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Ben Kelley Earns Second-Straight Overall Win at AMSOIL Ironman GNCC
Craig Delong and Chase Colville Earn XC2 and XC3 Class Wins
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (October 28, 2019) – The 2019 AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Series presented by Specialized, an AMA National Championship, officially came to an end after Sunday’s motorcycle racing at Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville, Indiana. With the rain coming to an end, the muddy conditions would begin tacking up and becoming slick in spots throughout the day.
The slick and tacky conditions wouldn’t stop Trail Jesters/KTM’s Ben Kelley from making his way through the pack after an almost dead last start off the line. Kelley would come through on the first lap already sitting third overall. Kelley would consistently get faster each lap, and by the time he came through on lap number two he would be sitting first overall. Kelley was not looking back as he maintained those fast lap times until the checkered flag flew. Kelley has now earned two overall and XC1 Open Pro class wins in a row, and moved into the third place position in the National Championship points standings for the year.
Rockstar Energy/Factory Husqvarna Racing’s Trevor Bollinger maneuvered his way through the pack after a fifth place start to the day to come through second overall and land his fifth podium finish of the season. Bollinger was on a mission to end the season on a high note, and he did just that by battling at the front for the duration of the race. Bollinger concludes his 2019 season sitting fourth in the National Championship standings.
Coming back from a mid-pack start to round out the overall podium at the season finale was Tely Energy Racing/KTM’s Steward Baylor Jr. After running sixth and fifth for majority of the day, Baylor Jr. was able to capitalize on the last lap and take third overall to end his season. Baylor Jr. holds onto fourth in the points standings.
Tely Energy Racing/KTM’s Grant Baylor steadily worked his way up through the pack after a 10th place start to his day. As the race wore on, the track began to come together more and more, making riders lap times faster. Baylor would use that to his advantage making the passes stick on fellow competitors and moving his way up to fourth overall as the checkered flag flew.
FMF/KTM Factory Racing’s Josh Toth found himself back to fifth by the time the checkered flag came out. Toth ran fourth for the duration on the race, but would find himself battling with G. Baylor during the final lap of the race for the position.
Babbitt’s Online/Monster Energy/Kawasaki’s Jordan Ashburn and his teammate Josh Strang came through sixth and seventh overall at the 2019 finale in Indiana. Ashburn would start out the race by grabbing the $250 All Balls Racing XC1 Holeshot Award, and running in the lead position for the first lap. Ashburn would continue to run in third until the final lap, where he would find himself entangled with fellow competitors. Ashburn would remount and recover for sixth. Strang would derail his chain on the first lap, and have to battle back for his seventh overall on the day.
Phoenix Honda Racing’s Andrew Delong was on the gas at the Ironman GNCC, pushing to keep a consistent season alive, and his top 7th place position in the points standings. Delong would ride to an eighth place position in XC1 and 10th overall on the day in Indiana. Delong will head to Japan next weekend to race against Japan’s top off-road racers in the JNCC season finale.
Coming through second on the first lap was AmPro Yamaha/Moose Racing/Parts Unlimited-backed rider Ricky Russell. However, as the lead group came through Russell would not come through, instead Russell would be seventh. Ultimately Russell found himself ninth in the race, and would cross the finish line there. Russell rounds out the season sixth in the standings, even after being unable to race at the first four events of the season.
FXR/Husqvarna/SRT/Hoosier’s Layne Michael came through to take home another top 10 finish in the XC1 class. Michael sits just outside the top 10 in points with an 11th place standing. Michael was unable to compete at six events throughout the season due to injuries.
In the XC2 250 Pro class it was Coastal Racing/Husqvarna’s Craig Delong coming away with second-straight win the class, while also coming through eighth overall in Indiana. Delong would battle throughout the day swapping positions multiple times, but ultimately coming away with another win. Delong holds onto second in the XC2 class points standings for the year.
Tely Energy Racing/KTM’s Liam Draper earned another podium finish at the season finale, and holds onto fifth in the year end points standings. Draper put up a fight for the lead position and for his podium position throughout the duration of the race. Draper would hold off his fellow competitors though and take the second place finish by a couple minutes.
FXR/Promotion MX/G2 Ergonomics’ Jonathan Johnson landed himself a podium finish to end the year, with only a couple hours on a brand-new bike. This was Johnson’s first-ever XC2 podium finish, which helped him secure his eighth place finish in the class standings.
Lojak Cycle Sales/Yamaha’s Chase Colville earned his first FMF XC3 125 Pro-Am class win of the season after a handful of podium finishes throughout the year. Colville sits third in the points standings. Nathan Ferderer and Logan Kittock rounded out the class podium with a second and third.
Taking home the top amateur honors at the season finale was Trail Jesters KTM/Edelmann Sales’ Simon Johnson. Johnson clinched his class championship, while also announcing he would move to the XC2 class for the 2020 season. MXTire.com/Jeff Cernic/Bell Helmets’ Ryder LeBlond came through to earn second overall and second in the 250 A class. After earning the youth overall championship earlier in the season Tely Energy Racing/KTM’s Joseph Cunningham made his way to the top amateur podium to end the 2019 season.
KTM/MEPMX/Fly Racing’s MacKenzie Tricker came through to earn the WXC class win at the conclusion of Sunday’s morning race at the Ironman GNCC. AmPro Yamaha’s Rachael Archer would come through to finish second in the WXC class with Fly/Maxxis/Pro Circuit/KTM’s Becca Sheets rounding out the final WXC podium of the season. However, attention would be turned towards Rockstar/Husqvarna/Moose Racing’s Tayla Jones as she clinched her third WXC National Championship after a hard-fought battle all year long. The 125 B/C competitor, Tommy Fortune would come through to take the overall win by over three minutes.
In the 8 a.m. youth race it was Kawasaki’s Grant Davis taking another youth overall and YXC1 class win. Indiana native Jack Joy would come through second overall in the morning youth race after starting in the second row. Canon Kuneff came through third rounding out the youth overall podium at Ironman. YXC2 competitors, Cooper Jones and Nicholas Defeo rounded out the top five youth riders overall.
The GNCC ATV Banquet will be held Friday, December 6, 2019 and the Bike Banquet will take place Saturday, December 7, 2019 in Morgantown, WV at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place. The ATV Banquet will also include ATV Micros and eMTB classes, while the Bike Banquet will include Bike Micros. For more information click visit www.gnccracing.com.
For more information on the GNCC series, visit the official website at www.gnccracing.com or call (304) 284-0084. Join the conversation on the series Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and be sure to always hashtag #GNCC.
Round 13 of 13
Sunday, October 27, 2019
XC1 Pro Event Results:
- Ben Kelley (KTM)
- Trevor Bollinger (HQV)
- Steward Baylor Jr. (KTM)
- Grant Baylor (KTM)
- Josh Toth (KTM)
- Jordan Ashburn (KAW)
- Josh Strang (KAW)
- Andrew Delong (HON)
- Ricky Russell (YAM)
- Layne Michael (HQV)
*Overall National Championship Standings:
- Kailub Russell (295)
- Thad Duvall (258)
- Ben Kelley (226)
- Steward Baylor Jr. (219)
- Trevor Bollinger (203)
- Ricky Russell (151)
- Andrew Delong (145)
- Josh Toth (143)
- Josh Strang (141)
- Jordan Ashburn (132)
*Indicates that the Overall National Championship Standings will determine the 2019 National Champion.
XC2 250 Pro Event Results:
- Craig Delong (HQV)
- Liam Draper (KTM)
- Jonathan Johnson (HON)
- Evan Smith (HQV)
- Austin Lee (HON)
- Samuel Evans (KTM)
- Alex Teagarden (HQV)
- Heath Harrison (HON)
- Dylan Yearbury (YAM)
- Forrest Player (KTM)
XC2 250 Pro Series Standings:
- Benjamin Kelley (300)
- Craig Delong (248)
- Michael Witkowski (217)
- Evan Smith (215)
- Liam Draper (205)
- Austin Lee (198)
- Ryder Lafferty (171)
- Jonathan Johnson (158)
- Alex Teagarden (150)
- Samuel Evans (128)
About GNCC Racing
The AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country Series presented by Specialized is America's premier off-road racing series. Founded in 1975, the 13-round championship is produced exclusively by Racer Productions. Cross-country racing is one of the most physically demanding sports in the world. The grueling three-hour GNCC races lead as many as 2,400 riders through tracks ranging in length from eight to 12 miles. With varied terrain, including hills, woods, mud, dirt, rocks, and motocross sections, GNCC events are tests of both survival and speed. The series draws talent from all over the U.S., Central America, South America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. GNCC Racing is televised weekly on NBC Sports and RacerTV.com. For more information, please visit www.gnccracing.com.
About eMTB Racing
The Specialized Turbo eMTB GNCC National Championship brings off-road racing and pedal-assist or electric bicycles together for an eight-round championship produced by Racer Productions. Much like a typical cross-country racing event, these races feature varied terrain featuring hills, rocks, roots, and more but are limited to electric, or pedal assist model mountain bikes only. For more information, please visit www.gnccracing.com.
How to Watch
Racer TV and NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) are the official homes for coverage of the AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) events. All 13 rounds, from the season opening Big Buck GNCC in South Carolina to the finale at Ironman Raceway in Indiana, will air in 30-minute, taped-delayed telecasts on NBCSN, while Racer TV provides live streaming coverage of the 1 p.m. ATV and motorcycle races from each event. Catch all the action at http://www.nbcsports.com/ and http://www.racertv.com/.
About the American Motorcyclist Association
Founded in 1924, the AMA is a not-for-profit member-based association whose mission is to promote the motorcycle lifestyle and protect the future of motorcycling. As the world's largest motorcycling rights and event sanctioning organization, the AMA advocates for riders' interests at all levels of government and sanctions thousands of competition and recreational events every year. The AMA also provides money-saving discounts on products and services for its members. Through the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio, the AMA honors the heroes and heritage of motorcycling. For more information, visit www.americanmotorcyclist.com. Not a member? Join the AMA today: www.americanmotorcyclist.com/membership/join.


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In a move that will expand and accelerate the growth of its strategic bioenergy business, bp today announced that it has agreed to acquire Archaea Energy Inc., a leading producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in the US. The agreed acquisition, which is subject to regulatory and Archaea shareholder approval, will be for $3.3 billion in cash, as well as around $800 million of net debt.
Bioenergy is one of five strategic transition growth engines that bp intends to grow rapidly through this decade. bp expects investment into its transition growth businesses to reach more than 40% of its total annual capital expenditure by 2025, aiming to grow this to around 50% by 2030.
Acquiring Archaea will expand bp’s presence in the US biogas industry, enhancing its ability to support customers’ decarbonization goals and also progressing its aim to reduce the average carbon intensity of the energy products it sells. bp aims to reduce that carbon intensity to net zero by 2050 or sooner.
Bernard Looney, bp chief executive, said: “Archaea is a fantastic fast-growing business, and bp will add distinctive value through our trading business and customer reach. It will accelerate our key bioenergy growth engine, creating a real leader in the biogas sector, and support our net zero ambition. And, importantly, we're doing this while remaining focused on the disciplined execution of our financial frame. Investing with discipline into the energy transition, creating further value through integration – this is exactly what bp’s transformation into an integrated energy company is all about.”
Based in Houston, Texas, Archaea Energy is a leading RNG producer, operating 50 RNG and landfill gas-to-energy facilities across the US, producing around 6,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d) of RNG. At closing its production would be expected to provide an immediate 50% increase to bp’s biogas supply volumes.
Archaea has a development pipeline of more than 80 projects that underpin the potential for around five-fold growth in RNG production by 2030. Earlier this year, it announced a joint venture with Republic Services, Inc. to develop 40 RNG projects across the US, part of this pipeline. The joint venture will convert landfill gas into pipeline-quality RNG that can be used for a variety of applications to displace conventional natural gas.
Archaea has extensive operational expertise and experience with an industry-leading modular and integrated approach to biogas projects that provides short development lead-times. The business’s innovative and highly experienced management and operations team has a proven track record and will remain with bp on completion.
Nick Stork, CEO of Archaea Energy, said: “Archaea has become one of the largest and fastest growing RNG platforms in the US and today’s announcement will further enable this business to realize its full potential. bp is a world-class partner with an operational history in the RNG value chain that is fully aligned with ours and our partners’, and I look forward to our hard-working team joining the bp organization to help achieve their bioenergy goals.”
Jon Vander Ark, Republic Services president and chief executive officer, said: “The acquisition of Archaea by bp allows us to accelerate decarbonization through our innovative joint venture with Archaea. With our shared focus on sustainability, this joint venture provides additional opportunities to work together on other decarbonization and environmental services initiatives.”
The acquisition of Archaea has a strong strategic fit with bp’s existing biogas business, enabling expansion of its position in the US and potentially also in key geographies globally, including the UK and Germany. Alongside growth in bp’s existing portfolio, the addition of Archaea’s production and pipeline has the potential to take bp’s biogas supply volumes to around 70,000 boe/d globally by 2030.
bp sees the opportunity to deliver additional distinctive value through the integration of the business with bp’s trading capabilities and broad customer base - bp is a leading marketer of natural gas in North America, with many customers looking to decarbonize. Demand for biogas is also diversifying with opportunities for growth into areas such as LNG, renewable hydrogen, and power for EV charging.
Dave Lawler, chairman and president of bp America, said: “Our biogas team is already one of the leading suppliers of renewable natural gas in North America. This deal accelerates our ability to deliver cleaner energy, generate significant earnings in a fast-growing sector and help reduce emissions. This could help bp take a significant stride toward our net zero ambition. ”
bp has agreed to acquire Archaea for $3.3 billion in cash, or $26 per share, representing a 38% premium to Archaea’s 30-day volume weighted average share price4. Together with around $800 million net debt, the total enterprise value is $4.1 billion. Subject to regulatory approvals and Archaea shareholder approval, bp is targeting acquisition completion by the end of 2022.
Post integration, bp expects the transaction to be accretive to both its earnings per share and free cash flow per share.
The business is expected to deliver rateable earnings growth. From around $140 million today, bp is targeting EBITDA5 from the business, when integrated with bp, of more than $500 million in 2025 and is aiming for around $1 billion by 2027, following completion of the development pipeline6. This underpins an acquisition multiple of around four times1. bp’s investment is expected to deliver double digit returns.
As a result of the agreed acquisition, bp has doubled to around $2 billion its aim for the contribution to EBITDA from biogas in 2030. bp now aims for more than $10 billion EBITDA to be generated by its transition growth businesses by 20307 - up from previous guidance of $9-10 billion.
bp remains committed to its disciplined financial frame, with its five priorities unchanged. A resilient dividend remains bp’s first priority with guidance unchanged. bp remains focused on maintaining a strong investment grade credit rating. bp’s medium-term8 capital expenditure guidance is unchanged at $14-16 billion a year. And bp’s commitment to return 60% of full year surplus cash flow9 through share buybacks in 2022, subject to maintaining a strong investment grade credit rating, is unchanged. In setting the buyback, bp’s board will continue to take into account the cumulative level of and outlook for surplus cash flow, including the effect of this transaction.
Global biogas demand is growing rapidly. In bp’s Energy Outlook 2022, biogas grows more than 25-fold from 2019 to 2050 in both the Accelerated and Net Zero scenarios.
Biogas is generated by the decomposition of organic material at landfill sites, anaerobic digesters and other waste facilities. Archaea’s operations process biogas - that would have been flared or vented if it were not captured - to produce pipeline-quality RNG or to generate power.
RNG can be used interchangeably with fossil fuel-based natural gas – including as transport fuel, in power generation and in heating – but, as it is derived from organic waste, its use results in lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. Projects such as Archaea’s also have the potential to be integrated with technology such as carbon capture and storage to further reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions.
Increasing sales of RNG will support bp’s net zero ambition, specifically its aim to reduce to net zero the carbon intensity of energy products it sells by 2050 or sooner. It has set an interim target to reduce this carbon intensity by 5% by 2025 and aims to reduce it by 15-20% by 2030, both against a 2019 baseline.
1 Acquisition enterprise value around four times expected 2027 EBITDA
2 Archaea Energy net debt sourced from 2Q 2022 10Q, adjusted for disclosed subsequent financing activity.
3 bp’s aim 3 is to reach net zero for the carbon intensity of the energy products bp sells. Any interim target or aim in respect of bp’s aim 3 is defined in terms of reductions in the carbon intensity of the energy products bp sells (in grams CO2e/MJ) relative to the baseline year of 2019. (Work is ongoing to confirm an assured baseline for this aim to incorporate the inclusion of physically traded energy products). For the purposes of aim 3, an energy product is a product that is used by an ultimate end user to satisfy an energy demand. In the case of fuels, to burn them to release their calorific content, and in the case of electricity to provide work or heat. A refined product such as a lubricant base stock does not count as an energy product as it is not used to provide energy in its use phase. Crude oil does not count as an energy product except in the rare cases where it is used by an end user to satisfy energy demand. Physically traded energy product includes trades in energy products which are physically settled in circumstances where bp considers their inclusion to be consistent with the intent of the aim. It therefore excludes, for example, financial trades, and physical trades where the purpose or effect is that the volumes traded net off against each other
4 Premium calculated using Archaea Energy Inc. (NYSE: LFG) 30-day volume weighted average share price as of 14 October 2022 (Bloomberg)
5 EBITDA: replacement cost profit before interest and tax, excluding net adjusting items, adding back depreciation, depletion and amortization and exploration write-offs (net of adjusting items).
6 Projected financial information in this release represents bp's view of the business when integrated with bp.
7 At $60/bbl Brent (2020, real) and bp planning assumptions
9 Surplus cash flow refers to the net surplus of sources of cash over uses of cash, after reaching the $35 billion net debt target. Sources of cash include net cash provided by operating activities, cash provided from investing activities and cash receipts relating to transactions involving non-controlling interests. Uses of cash include lease liability payments, payments on perpetual hybrid bond, dividends paid, cash capital expenditure, the cash cost of share buybacks to offset the dilution from vesting of awards under employee share schemes, cash payments relating to transactions involving non-controlling interests and currency translation differences relating to cash and cash equivalents as presented on the condensed group cash flow statement.
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The Politico magazine said that although Republicans in Congress were slow to adopt Donald Trump’s campaign in the White House in 2016, the ousted president would have a lot of support on Capitol Hill if he ran again in 2024.
Trump has even been welcomed openly by some Republicans who may seek higher positions in the future.
Even in his defeat, Trump’s grip on the party remains strong.
Senator Josh Hawley said: “If Trump were to run in 2024, I think he would be the candidate.
He has a lot of support in the country”.
Senator Rick Scott (Republican from Florida) said it would be nice if Trump ran.
He did a good job.
I think he should run if he wants to.
Who knows what will happen in 2024.
He can sell the things that he’s accomplished”.
In a series of interviews on Wednesday, Republicans in the House and Senate made it clear that the Republican Party had no intention of turning its back on Trump or Trump himself.
This is partly because Trump remains a hugely popular figure in his party, far more than most Republicans in Congress.
But some Republicans refused to discuss the 2024 race, saying it was too speculative.
The political calculations are clear, as Trump will soon lose the Oval Office, he will still have his Twitter account and will remain tightly in control of his popular base, and Republicans hate dealing with Trump, who could play a major role in the primaries for the Senate and House of Representatives in 2022 and create problems for incumbents.
Who are separating from him. Future Republican presidential candidates will also be eager to win the support of his supporters if they eventually go through another campaign.
The magazine pointed to the support of Republican lawmakers in Congress for Trump’s nomination in 2024, such as Representative Matt Gates (from Florida), one of Trump’s fiercest allies on Capitol Hill, who said that Trump “should run and have the party’s support,” and Representative Jim Banks (Indiana), who He noted that Trump “is very popular in the Republican Party, and it will be very difficult to defeat him”.
And although more than a dozen Republicans present themselves as potential candidates in 2024, Trump told members of the Republican National Committee on Tuesday that if his unsuccessful attempt to challenge the results of the 2020 election ultimately fails, he will run in the presidential race four years later.
Senator Lindsay Graham (Republican from South Carolina) said: “I would encourage him to keep this option open.
I will personally support him if he does that”.
And most Republicans think he has done a very good job and that his presidency from a conservative standpoint has been extremely important.
Senator Steve Dines (Republican from Montana) said that if President Trump fights in 2024, I support it.
He added that most Republicans in Congress are likely to support Trump.
Republicans said they had few reservations about placing their confidence in a newly defeated candidate to win the White House, arguing that Trump had defied odds – and the polls – once before.
“Here you have a man who won in 2016 and then in 2020 outperformed with 15 million votes,” said Conservative Representative Paul Gossard (Republican from Arizona).
“This has never been heard before”.
He noted that Trump had a greater percentage of black voters than in 2016.
Yet not every Republican member of Congress felt like talking about the matter five years into Trump’s domination of the party.
Senator Ron Johnson (Republican from Wisconsin) said he doesn’t talk about these kinds of assumptions.
Senator Tom Cotton (Republican from Arkansas), a potential presidential candidate, declined to comment.
Senator Susan Collins (Republican from Maine) said she had “never considered 2024”.
Senator Chuck Grassley (Republican from Iowa) said it was a “very speculative” topic.
Senator John Cornyn (Republican from Texas) said, “I will try not to answer the assumptions.
It will be a crowded area… I don’t know”.


December 18, 2020
SVSU forensics team performance in state tourney sends students to nationals in April
The Saginaw Valley State University forensics team
won third place in the Team
Sweepstakes category at the fall Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 5.
Six students earned individual awards in various categories at the tournament, which was hosted in an online setting.
The students and their awards are as follows:
- Jessica Carpenter, a communication major from Saginaw, won third place in the Rhetorical Criticism category
- Evangeline Cruz, a communication major from Detroit, won second place in the Persuasion category
- Jessica Davis, an elementary education major from Saginaw, won third place in the Persuasion category
- Claire Harris, a communication major from Delton, won second place in the Informative category
- Isaiah Powell, a theatre major from Freeland, won fifth place in the Impromptu category
- Austin Teeple, a communication major from Bay Mills, won fourth place in the Impromptu category
Based on their performances in the competition, Cruz, Davis, Harris and Teeple qualified for the speech league’s national tournament in April. They will join Powell, who qualified for the nationals based on his performance in an earlier competition.
Other SVSU students who qualified for the nationals based on competition earlier in the year are Mikayla Rigda, a communication major from Birch Run; Adam Stepanski, a graphic design major from West Bloomfield; and Brandon Stockwell, a biology major from Marine City.


Fedotov: the detainee was beaten Makarova in two colonies of the Yaroslavl region
VORONEZH, July 25. /TASS/ — According to the Chairman of the HRC, Evgeny Makarov in urgent need of assistance of a psychologist to stabilize the condition.
Detainee Evgeniya Makarova was beaten in two colonies located on the territory of Yaroslavl region. On Wednesday he told reporters the President of the Council under RF President on development of civil society and human rights (HRC) Mikhail Fedotov, who is with working visit in Voronezh region.
“Makarov has been beaten not only in colony No. 1. When he was transferred to colony No. 8 in December last year, he was again subjected to beatings in there,” said Fedotov, answering the question TASS correspondent.
The Chairman of the HRC noted that Makarov is in urgent need of help of a psychologist to stabilize the condition.
A psychological portrait of convicted Makarova quite favorable. He is a cheerful person, open, sensitive. Just had to find the key approach.Michael Fedoramedical of the Council under RF President on development of civil society and human rights (HRC)
He noted that all of the 138 violations of the internal regulations of the colony, recorded against Makarov, could prevent timely professional help.
Regional investigative Department on media reports about the beating of a prisoner Makarova in the Yaroslavl colony opened on 20 July criminal case about excess of powers of office. On 24 July, the criminal case was transferred to the Central office of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on behalf of the head of Department Alexander Bastrykin. Makarov was convicted in 2012 under part 1 of article 111 (“Deliberate causing of heavy harm to health”). Now he is in the Yaroslavl colony No. 8, released in October of this year.


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A few years ago, Big Data was a headline-grabbing phrase that could pull in almost any technologist. But now, Big Data is less of an anomaly and simply the way business gets done.
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Fittingly, Mitchell joined the evening&39;s lengthy chorus of Craven fans voicing their sadness over the news but, more importantly, deeply rooted appreciation for the man’s work on Twitter: RIP Wes Craven pic. Freddy Krueger returns, scarier than ever, in an all-new movie written and directed by Wes Craven, creator of the original A Nightmare on Elm Street. AC 3 EBX Movies Preview. Carpool Cinema 9/25: Wes Craven’s FRIGHT NIGHT!
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. WES CRAVEN’S NIGHT In 1994, Wes Craven went meta with Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, summing up his career to that point. Although he handed over the reins after the first movie, Craven returned to direct Wes Craven&39;s New Nightmare in 1994.
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In fact, Cox WES CRAVEN’S NIGHT believes Wes Craven, who directed the first four films, would be proud of the upcoming movie. This all started 25 years ago directed by the beloved Wes Craven. Wes Craven thought he was through with Freddy Krueger, until the cast and crew of the original film find themselves stalked by the deadly supernatural force. Wes Craven says: Actually there is a person in the dreams who&39;s sort of gatekeeper, so to speak. In this article, we will cover Wes Craven net worth, height, weight, relationship, and more.
In response to a question about their plans to pay tribute to Wes Craven, Radio Silence said, “Wes Craven’s. 0, via Wikimedia Commons Best known as a Director based on credits in that role in 19 films, with 7,445,429 worldwide aggregate box office (rank 195). Though Craven sadly passed away in at the age of 76, there’s still much to be discovered about his work – particularly the highly successful Scream franchise he launched in 1996.
Wes Craven&39;s New Nightmare - Miss Me? Boogeyman Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) brings real-life terror to the set of the seventh Elm Street movie. 5/10 IMDb 80% Rotten Tomatoes.
, USA CC BY-SA 2. Radio Silence’s Scream 5 – now officially called Scream – has wrapped filming. "Scream just wrapped. Directed by Wes Craven. Ten years after writer and director Wes Craven brought his personal nightmares to the movie screen as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street, the horrifying child killer returns, stepping out of his celluloid world to haunt the life of the actress who first defeated on film in the terrifying Wes Craven&39;s New Nightmare.
It is something that has taken years for people to. Wes Craven ultimately decided that her death was more effective if it was the tragic death of a truly good and innocent person, so her surprise villainy was cut. Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences. Last night, Wes Craven passed away from brain cancer. A cop teams up with a psychic to track down a serial killer. And today, franchise star Courteney Cox says original Scream director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare’s story revolves around Heather Langenkamp, playing herself, as she’s offered a pitch for a new Nightmare on Elm Street sequel (from both Wes. Fantasy, Horror, Suspense. Just as the first Nightmare film opened with the creation of Freddy&39;s infamous glove, New Nightmare opens with the creation of an updated, more sinister and sleeker looking glove. However, Freddy has been stuck in limbo since Samuel Bayer’s maligned remake.

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Best prospecting tools your demand generation team needs
Demand generation is the process of identifying and cultivating potential customers for a business, with the ultimate goal of increasing sales and revenue. A key aspect of demand generation is prospecting or finding and researching potential customers. In today's competitive market, businesses need access to the best prospecting tools to help them identify and reach out to potential customers effectively.
Here are some of the best set of prospecting tools that your demand generation team needs:
Customer relationship management (CRM) software:
A CRM system is a must-have for any demand generation team. It allows you to store and manage all your customer and prospect data in one central location, making tracking and managing your interactions with potential customers easier. CRM systems also offer a range of features, such as automated email campaigns, lead scoring, and pipeline management, to help you streamline and optimize your demand generation efforts.
Lead generation software:
Lead generation software helps businesses identify potential customers by generating and qualifying leads based on specific criteria. These tools typically use a combination of data sources, such as social media, search engines, and industry publications, to generate leads and often include features such as lead scoring and email integration to help you prioritize and follow up with the most promising leads.
Social media management tools:
Social media platforms, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, are increasingly used for demand generation and prospecting. Social media management tools, such as Hootsuite and Sprout Social, allow you to manage and optimize your social media presence, track and engage with potential customers and analyze the performance of your social media campaigns.
Email marketing tools:
Email marketing is a tried-and-true method for reaching out to potential customers and building relationships. Email marketing tools like Mailchimp and Constant Contact allow you to create, send, and track email campaigns. They often include features such as A/B testing, segmentation, and automation to help you optimize your campaigns and improve their effectiveness.
Marketing automation software:
It helps businesses streamline and automate marketing tasks and campaigns, including demand generation and prospecting. These tools offer a range of features, such as lead nurturing, lead scoring, and lead generation, to help you identify and qualify potential customers, and often include integration with CRM and email marketing tools to help you manage and track your interactions with prospects.
SEO and keyword research tools:
SEO (search engine optimization) and keyword research tools, such as Ahrefs and SEMrush, help businesses optimize their websites and content for search engines and identify keywords and phrases used by potential customers. This can be particularly useful for demand-generation teams looking to reach potential customers through organic or paid search campaigns.
Using these tools, your demand generation team can effectively identify and reach out to potential customers, build relationships with them, and increase sales and revenue for your business. It's important to carefully consider which tools are the best fit for your business and how to effectively integrate and use them as part of your demand generation strategy. And to do so, you must ensure that the tools help you align the marketing and sales teams. Read: Align your sales and marketing with reliable opportunity data


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Distiller Records signing Sound of Guns will release Alcatraz as a single on March 8th 2010. The track will be available as a download and 7", this is the first track from their - yet to be titled - debut album, it's been a busy 2010 for the band so far, having toured with Adam Green and also completing their album on which they worked with Chris Potter known for his work with U2 and The Verve.
The Liverpudlian five piece broke through last year after playing various BBC introducing stages at festivals including The Big Weekend and Glastonbury Festival.
19th Liverpool The Masque NME Awards Show.
The ‘Iron Man’ star will play the doctor who can talk to the animals.
The show will return to CBS for seasons 11 and 12.
30 year old Mvula said Sony only told her she was being dropped in a 'seven-line' e-mail.
From Bono to Michael Fassbender, here are some of Ireland's best loved celebrities on St. Patrick's Day.


Light Guide Film (LGF) & EL Lamps Overview
There are two primary options for backlighting displays and panels and RSP is experienced in both technologies.
The most common method for backlighting today is using LED technology and Light Guide Film which is commonly referred to as LGF.
LGF technology allows you to customize your lighting easier, cheaper and more creatively. Today it is commonly used in vehicles, hand-held devices and nameplates.
Steps Involved / How it Works
- Engineering: It takes experience, knowledge and testing to get LGF technology working properly. Most customers simply give us the final specification or desired outcome rather than supplying the exact manufacturing details.
- Laser Etching: Using a clear carrier layer (like polyester), laser etch and remove material surface at varying depths to capture light from side firing LED light source.
- LED Light Source: Light from a single to many LED is shot sideways into the light guide film where the light waves travel until they hit a pocket of laser etched material and then it is captured and illuminates the surface. As the LED light progresses further in the clear film, it continues to hit deeper and deeper pockets of laser etched material.
There are several important advantages to LGF film;
- Low Power: It is great for portable hand-held devices because it uses low power.
- Colors: Can design with multiple LED colors easily.
- Flexible / Thin: It is thinner and more flexible than traditional EL lamps.
- Life: Long lasting with million + hour life.
The older method for backlighting is Electroluminescent Lamps (EL). EL lamps emit light when material, usually a phosphor, or synthetic phosphorescent substance, is exposed to alternating electrical current. EL Lamps are versatile, but may be best known for their use in devices such as wristwatches, clocks, electronic devices, advertising, instrument panel backlighting and even nightlights.
EL Lamps have a half-life of between 3,000 and 5,000 hours depending on the quality of the phosphor used in production and how they are powered.
RSP, Inc. manufactures a wide variety of EL lamp designs, with no minimum order quantities. RSP, Inc. specializes in flat panel EL lamp designs, but can also manufacture rope lights used in decorative lights, DC EL technology, which allows EL lamps to operate on Direct Current, thin film displays and other complex designs.
RSP, Inc. has the expertise to bring a product from concept to realization.
To find out more about RSP Inc.’s EL Lamp capabilities, call 414-546-4417 or send us a message.


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Roger Federer was asked who should be considered as the greatest player ever. The Basel native replied: "I do not know if there is one, it could depend in some ways on the weeks you spent as a world No. 1, the Grand Slam titles, titles overall, the longevity, Grand Slams overall.
But in the end I think everyone has his opinions about it." Asked if he will play the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year, Federer replied: "Maybe, I am thinking about it, hopefully we take a decision over the next few weeks.
What I have to do is to give back to my country as much as possible, with emotions that can be connected to the game."
David Ferrer was not playing as aggressive as he did in the beginning when he finished, or Rafa. But you could see that every time he was playing more aggressive, hitting a bigger forehand and winners from any stage of the court.
Or Carla Suarez Navarro for example, before she was playing more from far away back, now you see her competing with Williams, Pliskova and all those girls."
Novak Djokovic is impressed with the Rakuten Open in Tokyo.
The Serb said: “I’ve heard a lot of positive impressions about this tournament from a lot of players, so I’m just excited and grateful to be here. I want to thank everybody for coming out. There is such a big number today for the practice”.

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TOKYO, Aug 25 – Sony Group Corp said on Thursday it was raising the price of its PlayStation 5 video game console in markets including Europe, Japan and the United Kingdom following economic pressures, including higher interest rates. interest.
Sony said it will raise the price of the disc drive-equipped version of the console to 549.99 euros ($550.81) from 499.99 euros previously in Europe, with a similar increase in Japan.
The Japanese entertainment conglomerate said there would be no price increase in the United States, where it is locked in a battle with Microsoft Corp’s Xbox, which is aggressively expanding its game subscription service.
“We are seeing high rates of global inflation, as well as adverse currency trends, affect consumers and create pressure across many industries,” Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) CEO Jim Ryan wrote in a blog post.
The price hike comes at a time when Sony’s gaming business has been hit by supply chain problems that have led to hardware shortages. The conglomerate intends to ramp up PS5 production for the year-end shopping season.
While the price hike “is a necessity given the current global economic climate and its impact on SIE’s business, improving the PS5 supply situation remains our top priority,” gaming chief Ryan wrote.
Sony aims to sell 18 million units of the blockbuster device this year, after selling 11.5 million units in the year ended March.
“While the PS5 price increases are broad, they are relatively nuanced and taking place in the markets where the impact is being felt the most, with an added layer of pressure coming from the strong US dollar,” the Ampere analyst wrote. Analysis, Piers Harding-Rolls, in a blog.
“Microsoft will take advantage of Sony’s rise to push its ‘value’ message,” added Harding-Rolls.


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With God nothing will be impossible.Luke 1:37 NKJV
To our “Prayer Warriors”
We are truly blessed at MGRC to have prayers coming from all around the world. Some of our girls are facing severe challenges or are in situations that could use extra support and encouragement.
After we wrote about Bahati’s progress with regaining her vision, one of our supporters had the great idea for us to put together a prayer list that we will update as the need arises. “Your prayer warriors can be on this!” she said. I love it, thank you!
Upendo was brought to us by her grandmother in 2019. Similar story to most. Her parents left Upendo with her aging grandmother. She is a little different though, she has scoliosis of the spine. A significant curvature. I took her to the hospital and to Plaster House. There is nothing that can be done to correct her condition. Upendo was also severely malnourished. The Plaster House doctor cried when I told her MGRC would take her. The doctor knew we were out of room but we could not say no. Every week, MGRC takes her to get her medicine in Longido Dispensary. Longido Hospital also says she has TB and MGRC gives here medicine for that every day.
MARIA LENDANIN MOLLEL
Maria was brought to MGRC by her grandmother. She has a skin condition (psoriasis) which went untreated. Her family thought she was possessed by evil or some other curse. She was not allowed to attend school and was shunned by family and neighbors. Since coming to MGRC Maria has been attending school, has received medical treatment for her skin condition.
SINYATI LENGAY LANGOI
Sinyati came to us with an eye problem. She had Tacoma which if left untreated results in total blindness. She has undergone successful surgery and we are looking forward to her full recovery.
Bahati had surgery on her eyes when she was younger but did not receive proper post-surgery medical care. She now has severe vision problems. We take her monthly to KCMC in Moshi for therapy and follow up check ups
UPENDO JEREMIAH MOLLEL
Upendo is albino, which is considered a curse in her culture. She grew up Kilimanjaro region, but was ostracized and heard of albinos being killed. Even the other girls in her village wouldn’t play with her. Upendo has severe eye problems due to her albino condition. We took her to the eye specialists in Moshi KCMC and her vision will not really improve but they gave us special glasses and tools to help her see. We are teaching her brail because her eye condition only allows her to see one letter at a time.

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The Storm of the Century: The Blizzard of 49 is a WyomingPBS …
The Storm of the Century: The Blizzard of 49 is a WyomingPBS documentary. This documentary tells the story of the worst series of storms in Wyoming's history. But for all the tragedy and loss, suffering, and death, there was hope and heroism, unselfish sacrifice, and generosity. Students will learn about the Blizzard of 1949 and how the State of Wyoming and the Civil Air Patrol responded.
The resource videos are based on this documentary and include associated lesson plans. There are three video clips. Clip one starts at the beginning and ends at 2:50 minutes, Clip two begins at 3:50 minutes and ends at 5:50 minutes, clip three begins at 6:00 minutes and ends at 8:41 minutes.
Sensitive: This resource contains material that may be sensitive for some students. Teachers should exercise discretion in evaluating whether this resource is suitable for their class.
Learn about the Wyoming gold rush that occurred in South Pass City, …
Learn about the Wyoming gold rush that occurred in South Pass City, and explore the varied perspectives of the people who experienced the gold rush in the 1840’s-1860’s.
In the accompanying lesson plan (found in the Support Materials), students will watch a video that introduces the gold rush and the people who were impacted by it, and then hold a discussion to understand the multiple perspectives. Then, the students take part in a creative writing activity in which they create a piece of text from one of the perspectives.
Students will develop grade level appropriate speaking and listening skills, as described by the standards. Students will learn how to write a fictional narrative based on nonfiction resources, following a set of parameters. Students will understand the motivations and perspectives of various people during the Wyoming gold rush.
In this module, students will use literacy skills to build expertise—using reading, …
In this module, students will use literacy skills to build expertise—using reading, writing, listening, speaking, and collaborative skills to build and share deep knowledge about a topic. This focus on research intentionally builds on Module 1, in which students explored the superpowers of reading. Specifically, students will seek evidence of culture, which can be thought of as the story of a group of people constructed through the generations; it can be evidenced through ancient and modern-day customs and traditions. The module will begin with a class study of the culture of Japan: Students will read Magic Tree House: Dragon of the Red Dawn, a book set in ancient Japan, paired with Exploring Countries: Japan, an informational text about modern Japan.
Find the rest of the EngageNY ELA resources at https://archive.org/details/engageny-ela-archive .
The original Native American story component lesson was developed as part of an …
The original Native American story component lesson was developed as part of an Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and Washington State Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER) project funded through an EPA Region 10 grant. The stories were told by Roger Fernandes of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe. Mr. Fernandes has been given permission by the tribes to tell these stories.As these lessons and stories were shared prior to the adoption of the Washington State Science Learning Standards in 2013, there was a need to align these stories with the current science standards. This resource provides a current alignment and possible lesson suggestions on how these stories can be incorporated into the classroom. This alignment work has been funded by the NGSS & Climate Science Proviso of the Washington State Legislature as a part of North Central Educational Service District's award.

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New Latinx fantasy by HENRY BARAJAS, author of the critically acclaimed (LA VOZ DE M.A.Y.O.: TATA RAMBO). The last dragon prince has been abducted—kept prisoner by an unknown threat: AZTEC MEXICA! Helm Greycastle and his outsider comrades are here to save the prince—but are recruited by a resistance plotting to overthrow Montezuma. Will Greycastle help save the people of MEXICA or save the dragon prince and flee? BONUS! HELM GREYCASTLE includes role-playing games (5E compatible) written by TRISTAN J. TARWATER (Rolled & Told), GEOFFREY GOLDEN (Wet Hot American Summer: Fantasy Camp), MATT HAWKINS (THINK TANK), and art by JEN VAUGHN (Goosebumps: Download and Die)!
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Access control and positioning system during construction works of the new Metro in Stockholm.
The extension of the metro in the city of Stockholm plays a major role within the framework of the ambitious infrastructure investment plan jointly approved by the city of Stockholm, the surrounding municipalities and the Swedish state.
Region Stockholm is leading the extension of up to 30 km of new tracks, as well as 18 new stations, with the purpose to shorten the distances within the city inasmuch as the capital of the country grows larger and larger. SICE Nordics AB was awarded by Region Stockholm for the design, supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of the security systems that shall guarantee the safety while the construction works of the new tunnels are ongoing. In particular, for the systems in the geographical areas associated to the extension of the yellow line (moving northwards from Odenplan to Arenastaden, including 3 new stations) and the blue line (westwards from Akalla to Barbarby).
SICE Nordics AB has relied in the positioning systems and software of BIOACCEZ CONTROLS to integrate the access control, positioning systems and alarms.
The philosophy behind this particular contract is to ensure the safety of the personnel working on-site, by monitoring in real time who enters or leaves the working areas, as well as continuously controlling the location of the workers in the facilities.
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More of a johnny come lately band wagon jumper than some of the people with tattoos but still.
What would an off season be without an MBT controversy? Personally I think he is the best in the league but not sure if that will save his job. Not that he would not have other options if it went that way.
Lots of people calling for Chad Kelly though including positive comments from Dinwiddie and I still think Dinwiddie likes Nick Arbuckle and could see that happening in a 1B role. Would have to look to see who played third string last year so no idea if there is already someone in the pipeline.
Henoc Muamba played a good game right before becoming a free agent. Gotta think someone will pay him.
Sign AJ Ouellette for sure and maybe Andrew Harris.
I think Kelly is a better sell. Played at a top college, he has the name, and you could possibly sell some tickets in the Buffalo area. Argos need a face to put butts in the seats. The only thing that worries me is sometimes his mouth gets ahead of his brain. He has had off field problems.
Biggest problem with Kelly is the 6' 4" Viking warrior sitting next to him. Some would say that it's a good problem. If they were playing hockey, that makes for a solid one / two.
If they hadn't had the success they had with MBT it would be easier to start the season with Kelly. Then if they don't win with Kelly the heat will be on. Not really fair to Chad Kelly or MBT for that matter.
Then again if he wins and builds on the previous successes it could be the catalyst required to re-open the upper deck.
Bethel Thompson won't be out of work long. I don't think he retires.


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Hurricane Irma lashed Naples Florida in early September 2017, stripping and uprooting trees, knocking out power and damaging homes. Three and a half years later, the year-round tropical growing season has filled in the gaps and erased most signs of Irma’s destruction. The landscape looks lush and green again.
This mangrove preserve in Pelican Bay still tells the story of Irma, when she stripped the trees bare of leaves close to the Gulf coast. This infrared photograph shows some of those bare tree trunks along the boardwalk that leads to the beach.
This driftwood stump caught my eye while I was walking the beach, as I noticed grasses growing out of the center. The scene spoke to me of both the passage of time and the regeneration of life, naturally occurring. Looking it over, I saw a simple composition that would be interesting to photograph with my Infrared camera.
Do you find this image both peaceful and intriguing? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
This unusual cactus made me smile. With arms pointing horizontally north, south, east, west and a few other ways in between, I expected to see place names and distances written. ” It might say, “Miami – 103 miles,” or “Key West – 90 miles,” and “Cancun – 468 miles.”
I guess I’m more accustomed to cacti of other shapes like the saguaro cactus in the Sonoran Desert or the Cholla “Teddy Bear” Cactus of the high desert in Joshua Tree National Park. Perhaps you know the prickly pear cactus or the barrel cactus from your hikes in the Southwest United States. Say hello to the Florida Semaphore Cactus, or the Consolea Corallicola.
My eyes were drawn to the stripes on these bamboo trunks. These tropical trees are so strong and sturdy, that they are used to make scaffolding in Hong Kong. I remember seeing them when I visited HK in 1998 — just a few years ago!
Every time I visit the Naples Botanical Garden, I notice something new. Do you have a favorite Botanical Garden nearby?
Christopher Plummer, the iconic actor who played Captain von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,” celebrated the simple goodness of an Alpine flower in his touching song, “Edelweiss.” (Sadly, CP died this week at age 91, but he left us gifts that will live on for generations.) In ” The Sound of Music,” the purity of a loving marriage, a close family, a father singing to his children and a tiny wildflower stand in contrast to the rigid, militaristic, powerful, cruel, violent and murderous culture of Nazi Germany.
Sometimes I wonder if we have learned from history, or if we are doomed to repeat it. Take a moment to look at these sunlit orchids, and to think about what is good.
As a photographer, I’m always attracted to a scene that shows a path, because my mind questions, “Where will this path lead?” In this infrared photograph, the scene looks quite mysterious. A line of stepping stones provide a solitary path across a dark pond to a tiny Asian temple.
I feel a celebration of sunshine in the golden foliage and deep blue sky. The deliberate path to the little shrine is an invitation to personal meditation. How does this image speak to you?
What are your weekend plans? During COVID times, we need to choose an activity that is both safe and restorative. My husband and I are taking walks.
Depending on where you live and what climate you have, you might be walking in the snow, in the city, in the woods, the park or something else. What’s in your neighborhood? In Florida, we are often walking along the edge of a lake. In late afternoon, we find a walk in Nature to be restorative. Along the edge of the lake, we observe the colors and reflections of dusk.
When I observe birds flying and swimming in formation, I often think of synchronized dancers performing on stage or marching bands, but then I realize that humans are the ones imitating nature. We wear uniforms or dance costumes, so we will look as similar as two birds of the same species, right?
When photographing wildlife, you can’t plan this. You just have to be patient enough to sit and wait, following your subject and continually adjusting your focus. Note: something really cool usually happens after you pack up your tripod and start walking back to the car!
I’m not sure who blinked first, but I do know that my camera shutter clicked before this handsome Brown Pelican looked away. I followed this Pelican for several minutes through a 600mm lens at a significant distance, tracking his behavior at a comfortable distance, not disturbing him. Yet he saw me watching!
There are so many reasons to like the Brown Pelican. I love to watch them dive for fish along the Gulf Coast of Florida. They are so big with a length of a meter and wingspan of 2-3 meters, yet they are docile and quiet.
Yet another important reason to love brown pelicans is the important role they play as an indicator species to help humans monitor the effects of climate change. We can monitor their numbers and migration to help understand the changes in fish population.

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Quality Trumps QuantityJune 7th, 2011
Bell X1 – The Bowery Ballroom – June 6, 2011
They often say it’s not about the quantity, but the quality. Now that’s not always true (give me a million crumpled up dollar bills over five crisp ones), but Ireland’s Bell X1 and the crowd that came to see them at The Bowery Ballroom on Monday night did their best to prove the maxim. Opening with “Hey Anna Lena”—as their new album, Bloodless Coup, does—the sound was sparse, with Paul Noonan’s sweet voice accompanied by a slow-moving bass riff and Radiohead-like digital pops. There was a silence among the instruments that brought stark contrast between each sound: primary colors on a truly white canvas. It wasn’t a million noises spread out over the spectrum, but a small number of crisp, distinct ones that allowed the audience to hear everything—every nuance, every lyric, every note.
From there, the energy built. On “Bad Skin Day,” Noonan took up the electric guitar as band everyman David Geraghty took an E-Bow to his electric guitar for a deliberate, delicate feel. The sound in the room was so clean, there was no room for fudging. “Velcro” had the feel of good jazz with melodies interlocking with zipper-like precision. The set continued to build and draw the crowd in as the band worked through their new album as well as older numbers. “Take Me to Your Cave” tacked a nice little instrumental coda onto the end of the typical Irish-pop sweetness, with Noonan hitting away at a small drum kit at the front of the stage.
The room was not full, but the crowd was ample and again, quality trumped quantity, as they joined in with sing-along vocals for “Rocky Took a Lover,” the audience fit in as perfectly as the individual instruments onstage. The highlight of the night was “4 Minute Mile,” which Noonan introduced with an anecdote about a bullfighter who ran away during his first fight, and that was OK. Featuring great lyrics like “I’ll never at a salad at McDonald’s” and a turn on the funked-up bass by Geraghty, Bell X1 proved they could also bring the quantity as well. —A. Stein
(Bell X1 also plays The Bowery Ballroom tonight.)


The 2020 pandemic has challenged press freedom in Africa Receive email alerts Follow the news on Madagascar South Africa’s embassy in Madagascar has granted refuge to two Free FM journalists, Lalatiana Rakotondrazafy and Fidel Razara Pierre, and one of the radio station’s technicians, the embassy said in statement on 7 September.The two journalists are wanted by the police on charges of inciting hate and conspiracy against state security for broadcasting a statement by one of the soldiers involved in a mutiny as it was taking place on 22 July. The station suspended broadcasting on the evening of 22 July after being threatened by the authorities.Davis Rakotoarijaoana, a reporter who covers politics for the daily Midi Madagasikara, was summoned for questioning by the DST, an intelligence agency, on 17 August after writing an article that quoted Rakotondrazafy. The DST wanted Rakotoarijaoana to help locate her.—–2012.07.24 – Opposition radio suspends broadcasts after mutiny at military baseReporters Without Borders deplores the fact that Free FM, an opposition radio station based in Antananarivo, has been off the air for the past two days after angering Andry Rajoelina’s transitional government by broadcasting a message by mutineering soldiers that announced the “dissolution of the current state institutions.”In a Facebook post on the evening of 22 July, Free FM director Lalatiana Rakotondrazafy wrote: “For the safety of its employees and its equipment, Free FM has decided to suspend its broadcasts (…) we take responsibility for this decision.”“It is regrettable that the political tug-of-war of the past few months between the transitional authorities and radio Free FM has resulted in a suspension of broadcasting by what is the last opposition radio station,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We urge the two sides to enter into a dialogue as the only way to avoid further loss of freedom of information in the political crisis that has been going on for more than three years.“With the two main protagonists of this crisis – transitional leader Andry Rajoelina and ousted president Marc Ravalomanana – due to meet this week, it is crucial that Free FM should be able to resume broadcasting without being exposed to danger and with its presenters acting with the appropriate caution and responsibility.”The mutiny by soldiers in the early morning of 22 July led to clashes at the base of the 1st Intervention Forces Regiment (RFI) near Antananarivo international airport at Ivato. As a safety measure, the airport was closed and all flights were suspended. The mutiny was eventually put down.Immediately after the start of the mutiny, Free FM broadcast a communiqué by the mutineers announcing the suspension of political institutions and the “creation of a military directorate.”Communication minister Harry Laurent Rahajason, a former journalist better known by the pen-name of Rolly Mercia, reacted by announcing that Free FM was “liable to be prosecuted for complicity in an attack on state security (…) spreading false reports and inciting hatred and revolt.”In the wake of the communication minister’s statement, soldiers loyal to the transitional government raided the station and disconnected its electricity supply. After realizing it was still broadcasting, the solders went back at around 7 p.m. to seize its broadcast equipment. The equipment had already been moved to safe location as a pre-emptive measure, according to Rakotondrazafy, who nonetheless finally decided to “turn off the microphones.” Protest on 19 may responded to a call from Free FM (AFP/Andreea CAMPEANU) News News MadagascarAfrica Help by sharing this information April 16, 2020 Find out more Photo : from left to right, Soavina Ralaisoavamanjaka, Lalatiana Rakotondrazafy, Andry Rajoelina et son épouse Mialy, Fidèle Razarapiera and Harry Laurent Rahajason MadagascarAfrica Reports Madagascar : Sabotage silences TV channel that criticized coronavirus measures News Organisation April 30, 2021 Find out more to go further _ Pressure on “political” radio stationAccording to Agence France-Presse, between 3,000 and 5,000 people responded to a call from Free FM last May to march in protest against the government and threats to close the station. The police used violence to disperse the demonstration, which was not authorized.At the start of May, Rakotondrazafy and her colleague, Fidèle Razarapiera, spent 24 hours in police custody and were charged with defamation, broadcasting false information and inciting hate. Their arrests came shortly after the station received two formal warnings from the Special Commission for Broadcasting Communication (CSCA).There have always been doubts about the independence of the CSCA, a regulatory authority headed by the communication minister. Free FM’s plight recalls that of Viva TV, a station owned by Rajoelina, now the transitional president, which was forcibly closed before the 2009 political upheaval. Rajoelina’s media company immediately reacted by creating a talk show called “Anao ny Fitenenana” (You have the word), that was virulent in its criticism of the then government and was hosted by Rakotondrazafy, Razarapiera, Rahajason and another journalist, Soavina Ralaisoavamanjaka.The team of presenters was finally disbanded a few months after the High Transitional Authority’s creation. Some of them joined the new government, others joined the opposition.Madagascar has been hard pressed to recover a degree of stability because of the failure of negotiations between the various political parties and because of sporadic mutinies and demonstrations. Elections have been postponed three times since May 2011. A new date is to be set in an electoral timetable due on 1 August. November 27, 2020 Find out more RSF_en September 12, 2012 – Updated on January 20, 2016 Wanted Free FM journalists find refuge in South African embassy RSF urges Madagascar to let journalists cover Covid-19 freely
A major, multi-institutional study based at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has identified a promising treatment strategy for Huntington’s disease (HD).The team’s identification of a novel compound, MIND4, appears to protect against neurodegeneration in cellular and animal models of HD by means of two separate mechanisms — inhibiting a regulatory enzyme of the nervous system (SIRT2), and stimulating activity of the NRF2 pathway, which regulates the expression of protective, antioxidant proteins. The report will be published online in the journal Cell Chemical Biology.“Based on numerous studies, it has become evident that the pathologies of neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington’s disease, are very complex, so targeting multiple pathways may help us achieve maximum therapeutic benefit,” said Aleksey Kazantsev, who led the study as an investigator at the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND). “The lead compound identified in the current study has two distinct mechanisms, both of which are shown to be potentially neuroprotective and which we expect will have synergistic benefits.”Previous work from Kazantsev’s MIND team identified SIRT2 as a promising treatment target for Huntington’s as well as for Parkinson’s disease. Building on those findings, he and his collaborators from 12 research institutions in five countries began searching for a scaffold — a group of molecules with similar chemical structures — that could be the basis of more potent and selective SIRT2 inhibitors. Starting with the most powerful SIRT2-inhibiting compound they identified, which they called MIND4, they assembled a group of structurally similar compounds with varying levels of effectiveness.In investigating how MIND4 acted to inhibit SIRT2, the researchers were surprised to find that the top seven pathways activated by treatment with MIND4 were related to the oxidative stress response mediated by NRF2. Additional experiments indicated that activation of NRF2-mediated pathways did not depend on SIRT2 inhibition.“Finding that MIND4’s SIRT2 and NRF2 activities are independent of each other is a critical step for further drug development, which indicates that work to improve the potency of each activity should proceed separately,” said Kazantsev. “We still don’t know whether the neuroprotective results we observed in this study depend more on one activity or the other, but since MIND4, which produces both activities, was a better protectant than [a MIND4 derivative] which only activates NRF2, I speculate that both activities will be necessary.”He added, “MIND4 is a great starting template for drug development, and we have promising preliminary results in two mouse models. We also need to optimize the pharmacology to meet FDA requirements for a version we can test in human patients. Right now, we expect to have results regarding the mechanism behind NRF2 activation ready for submission soon.” Kazantsev recently joined the Cambridge, Mass.-based startup company Effective Therapeutics, LLC, but continues to collaborate with his colleagues at MGH and other institutions.Anne B. Young, former MGH chief of neurology and founder of MIND as well as Effective Therapeutics, said, “These multidisciplinary studies highlight new pathways that can be targeted for HD therapy but also very likely for other neurodegenerative diseases, too.”A pdf of the study is available here.
It’s a simple saying that most Hawaiians and surfers know by heart. It’s the ultimate proverb of motivation and determination. It is commonly used when a surfer faces a big wave or simply adversity.”Eddie would go.”Those three words carry more than meaning; they carry dreams and expectations. The saying was adapted in respect for one of the greatest surfing legends off all time, Eddie Aikau, whose life after his death became a myth told among those who once surfed with the fabled man.Aikau’s life began like a typical Oahu surfer. He grew up surfing the shores of Waikiki and worked endless hours at the Dole Plantation in hopes of purchasing his first real board.Once Aikau was adjusted to the calm waves of Waikiki, he traveled up north to find the bigger and better waves along the island’s North Shore.The legend first took on Waimea Bay. One day he was out surfing against prodigies Greg Noll and Rick Grigg. Aikau dominated every set of waves that day. Photos from his outing appeared in Life magazine and unexpectedly, Aikau became a celebrity.Aikau’s occasional trips to the North Shore led him to become a lifeguard for the Sunset and Haleiwa areas. No lives were ever lost when he was on watch.Aikau continued his surfing ways, winning tournaments and impressing fans. Eventually surfing lost its touch and he started looking for a more rewarding void.Surfing was a part of Aikau’s life, but Hawaii was his life.An announcement was made across the island that the Polynesian Voyaging Society was searching for volunteers to recreate the journey of rediscovery aboard its replica canoe-Hokule’a. The Hokule’a trip was intended to retrace the ancient Polynesian voyage between the Hawaii and the Tahitian chain.This was the announcement the Hawaiian was waiting for, and he did not hesitate at the opportunity.The canoe set sail on March 1978 and had trouble from the start. The canoe had developed a leak and eventually capsized. Everyone was safe and was awaiting a response. Aikau’s heart could not wait a second longer. He had to be the hero and he had to search for help. His last words were, “Don’t worry, I can do it.”A few hours later, the crew was saved, but Aikau was missing.He was never found. He went and never returned.No one knows exactly what happened. Since his disappearance, a surf contest has been held in his honor known appropriately as the “Eddie.” It is only held during the winter months and when waves hit 20 or more feet, because “Eddie would go.”Aikau wasn’t afraid to pass on an opportunity, and his story should hold true for all citizens of the island.Aikau’s message should also hold true for all citizens of the mainland.Simon Bairu took Aikau’s message to heart Monday by winning his second consecutive NCAA title. Ditto for the entire men’s cross country team, who won its first national title since 1988.This Saturday, when the Wisconsin football team takes on Hawaii, will they go?They have already missed one opportunity to secure a victory for Barry Alvarez in his final home game — an opportunity they will never have again.Hawaii does have a less than stellar football program, boasting a 4-6 record to date. However, Wisconsin has been known to choke towards the end of the season and they are a Malihini (newcomer) to the island. This time will be different for the team — Alvarez will seek his redemption. It is only fitting. He is not the perfect coach and neither is his team — neither was Aikau.Aikau is a legend of Hawaii and Alvarez is a legend in Madison. “Eddie would go,” but will Alvarez? Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much).Instead of posting comments about Shannon on message boards, email them to her at [email protected]


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These desserts are super fun and easy to make, not to mention very delicious! A great way to impress guests without having to put in too much effort. They're also perfect as a quick dessert to satisfy your sweet cravings when you don't feel like baking anything too complicated. I made this recipe in collaboration with Nature's Charm using their caramel sauce and coconut whipped cream!
Ingredients: (Makes 4 puff pastry rectangles)
2 sheets vegan puff pastry (or enough puff pastry to cut out 2 approximately 10x15cm rectangles)
2 bananas (medium ripe)
3-4tbsp Nature's Charm coconut caramel sauce 2tbsp melted vegan butter
2tbsp maple syrup
2tsp granulated sugar For garnish:
2tsp powdered sugar
1 tin Nature's Charm coconut whipping cream
Place your puff pastry on the counter to thaw until it is cold but not “frozen”. For me this was about 10-15 minutes on the countertop, but it will depend on the temperature in your kitchen and the thickness of your puff pastry sheets. Slice the puff pastry into rectangles approximately 10x15cm. Then, score a rectangle into the puff pastry shapes about 1cm from the edges. Don't slice all the way through, this is just to allow the sides to rise and the filling to stay inside and not run out while baking. The squares should then look like a rectangle with another smaller rectangle scored/drawn inside of it. Then, inside the rectangle shape you have scored, spread on about 1-2 tsp coconut caramel sauce. Layer slices of banana on top to cover the caramel sauce. Mix the melted butter and maple syrup together. Brush this mix onto the sides of the puff pastry rectangle and sprinkle on some granulated sugar over the entire recangle. Repeat the process with all the puff pastry rectangles and place on a tray lined with parchment paper. Bake in a preheated oven at 200C for about 17 minutes or until golden brown. While this is baking, chop your walnuts, grate your chocolate and whip the Nature's Charm coconut whipping cream according to instructions on the tin. Let the desserts cool slightly before adding your toppings and enjoy!

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Masks Are Off As Adam Peaty Says He Will Not Go To Doha World Titles in 2024 & GB Mate Tom Dean Calls On FINA To Rethink
Adam Peaty has joined Britain teammate James Guy in stating that he will not attend the FINA World Championships scheduled for February 2024 in Doha, while their fellow Olympic champion on the national team, Tom Dean, has called on FINA to rethink its plans and “always” include athletes in decisions that affect them directly.
To catch up on contracts and honour commitments made before the COVID pandemic arrived to throw all plans in the air, FINA took the heavily criticised decision to host a World Championships showcase every year between 2002 and 2025, including a February 2024 edition in Doha that will mark the first time a World Aquatics Championships has been scheduled for Olympic year.
The plan and schedule has sparked talk of boycotting FINA events where there has been no consultation with athletes, coaches and national-team planners:
- Editorial: Bypassed Or Boycotted, 2024 FINA Showcase In Doha Is Destined To Become ‘Intercalated’ Worlds Time Forgot
A wave of big names have already said they will bypass or boycott but FINA has said that it cannot get out of contracts, including that which means Doha cannot be held after February 2024. No detail of the reasoning has been given by the global regulator in its attempts to explain why it could not move the Doha event to 2025 and tell Kazan, Russia, that its event will no longer be possible give the war on Ukraine and a toxic political and cultural environment it may take the world many years to recover from.
After emerging from his comeback-from-injury race in the heats of the 100m breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Adam Peaty, Olympic 100m champion of 2016 and 2020ne and World 50 and 100m champion in 2015, 2017 and 2019 was asked how he felt about the situation. The World record holder and Olympic 4x100m medley champion with mates Guy, Katherine Dawson and Anna Hopkin and in Tokyo, said:
“I can’t really see the bigger nations going just because the prep for the Olympics is so specific and you need that winter block and that is January, February. I’m not going to go, a lot of the British swimming team probably won’t go so how many world champions are going to be Olympic champions? Not many.”Adam Peaty – Photo: Adam Peaty, courtesy of Speedo
When FINA announced the Doha dates buried in news of the Olympic schedule for Paris, Guy tweeted: “I ain’t going”:
Adam Peaty and James Guy may have the relative luxury of saying they will not attend Doha because the Great Britain Olympic and Worlds podium-placing quartets have a strong chance of qualifying quartets for the medley and 4x200m freestyle relays at Paris 2024.
Many others, including the hosts, France, in a number of relays, are not in the same position because FINA and the International Olympic Committee have altered the relay qualification process for Paris 2024 in a way that forces teams to send swimmers to Doha.
Only the top three, the medallists, will qualify for Paris at the traditional qualification event, the World Championships held a year out from the Olympics. The 2023 Worlds will be staged in Fukuoka, Japan, in summer, 6-7 months before the next World Championships.
All other relays gunning for Paris must attend Doha to qualify for one of the 16 places at the Games. FINA has been asked by various parties to rethink the whole plan but has suggested it has little influence over the Olympic qualifying process.
Tom Dean, Olympic 200m freestyle champion and a member of Britain’s golden 4x200m freestyle quarter with Guy, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott, echoed the objection to the 2024 plan, telling reporters in Birmingham:
“I think putting a World champs in the same year as the Olympics is not a good call from FINA, personally I don’t believe that is the best approach to take.
“I think they need to review the calendar and look at it say everything got pushed back because of Covid, there’s nothing we can do about that now, let’s try and make it as normal as possible going forward for the athletes and give them the best chance to perform at the biggest competition which is the Olympics.”Tom Dean – photo: Tom Dean of Great Britain celebrates his 200m freestyle victory in Tokyo – by Patrick B. Kraemer
Asked about the prospect of Worlds and Olympics as back-to-back meets, Dean, who claimed two bronze medals at World Championships in Budapest last month, noted: “I think it’s always tough when two meets are not close enough that you can just bounce on and stay tapered and relaxed but not far enough apart that you can get a solid block of work in. So it’s up to the coaches to plan how we deal with being in no-man’s land in that respect: my coach Dave McNulty is able to do that very well but unfortunate to be in that position.”
He added: “I think athletes should always have a say in all decisions made by international governing bodies. That’s true not just of swimming but all sports. I think it’s something that in my talks with members of FINA it’s something they want to do more of but I think we are holding out to see that actually coming to fruition.”
At the end of the World Championships in Budapest last month, Britain head coach Bill Furniss told SOS: “I think we have to be fair in Sport and I think, you know, I think if that was to happen, then it would be very unfair on all the swimmers in relays who are not qualified in the top three. We’ll see what happens.”
He added: “To me, it would be a question of fairness. I think if you qualify top three, it’s obvious to me that if that did happen, those teams would be at an advantage to everybody else. So hopefully we’ll see how that plays out but fairness is fundamental in sport. I’m hoping that federations sit down and some sensible talks take place.”
Adam Peaty Coach Mel Marshall Chides FINA Over Lack Of Consultation
Mentor to Adam Peaty and head coach to England in Birmingham, Mel Marshall told reporter Liz Byrnes:
“I’m not going to be distracted by any of this that is going on but I am also not going to hide away from the fact that I am disappointed that again the athletes and the governing bodies and the people that really matter in this sport have not been considered.
“If you look at the pressures that they’ve had to face in terms of the squashed programme now, we can be better than that as a sport. We can certainly protect our athletes. I am disappointed with the calendar schedule of that – I would like to have been consulted. I think the governing bodies would have liked to have been consulted, I don’t know if anybody has, but the placement of that meet is unfair on athletes, it’s unfair on federations and it’s unfair on the Olympics.
“The consultation process … needs to be more done and I don’t think that [Doha] should be set in stone.”Mel Marshall – Mel Marshall with her charge Adam Peaty – courtesy of Mel Marshall


We have reason to cheer once again as AGF announced their shortlist for the International AGF Awards 2024 and I Land Sound festival has been nominated in four different categories. We are the finalists for the Circular Event Award for reduced waste and resourcefulness, the Community Action Award for creating a strong connection with the local community and sense of community within the event, the Greener Catering Award for sustainable catering and the Pied Piper Award for greener communication because we received an outstanding result in al of these categories.
The nomination itself is worthy of a celebration as all the finalists were selected from the events, venues and innovators that were certified by AGF in the previous year. We are extremely proud as we share the list with the big guns in the industry like Boom Festival, Paradise City Festival and Øyafestivalen. The awards are given across nine unique sustainability categories, including energy, water, food and travel.
In February we will go to London to accept our A Greener Festival Certification and now we have all the more reason to keep our fingers crossed for a chance of bringing home another award.


We are really impressed by the excellent management capabilities, flexible monitoring, and outstanding performance of the Cisco VPN Concentrator products we tested. Unfortunately, they are overkill for the hypothetical 500-employee company we planned our testing around. That said, if you can afford to shrug off the initial price and your organization is growing by leaps and bounds, then you couldn't go wrong buying these products.
We review the 3005, which is for a branch office, and the midsize business unit, the 3030, a $26,000 combination. The 3005 supports 100 tunnels using software-based encryption. It has two network interfaces and is not hardware-upgradable. The 3030 uses a Scalable Encryption Processor (SEP) module that supports 1,500 concurrent connections. It ships in either a redundant ($32,000) or nonredundant configuration (the model we tested). With the redundant configuration, you receive dual power supplies and dual SEP modules. In addition to standard network input and output ports, the 3030 has a third interface that can be placed on a network segment that is segregated from all other traffic, or used for load balancing.
Basic configuration steps are identical on both models. We had to configure the settings using Cisco's command line IOS via the serial port, after which we had the choice of switching to a Web-based HTTP or a secure HTTPS console. We completed the installation using the Web console's Quick Configuration mode.
Web administration sessions can be fortified using the Secure Shell (SSH) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). No reboots are needed for any configuration changes, unless you do a firmware upgrade. Like most Cisco products, these two have more steps and configuration options than others, and though installation was not quite as simple as with the RedCreek or SonicWall products, it was not overly difficult.
LAN-to-LAN tunnel configuration was straightforward and provided a lot of flexibility. The products can be configured to negotiate a variety of schemes with other VPN products, insuring interoperability.
We are also impressed with the Cisco VPN client software. IT administrators can automate much of the deployment process using customized sample files tuned for their environment. The scripts can even be configured to include Micro-soft's Dial-Up Networking connection process, which lets novices connect to the LAN by clicking one button. The client is also intelligent enough to locate a backup concentrator if the primary unit fails.
Like other hardware in this review, the 3030 and 3005 can log events to a syslog server and generate SNMP traps. You can monitor live sessions and select events on a per-group basis. If firmware corruption occurs, the concentrator will boot from a secondary flash, lowering system recovery time.


New Fertilizer Law Now in Effect in New Jersey
The NJ Fertilizer Law was conceived to protect all New Jersey surface and ground waters from impairment by minimizing nitrogen and phosphorus loading that may come from the application of lawn fertilizers.
Click on Quick Facts: 2011 NJ Fertilizer Law for a synopsis of the new law that is already in effect.
Click on Healthy Lawns = Healthy Water for tips on caring for your lawn while still maintaining water quality.
Click on Watershed Friendly Guide to download a copy of the Watershed Friendly Property Management Guide.
Click on Watersheds & Nonpoint Source Pollution to download this fact sheet.


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The small Nordic country of Norway may not be particularly notable on the global crypto map. With its 22 blockchain solution providers, the nation doesn’t stand out even at the regional level.
However, as the race to test and implement central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) accelerates every day, the Scandinavian nation is taking an active stance on its own national digital currency. In fact, it was among the first countries to begin the work on a CBDC back in 2016.
In recent years, amid a rise in cashless payment methods and concern over cash-enabled illicit transactions, some Norwegian banks have moved to remove cash options altogether.
In 2016, Trond Bentestuen, then an executive at major Norwegian bank DNB, proposed to stop using cash as a means of payment in the country:
“Today, there is approximately 50 billion kroner in circulation and [the country’s central bank] Norges Bank can only account for 40 percent of its use. That means that 60 percent of money usage is outside of any control.”
A year before that, another large Norwegian bank, Nordea, also refused to accept cash, leaving only one branch in Oslo Central Station to continue handling cash.
This sentiment came in parallel with Bitcoin BTC$23,206 enthusiasm, as DNB enabled its customers to buy BTC via its mobile app, local courts demanded that convicted drug dealers pay their fines in crypto, and local newspapers widely discussed investments in digital assets.


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Advancing Social Justice
ILR professor Lance Compa delivered his inaugural lecture Monday as the first holder of the Paul van der Heijden Chair in Social Justice at Leiden Law School.
Compa is visiting the Dutch law school during the fall semester after accepting the position in May.
The Leiden Law faculty established the new visiting professorship to honor Professor Paul van der Heijden, former president of Leiden University.
Professor van der Heijden is chairman of the International Labor Organization's Committee on Freedom of Association, the authoritative world body on trade union organizing and collective bargaining rights.
Compa, in his first Leiden lecture "Re-Planting a Field: International Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century," described new directions in the international labor law field in response to new forms of globalization.
He cited especially the growth of global supply chain systems linking brand names companies in the United States and Europe with thousands of subcontractor factories around the globe.
Compa reviewed complaints and cases arising via:
- labor clauses in trade laws and free trade agreements
- guidelines of the United Nations and other international organizations
- corporate social responsibility initiatives
- lawsuits filed in U.S. courts on behalf of workers in other countries victimized by abusive labor practices.
The aftermath of the April 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,000 workers was a focus of his discussion.
Compa's inaugural lecture was also his first class for 60 Leiden Law School students in a labor law master's program. Compa is co-teaching the course with van der Heijden, who rejoined the law school faculty after serving as president of the university.
Compa told the students that "international labor law presents exciting work opportunities for a growing community of lawyers trying to advance the same cause embodied in the 'social justice' title of the Paul van der Heijden Chair." He added, "For students here who become enthusiastic about the field, I invite you to join us."
Compa will be back at ILR in the spring 2015 semester to resume teaching international labor law to Cornell juniors, seniors and graduate students. He will also teach U.S. labor and employment law for students in the MILR program.
The full text of Compa's talk is here (pdf).