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Steve Keen on Banking Secrets and Fed Transparency
Politics / Central Banks Jan 20, 2010 - 03:10 AM GMT
By: Mike_Shedlock
Last week I asked Australian economist Steve Keen what he thought about the St. Louis Fed article on the Social Cost of Transparency.
I was highly critical of the Fed's article and wrote about it in In Defense Of Secrecy; Three Prong Attack On The Fed; Selective Myopia . I asked Steve Keen to take a look. Here is a snip from my post, Keen's comments follow:
Unless you are an academic wonk, you will be stymied by pages that look like this ...
From Steve Keen ...
One quick perusal of that article and I could consign it to neoclassical gibberish. The key giveaway is in the first sentence of the abstract:
"I study a class of models commonly used to motivate monetary exchange, extended to include a physical asset whose expected short-run return is subject to exogenous news events, but whose expected long-run return is independent of this information"
The part of bold is the give: this is a model where the future is subject to randomness, but not change: whatever happens in the short term has no impact on the future.
It's like Friedman's "helicopter money" model in which the economy always stays at the same level of output (in the no growth version) or where growth is always constant.
This is precisely the sort of modeling that failed to even conceive that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) was possible (for instance, there is no runaway accumulation of aggregate debt in this model). How then can it be expected to inform policy in a post (or present!) GFC world?
Mathematical Errors
I also received an email from Frank Palladino regarding math errors in the Fed's document. Palladino's discussion is well beyond the scope of the average person but he writes:
The author, David Andolfatto, creates a mathematical model which is self-contradictory. The model contradicts itself mathematically by defining certain conditions to only exist after the fact (at step N+1), while at the same time using these mathematical conditions on date 1 during his attempt to address reactions to news on date 1 (in the model).
The mathematics used to support his claim is logically false. If his mathematical models as currently defined describe reality it can best be attributed to a lucky guess. Not only is the model an unrealistic picture, it is based on faulty mathematical reasoning.
Here is a link my Criticisms Of The Fed's Article.
Frank Palladino
In a second Email Frank wrote ....
Mish,
I have contacted the author of the article, David Andolfatto. He told me that he will change the paper to fix the inconsistency I pointed out in my critique.
I am doubtful of whether he will change his conclusions.
He does not provide empirical evidence to support his claims in the paper. This is the biggest drawback of the paper. I have no problem with mathematical abstraction to model reality. Without concrete evidence though, at the end of the day it is just abstract mathematics.
I can come up with a hundred different abstract mathematical systems to model electrical current in circuits. They may all have logical and consistent mathematics, but that doesn't guarantee an accurate description of reality. At the end of the day a good model will follow from experiment and observation, not the other way around.
Seeking The "Known" Answer
Please consider this email from "Bob" who writes ...
Mish
Please do not forget that almost all state universities teach Keynesian mathematical economics. When was working on an MBA from MU the professor in one such economics course offered an equation, which I cannot remember. He had to hold a couple of variables ceteris parabis to solve the equation. After solving the equation I simply asked about the possibility the at least one of the assumptions was not correct, how would the solution differ - for which he had no immediate answer. He said he would get back to me with an answer the next day - which he never did, though I asked again numerous times over the next couple of weeks. The problem is that subsequent theoretical studies are based upon that initial "solution".
When I studied mathematics in undergraduate engineering relating to a statistical analysis of a mathematical fit to a scatter diagram, there was always and upper and lower bound. Not only did they often have boundary condition equations different from "statistical" equation, but one could not blindly assume that the basic equation was good "beyond" the bounds! IMO we went beyond the bounds of the fed Keynesian equations in 2008, and they didn't know what to do.
The fed and banksters are still clueless - but they are going to get theirs while the getting is good, so to speak.
Worshiping The Math Idol
Please consider C. J. Maloney's Financial Sense article written in 2004 called King Of The Mathletes. Maloney refutes the Phillips Curve by taking into consideration changing dynamics. Steve Keen would agree that changing dynamics are paramount.
The Phillips Curve is the supposed trade off between unemployment and inflation. The problem with the Phillips Curve is that nobody has the slightest idea how to accurately measure it, and by the time the data is in, it's already changed again - it being a constantly moving target.
So besides being completely immeasurable, the Phillips Curve was discredited three decades ago - except in the minds of whiz kids who worship the idol of Math. It's not a bad theory, they say, it just "shifted adversely" on them, much like that iceberg shifted adversely into the path of the unsinkable Titanic.
How can one use mathematical formulas to "manage" the economy when – and even the Mathletes will admit this – those formulas consist entirely of [constantly changing] variables?
I added the words "constantly changing" to the preceding sentence.
C. J. Maloney wrote his article debunking The Conquest of American Inflation a book by Thomas Sargent depicting a series of mathematical models about "an important idea…an adaptive model [that] allows government to learn from past attempts to exploit the Phillips Curve and to discover a version of the natural-rate hypothesis that instructs it to reduce inflation."
Thomas Sargent's idea sure worked out, didn't it? David Andolfatto's idea about secrecy is equally silly.
Neoclassical Gibberish
The clear conclusion of this exercise is the Fed's Defense of Secrets publication (conveniently named "Social Cost of Transparency" so as to not alarm the masses) is nothing more than neoclassical gibberish, just as Steve Keen said.
The problem is Bernanke in particular and central bankers in general placed (and still do) complete faith in such gibberish, so much so that they lost any sense of real world actions by real people, actions that are dynamically changing faster than the Fed can possibly gather data.
This by the way, is why the Fed is always chasing its tail, constantly behind the curve.
The result of Bernnake's blind allegiance to mathematical gibberish is that in spite of his PhD, he could not see a housing bubble that was obvious to anyone using a single ounce of common sense.
Attempts to understand the Fed's math is beyond the scope of all but 1 in a million people like Frank Palladino. Fortunately you do not need to be a math wizard to understand how ridiculous the Fed's policies are. The same applies to Defense Of Secrets, no matter what modifications Andolfatto makes to arrive at his preordained conclusion that "secrets are a good thing".
Had Bernanke simply opened his eyes instead of relying on mathematical wizardry, the credit/housing bubble would not have gotten as big as it did, and we might not be discussing the above ridiculous mathematical formulas that supposedly show us the Fed needs to be secretive.
Addendum:
Steve Keen just pinged me with this ...
The real source of the gibberish is not putting propositions in mathematical form--because that's a large part of being able to express your ideas systematically--but by having gibberish propositions to begin with.
That's the true weakness of that "secrecy" paper: to imagine that such a stylized model bears any relation to reality at all is delusional. This happens because neoclassicals fall for the fallacy of believing that the economy is populated by hyper-rational agents who push the system towards a desirable equilibrium at all times.
Their math encodes that belief and is therefore wrong--but the objective of trying to mathematically specify realistic dynamic causal models of the economy is still a reasonable one.
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Creating Voids: Western Military Downscaling and Afghanistan's Transformation Phase
Afghanistan Paper No. 11
Florian P. Kühn
Series: The Afghanistan Papers
Many doubt whether the Afghan state that was established in 2001 during the Bonn Agreement will survive the withdrawal of Western troops after 2014. This paper addresses the impact of the withdrawal of Western combat forces and influence from Afghanistan, examining the consequences from an economic viewpoint. It also analyzes the country in short-, mid- and long-term periods, through social, political, legal, economic, cultural and regional lenses. The paper concludes by tentatively sketching the dynamics of Afghanistan's post-intervention future and by cautioning the change this withdrawal will have on a country caught in a balancing act between the traditional social modes and Western influence it has come to know for the last 10 years.
Part of Series
The Afghanistan Papers
The Afghanistan Papers are essays authored by prominent academics, policy makers, practitioners and informed observers that seek to challenge existing ideas, contribute to ongoing debates and influence international policy on issues related to Afghanistan's transition. A forward-looking series, the papers combine analysis of current problems and challenges with explorations of future issues and threats.
Florian P. Kühn is senior researcher and lecturer of political science and international politics at Helmut Schmidt Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg. His current research focuses on risk policy and the resilience of social figurations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia.
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Canada to Join NATO's Cyber Defence Research Centre
Josh Gold
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Five Questions with Retired Lt.-Gen Roméo Dallaire
Eva Salinas
What's Behind Iran's Strikes on Saudi Oil Infrastructure?
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Disarming Myths about Women, Weapons and War
How Syrian Women Are Forging a New Economic Future
Samira Shackle

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Inspired by Ace Jet 170's pictures of his Pelicans (1, 2, 3), here are a few of my favourite Penguins. I too have some choice Pelicans, but can't begin to approach the completeness of Mr Ace Jet. So this is a personal selection of Penguins, pilfered from the large orange-spined pile on my shelves (organised by colour of course), illustrating either an approach to a title, a set, an aesthetic, or just a great individual cover. Enjoy.
Amidst the haul of great things I picked up on a recent trip to Japan, these four CDs, two in each set. I'm quite keen on compilations which are designed for a certain space or time, and these aim to do just that (relates vaguely to a piece I wrote five years ago on different facets around music).
First up, the Grand Gallery label, with music designed for different times of day. The selections are generally the kind of jazz-house-latin-lite that seems effortlessly popular in Japan - a beautiful sheen to it, as with the package design.
The second is a series based on rooms, here aimed at the dining room and the library (there was another room too, which I can't have been as interested in). Music here is older jazz and very good. For cool kids, clearly.
I spotted a few enticing visual patterns when browsing Australian cities in Google Earth recently. First, of course Canberra's Ebenezer Howard-inspired city centre looks fantastic from the air, even if it was never finished according to plan.
It'd be interesting compare a few more garden city layouts - given Google Earth's fantastic capability for revealing urban layout, as noted previously with respect to Barcelona (see also). Unfortunately, the current detail of satellite footage in Google Earth's Welwyn Garden City - and that of fellow Hertfordshire example Letchworth - is not good enough to do comparisons.
Don't get me wrong. 'Alvar Aalto through the eyes of Shigeru Ban' is definitely worth seeing. How could it not be? Aalto, one of the truly great architects, responsible for an almost untouchable legacy of fantastic, rewarding buildings. More than mere buildings, too. Responsible also for a body of thinking which ranges from the inherent properties of material itself right up to the point of building in the first place, and helping define the image of the modern architect. Oh, and furniture too. And then Shigeru Ban, one of the most consistently interesting architects today, with little formal connection to Aalto but a similarly thoughtful, responsible approach to architecture. Both architects represent ongoing attempts at connecting the vernacular, situated, and sustainable with the progressive, the innovative and the modern.
Yet the Barbican's exhibition is too withdrawn, recessive in presentation - a solid, unspectacular response, perhaps attempting to allow the numerous original drawings and models to breathe. It only really works the space in a pleasing central shelter of Ban's creation, cardboard tubing providing a canopy of waves over two undulating screens. While the explanatory exhibition displays do work aesthetically - lovely wall-mounted wooden boards, clean type with a dash of the Finnish aesthetic - they convey only brief biographical details. There's frustratingly little attempt to explore the work in real detail.
At one point, there is a beguiling note about how the Shigeru Ban Laboratory at Keio University has uncovered consistent formal patterns in Aalto's work. Apparently rejecting the 'simplistic application' of the golden section familiar in other modernist architecture, Aalto's architecture seemed to have an instinctive, organic flourish. Yet Ban's research seems to indicate recurring patterns, angles and geometric forms. After teasing us with this revelation, however, the exhibition presents an unlabelled image of the golden section 'in action', some unexplained overlays on Aalto's plans, and no more. Elsewhere, a virtuoso unfolding of possible forms for the MIT Baker House extends across the gallery, but with little explanation of the differences and why Aalto ended up at his conclusion.
As a punter, I'd like exhibitions to explain more. They exist to present a curated view of work, but also to explain this particular curation, and the significance of the work. I'd prefer them to be confident, unafraid of being didactic. I'd like an exhibition to over-compensate, and let me decide when I'd had my fill. Spending £8 on the exhibition ($16 US; $20 Aus; €12; ¥1875), you should walk away full of ideas, inspiration and knowledge, without feeling you have to spend a further £30 on the catalogue.
However, the work itself, principally Aalto's, is of course wonderful, and I did walk away full of ideas, inspiration and knowledge (and with the catalogue). It's a greatest hits collection, curated by Ban, featuring mainly Nordic and Scandinavian projects, though also some outside of that territory, such as the Baker House dormitory at MIT, the Finland pavillion at the New York World Fair, and La Masion Carré nr. Paris. Aalto's extensive career in furniture, including entrepreneurship in creating the Artek firm, is well represented. There are numerous examples of Aalto's original sketches, and of the wondrous technical drawings and models of his firm. As a form of wordless explanation, simple white models by Shigeru Ban's students and practise do perform a valuable role in interrogating aspects of Aalto's work - as with the delightful models depicting the flooding of natural light through the giant skylights in Helsinki's academic bookshop, or in the Paimio Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
In an interesting move, entirely in keeping with his interests, Ban also includes Aalto's lesser known AA-System Houses, a form of prefab housing for the post-war period. A fascinating project, they rested on a tension between mass production and Aalto's beliefs in flexibility and in building to the highest quality for the greater part of society. Typically, he came up with his own theory of 'flexible standardisation', apparently influenced by organic structures - almost a precursor of biomimicry, perhaps, not the only way in which the AA-System Houses play to contemporary concerns.
This work also provides an effortless segue into the brief presentation of Ban's work in temporary housing after the Kobe earthquake and 2004 tsunami. Comprising no more than a few models, there's not enough here. Ban's work fusing paper tubing, vernacular forms and modernism is quite unique, and deserves more than the space he's given here, even in an exhibition primarily about someone else. The idea of getting Ban to curate Aalto is a brilliant one; yet this exhibition doesn't really deliver on its promise. Aalto's thinking and practise has influenced architecture from the Arctic Circle to Australia, and what could've been a fascinating exploration of this influence, with Ban as an example, actually comes down to around ten models, with brief explanatory nameplates. Although the models of his students also permeate the Aalto presentation, attempting to coax the work into speaking for itself, Ban has more to give.
The handsomely produced accompanying catalogue has more detail of course, and is worth getting, not least for Judith Turner's photographs. Capturing details of Aalto buildings in good light must be one of the easier, most pleasurable architectural photography assignments around, but she does it very well. The book also contains three selected essays by Aalto, a good long interview with Ban, an essay on Aalto's philosophy and design by Jahani Pallasmaa, a short piece by Colin St John Wilson, and all the text, photography and drawings from the exhibition.
As I said at the start: don't get me wrong, this is a very good exhibition, and do go to see if it you get the chance. But I fear it won't live as long in the memory as it should have done.
Below, after the links, you'll see I resumed my tense relationship with the Barbican's 'exhibition guards' by snapping a few surreptitious photos. Given the (ridiculous) subterfuge involved in taking these photos, the quality is fairly low. Still, I hope they give a sense of the exhibition. (Full set here).


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NTCs Deegan joins Infrastructure Australia
By: Jason Whittaker
National Transport Commission (NTC) Chairman Michael Deegan has been appointed the inaugural Infrastructure Coordinator. Deegan, who will take up the
National Transport Commission (NTC) Chairman Michael Deegan has been appointed the inaugural Infrastructure Coordinator.
Deegan, who will take up the position on July 1, is charged with overseeing the day-to-day operations of Infrastructure Australia and working closely with the twelve-member board, which is led by Sir Rod Eddington.
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Anthony Albanese says Deegan brings to the job a wealth of experience across infrastructure sectors as a result of his roles in both the public and private domain.
Prior to joing the NTC, Deegan worked in a number of positions including as the director general the NSW Department of Transport, the assistant secretary of the Commonwealth Deputy of Administrative Services and the secretary of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.
He has also been the director of various construction and investment companies as well as the president of the Property Council of Australia.
"Mr Deegan will make an outstanding contribution to the Government's nation building agenda and I thank him for accepting this important position," Albanese says.
"Mr Deegan will be responsible for managing a small team of professionals to ensure that Infrastructure Australia is provided with the highest standard of support and advice on a wide range of policy and regulatory issues."
Deegan's appointment has received widespread support from industry groups such as the Australian Logistics Council (ALC) and the Australian Industry Group.
ALC Chief Executive Hal Morris says Deegan's appointment is an important step towards achieving long-standing reforms in the transport and logistics industry.
"We know from our work together that Mr Deegan has been an important advocate of the regulatory reforms and infrastructure improvements that are so vital for the smooth running of our domestic and international supply chains," Morris says.
Chief Executive of Australian Industry Group Heather Ridout says Deegan's experience in working in public and private sectors means he is an ideal candidate for the position.
"I look forward to working with him," Ridout says.


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KBR Wins General Maintenance Services Contract from SATORP
KBR announced that it has been awarded a 7-year contract with an option to extend for another 3 years for the provision of General Maintenance Services (GMS) by Saudi Aramco TOTAL Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP), for its project in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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An article in The Pilot News (See right) a few months back was cause for reflection on one of Easterday Construction Co., Inc.'s long time clients. ITAMCO (known to us here as Indiana Tool) celebrated their 60th anniversary in August of last year. Founded by brothers Donald and Noble Neidig, the company has been a big part of the Plymouth community.
I found the article interesting since, even when I work with a company such as ITAMCO often, I get surprised sometimes by the things I don't know about them. I was aware of their work with the schools through my board position with the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC), but I was unaware how their business had evolved into areas of software development.
As with many relationships, Easterday Construction's connection to ITAMCO began with some minor projects. The Neidigs were members of the Grace Baptist Church and through some repair projects there, a relationship was formed between my father and the Neidig family – and Don Neidig in particular. From that beginning, dozens of other projects were completed, mostly on just a hand-shake. That was the kind of relationship that was formed. We completed several plant additions to the Plymouth facility including the office renovation and addition, which for a long time was featured on the front of our company brochure. We were also the go-to for many of the family's home projects as well.
As I previously related here on Don's passing, Don trusted Dad implicitly. When Dad retired, Don called me. He told me, "I always called your Dad and all I had to say was 'Berger, get it done'. I hope I can trust you the same way." What could I say? I said, "Yes, Sir!" And Don called me for all the things he needed and I was happy to help him. One of the last things I did for him was some remodeling work at his home. I enjoyed seeing him during those times. I will miss those conversations.
When Noble Neidig passed last year, it was a generational change for their company. We had also worked on Nobe and Barb Neidig's home and new them well. We still have a relationship with the family and still do work for ITAMCO. While economic changes have resulted in fewer projects of the scope we completed in the past (plus their purchase of the Argos facility giving them ample room for current expansion needs) we still work with ITAMCO and the Neidigs on various small projects and remain friends. We look forward to a continued friendship and working relationship in the future.
I saw these ads while in Wabash working on the Charley Creek Inn project. I thought they would be something for Culver to consider and suggested them at the Culver Redevelopment Commission Meeting on Monday. We'll see if they found them as intriguing as I did. I was told that they were sponsored by Wabash Marketplace.
If you happen to see my Great Aunt Melba Easterday tomorrow, March 19th, wish her a Happy Birthday! It will be her 95th!
She's become the family historian and contributed significantly to the article that Jeff Kenny wrote about Easterday Construction which I reprinted here. I also wrote a bit about her previously on her 90th Birthday here. Just for fun and history, the picture to the right came from one of the old Easterday Construction Scrap Books and shows Red and Melba at the Cove for one of the Easterday Construction Retirement Parties. Melba is the last of that generation of the Easterday Construction family.
Aunt Melba still brings me and all of us at Easterday Construction homemade candy every Christmas. her laugh can still be heard across a crowded room, her good spirits are infectious and she's always someone with a positive attitude and a smile to share.
I still try and keep an eye on her. She still lives on her own in the house just north of Easterday Construction. Just last month when we had a wind storm blow through, I snuck over and picked up a bunch of down branches in her yard. I had to do it quickly though! If I had waited too long, she'd have been out there doing it herself!
I'm thinking a lot about my grandfather this St. Patrick's Day since he passed last year. I'm sure my favorite Irishman is still watching over me.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, Grandpa!


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Israel Self Reliance
ZVI MAZEL: FAILING TO SEE THE BROADER PICTURE…….
Israel Self Reliance Middle East Brutality US/Israeli Relations
What's one to do when the sitting U.S. president is a Islamonazi Muslim Brotherhood supporter?
Arab World: Failing to see the broader picture
By ZVI MAZEL
The West seems intent on venting its frustrations on Israel while a jihadi Islamic caliphate is strengthening its hold in the Mideast while Israel, Egypt are the only 2 countries in region which can stop radical Islam.
Abdullah, Abdullah and Sisi Photo: REUTERS
Arab countries are foundering, as a jihadi Islamic caliphate is strengthening its hold in the heart of the Middle East.
The West seems intent on venting its frustrations on Israel, which is defending itself against Hamas, another radical Islamist group; Egypt is also feeling the brunt of it. Yet only a few years ago, Cairo was leading the charge of pragmatic Arab states backed by the US, fighting extremist Shi'ites under Iranian leadership.
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah sees Islamic State as growing 'monster'
Islamic State kills 80 Yazidis in north Iraq
However, this was before Washington jettisoned Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and started direct talks with Tehran on Iran's nuclear program, a move seen as a betrayal by Saudi Arabia.
Today, Egypt is trying to broker a peace between Israel and Hamas; President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on his allies for advice and international support. First he went to see Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in Jeddah, then Russian President Vladmir Putin in Sochi. He did not go to Washington, which has yet to accept the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood and the new regime.
Indeed, dialogue between Egypt and the US is tense and strained. Attempts by US Secretary of State John Kerry to further the Turkish-Qatar blueprint for a ceasefire in Gaza along the lines of Hamas demands angered Cairo, which had reduced its diplomatic representations in both countries because of their support for the Brotherhood.
The fact is that today the US has no ally in the Middle East, having deserted or offended every Arab country in the region. Yet had the White House openly sided with Israel and Egypt, it would have sent Hamas the clear message that its aggression would not be tolerated.
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The US awarded businesses with defense contracts on Friday, including one worth more than a billion dollars to Lockheed Martin Corp, according to a statement from the Department of Defense.
According to the department, the $1.05 billion Lockheed contract "procures long lead time materials, parts, components and efforts necessary to maintain on-time production and delivery of 118 Lot 18 F-35 aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-US Department of Defense participants, and Foreign Military Sales customers."
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $431 million Defense Department contract earlier this month to provide the US Army and its international allies with new High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and associated services.
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Fraser Cromar
I am a Retail Store Manager within Tesco with over twenty years experience, the last five of which have been based in Leith, As well the day to day running of the supermarket I'm heavily involved in supporting our local community.
I represent Tesco on Community Alcohol Partnerships in Edinburgh, working closely with police Scotland and Licensing to deliver support programmes, I represent Tesco in Edinburgh for community initiatives including the budgeting, sourcing and resourcing in the city and Over the last four years I have spent time with Game Changer public and social partnership where I have worked closely with Hibernian Football Club and Hibernian Community Foundation.
I am absolutely delighted to be given the opportunity to develop that work further.
Fraser was appointed Chairman of Hibernian Community Foundation in June 2021
David is an award-winning former journalist who has run his own PR company for many years. He has advised many blue chip companies on issues as diverse as product launches to crisis management.
Published: 10th March, 2017
Grahame Cumming
Grahame who joined the Board in 2016, has worked for over 30 years with NHS Lothian being involved in the planning of future health service provision, with his current role being the NHS Lothian Innovation Champion. He has been a Hibs supporter far longer than that and along with his wife and two sons is a season ticket holder.
Updated: 21st January, 2019
Lewis joined Hibernian Community Foundation in September 2019 after 3 years at Dundee Football Club and DFC in the Community Trust. Lewis was appointed Chief Executive Officer in July 2021 following his role as Community Development Manager previously where he led all non-football related projects.
You can contact Lewis via email:
Updated: 1st September, 2021
Kieran joined the Board in early 2021 after completing 2 years on the Board of Hibernian Football Club as the Supporter Representative.
Kieran previously worked for 15 years in Financial Services industry before changing career and now works for community organisations in the Third Sector. Kieran is also the Supporter Liaison Officer at Hibernian Football Club.
Bikes are Kieran's second passion and he teaches Bikeability to hundreds of school children across Midlothian. He is a qualified Cycle Trainer and bike mechanic.
Iain Gray MSP is a senior Scottish politician, lifelong supporter and season ticket holder at Hibernian Football Club. He has significant experience working in the charity sector having spent more than 12 years with Oxfam in Scotland. Elected as MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands in 1999, Iain became MSP for East Lothian in 2007 and has held 4 different Ministerial posts, including Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning. Iain is currently Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance.
Grace Boyle
Grace is an Edinburgh lass and lifelong Hibee. From working in our Sponsorship lounges as a teenager, Grace went on to a successful career in the competitive world of the Scottish media counting The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, Scot FM, and Radio Forth amongst her former 'clubs'.
Whilst owning and managing her own publishing company, and bringing up her Hibs daft son, Grace became a powerful advocate within the Scottish charity sector. offering fundraising support and guidance to The Maggie's centre, Brain Tumour Research and Rotary International she has a strong record of caring for the people of Edinburgh.
More recently she studied BA Events Management at Queen Margaret University to add to her BA Honours in Journalism from Edinburgh Napier University.


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The 64 page book features some of the world's most beloved and most recognizable works of art, including Mona Lisa and Starry Night. Practice your cross stitching with the fabric and embroidery thread included in the kit, then start adding your masterpieces to your throw pillows, tote bags, and clothing. Pick up a kit for your office gift exchange, your favorite grandma, and your sister.
In this time of technology, we need to be cautious that we do not lose the skill and art of crafting with our hands. I love the idea of giving craft kits to young girls and boys so they can learn basic sewing skills and maybe even discover they have an incredible talent for creating art. Cross Stitch Creations: Fine Art is the perfect quiet time activity or rainy day project that builds focus and creativity.


The other day I was wandering through the nets and found a bunch of unique movie coming out. Here's some of the ones that stood out.
Super 8 - I have a feeling this is going to be a big deal in the way Close encounters was. Watch the second trailer and let me know what you think. Kids, area 51 and Spielberg, must I say more?
Rubber - The single strangest premise of a movie ever made...ever, no I'm serious. It is a movie about a homicidal possibly psychic rubber tire. I explained this to Mrs. Lurker and she said you mean like Christine. NOPE. Just a tire. Stop questioning me and go watch the damn trailer. GAWWWWWDDDDD!!!
Sucker Punch - At first it looks like the standard crap where a bunch of women in an asylum fight back. As usual things like their nice makeup and combed hair bug me but then the trailer takes a turn I didn't expect. Could be a fun throw away adventure movie. Who knows it might even be good.
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Sabir Butt (born April 20, 1969 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a former professional male squash player who represented Canada during his career. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No.17 in May 1988 after having joined the Professional Squash Association in 1985. Winner of 16 PSA international events and 4 time Canadian National Men's Champion. He represented Canada during the 1987 & 1989 World Team Squash Championships. Sabir was also Mississauga Athlete of the Year in 1994.

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The trek to Hampta is surreal and at the same time intimidating during winter. The green meadows will be covered in snow and the whole valley will be wearing a white robe presenting you with an incredible view and an exciting experience. Even though touching the pass remains a remote possibility you can indulge in snow hiking and photography at an altitude of around 3000 feet. Soak in the imposing view of the snow-covered Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal ranges with a valley brimming with snow.
The participants are requested to gather at Prini by 9 am. After refreshments and a safety briefing, we will start the trek. The trek from Prini to Sethan is about 4 hours long and it's a moderate one. We will follow the main road to Sethan as our trails will be blocked with snow (December mid onwards). Once we reach the base camp in Sethan, unwind, relax and enjoy the atmosphere.
Head out towards Hamta at early morning. This time it's moderate but a little bit tricky. Our guides will be helping you during the ascent till Chikka. On the way we will stop at Hampta to catch a glimpse of village life as we are entering their world and culture. Onceat Chikka, indulge in snow hiking and click some photographs. After having our packed lunch here, we will be retracing our steps back to the base camp in Sethan. At night, enjoy dinner and music over a warm bonfire before you go to sleep.
The trek will end today as we head out in the morning from Sethan for Prini. The descent is gradual and even. Once we reach Prini, you are welcome to either extend your stay with us at the basecamp in Haripur or head to Manali to catch your evening bus.


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Launch of a comprehensive new anthology
Contemporary Australian Poetry
Edited by Martin Langford, Judith Beveridge, Judy Johnson and David Musgrave. Surveying the work of the past 25 years.
To be launched in:
The ANZAC Room (1st Floor), Paddington RSL, 220-232 Oxford St, Paddington,
3 for 3.30pm, Saturday November 12th,
by David Malouf
The Performance Space in the Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale St,
by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
'Offering loved, favourite poems as well as joyful discoveries, this landmark anthology showcases the strength and range of recent Australian poetry. It's a book I'll keep close and return to frequently.'
The quality of Australian poetry has never been higher, nor the number of distinctive voices greater.
This collection presents the astonishing achievements of Australian poetry during the last quarter of a century. Over ten years in preparation, gathering over 200 poets and 500 poems, it makes the case for this country's poetry as a broadening of the universal set for all English-speakers.
'Somewhat astonishingly,' the introduction notes, 'and while no-one was looking, Australian poetry has developed a momentum and a critical mass such that it has become one more luminous field in the English-speaking imagination. Increasingly, anyone who seeks to explore the perspectives or music available in English will also have to consider the perspectives and music which have originated here — Australia having turned itself, too, into a place in the mind.'
Both survey and critical review, this anthology offers a rare opportunity to explore the major national achievement that is contemporary Australian poetry.
The editors:
Essayist, poet and critic, Martin Langford has published seven books of poetry, the most recent of which is Ground (P&W, 2015). He is the poetry reviewer for Meanjin.
Judith Beveridge has published six collections of poetry. She was poetry editor for Meanjin from 2005 to 2015 and teaches poetry writing at post-graduate level at the University of Sydney.
Judy Johnson was editor of the Wagtail poetry series from 2000 to 2011. She has published five collections of poetry – many of them prize-winning – and several chapbooks. Her verse novel Jack (Picador, 2007) featured on the syllabus of both Sydney and Melbourne University.
David Musgrave founded Puncher & Wattmann in 2005. Poet, critic and novelist, he has published six collections of poetry, and has won many awards for his work. He teaches Creative Writing at the University of Newcastle.
Contemporary Australian Poetry can be purchased from this website.


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Get it, Aloy! Horizon Zero Dawn Leads the D.I.C.E. Awards with 10 Nominations
Date: January 12, 2018Author: Thomas Williams 1 Comment
Horizon Zero Dawn was easily one of the biggest games to rock the PlayStation 4 in 2017. After many years in development, the game was a massive success for developer Guerrilla Games, as it helped the team become a household name amongst the PlayStation Nation and made Aloy into a PlayStation Icon.
The Gaming Industry has taken notice, as Horizon Zero Dawn has dominated the nominations for the prestigious D.I.C.E. Awards, with a total of 10 nominations!
The 10 categories are:
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Outstanding Achievement in Character
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Outstanding Achievement in Story
Outstanding Technical Achievement
Adventure Game of the Year
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
As we all know, 2017 was a historic year for gaming, with several memorable titles dropping throughout the year, so Aloy certainly has some strong competition to deal with.
The 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards take place February 22 in Las Vegas. The Brahs will be here to report all of the winners!
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The sky is still inky black as I walk along the uneven, wet field.
A few cars are parked in the distance, but in the dark shapes meld together. Among the row of covered carts standing in line to one side, there is one whose tarp is pinned back, revealing a spatula of light. Steam rises from the cart and lumbers heavily towards me in the chilly morning.
I can't resist the aroma that accompanies the steam, and so I head over for a better look. Round discs of tortillas are being heated and eggs sizzle on a miniature stove top. Ordering a jalapeño-charged breakfast burrito with coffee, I glance out across the field. Nothing interesting is happening yet, and I become impatient for the sky to lighten, for people to arrive, for my breakfast to be cooked.
I had imagined my cross country journey from New York to California would be like a trip through the Emerald City of Oz, filled with the endless wonder of big adventures.
This was my chance for self-discovery, Kerouac style.
Instead, my days consisted of mind-numbing hours behind the wheel and countless roadside greasy spots. Though I passed vintage towns and drove through fruitful plains no life lessons had confronted me. My excursion has been diligently free of symbolism and romance. At every local landmark I waited for the mystery to appear, in vain.
Where was the freedom and the wildness of the open road I had read about? So far, there has been no great obstacle to overcome, no thrilling exploits, and no derring-do to perform on my monotonous travel. In the darkness, I feverishly hope that I will find my crossroads here.
I am in the middle of a football field waiting for the festival to begin. A smaller stream of moisture wafts thinly off into the air and joins the mist from my breath. I watch the swirls of vapor intertwine before disappearing above my head.
As I finish my mobile breakfast, some 20 yards in front of me, contours move about mysteriously. Something is starting, and I step my way over the dew laden terrain toward the activity. As I approach a flash of fire appears, disappears, then reappears.
Lying before me, flat on the ground, is a gigantic swath of fabric. At one end of it, a yellow-white flame erupts again, this time burning long. In its light I watch the yards of material billow and rise slowly upright. The swoosh of the fire increases and its sound fills the air as the cloth transforms into a balloon painted with yellow and red stripes.
Two men pull at ropes and an awkward object straightens to become the basket. A handful of people who are watching surge forward to enter the balloon's hamper while I watch fascinated by the metamorphosis of a hot air balloon. A final whoosh of sound, the flame adjusts in brightness, and the balloon rises majestically to the skies.
Within moments it becomes a saffron-colored fleck, a paper lantern in the indigo sky.
I crane my neck to watch it float serenely overhead towards the unknown horizon, pondering where it will wander and where it will come to ground. A feeling of wonder and adventure surrounds the golden speck as it follows the wayward breeze.
As the sun rises and the sky brightens to a baby blue, hundreds of hot air balloons appear upon the field. Color, shape and size know no boundaries in this enchanted field. Not even the sights of Oz could compete with the spectacle of gigantic cats unfurling themselves upon the grass, bloated houses taking flight, and enormous cloth bees buzzing about in the air.
Brilliantly technicolored and harmoniously foolish, each balloon looms larger than life on earth before climbing into the heavens to create a vividly speckled sky. I came to see hot air balloons take shape, but I had no idea I would enter a world more madcap and colorful than the ones Alice and Dorothy discovered.
Standing mute and firm on two feet, I cannot imagine that the view from the balloons is more spectacular than the vantage I have from an open field in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
As I watch the balloons, I realize I have learned my first life lesson on the road: it is not what life brings to me, but what I bring to life that makes it an adventure.
I expected events to happen to me on this journey and became impatient when excitement did not seek me out. I assumed self-discovery was a grand process that would stun me with cataclysmic force and transform my core immediately.
I understand now that change is an ongoing development, as slow and unnoticeable as the air filling inside a swath of fabric until, almost magically, the shapeless mass alters into a balloon that is able to float away.
This festival, like my road trip, is not an adrenaline rush. The unseen hurdle standing in my way was my expectant attitude.
Now that I have stopped waiting for thrills to find me, and opened my eyes to my colorful surroundings, I have discovered the freedom of the open road.
Atreyee Gupta translates her love of nature and culture into writing and publishing stories that challenge travelers to cultivate relationships with travel destinations. As co-founder and managing editor of Bespoke Traveler, she seeks to inspire others to embrace an immersive travel experience through interactive digital products. Read more of Atreyee's writing at bespoketraveler.com.


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Movies, music or technology, where the USA leads others soon follow. And developments in food are no exception. America the trendsetter – what happens there is going to affect us everywhere.
One of the challengers, the seed-small Plant Based Foods Association, we've met already. The PBFA was set up just this year to represent and lobby for the plant-based innovators in the food industry, companies like Daiya, Tofurky and Impossible Foods, to name just a few of its 38 members.
Well now the PBFA has something of an ally in the newly-formed National Agriculture Advisory Board. I say "something" advisedly, because the NAAB is not exactly lobbying against meat. Or, like the PBFA, for vegan foods. It is an ally though – hopefully a powerful one – against the monstrosity that is Big Meat.
Abolitionism is the advocacy of animal rights that oppose all animal usage by humans and maintains that all sentient beings, humans or nonhumans, share a basic right: the right not to be treated as the property of others.
This is the bottom line. This is what most vegans sign up to. And I have to declare a special interest, because the 'godfather' of Abolitionism, Gary Francione, was instrumental in my own conversion from long-time vegetarian to vegan 11 years ago.
and thirdly, products advertised as 'high welfare' are often anything but – a cloak to hide monstrous practices. High welfare schemes are often inadequately monitored.
You have to meet people where they are. Most people do love animals. You have to work with that. You have to make respect for animals and opposition to their exploitation mainstream. We need to shed that noxious title 'animal rights extremists' and instead of confronting society head on, go for a strategy of constructive collaboration. To hardliners, this will be selling out. But sometimes we have to do things we wouldn't ideally choose, because pragmatism works.
This is the strategy adopted by the HSUS and its CEO Wayne Pacelle. Wayne & the HSUS got SeaWorld to agree to give up breeding orcas by collaboration, not conflict. What SeaWorld got from the bargain was some badly-needed positive PR, and being able to hang on to the orcas still in their facilities. The campaign to get them released to sea sanctuaries goes on, but it was an important first step – there will be no more orcas born to a life of misery at SeaWorld.
Wayne may be a pragmatist, but as a vegan of more than 30 years standing, no-one can doubt his passion for the rights of animals.
It's the same pragmatic approach as we saw in the HSUS's dealings with SeaWorld.
"The national council will be chaired by cattle rancher Kevin Fulton, who established the first HSUS state agriculture advisory council in Nebraska. It is made up exclusively of family farmers who incorporate higher animal welfare standards in their operations. These experts will help The HSUS's own Rural Development and Outreach team by serving as advisers and resources in legislative and regulatory work.
They'll also promote traditional family farmers who are currently practicing or who plan to transition to verified higher animal welfare standards. It was Kevin who said his goal is to make sure that the animals he raises "have only one bad day in their lives," referring to his efforts to ensure that animals raised for food have access to pasture and a good quality of life, in contrast to the overcrowded, heavily drugged animals on factory farms, whose every day is typically filled with privation and stress.
That can only be good, right?
They will also encourage more farmers and ranchers to become certified with animal welfare programs like the Global Animal Partnership (GAP), and encourage food retailers to adopt programs to sell GAP-certified products. There are now 290 million animals on farms certified under GAP's auditing program who are living under more humane standards than animals in conventional production systems – with the broad adoption of the GAP program by Whole Foods Market providing the shelf space that has driven this shift in agricultural production in the United States.
The HSUS now has 11 state agriculture advisory councils covering 13 states, all created over the past four years, and the working farmers who are members of these councils are doing a great job of advocating for an end to intensive confinement of animals on factory farms and calling on consumers to connect more directly with their food choices.
This is all part of The HSUS's program of conscious consumption, with our construct being the three "Rs" for farm animals: "reducing" or "replacing" consumption of animal products, and "refining" our diets by choosing products from sources that adhere to higher animal welfare standards.
Before abolitionists in droves turn their rage upon me, let me just say this: what I want more than anything in the world is to see all animals regain the rights that they should never have had stripped from them by the human race. And I will move heaven and earth to help make that happen. But in the meantime, there are still a lot of people eating meat and dairy, and some will continue to do so, maybe – sadly – till the end of time.
So what about the individual pig, cow and chicken in the system as we speak? Should we not care what they experience in life? Should we not seek to minimise their suffering now?
I don't love the idea of the National Agriculture Advisory Board. I don't want anyone to use animals for food. But I do think on balance the NAAB may prove an effective ally in the much-desired overthrow of Big Meat.
Abolitionism and welfarism don't have to be mutually exclusive. Let's make abolition our aim, and practice good welfare while we're on the way there.
Wayne Pacelle is riding the crest of a cultural tsunami with his concept for the Humane Economy. The more he talks to the movers and shakers, the journalists and the public, the more we talk about it and keep sharing news about it, the more it takes hold in our societies. And the sooner we will bring it about for the animals.
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Thank you for your closer look at this and for giving pragmatism a fair chance. Wayne Pacelle and others were highly criticized when not asking for the ultimate end to Sea World's exploit of whales and other animals. But as you correctly note, most people like animals and we need to "pick them up" where they are now.
It's a contentious issue, isn't it Alexandra. But we have to work with what we've got if it's going to make a difference for animals, right now, and for the future.


Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest storm so far worldwide in 2018, recently slammed into northeast Luzon—the Philippines' largest and most populated island—reportedly producing waves reaching almost 30 feet high, causing excessive flooding, resulting in more than 40 landslides, killing hundreds of people and displacing hundreds of thousands more.
International Medical Corps' Emergency Response Team responded immediately, meeting in Manila with first responders, government disaster-management authorities and partner agencies to assess the most critical needs and plan movements into the areas of greatest need. We also are mobilising a shipment of non-food supplies to distribute in and around evacuation centres to families unable to return home due to heavy damage, mudslides or road closures.
As part of a complete response plan, International Medical Corps is now conducting field assessments in the most-affected areas. Based on initial information from the World Health Organization and Philippine Red Cross, many health facilities have suffered structural damage and will require rehabilitation. International Medical Corps will identify the most densely populated area where health facilities are inoperable, and develop plans to resume service and to repair structures that have been damaged.
We also are working with our partners and team from 2013's catastrophic Typhoon Haiyan, when International Medical Corps teams provided a comprehensive emergency response in the country. Within the first six weeks of our response, we delivered more than 14,500 health consultations to reach those suffering from acute and chronic medical conditions.
Though much work has been done, needs and numbers are expected to rise, as many communities have not yet been reached. Check this page frequently for updates—and to find out how you can help.
*Super Typhoon Mangkhut—locally known as Ompong—boasted sustained winds of more than 120 miles per hour.
*According to the Philippines' Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC), more than 2.1 million people in 31 provinces were affected by the storm.
*According to media reports, the storm and resulting landslides have killed hundreds of people and damaged more than 117,000 houses; the risk of landslides and flooding remains high.
*International Medical Corps was on the ground in the Philippines within 24 hours of 2013's Typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 6,000 people and left widespread devastation affecting an estimated 16 million more.


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Die Moderatoren Joachim "Joko" Winterscheidt und Klaas Heufer-Umlauf sind vor allem als das Duo Joko und Klaas bekannt. Mit diesen Namen sind sie in Fernsehsendungen mit einem Comedybezug zu sehen.

Geschichte

Gemeinsam waren Winterscheidt und Heufer-Umlauf 2009 erstmals in der MTV-Sendung MTV Home zu sehen. Der Wechsel zu ZDFneo folgte 2011, dem Konzept der Vorgängersendung blieben sie mit neoParadise jedoch treu. Bereits 2010 wurde das Duo mit der Moderation der Show Ahnungslos auf ProSieben betraut, es folgte die Sendung Joko gegen Klaas – Das Duell um die Welt im Sommer 2012. Am 24. Januar 2013 verließen sie den Spartensender ZDFneo mit der Ausstrahlung der letzten Folge von neoParadise endgültig, um mit ihrer Show Circus HalliGalli bei ProSieben, die wieder einem fast gleichen Konzept wie MTV Home bzw. neoParadise folgt, einem größeren Publikum bekannt zu werden. Der Abschied von ZDFneo wurde im Dezember 2012 bekannt gegeben.

Beliebt ist das Duo vor allem unter Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen. Heufer-Umlauf und Winterscheidt wurden zeitweise als Nachfolger für Thomas Gottschalk bei der ZDF-Sendung Wetten, dass..? gehandelt. Im Spiegel wurde das Moderatoren-Team als "Hoffnung der hiesigen TV-Unterhaltung" bezeichnet. Am 27. März 2014 erhielt das Duo für Circus HalliGalli den Echo, im April 2014 den Grimme-Preis. Gemeinsam in Werbekampagnen und Werbespots aufgetreten sind sie für die deutschen Sparkassen (2011), für den Technik-Hersteller Apple (2014), für den Getränkeproduzenten Granini (2015) und für den Technik-Hersteller Samsung (2021).

Die letzte Ausgabe ihrer ProSieben-Sendung Circus HalliGalli wurde am 20. Juni 2017 ausgestrahlt, die damit auch ihre gemeinsame Late-Night-Show-Ära (MTV Home, neoParadise und Circus HalliGalli) beendete.

Ende 2011 gründeten Klaas Heufer-Umlauf und Joko Winterscheidt zusammen mit Endemol das gemeinsame Produktionsunternehmen Florida TV. In diesem Joint Venture, das zu 51 Prozent Endemol und zu 49 Prozent Joko und Klaas gehörte, werden alle Formate von ihnen produziert. Seit 2019 ist Florida TV (Anfang 2019 kurz Black Flamingo) eine eigenständige Produktionsgesellschaft von Joko und Klaas.

Kurz vor Heiligabend 2018 und 2019 sendete ProSieben Weihnachten mit Joko und Klaas, eine "Weihnachtsrevue" mit Gästen und weihnachtlichen Studioaktionen.

Im Mai 2020 machten Joko und Klaas nach ihrem Sieg in der Show Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben in den vom Sender zur freien Verfügung gestellten 15 Minuten um 20:15 Uhr in der von Sophie Passmann moderierten Sendung Männerwelten auf die sexuelle Belästigung von Frauen aufmerksam. Ende 2020 gab YouTube bekannt, dass Männerwelten Platz zwei der Top Trending Videos in Deutschland 2020 belegte. Im September 2020 nutzten sie ihre Sendezeit, die sie erneut gewonnen haben, um die Zustände im Flüchtlingslager Moria sowie in den Tagen nach dem Großbrand, wie z. B. den Tränengaseinsatz der griechischen Polizei dort, zu zeigen. Am 31. März 2021 erweiterten sie die 15 Minuten in Absprache mit ProSieben und zeigten unter dem Titel Pflege ist #NichtSelbstverständlich von 20:15 Uhr bis 3:00 Uhr nachts den Arbeitstag einer Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegerin im Universitätsklinikum Münster in Echtzeit. Parallel zu den Bildern aus der Klinik, die mit einer umgehängten Kamera aufgezeichnet wurden, gab es im Split Screen Kommentare anderer Krankenpfleger und Krankenschwestern sowie Altenpfleger, die von den Erfahrungen und Problemen mit ihrem Beruf berichteten, und Reaktionen der Zuschauer mit dem Hashtag #nichtselbstverständlich wurden eingeblendet. Am 21. April 2021 nutzte Joko die im Rahmen der Show Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben gewonnen 15 Minuten Sendezeit, um Klaas zu überraschen. Er ließ am Washingtonplatz vor dem Berliner Hauptbahnhof eine etwa zwei Meter große Statue von Klaas errichten, mit der er sich unter dem Hashtag #DankeKlaas bei Klaas für die gemeinsame Zeit bedankte. Bei der Enthüllung, die live im Fernsehen übertragen wurde, war auch der Oldenburger Oberbürgermeister Jürgen Krogmann anwesend, der eine Laudatio zu Ehren Heufer-Umlaufs hielt. Die Statue befand sich bis Ende September 2021 am Washingtonplatz und soll im Veranstaltungsgelände Kliemannsland wieder aufgebaut werden. Im Oktober 2022 verkündete das Duo im Rahmen der gewonnenen Sendezeit, dass sie ihre Instagram-Konten mit insgesamt fast zwei Millionen Followern den iranischen Aktivistinnen Sarah Ramani und Azam Jangravi "für immer" zur Verfügung stellen, um den Protesten im Iran mehr Aufmerksamkeit zu verleihen.

Projekte
 2009–2011: MTV Home (MTV)
 2010: Pringles Xtreme TV
 2010–2012: Ahnungslos – Das Comedyquiz mit Joko und Klaas (ProSieben)
 2011: TVLab (ZDFneo)
 2011: Joko & Klaas – Die Rechnung geht auf uns (ProSieben)
 2011–2012: 17 Meter (ProSieben)
 2011–2012: Willkommen 20xx (ZDF) mit Mirjam Weichselbraun
 2011–2013: neoParadise (ZDFneo)
 seit 2012: Das Duell um die Welt (ProSieben)
 2013–2017: Circus HalliGalli (ProSieben)
 2014: Webvideopreis Deutschland
 2014–2016: Mein bester Feind (ProSieben)
 2015: 20 Jahre Akte: Das große Spezial mit Joko und Klaas (Sat.1) mit Ulrich Meyer
 2015–2017: Teamwork – Spiel mit deinem Star (ProSieben)
 2016–2019: Die beste Show der Welt (ProSieben)
 2016: My Idiot Friend (ProSieben)
 2016–2017: Das Duell um die Geld (ProSieben) mit Oliver Kalkofe
 2018–2019: Weihnachten mit Joko und Klaas (ProSieben)
 seit 2019: Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben / Joko & Klaas LIVE (ProSieben)
 2020: Männerwelten
 2021: Pflege ist #NichtSelbstverständlich
 2019: taff (ProSieben)
 2021: red. (ProSieben)

Auszeichnungen

1 Live Krone
 2014: "Sonderpreis"

Deutscher Comedypreis
 2013: "Beste Comedyshow" für Circus HalliGalli

Deutscher Fernsehpreis
 2012: "Besondere Leistung Unterhaltung"
 2014: "Bester Show-Moderator (Publikumspreis)"
 2016: "Beste Unterhaltung Primetime" für Joko gegen Klaas – Das Duell um die Welt
 2017: "Beste Unterhaltung Primetime" für Die beste Show der Welt
 2021: "Bestes Infotainment" für Joko & Klaas LIVE: Pflege ist #NichtSelbstverständlich

ECHO
 2014: "Partner des Jahres" für Circus HalliGalli

GQ Männer des Jahres
 2012: "Fernsehen"

Grimme-Preis
 2014: "Unterhaltung" für Circus HalliGalli
 2018: "Unterhaltung" für #Gosling-Gate (mit Circus HalliGalli)
 2020: "Unterhaltung" für Joko & Klaas LIVE – 15 Minuten (Staffel 1) (mit Thomas Martiens und Thomas Schmitt)

Preis für Popkultur
 2019: "Spannendste Idee/Kampagne" für Joko & Klaas LIVE – 15 Minuten

Quotenmeter-Fernsehpreis
 2019: "Ehrenpreis" für Joko & Klaas LIVE – 15 Minuten (Ausgabe vom 29. Mai 2019)

Radio Regenbogen Award
 2017: "Medienmänner 2016"

Robert-Geisendörfer-Preis
 2021: "Sonderpreis der Jury"

Rose d'Or
 2014: "Entertainment" für Circus HalliGalli

Kontroversen
Im Oktober 2012, während eines Beitrags zur IFA in der Sendung neoParadise, forderte Klaas Joko zu der Mutprobe auf, einer Messe-Hostess an die Brüste und den Po zu fassen. Nach kurzem Hadern kam Joko der Aufforderung nach. Nach der Ausstrahlung wurde die Aktion viel kritisiert. Als Reaktion auf die Kritik veröffentlichte Klaas auf Twitter eine Entschuldigung. In ihr hieß es: "Wir haben einen Fehler gemacht, der nicht wieder vorkommen wird" und "Wir haben kein Taktgefühl bewiesen und lustigen Quatsch mit fahrlässigem, beleidigendem Schwachsinn verwechselt. Es tut uns ehrlich leid."

Im März 2020 wurde durch Recherchen des Reportageformats STRG_F bekannt, dass unter anderem in der von Klaas moderierten Sendung Late Night Berlin sowie in der von Joko und Klaas moderierten Sendung Duell um die Welt, anders als dargestellt, Personen einbezogen wurden, die über den Ablauf der Sendung informiert sind (Scripted Reality).

Weblinks
 Joko und Klaas bei Instagram
 Joko und Klaas bei Twitter
 Joko und Klaas bei YouTube

Einzelnachweise

Künstlerduo
Echo-Pop-Preisträger
Träger der 1 Live Krone
Klaas Heufer-Umlauf
Joko Winterscheidt
ProSieben
Florida Entertainment
MTV
ZDFneo


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Seriously? OMG! WTF?Enrique Iglesias Archives - Seriously? OMG! WTF?
Enrique Iglesias' twins are 15 months old and they are learning how to walk. Which means they might not be old enough to learn how to drive. However, the proud pop bought them a car for when they are old enough. Since he cannot wait, he is driving the car around and having them push him around so they will learn how to walk faster. At this rate, they will be cruising around Miami Beach before they are toilet trained.
Enrique Iglesias is a goofy dad around his twins!
Back in December, Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova welcomed twins, and yesterday the proud papa finally showed them both off together.
While we are used to seeing him singing for an audience, that is not what he did for them. He ran back and forth like a big old turkey making that sound and they gobbled up every second of it. They could not stop giggling at him. And we can not stop laughing with the precious little 8-month-old babies.
There is nothing better than to see a father be all goofy around his kids and hearing them laugh. Babies' laughter is the best medicine.
Enrique Iglesias' baby is attached to his hip!
You know the expression, "attached at the hip"? Well, for Enrique Iglesias that is literally the case with his 5-month-old baby. The little tyke is clutching to his hip and now way they are letting go. He can't believe it his child and I cannot believe how cute it is.
Why I am being gender neutral? Because his twins are a boy and a girl and I am not sure which one that cutie is?
Enrique Iglesias can't stop kissing his daughter!
Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova became parents to twins back in December and have yet to talk about them. All we have seen is two pictures of them in January, one from each parent.
Well yesterday, the proud pop decided to kiss and tell about his daughter. Actually, he just kept kissing her and she was begging him to stop. At least that is what her face was saying as she was imploring anyone to help protect her from the kissing monster. What she does not realize is that she will never get away from. No daughter can ever break free of their dad's and that is a good thing.
Seriously, how awwwwdorable is this video? A father's love is the most precious thing.
Did Enrique Iglesias just confirm he is a father?
It has been rumored for exactly a month now that Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias became the parents to twins, a boy and a girl. Since then, like their relationship, neither one of them has said anything about Nicholas and Lucy, their reported names.
But today, the proud pop (?) posted the above photo with a baby in a grey and white stripped onesie and said, "My Sunshine." We can assume that it is one of the one-month-old twins, and that is all we can do. Because at that age and in a gender neutral outfit, it is hard to tell which one it is. We also cannot confirm they had twins because there is only one baby there.
Whomever that baby belongs to, it definitely is beautiful as the singer's voice.
To see baby Kournikova-Iglesias, then click here!