then halfway through the year, the dreaded Tommy John struck. Grove was forced to shut it down and had to miss the remainder of that year and then all of his junior year. Grove told Casey Porter of Dodger Poke Report that missing that time on the field at West Virginia was tough.
I'm sure for everybody they'll tell you the timing was bad and it was for me as well, not being able to put an entire year of Sophomore tape together. And then missing your entire Junior year from a team is demoralizing because I wanted to be out there competing and playing with my teammates.
Despite missing the back half of his Sophomore year and all of his Junior year, the Dodgers still drafted him in the 2nd round of the 2018 Draft. Grove was considered a 2nd or 3rd round talent before his injury and Tommy John Surgery is not something that scares the Dodgers organization away. In fact, many, if not most of the Dodgers recent pitching prospects have had Tommy John and it's something that Billy Gasparino, the Dodgers director of amateur scouting, felt comfortable with when they drafted Grove.
"We feel very comfortable and confident in our player development and medical staff's ability to get these pitchers back to where they were," said Billy Gasparino, the Dodgers' director of amateur scouting. "The Walker Buehler example is a good one, and we hope to repeat it with Grove."
So, while Grove didn't get to pitch during the second half of his Sophomore year or his entire Junior year at West Virginia, the Dodgers still drafted him in the 2nd round of the 2018 draft.
Grove started his Dodger career not having pitched in over a year in a real game and spent the remainder of the 2018 season, after being drafted, with the Arizona League Dodgers. Then, after pitching with High A Rancho Cucamonga in 2019, the Minor League season was canceled in 2020. So, coming into 2021, he had only 1 season of pitching under his belt since his Sophomore year of College. Trying to pitch at the Minor League level is tough enough, but trying to do it with the stops and starts that Grove has had complicates things in multiples of infinity. So, when evaluating his performance and potential, it is vital that statistics and numbers aren't what you judge him by. He has +++ stuff and got more and more consistent as 2021 progressed. Here is what Grove told Casey Porter of Dodger Poke Report about his stops and starts and then his 2021 season.
Tommy John is what it is, I missed a lot of time there, but the Covid one really was frustrating for me because I had played a full year since my Tommy John Surgery, and I was supposed to be let off the leash in 2020 and get up to a normal pitch count and that ended up not happening. I spent some time at the Alternate site but it's not the same because it gets to be a little ground hog day like as you face the same hitters everyday, and you don't get the same kind of adrenaline bump as you would in a real game.
When Grove gets to string a couple of years together to knock the rust belt off, pun intended, he has the potential to be really really good and is a Major League talent.
Now, that's my opinion, so take it for what it's worth, which is .02 cents and a cup of coffee at Island Coffee in Wheeling. The coffee there is great, don't get me wrong, but you get the point.
In my defense, I will say this though, Dodger Poke Report has had the pleasure of getting to see Grove pitch on several different occasions, at multiple levels, and in high leverage situations. At all stops, he has been impressive with his command of the mound and also his stuff.
On April 1 of 2017, I saw him at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and watched him beat my beloved OSU Cowboys throwing strikes with both his fastball and his ++ curveball. OSU was coming off of a Final 4 appearance in 2016 and was really good, so his performance stuck out.
In 2016 I watched him come in relief against the University of Oklahoma in the Big 12 Tournament in OKC as a Freshman and his stuff popped on that occasion as well. Then, this Summer, Dodger Poke Report covered him in a professional setting with the AA Tulsa Drillers and was equally impressed with how he handled his business.
Elite Stuff
Grove is a pitcher that will sit 94-95 as he progresses and will be able to hit as high as 96-97. One of the things that gives him the potential to be not only unique but also elite is how athletic he is in using his motion to locate his pitches. Most pitchers use their landing spot to locate the ball. In other words, if they want to locate a pitch on the outside part of the plate to a right-handed hitter they land their foot on the first base side of the rubber. If they want to locate a pitch on the inside part of the plate to a right-hander they land on the 3rd base side of the rubber. Grove, however, is athletic enough to not have to do this. Here is a side-by-side of 2 pitches from Grove. The picture on the left is Grove throwing a fastball on the outside part of the plate and the picture on the right is of him throwing a fastball that is up and in.
Notice that everything is literally identical in these 2 pictures. His front foot has landed in the exact same spot, his spine angle as well as his head positioning, hips, chest, and then his arm slot is virtually identical on both pitches.
So, there are absolutely no tip-offs to the hitter as to the location of the pitch. When you can hit 96-97 and be this deceptive, it gives the hitter no time to react as you see in this video.
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Grove also throws a 12-6 curveball that works really well off of the deception, location, and velocity of his fastball.
https://dodgerpokereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Grove-Strikeout-Curveball.mp4
Grove's fastball/curveball combination has the potential to be elite but is not all he has. Grove also features a sinking changeup.
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The next picture is a side by side of Grove's fastball and changeup. The picture on the left is Grove throwing a fastball and the picture on the right is of his changeup. Notice that, again, everything is identical and that there is absolutely nothing for the hitter to pick up to tip the pitch.
So, not only does Grove have a fastball/curveball combination that has the potential to be elite, but he also has a fastball/changeup combination that should be equal as well.
Adding to the idea of Grove having combinations of pitches that work together, he also has a combination of ways he can get ahead of hitters. You've seen how he locates his fastball, but he also has a round house breaking ball that he uses as a strike pitch as well.
https://dodgerpokereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Grove-RoundHouse.mp4
Grove has a fastball that will range from 94-97, 2 different types of breaking balls, a changeup, a motion that makes his pitches unidentifiable, and is an ultra-smart pitcher as evidenced by all the Academic awards he has won. He can get ahead in the count with multiple pitches but then can induce a lot of swing-and-miss with multiple pitches as well. He has an exciting amount of potential!
Model of a Role Model
As good as Michael Grove is on the diamond, he is much more than just a talented pitcher in a High Profile organization. He is someone that every parent wants their kid to become, and I'm not talking about becoming a baseball star. He is the type of young man that makes the people close to him more proud of the type of person he is off the field than what he does on it. And what he's done on the field is a pretty high bar.
While Grove has talent that most kids will never have, he represents what every kid can be. He is a hard worker, loyal, and appreciative of everyone that has helped along the way. At such a young age he has already learned to give, give back that is. But, now, after all he's done, it's finally time for him to take, take off that is! Take off and become the elite pitcher that those of us that believe in him know he will become.
Michael Grove
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Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team to play at Sacramento's Raley Field May 6 !
RESTON, VA – The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) will head to Sacramento, Calif. for a doubleheader at Raley Field, home of the Sacramento River Cats minor league baseball team, on May 6. The WWAST will take on the Sacramento All-Stars at 3:30 p.m. before the River Cats host division-rival Reno Aces at 7:05 p.m. for Salute to Armed Forces. This is the second time the WWAST will take the field in West Sacramento after making their Raley Field debut in July of 2015. Tickets are available now and can be purchased through www.rivercats.com/tickets or by calling the River Cats ticket line at (916) 376-HITS (4487).
"It is very exciting to be returning to Sacramento," said WWAST Executive Director and US Army Retired Veteran, Dennis Wince. "Working with the event organizer, we have seen firsthand the strong pride that this area displays for military personnel and Wounded Warriors. It is very gratifying to see the recognition for those that have served our country."
The WWAST is made up of brave men and women, both veterans and active duty soldiers, from all service branches, who have sustained injuries resulting in amputation. Through extensive rehabilitation, they have become competitive athletes again, playing against able-bodied teams in competitive, celebrity, and exhibition games across the country.
In addition to functioning as an outlet for veterans and active duty soldiers to compete athletically, the WWAST uses these cross-country games to raise funds for the WWAST Kids Camp, medical research, and rehabilitation equipment. Now in its fifth year, the WWAST Kids Camp seeks to empower young boys and girls with amputations. The camps are led by WWAST players who work as coaches and mentors, helping teach not just softball skills, but more importantly life skills as well.
"Sacramento is proud to host the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team again," said Event Organizer Sara Minnehan. "We are a city who cares for our veterans, and are excited to team up with the Sacramento River Cats to bring them to our area."
For more information regarding the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team and upcoming events, visit www.thewwast.org.
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About USA Softball
USA Softball is a 501(c)(3) not-for profit organization headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., and is designated as the National Governing Body (NGB) of Softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. One of the nation's largest sports organizations, USA Softball sanctions competition in every state through a network of 70 local associations and has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 150,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than 2 million. USA Softball is dedicated to providing people of all ages the opportunity to play the game they love at a variety of levels by offering recreational, league, tournament and competitive play for fast pitch, slow pitch and modified pitch. USA Softball annually conducts thousands of tournaments throughout the country including over 100 National Championships. The USA Softball umpire program is among the nation's largest and are widely known as the best trained umpires in the game.
As the NGB for the sport of softball, USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the six USA Softball National Teams that compete in events such as the Olympics, Pan American Games, World Championships and other international and domestic events. For more information on USA Softball, including its founding and history as the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), please visit, www.USASoftball.com.
About Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team
The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) is a standalone 501(c)(3) public charity whose mission is to inspire and educate others while enhancing the health and welfare of wounded warrior amputees. The team was created in March 2011 and travels the country playing able-bodied softball teams. The WWAST is not affiliated with other charities having the words "Wounded Warrior" in their name (e.g. Wounded Warrior Project, etc.). Since its inception, over 85% of donations have supported programs helping Wounded Warrior Amputees, amputee children, and supporting medical research. You can find more information about the WWAST at www.thewwast.org.
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The 2024 Olympics: See the flashy sports park planned for the Valley !
It would host equestrian, shooting, and canoe events for the upcoming 2024 Olympics !
Courtesy LA 2024
The main strength of Los Angeles's bid for the 2024 Olympic games has been the city's existing infrastructure; bid leaders maintain that no permanent facilities will be constructed for the games, ensuring LA won't end up with any wildly expensive stadiums that get used for two weeks and then sit empty for decades.
But that doesn't mean parts of the city won't get something of an Olympics makeover, should the city be selected to host the games. Today, LA 2024, the city's bid committee, released renderings of a brightly colored temporary sports park in the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area that would host equestrian, shooting, and canoe events during the games.
Called the Valley Sports Park, the cluster of facilities would be one of four around the greater LA area. The others would be located in Long Beach, Carson, and Downtown LA (split between Exposition Park, USC, and the LA Live complex). In September, LA 2024 revealed renderings of the sports park in Long Beach, which would also include temporary facilities easily disassembled after the games.
Many existing facilities will also see small changes for the games. The venerable Coliseum, for instance, would be outfitted with a raised track that would allow medalists to dramatically rise from below the surface on an elevator-like podium. Meanwhile, USC's Dedeaux Field would be transformed into an open air swimming stadium.
Bid leaders say that all four of the sports parks would also have plenty of food and entertainment options available around the venues for non-ticket holding members of the public to enjoy.
Paris is now LA's sole competitor for the 2024 games, though it's looking increasingly likely that the International Olympic Committee will offer the 2028 games to the losing city. The IOC will decide on a host city in September.
Mapped: the sites of LA's Olympic bid [Curbed LA]
Here's where LA would hold opening ceremonies for the 2024 Olympics [Curbed LA]
LA now only has one competitor for the 2024 Olympics [Curbed LA]
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Bad Behavior, High Costs Contribute to Umpire Shortage !
Chicago, IL – When Jeff Siegel was an 18-year-old baseball umpire in Morton Grove, a coach angry with a call he made started yelling at him. Then the coach grabbed Siegel by the arms and shoved him.
Police were called to the ballfield, and the coach was arrested. The charges ultimately were dropped, and Siegel continued working as an umpire.
"He had to go to court, and that was enough for me," Siegel said. "It made me stronger as an umpire."
Not every umpire shakes off something like that as easily as Siegel did. Actually, most don't. Bad behavior by coaches and parents at youth sporting events has contributed to an umpire shortage in the suburbs, which has increased officiating costs for most leagues, league officials say.
From AB: No Referees, No Games
Many youth leagues now outsource umpire jobs to regional "assigner" companies or associations, which is far more expensive than having in-house umps recruited from within the community, a common practice in the past.
Umpire costs vary depending on the age and playing level, and whether the umpires are certified by the Illinois High School Association.
While an in-house umpire might cost around $25 to $30 a game, an association or IHSA umpire is a minimum of $50 a game, said Adrian Steinberg, who managed the umpires in Lake Zurich's baseball and softball leagues for many years.
Working as an umpire once was a popular job for high school and college students. But teens now represent a small percentage of umpires, league managers say.
"It's a shame. These are perfect jobs for high school kids," said Kevin O'Donnell, youth athletic coordinator for Mount Prospect Park District's youth baseball leagues, which now use an assigner to provide umpires for the 683 kids signed up to play baseball this spring. "These are kids 16 and 17 years old who are just trying to make some money. Then you have these older gentlemen or women who really scream at them and make them feel bad about themselves. It deters them and terrifies them. How do you come back every weekend and want to do that job?"
The umpire shortage also can be attributed to higher startup costs to do the job, said Siegel, whose run-in with the coach was decades ago. Now he's an assignment supervisor at UMPS.org, which provides 375 umpires – mostly adults – to sports leagues across the Chicago area. For certain leagues, it's necessary to be an IHSA-certified umpire, invest $300 in your own equipment, have medical and liability insurance, and pay for training clinics, he said.
The upside of the umpire shortage is that training is improving and badly behaved coaches are more likely to be disciplined in some way.
Umpire and coaching associations are addressing the situation both from an education standpoint and by encouraging leagues to enforce rules for misbehavior.
"Historically, people sort of just let (bad behavior) go. But there is less tolerance for it now," said Tai Duncan, executive director of the Positive Coaching Alliance in Chicago, which partners with dozens of suburban leagues for coaches training, workshops and support. "There need to be stronger penalties, but it comes down to the education part of it."
The alliance emphasizes "honoring the game" in its programs, teaching coaches how to respectfully disagree with a call and be a positive role model for the players.
Since poorly trained umps only worsen the problem, many leagues are improving their umpire training, including lessons on conflict resolution and game management.
Bret Curlin, an umpire for 30 years who runs the Area Umpires Association in South Elgin, trained 45 umpires for this season. Six or seven one-hour sessions not only cover the rule book, but what to do when coaches or fans get unruly.
First, Curlin reminds them that they are the officials, they're in charge of the game, and the association will have their backs 100 percent.
Curlin tells them to start out by warning a coach to cool it, or use humor to diffuse the situation. If people yell, "You're blind!" – a common umpire critique – they might respond, "Oh, I forgot my glasses. I'll bring them next time."
If the disrespect continues, or gets personal, an umpire can call a timeout and have a quiet one-on-one discussion with the coach.
If the problem is with a fan, the umpire can have the coach ask that person to quiet down or go sit farther down the sideline, Curlin said. An umpire has the option to eject a coach, which is automatically reported to the league.
Curlin, who was once belly-bumped by an angry coach, reminds new umpires that any type of physical assault is a crime.
"If a guy's giving you a hard time, you can put him back in line. And you can do it with a smile on your face and they don't even know what hit them," Curwin said. "You've gotta have thick skin."
While this is hard for new umpires, especially young ones, he said the payoff is big – it's a job that will build tremendous confidence and self-esteem.
"The more experience (the umpire) gets, the better he becomes. Every situation you're going to handle early in life is going to make you better down the line."
Pickleball Championships Big Draw for Community !
Naples, FL – Those who know the sport, which is becoming more and more people by the day, call Naples the Pickleball Capital of the World.
The title might sound hyperbolic, even braggadocious, but the 1,300 players in town this week for the Minto U.S. Open Pickleball Championships would argue it's accurate. Thousands of matches will be played on 48 courts at East Naples Community Park over seven days, the biggest pickleball tournament in the world.
The U.S. Open is the most visible sign that pickleball is big business in Collier County. However the roots of the quirky sport have dug deep into the community in just a short time.
People across Collier County are playing pickleball, from elementary school students to retirees. Courts are going up at YMCAs and parks. Visitors are coming to Naples just to take lessons. That's all outside of this week's national championships, which provide millions of dollars in economic impact.
"Although it's a very old sport, not many people had heard of it," Collier County commissioner Donna Fiala said.
"It just hit the area and there was an almost immediate response. People wanted to get on board. It's given us a place on the sports map as being the home of pickleball. To me, it's a great asset."
Catching on quickly
If Naples is the pickleball capital of the world, East Naples Community Park is the statehouse.
When the U.S. Open picked the park as home for its inaugural event last year, the county added 30 permanent pickleball courts. A dilapidated skate park was removed to make way for the courts.
From AB: Adding Pickleball to Parks and Recreation Programming
For a $25 annual membership, players can use the pickleball courts any day between 7:30 a.m. and noon. More than 1,200 people are members, and games can be found just about any time.
"We've got a lot of seniors and retired people who are down here full time," said Jim Ludwig, a USA Pickleball ambassador who spearheaded the project at East Naples. "They're looking to get healthy and stay healthy. This is a way to do that. They love the facility we built."
The sport – which resembles tennis played with ping-pong paddles and a wiffle ball on a badminton court – caught on so much that other parks followed suit. Fleischmann Park in central Naples added permanent courts. So did Veterans Park in North Naples.
There are plans for a new county park near the Collier County Fairgrounds. Ludwig is doing his best to make sure pickleball courts are part of the discussion.
Pickleball was invented in the 1960s and has been popular among seniors for decades. The sport doesn't require much skill or physical power, plus there isn't a lot of movement like in tennis, making it perfect for older people with limited mobility.
Those same qualities make it ideal for children, who still are learning coordination. Collier County Public Schools took notice, and through the help of Ludwig's charity Pickleball For All, the district added pickleball to its physical education curriculum.
Tracy Bowen, the district's coordinator for health and physical education, bought a temporary equipment set three years ago that she rotated among schools. Since then, two more full pickleball sets have been donated through Pickleball For All.
Pickleball is easy to learn, much easier than tennis. Young kids can control a pickleball paddle better than a tennis racket, and they can get a volley going easier.
Plus pickleball courts take up less space than tennis courts, allowing schools to have more children playing at once and reducing the time and distance it takes to retrieve errant balls.
"We want kids to be successful (at sports)," Bowen said. "Pickleball allows kids at younger ages more control over (ball) placement. They're more successful and they want to do it more. They can play with their parents or grandparents, and they can play the rest of their lives."
The district's pickleball kits travel between schools, where physical education classes teach sports in two-week units. Bowen said the kits were in use all but three weeks during this academic year.
Manatee Middle School has its own pickleball equipment set, purchased by a private donor. When Manatee's tennis court was resurfaced recently, pickleball lines were permanently painted on. Oakridge Middle School has an intramural pickleball club.
Spreading the game
East Naples Community Park doesn't just provide a place to play pickleball. It's also home to a new academy that teaches the sport to locals and brings in people from around the country to learn.
After winning the professional women's singles title at last year's U.S Open, Simone Jardim fell in love with Naples. Already bitten by the pickleball bug, she quit her job as women's tennis coach at MichiganState and worked with tournament organizers to start the U.S. Open Pickleball Academy, based at the East Naples park.
Jardim teaches lessons every day. She said she's had 400 students the past five months, and there's a two- to three-week waiting list.
The academy also hosts destination camps, which combine pickleball and tourism. Athletes come down and practice for a few hours a day, then see the sights of Naples, including boat rides and fine dining.
"A lot of people like me, from out of town and cold weather, they want to get away," Jardim said. "There are so many courts here. There are so many people from different backgrounds that get together and play. Their common theme is pickleball."
The Naples and Bonita Springs YMCAs also offer pickleball lessons and games.
People who travel to Naples to attend the Pickleball Academy contribute to the millions of dollars the sport brings to Collier County each year.
Last year the U.S. Open contributed $2.5 million worth of direct economic impact – money spent at local hotels, restaurants and stores. That was with about 800 pickleballers playing over five days. This year's tournament will feature 1,300 players from 42 states and is seven days long.
The U.S. Open is part of the county's newest push into sports tourism. The pickleball tournament is the second-largest sporting event in Naples. The National Field Hockey Coaches Association's recruiting showcase, which brought 2,000 athletes to town in January, is the biggest.
"(The U.S. Open) allows us to be somewhat unique in the sports marketing arena," said Jack Wert, executive director of the Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention and Visitors Bureau. "Pickleball came at the right time. It's a growing sport, and we've made a long-term commitment."
The pickleball national championships have a contract to be in Naples through 2021. The Convention and Visitors Bureau has invested in the event to help make it successful.
This year the CVB will spent about $1 million on the tournament. About $700,00 of that is a massive shade structure covering the entire championship court at East Naples Community Park.
The CVB operates solely on money raised on Collier County's 4-percent bed tax on short-term room rentals. Last year the tax raised $21.8 million, making the county's investment in the U.S. Open almost 5 percent of its annual budget.
That's on top of the money spent to upgrade East Naples Community Park and install 30 permanent pickleball courts.
"Pickleball has become a pleasant surprise, how much it's been embraced by the community," Wert said. "We've got multiple events each year, and we've established the Pickleball Academy. It's a year-round function, which is why it's good to make a long-term investment."
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April 24, 2017 | BeaconAthletics.com | Ballfields.com
THIS WEEK'S FIELD TIP
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QUALITE SPORTS LIGHTING, LLC IS NAMED A 2017 GOLD EDISON AWARD WINNER !
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The Q-LED GameChanger Wins at New York Ceremony; Edison Awards Celebrate 30 Years of Honoring Innovators and Innovation
New York, NY – April 21, 2017 – The Edison Awards, celebrating 30 years of honoring the best in innovation and excellence in the development of new products and services, announced today that Qualite's Q-LED GameChanger was voted a Gold Winner for innovation at the April 20th event at The Capitale in New York City. Eric Boorom, Qualite Owner, joined hundreds of senior executives from some of the world's most recognized companies to acknowledge the hard work and commitment of all of the 2017 Edison Award winners.
Being recognized with an Edison Award has become one of the highest accolades a company can receive in the name of innovation and business. The awards are named after Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) whose inventions, new product development methods and innovative achievements literally changed the world, garnered him 1,093 U.S. patents, and made him a household name around the world.
"Our judges recognized Qualite's GameChanger as a true innovator out of the many products in its category," said Frank Bonafilia, executive director of the Edison Awards. Eric Boorom, Qualite owner, further added that "we have worked long hours to develop a system that would revolutionize sports lighting and all of the work has been validated by winning the Gold award. This is the greatest honor in the history of the company".
The ballot of nominees for the Edison Awards™ was judged by a panel of more than 3,000 leading business executives including past award winners, academics and leaders in the fields of product development, design, engineering, science and medical.
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The 109-acre sports park clears another hurdle !
The Warren County Board of Commissioners signed off Tuesday on plans for the $15 million county sports park to be built at Union Village, a 1,200-acre development to take shape in coming decades west of Lebanon.
The commissioners approved the plan for the part of Union Village where the park is to to be built on 109 acres off Ohio 741 and Greentree Road.
Two hours later they approved, with a dozen conditions, a site plan for the land to be transferred by Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices, developers of Union Village, to the county for the project.
The votes came after a week's delay prompted by opposition from residents of New England Way, a street across Greentree Road from a section of the park.
"We are conceding. It's happening. Help us out here," said resident Barry Nuss on Tuesday during a pubic hearing of more than two hours.
The conditions are expected to ensure the roads are sufficient and safe before the sports park, to include about 2,000 parking spots, opens next year. Other conditions are to keep lights from poles at the park and cars entering and existing the complex from disturbing residents on New England Way and other nearby streets.
Still undecided are what, if any, improvements will be needed to manage traffic on weekends when the baseball, soccer and other sports tournaments are in play. Or how many or the exact location of driveways into the segment of the complex on Greentree Road.
Consultants from the Kleingers Group said only 20 percent of traffic is expected to use Greentree Road, but withheld how many cars this was projected to equate to.
The commissioners added a condition designating the address on Ohio 741 in hopes of keeping the bulk of the visitors off Greentree, but New England Way residents predicted GPS systems and human nature would draw drivers to the shortest route, regardless of the address designated by the county.
Also still unresolved was whether one of the driveways would be shared with the Turtlecreek Twp. Park just west on Greentree Road. It remained unclear if another proposed driveway at the east end of this park section – across from New England Way – would be needed or a 150-space parking lot at the end of the complex would be developed or left as a buffer for adjoining residential properties.
"Nothing you are going to say is going to change our opinion," Commissioner Dave Young said as Alan Wolfson, of the Warren County Airport board, began to raise questions. "You might as well sit down."
Wolfson sat down and the meeting moved toward the second unanimous vote.
Tuesday's meeting was the last opportunity in the permitting process for the commissioners to weigh in on the sports complex.
They have yet to approve a 1-percent hike in the lodgings tax to be used by the operators, the Warren County Convention & Visitors Bureau, to finance the project.
On April 25, the Turtlecreek Twp. trustees are expected to approve tax sharing and the formation of a new community authority to help offset costs of Union Village's development, maintenance and operation.
Then Otterbein is to give the sports park land to the county. Otherwise the land can be turned to more than 400 of the 4,500 residences permitted at Union Village.
While creating problems for neighbors and fueling traffic problems on already busy roads, Commissioner Shannon Jones said the project – designed to bring in sports competitors and other tourists from around the country and overseas – would be a "net gain for our entire county."
Neighbors, Opponents of Sports Park Turn to Lawyer ?
TURTLECREEK TWP., WARREN COUNTY, OH — Neighbors of the proposed Warren County Sports Park at Union Village have turned to a lawyer for help in appealing for alterations to the plan locating part of the 109-acre complex across from their homes.
On Tuesday, Warren County commissioners are expected to decide on the land-use plan for development of the $15 million park, off Greentree Road and Ohio 741, west of Lebanon.
Last week, lawyer Andy George delivered a letter advising the commissioners that he was representing 10 residents of New England Way, a residential street across Greentree Road.
The letter lists concerns ranging from property value losses to noise and light pollution to traffic and safety concerns during large sports tournaments to be played on fields in the park.
"We hope that all of these concerns will be addressed before the commissioners make any decision that would have such a dramatic effect on their homes and lives," George said.
This is the latest obstacle to the project, which has been opposed by local tea party leaders and hinges on approval of a series of agreements between the developer and local governments.
The commissioners are facing deadlines for approval of the plan, which has been developed through a series of meetings and agreements, reached since the overall plan for Union Village was approved in October 2014.
On April 22, the Turtlecreek Twp. Board of Trustees is expected to approve tax abatements and creation of a community authority that will help a company set up by Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices offset the costs of development of the 1,200-acre, 4,500-home community.
Union Village, built on land around Otterbein's existing retirement community and headquarters, is expected to be developed in coming decades and include commercial development, as well as the sports complex.
But unless the plan for the sports complex is approved by Nov. 1, Otterbein can build homes on the land on either side of Turtlecreek Twp. Park. No land would be transferred to the county for the sports park.
The Warren County Convention & Visitors Bureau, which is to operate the sports park, wants to begin work this summer, so the facilities can open next season.
The approval would also enable the county to enact a 1-percent hike in the local lodgings tax, approved by Ohio lawmakers to help finance the development – on the drawing board for more than a decade.
"They are very adamant. This is going to be it," said Larry Williams, who lives on New England Way.
The conclusion of the approval process was advertised by a small sign, posted on the property, west of the section of the park across from New England Way.
Residents complained about a lack of public notice during a March 29 public hearing, which ended with Turtlecreek Twp. Trustee Dan George agreeing to consider trading the land for its park.
This could enable the county to move the project west, up Greentree Road, away from New England Way.
Last week, Commissioner Dave Young said restrictions on use of the land gifted to the township by Otterbein and state funds used to develop the park limit conversion of the land for the sports complex.
The residents' concerns must be balanced against the economic impact anticipated from teams and their fans traveling to "Ohio's Largest Playground" for a tournament, Young said.
"If I lived on that street, I would be one of the ones out there trying to fight it," Young added. "Any decision we make is going to try to lessen the impact to residents."
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Beyonce's Dad Has Suggested She Has Been Lying About Her Age
Mathew Knowles has added to speculation.
Beyonce's Dad and former manager Mathew Knowles has inferred that Beyonce is lying about her age.
There have been rumours in the past suggesting that Bey is older than fans have thought.
However Knowles has further fuelled theories that Beyonce is actually older than 34 with his recent comments on 'The Breakfast Club'.
"We signed to Daryl Simmons, who partners with LA Reid and Babyface.
"These guys had this competitiveness, LA he had a girls group. Bet you don't know who his lead singer was
"P!nk, she's the exact same age as Beyoncé. There used to be this battle, which group was better. Usher, he was the same age. They were all 14- or 15-years-old."
If Mathew's story is true, it means that Beyonce is actually 36, not 34, as many fans believe.
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East China city's rules protect endangered finless porpoise
Experts hope China's critically endangered finless porpoise will be better protected after the country's first regional regulation about the species came into force on January 1 in Anqing City, Anhui Province.
Passed by the city's People's Congress, the Anqing Regulation on the Protection of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise strengthens efforts to save the highly intelligent species from extinction, said Yu Daoping, an expert of finless porpoise protection at Anqing Normal University.
"The new regulation provides a legal basis to further curb human activities that would be harmful to the species," he said.
Following the introduction of a 10-year fishing ban in the main stream of the Yangtze River and its key tributaries from the start of this year, the regulation extends the ban to other key waters in the city to protect the finless porpoises' food sources.
The regulation also prohibits construction projects unrelated to ecological restoration and restricts the passing of vessels in the species' main habitats, which include a nature reserve and a relocation zone in the city.
Finless porpoises are called "the pandas of the water" because they are rarer than the giant panda and have been placed under protection by various government initiatives.
A national survey conducted in 2018 showed there were about 1,020 finless porpoises, Yu said, adding that there are about 250 in Anqing.
Yu, who has been engaged in researching and protecting cetaceans for 35 years, said there are eight nature reserves for the finless porpoise along the Yangzte River, namely in Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu and Jiangxi provinces, in addition to four relocation zones in Anhui and Hubei.
"About half of the population has been well protected by current laws and regulations," he said.
Protection of the species had mainly been based on the national fisheries law, wildlife protection law and regulations on natural reserves, Yu said, adding that the laws and regulations had their limits.
"Take the national regulations on nature reserves, for example. They are more suitable for administration of closed ecological systems but often fail to curb human activities harmful to the species in open waters, such as the construction of bridges and passing of vessels," he said.
"I hope that through the legislative efforts and hopefully effective practice of the city, provincial regulations will be enacted in the future," Yu said.
(Original editor: Zhu Lixin)
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If you or a loved one took Benicar and experienced gastrointestinal complications, including sprue-like enteropathy, contact Attorney Group for more information about your options.
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A Benicar lawsuit may be an option for patients who took the medication and experienced debilitating and severe gastrointestinal issues and other complications. Benicar is a blood pressure medication sold by Daiichi Sankyo and Forest Laboratories. The drug is a member of a class of medications known as angiotensin II receptor blockers, or ARBs. While the drug is effective in lowering blood pressure for many patients, some patients claim to have experienced serious complications, including sprue-like enteropathy. Affected patients and their families may be eligible for compensation with the help of a dangerous drug attorney.
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Benicar is the brand name for a medication generically known as olmesartan medoxomil. While many patients use this type of medication to keep their blood pressure under control, it can also prevent kidney problems, strokes and heart attacks. Benicar is able to lower blood pressure and help with other medical problems because it contains a specific medical agent that is supposed to block angiotensin II, according to Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., the manufacturer of Benicar.
When people are diagnosed with high blood pressure, it means their vessels have tightened up, thereby restricting blood flow. This is often caused by the presence of angiotensin II, a chemical that occurs naturally in the body. When angiotensin II is blocked by Benicar, the blood vessels can relax and expand, thereby reducing the pressure within them. Many patients who have high blood pressure take Benicar to manage their condition. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in 2012 alone, approximately 10.6 million prescriptions of Benicar were issued to patients. Additionally, about 1.9 million people received a prescription containing Olmesartan during this same year.
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Some of the less serious side effects patients may experience when they take Benicar include:
A rash or itching
Joint, muscle or back pain
However, those who take Benicar may also experience more severe side effects. These may include symptoms that resemble an allergic reaction, such as:
Hives and a swollen mouth, lips, face or throat
Dark-colored urine or a change in the amount of urine that is produced
An irregular heartbeat and chest pain
Swollen feet, hands and ankles.
Some patients have also reported developing serious intestinal problems, chronic diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, weight loss, and difficulty breathing associated with taking Benicar.
Although patients can take steps to minimize the severity of the side effects they experience as a result of taking a medication with the help of their medical provider, in some cases, the drug presents complications that cannot be prevented. In addition to serious medical concerns like urine changes and an irregular heartbeat, many patients claim that after taking Benicar, they suffered from a condition known as sprue-like enteropathy. The FDA states that this condition can cause severe, chronic diarrhea and significant weight loss.
For some patients who allege that they developed sprue-like enteropathy after taking Benicar, the condition developed several months after they had been on the medication, while for others this serious medical condition began years after they had started taking the prescription drug. Although some patients needed to spend time in the hospital after developing sprue-like enteropathy, discontinuation of this drug generally relieved its symptoms among patients.
One of the reasons why doctors may not identify the symptoms of sprue-like enteropathy correctly for months or even years after Benicar is prescribed is because these symptoms can be confused with celiac disease. However, when blood tests are taken, antibodies will show that Celiac disease exists.
Comparatively, those who exhibit the signs of sprue-like enteropathy while on Benicar will not be diagnosed with celiac disease after bloodwork is taken. According to the Celiac Disease Foundation, celiac disease is a condition where an immune response that attacks the small intestine is initiated by the body after foods containing gluten are consumed.
After receiving many reports that Benicar may cause serious medical conditions, including sprue-like enteropathy, the FDA evaluated the connection between this medical condition and medications containing Olmesartan. After identifying 23 serious cases where the patient suffered from sprue-like enteropathy after taking Olmesartan, the agency affirmed that there was an association between Benicar and this serious medical condition.
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic also published a case series in June of 2012 that explored the connection between taking Olmesartan and sprue-like enteropathy. In this case series, 22 patients were evaluated and while they were taking this medication, they experienced diarrhea, severe weight loss and villous atrophy, a condition which damages the villi in the small intestine. In 18 of these cases, the patients showed that they had made clinical improvements or recovered entirely after they stopped taking Olmesartan.
After taking into account the data they collected from their evaluation and the results from the Mayo Clinic case series, the FDA issued a safety communication stating that taking medications like Benicar can cause sprue-like enteropathy. As part of this warning, the organization also stated that all medications containing Olmesartan must include this warning on their labeling.
Since Benicar has the potential to cause serious side effects, the FDA has released several guidelines for patients who are on this medication to follow. For example, patients taking Benicar should:
notify their doctor as soon as possible if they begin to have diarrhea or if they lose a significant amount of weight;
be open about their symptoms so that their health care provider can determine the cause of their complications if they start experiencing problems while on Benicar; and
continue to take their medication until they consult with their physician about no longer taking Benicar for the purpose of reducing their blood pressure.
It is also recommended that patients turn to their health care provider if they have any questions about Benicar or if they have concerns about taking this medication.
In addition to these recommendations for patients on Benicar, the FDA has several guidelines for health care providers who have patients taking this medication. For instance, doctors should tell their patients to notify them if they experience severe, chronic diarrhea or lose a significant amount of weight while taking Benicar, even if they do not notice these symptoms for several months to several years after they are prescribed this medication.
It is also recommended that if patients develop these symptoms while on Benicar, physicians should investigate other causes, like celiac disease, that might be causing these side effects. If doctors are unable to find another cause, they should put their patients on another medication designed to treat hypertension.
According to plaintiffs pursuing claims for compensation against Benicar's manufacturer, the drug maker failed to adequately warn the medical community and consumers about the possible side effects of Benicar, causing affected patients to unnecessarily suffer for years from a misdiagnosis of celiac disease, villous atrophy, substantial weight loss, chronic diarrhea, vomiting, and/or nausea.
As a result of the manufacturer's alleged failure to adequately research and publicize the potential side effects of the medication or provide adequate warnings to physicians and patients, Benicar lawsuits have been filed on behalf of individuals across the country.
According to plaintiffs, Benicar use caused them to develop:
Chronic malnourishment
Chronic diarrhea resulting in hospitalization
Sprue-like enteropathy
In one of these cases, Verduzco v. Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., two patients claim that they developed personal injuries, such as sprue-like enteropathy, lymphocytic colitis, villous atrophy, collagenous colitis and intestinal malabsorption, from taking Benicar. Both plaintiffs involved in this case allege that the medication caused rapid weight loss, acute renal failure, chronic diarrhea and dehydration and that they require continual medical monitoring as a result.
Additionally, this lawsuit claims that the FDA was concerned about some of the statements the manufacturer of Benicar made back in 2006. These claims stated that the manufacturer and marketer of the medication advertised Benicar in a way that showcased it as being better and safer than other drugs in its same class and that the marketing failed to include information about the risks that this drug posed to patients.
The lawsuit also alleges that the manufacturers of Benicar failed to perform proper testing in order to prove that this medication was an effective method for treating high blood pressure.
While Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., has yet to come to a settlement on any of the lawsuits that have been filed by patients, the company did settle in a case filed by the U.S. Department of Justice in April 2015. This case claimed, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, that the manufacturer of Benicar violated the False Claims Act by allegedly giving illegal kickbacks to physicians who prescribed this medication to their patients. The purpose of this legislation is to prevent the judgment of physicians from becoming compromised if they receive gifts or improper payments from other health care professionals, including manufacturers of medical devices and drugs.
U.S. District Judge began scheduling oral arguments for May 2017, which could allow for bellwether trials to start by the end of the year.
U.S. District Judge denies plaintiff's request to obtain partial summary judgment regarding the issue of facts relative to the case, specifically whether it's a medical fact that Benicar causes severe diarrhea.
According to Law360, A New Jersey ruled that employees of Daiichi Sankyo's European unit will not be compelled to testify in Benicar litigation.
According to the New Jersey Law Journal, a pending Benicar MDL has been narrowed to ten plaintiffs, however, the first trial will more than likely wait to begin until after depositions and pretrial motions have been completed in early 2017.
According to a transfer order issued on April 3, 2015, all Benicar sprue-like enteropathy lawsuits pending throughout the federal court system will be centralized before U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler in the District of New Jersey as part of a federal MDL.
According to the Justice Department, Daiichi Sankyo Inc., the manufacturer of Benicar, agreed to pay the United States and state Medicaid programs $39 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by allegedly paying kickbacks to induce physicians to prescribe their drugs, including Benicar.
The FDA issued a safety warning about the link between side effects of Benicar and sprue-like enteropathy. The agency indicated that there is "clear evidence" of an association between Benicar and chronic diarrhea, weight loss and other related symptoms.
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Balgonie Castle proves a nice place for a white wedding
Perfect setting for Karen Urban and Andrew Fox at Balgonie Castle. Pic: Steve Brown
Published: 14:00 Tuesday 23 December 2014
With an eventful 700 years of history already to its name, Balgonie Castle is today carving out a reputation as one of the most desirable wedding locations in Fife.
So much so that the past weekend saw the medieval venue chosen once again as the perfect backdrop for a Leven bride and her Glaswegian groom to tie the knot.
And the marriage of Andrew Fox and Karen Urban was the the 1200th such ceremony to take place there in the last 25 years.
"We always wanted a Christmas wedding and the chance to get married in a castle, so what better place," said Andrew, shortly before the service in the Balgonie Chapel iluminated by around 200 candles.
The use of the building as a wedding venue has come a long way since the first couple said "I do" back in 1989 on the 'Glorious Twelfth' - the traditional start of the grouse shooting season on August 12.
But with costly ongoing maintenance and renovation demands, the Stewart family, which has owned Balgonie for the last 28 years, see the lucrative wedding market as a vital source of revenue for the upkeep of the historic building.
"Every penny we earn from hosting weddings is ploughed back into the building with no public funding or grants available. Hiring out the castle is our financial lifeline securing the future for this place," said the Laird of Balgonie Raymond Morris.
A Balgonie Castle wedding even hit the national headlines back in 2009 when former baggage handler John Smeaton, who helped thwart a terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport, chose the Fife landmark to marry his American girlfriend Christy MacPhedran.
The castle is open to the public throughout the year.
Continuing to make history
King James IV, Mary Queen of Scots and Rob Roy MacGregor are all said to have visited Balgonie Castle during its 700-year existence.
As well as proving a popular venue for weddings, the castle has also been the location for a number of television and film projects in the past.
Most recently the Fife landmark featured in the hit US series 'Outlander' and also was one of the locations used when shooting the film 'Fairy Flag'.
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by Modern Day Moms on November 9, 2011
People's houses (and trash bins) are about to get filled with more junk.
The U.S. Postal Service is aggressively encouraging businesses to send more advertising mail meaning a deluge of unwanted catalogs, credit card offers, coupons and circulars for consumers.
In an effort to combat the impending tidal wave of junk mail, Catalog Choice is launching a new product to complement its online opt-out service. MailStop Envelopes is the offline way for consumers to control who can send them unsolicited mail. All people have to do is rip off the mailing label from the mail they no longer wish to receive, put it in their MailStop Envelope and send it back to Catalog Choice, who will handle the rest.
Users can purchase MailStop Envelopes for $6.75 each, fill them with up to 15 mailing labels from unwanted mail and send the envelopes back to Catalog Choice. Their staff will then scan the labels, fulfill the opt-out requests and record the transaction in customers' secure accounts. Companies have 90 days to honor requests before formal complaints are filed and then submitted to the FTC. Customers can use the envelopes to opt-out of any unwanted mail including catalogs, donation requests, circulars and coupon mailers, as well as phone books. The envelopes are available for purchase at www.catalogchoice.org and can also be gifted to friends and family.
Catalog Choice has been testing the MailStop Envelopes with customers for the past several months. Brad Barrish, one such customer, said, "Catalog Choice is a no-brainer for anyone who is tired of receiving so many catalogs in their mailbox and just doesn't have the time to write letters and follow up with the companies sending them. At $6.75 an envelope, it's hard to find an excuse not to participate. Thanks so much for such a compelling and easy way for people to opt out of junk mail."
"MailStop Envelopes enable individuals to stop unwanted mail seconds after they pull it out of the mailbox," said Chuck Teller, Executive Director, Catalog Choice. "Since the beginning, Catalog Choice has empowered people to take control of their mailboxes. MailStop Envelopes offers another way to improve the relevance of mail for consumers, reduce mailing costs for businesses and garbage disposal costs for cities and counties. It's a win for everyone involved."
MailStop Envelopes is the offline version of Catalog Choice's online service, which allows consumers to control who can send them unsolicited mail. In recent months, Catalog Choice has also partnered with communities across the country including Chicago, Ill.; Seattle, Wash; San Jose, Calif. and Kansas City, Mo.-Kan to provide localized mail preference programs for their residents.
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President Steven Leath has issued a statement regarding a proposed tuition increase, which will be considered by the Iowa Board of Regents next week. Leath says the increase would help Iowa State recruit and retain faculty and improve services that directly support student success.
No evidence that grit improves performance, Iowa State analysis finds
There are many paths to success, but the significance of grit in helping you reach that goal has been greatly overstated, says an Iowa State University psychologist. Marcus Credé and his colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of all prior research on grit and found no evidence that grit is a good predictor of success.
Iowa State business prof says 'it pays to be paranoid' to limit risk when acquiring other firms
An Iowa State University management professor says corporations need to recognize the threat of competitive retaliation when acquiring another business. There are multiple ways competitors can reduce the deal's value. By knowing and paying attention to the competitive dynamics, firms making acquisitions can make better choices.
Turtles immune to old age? Maybe not, according to new Iowa State University research
Nearly 30 years of data collected on painted turtles in the Mississippi River near Clinton, Iowa, show that females suffer a steep dip in fertility before the end of their lives, a finding that flies in the face of what scientists have believed about turtles and aging.
Genetically modified crops are safe, report says
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CoinDCX, the first Indian cryptocurrency unicorn, will be pursuing an initial public offering (IPO) when allowed to by government regulators, Bloomberg reported.
Co-Founder Neeraj Khandelwal said the share sale could be a key point for the company, giving legitimacy to the industry in the same way that the Coinbase IPO did earlier this year, according to the report.
"Similarly, we want to instill a similar level of confidence with an IPO of CoinDCX," he said, per the report.
In other news, the Bank of Russia reported that there's 350 billion Russian rubles (about $5 billion) of crypto changing hands over the course of a year, according to the bank's Financial Stability Report.
"According to various estimates, Russian investors are among the most active participants in cryptocurrencies market," a report summary stated.
The crypto-related risks to Russian financial stability are low as the country is still mostly isolated in terms of the mainstream financial system, according to the summary. But the risks could grow with the increase in popularity of digital currencies.
Lastly, after setbacks, bitcoin is regaining some momentum due to the new omicron variant of COVID-19, CoinDesk reported.
The value of the biggest cryptocurrency was sitting at around $57,300 as of Monday (Nov. 29), an increase of 7.3% from the previous low of $53,359 late Sunday (Nov. 28).
That follows the events of Friday (Nov. 26), in which bitcoin and risk assets were down because of the news that omicron could potentially evade vaccines, according to the report. In addition, the World Health Organization (WHO) wrote that Omicron is a "variant of concern."
In addition, a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell scheduled for Tuesday (Nov. 30) could promise unlimited support if the pandemic worsens again.
Bitcoin buyers were doing better Monday as reports surfaced that omicron variant patients in South Africa have experienced mild symptoms so far, the report stated.
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Parliament paralysed: Ruling party, opposition must end impasse
NEW DELHI - Over six decades after Independence, the Parliament in India is lying completely paralysed and no one knows as of now, how to end the deadlock between the government and the opposition.
Parliament is supposed to meet on February 21 for approving the annual budget to enable the government to meet national expenditures, but the continuance of the standoff between the government and the opposition has created uncertainty about the manner in which it will sanction the money.
If the opposition continues to disrupt proceedings in the two Houses, there will be no alternative to passing the entire budget with a desultory voice vote of 'ayes' and 'nos' without a moment's scrutiny.
This kind of contingency is not ruled out unless the government and the opposition parties sort out their differences over the next few days.
Several attempts, and two by the Speaker, to bring about a consensus between the government and the opposition to put Parliament back on the rails have failed.nformal contacts between the government and the opposition parties, however, have been resumed to find a way out.
On the success of these efforts will depend whether the budget will be subjected to a proper scrutiny by Parliament, or a mere voice vote will do the trick.
It will be very unfortunate if the budget of so large a nation as India's is to be passed without due deliberation envisaged in the Constitution. The nation will, however, feel highly relieved if behind-the-scene discussions lead to a solution to the current stalemate.
At the core are the differences between the opposition and the government on the manner in which Parliament is to examine the 2G scam that the opposition parties, led by the BJP, say has cost the nation a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crores.
The Government has made it clear that it is prepared to be cross- examined by the PAC. The opposition parties on the other hand, want Parliament to set up a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to probe the 2G scam.
The government has, so far, rejected the opposition demand for a JPC.
The Communist Party of India (M) and other Left parties after much deliberation, are now trying to distance themselves from the BJP by announcing that while they favour the demand of a JPC, they will no longer be a party to disrupting the debate on the budget.
The party, like the BSP, is not joining the disruption campaign within the House in any case.
This will certainly leave the BJP isolated in the two Houses, and in turn, could lead the party to do a rethink of its strategy. Maybe the government-opposition talks will be resumed after the Republic Day and Beating of Retreat functions.
The first week of February will be crucial to save Parliament from further public ridicule. By H K Dua (ANI)
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Al Rumaithi Council stresses that 'Road Safety Is Everyone's Responsibility'
Participants at the Ministry of Interior's Council, hosted by Saeed Mohammed Khalaf Al Rumaithi in his residence in Al Ain, under the title "The Culture of Civilized Driving", called for enhancing traffic awareness of the various segments of society, and especially parents, about road ethics and rules. Participants also stressed the importance of abiding by traffic laws and legal speed limits.
The council, which was moderated by media personality Abdul Rahman Al Shamiri, Director General and Editor-in-Chief of Al Watan Newspaper, is part of the awareness councils organized by the Law Respect Culture Bureau, in cooperation with the Security Media Department in the Directorate General of Security Support at the General Secretariat of the Office of His Highness Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. The participants stressed the importance of including traffic safet ... Read more »
Dr. Michael's Dental Clinic in Dubai Opens Doors to New Dentist
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, October 4th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
Dr. Michael's Dental Clinic, the leading and most advanced dental health care provider in the region, welcomes Dr. Ladan Sahirad to its team. She is an accomplished dentist with over 10 years of private practice in London, UK.
"Dentistry is a career that provides plenty of rewards and challenges as well as an opportunity to help people and make communities healthier by restoring oral health and transforming the lives of the patients," Dr. Ladan said. "Plus, it's fairly independent and flexible and you can exercise creativity in your daily work."
She earned her Doctorate in Dentistry from Tehran Dental University in 2003 and pursued advanced trainings in GKT Dental Institute in London and Sheffield Dental School prior to gaining full UK Registration as a General Dentist in 2005. In 2012, she successfully completed a year-long Smile Makeover and Full Mouth R ... Read more »
O3b Networks the Fastest Growing Satellite Operator in History
High throughput, low latency satellite network achieves unprecedented growth across industries and geographies
ST. HELIER, Jersey - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- O3b Networks today announced that over its first year of commercial operation, the company's high throughput, low latency satellite network has become the fastest growing in satellite history. O3b has contracted more capacity in the inaugural year of operation than any other satellite operator with a foothold in Africa, South Central Asia, the Middle East, South East Asia, the Pacific, South America, North America and Europe.
O3b is now providing fiber-like connectivity to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to expand 3G and 4G/LTE services to rural populations, ISPs to provide true broadband on isolated island chains, cruise lines to bring guests and crew high-speed broadband and mobile connections, Oil and Gas companies to reduce costs and improve crew welfare and gove ... Read more »
Gildas Sorin Appointed CEO of CYNORA GmbH
BRUCHSAL, Germany. - Wednesday, October 7th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gildas Sorin has been appointed CEO of Bruchsal-based CYNORA GmbH with immediate effect. His great experience in the OLED and display industry makes Mr. Sorin the ideal candidate to take CYNORA to the next stage.
This is a strong sign for the development of CYNORA being a technology leader in the field of TADF emitter systems for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) since its start in 2008. The French top manager brings his long and international experiences in OLED industries, and his change to the management is also regarded as a signal of the CYNORA partners to use the technology leap and translate it into specific economic successes.
CYNORA pioneers in the research and development of innovative pure-organic and novel copper-based TADF emitter systems, amongst other materials and technologies. In addition to sublimable materials for well established vacuum-processing, a multi ... Read more »
Mobifone Chooses Synchronoss for Personal Cloud and Activation Services in Vietnam
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BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR), the mobile innovation leader that provides cloud solutions and software-based activation for mobile carriers, retailers and OEMs around the world, today announced that it has been chosen by Vietnamese mobile operator Mobifone to deploy a wide range of Synchronoss services and solutions with an estimated total contract value to exceed $80M over the next three years and will generate a significant return for both Mobifone and Synchronoss in this rapidly growing market.
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New Report Reveals That Large Organisations Are Unsure of How to Embrace End-User Computing
Over 61% of research participants indicated that they are seeing ROI from end-user computing initiatives
SYDNEY - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Large organisations are immature when it comes to planning end-user computing initiatives, preferring to measure feedback instead of acting strategically. That's because they're unsure of how to approach the concept of end-user computing as a cohesive strategy, and manage the proliferation of devices and their associated security risks. At the same time, organisations around the globe are considering a more user centric approach by introducing mobility concepts into their organisation.
This is highlighted in the 2015 Mobile Workforce Report published today by Dimension Data. The company surveyed 730 organisations employing 1000 - or more – staff across five regions, 11 countries, and 14 industries. The research was undertaken to understand the challenges that CIOs are faci ... Read more »
ServiceSource Announces Plans to Open Service Delivery Center in Philippines
Opening First Quarter 2016, New Facility Expands Company's Global Reach and Capacity to Address Growing Market for Revenue Lifecycle Management
SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ServiceSource® (NASDAQ:SREV), the global leader in customer revenue growth and retention solutions, today announced it is expanding its global presence and accelerating its growth engine with a new service delivery center in the Philippines. The new facility, located in a region fast becoming a hub for global enterprise expansion, is scheduled to begin operations in the first quarter of 2016. As a result, ServiceSource will vastly increase its global competitiveness, expand its capacity to serve current and future customers, as well as accommodate the growth in demand for its Revenue Lifecycle Management (RLM) solutions around the world.
This new Philippines center will increase ServiceSource's capacity to deliver 24/7 operations ... Read more »
Diverse activities at Emirates Park Zoo for the 'Protect Me, I shall Protect You' Campaign
Major General Dr. Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Emirates Animal Welfare Society, encouraged community members to engage in volunteer work that fosters positive behaviors towards animals. This recommendation stems from the belief in the positive environmental and biological role of animals, in addition to their vital importance for human survival, and maintaining ecological balance.
The Emirates Animal Welfare Society had taken part in the campaign titled 'Protect Me, I shall Protect You'at the Emirates Park Zoo in Al Bahia, Abu Dhabi. The campaign was organized in conjunction with World Rabies Day, and aims to spread awareness on animal care and welfare, maintaining animals' hygiene, the importance of pet vaccinations on time, and regular veterinary checkups.
In his speech on the occasion, Brigadier Mohammed Hamid bin Dalmouj Al Dhaheri, Emirates Animal ... Read more »
Replicor Announces Initiation of Recruitment for Its Phase IIb Clinical Trial with REP 2139-Mg or REP 2165-Mg in Combination with Viread® an
NEW YORK - Monday, October 5th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Replicor announces that the recruitment of patients is underway for its second Phase II trial in Caucasian patients that will assess the safety and antiviral efficacy of REP 2139-Mg or REP 2165-Mg in combination with Viread® and Pegasys® or Zadaxin® in patients with HBeAg negative chronic hepatitis B infection.
The design of the REP 401 protocol (NCT02565719) draws on Replicor's experience with REP 2055 and REP 2139-Ca from its 4 previous Phase II trials in Asian and Caucasian patients with HBV or HBV / HDV infection. This randomized controlled trial will introduce the next generation formulation of REP 2139 (REP 2139-Mg) and a new NAP, REP 2165 (as REP 2165-Mg). REP 2165 is a version of REP 2139 designed to be more rapidly eliminated from the body which in pre-clinical evaluations showed similar antiviral activity with significantly reduced accumulation in the liver compared to REP ... Read more »
LAPD in Abu Dhabi to Review UAE Police Skills
As part of the expertise exchange program with international police bodies
A US Police delegation, headed by Major General Horace Frank, Deputy Commander of Special Operations and Anti-terrorism bureau at Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), arrived to Abu Dhabi International Airport on Friday evening. The delegation was greeted upon arrival by a number of officers from the Security Support Department at the Directorate General of Security Support Department at Abu Dhabi Police. The one-week official visit is part of the expertise exchange program with international police bodies.
Colonel Khaled Saeed Al Shamesi, Head of Security Support Department welcomed the visiting delegation, lauding the outstanding relations between both parties, and its importance in strengthening cooperation. "This visit aims to review the tasks and duties undertaken by the Security Support Department, ... Read more »
Kroll Launches New Compliance Portal, an Easy-to-Use, Technology Solution to Help Organizations Manage Their Third Party Compliance Process
Built for compliance professionals, new portal delivers unprecedented Kroll integration of advice, technology, data and due diligence
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kroll, the global leader in risk identification and mitigation, today announced the release of the Kroll Compliance Portal, specially designed to enable compliance and legal professionals to manage the regulatory and compliance challenges associated with third party relationships, automate compliance activities and seamlessly gain access to Kroll's time-tested and globally recognized expertise.
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Panasonic Commercializes High Heat-Resistant Semiconductor Encapsulation Material for Power Devices
OSAKA, Japan - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic Corporation today announced that it developed a semiconductor encapsulation material for power devices that boasts the industry's top-class*1 heat-resistance performance (glass transition temperature) of 210°C and superior long-term reliability, and will start shipping samples of the products, CV8540 series, from October 2015.
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The good news for fashion trends 2019 autumn jackets is that there are no limitations for the styles of jackets. They can easily be bomber jackets, ski style sporty ones, even windbreakers. The freedom of choice is at your disposal. As long as you feel comfortable in your womens jacket 2019 and are able to create a style of your own, you will be looking amazing.
London has long been the capital of the United Kingdom fashion industry and has a wide range of foreign designs which have integrated with modern British styles. Typical, British design is smart but innovative yet recently has become more and more unconventional, fusing traditional styles with modern techniques. Vintage styles play an important role in the British fashion and styling industry. Stylists regularly 'mix and match' the old with the new, which gives British style that unique, bohemian aesthetic that many of the other fashion capitals try to imitate. Irish fashion (both design and styling) is also heavily influenced by fashion trends from Britain.
Gianni Versace launched his first clothing line in Milan, Italy, in 1978. In 1989, Versace debuted his first couture collection. He became known for his glamorous styles, producing a range of siren dresses that became his trademark. Gianni Versace was also known for his marketing genius, turning nameless models into international superstars and regularly recruiting celebrities for his campaigns. Gianni Versace was murdered in 1997. Nevertheless, the house Versace is one of the most know and admired luxury fashion trends until our days.
Known for his stunning couture designs and his sophisticated women's tuxedo jackets (known as le smoking), Saint Laurent was destined to carve out his own identity, but his career was not without its challenges. After a poorly received collection at Dior, which featured hobble skirts and other unusual designs, he was sent into mandatory military service. The stress of being in the army (although he lasted only 20 days) took a tremendous toll on the sensitive designer. He suffered from teasing and hazing by his fellow soldiers, and he soon plunged into a nervous breakdown; he was sent to a mental hospital for treatment.
As a rule, world's famous fashion designers have their place in the fashion industry for a long time. Each of them has a luxury fashion house with their admirers, as well as characteristic iconic images, seen in all collections. Coco Chanel with her tweed suit or Valentino with his striking red dresses, the best fashion designers clothing are credited only those who created his own distinctive style, which entered the history of fashion. Here 10 people awarded with the title of "best."
Considered by many one of the greatest tailors of the century, Pierre Balmain was born in Saint Jean de Maurienne, France in 1914. After studying at the school of Architecture, in Paris he founded in 1945 the Maison Balmain as a couture house, with a lucrative sideline in fragrances. In that year he showed long, bellshaped skirts with small waists; a line that became popular in 1947 as part of Dior's New Look.
Until the 1950s, fashion clothing was predominately designed and manufactured on a made-to-measure or haute couture basis (French for high-sewing), with each garment being created for a specific client. A couture garment is made to order for an individual customer, and is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric, sewn with extreme attention to detail and finish, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques. Look and fit take priority over the cost of materials and the time it takes to make.[2][3] Due to the high cost of each garment, haute couture makes little direct profit for the fashion houses, but is important for prestige and publicity.[4]
Yves Saint Laurent started his brand in 1962 after working at the house of Dior, where he was famously appointed head designer at young age 21. Many of fashion's most iconic creations can be attributed to YSL, including the women's tuxedo jacket, the high-fashion peacoat, and the shirt dress. In addition to iconic clothing, he was also among the first designers to feature non-white models. Yves stayed at the brand until his retirement in 2002. He died in June 2008.
Over in London, things were distinctly more aggressive: Punk and themes of dissonance could be felt strongly (Brexit, much?), with plenty of tartan, more safety pins than even Johnny Rotten could handle and Vivienne Westwood staging an entire protest about climate change for her show. The strong mood could clearly be felt over the Channel, too, as British designer Sarah Burton's vision for Alexander McQueen this coming season established the poshest and most brilliantly executed iteration on punk we've seen in a long, long time. And talking of being combative, if you don't pick up on the "army" theme of many of the season's biggest shows (Bottega Veneta, Chloé, Miu Miu) and end up buying a pair of combat boots, I'll eat my bucket hat.
Certain outfit combinations stood out at the autumn/winter 2019 shows, but the most noticeable one was the simple trio of a blazer, blouse and midi skirt. So many of the most important designer brands stood behind this formula, and it proved to be a linchpin of the entire Celine collection by Hedi Slimane—his second full womenswear runway which was received to greater acclaim than his debut. Burberry's Riccardo Tisci dedicated a section to this kind of grown-up look, using light beiges and soft fabrics to make things extra feminine. Meanwhile, Fendi took a more mix 'n' match approach, which will likely empower you to take what you've already got in your wardrobe and start working towards this successful equation. Office outfits for the next six months, sorted.
Top-handled and either cutesy and retro or super-sleek in plain leathers, the most influential bag trend of the season will most definitely be anything that feels extra-ladylike and old-fashioned. Although jumbo totes and teeny-tiny mini bags could also be seen on the autumn runways, neither is particularly practical, unlike these this breed of elegant styles. "I find when something is vintage that piece has a much longer staying power since the style feels inherently classic, like the frame bag," says Lisa Aiken, Fashion Director at Moda Operandi. Roomy enough to fit your essentials into, classic enough to last an eternity and offered in enough variations to girls with multiple style personalities sated indeed.
London designer Mary Quant was not only an iconic fashion design but also the imortal creator of the miniskirt. Mary had an art-school background and had been designing and manufacturing her own clothes since second half of the twentieth century. She was convinced that fashion needed to be affordable to be accessible to the young, she opened her own retail boutique, Bazaar, on the Kings Road in 1955, introducing the "mod" era and the "Chelsea look."
"I love a woman, I love to judge how beautiful she is, how beautiful I can make her." Here at KOKET we are as in love with women as Cavalli. This italian designer Roberto Cavalli presented his first collection in 1970 and came to be known for his lavishly printed and colored leatherwear and denim. In 1999, he introduced menswear and eyewear and followed with Cavalli Jeans (later renamed to Just Cavalli) in 2000.
It was a season where emotions, personalities and uniqueness reigned supreme. The monthlong round of shows culminated in a heart-warming and outstanding Chanel show—the last ever technically created by the late creative director, Karl Lagerfeld. An alpine scene magically assembled within Paris's Grand Palais featured a lineup of Chanel girls old and new, and a finale to rival any—with the likes of Karen Elson, unable to hold back the tears, walking through the "snow" next to Cara Delevingne, Mica Argañaraz and Penelope Cruz, to name but a few high-profile faces. The show also confirmed that one of the designer's most beloved of fabrics—bouclé—was set to be a trending choice for A/W 19.
"There is a micro-trend evolving by way of unexpected fabrics. Real or faux leather seemed to be the material of the moment," confirms Aiken. "Found by way of trenches, blouses, skirts and dresses. Among my favorites include Nanuskha's vegan leather in the brand's cult-favorite puffa or streamlined leather dress, as well as the bold variations of color from Khaite and Proenza Schouler." Last year, the trend extended down to lower price points and the high street, so we're expecting the leather look to spread far and wide.
Tastes differ. And when it comes to fashion, they differ even more. However, I've managed to come up with a list of top 5 fashion designers that can't leave any woman indifferent. They are adored by fashion artists and their regular customers all over the world, and their incredible, jaw-dropping collections speak for themselves. Check out the list of the most famous fashion designers of all time:
In the City of Light, during the years from 1927 to 1940, Schiaparelli's reputation for daring designs grew steadily. Soon, Parisians developed a passion for her unusual dresses, sweaters, and accessories. Her signature style always encompassed some whimsical elements, such as lobster motifs or skeleton ribs and bones (made with trapunto quilting); however, the construction of the garments themselves was often quite strict and tailored…this dichotomy made for original pieces that were often "knocked off" by other designers.
Giorgio Armani was born on July 11, in 1934, in Italy. Armani is an iconic and unique fashion designer. His popularity skyrocketed in America in the 1980s with his men's 'power suits'. Armani attracted an enviable fashion following in the 80s with the unstructured jackets and soft trousers in mineral hues. With more than three decades in the business, Armani has enjoyed a longevity as a designer experienced by few others.
Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel revolutionized the contemporary women's clothing. Her bold fashion designs freed women from the constrained, time limited trends. Chanel suits have become style icons, as well as her Chanel bags. It was 'Coco' who has created the innovative concept of "little black dress", without which it can not do any one woman. There is no doubt that Coco Chanel is one of the top fashion designers of clothing of all time!
India, a diverse nation though, has no typical or standard dressing style now a days. With the diversification of dressing-style, the style mavens have created a variety in dressing styles. Now people even wear shalwar qameez, sarees, churidars, kurtis, frocks, gowns, long shirts, trousers, jeans, capris, puffed sleeves, deep necks, in fact there is a fusion of western and eastern culture! In India fashion is put forward by the film-industry. In this day and age , Bollywood is considered a trend setter of Indian-fashion that revamp the top Bollywood celebrities. These mavens have not only fascinated Indian public but have also grabbed the attention of the world towards it.
Lace is a fairly safe bet each and every autumn/winter, but for 2019, it has been used in so many ultra-pretty ways that we wanted to share. From layered over shirting (Prada) to ruffle upon red ruffle for party dresses (Erdem) and as negligées for day (Philosophy), we imagine this classic fabric trend will not only infiltrate your evening wardrobe but your day one too. Even Victoria Beckham is behind it, so we're ready and waiting to see how she styles it our IRL, perhaps at the airport…
Coming from a mid class family from Dominican Republic, Oscar de La Renta moved to Madrid at the early age of 19 wishing to be a painter. In order to make extra money Oscar de La Renta started doing some work as a fashion designer. In 1965, De la Renta took over Arden, the company he was working for at the time and this open the door to start his own brand. The unique tone of red on his dresses became to be known as "De la Renta red".
Jean-Paul Gaultier is a French fashion designer born on 1952 in Val-de-Marne, France. At age 18, he joined the house of Pierre Cardin before moving on to Jacques Esterel and Patou. The appearance of Gaultier's collection was in 1976, but his own design house was only launched on 1982. Jean Paul Gaultier's sensual, irreverent style continually challenges stereotypical femininity, ignoring traditional gender roles by embracing androgyny and the freedom of sexuality. His style is known to challenge standard views of fashion.
Hubert de Givenchy was born to an aristocratic family in Beauvais, France, in the 20's. After attending art school, he worked for several important fashion designers in Paris. He opened his own design house in 1952 and was immediately praised for his chic, feminine designs. He is known for his elegant haute couture designs and professional relationships with clients like Audrey Hepburn.
Son of Russian working class immigrants, Ralph Lauren has transformed himself into the sophisticated billionaire. His classic and preppy designs all draw upon an image of old world wealth and luxury, and he pioneered the concept of clothes as part of a lifestyle environment. Lauren worked in retail before developing a line of neckties. The brand he established, Polo, is now one part of an empire that includes fragrances, home furnishings and luxury clothing. Today, his five billion dollar business includes several clothing lines as well as perfumes, house ware, furniture and paint. |
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The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, participated, on Wednesday, 29 June 2022, in the deliberations of the Euro-Atlantic working dinner hosted in Madrid by the Prime Minister of Spain, Mr Pedro Sánchez.
President Anastasiades had the opportunity to speak with a number of leaders of the EU and NATO countries, both on the sidelines and during the dinner. Among others, he exchanged views with the Greek Prime Minister, Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the French President, Mr Emmanuel Macron, the British Prime Minister, Mr Boris Johnson, the Italian Prime Minister, Mr Mario Draghi, the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr Justin Trudeau, the Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and the US President, Mr Joe Biden.
The President also spoke with his Turkish counterpart, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with whom he exchanged views, mainly on the Cyprus problem.
President Anastasiades declared to the President of Turkey his readiness to resume negotiations for a settlement of the Cyprus problem, under the auspices of the UN, and reiterated that he is always ready to enter into talks with the aim of resolving a longstanding problem, the solution of which will be beneficial for Cyprus and all Cypriots, as well as for stability and security in the Eastern Mediterranean, for the Greek-Turkish relations and for the EU-Turkey relations.
In his speech during the working dinner, before the 36 Heads of State and Government from EU and NATO Member States, the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and the Secretary-General of NATO, the President of the Republic initially referred to the need to strengthen cooperation between the EU and NATO in order to address the great challenges of our times, and most significantly, the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has brought about major changes, not only in aspects of traditional security, but also in areas such as food security, energy security, migration and hybrid threats.
Of course, he added, the EU-NATO cooperation should always be based on respect of the autonomy of the two organizations in their decision-making processes, on one hand, and on the other hand, on respect of international law.
President Anastasiades pointed out, in his intervention, four points that should be prioritized; that is: (a) the strengthening of EU's autonomous defence capabilities, so that it can help deal with crisis situations in Europe, but also internationally, always in abidance with and cooperation with allies, such as NATO or other countries with which the EU shares common interests and values, (b) the commitment to zero tolerance, either towards violations of international law or revisionist policies, (c) the solution of existing problems which threaten the coherence of the two organizations, on the basis of mutual respect and solidarity, and (d) the implementation by all countries of the sanctions imposed against Russia, in order to render them more effective.
Referring to the Cyprus problem which he described as an "open wound", the President of the Republic stressed that, as long as it perpetuates, it will continue to pose a threat to peace, security and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, but also to Europe in general.
He reiterated that his aim remains the end of the division in Cyprus and the achievement of a functional and sustainable settlement based on the resolutions of the Security Council and the provisions of international law.
Finally, President Anastasiades underlined his commitment to the effort to create conditions that will allow the resumption of negotiations, from the point where they were interrupted, aiming at reaching a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem. A goal that will be possible provided that all stakeholders decide that it is finally time for an agreement that will lead to a normal state, which will benefit all citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.
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#iVoted Festival & Live Nation raffling tickets to shows by The Who, ZZ Top & more
September 22, 2022 by Classic Rock 93.9
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The #iVoted Festival and Live Nation have teamed up to raffle off tickets to shows by artists including The Who, ZZ Top and Santana in an effort to encourage early voting for this year's upcoming U.S. midterm elections.
To enter, eligible U.S. voters need to send in a selfie from outside of their polling place, or from home with their unmarked absentee ballot. If you're not of voting age but still over 14, you can enter by sharing your first voting-eligible election year along with why you're "excited to vote."
The sweepstakes is also offering tickets to see artists including Judas Priest, The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, Blue Oyster Cult, 38 Special, The Smashing Pumpkins and The Marshall Tucker Band.
You can enter between September 26 at noon ET and November 7 at 6 p.m. ET. Election Day is Tuesday, November 8. The virtual #iVoted Festival, featuring artists including Black Stone Cherry, Halestorm, Jeffrey Gaines, Los Lobos, Rise Against, Umphrey's McGee and Yacht Rock Revue, will air on Election Day.
For more info, visit iVotedFestival.org.
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Humanity might have reached the stars, but the 9-5 still rolls on just the same. There's just spaceships now. Follow a ensemble cast of characters ase they do their best to get through the week without breaking anything too important. Who among us hasn't dealt with classic sci-fi sitcom conundrums like forgetting one's keys on a spacewalk, cooking food with a rocket, or tracking down a missed connection in virtual reality? Just them? Well then. Transcripts of every episode and minisode can be found on our website.
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King Falls AM centers on a lonely little mountain town's late-night AM talk radio show and its paranormal, peculiar happenings and inhabitants. New shows available the 1st and 15th of every month! Be sure to start from Sammy's first show (May 1st, 2015) to stay up to date with all your King Falls favorites.
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From GE Podcast Theater and Panoply, The Message and its sequel, LifeAfter, take listeners on journeys to the limits of technology. In The Message, an alien transmission from decades ago becomes an urgent puzzle with life or death consequences. In LifeAfter, Ross, a low level employee at the FBI, spends his days conversing online with his wife Charlie – who died eight months ago. But the technology behind this digital resurrection leads Ross down a dangerous path that threatens his job, his ...
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The Orphans is a cinematic sci-fi audio drama about survival in a harsh universe: castaways on a hostile world, A.I.s with unprecedented emotions, strangers who share faces, love and loss in a far-flung future. Each season explores a new vantage point in an ever-expanding and inter-connected galaxy!
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Archive 81 is a fiction podcast about horror, cities, and the subconscious. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday. Start from "01 - A Body In A New Place"
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Darkest Night is a binaural audio drama that places you, the listener, at the center of a recovered memory that sounds as though it's happening around you in real time. Each chapter delves into the last memories of the recently deceased, slowly revealing a horrifying master plan. Who is weaving this master conspiracy, and what is their ultimate goal? Subscribe now to find out, and wear headphones for the best, most terrifying results. Darkest Night is narrated by Lee Pace (The Hobbit Films, ...
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Ten years ago, over three hundred men, women and children disappeared from a small town in Tennessee, never to be heard from again. In this podcast, American Public Radio reporter Lia Haddock asks the question once more, "What happened to the people of Limetown?" Limetown is produced by Two-Up, the producers of 36 Questions, The Wilderness and Shipworm. |
An active shooter is being reported in Odessa
Posted: Aug 31, 2019 / 04:41 PM CDT / Updated: Sep 2, 2019 / 10:21 AM CDT
Police say there are multiple gunshot victims and possibly multiple gun shot victims have been reported.
Police officials say the suspect hijacked a U.S. mail truck and was last seen in the area of 38th and Walnut.
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ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - An Abilene family separated between the Key City and the Netherlands are one step closer to a brief reunion.
"I try to at least pretend I'm happy for our son, because I don't want him to feel all of this," Bente Riehn says.
After receiving advice to not fly to her native country the Netherlands because of concerns surrounding the pandemic, Bente Riehn unintentionally overstayed her 90-day visa. |
BurgerTime Party! Announced for Switch
by Brandon Orselli | @brandonorselli on May 1, 2019 at 1:30 PM, EDT
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G-Mode Corporation has announced BurgerTime Party!.
The new entry in the classic series is coming to Nintendo Switch sometime this year via the eShop, in Japan. Featured above, you can view the announcement trailer for the game.
Here's a look at Peter's new look:
While details are scant, series protagonist Peter Pepper is returning – with a new look. The game also supports up to four players.
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Zeno Of Citium
Zeno of Citium was a Hellenistic philosopher from Greece who lived around 300 BC. Check out this biography to know about his birthday, childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him.
Born: 0334 BC/ Greek
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Greek Politician
Yiannis Boutaris is currently the mayor of Thessaloniki, the second largest city of Greece. This biography gives detailed information about his childhood, life, works and timeline
Born: 13 June 1942/ Greek
Xenophon of Athens was a famous Greek historian and philosopher of 4th century B.C.This biography of Xenophon provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Thucydides was a 5th century BC Greek historian and a famous general. Check out this biography to know about his birthday, childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him.
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Thales, better known as Thales of Miletus, was an ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and businessman. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him
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Laid the foundations for Democracy in Athens.
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Socrates was one of the most influential Greek philosophers of the ancient era. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him.
Seleucus I Nicator
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Pyrrhus Of Epirus
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Protagoras was one of the most important Greek philosophers of ancient times. This biography provides detailed information on his childhood, life, philosophy, works, achievements & timeline.
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Son Of King Of Greece And Denmark, King George I
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark was the fourth son and seventh overall child of the King of Greece and Denmark, King George I.
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Polyxeni Ferfeli
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Polybius was a Greek historian and a statesman, best known for his 40 volumes of 'The Histories,' which include the detailed account of the period of 264-146 BC.
Plato was a classical Greek philosopher &mathematician who was one of the founders of Western philosophy. This biography profiles his childhood, life, works, achievements, ideas, contributions and some interesting facts.
Pindar was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Check out this biography to know about his birthday, childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him.
Philip II Of Macedon
King of Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon
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First Citizen of Democratic Athens
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Death Goes Viral in The Lotus, a Post Apocalyptic Thrill Ride from the Mind of Jorge Nunez
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Hitting Video On Demand March 6th, The Lotus brings the dangers of biochemical technology center stage, as a man made virus ravages the world, leaving few survivors in its wake. Writer and director, Jorge Nunez infuses his film with flourishes of tech savvy sci-fi mixed with bursts of blood splattering horror. More than enough to please any fan of the genre.
Acquired by Sharry Flaherty of Samera Entertainment, and distributed by Black Wolf Media, The Lotus is a fresh addition to the rich cinematic legacy of "end of the world" sagas. The film begins on the brink of anarchy, on a seemingly peaceful day, where our main character, Cee (Samantha Reynolds), attends her little sister's wedding, all the while facing the imminent end of her own
marriage due to her infertility. This threat to her personal life is undercut by a biological threat to the world after a virus breaks out at the wedding, leaving Cee the lone survivor. After a while, she runs into a handful of other survivors who have banned together to take down the infected by any means necessary.
When asked what inspired the epic and apocalyptic backdrop of The Lotus, and its main character's journey, Nunez remarked that he was always drawn to films that feature strong female leads. Characters like Ellen Ripley in Aliens, or Sarah Connor in Terminator 2, or Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs.
"They remind me of my mother who is a strong kick-ass feisty woman, these were the movies that I was attracted to. It's much better storytelling than a man going up against another man. The odds and challenges are much more riskier when it comes to storytelling. So this was a story that I wanted to tell. A young woman, who is unable to carry life, may actually be the reason she is able to save lives in The Lotus. Throw some Sci-fi Horror elements into it and you got yourself and edge of your seat popcorn flick with a story layered with emotions. Those are the movies I grew up with, those are the stories I want to tell."
Nunez also provided insight into what goes into the filmmaking process based off of what he learned behind the scenes on The Lotus.
"For any indie filmmakers out there on the fence about filmmaking, or wanting to direct your first feature. I advise that you just DON'T go out there and start shooting it, I advise that you learn the craft first, if you want to direct, write, edit, and DP, thats all fine, but take the time to learn each one. One of the worst things you can do, is take on such a big task without any practice or experience. Go out and shoot a short film, test each field out by creating little 2-3 minute short films, watch tutorials, take the time to learn, you don't have to be perfect at it, but at least know what you are doing. Then go out and shoot your film. If its your first feature film, you're still gonna screw up, but not as bad as you would have if you had just gone out to shoot it without any experience. Its always a learning process, I don't care how many years experience you have. Theres always something new."
But making movies isn't just about navigating your way around a set and avoiding mistakes. There is also a financial side to the industry that is even more elusive. And it is within that arena where knowledge is truly power.
"Learn the business side of filmmaking. Thats a whole other world right there. Get everyone on contracts or at minimum, deal memos. Whether its a short film or feature film, because believe me, there's going to be someone, or a few who are willing to strip you down the moment your film has an opportunity to make money. These are people who are supposed to be your friends, who endured the film with you. People get greedy, even before there's any money involved. It can be a real sh**ty, heartbreaking situation. But you have to protect your film at all costs."
These are hard lessons to be sure. However, once you get the hang of what goes into filmmaking, there is a magic that comes into play, the magic that unfolds on screen, like it does in The Lotus, which has endured a wild ride to make its way to VOD platforms. Upon noting this accomplishment, Nunez had this to say:
"Be humble man. Be humble. Don't act like you know it all. I certainly don't. But be honest too. Collaborate, listen to other peoples ideas, but be honest. If you like something, if you don't like something, provide an answer as to why you don't think that idea will work. If you start listening to too many ideas and making too many changes, they begin to take over you film and all of sudden your message, your story is lost, people get lost, it can create a mess. Listen, consider, and make a decision-- even if they're bad ideas, or don't coincide with your story. Everyone wants to help, everyone wants to inspire. Be firm with your vision, but be open to listening."
The Lotus drops on iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, Xbox Live, Dish Network VOD, and other platforms March 6th.
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New Garda drug unit planned for Mayfield
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MAYFIELD'S Superintendent Mick Comyns has welcomed the reintroduction of the Mayfield drugs unit, which will be working in tandem with the divisional drug unit in the near future.
The Mayfield drugs unit is one of three reinstated units across the Cork City districts, with other units also planned for Togher and Gurranabraher.
Chief Superintendent Barry McPolin said the new units would lead to increased detections and a new-found focus on the issue of drug dealing and drug use in the city. Superintendent Comyns, who is in charge of the Mayfield district, said the new unit will concentrate solely on drug dealing in Mayfield and he was hopeful of good results.
"Drugs are always an issue. They are in every town and village in Ireland and Mayfield is no different. Hopefully, this unit will be able to deal with the drugs issue in the district," he said.
Chief Superintendent Barry McPolin explained the units will be manned by frontline gardaí on six-month placements, who will learn new skills and techniques, before returning to their post on the beat.
"These won't be permanent members attached to these units. There will be possibly a six-months rotation period so that there will be uniformed members from the units who will have a chance to build up their level of expertise and skills in that particular area and bring them back, then, into the frontline policing arena.
"It is a training regime, also, as well as an upskilling and, most importantly, we are dealing with the serious issue of combating the scourge of drugs that are in our society."
Chief Supt McPolin said the new units will play an important role in protecting the public.
"It goes directly to the protection, safety, and security of communities we are serving, so it is perhaps another layer of dealing with serious issues that are in the community and drugs is one of them."
As well as working with the divisional drug unit, the gardaí will also work with the HSE, Cork City Council, and voluntary agencies. "We also will be working very closely, at a strategic level, with our partners in the HSE and in the voluntary agencies and with Cork City Council, in relation to a number of initiatives that are currently in place here in Cork city," Chief Supt McPolin added.
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Across all platforms, we blew expectation out the water. Setting the bar at an incredibly lofty 10x ROI was a risk, but when the numbers came in, this is what they had to say:
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Think for a second, if I had to break into the most heavily dominated market in the country and make a ruckus, how would I do it? Ecotricity was attempting exactly this. Poised as New Zealand's first carboNZero electricity provider, breaking down the barriers around eco-friendly alternatives, Ecotricity was performing a David and Goliath reenactment and were armed with their desire for a renewable future.
Regardless of the purity of their mission, breaking into such a congested market isn't an easy feat. They needed to differentiate themselves from their competitors, but also get their message out to people. Being the leaders of change is all good and well, but how are people going to hear your story? And more importantly, where are they looking for it?
When Ecotricity approached Inbound, their goal was clear. Grow their business, improve their digital presence, create a ruckus. Combined, we set a lofty target. A 10x return on their investment. While most agencies are pushing for 2x, we thought bigger. This was unprecedented not only for us but for the marketing space in general.
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We identified that Ecotricity's core market was broken up into 3 different groups or 'personas'. Those who viewed themselves at the forefront of the Eco-friendly movement, those who wanted to decrease their expenditure and do their part, and those who wanted to support locally owned businesses and community.
The core group we chose to focus on here, were those who viewed themselves at the forefront of the Eco-friendly movement. These were our early adopters, and those who would jump at an opportunity to join a carboNZero provider. Rather than spend budget early on focusing on educating and swaying an audience that may not be ready to convert yet, we identified those who were ready, and put our attention there. We also identified that these people would be actively looking for eco-friendly alternatives, rather than waiting for the information to find them. Our focus, therefore, was to utilise 3 main channels to reach, engage and convert these prospects. Content/SEO, Paid Search, Paid Social.
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Our focus on SEO was in two different areas. To help better develop a website flow for googles crawlers, and to help people find Ecotricity, through a focus on long-tail keywords, short-tail keywords, non-brand terms and brand terms. Competing against powerhouses in the Energy market means standing out through creative, intuitive and consumer-focused strategy.
We developed an extensive keyword strategy that identified the keywords people would be searching for when it came to energy providers, but also ethical consumerism. Because Ecotricity's offering existed in such a unique space, we knew that reaching out to the people who related to their mission, would engage an audience that showed a unique intent to join the movement, and would drive conversions.
On top of this, we developed a comprehensive content strategy, focusing on Energy, Sustainable Lifestyle and Electric Vehicles. This content formulated the strength of Ecotricity as a 'thought-leader' in their respective industry and vaulted them up the Google rankings.
SEO was always the long game, but our work generated results quickly, and effectively. We saw 55 core keywords increase in rank and optimise, 36 of these making it into the 1-10 range, where 90% of search volume comes from.
In one year, our Organic SEO work delivered 46,138 NEW visitors to Ecotricity's website. This was a 23% increase on the previous period and 27% for visitors in general. From this, we also saw 845 new customers of Ecotricity, showing how effective our work was at reaching the consumers, most interested in converting.
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Our engagement with Paid Social was to share the message of Ecotricity to a new and undiscovered audience. As a new provider in the scene, Ecotricity didn't have the reputation (good or bad) that many of its larger competitors did. However, they were quickly developing one as a leader in the Eco-friendly movement. Not only were they creating a discussion around carboNZero energy, but also around Electric Vehicles. We worked on sharing both these messages out to the audience, through a range of paid social campaigns, with incredible interactive content such as their comprehensive 'EV Buyers Guide' and EcoNEWS video series.
Over the period of a year, we generated a reach of 636,881 (in a country of only 5 million!) and 54,811 clicks to the content/website. This click statistic alone was a 374.55% increase on the previous year, showing how engaging the content was with the audience designed.
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This was our gold mine. We knew that while SEO was going to be helping us achieve long-term success, we wanted to understand our market better in the short term and develop, optimise and improve our language, targeting and audience engagement so when we began ranking in the 1,2,3 for key terms, we had our messaging perfected. We also wanted to drive short term results, so that Ecotricity could keep growing and develop its digital presence. We developed a highly targeted strategy, focusing on standard short and long tail keywords, and also worked on developing a dynamic campaign that incorporated those exact keywords, into our language. By developing a formulated mix of both, we engaged a market, poised to make the switch to an Eco-friendly provider, and the results spoke for themselves.
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The Magician's Nephew, Chap. 10: C.S. Lewis is a Jerk
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There was a sequence in this chapter that rather confused me as a kid: the first joke.
I like that Aslan included jokes and laughter in Narnia right away. Laughter is important. I know a lot of people will say that they'd like to die in their sleep; if I had a choice, I'd like to die laughing. Besides, I think most of us would agree that God has a sense of humor, and so it's only fitting that Lion Jesus would, too.
As the Talking Animals pledge to Aslan that they will remain Talking Animals and not revert back to their mute counterparts, a jackdaw embarrasses himself, and everyone laughs.
"'Laugh and fear not, creatures. Now that you are no longer dumb and witless, you need not always be grave. For jokes as well as justice come in with speech.' [. . .]
'Aslan! Aslan! Have I made the first joke? Will everybody always be told how I made the first joke?'
'No, little friend,' said the Lion. 'You have not made the first joke; you have only been the first joke.'"
As a kid, I didn't understand how the jackdaw was the first joke, and I re-read the passage several times before I figured it out. Now I think it's just kind of mean. God is personally making fun of you. Of course, probably a lot of people feel like that…
Aslan selects his council of animals, saying they have much to discuss, because evil has already entered the new world. It makes me kind of sad that Narnia has always known evil, even though it was literally formed seconds ago. It was never a pure, incorruptible place, and never will be.
The other thing that caught my attention in this chapter was when Aslan called the animals for his council, he chooses "the chief Dwarf, and you the River-god, and you Oak and He-Owl, and both the ravens and the Bull-Elephant."
There was something that bothered me about this when I was a kid, and there's something that still bugs me about it now. Can you spot it?
The characters called into Aslan's council are almost all male. The one exception is that Aslan called both talking ravens – a male and female – and we can probably make the assumption that a tree is genderless. The Narnia series – and C.S. Lewis – have both been called sexist. And…it's not an unreasonable thing to say. For example, in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, when Santa gives Susan her bow and arrows, he says that he hopes she never has to use it, because "battles are ugly when women fight." I still remember that line perfectly, because it enraged me so much as a kid, and I was so happy that it was removed from the Disney adaptation. Susan's treatment in The Last Battle is also questionable, as she gets booted from Narnia for…growing up? Becoming interested in nylons and lipstick? Susan's fate isn't exactly clear, and neither are the reasons why she was no longer allowed back in Narnia. This might be a comment on growing up, but the eldest Pevensie child is allowed back in Narnia. This can be interpreted in a couple different ways, one of which is that she's kicked out for discovering sex.
Discussing just The Magician's Nephew and no other books in the series, there are still some big problems. Reading the book as an allegory for the story of Adam and Eve, Jadis (who would become Lewis's most iconic villain, the White Witch) represents both original sin, and the serpent. Her holy counterpart is represented by a male. Even without reading deeper into the text, the adult woman is still the antagonist. Upon returning from Charn, Polly is quickly shoved to the back, out of the action as well. The Cabby's wife, Helen, also makes an appearance, and becomes the first Queen of Narnia, but she has a decidedly bit part in the story, to the point where I didn't even remember she was in it.
On the other hand, Jadis is the most powerful character for a good portion of the book, and a true magician, unlike pathetic Uncle Andrew. Polly also seems to be a bit brighter than Digory, and they wouldn't have woken up Jadis at all if he'd listened to her. Throughout the series, there are a number of female characters presented in a positive light–Lucy most notably comes to mind. It's also worth noting that these books were all published in the 1950s, a time when women were supposed to get married, have kids, stay home and cook the roast. It may be that these books are just a product of their time. However, it's disheartening to think that even in a fantasy world, personally built by God, women are not equal to men.
Thanks, C.S. Lewis.
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Benson Meik May 11, 2022 at 3:52 am
You are of course entitled to your own opinion, but I have found many flaws in it. For example Susan wasn't worldly because she liked girly things, she was worldly because she felt nylons and lipsticks were more important then Narnia. plus she even convinced herself that it was a game, and that her and her siblings made-it up. Another flaw in your logic is that you say Since I don't remember Queen Helen she had no big role in the story, that is like saying Eve didn't have a big role in God's plan because you forgot about her.
Sincerely Benson E. Meik
booksoverlookedblog May 11, 2022 at 8:34 pm
As I said in the post, there are many interpretations about why Susan was excluded from Narnia. The short story "The Problem of Susan" by Neil Gaiman gives a particularly interesting take on it, but know that it's R-rated before you check it out. There are many instances of sexism in the Narnia series, Susan's exclusion from Narnia being the most apparent.
Queen Helen had a large role in the history of the world of Narnia, certainly, but not the novel. You could cut her from The Magician's Nephew entirely and still have the same story. Plus, when characters are important to the story, you remember them.
I won't be responding to any further replies, considering this post is six years old and the blog is in hibernation. I'm a little surprised you found this, honestly! As you said, everyone's entitled to their opinions and I doubt going back and forth on this point will change either of ours. |
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Summary Teaching Assignment
Type of Teaching Doctorate
Course 051934 - PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
Professor Di Blas Nicoletta
Cfu 5.00 Type of Course Mono-Disciplinary Course
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To (excluded)
MI (1300) - SCUOLA DI DOTTORATO A ZZZZ 051934 - PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
Detailed program and learning outcomes
The goal of the course is to enhance students' communication skills in: public speaking and written communication (with a special emphasis on how to write a project proposal). A quote by MIT communication instructors summarizes the goal: "engineers who don't write [=communicate] well end up working for engineers who do write well".
The course will be divided into 3 parts:
Part 1: Communication principles and argumentation: the main tool for communication – language – will be briefly introduced through insights from linguistics, semiotics and philosophy of language. Then rhetoric as "the art of speaking" will be presented. Eventually, we will move to the main argumentation schemas as well as the main fallacies (i.e. apparently correct but in truth deceiving arguments). Part 1 has the goal of moving students from "how to communicate clearly" (rhetoric) to "how to communicate effectively" (argumentation).
Part 2: Public speaking. Students will be introduced to the basic principles of public speaking, exemplified through a number of "good practices" and put into practice through realistic case-studies. "Debate classes" (where two groups of students argument in favor of different opinions) will be also organized.
Part 3: Written communication. After the introduction of some principles of written communication and real-life examples, students will be introduced to basic guidelines on how to write a project proposal.
Notes on methods of assessing
Students will be asked to deliver a written assignment: either a project proposal (group-work, max 3 students) or a scientific paper.
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Schedule planning
All classes will take place in the morning, 9am to 1pm, in ROOM ALPHA (building 24) according to the following calendar:
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August 12, 2022 by aandd24
New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson is expected to play in the preseason opener against Philadelphia.
New York Jets second-year quarterback Zach Wilson looks to show off his progress in the preseason opener against the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday, August 11.
The game (7:30 p.m. ET) will be televised locally on different channels depending on the city: CBS (WCBS-2) in New York, NBC (WCAU-10) in Philadelphia, and either ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CW or MyTV in other local markets (full list here).
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This is ultimately the same as the Amazon Prime option above, only you'll watch on Paramount's digital platforms instead of Amazon's. You can watch your local CBS channel live via Paramount+ ("Premium" plan), which comes with a free trial:
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Once signed up for Paramount+, you can watch the Jets vs Eagles live on the Paramount+ app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Samsung Smart TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Paramount+ website.
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Jets vs Eagles Preview
The New York Jets and quarterback Zach Wilson look to show signs of progress in the preseason opener against the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday — even if it's brief.
"If they put together a good first series, we'll call it a day," Jets head coach Robert Saleh said via the New York Post's Mark Cannizzaro. "If not, we'll just go out there and try to get a certain number of plays."
Wilson came to the Jets with high expectations at the team's No. 2 draft pick in 2021. He threw more interceptions than touchdowns as the Jets sputtered for a 4-13 overall record last year.
"I've never been more excited to play football," Wilson said via Kelsey Dallas the Desert News.
Philadelphia similarly looks to make a second-year splash with quarterback Jalen Hurts under center full-time. Hurts, a 2020 draft pick, led the Eagles to playoffs in 2021 before the Tampa Bay Buccaneers knocked them out in the Wild Card round.
"I care so much. I have so much passion for the game," Hurts said via CBS Sports' Jeff Kerr. "The process, the work, (and) what it takes. Knowing this city is all about that and this city is as passionate as it is, it lights a fire in all of us."
Quarterbacks aside, numerous Jets and Eagles players will look to make their mark on Friday from solidifying depth chart spots to cracking the 53-man roster.
In Jets wide receiver Denzel Mims' case, he has a disappointing 2021 season to put behind him. Mims mustered just eight receptions for 133 yards in 11 games played, but he wants to shoot for the lead receiver spot.
"Hopefully I see myself on top," Mims said via The Athletic's Zack Rosenblatt. "I've put in enough work to be there."
Eagles running back Jason Huntley will likely play a big role in Friday's opener with significant carries and kick return duties per Sports Illustrated's Eagles Today. Huntley has only six games of experience in two seasons with 18 carries for 70 yards.
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