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Cash-starved airlines are turning tourism nostalgia into cash by offering would-be travellers the chance to sample plane food or experience the magic of take-off again – even if it is on an aircraft going nowhere.
In Bangkok, Thai Airways has opened a pop-up restaurant, complete with plane seats and food served in trays just like the airline used when all its aircraft were in the sky and it wasn't teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
To get to the restaurant at the airline's head office, canteen customers walk up a covered stairway similar to that used to board a plane. Once they get their boarding pass, with a choice of an economy or business class seat, they eat off a table made from old engine parts.
The new venture opened earlier this month and there's been plenty of demand from those with a hankering to fly – or at least pretend to. Thais spent the last decade getting a taste for international travel, with outbound trips more than doubling to 11 million in 2019. Then along came COVID-19. While the Thai government is trying to figure out how to safely lure back at least a fraction of the 40 million international tourists who visited last year, outbound tourism is not a priority.
Over in Singapore, plans are afoot to get more locals into the spookily quiet Changi Airport. The Straits Times reports Singapore Airlines is getting ready to offer "flights to nowhere", with passengers taking off and landing at the same spot. About three-quarters of 308 Singaporeans polled in a recent survey said they would be willing to pay for such a flight.
Other airlines, including Taiwan's EVA Air and China Airlines, have already experimented with the simulacrum model.
Last month EVA Air found plenty of takers for its first such trip, an almost three-hour sweep that circled Japan's Ryukyu Islands before returning home to the Taoyuan International Airport. Passengers paid 5288 Taiwan dollars ($247) for economy and 6288 Taiwan dollars for a business class seat. China Air offered a similar route. Both airlines plan more such flights after the initial efforts sold out.
Three weeks ago, All Nippon Airways offered holiday-starved Japanese a chance to go to Hawaii – or at least have an island resort-like experience - on a 90-minute sightseeing tour. *About 300 passengers were on the flight that took off and landed at Tokyo's Narita airport. A second trip is scheduled for Sunday.
Australian travellers with a taste for for colder climes might be tempted by a 12-hour sightseeing trip to Antarctica. Qantas has scheduled seven such flights between November and February, two from Sydney and Melbourne and one each from Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.
Each round-trip will involve about four hours flying over the Antarctic continent before returning home. Billed as "the world's most unique day tour", the flights are classed as domestic, so are not subject to international travel restrictions. Tickets start at $1199 for economy seats and climb to $7999 for deluxe business class.
Some business travellers are beginning to test heavily regulated routes between Asian capitals, but for those who simply crave an international holiday, these trips to nowhere are likely to be the only alternative for some time. They also provide a glimmer of hope for cash-starved airlines.
While European airports are again processing thousands of passengers each day following the relaxation of travel restrictions in the Schengen visa-free area, the near-total collapse in demand continues to weigh on Asia-Pacific carriers. July traffic for these airlines was down 96.5 per cent, with the region continuing to trail not only Europe but also the Middle East, North America, Latin America and Africa, according to the International Air Transport Association.
*Flight details corrected after publication
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EA heeft ons vandaag laten weten dat we iets langer moeten wachten, omdat Battlefield 5 uitgesteld is naar november. Volgens een statement hebben EA en DICE de feedback van de closed beta erg serieus genomen. Daaruit is het besluit gekomen dat er nog kleine aanpassingen nodig zijn voordat de release plaats zal vinden. Ook zal de ontwikkelaar extra tijd hebben om aanpassingen te doen die naar voren komen tijdens de open beta, die volgende week plaats zal vinden.
Hieronder kun je de officiële statement lezen:
Today, we’re announcing that Battlefield V will have a new launch date – November 20, 2018. I wanted to give you a little bit of insight into how we arrived at this new date.
Over the summer, we’ve had tens of thousands of players get their hands on the game during our Closed Alphas and at E3 and Gamescom – where we were honored to receive the awards for Best Multiplayer Game at both shows.
You have told us that you are seeing an increased focus on squad play come through, you are also feeling the difference in our revamped player movement and we are getting a lot of positive feedback for our improved weapons handling.
You’ve also spurred us to make some meaningful improvements to the core gameplay experience, including adjusting the gameplay tempo, improving soldier visibility and reducing player friction. You’ll see a lot of these reflected in our Open Beta that starts on September 6.
We believe we have one of the best Battlefield games ever on our hands. A game that will deliver on an emotional journey through the return of unseen single player War Stories, a deep multiplayer experience, Battle Royale, along with our new live service, Tides of War – a journey across multiple theaters of WW2 and designed to keep our community together.

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A former Orange County teacher has filed a lawsuit against the Florida school district, claiming she was discriminated against for dating an African-American man.
Audrey Dudek, a former math teacher at Edgewater High School, filed a lawsuit last week over claims she was fired in 2013 for dating her now-husband Stacey Dudek, The Huffington Post reports. The teacher — who is White — said that administrators would mock her for her relationships with Black staff members (such as the security guard) and asked her not to hang out with “those people.”
Dudek’s attorney, Suzanne Tzuanos, said the principal and former vice principal would berate her about her dating preferences and even participated in a talent show wearing blackface, gold chains, and baggy clothes to make fun of Black people. After an investigation by The Florida Commission on Human Rights was conducted, the program said there was enough evidence to determine the math teacher was treated differently because of her “gender and race association.”
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Dudek is seeking monetary damages for “emotional pain” and “reputational injury.”
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Not everyone is aware that waste generated at health care facilities isn’t handled in the same way as ordinary household waste. Because of its particular qualities and associated risks, medical waste, like hazardous waste or other specialized forms of waste, requires special processing techniques in order to be disposed of safely.
Read on to learn more about this unique waste category.
What exactly is medical waste?
Medical waste is broadly defined as any waste that is produced at hospitals, clinics, physician’s offices, dental practices, blood banks, and veterinary facilities, as well as at medical research facilities like laboratories. Naturally, this includes a wide range of items.
Discarded surgical gloves and instruments, culture dishes and other glassware used in a laboratory environment, discarded needles and lancets, used bandages, and removed body organs are all common examples of medical waste.
The Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 offers a further definition of medical waste, describing it as any solid waste that is produced when human beings or animals are diagnosed, treated, or immunized; when biologicals are produced or tested; or when research into the above areas is conducted.
Is medical waste hazardous?
While medical waste as a broad category is considered to be harmful, in fact, only a small percentage of medical waste fits the definition of hazardous waste. According to the World Health Organization, about 10-25 percent of the medical waste generated worldwide is hazardous – that is, either toxic, radioactive, or infectious.
The remaining bulk of medical waste is similar to domestic waste, consisting of plastic packaging, food preparation, office waste, and other items that haven’t come into contact with patients.
However, unless there is a clear segregation system in place for dealing with these two different types of medical waste independently, the entire volume of waste generated by a health care facility is considered to be hazardous. This is because there is always the chance that the non-hazardous portion may have come into contact with or been contaminated by some of the harmful material.
What risks does medical waste carry?
One of the most direct risks associated with medical waste is that individuals who come into contact with it may be injured or infected. In addition to infection, those who are exposed are potentially at risk for such things as radiation burns or pharmaceutical poisoning if medical waste is not handled properly during the processing and disposal processes.
At-risk groups include medical staff, patients and their visitors, support workers at health care facilities, workers at the facilities that dispose of medical waste, and the general public (who may be exposed to the waste in proximity to health care facilities). Sharps are particularly dangerous in this way. Syringe needles or other sharps are a significant cause of injuries when they are not safely collected.
Medical waste can also pose a threat to the environment if its disposal is not controlled. For example, if medical waste is dumped in uncontrolled areas, then soil and underground waters may become contaminated. Likewise, the incineration of medical waste without adequate filtration can lead to air pollution and illnesses in nearby populations.
How is medical waste disposed of?
Incineration is currently the most common disposal method for medical waste. However, as mentioned above, the potential release of pollutants through incineration is a significant concern.
For example, when waste containing chlorine is incinerated, this can produce furans and dioxins, which are known human carcinogens. Modern incinerators that are equipped with special gas-cleaning equipment and that can operate at temperatures of up to 1000 degrees Celsius meet the current international emission standards for furans and dioxins.
Unfortunately, many health care facilities worldwide do not have access to incinerators of this caliber. However, other options for dealing with medical waste exist as alternatives to incineration, primarily chemical treatment and internal mixing techniques.
These methods include autoclaving, in which waste is treated with high pressure steam in a closed chamber so that it can be recycled or safely disposed of. Another method is microwaving, which sterilizes waste using microwave radiation to create steam and neutralize biologicals. Finally, there is chemical disinfection, which is often used to treat liquid medical waste.
Different facilities will use different disposal methods depending on where they are located, what types of waste they primarily produce, and what the local laws and regulations surrounding medical waste processing are. In the US, the Medical Waste Tracking Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act are the two primary pieces of legislation which deal with the handling of medical waste.
What business opportunities are associated with medical waste?
The current value of the global medical waste industry is over $10 billion. By 2020, that figure is expects to grow to $13 billion. This means that significant opportunities exist for solution providers who can meet the industry’s high level of regulation to offer practical methods and solutions for medical waste disposal.
Such providers would relieve medical providers of the burden of handling their own waste. Some of the industry’s major operators in the US currently include firms like BioMedical Waste Solutions, Sharps Compliance, and Waste Management, Inc.


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| miss more called the class back in at 11 a.m. they all came in, cheering and full of smiles.
" did you have a good playtime?. " she asked.
" we went to play on the swings, " angela said.
miss more smiled. " well, it's about time those swings were made use of. they arn't as popular as they used to be, what with sports and other activities taking over. anyway, enough about that. so for our second lesson..." she stopped as she met nadia's gaze. " our second activity," she started, " is art. i want each of you to do me a picture of something that means something to you, or something that tells me something about you. just be creative. the art stuff is all on the table nearest the door. i'll come round in a minit to look at your pictures. "
everyone seemed excited, though peter was skeptical.
" art?." he asked miss more. " creative art?. we're not 2 years old!"
miss more smiled and went back to her writing.
soon, all the kids had made nice pictures and miss more was going around seeing what was made.
she took in a nice winter sceen that mary had created, angela's dog, ron and peter's joint effert at creating a birthday party sceen, and jake's picture of a rainforest.
when she got round to nadia, the child just sat their, head in her hands.
" are you going to show me your picture, sweetie?"
nadia shook her head. she folded her hands on the table and looked away from the teacher.
miss more walked back to her desk, thinking that perhaps nadia would show her picture after class, when the 2 were alone.
" you all did great. really. you all have such skill. and ron, peter, you 2 make a great team- that birthday party sceen you created looks so realistic!. "
" what about nadia?. " asked ron, " what sort of picture did nadia make?. you never congratulated her. "
" well, ur,." began miss more.
"she didn't make any picture did she!. lazy nadia didn't even pick up the paintbrush. "
" now ron, their's no need for that. nadia's just shy, is all. i'm sure her picture is great. "
" you never saw it yourself?" spat ron, " don't make excuses for her. nadia's just lazy. "
the teacher sighed. " well, i was going to ask the reason behind all your pictures, but i'll think we'll skip that. why don't you all come up and hang your pictures on the wall?".
soon, the room was decorated nicely with winter sceens, and rainforests, and dogs, and birthday parties.
ron laughed when nadia didn't have a picture to put on the wall.
after the art class, miss more took nadia aside.
" nadia, sweetie, are you going to show me your picture?"
nadia shook her head, neggative.
" why won't you show me your picture, nadia?. "
nadia looked away from the kindly eyes of the teacher.
persisting, miss more continued, " you know, sweetie, what about just me and you, we have lunch in the classroom?. just us. i'm curious about you, i'm curious about you, your picture, your silence..."
" i'd like that, " she said softly.
miss more smiled and had 2 school lunches baught to the classroom.
over lunch, miss more tried to make small talk with the child. what subjects did she like, what she liked to do in her spare time, even what she wanted to be when she grew up. but the child just ate. she ate, and ate, and ate- until her plate was empty. completely empty.
" you must have been hungry," said miss more. " are you full up now?"
the child nodded.
" i'm thirsty though, " she whispered
they both had a glass of apple juice, and it was very refreshing.
" you know, sweetie, you don't have to whisper. it's only us here. everyone else is in the lunch hall. "
nadia said nothing.
" would you like to go and play with the children?" miss more asked, not wanting her to be diffrent from her other classmates
nadia reached over to the table, and grabbed her picture tight.
" as long as this comes with me," she said.
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The 67th Poonch Link-Up Day was celebrated by the people of Poonch and the Poonch Brigade with gaiety and fervor today. The celebrations commemorated with the historic link up carried out by Poonch Brigade forces and 19 Infantry Brigade from Rajouri at Danni Ka Pir on November 21, 1948.
The celebrations were graced by General Officer Commanding, Ace of Spades Division along with Commander Poonch Brigade, Mohd Harun Malik, Deputy Commissioner, Poonch and JS Johar, SSP Poonch besides eminent citizens and a large gathering of people of Poonch which included many school children. Jahangir Mir, MLC (Dy Chairman), Dr Shahnaaz Ganai, MLC J&K Assembly and Shah Mohd Tantray, MLA Poonch also graced the occasion.
As run-up to 67th Poonch Link-Up Day, a number of events were organised at Poonch town and adjoining villages over a period of 15 days. To encourage the youth, a number of sports events were conducted to include Football tournament, boys and girls, volleyball tournament and a painting competition. Further more than 700 children of Poonch had participated in a 3.5 km ‘Run for Fun’ from Poonch Stadium to Pritam Stadium.
In a first of its kind, 40 handicapped persons belonging to villages of Poonch District were taken to Delhi for undertaking on the spot fitments of artificial limbs in concert with Pritam Charitable Trust, & Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti, Karol Bagh, New Delhi, an NGO. General Officer Commanding Ace of Spades Division and Commander Poonch Brigade laid wreaths at Naman Sathal War Memorial to honour the gallant martyrs of Indian Army who laid down their lives while defending their motherland.

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This was my first play with the stamp set Chalk Talk. This was one of the sets that really captured my attention when I first saw the Annual Catalogue. Watch this space for more items using Chalk Talk!
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The key question for a manager, “how to make money and protect the environment at the same time?”, can be answered in a variety of ways according to the setting. It not only applies to “Greening and cleaning” existing businesses, but also requires entrepreneurial creativity to turn environmental constraints into new business opportunities.
Recycling has become a multibillion dollar business with high growth rates (Nulty, 1990; Sherman, 1989). Shares for waste management companies are performing well in stock markets. Fund managers are increasingly considering environmental factors in their investment decisions. Specialized “Green” investment funds become new businesses. Providers of clean process technology are booming. A new species, “the environmental consultant”, has emerged. Advertising agencies, auditors and law firms have entered the new business (Elkington and Burke, 1989). The environment seems to have become the leading marketing argument of the 1990s. Managers grasp the environment issue as a potential competitive advantage in saturated markets. The prospects of additional new products such as phosphate-free detergents or “ozone friendly” chemicals increase with consumer awareness and national or international regulations.
Some managers may, upon reading this, have reservations and feel that environmental discussions and forthcoming regulations could pose a threat to their company rather than be an opportunity for growth. In some cases they could be right.
For example, by the mid-1980s in Izmir, on the Aegean coast of Turkey, the quantity of contaminated water dumped by local industries into the sea had become unacceptable. By the end of the 1980s the local government, with the help of the World Bank, had begun the construction of a water purification plant. All businesses discharging contaminated effluents must use this facility. In order to keep the total cost of the project within reasonable limits, it was decided that the plant would only carry out secondary purification. The primary purification would be done by each individual enterprise. While this posed no great threat to firms whose effluents were only mildly contaminated, or to large firms who could easily obtain loans to install their own water-treatment plants, it was a major threat to small, dirty firms such as tanneries. It is likely that many of these will be forced to close.
Pollution prevention pays
|• Since 1975 when the American company 3M pioneered its 3P programme “Pollution Prevention Pays” in the United States, more than 2,500 projects have been carried out leading, according to statements of the company, to savings of over US$ 500 million.
• As a result of its productivity movement the Indian BHEL corporation saved energy worth approximately 26 million rupees within two years.
• The investment to recover foundry dust and reuse it to make new moulds proved to be highly successful at Baxi partnership in the United Kingdom. Not only was the investment paid back in a mere three months, but Baxi partnership was also awarded the 1989 prize for good environmental management by the Industry and Environment Office of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Commission of the European Communities.
Other major polluters such as pulp and paper, food processing, iron and steel, aluminium, chemicals, cement manufacturing and electric power generation may face costly retrofitting and equipment changes, which may account for between 5 and 15 per cent of total new plant and capital expenditures, as a study for the United States has shown (Leonard, 1988, p. 90).
A manager would certainly like to know how his or her business will be affected as a consequence of the increasing environmental consciousness of consumers and governments. Will the environmental challenge present an opportunity or a threat to the business?
An estimated answer to this question can be reached by assessing the present state of a company by means of a quick Environmental Challenge Scan, as presented in figure 1. You may wish to draw an environmental challenge profile of your company by indicating for each of the criteria whether you are closer to the characteristics of a “Green growth” company or to a threatened company. Even though there are many more criteria to define the success of a company, the criteria which we will now discuss briefly are either a major asset or a heavy burden “in making money and protecting the environment at the same time”.
By running through this quick assessment of environmental challenges, a manager will become aware of the main problem areas of environmental management, which will be dealt with in more detail in the remaining chapters of the book. In the following, each of the evaluation criteria will be discussed.
Business environment interaction: The case of ozone depletion
Chloro-fluorocarbons (CFCs), halons and other substances damage the ozone layer in the stratosphere. Since the early 1980s, when a vast hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic was discovered, relatively rapid international action has been taken to ban the substances harmful to the ozone layer. Already in 1987, the Montreal Protocol and related national regulations called for phased reduction of CFC production and a complete phasing-out by the year 2000. As the damage to the ozone layer proves to be more dramatic and other substances have been found that also contribute to ozone depletion, the London Amendment (1990) and the Copenhagen Amendment (1992) foresee more drastic and quicker reductions: CFCs and carbon tetrachloride have to be phased out by 1996, while production of methyl bromide was frozen in 1995 at 1991 levels.
This not only results in obsolete capacities in the chemical industry, but also caused a number of users to develop alternative solutions for the products using CFCs and halons. The many users of aerosol sprays had to look for an alternative propellant. Producers of refrigerators are still searching for an equally performative refrigerant. Enterprises have to design services to scrap refrigerators without releasing CFCs. In the production of synthetic materials (insulating and packaging foams), new blowing agents are required. For the cleaning of metal and electronic parts substitutes have to be found. The same is true for halons used in fire extinguishers. The threat of businesses to the environment backfires as a threat to companies using CFCs and halons. Those companies succeeding in developing alternative solutions will have a competitive advantage: a threat turned into an opportunity, a growth potential for innovative companies.
Sector of the economy
The sector to which an enterprise belongs is already an indicator both of the threat it poses to the environment and of the costs for enterprises associated with stricter environmental regulations (Leonard, 1988; OECD, 1991).
Table 1 relates sectors of the economy to their possible threats to the environment. The Brundtland report names the following as major polluters: food processing; iron and steel; non-ferrous metals; automobiles; pulp and paper; chemicals; and electro-power generation (WCED, 1987). Taylor et al. (1994) identify three distinct categories of sector with regard to their environmental concerns and levels of environmental management: first, dirty, damaging and dangerous such as water, energy and mining; second, wasteful and polluting such as light industry and retailing; and, third, the so-called “silent destroyers”, e.g. the professions, government and finance. There is also a recent, growing awareness that agriculture is not necessarily a clean business. Other major sources of pollution are private households and road transport. Technologies and production levels, however, vary widely throughout the world. A sectoral analysis can only be a very rough indicator of “pollution prone” activities. For example, a pulp and paper manufacturer has been able, by using advanced technology, to reduce water and energy consumption to a minimum, recycle waste water in a closed circuit, use less harmful bleaching agents for the paper, and base the production on recycling used paper. Another pulp and paper plant heavily pollutes the local river, imports high amounts of wood, and is a consumer of enormous amounts of energy. The whole area has an unpleasant odour. The latter company contributes to the persistence of a polluter image, threatening the environment and the public image of the sector, while the former has successfully reduced its threats to the environment.
The environmental friendliness of an individual enterprise is determined not only by its manufacturing processes but also by the products it yields.
- have an extended life span;
• be made of renewable materials;
• not pollute the environment;
• be energy efficient in production and use;
• require minimal packaging.
In the case of the car, for instance, it is significant to observe the changes that have been introduced as a consequence of energy costs, together with antipollution and antiwaste regulations: drastic reduction of fuel consumption by improved engine design, reduced weight and wind resistance; reduction of exhaust emissions by catalyser technology; and partial use of recyclable materials. Even if each individual car becomes more “environment friendly”, it does not necessarily mean that road transport as a whole is less threatening to the environment. We are observing an increasing number of automobiles worldwide and the distance driven per vehicle is also growing. Growth, even with Greener products, may therefore be counterproductive to environmental protection.
Management and staff commitment
The most important asset in bringing about change is management and staff commitment. In our Environmental Challenge Scan those companies which have already undertaken measures to sensitize managers and staff to the importance of environmental protection score high points. Many of these companies have attempted in their suggestion schemes or quality circles to render products and processes less harmful to the environment. These are invariably companies which have a genuine concern for the working environment.
As the environment is becoming a fashionable business topic, we find many companies paying lip service to environmental protection without taking meaningful actions to prove that they are really committed.
The chief executive officer of an automobile manufacturer proposing to build more four-lane highways in Europe to reduce traffic congestion, and thus reduce pollution by cars, is not an example of a manager committed to the environment. Divergence of statements and actions are a sign of a threatened company, whereas a company’s credibility is highly valued by staff, consumers and community. This applies also to operations in different countries. Multinational companies are tempted to adopt double standards in their subsidiaries in industrialized and in developing countries. Though companies are now detecting that these strategies are not particularly helpful in the long run, they are still being applied (Leonard, 1988).
Skill level of staff
It is not enough to be committed to the environment; a company needs to respond efficiently to the environmental challenge. Tougher environmental standards may require the installation and running of complex pollution abatement equipment, processes may have to be run with smaller tolerances and emissions will need to be analysed and monitored. Changes of products and processes will occur more often. The Green growth company will therefore be characterized by well-trained staff at all levels.
Research and development capacity
Green growth companies have demonstrated that they are able to anticipate or react quickly to changes in the market and environmental regulations.
Their growth is due to creativity in developing new products or modifying existing ones. Phosphate-free detergents, waste management services, modified chemical formulations and processes, design of recycling systems and alternative packaging are all a result of successful research and development (R&D). Companies which have short development cycles, creative, flexible R&D teams, and have access to information on clean technologies score high in our Environmental Challenge Scan.
If your company has developed specific know-how, for instance, on how to substitute or recycle materials, and/or to reduce pollution or wastes, the selling of this knowledge as a consultancy service to other companies can be a new profitable area of business.
It may take time before investments in “environment friendly” products and processes pay off. Companies may feel threatened by the fact that they will have to put money into products and processes without being able to clearly define the pay-back periods of these investments. Other investments made in the past may perhaps be written off in compliance with tougher environmental standards, rendering them unprofitable.
A Green growth company will have enough capital to enter into the Green venture or will have banks which are convinced that this company will be successful, despite or because of Green consumer pressure and environmental regulations.
Larger companies may have sufficient financial resources for expensive retrofitting in order to comply with environmental regulations, or may even discontinue a product. These companies might use their lobbying power to “soften” environmental regulations, or use the argument of job losses to receive grace periods for environmentally harmful processes and products.

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I am born in Helsingborg, Sweden, I studied at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen 1993-1997
I moved to Berlin 1993 while I was still studying. I stayed in Berlin until 2005.
I moved to United Kingdom 2005 and I now live in London.
I work with performance, texts, soundtrack, painting and films- I made 35 of them.
I have written a feature long film and I have written a autobiographical novel
I can’t play any instrument but have made all my soundtrack on a pre-recorded Yamaha. These songs I have performed through the years. The songs are very short and the concerts are therefor short and many of my friends have missed my concerts.
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1996-1999 I made three vinyl records.
2015 I composed music to my text phrases for a chamber choir in Jönköping Sweden.
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During the Democratic National Convention, Lucia McBath memorably stood beside the mothers of Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner and Dontre Hamilton, and declared, “When your child dies, you don’t stop being a parent.”
McBath recalled how her 17-year old son, Jordan Davis, was shot and killed by a white man in an encounter in a gas-station parking lot in Jacksonville, Fla. on Nov. 23, 2012 “for playing loud music.” Her son’s life ended that day, McBath said, adding, “But my job as his mother didn’t. I still wake up every day thinking about how to parent him, how to protect him and his legacy, how to ensure that his death doesn’t overshadow his life.”
Unlike the killer of Trayvon Martin, David Dunn, the man who killed Davis, was found guilty of murder. While justice was served in the death of Jordan Davis, the episode helped crystalize a public reckoning in white America’s ongoing education on race relations — that vicious and persistent stereotypes about black men and boys as being dangerous and out of control devalue and undermine their lives at every turn, often with fatal consequences.
“I lived in fear that my son would die like this,” McBath said at the convention. “I even warned him that because he was a young black man, he would meet people who didn’t value his life. That is a conversation that no parent should ever have with their child. Hillary Clinton isn’t afraid to say that black lives matter. She isn’t afraid to sit at a table with grieving mothers and bear the full force of our anguish. She doesn’t build walls around her heart. Not only did she listen to our problems, she invited us to become part of the solution.”
That same maternal sensibility — a striking blend of private grief and public responsibility — came across when I spoke with McBath over the past weekend, while she was in North Carolina campaigning for Clinton alongside her fellow “mothers of the movement.”
An early supporter, McBath is well aware of the criticism of Clinton for her past role in abetting mass incarceration and the demonization of young black people as the drug war gained ferocity in the 1990s. While noting the “night and day” contrast between Clinton and Trump, McBath suggested that Clinton has undergone a conversion and also that her ’90s-era posture was an aberration in a life otherwise committed to racial justice.
“As to that comment about ‘super-predators,’ she has said over and over again that this is not the proper rhetoric,” McBath told me. “The individuals causing those kinds of crimes were people who were hopeless based on the intrinsic problems within their community; that is why they became so predatory is because of systematic racism and poverty. Her intent was not to say that all black males are super-predators.”
While Clinton’s 1996 comment about “super-predators” played into a dangerous stereotype going back to the convict-leasing era of black men as dangerous animals who need to be controlled, the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act signed into law by her husband escalated mass incarceration.
“She has said openly that when the crime bill was instituted, it was not meant to be instituted against an entire race of people in an urban area,” McBath told me. “She knows that there is work to do to be able to change some of the issues of implicit bias, mass incarceration and illegal policing. To be mindful that she was First Lady and people want to blame her for that, she is standing by the fact that there have been some very devastating implications. She’s put a very comprehensive proposal forward to build better relations between law enforcement and the communities they serve.”
Indeed, Clinton has declared more than once on the campaign trail that “it’s time to end the era of mass incarceration.” While acknowledging that she doesn’t have all the answers, Clinton said during a speech at Columbia University in February: “I know we should work together to pursue alternative punishments for low-level offenders. They do have to in some way be registered in the criminal justice system, but we don’t want that to be a fast track to long-term criminal activity. We don’t want to create another incarceration generation.”
As numerous activists and scholars note in the new Netflix documentary 13th, mass incarceration is falling out of favor among both Democrats and Republicans, with politicians focusing on alternatives like community supervision and an expanded parole and probation. As the era of mass incarceration comes to an end, they worry that America’s racial caste system is only adapting to a new paradigm of maintaining control over black bodies through ankle bracelets and electronic monitoring.
As the United States undergoes a political convulsion in this unpredictable election, it feels like something big is on the horizon for criminal justice reform. Whether it’s real opening for democracy or a new machine settling into place remains entirely unclear.
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The NBA announced the 10 players who made the NBA All-Rookie teams in the 2021-22 season.
Scottie Barnes, Cade Cunningham and Evan Mobley were unanimously selected to the 2021-22 Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team.— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 19, 2022
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The All-Rookie First Team features unanimous selections Scottie Barnes, Cade Cunningham, and Evan Mobley, while Franz Wagner and Jalen Green rounded out the squad.
The All-Rookie Second Team features Herb Jones, Josh Giddey, Bones Hyland, Ayo Dosunmu and Chris Duarte.
Other players received votes but did not make one of the teams including Jonathan Kuminga, Davion Mitchell, Alperen Sengun, Jalen Suggs, Ziaire Williams, Jose Alvarado, Austin Reaves, Josh Christopher, Trey Murphy III and Cam Thomas.


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From Trump's harrumphs to May's dismay, 2018 has been a year of surprises but here Justin Onuekwusi and Chris Teschmacher turn their attention towards what we might expect next …
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Two Quarterback Rankings: Week 15
December 17, 2015 | Chet
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Everybody loves an underdog. This week, I’m rooting for the man who has hit rock bottom: Matt Ryan. As the team’s season has spiraled out of control after a 5-0 start, Ryan’s play has been a huge disappointment. Since Week 4, Ryan has been wildly inconsistent, lacking the ceiling owners had hoped for when drafting him — and proving to have an even lower floor. This week, however, Ryan should turn it around. Going against a cupcake defense, I fully expect this to be a statement game for not just the Ryan, but the entire Falcons’ team. The Jaguars are already giving up 262 passing yards per game and have a mere 7 interceptions on the year. Don’t overlook Matty Ice this week. The same was said by many about Russell Wilson (including myself) weeks ago, and he quickly turned it around. I don’t foresee the repeated success Wilson is having, but I do think Ryan can erupt in this spot when so many people are counting him out as a viable option.
- Cam Newton (@ NYG) – The loss of Jonathan Stewart only means that there are more opportunities for Cam to score against one of the most generous defenses in football.
- Carson Palmer (@ PHI) – Expect another day in the office for one of the most consistent quarterbacks of the entire season against an already struggling defense that might be without its top two corners.
- Aaron Rodgers (@ OAK) – While fixing the running game has seemed to be a priority for the Packers the last several weeks, this should be an easy game for Rodgers, as the Raiders have allowed nine quarterbacks to throw for at least two scores.
- Matthew Stafford (@ NO) – H/T to @LordReebs for this one: The last three games played in New Orleans have had a point totals of 101, 62, and 79 points between the two teams. If I can, I’m getting some action in that game.
- Russell Wilson (vs CLE) – He’s now scored a whopping 32 in three straight games, and has peaked at the perfect time. Let it ride against a defense that has been obliterated as of late and just put it’s best corner on IR.
- Tom Brady (vs TEN) – He’s losing ground to Cam as the QB1, but he’s thrown multiple scores in his last three games, has lost yet another running back to injury, and gets a returning Gronk. Expect the volume to go up.
- Drew Brees (vs DET) – His last three games at home: 391 passing ypg, 4 tds per game.
- Tyrod Taylor (@ WAS) – He “underwhelmed” against the Eagles last week by scoring 19, but he’s had eight scores his last three games.
- Blake Bortles (vs ATL) – Bortles’ play has been trending well of late (eight TDs/0 INTs over his last 2), but this feels like a trap game as the Falcons have lost 6 straight and just got blown out by the Panthers. Despite the losing streak, they’ve allowed the fifth fewest points per game to opposing QBs.
- Ben Roethlisberger (vs DEN) – As brutal of a matchup as this seems, he has arguably the best wide receiver duo to combat Denver’s physical corners.
- Ryan Fitzpatrick (@ DAL) – He’s been phenomenal over his past three (nine TDs/0 INTs), but Dallas has only allowed 14 passing touchdowns on the year.
- Derek Carr (vs GB) – This is another difficult matchup, but not nearly as tough as last week’s. There’s a good chance this game turns to a shootout with Aaron Rodgers on the other side of the field, which bodes well for Carr here.
- Philip Rivers (vs MIA) – He’s now thrown for zero touchdowns in three of his last four games, but this is a nice matchup for him to turn it around, even with a limited supporting cast. Miami is giving up the tenth most points to quarterbacks and he should be over his flu, which affected him last game.
- Alex Smith (@ BAL) – Insert quarterback playing Baltimore. It’s amazing that this is still a thing.
- Jay Cutler (@MIN) – Has been struggling a bit as of late, but so has the Vikings’ injury riddled pass defense, which is giving up 25 ppg over its last four.
- Eli Manning (vs CAR) – With Odell Beckham, you can never truly count him out, but this is an absolutely brutal matchup. Besides OBJ, the lone bright spot is the thought of the Giants throwing a lot if they begin to trail early.
- Matt Ryan (@ JAX) – He seemed to bottom out last week, but this is about as perfect a matchup for Ryan to turn things around as there is, against a Jaguars defense who are giving up the third most points per game to quarterbacks.
- Ryan Tannehill (@ SD) – He’s managed to throw just two touchdowns against two of the most dreadful passing defenses in the entire league in back to back weeks. He’s nothing more than a middling QB2 in this below average matchup.
Low End QB2s:
- Marcus Mariota (@ NE) – A fluky touchdown padded his stat line last week, and this is a tougher matchup than one might like to think.
- Brock Osweiler (@ PIT) – The Steelers are giving up the second most passing ypg to quarterbacks. This is a nice spot for Osweiler if you need him, as he’s had a moderately decent floor for a QB2.
- Kirk Cousins (vs BUF) – It’s a nice matchup on paper considering the Bills just lost their top corner for the season, but he’s been average as of late and was aided last week by a rushing score.
High Risk QB2s:
- AJ McCarron (@ SF) – At the end of the day, he posted a respectable 280/2/2 in his first real appearance as a quarterback. Even if he will most likely be a game manager, he has the weapons around him to cushion his floor against a weak defense.
- Jameis Winston (@STL) – He seems to have slowed down a bit, with three passing scores over his last three games. This will be a big test for him, as he notoriously struggles when facing constant pressure. I’d avoid him if I can.
- Teddy Bridgewater (vs CHI) – Aside from his final drive blunder, last week was one of the more encouraging performances for Teddy. He posted a 187/1/1 line against them last time, and just doesn’t have the ceiling you’d want in a playoff matchup.
- Sam Bradford (vs ARI) – Just to illustrate how poorly he’s played; he’s outscored Andrew Luck by 10 points. He’s played in three more games than Luck. Another guy without the ceiling you want come playoff time.
- TJ Yates (@ IND) – Played well in his relief spots against the Bengals and Jets, but this ranking is more indicative of how bad the options below him get.
- Johnny Manziel (vs SEA) – Was more boom than bust last week, and this could be the game where we finally see his legs unleashed. Other than that, this is a brutal matchup for Manziel.
- Blaine Gabbert (vs CIN) – Finally disappointed last week, even with a garbage time score. This last tier of QBs has a depressingly low floor and low ceiling.
They Who Shall Not Be Named:
- BAL QB (vs KC) – Does it matter at this point? No QB and no weapons. This offense will run through Buck Allen.
- STL QB (vs TB) – See above; just substitute Gurley for Allen.
- Matt Cassell (vs NYJ) – He’s hit double digits just once in his last four starts. That time he scored 10 points.
- IND QB (vs HOU) – Matt Hasselbeck will not last the game if he plays. Clipboard Jesus cannot save the Colts if he has to step in.


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JUST days removed from a triumphant sold-out gig in The Garage Attic Bar over the weekend, The Nickajack Men have revealed their latest single ‘Different Languages’.
Brought to life in Dublin’s infamous Windmill Lane Studios at the start of the year with the help of Larry Hogan and a team of producers,it’s fair to say that the fast-rising outfit have re-emerged with some of their most rambunctious material to date. Set to feature on a new AA single alongside a track called ‘Changed Ways’ through Glasgow’s very own Electric Honey label, ‘Different Languages’ sees the quintet revisit their formidable brand of Americana-based alt-rock with thrilling results.
Driven by pulse-racing rhythms and scorching guitar licks, frontman Lewis White channels his inner Caleb Followhill with a gritty, soulful vocal that sounds like it has come straight out of the deep south. Rich with twin guitars and keys from Lewis Rolland, it’s a modern, catchy slice of sun-soaked Americana that is set to go down a storm with their growing fanbase.
Gradually forging a notable reputation after a string of high profile support slots and impressive single releases, The Nickajack Men will release ‘Changed Ways/Different Languages’ on 1st June via Electric Honey. They have a number of live shows lined up including XPO North and an Electric Honey Showcase at Oran Mor on 31st May.
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Ukraine’s government says Russian artillery fire killed 10 people and wounded many others Wednesday in the eastern Donetsk region. The killings came as Ukraine’s electrical grid operator announced new emergency power cuts to try to repair infrastructure damaged by Russia. This week, the United Nations reported more than 17,000 civilians have been killed since Russia’s invasion, including 419 children. Matilda Bogner, the head of the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, released a report Wednesday documenting summary executions of civilians by Russian troops in northern Ukraine during the first six weeks of the war.
Matilda Bogner: “Russian soldiers brought civilians to makeshift places of detention and then executed them in captivity. Many of the victims’ bodies were found with their hands tied behind their backs and gunshot wounds to their heads. Some victims were summarily executed on the spot. Civilians were targeted on roads while moving within or between settlements, including while attempting to flee the hostilities.”
The U.N. report also documented torture, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances and sexual violence committed by Russian forces. In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Wednesday that Russian forces may be fighting in Ukraine for a long time to come. His comments came as Ukraine’s military claimed more than 93,000 Russian troops have been killed since the invasion in February.


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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of “aiding and abetting” Russian interference in US elections by failing to address election security concerns, despite warnings from the intelligence community that Russia may once again attempt to interfere in the 2020 campaign.
“The Russians want us to lose faith in democracy and feel that elections aren’t on the level, no matter what party’s in charge,” Schumer told reporters Tuesday afternoon. “Mitch McConnell is aiding and abetting it by refusing to do anything.”
“It may be that Trump wants the Russians to participate and he’s telling McConnell to do nothing,” Schumer added. He also suggested McConnell could be trying to cover up for his own failures, noting reports that in advance of the 2016 vote, McConnell refused to sign onto a bipartisan statement from congressional leaders pointing the finger at Russia, prompting the Obama administration to water its own warnings. “Russian interference, or any foreign government interference in our election erodes at the root of our democracy and could actually topple the mighty oak that has been our republic for 200 years. And they are doing absolutely nothing,” Schumer said.
Schumer’s comments come after McConnell gave a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday morning declaring “case closed” on investigations into the Trump campaign’s interactions with Russia now that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is complete. McConnell also praised the Trump administration, claiming they had tackled election security and made “Russia pay” for its 2016 interference, while criticizing the Obama administration for not having taken the threat seriously. His assertions stood in stark contrast to recent reporting that President Donald Trump himself does not like to discuss Russian interference, a reticence that is likely hindering the government’s ability to fight such meddling in 2020. Last year, Mother Jones reported that Democrats on Capitol Hill were frustrated that their Republican colleagues were not moving forward with election security legislation, presumably because Trump saw it as a criticism of his legitimacy.
In a his own speech on the Senate floor after McConnell’s, Schumer challenged his counterpart to do more on election security, starting by facilitating related briefings for senators.
“Even as minimal a request as I made to the leader—an all-Senators, classified briefing from our defense and intelligence leaders so that the Senate understands what we need to do to protect America in 2020 and beyond,” he said, “I’ve been asking for two weeks. We still haven’t gotten action.”


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Youngstown candidates: Improving business climate key to progress
By David Skolnick
For Youngstown to progress, the four mayoral candidates agree improving the city’s business climate is key.
The candidates said Tuesday at a Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber Government Affairs Council forum at Stambaugh Auditorium that growing and retaining businesses are critical to the city’s future.
The candidates are Democrat Jamael Tito Brown, and three independents: Janet Tarpley, Sean McKinney and Cecil Monroe.
Bertram de Souza, The Vindicator’s editorial page editor, served as moderator.
Brown, a former city councilman and council president, said he wants to put together an economic advisory committee of business leaders to help attract companies to the city.
“When I talk about a new Youngstown, I talk about jobs, safer neighborhoods and reinvesting in our community,” he said. “We’re talking about recruiting and marketing and making sure we grow. When I talk about recruiting, I want to put together a team of ambassadors like Columbus and Akron. They’re having great success when they have those ambassadors going out and recruiting. They’re stopping at trade shows, talking to grocery stores trying to get them to come to Columbus and Akron. I want to make sure we use that same model in Youngstown.”
McKinney, a former city buildings and grounds commissioner, said his administration would build an aggressive economic-development team that promotes the city’s assets.
“I hope the business leaders truly see the passion my administration would bring to the city of Youngstown,” he said. “We must focus on a better education system. We must focus on making Youngstown safer. We must definitely focus on aggressive economic development and investment. We must focus on investing in our neighborhoods, and one of the main things that I personally believe the mayor of Youngstown must focus in on is you must cross the aisle and talk with Republicans and Democrats as well as independents to get anything done in the city of Youngstown.”
Tarpley, a former councilwoman, said she would market Youngstown and conduct an economic-development plan that would analyze the city to determine what kind of businesses are good fits.
“I’m the only one who offers some real ideas when you talk about alternative revenue streams coming to our city by using garbage collection and offering it to other communities,” she said. “I don’t see anyone else with any new ideas. My ideas are more progressive than the rest of the candidates’.”
Brown and Tarpley said they want the city to hire lobbyists in Columbus and Washington, D.C., to find grants and other money for Youngstown.
Munroe, a Youngstown school substitute teacher and preacher, said he’ll make Youngstown more pro-business and his outsider status is a benefit.
“I bring no connections,” he said. “My opponents have decades of experience [combined], and it hasn’t amounted to anything.”
The four are running in the Nov. 7 general election to replace John A. McNally, a first-term mayor and former Mahoning County commissioner who lost to Brown in the Democratic primary in May.


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