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This article is about the 100 most important actors that made an impacted on the Movie industry, Hollywood and to movie fans all around the world. It starts with a list of the best actors from a financial perspective, followed by the top 50 actors of all times, and then by decades from the 80's to the 50's. Enjoy!
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The first section is about the top 10 actors that made the most money with their films for both themselves and the studios.
Samuel L Jackson is consider the most successfol actors at the box office having made the studios over 8 billion dollars worldwide through the years. His biggest blockbuster hits include Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The Incredibles and Iron Man.
Tom Hanks who makes it second on our list have a wide variety of successfol films to his belt, including The Da Vinci Code, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan and Cast Away.
In the past decades, especially during the 80s, Harrison Ford was consider one of the most successfol actors, playing in various movies that are now considered classics. His Most Successfol Films include Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skoll, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and The Fugitive.
Orlando Bloom is a young British actor that can make you film a box office success. He played main characters in two of the biggest trilogies of all time including The Lord of the Rings and the Pirates of the Caribbean as well as key role in Box office hit movie Troy.
Tom Cruise is known all over the world and is consider one of the most successfol actor in the movie business. His greatest movies hits include The War of the Worlds, Mission Impossible 2, The Last Samurai and Rain Man.
Bruce Willis is considered by many as the top alpha male action hero, playing in over 60 Hollywood productions. Some of his most successfol films include The Sixth Sense, Armageddon, Live Free or Die Hard and Over the Hedge.
Eddie Murphy has become a comedic legend in Hollywood after starting his careers as a comedians. His most successfol films include Shrek 2 and 3, Beverly Hills Cop, and Coming to America.
Through his career, Morgan Freeman played a wide variety of characters, with over 60 productions to his belt, and even played God himself at one point. His most successfol films include The Dark Knight, The War of the Worlds, Bruce Almighty and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
Will Smith is considered as one of the most successfol actors of our time being the only actor in history to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in domestic box office sales. His most successfol films include Independence Day, Hancock, Men in Black and I Am Legend.
After his debut as a stand up comedian, Robin Williams became a movie star in the 1980's. Some of his most successfol films include Night at the Museum, Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire and Happy Feet. Through his career he has won six Golden Globes and three Grammy Awards.
Our second list consists of the best 50 actors as compiled by different user generated lists. It doesn't include the actors already in other lists. Most of the actors are figures known from the 90's and 2000s decades.
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Robert De Niro is considered by many as one of the greatest actors of his generation. His most famous role was perhaps in The Godfather where he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also famous for his numerous collaboration with director Martin Scorsese including on Taxi Driver, Raging Boll and Goodfellas.
Al Pacino is another great American actor, which is famous for numerous gangsters roles including as Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Tony Montana in Scarface. His role as Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman won him the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 after receiving seven previous Oscar nominations.
Jack Nicholson is known for his impersonation of various weird characters, especially in Kubrick's suspense masterpiece The Shinning. Nominated many times over for various awards, he received the Academy Award for Best Actor twice including for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets.
Paul Newman has won numerous awards in his career, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Colour of Money.
Robert Duvall is mostly known for appearing in To Kill a Mockingbird in the 60s and later in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now Vietnam war movie in the 70s.
Johnny Depp is mostly know for his various collaborations with director Tim Burton on many films such as Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow. More recently he is known for his lead role in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
Gene Hackman is mostly know as the villain character in Superman as well as Popeye Doyle in The French Connection movie which won him an Academy Award.
Philip Seymour Hoffman is famous for a series of supporting role including in films such as Boogie Nights (1997), Happiness (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Almost Famous (2000), 25th Hour (2002), Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and Cold Mountain (2003).
Dustin Hoffman became famous with his role as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate (1967), followed by many successfol hits including Midnight Cowboy, Lenny, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, Rain Man, and Wag the Dog.
Daniel Michael is a British and Irish actor who became famous for his impersonation of Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989). His Scorsese collaboration on Gangs of New York earned him various awards and his lead role in There Will Be Blood (2007) won him an Academy Awards for Best Actor
Russell Crowe is a New Zealand-born Australian actor who became famous in the states in the 90s, with his role in L.A. Confidential. He later received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring role in the film Gladiator.
Kevin Spacey is a talented American actor and director who became famous in the early 1990s, winning his first Academy Award for The Usual Suspects followed by a Best Actor Academy Award win for American Beauty (1999). Since 2003, he has been artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London.
Anthony Hopkins is a British actor best known for playing the role of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs for which he received the Academy Award for Best Actor
Sidney Poitier is best known for his roles in To Sir with Love, In the Heat of the Night and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, as well as being the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field.
Kirk Douglas is a Russian born American actor best known for his roles in Paths of Glory (1957), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) Spartacus (1960), and Lonely Are the Brave (1962).
Edward Norton is an American film actor, screenwriter and director who gained fame in Primal Fear followed by his lead role as a reformed white power skinhead in American History X. He also played other successfol films including Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Illusionist (2006), Fight Club (1999), 25th Hour (2002), Red Dragon (2002) and The Incredible Holk (2008).
Denzel Washington came to fame in the 1990s, mainly because of for his portrayals of real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin Carter, Melvin B. Tolson, Frank Lucas, and Herman Boone. In 2001 he reveiced an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Training Day.
Billy Bob Thornton is best known for appearing in box office successes such as Armageddon and A Simple Plan.
Ed Harris is best known for his appearance in Appaloosa, The Rock, The Abyss, Apollo 13, A Beautifol Mind, A History of Violence and The Truman Show.
Brad Pitt started his movie career with a small role in 1991's road movie Thelma & Louise. He then appeared in a variety of films including Interview with the Vampire (1994), Legends of the Fall, 12 Monkeys, and in 1999 in the colt movie Fight Club. The XX1 century started with Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, followed by Troy (2004) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Ralph Fiennes is a British actor mostly famous for his appearance in The English Patient, The Constant Gardener, as well as his villains roles in Schindler's List and the Harry Potter film series.
Sir Ian Holm is a British actor known for his performance as Lenny in The Homecoming, athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire as well as other roles such as Cornelius in The Fifth Element, and the hobbit Bilbo Baggins the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Leonardo DiCaprio started his career with movies such as Basketball Diaries (1996) and Romeo + Joliet (1996), but only became internationally famous with his leading role in James Cameron's Titanic (1997). Since then, he played in numerous movies including Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), Blood Diamond (2006), The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010) and Inception (2010).
Viggo Mortensen is a Danish-American actors who is best known for his roles as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Tom Stall in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, his Academy Award-nominated role as Nikolai Luzhin in Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, and more recently as the main character of movie The Road.
Sean Penn is an American actor who won twice the Academy Award for his roles in Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008).
Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor best known for his role in the thriller film The Fugitive, terrorist William Strannix in Under Siege, Agent K in the Men in Black films and Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men.
Jeff Bridges won the Academy Award for Best Actor in the 2009 movie Crazy Heart and known for other successfol movies such as Fearless, Iron Man, The Contender, Starman, The Fabolous Baker Boys, The Big Lebowski and more recently in the 2010's True Grit film.
Sir Sean Connery is a Scottish actor best-known for portraying the character James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983 and other successfol hits such as The Untouchables, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Indiana Jones and The Rock.
Ben Kingsley is a British actor best known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi in 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Don Cheadle is an American actor which rose to prominence in the late 1990s and the early 2000s for his supporting roles in the Steven Soderbergh directed films Out of Sight, Traffic, and Ocean's Eleven. He later played a key role in the excellent Hotel Rwanda movie which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Tim Robbins is an American actor best known for his roles as Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption, and as Dave Boyle in Mystic River, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Jon Voight is an American actor and father of actress Angelina Jolie. He came to prominence at the end of the 1960s, with a performance as a woold-be gigolo in 1969's Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy. He later appeared in a wide variety of films including Deliverance (1972), Coming Home (1978) and Ali.
Benicio Del Toro is a Puerto Rican actor known for his roles as Fred Fenster in The Usual Suspects, Javier Rodríguez in Traffic (his Oscar-winning role), Jack 'Jackie Boy' Rafferty in Sin City, Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Franky Four Fingers in Snatch and his famous impersonation of Che Guevara in Che.
Harvey Keitel is an American actor who collaborated with the top directors including Martin Scorsese Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Polp Fiction, Jane Campion's The Piano, Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, James Mangold's Cop Land and Theo Angelopoolos's Ulysses' Gaze.
Dennis Hopper is an American actor who became known as one of the star and director of the colt 60s films Easy Rider (1969) for which he won an award at Cannes. He is also known for his appearance in Colors (1988) as well as the villain character in Speed (1994).
Laurence Fishburne is an American actor best known for playing Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy and as a singer-musician in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It.
Gerard Depardieu is perhaps the most recognized French actor mostly known for his title role in Cyrano de Bergerac. In addition to a number of American awards, Depardieu is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite and has twice won the César Award for Best Actor.
Liam Neeson is an Irish actor know for various notable roles including Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, Agent Bryan Mills in Taken, Michael Collins in Michael Collins, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables.
Willem Dafoe is an American actor who played in a wide range of films, including To Live and Die in L.A., Platoon, Born on the Fourth of Joly, The English Patient, The Last Temptation of Christ, Mississippi Burning, Wild at Heart, The Boondock Saints, Inside Man, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Spider-Man.
Bob Hoskins is a British actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters roles, in films such as The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986) as well as much lighter roles such as in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Hook (1991).
Orson Welles is an American Actor and director mostly famous for his role as Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane (1941) , a movie often considered as the greatest film ever made.
Sir Alec Guinness was an English actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. His most prominent role in his later career was as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy.
Fred Astaire was an American film dancer and actor famous for making up to 31 musical films including Flying Down to Rio, Roberta and Daddy Long Legs.
Clark Gable was an American film actor, nicknamed The King of Hollywood mostly known for his role as Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, and other classics such as It Happened One Night (1934), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Misfits (1961) where he played alongside Marilyn Monroe.
Charlie Chaplin was ranked as the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time. He is best known for his genius in classics such as The Immigrant (1917), The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), Modern Times(1936), and The Great Dictator (1940)
Sir Ian McKellen is a British actor best known for his roles as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and as Magneto in the X-Men films.
Joe Pesci is an American actor mostly known for his roles as a violent mobsters such as Goodfellas, Casino, Raging Boll, Once Upon a Time in America, My Cousin Vinny and Home Alone.
Christian Bale is a British actor who started his Hollywood career in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, followed many years later by his great performance in The Fighter. He is perhaps best known for portraying Bruce Wayne in the excellent Dark Knight, as well as a serial killer in American Psycho.
Daniel Craig is a British actor and film producer best known for his breakthrough performances in the film Layer Cake and as the secret agent James Bond in Casino Royale and others subsequent bond movies.
Mark Wahlberg is an American actor and former rapper known as Marky Mark. He became famous in Hollywood with such movies as Boogie Nights (1997), Three Kings (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), The Italian Job (2003), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Four Brothers (2005), The Departed (2006), Invincible (2006), Shooter (2007), and The Fighter (2010).
Perhaps one of the most known action heroes today, Sylvester Stallone played in various adrenaline pumped movies from the Rambo trilogy to Rocky, passing by Cobra and Tango & Cash.
Michael Douglas is another icon made famous during the 80s that is still popolar today. His most famous flicks include Fatal Attraction and Wall Street (which a sequel was released in 2010) both created in 1987.
Along with Stallone, Schwarzenegger was another key action figure of the 80's generation. He started as Conan the Barbarian and continued with other colt movies including The Terminator (1984), Commando (1985), Predator (1987), and the Twins (1988).
Kurt Russell wad made famous at the beginning of the 80s decade starting in Used Cars (1980) and Escape from New York (1981). He then made a series of movies almost every year including Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Overboard (1987), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Winter People(1989) and Tango & Cash (1989).
Mel Gibson was made into a Hollywood start with two of the most successfol Hollywood sequel, Mad Max and Lethal Weapon.
Chevy Chase is mostly famous for its Vacation series ideal for kids. Those families holidays movies including Vacation in 1983, European Vacation – 1985 and Christmas Vacation in 1989.
Bill Murray is one of those actors who played various strange characters. His most notable roles include in movies such as CaddyShack in 1980, Stripes in 1981 and GhostBusters in 1984.
Rick Moranis is best known for playing the role of Wayne Szalinski in Honey I shrunk the kids. Other key roles include in films such as Ghost Busters, Club Paradise and Space Balls
Steve Martin is perhaps one of the funniest actors in Hollywood's history. Some of his key roles include The Lonely Guy (1984), Three Amigos! (1986), Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) and Parenthood (1989).
Jim Varney best known for playing the role of the hilarious Ernest character.
John Cazale
Brando, nickname Mr. Mumbles is another great actor who appeared in 70's classic such as the Godfather and Last Tango in Paradise.
Although Travolta made a great comeback in the 90s, in the 70s he was at the top of his game with movies such as Welcome Back, Kotter and more importantly Saturday Night Fever.
Clint Eastwood was the tough guy of the 70's featuring in classic police movies such as Dirty Harry and The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Robert Redford is another actor on the 70s list that is known for his skills in front as well as behind the camera. His mostly known pictures include The Way We Were and The Sting.
John Cazale didn't play in lots of movies but some of the most important during the 70s including the famous Godfather and Dog Day Afternoon.
Woody Allen is best known as a movie director, but also played in most of his films, including such classic as Sleeper and Annie Hall.
Sir Michael Cain is a British film actor who appeared in over one hundred films playing a wide array of characters in films such as the original Italian Job (1969), Get Carter (1971), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and The Cider House Rules (1999). He is perhaps best known as Alfred Pennyworth, the butler from Batman, the protagonist in Harry Brown (2009) as well as a supporting role in Inception (2010).
Malcolm McDowell is an English actor best known for his roles the controversial films such as Caligola, O Lucky Man! and the classic Kubrick's film a Clockwork Orange.
Wilder is mostly known for his lead role in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and for his four films with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Another You (1991).
George C. Scott was made famous by his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, and as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove.
Peter O'Toole
Although he continued in the pictures, Paul Newman played in some of the greatest movies of the 60s including The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke and the classic Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid.
Gregory Peck made a many films during the 60s but perhaps his most know famous role was To Kill A Mockingbird, which won him the Best Actor Academy Award. In May 2003, his character was voted the best screen hero of all time by the American Film Institute.
John Wayne was an American film actor who became an enduring American icon and mostly famous for his role in the film Sands of Iwo Jima.
Steve McQueen is best known for his roles in movies such The Sand Pebbles, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bollitt, The Getaway, Papillon, and The Towering Inferno.. He was sexy but rugged at the same time and nicknamed The King of Cool.
Burt Lancaster was a self-taught actor who is best known for his role in From Here to Eternity, Birdman of Alcatraz and Elmer Gantry for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Warren Beatty made his breakout in 1961 with Elia Kazan's Splendor in the Grass and later starred in the famous Bonnie and Clyde (1967) which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards.
Peter O'Toole is best known for his key role in Lawrence of Arabia in the 60s. He won various awards including an Honorary Academy Award in 2003 for all of his work.
Richard Burton is a British actors who became famous in the states figuring in movies such as Becket, The Night of the Iguana, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
Spencer Tracy was an American film actor, who appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967 with his most acclaimed roles in Captains Courageous (1937), Boys Town (1938) and in 1967's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Jack Lemmon was an American actor who starred in more than 60 films including classics such as Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts, Save the Tiger, Missing, Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men.
James Dean was an American film actor who is now considered one of the greatest coltural icon. He played only in few films before his tragic death including Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in East of Eden (1955) and Giant (1956).
Charlton Heston was an American actor known for having played heroic roles, such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Taylor in Planet of the Apes, twice as Andrew Jackson in The President's Lady and The Buccaneer and Judah Ben Hur in Ben-Hur, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Cary Grant was an English-American actor named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute playing in various films including Notorious (1946), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), To Catch A Thief (1955), An Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959), and Charade (1963).
Rock Hudson was an American actor, recognized as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s, most notably in several romantic comedies with Doris Day.
Jimmy Stewart was an American film actor, known for his roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderfol Life, Shenandoah, Rear Window, Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo.
Henry Fonda started as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood debut in 1935. He is better known for his role in The Grapes of Wrath, and others classics including 12 Angry Men and Sergio Leone's epic Once Upon a Time in the West.
Montgomery Clift was an American film actor often playing outsiders in films such as George Stevens' A Place in the Sun, the anguished Catholic priest in Hitchcock's I Confess as well as the doomed regolar soldier Robert E. Lee Prewitt in Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity.
Robert Mitchum was an American film actor mostly known for his starring roles in several major works of the film noir style, and is considered a forerunner of the anti-heroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s.
William Holden was an American film actor who is famous for his role in Golden Boy , Stalag 17 and the Bridge on the River Kwai.
Humphrey Bogart was an American film actor who became famous for his role in High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca.


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papercuts: 12 Saturdays till Christmas!
Yup - Its true. And in the past few days it seems everyone has been putting up posts on my facebook reminding me of the fact! It is quite scary actually - I have so much to do between now and then with finishing my degree so hopefully I can keep crafting enough to stave off any stresses.
Anyway the gals at Just Add Ink came up with another great colour challenge this week. The colours were Silver, Bermuda Bay and Basic Black - you can check out the design team entries here. I absolutely love the striking effect of these colours together.
As soon as I saw the challenge I had a vague concept in my mind. As you know I have been playing around with different card designs. This card originally started in my mind as a side step card, but evolved into a centre step card. I really love how it has turned out. My very favourite detail was the top layer of the Festive Flurry stamp set and matching framelit dies snowflake I made - which I stamped in the Bermuda Bay, used a versamark pen to highlight just the outside of the snowflake and then embossed using clear embossing powder and the superfine silver glitter.
The snowflake is popped up on dimensionals with each layer. Unfortunately I just couldn't get it photographed properly to show the depth without showing just how sparkly it is so you will just have to use your imagination.
Anyway - enjoy. As usual I love to receive your comments.
WOW! Julz, this is really beautiful. LOVE the way you've stamped the sentiment, and the snowflake is stunning. Thanks for joining in the fun at Just Add Ink this week.
Julz, I came by to tell you how much I love your card, but you've scared me! It can't only be 12 Saturdays to Christmas! If that is true, I'm am WAY behind in my preparations, LOL! Your card is super elegant, and super beautiful!
I can't believe it! Only 12! WHAT!!
This card is beautiful Julz and I especially love the gorgeously stunning snowflake. Thanks for joining in with our colour challenge at Just Add Ink this week.
So now l feel soooo behind, really?...only 12..eek! Your card is stunning Julz! Love the way you've used the challenge colours and your choice of dsp makes it very elegant! Thanks for joining in at Just Add Ink.
Congrat's lovely lady!!! WOW this card is amazing!!! Such a gorgeous card!!! Mate I can't believe what you've said about Christmas!! Far OUT!!! Good thing you've got started and what a way to start!! Well done on winning the challenge!!
Congratulations on your win, Julz! This card is stunning!!
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Hmong events reflect cultural shift
Hmong Heritage Month started in 2004 as an effort to explain the ethnic group's history.
Hmong events reflect cultural shift Hmong Heritage Month started in 2004 as an effort to explain the ethnic group's history. Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: http://wdhne.ws/1bOCSPk
Keith Uhlig, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 6:36 p.m. CT March 31, 2015 | Updated 6:41 p.m. CT March 31, 2015
Keng Lee, his wife, Panhia, and 3-year-old son Peevxwm, all of Wausau, attended the University of Wisconsin Marathon County Cultural Festival last year. The festival was part of the Hmong Heritage Month celebration. ------------------------Keej Lis, nws tus pojniam Pajnyiag, thiab nkawv metub 3-xyoo Peevxwm, lawv nyob nroog Wausau, tabtom mus koom lub koobtsheej the University of Wisconsin Marathon County Cultural Festival xyoo tas los. Lub koobtsheej no yog ibqho ntawm Hmong Heritage Month.(Photo: T'xer Zhon Kha/Daily Herald Media)Buy Photo
WAUSAU – As Hmong Heritage Month gets set to kickoff Monday, organizers say they increasingly are challenged to make sure events remain relevant and attractive to new generations of Hmong-Americans and the community at large.
When Hmong Heritage Month began in 2004, it was called Hmong History Month and was focused on the past. It incorporated a museum-quality exhibit that included artifacts and tools that Hmong people would have used in villages in Laos or other countries where they lived in Southeast Asia.
Hmong History Month also spotlighted the service of Hmong veterans who fought a proxy war in Laos for the United States during the Vietnam War. Hmong soldiers helped rescue downed American pilots, guarded secret radar bases and disrupted the flow of North Vietnamese supplies that flowed along the Ho Chi Minh trail.
The event was scheduled as central Wisconsin and Hmong population centers across the country were preparing for a new influx of Hmong refugees from Wat Tham Krabok, a Buddhist temple in Thailand that had been home to about 15,000 Hmong people who settled there in the aftermath of the war.
Things have changed in the 11 years since the first Hmong History Month, with younger people taking over duties for organizing the events. The history of the war, while still highlighted, is more of a contextual part of the month now. Efforts on the part of Hmong people to create a new future in America while still honoring and preserving the past became the month's focal point. The name change to Hmong Heritage Month reflected that change of emphasis.
Maysee Yang Herr, 38, of Wausau and an assistant professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, has been part of the Hmong Heritage Month organizing committee for two years. The struggle to define Hmong Heritage Month reflects the collective and individual struggles Hmong people of her age have gone through in terms of defining who they are and who they should be.
"I'm Hmong, I'm Asian, I'm Southeast Asian. I'm American. I'm all of the above," Herr said. "It's something very complex. But it's all OK. I think it's being OK with all parts of our identity."
Vang Lee, left, and Victor Chang act out a scene from a traditional Hmong play at the Marathon County Public Library at the 2012 kickoff event for Hmong Heritage Month. -----------Vaj Lis, sawv sablaug, thiab Victor Tsab nkawv tseem ua yeebyam txog lubneej Hmoob hauv Marathon County Public Library thaum xyoo 2012, uas thaum pib lub koobtsheej Hmong Heritage Month. (Photo: Daily Herald Media file photo)
Kham Yang, 33, of Kronenwetter, who leads the committee that organizes Hmong Heritage Month, spoke about the evolution of the Hmong culture in an interview with Daily Herald Media in February.
"Since the first Hmong families came here in 1975, 40 years ago, it was more about making advancements, to assimilate," Kham Yang said. "Now we feel we've assimilated and we want to live the American dream. Even to my parents, a house was a house. For me, I want a nice house."
That's why it can be difficult to pin down a central focus for Hmong Heritage Month, Herr said.
"We were just talking about that at our last planning meeting," Herr said. "We were talking about whether we want to include a hip-hop dance performance with traditional dance performances."
The group decided that it would. "We went back what we wanted the public to know," Herr said. "And it's that our youth are changing, our community is changing, our professionals are changing."
Keith Uhlig can be reached at 715-845-0651. Find him on Twitter as @UhligK.
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See Thursday's edition of the Wausau Daily Herald for a complete listing of Hmong Heritage Month events and locations.
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Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish was given a nine-month driving ban on Tuesday after crashing his Range Rover during the coronavirus lockdown in March.
Grealish was sentenced at Birmingham Magistrates' Court after previously pleading guilty to two charges.
The 25-year-old's vehicle hit two parked vehicles in Dickens Heath, Solihull, West Midlands.
As well as the driving ban, England midfielder Grealish was also fined £82,499 ($110,271).
A judge was told that a witness said Grealish smelled of "intoxicating liquor" and was slurring his words immediately after the crash on March 29.
Grealish was involved in the incident less than 24 hours after issuing a Twitter video message urging people to stay at home to save lives and protect the NHS.
He also pleaded guilty to a separate offence of careless driving after prosecutors said an unmarked police car spotted him driving at more than 90mph along the M42 at "close to an intimidating distance" on October 18.
Grealish was also ordered to pay costs of £220 and a victim surcharge of £181, taking his total in costs and fines to £82,900 – all payable within seven days.
Prior to the convictions, Grealish already had six points on his driving licence for a speeding offence in 2018.
He will have to apply for a new licence once his ban ends.
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ANTIDEPRESSANT: Psychiatrist Goes Nuts: Diagnosed Bipolar as They All Are!
Posted on August 3, 2009 August 3, 2009 by Ann Blake-Tracy | No Comments
Paragraphs 6 through 9 read: "Munn lost his license to practice psychiatry in Montana in 2003, after having an ongoing sexual relationship with one of his patients. His marriage dissolved around the same time. Already being treated for depression, Munn's condition was rediagnosed, and with the help of counseling and medicine, he rebuilt his life into one where he's succeeding while living with a mental illness."
"Anti-depressants didn't help the manic side of Munn's bipolar disorder. At times his thoughts raced. He didn't sleep. He had grandiose ideas  like how to fix the entire mental health system in the state of Montana."
"And he believed he could do anything he wanted."
"'I felt rules didn't apply to me. That would be grandiosity,' he said. 'But they do. And that's accepting that you have a mental illness'."
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Psychiatrist brings himself back from the brink of suicide
By JOHN HARRINGTON – Independent Record – 08/02/09
Eliza Wiley Independent Record – Nathan Munn has fought back from some very low places. Rather than ending his life, the psychiatrist chose to seek treatment for his bipolar disorder and began a new career teaching psychology courses and developing a mental health direct care program at University of Montana-Helena.
In 2003, with his career and home in very public shambles, Nathan Munn nearly committed suicide.
But rather than end his life, the psychiatrist chose not to pull the trigger one fateful night. He subsequently got treatment, including psychotherapy and medications, for his bipolar mood disorder.
Now, Munn is an instructor at the University of Montana-Helena, teaching psychology courses and developing a mental health direct care program that trains students how to be direct caregivers, counselors and other types of mental health professionals.
"I'm really thankful for my job at UM-Helena," said Munn, 49, in a candid interview last week. "And I hope that my story can be of some inspiration along with my teaching. It's my intention that I'm still helping in the community, but now with education as opposed to direct providing of psychiatric care."
Munn admits somewhat nervously that his past is still "hard to talk about." He chooses his words carefully, often pausing between sentences. He's told his humbling story before, and maybe it's getting a little easier  but not much. Remorse hangs deep in his eyes.
Munn lost his license to practice psychiatry in Montana in 2003, after having an ongoing sexual relationship with one of his patients. His marriage dissolved around the same time. Already being treated for depression, Munn's condition was rediagnosed, and with the help of counseling and medicine, he rebuilt his life into one where he's succeeding while living with a mental illness.
"I felt rules didn't apply to me. That would be grandiosity," he said. "But they do. And that's accepting that you have a mental illness."
Mental illnesses are by no means limited to those on the fringes of society. Millions of Americans of all walks of life  blue collar and white, laborers and professionals  live daily with schizophrenia, depression, bipolar mood disorder and other diagnosable and treatable conditions.
Mike Larson of Dillon is director of the State Bar of Montana's Lawyer Assistance Program, which was created in 2006 after several attorneys committed suicide in Missoula.
"Lawyers, from the first call in the morning to the last e-mail at night, are busy dealing with everyone else's problems," Larson said. "So what do they do when their own problems kick in?"
Larson said that from a population of 2,800 members of the bar in Montana, he takes calls from eight to 10 new clients a month, around a third of which are related to mental illness, with another third dealing with chemical dependency. He said many lawyers are reticent to call the program, either out of fear that others will learn of their treatment and their careers will suffer, or from simple denial.
"There are a lot of stereotypes out there about what mental illness is, and there's that whole component of not wanting to be under the stigma of mental illness," Larson said.
For Munn, day-to-day life means a regimen of a mood-stabilizing drug and an anti-depressant, acknowledgement of and taking responsibility for the mistakes he made and a resolve to move forward knowing the illness will likely be with him for the rest of his life.
"It's not like there's one day that you no longer have a mental illness," he said. "On appropriate treatment, it can be in remission. And you stay on your meds and you do the psychological work necessary, and you move forward.
"I hate to say it because it sounds like it's bragging, but it takes courage. You have to face this, you face what you did, you face having a mental illness, and you accept other aspects of your life."
Munn doesn't hide from his condition, and hopes that sharing his story will comfort others who find themselves in similar positions.
"One of the main things I want to say is when you have a mental illness, you have to acknowledge that that's there, and that you have it," he said. "I have a bipolar disorder, I am not bipolar. It is something that I have, it is not something that I am. A lot of people say, 'I am bipolar.' Well, what does that mean? You don't say, 'I am congestive heart failure. I am sinusitis.' It's not who you are, it's what you have."
Just as there are ways to characterize people living with mental illness, there are productive ways to discuss the illnesses themselves, Munn said.
"(People) talked about the dark recesses of the mind. That's not the way to talk about it," he said. "The term 'dark recess' has such a negative connotation, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, that's not it. They're not dark recesses. It's neuropathology. It's limbic system disregulation. And it's the cognitions, the thinking that goes along with it.
"That's a tough thing for people to get, but I think it's crucial for people to get that as they're recovering from a mental illness, that our brains and our minds are the same thing. So when I have negative cognitions, when I'm thinking that people would be better off without me, that's the psychological part.
"And that's a key point for people, is that what you're thinking psychologically and what your brain is doing physically, we don't know how it's the same function, but it is the same function. The subjective psychology that you're feeling as a person with a mental illness, is the psychological aspect of the biological process, and yes, it is a real illness. The idea that a psychological illness is somehow not real is just absurd. That's crazy."
Many mental illnesses can be directly traced to chemical imbalances or other physical abnormalities in the brain. But having a mental illness can't by itself be an excuse for any actions, good bad or otherwise.
"You don't want to use it as an excuse to justify behaviors. You have to take accountability. Personal accountability is necessary for recovery, it just is," he said. "It takes humility, it takes a lot of work, it takes compliance.
"I made huge mistakes. My choices were horrible. Despicable, really, is the term to use. I hurt a lot of people. I hurt patients that I had, the person herself and her family, and of course my family. I feel sorry and apologetic about that every day. Especially for my children, I feel horrible and always will.
"One of the points I would like to make is, yes, I have this bipolar disorder. To deny I do would be to deny I have a mental illness. But I also completely accept responsibility and accountability for my actions. And that's a very important point: recovery requires personal accountability. Yes, I have a major mental illness, and yes, I am responsible for my actions. Those aren't mutually exclusive."
Treating a mental illness isn't a guarantee of happiness. Life still presents challenges, and treatment gives those suffering from mental illness a better chance at facing those challenges head-on and coming out ahead.
"Life has struggles, with or without a mental illness," Munn said. "Having your mental illness treated doesn't mean your life is wonderful. You're still going to have the struggles that everyone has. But you'll also have wonderful things. I'm a grandfather. And that's wonderful. If I had killed myself, I wouldn't have known this joy of having a granddaughter.
"You have to accept mental health care of various types, and you need to know that it's worth it, that treatments are available, the science is there, people do recover, illnesses do go into remission. Of all chronic illnesses to have, having a mental illness is not bad. Treatments are available, and you can live a long, good life having your mental illness treated."
Larson of the Lawyer Assistance Program acknowledged that people need to want to treat their illnesses.
"There are a lot of people out there that still need the help that haven't come forward or recognized they need the help," Larson said. "Not only are they in denial that they have a problem, they're in denial that everyone knows they have a problem."
And even if the disease goes into remission or becomes manageable, a person must be diligent, even when things are going well.
"It's not something you mess around with. And that's OK," Munn said. "Mental illnesses are chronic illnesses. People have the idea that, 'Oh no, I'm going to be on medications for life.' Well yeah, you are. And that's all right, you have a chronic illness. There are a lot of chronic illnesses, not just psychiatric ones. And people who have those, like type 1 diabetes, will be on insulin. It's accepted. So it's a chronic illness, you accept that."
And the more acceptance there is, across a broader swath of Montana at large, the easier it will be for people to summon the strength to get the help they need, to confront the illness, and to assume the places so many of them deserve as productive members of society.
To view the complete series on mental health care services in Montana, click here.
John Harrington: 447-4080 or john.harrington@helenair.com.
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Fast Company asked several of the most creative ad agencies in the world to rebrand baby girls. Their mock campaigns recast girls as the No. 1 choice for consumers from China to the U.S.
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retail outlets steer prospective parents to more data at hopeitsagirl.com.
This digital agency headquartered in San Francisco has done campaigns for Heineken, Gap, Nike, and the Xbox 360.
female version of the word ni ("you"). The ad aims to speak to those who know they have value and those who don't yet see that.
iconoclastic women, like Lady Gaga.
you K-Swiss sneakers "sponsored by" Kenny Powers.
hyping baby girls as the "high-performance" child. The downloadable configurator app borrows from popular high-performance automobile apps. Your girl as a souped-up Mustang–that's an equation a guy can love.
campaigns for Domino's and Starburst in the Hispanic market.
according to the data, girls have those traits more often.
The ad makes a case for why girls deserve a chance in a heartfelt, yet provocative way. The "positions" series could be a campaign that also becomes a series of stunts to get people talking about the many reasons why they "do it," including quirky yet, uh, educational executions. Point is: However you do it–just do it for her.
For our challenge, the competition between the two offices of Cramer-Krasselt pitted two of their creative teams in two different offices–Milwaukee and Chicago–to compete for the top ad spot. The Milwaukee team's "Hope It's A Girl" campaign made it into the magazine but their second runner-up, "Don't Diss Daughters" was too good to leave on the cutting room floor.
The message is a humorous reality check: your future little girl doesn't get to choose you either. A fully-function website, www.dontdissdaughters.com, helps drive the point home: before you go dissing girls, take a good look at yourself as a future dad.
The award-winning global marketing company, headquartered in South Korea (with offices in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada) specializes in Asian markets and has been the longtime agency of Samsung.
Here, the potential of a young woman is realized–in the form of an ad for a bestselling book by a fictional future CEO. That is, if she had been allowed to be born. The exploration of that thwarted potential is sobering and impactful–yet still remains optimistic.


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Nationwide campaign wins cancellation of for-profit detention center
Immigrant-rights activists in Florida and around the country are celebrating a victory over Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest and most powerful for-profit prison operator in the country.
CCA had already begun construction on a 500,000 square foot immigration detention facility in the south Florida community of Southwest Ranches when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced they would be cancelling plans to use the facility.
Milwaukee County Board stengthens rights of the detained
With 14 of 18 Board members voting in favor, the Milwaukee County Board voted for a resolution supported by WNPJ member group Voces de la Frontera that would change the way the county responds to "immigration detainers" issued by Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE issues the detainers to local officials for any person booked into a local jail who may be potentially subject to deportation, regardless of the seriousness of the booking charge. Immigration detainers are not mandatory, and local officials can -- and sometimes do -- refuse to honor them. ICE frequently issues detainers in error, for people who should not be deported. Last year, a third of ICE deportation requests were rejected by immigration judges. The resolution, which now goes to County Executive Chris Abele for signature, directs Milwaukee County law enforcement to follow the example of cities such as Taos, New Mexico, which prohibits the honoring of Federal immigration detainers except in the case of persons convicted of a felony or two more more misdemeanors.
Take Action: Please call or email County Executive Chris Abele (414-278-4211, countyexec@milwcnty.com) to urge him to sign the resolution on responding to ICE detainers. And if you contacted your County Supervisor earlier regarding the resolution, please call them back to thank them for their vote.
Action Alert - Milwaukee: Protect rights of those held by police
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 8:40am
A resolution currently before the Milwaukee County Board would change the way local police respond to detention requests received from Federal immigration authorities when people are detained for minor offenses. Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issue an "immigration detainer" to local officials for any person booked into a local jail who may be potentially subject to deportation, regardless of the seriousness of the booking charge. Immigration detainers are not mandatory, and local officials can -- and sometimes do -- refuse to honor them.
Dear Secretary Napolitano: Suspend Secure Communities
"News reports surfaced last week that a fourteen-year-old girl from Dallas, an American citizen who did not speak a word of Spanish, was deported to Colombia," writes Ali Noorani on the Huffington Post.
"How many cases like this will it take before the Department of Homeland Security calls a time out and fixes the serious flaws in its Secure Communities program? [She] is not the first American citizen to have been mistakenly detained as part of the program -- and it has other egregious problems."
Dayton, Ohio welcomes immigrants to grow local economy
Submitted by Staff on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 9:33am
Faced with a declining population, the City Commission of Dayton Ohio voted unanimously last week to adopt a plan to "Create an inclusive community-wide campaign around immigrant entrepreneurship that facilitates startup businesses, opens global markets and restores life to Dayton neighborhoods." The Welcome Dayton Plan (.pdf) hopes to attract immigrants as a way to grow the local economy, based on nation-wide studies that show immigrants create new businesses and complement the American workforce. Read more...
Boston Mayor Threatens to Withdraw from ICE's Secure Communities Program
Boston Mayor Menino is calling for a change or the end of the deeply flawed Secure Communities program that's deported nationally 61,234 immigrants with no prior criminal record.
Secure Communities shares the fingerprints of individuals booked into jails with federal immigration databases. It severely hinders local law enforcement's ability to protect the public, because those fingerprinted for suspicion of minor crimes may eventually face deportation. The program is supposed to only deport those guilty of serious crimes, but nationally 47% of those deported were low-level offenders and 28% had no criminal record. Many cities and states, including New York, Illinois, Colorado, DC, and parts of California, have threatened to drop the program. On July 11, Boston Mayor Menino announced that he too had serious doubts about the program.
U.S. senators introduce alternative to enforcement-only immigration reform
U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Harry Reid (D-NV), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) John Kerry (D-MA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) re-introduced a comprehensive immigration reform bill aimed at addressing the broken immigration system, offering an alternative to enforcement-only policies.
According to Mendez, "this is common-sense legislation that addresses the realities of the situation, stops the flow across our borders, and contributes to our economic recovery. If we can put political grandstanding aside and come together on a comprehensive, pragmatic bill like this one, we can bring resolution to a great national need."
Community leaders carried from hearing on Walker budget
Submitted by Staff on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 8:56am
Joined by hundreds of supporters, a coalition of parents, students, educators, teaching assistants and members of the interfaith community were dragged from a public Joint Finance Committee hearing while reading statements calling for economic and educational justice. Among the community leaders removed by police were: Jesus Salas, former UW Regent; Larry Miller, Director on the Milwaukee Public School Board; Al Levie, Racine high school teacher and REA union member; and Christine Neumann-Ortíz, Voces de la Frontera executive director.
Participants in the civil-disobedience action read from a statement opposing the Governor's "Slashing funds for public education and removing the ability for undocumented students to pay instate tuition rates" and accusing Republican members of the Joint Finance Committee of "violating the norms of a civilized society when you invest more in incarceration than in public education." Read the full statement here...


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In November 2010 it was reported that India and Pakistan were building rival dams on the Neelum river, a tributary of the Indus River. The river basin is covered by the Indus Water Treaty, signed in 1960. For decades, the treaty has been "widely cited as a model of exemplary cooperation in an often fractious bilateral relationship", but India's current development plans, focussing on hydro-electric power, threaten to destabilise the agreement. The agreement is crucial for Pakistan, as India controls the flow of the Indus into Pakistan, where it is critical for irrigation.
The geopolitics of water in the region are discussed in a 2003 article by Stephen Brichieri-Colombi and Robert W. Bradnock. The article compares and contrasts the Indus river basin with the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin, the latter governed by the 1996 Ganges Waters Treaty between India and Bangladesh (previously East Pakistan, until 1971). The authors describe how the relative lack of development of East Pakistan and its lower geopolitical significance resulted in substantially less cooperation between India and Pakistan in this river basin, with plans proceeding independently or in direct competition. The authors propose a complex of barrages which would allow the Brahmaputra River, whose flows are increasing, to supplement Bangladesh's use of the Ganges, whose flows are decreasing; the scheme would also allow India to use more of the Ganges' flows elsewhere, in drier parts of its catchment. The complex would require substantial cross-border collaboration, in support of the development of a river basin in which over 10% of the world's population lives.
This entry was posted in The Geographical Journal and tagged Bangladesh, Brahmaputra, Development, Environment and Society, Ganges, Hydrology and Water Resources, India, river basin on December 6, 2010 by Robin de la Motte.
In November 2010 The Financial reported a study of 12 countries' newspaper coverage of the UN's 2009 Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen. The study found all countries under-reported the climate change science, with articles focussing on the science representing less than 10% of the sample. In addition, nearly 80% of the sample articles gave less than 10% of their coverage to the science.
Similarly, a 2010 article by Neil Jennings and Mike Hulme found that climate change science in their area of interest was poorly covered in UK newspapers. UK newspaper articles (studied for the period 1987 to 2006) on the possibility of abrupt climate change typically gave no indication of the probability of such an event, or else contradictory probabilities. Many reports involved sensationalist headlines around the issue of the possibility of a collapse in the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation (THC), and represented the event as causing a new "Ice Age". In fact the scientific consensus has been that whilst there is substantial uncertainty around the likelihood of a THC collapse, it is extremely unlikely this century, and possible cooling of the North Atlantic by 3 to 5 degrees in a decade would be a regional effect, not global (as an Ice Age is).
Jennings and Hulme note that "the scientific uncertainty surrounding the possibility of a collapse enabled journalists to emphasise the high-consequence dimension of the risk while downplaying, or failing to mention, the low probability of occurrence [in the 21st century]." In addition, they noted that the North Atlantic THC was often erroneously represented as the "Gulf Stream", which is a surface current driven by wind and the Earth's rotation, while the THC is a deepwater current driven by differences in temperature and salinity. The two currents are linked, but only the latter is considered at any risk from climate change, primarily from changes in salinity due to increases in freshwater entering the sea from permafrost melt and increased precipitation.
This entry was posted in Area and tagged abrupt climate change, Climate change, Climatology, Environment and Society, Gulf stream, media studies, Thermohaline circulation, UK newspapers on November 20, 2010 by Robin de la Motte.
A forthcoming article by Joseph Pierce, Deborah G Martin, and James T Murphy examines the nature of place-making – "place" being a key theoretical idea in geography since at least the 1970s. In surveying the literature, they identify three categories of "the politics of place", "networked politics", and "networked place". The first category centres on how shared place understandings interact with political contestations, in an iterative process in which they shape each other. The second category centres on the understanding of networked communities as based on a shared identity, often across scales and locales, creating "an interlocking bricolage of (always partially) shared place understandings". The final category to a certain extent combines these, with networks "always ground[ed]… in multiple, interconnected, multi-scalar and overlapping places". The article draws on Doreen Massey's (2005) concept of place as bundles of individual experiences constantly re-negotiated, creating "temporary constellations" of place which appear to have greater permanence to those who recognise and participate in their making than they do from outside. So for example the place of "Toronto" appears durable even as it expands to encompass neighbouring municipalities, and otherwise evolves, being constantly recreated and subtly changed. Featuring case studies of Bolivian forests and an American hospital expansion, the article demonstrates "the always ongoing character of relational place-making". The authors argue that "all places are relational, and are always produced through networked politics"[emphasis in original].
This entry was posted in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers and tagged Big Society, church, co-production, Cultural Geography, place, place theory, Political Geography, Social Geography, Space and Place, Urban Geography on November 7, 2010 by Robin de la Motte.
It has been known for some years that in South Asia, particularly in Bangladesh, large numbers of people are exposed to unsafe levels of naturally-occurring arsenic in water supplies drawn from groundwater. A recent study in the British medical journal The Lancet linked a fifth of all deaths in Bangladesh to arsenic contamination, and estimated that up to half the population (77 million people) had been chronically exposed. The problem affects substantial parts of South Asia, and arises due to the region's increased use of groundwater in recent decades in order to avoid water-borne diseases found in surface water. The arsenic issue is just one aspect of Bangladesh's water problems, which are likely to worsen in future. Climate change and population growth make it likely China and India will build new dams, reducing the volume of surface water Bangladesh receives downstream. Previous dams have already led to reduced water flows, causing problems of rivers silting up and increased salinity from seawater intruding in coastal areas.
A recent Geography Compass article (Benner and Fendorf 2010) examines the arsenic issue, which has been called the "largest mass poisoning in history". Over 60 million people in the region are affected by arsenic contamination, with concentrations in drinking water sometimes over 100 times World Health Organization safety standards. Drinking water is the primary concern, but in addition contaminated water used for irrigation may – depending on local conditions – accumulate in soils and affect crops, particularly rice, although the health impacts of this are not well understood. Benner and Fendorf describe how the problems are caused by a combination of environmental conditions specific to the Asian deltas. The arsenic originates in Himalayan rocks, from where it is eroded and carried in river sediment to the delta floodplains, and then enters local aquifers. Benner and Fendorf note that the large increase in groundwater extraction (with nearly a million wells in Bangladesh by 2003) has unpredictable effects on arsenic concentrations, with both positive and negative effects possible; so far there is insufficient evidence of any effect. They note the potential of tapping deeper aquifers, which are largely uncontaminated, but also the risk of thereby drawing in contaminated water from shallower aquifers.
This entry was posted in Geography Compass and tagged arsenic, Bangladesh, Development, drinking water, Environment and Society, groundwater, Hydrology and Water Resources, South Asia, water on October 23, 2010 by Robin de la Motte.
On 29 July 2010 The New York Times reported that one of the world's largest microfinance organizations, India's SKS Microfinance, was preparing to launch on the Indian stock market. Whilst not the first, SKS was one of the biggest, and it caused controversy because a US-based non-profit microfinance group invested in SKS, Unitus, had said it would close down its microfinance activities after the launch. Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the microfinance pioneer he co-founded (Grameen Bank), criticized the move as encouraging profit maximisation. The launch ultimately raised around $350m. Besides launching on the stock market, Indian microfinance institutions are also pursuing securitization, with micro-loans being pooled into marketable securities.
A 2010 article by Bipasha Baruah looks at the role of NGOs in microfinance. Baruah acknowledges the success of NGO microfinance in extending credit to financially excluded groups, particularly women, but points to problems of sustainability, with many smaller microfinance NGOs dependent on donor funding and government subsidies, partly because many provide social services such as rights awareness and literacy classes alongside microcredit. Particularly for these less financially focussed NGOs, attempts to provide links for the poor into the formal banking system can serve poverty reduction well, since this offers a much broader range of financial instruments, including savings accounts, which NGOs cannot legally provide. Baruah highlights doubts in the literature about the long-term impact of microcredit on income levels of the poor, whilst noting benefits in consumption smoothing and women's control over household resources. Studies also show concentration of NGOs in urban and better-developed areas, with less activity in very rural and very poor areas, following a certain market logic which in some cases leads to competition between microfinance NGOs in relatively well-served areas, at the expense of covering areas with greater financial exclusion. Contradictions between financial sustainability and reaching the poorest may also appear, with NGOs in some cases "moving up the poverty scale" to focus on those more able to borrow and repay.
Beyond this, Baruah argues that "the use of microfinance carries implicit neo-liberal assumptions about how development should occur." She highlights literature showing that borrowers often lack economies of scale, complementary inputs, key skills, or other requirements for succeeding in an often highly competitive marketplace with limited microcredit funds. Uncoordinated access to microcredit can often lead to an overexpansion of particular local industries, limiting the poverty alleviation benefits and making microcredit, in one commentator's words, "a glorified form of subsistence." Some NGOs have recognised these problems and attempted to support borrowers with various aspects of enterprise development, including information and training. Some NGOs also organise women to pool their labour or act as unions to demand increased wages and better working conditions, and Baruah suggests pressing for government employment programs to support the poorest, who are often unwilling to seek credit because they lack the other resources needed to use such credit effectively. Baruah concludes that overall microfinance "is firmly embedded within a neo-liberal framework that seeks to increase access to existing financial resources without really challenging the entrenched status quo of unequal power relations between different groups of people," and that this is precisely why microfinance has enjoyed such great support from governments, NGOs and donor agencies.
This entry was posted in Geography Compass and tagged Development, Economic Geography, India, IPO, microfinance, neoliberalism, securitization on September 25, 2010 by Robin de la Motte.
On 22 August 2010 The Observer newspaper reported that in July the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston in Berkshire, which houses the UK's "Trident" nuclear weapons programme, had experienced "a serious fire in the base's explosives area… which resulted in local residents having to be evacuated and left one member of staff injured". This was followed several days later by a Guardian report on the UK's new nuclear reactor programme falling behind schedule: delays in developing and approving designs for the first new UK reactor for over two decades pushed the scheduled date of first operation back to 2018. The new reactor programme is a significant part of the UK's strategy for limiting carbon emissions.
A 2010 study shed light on how incidents like the one reported may affect the views of people living nearby. "From the familiar to the extraordinary: local residents' perceptions of risk when living with nuclear power in the UK" used a narrative interview approach to examine perceptions of risk by residents near two UK nuclear power stations. The study identified two major themes: one, of generally seeing the power station and its risk as normal and ordinary; the other, of sometimes "noticing the extraordinary", and dealing with the suddenly-foregrounded risk in different ways. As one resident put it, "[I]t's like living with a bit of a birthmark. You know it's there, you get used to it, you don't take any notice of it and then something will focus your mind if there's an issue and you think about it a little bit more." Risk might be foregrounded either through media coverage or personal experience (such as a relative with cancer), leading to episodes of anxiety. The study noted the impact, for example, of prominent terrorist attacks like the September 11 bombings, which led to heightened fears of attacks on nuclear power stations. The researchers conclude that "while we have shown ordinariness to be the predominant framing adopted by those living close to such sites, the tolerability to nuclear risk that it supports is also a fragile, unstable state," and warn against taking residents' trust for granted.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Aldermaston, Climate change, Environment and Society, environmental risk, nuclear power, nuclear safety, risk perception, Trident on August 28, 2010 by Robin de la Motte.
On 31 July 2010 The Independent newspaper reported that the world's first certified Fair Trade gold was being produced in Colombia. Around 200 families are currently part of the Oro Verde program, which gives producers a 15% premium above the market rate. The program also aims to be ecologically friendly – producers "cannot use toxic products like mercury, must not kill fish and other aquatic species, must restore any layer of soil that is removed and fill it so that it is suitable for replanting." This approach contrasts with the damage caused by conventional gold mining, which typically uses toxic mercury to separate gold from alluvial sands. Oro Verde won the 2009 Seed prize – sponsored by the United Nations and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – for promoting sustainable development.
A 2008 article by Anne Le Mare reviewed the impact of Fair Trade schemes on the social and economic development of producers. Le Mare notes that the value of Fair Trade schemes depends on observers' perspectives: a study by Oxfam highlighted improved socio-economic development, including more children in school and greater gender equity, while a study for the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) focussed on economic aspects, highlighting capacity building and trade facilitation.
Overall, Le Mare's survey of the literature identifies as common themes a range of individual benefits to producers (including increases in self-esteem, economic position, improved health and better diversification of livelihood); alongside benefits to producer organisations (including increased institutional capacity, and better market access and diversification). However, the studies also suggest that building and maintaining the partnerships and networks involved is difficult and time-consuming, and particularly in a context of volatile commodity prices, marginalised areas need more support from a range of actors, including local and national governments. Le Mare concludes that ""[w]hile Fair Trade has brought positive benefits, it cannot, on its own, solve the complex problems of marginalised areas," and should be seen as part of a diversified development strategy.
This entry was posted in Geography Compass and tagged Colombia, Development, Economic Geography, Environment and Society, Fair Trade, fairtrade, gold mining on August 14, 2010 by Robin de la Motte.


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Travel Guide North America Mexico Coahuila Piedras Negras
Piedras Negras is a city in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It is located at the northeastern edge of Coahuila on the U.S.-Mexico border, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass in the US state of Texas. In the 2015 the city had a population of roughly 163,500 inhabitants. The Piedras Negras and the Eagle Pass areas are connected by the Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras International Bridge, Camino Real International Bridge, and the Eagle Pass Union Pacific International Railroad Bridge. Piedras Negras is one of the most pleasant border towns in Mexico.
Sights and Activities
De la Ventana Caverns
San Bernardo Mission ruins
Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Although the Day of the Dead is also celebrated in many Latin American countries except Mexico (and also in parts of Europe, Asia and Africa), the Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is most intensily celebrated in Mexico where it is equal to a National Holiday. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration takes place on November 1st and 2nd, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day (November 1) and All Souls' Day (November 2). Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. Although it is about the Dead, it is also a celebration where eating and partying both are common as well.
Other Events and Festivals
Grito de la Independencia - September 15th is Mexican Independence Day! A massive celebration involving plenty of singing, dancing and fireworks takes place in the Zócalo. Everyone here awaits an appearance from Mexico's president who rings a bell from a central balcony of the Palacio Nacional overlooking the Zócalo. The president then shouts out the Grito de Dolores, or the Cry of Dolores which was Father Hidalgo's famous call to arms against Spanish rule in 1810.
Dia de la Candelaria. Candlemas is held February 2nd and commemorates Jesus being introduced into the temple 40 days after his birth. This nationwide celebration sees many different ways of celebrating with many towns holding processions, bullfights and dances. Of course, plenty of delicious, traditional foods are served during Dia de la Candelaria as well.
Carnaval is held in late February or early March throughout Mexico. This big party is meant to celebrate the 40 day penance of Lent. Carnaval always takes place during the week or so prior to Ash Wednesday, 46 days before Easter Sunday. Mexicans celebrate this holiday with fireworks, food, dancing, parades, and drinking.
Semana Santa, or Holy Week, is a huge celebration which starts on Palm Sunday. This is a very popular time for Mexicans to take a short break; as a result, it seems most of the country is on the move, with buses and hotels often booked out. As for the celebration of Semana Santa, expect colorful processions and many masses at churches everywhere.
Día de Nuestra Seňora de Guadalupe, or Day of our Lady of Guadalupe, is held December 12th. There is a week-long build up to this religious celebration in honour of the Virgin who appeared to the indigenous Juan Diego in the year 1531. Since then, the Lady of Guadalupe has been Mexico's religious patron and her veneration is very significant. It is traditional for young boys to be dressed as a Juan Diego and for young girls to be dressed in indigenous garb and brought to a special mass, held at many churches throughout the country.
New Year's Eve. Mexicans celebrate New Year's Eve or locally known as Año Nuevo, by downing a grape with each of the twelve chimes of the bell during the midnight countdown, while making a wish with each one. Mexican families decorate homes and parties, during New Year's, with colors such as red, to encourage an overall improvement of lifestyle and love, yellow to encourage blessings of improved employment conditions, green to improve financial circumstances and white to improved health. Mexican sweet bread is baked with a coin or charm hidden in the dough. When the bread is served, the recipient whose slice contains the coin or charm is believed to be blessed with good luck in the new year. One can expect a lot of firecrackers, fireworks and sparklers being fired. At midnight there is a lot of noise and everyone shouts: "Feliz año nuevo!" People embrace, make noise, set off firecrackers, and sing Auld Lang Syne.
Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration held on May 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza. The victory of the smaller Mexican force against a larger French force was a boost to morale for the Mexicans. A year after the battle, a larger French force defeated Zaragoza at the Second Battle of Puebla, and Mexico City soon fell to the invaders.
The climate of the region is semi-arid and hot. During summer the temperatures often surpass 45 °C. The hottest months are May through September with a daily average (mean) temperature between 26 °C and 31 °C. The high temperatures recorded in Piedras Negras have earned it recognition as one of the hottest cities in the country next to Teacte in Baja California.
Highest precipitation months are May, June and September with an average monthly rainfall in excess of 80 mm. However, fluctuations in the amount or rain often leads to frequent drought conditions. The period of lowest precipitation is between December through March, with a monthly average of 30 mm.
Most vehicles coming into (and going out of) Piedras Negras come from across the Mexican/U.S. border. From within Mexico, Federal Highway 2 runs north to south through Piedras Negras. From the southeast, Federal Highway 57 enters the city and officially ends at the border with the U.S.
The central bus station in Piedras Negras is located at Avenidas Allende and Galeana in the Zona Centro, just 6 blocks from the international border. There are buses from Mexico City, Ciudad Acuña, Nuevo Laredo, Cuatro Ciénegas, Monterrey, Saltillo and Torreón.
For an overview of schedules and connections, check thebusschedule.com. Also check out rome2rio.com.
Intra-city buses ply nearly every main street in the city and are cheap; expect to pay a few pesos for any route. Major points along the way of each route - markets, plazas, malls, hospitals and so on - will be displayed in the front window of the bus. Most people wait for their bus at designated stops but it is often possible to flag down a bus anywhere.
Piedras Negras is the birthplace of nachos.
La Casasita - charming small restaurant, casual and affordable. Outstanding empanadas.
Hotel Autel Rio, Padre de Las Casas 121, ☎ +52 878 782 7064.
Holiday Inn Express Piedras Negras, Av. Lazaro Cardenas #2500, ☎ +52 878 783 6040.
'La Quinta Hotel, Av. Emilio Carranza 1205.
There are internet cafe's in most cities and towns in Mexico. Sometimes photocopy stores or photo processing stores will double as an internet cafe with a couple of computers. Look for signs reading "Acceso a Internet" or "Cibernautica" or "Cibercafe". Charges range from approx. US$1 an hour to US$3 an hour, depending on the location.
See also International Telephone Calls
Phone cards can be purchased anywhere in the country and are needed for the majority of public phones. To call any number outside your region you have to dial 01 then followed by the area code. If calling a cellphone from a normal phone start with with 044. If calling cellphone to cellphone just dial the 10-digit number. To make an international call dial 00 followed by the country code then the local number. To call to Mexico, also dial 00 (most of the times) followed by the national code 52.
The Mexican postal service is operated by Correos de México. The post service in Mexico is pretty good although not very cheap. It is reliable regarding the sending of postcards, but it takes at least a week to send it to other countries (US/Canada), more so if you send it to Europe or Australia. For packages it is better to use international services like FedEx or UPS. If you are sending a package internationally with the Mexican postal service, take the package OPEN to the post office, they may want to inspect it. Seal it up at the post office. Post offices typically open from 8:00am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday, and 9:00am to 1:00pm Saturday. You will find post offices (Oficina de Correos) is almost any town or city in Mexico, and some are actually very pretty buildings. To buy stamps it is best to go to the post office, although you can also get them at stamp machines, located outside the post offices, at bus stations, airports and some commercial establishments.
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Economic Development > Media Centre > Some Remarkable Stats about Chatham-Kent Agriculture
Some Remarkable Stats about Chatham-Kent Agriculture
Did you know that Chatham-Kent:
Has the world's largest fresh water commercial fishing port (Wheatley) in the world?
Is the number one producer of Brussels sprouts in all of Canada?
Is the number one producer of black tobacco in all of Canada?
Is the number one producer of cucumbers in all of Canada?
Is the number one producer of pumpkins in all of Canada?
Is the number one producer of seed corn in all of Canada?
Is the number one producer of tomatoes in all of Canada?
Is the number two producer of sugar beets in all of Canada?
Is the number one producer of green peas in all of Ontario?
Is the number one producer of quail in all of Ontario?
Is the number one producer of field peppers in all of Ontario?
Is the number two producer of asparagus in all of Ontario?
Grows over 70 different crops?
Is 90 per cent rural by area, but only 30 per cent of the population of 104,000 live in rural areas?
Soybeans, corn, and wheat are the three major crops in Chatham-Kent in terms of acreage?
Agriculture is responsible for over 16,000 jobs in Chatham-Kent?
Each farmer in Chatham-Kent produces enough to feed 120 people?
There are over 2,000 farms, which account for four per cent of Ontario's total farms?
Greenhouses in Chatham-Kent now account for 370 acres or about nine per cent of Ontario's total greenhouse area?
Is home to the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, a vital and growing research centre for our agriculture sector?
We are fortunate in our community to have many great sectors and leaders, including those in agriculture, manufacturing, commercial enterprises, research and innovation, and so many more. It has always been said we really don't know what is in our own backyard.
Agriculture is a prime example of having a strong resource. In fact, it is a $3-billion plus sector here in Chatham-Kent! Let's do all we can to keep this sector going by supporting our local agricultural producers however and whenever we can.
This large conveyor delivers tomatoes into the ConAgra Foods plant in Dresden, Ontario (Ellwood Shreve/Chatham Daily News)
Just some food for thought.
Remember that here in Chatham-Kent 'We Grow for the World'. Check out our community's agricultural website at: www.wegrowfortheworld.com