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Why did the Minnesota legislature pass this Act?
For reasons unknown, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is an operating component of the federal U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), drafted a public health emergency proposal in 1999. Less than two months after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services paid Professor Lawrence Gostin to revise the proposal, which was issued as the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MEHPA) on October 23, 2001, and finalized December 2001. The model act authorized state health officials and their designees to take control of people, property, health care, communications and more in a public health emergency.
To encourage states to pass similar laws in each state, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), held a forum on Model State Emergency Health Powers Act, March 1, 2002 in Washington, DC. Approximately 500 state legislators and industry representatives attended this meeting.
Gostin and company from the Centers for Law and the Public's Health: A Collaborative at Georgetown and John Hopkins Universities, tracked the results of their efforts through July 2006. The Network for Public Health Law updated that tracking in 2011 via the MSEHPA summary matrix. This matrix shows which states passed bills, statutes and regulations that replicate, reflect or closely relate to 10 key points in the MSEHPA Act, as well as additional model laws, including the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act and the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act, which reflect provisions of MSEHPA.
10 key points from MSEHPA the CDC wanted all states to have in law:
Defining Public Health Emergency or like term (section 104)
Measures to detect & track public health emergencies (section 301)
Declaring a state of pubic health emergency (section 401)
Suspension of laws (section 404(a)(1))
Access to and control of facilities and property (section 502
Control of health care supplies (section 505)
Vaccination and treatment (Section 603)
Isolation and quarantine (section 604, 605)
Licensing and appointment of health personnel (608)
Immunity for State/private actors (section 804)
As you can see in the Public Health Law Network's tracking, between 2002 and 2011, 40 of 50 states passed related statutes, including Minnesota. (Interestingly, the Network for Public Health Law is located in Minnesota, at 7101 York Avenue South, #270 Edina, MN 55435. The organization is a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with direction and technical assistance by the Public Health Law Center.)
Initial versions of the act introduced in Minnesota were based on a proposal by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The MDH proposal was modeled after the MEHPA model act issued by the CDC in 2001, linked above.
The Minnesota Emergency Health Powers Act enacted in 2002, included multiple sections related to MSEHPA, expired on Aug. 1, 2005. While some provisions of this expired in 2005, other similar regulatory provisions were enacted.
In 2005 the legislature removed the condition for which the governor can call a peacetime emergency…they removed the phrase "public health emergency". However, the phrase "during a national security emergency or during a peacetime emergency" remains in 12.34.
"The governor may declare a peacetime emergency. A peacetime declaration of emergency may be declared only when an act of nature, a technological failure or malfunction, a terrorist incident, an industrial accident, a hazardous materials accident, or a civil disturbance endangers life and property and local government resources are inadequate to handle the situation." remains in 12.31
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What this means is that suddenly Greece once again has all the leverage (recall that last year the mere threat of a Greek moratorium cost G-Pap his job), a development which in June sent Europe plunging on fears that Greece may vote itself out of the Eurozone, leading to a Grexit, the return of the Drachma, redenomination, collapse in risk levels, the apocalypse and other bad things.
Judging by the reaction in the EURUSD, risk is now once again off.
Greece's Supreme Court of Audit ruled that Greek austerity measures including cuts to pensions and an increase in the retirement age may be unconstitutional, state- run Athens News Agency reports, without citing anyone.


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Thank you for helping me grow and for teaching me how much fun it is to be silly. I know our journey has not been what you expected for your family, but we laugh all the time, so I know we must be doing something right.
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Collection includes oral histories, documents, CDs, DVDs and collected photographs as well as unbound volumes of oral history interviews of families in both Northern and Southern Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Materials deal with the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the region, and date from 1960 to 2010.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Néstor Curbelo papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Initial citation: MSS 6939; Néstor Curbelo papers; 20th Century Western Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following citations: MSS 6939, LTPSC.
Processed by Katrine Templeman, student intern, and John M. Murphy, curator.
LDS scholarship and historiography (20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy 5.III, 2007).
Néstor Esteban Curbelo Armando (born 1952) is a historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Uruguay and Argentina.
Néstor Esteban Curbelo Armando was born in San José, Uruguay, January 8, 1948, to parents of Italian and Spanish descent. He was raised on a farming homestead. He was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at about age 20. He had already finished high school and had begun his education first in law and then to become a teacher, all the while funding his expenses with door to door photography. While in the process of pursuing his higher education, Néstor left for a mission to northern Argentina. Upon his return to Uruguay he married his wife Rosalina, whom he had met years earlier at a Church regional youth conference, and settled into a career as a traveling photographer.
He and his wife moved to Buenos Aires for better job opportunities, but as his family grew, he took a job as custodian in the local Mormon institute building. In 1975, with no formal degree or job title he was invited to teach a class. After about two years as custodian, he was placed in the organization's secretarial position. After five years he became the director of the institute.
He began working in the administrative areas of the church in 1978, and it was in this position that his lifelong interest in history took the form of a rudimentary exploration of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South America. It began in 1977 when he and several students conducted oral history interviews of local members. Little by little, self-initiated and self-funded, he began producing mini films for institute and traveling the areas, taking pictures and conducting interviews along the way. This became formal in 1985 when he received his official appointment as historian and was provided funds to continue his efforts. He later became director of public affairs for the Church in his area.
Néstor Curbelo has amassed hundreds of personal histories with pictures. He has written several short histories of various areas, and also several books about Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay in relation to the development of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His history was published by the church in 1986 and is called "Fifty years of the Church in Argentina." He has later published a number of articles in the Church magazines "Church News" and "The Liahona." In addition Curbelo has served as a correspondent for the LDS Church News and has produced a video on the history of the Church in Uruguay up until the dedication of the Montevideo Uruguay Temple in 2001.
Néstor continues to create a history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South America for the benefit of the church members. He and his wife still live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and have five children.


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Under The Influence: The Effects Of Social Media Accentuating Unrealistic Expectations Of Beauty
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"Over 30 per cent of my clients come with visual references of social media influencers to demonstrate the look they'd like," award-winning cosmetic doctor Dr Esho tells us. He specialises in non-surgical procedures using Botox and dermal fillers, with famous faces such as Love Island contestants on the receiving end of his needle. "We have a large group of patients between the ages of 25 and 35 who are most connected to social media trends." Many are concerned with recreating a more filtered version of themselves in reality; the ideal often being a highly-symmetrical, contoured doll-like look.
While looking like what we perceive to be 'our best' may be a natural part of living in our society, social media is propagating and accentuating unrealistic expectations of beauty, globally renowned lecturer and leader in pioneering research on Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Professor Marcos Sforza, tells Bazaar.
The expert aesthetic surgeon and scientific director at MyBreast Cosmetic Surgeryexplains that with advancements in photo-editing software, the easily influenced amongst us "are at risk of losing touch with reality, internalising the expectation that we are supposed to look like a perfect, filtered, edited version of ourselves all the time".
That's exactly what Dr Esho is seeing in his chair. "There's now more of a focus on a social media ideal of beauty (that is, how you look on your social platform) rather than how you look in real life," he explains, although in many ways to achieve this in reality would be impossible.
Of course, the seemingly candid portraits and casual selfies filling our feeds are not often as they seem. "The social media ideal is usually a combination of non-surgical treatments, make-up, lighting and filters," Dr Esho says. While some of this is obvious, some – like with 'good' cosmetic work – really isn't obvious.
"Obsessing over the way you look in a 2D image can trigger symptoms of poor body image"
Naturally, when some of us who aren't being photographed (or taking selfies) for a living struggle to achieve anywhere near the perceived perfection in pictures of those we follow, feelings of inadequacy can flood. While taking pictures of yourself isn't bad, and can even boost self-confidence, "obsessing over the way you look in a 2D image can trigger symptoms of poor body image," Professor Sforza confirms. Additionally, new stats from the Mental Health Foundation found that 22 per cent of adults and 40 per cent of teens say images on social media cause them to worry about their body image.
Beyond a case of dissatisfaction or 'compare and despair' syndrome, selfies and social media can cause concerns about how we look to become real mental health issues.
When comparisons become obsessions
Dr Esho coined the phrase 'Snapchat dysmorphia', describing surgery requests based upon social media filters, which he feels is influencing the industry on a global scale. "My concern is that if we don't do more to address mental health in young patients the social pressures on young patients will increase and 'Snapchat dysmorphia' won't just be phrase, but will become a legitimate condition of its own, such as body dysmorphia."
Professor Sforza says, "As a cosmetic surgeon, a clear red flag for us during a consultation is when images become a reference point for a patient. When things like Snapchat filters become how the patient sees themselves, or the patient wants to look exactly like that image, that is when there is a significant cause for concern.
"These unrealistic expectations, combined with the fact that extensive research shows social media does appear to be correlated with body image concerns – may explain the emergence of serious mental health conditions like BDD."
According to the NHS, Body Dysmorphic Disorder is medically defined as a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance. These flaws are often unnoticeable to others. It can affect people of any age and gender but is most common in teenagers and young adults.
Counselling psychologist Dr Silver – lead therapist for eating disorders at Nightingale Hospital – who treats patients with BDD tells us, "It is worth noting that it is 'normal' to dislike some aspects of your appearance but in people with BDD this preoccupation interferes with a person's ability to function."
How to spot signs of BDD
"It is important to realise that with BDD the person has either a very slight 'defect' or a non-existent 'defect', so you will not be able to see what is causing them to be so preoccupied," Dr Silver says.
She notes that signs of BDD include (but aren't limited to), "spending a lot of time being preoccupied and worried about your appearance; spending a lot of time negatively comparing yourself to others; looking at yourself in the mirror for long periods of time and focusing on specific 'flaws' or avoiding mirrors altogether because you think that you are 'hideous' and 'ugly'; avoiding certain situations for fear of being judged by others; and trying to hide your 'defect' for example by wearing a lot of make-up".
BDD is a serious but treatable mental illness, with the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommending Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) for treatment. "A GP is a really good place to discuss concerns and treatment options," Dr Silver says. "There are also websites, books and self-help groups that offer information and support for people with BDD."
In addition, social media can be helpful – when used in the right way. "There are some very supportive social media sites that can offer support and hope to those suffering from appearance anxiety." However, as we know, social media sites also have the potential to fuel insecurities by encouraging them to compare themselves to others. "I would advise people to think carefully about who they follow on social media and to ensure that they follow a mixture of people including people who they admire and respect for reasons unrelated to their appearance," Dr Silver advises.
The 'right' reasons for aesthetic procedures
For anyone with BDD, cosmetic interventions are advised against strongly. Dr Silver explains: "Research has shown that many people with BDD are very disappointed with the results of cosmetic procedures which can further increase distress and shame. Even when people with BDD are pleased with the cosmetic procedures, often their distress shifts to other parts of their appearance." BDD is a mental disorder and not a physical problem and so psychological treatment and not physical treatment is key.
Still, where BDD isn't present, other mental health issues can play into the motivation for seeking aesthetic procedures, be they surgical or non-invasive – and when this is the case a makeover probably won't help.
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"Aesthetic treatment in the right hands on the right patient really can change lives and boost confidence," Dr Esho believes, "but I do think the opposite can happen when the motivation is due to either an underlying mental health problem, or to please someone other than themselves – in that scenario the answer will never be the doctor's needle." Or knife, for that matter.
Dr Esho says he has refused to treat patients "several times" out of worry for their mental health, which is happening "more and more recently". He says "this shows the problem we are having in the UK with mental health in young people." But the key isn't just to say 'no', "but to counsel the patient as to why it's a 'no', and to help them get the correct support they need".
How the cosmetic industry can help
"The key is always the consultation," Dr Esho says. "During this process you can note any verbal and non-verbal cues that can flag concerns. Also, as a doctor you're trained to ask specific questions and assess responses that will give your more of an indication. In most cases it's a patient that has been to several clinics and has never been happy with that outcome and on further assessment and examination, it's a disproportionate concern with how they look to what you see." This is why seeing a doctor, (over a beautician who is trained to administer fillers, for example), is considered advisable – and, in this partly-unregulated industry when anyone can legally inject fillers, everyone needs to take responsibility.
"I believe all industry professionals involved in cosmetic and aesthetic procedures should be vigilant and closely follow the latest GMC guidelines," says Professor Sforza. "These highlight that all industry professionals must give patients time for reflection and that they need to have the information about risks, to decide whether to go ahead with a procedure. For example, surgeons should implement a 14-day cooling-off period before any surgery is carried out," he explains.
"More compulsory psychological training should be provided at education level"
He also believes that a key issue is psychological education, specifically BDD, not being a prioritised point of study on many cosmetic or aesthetics courses, so when individuals move into their chosen professions, they may not be educated enough to know how to screen out patients with the condition. When it comes to surgeons, he believes "more compulsory psychological training should be provided at education level".
Beyond advanced mental health awareness training for professionals, Professor Sforza recommends the introduction of formal screening tools in all clinics with psychiatric questionnaires utilised. This is something that high street retailer Superdrug has recently introduced as part of the in-store service of injectable procedures.
"If any professional in the beauty industry is unsure about someone's psychological wellbeing during consultations, all potential patients must be referred to a psychologist or psychiatrist for further evaluation. Of course, care should be taken to ensure the patient fully understands why you are referring them and how seeing a specialist will benefit their overall mental wellbeing and potentially dealing with their surgical outcome," Professor Sforza adds.
Staying head-strong on social media
It may seem obvious, but when appearance anxiety increases with social media usage, it's worth taking a step back and checking in with how "social media literate" you are, Dr Silver says. "By this I mean that it is important to understand that often people will modify their images to present a particular image of themselves and their lives. Often these 'perfect' images can fuel unfair comparisons and lead to dissatisfaction." Unfair, being key to remember. Think: did you worry about a physical issue pre-selfies and social media?
She recommends that people set limits on the amount of time that they spend on social media and ensure that they do not check in at times that they are feeling particularly anxious about their appearance.
"I would encourage people to not to seek their validation from being on social media, but to seek validation and pleasure in other ways such as by participating in activities that they enjoy and spending time with people who make them feel good about themselves."
Helpful, happy Instagram accounts
Curate a positive space with your feed following these accounts that celebrate beauty- and body-positivity, and help you live more #comparisonfree.
@lucysheridan (The Comparison Coach) thinks that social media and technology has caused a comparison epidemic, and offers online classrooms to help those suffering.
@iskra a.k.a. Iskra Lawrence is a hugely successful model and influencer who overcame body dysmorphia and eating disorders to becoming the poster girl for positivity.
@alexlight_ldn is a fashion and beauty editor-turned influencer whose focus is body positivity. She helped launch the successful body image campaign (#HeartNotHate) alongside Lawrence.
@julesvonhep is a spray tanner on a mission to make you feel better about your body. The man behind self-tan brand, Isle of Paradise also co-hosts Wobble, the life-affirming podcast discussing body confidence and happiness in a very real, relatable way.
@effyourbeautystandards, founded by model, blogger, and make-up artist @tessholliday and run by a body positive collective, will help shift your expectations of beauty.
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Offering an amusing spin on an A&E's Real Life series, Odd Future's latest sketch on Loiter Squad has revealed a humorous parody of Beyond Scared Straight. The original show is dedicated to exposing potential juvenile delinquents to the hard life in jail, and Loiter Squad's two-minute parody pokes fun at the conversations and exchanges within the show. Watch above and share your thoughts in the comments section.


When Lindquist launched their new website, they wanted to make sure they could also increase traffic to the new site. After making a significant investment on the site itself they didn't want to spend money on ads to drive traffic so they decided to focus on getting their employees better engaged with social media. The problem was, their partners and professionals—with the best networks—were also the busiest and had a big challenge in finding time for managing social media.
The approach was to send out regular email prompts to their professionals using Clearview's simple one-click sharing tools. In the first few months, starting with just the partners, the results were very encouraging. They saw a big uptick in traffic to their site with 67% of their traffic coming from posts shared via Clearview. In the coming months they plan on expanding to their associates and other staff to further build on their success.


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Early March 2017 bopping hillbilly fortnight's favorites
Mar 1, 2017 | Fortnight's favorites
courtesy HillbillyBoogie1 YouTube chain
This fortnight's favorite selection begins in a State not usually associated with Hillilly bop, that of Connecticut in the North east part of the U.S. Issued on the Starday custom Coxx label (# 588, September 1956), it hailed from Coventry and was allocated to SLIM COXX and his Cowboy Caravan. I remember the notes to Coxx 588 from the « Starday custom # 575-600 » study I had back in January 2012. « Slim's real name was Gerard A Miclette. He played with his younger brother, Roland "Rocky" Miclette in various bands. By the time Roland came back from serving in the Navy, he joined Slim (who played fiddle like his father, George) playing bass in Slims' Kentucky Ramblers. Eventually they came to the attention of the Down Homers, which featured Bill Haley (and Kenny Roberts) and joined them on the tidy sum of $200 a week wages. Once the Down Homers had disbanded, Slim & Rocky were playing at Lake Compounce in Slim's new band, The Cowboy Caravan. »
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/coxx-588b-Slim-Coxx-Lonely-Nights-9-1956.mp3
"Sitting here all alone"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/event-4267-Slim-Coxx-Sitting-Here-All-Alone55.mp3
»Lonely nights » is a perfect hillbilly shuffler: the vocalist has a top notch « hillbilly » voice, and steel/fiddle are both great. Rocky died on the 6th of May 2004 and Slim passed away October 13th 1999. The actual band singer was a Jimmy Stephen, who led vocals also on the other issue (either 1955, either 1957) by Coxx on the Maine Event label (# 4267), »Sitting here all alone ».
On to Dallas, Texas, and the great JOHNNY HICKS & the Country Gentlemen, recently evoked in my study of Hank Thompson's « The Wild Side Of Life » and his sequels. Here he delivers a proto-rockabilly with « Pick up blues », great vocal and fine guitar (Columbia 21064) cut late 1952.
"Pick up blues"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/21064-Pick-up-Blues-Johnny-Hicks.mp3
Talking of « The wild side of life », here is an unusual Cajun version sung in French by MARIE FALCON fronting Skuk Richard's band, The LA. Aces, under the title « Le cote farouche de la vic », which was issued early in 1953.
"Le cote farouche de la vic"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/khourys-621a-skuk-richard-marie-falcon-le-cote-farouche-de-la-vic.mp3
courtesy earlyCajun (Wade Falcon)
Then a completely unknown artist by the name of TIM McCLOUD on the Chesterfield label #362 on the West coast. McCloud reminds vocally one of Rex Allen for two selections, « Down Down Down » and « Mountains and mountains of lies » , both urban hillbilly style with a distinct California Western savour. Young Buck Owens had a record on that label too. The writer, Virginia Richmond, was also the owner of the label.
"Down down down"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chesterfield-362-tim-mccloud-down-down-down.mp3
"Mountains and mountains of lies"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/chesterfield-362-tim-mccloud-mountains-mountains-of-lies.mp3
Back to Texas, Houston area with the singer/fiddler COTTON THOMPSON. He already had the fast Western swing-tinged « Jelly Roll Blues » in 1949 on Freedom 5010, and later went as front vocalist for Johnny Lee Wills (« Oo Oooh Daddy » on RCA 5243). Here after train effects Thompson sings with urgency a fast song – already a small classic – « How Long » (Gold Star 1381) ; flipside « Hopeless Love » is a fine shuffler : fiddle is well to the fore. Thompson is backed by an otherwise unknown to me "Deacon (Rag Mop) Anderson" and his own Village Boys.
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/23-how-long.mp3
"Hopeless love"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/24-hopeless-love.mp3
Hillbilly BILL HALEY used to adapt race songs to his Country repertoire. Here he goes strong with the Saddlemen on Holiday 105 (July 1951) with «Rocket "88" », which has been often cited as the first Rock'n'roll record by Ike Turner's band (The Delta Cats) fronted by JACKIE BRENSTON on Chess 1458.
Bill Haley "Rocket "88"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Rocket-88-Bill-Haley.mp3
Jackie Brenston "Rocket "88"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/jackie-brenston-rocket-88.mp3
Sources : mainly 45-cat, 78rpm-world and YouTube ; my own archives. Wade Falcon's "earlycajunmusic" blogsite for Khoury's issue.
The Khoury's label: a Cajun concern (1949-1956)
Sep 18, 2016 | Record labels
The story of Khoury's Recordings starts in 1949 with a man named John Harvey "Virgel" Bozman. He was a rustic singer/guitarist and part-time comedian who sometimes billed himself, with tongue-in-cheek, as "The Arkansas Sinatra".
He and his brother, Harmon Bozman, were auto mechanics and had apparently been a staple on the San Antonio country and western music scene for some time. By the end of 1945, he was in Houston recording for Bill Quinn. While stationed at a San Antonio military base near the end of WWII, Cajun fiddler Floyd Leblanc befriended Bozman. Together, they had joined Bennie Hess' Oklahoma Tornados country hillbilly band as a guitar player but Virgil also dabbled in his own material as well. In mid 1947, Floyd had helped Iry Lejeune record a two tunes with the band on Hess' label "Opera" and they had him touring with the group for quite some time in 1948. Cajun music was well on it's way back and while selling cow horns in Lake Charles, Virgil ended up moving from Texas to Louisiana in order to record it.
The O.T. Years
Then came George Khoury, a Turkish-American businessman from Lake Charles and record store owner. In 1947, as an owner of a record shop, he noticed a lack of Cajun music being recorded in south Louisiana and decided to open a business to compete with Ed Shuler's Goldband Records and J. D. "Jay" Miller's Fais-Do-Do and Feature labels. His base of operations was just around the corner from Ed's on Railroad Ave in Lake Charles.
Khoury never had his own studio, however; he would rent out other studios and press the records in other places. He had his record shop in Lake Charles and many agree he helped Virgil finance his new record label "O.T. Recordings", named after Hess' band. Together, Virgil would try to find new talent for producing records and Khoury would sell the records in his shop. Even his "O.T." logo resembled a cattle brand. According to author John Broven:
Khoury was [Virgel's] sponsor, so to speak, because he didn't have that much money. He was a good salesman, he had a log of gab because being a cowhorn salesman he had to have a log of gab.2
Virgil kicked off his label with his own recordings, which were a hillbilly tune "Tell Me If You Love Me" and a Cajun tune "The Cameron Waltz" (#101), but he knew he needed other groups. It would be Eddie that would help Bozman get his first major outside recording artist. Eddie Shuler, a record producer in Lake Charles, had been approached by Cajun accordion player Nathan Abshire to record on his label after seeing the success Iry Lejeune's recordings. Nathan had been playing at the Avalon Club when the owner Quincy Davis thought having Nathan record would be good for business. Eddie Shuler, who worked for the KPLC radio station, was too busy with the promotion of Iry LeJeune and put Nathan's band in touch with businessman Virgil Bozman. Also, Vigil had been familiar with Nathan's music since Floyd had played in Nathan's band years before. Virgil had noticed how Eddie Shuler produced his records for Goldband. According to Eddie Shuler:
He kept the pot boiling by selling cowhorns (the famous Longhorns) and it is how he landed in Lake Charles one day. He discovered fast how I managed to get artists recorded by a third person and he decided to follow my steps. He arrived at the station studio, gave a bottle of booze to the sound engineer, asked him to cut an acetate, left with it and got it pressed somewhere else.2
He sold cow horns. In fact, I still have one of his cow horns over the entrance to my door there that he gave me back at that time. I let him sing on my radio show. Anyway, he went then and teamed up with George Khoury and then he went out and found Nathan Abshire.1
Pine Grove Blues Success and Aftermath
In May of 1949, Virgil gathered Nathan Abshire with Earl Demary 's backup band in the KPLC studio, located inside the Majestic Hotel in Lake Charles, to cut 8 tracks; the first of which was the legendary "Pine Grove Blues" for the O.T. label (#102). The melody was his version of Amédée Breaux's "Blues du 'Tit Chien" recorded for Vocalion Records in 1934. Nathan's 1935 recording "One Step de Lacassine" clearly anticipates the melody. There are some similarities with Bob Wills' "Milk Cow Blues" recorded in 1946 and even a loose similarity with "In The Pines", which some have credited as Nathan's source. His Pine Grove Boys band included Roy Broussard and Ernest Thibodeaux on vocals, Earl Demary or Ernest Thibodeaux on guitar, Atlas Frugé on lap steel, Jim Baker on bass guitar, Oziet Kegley on drums, and either Will Kegley or Wilson Granger on fiddle. The flipside contained a less-than-impressive "Kaplan Waltz" based on Angelas Lejeune's 1929 recording of "Pointe Noir". Since most Cajun 78s usually reached a pressing figure of 500, it was a big hit, pressing around 3,200 copies of the single. Virgil sold boxfuls of "Pine Grove Blues" from the back of a large hearse.2
"Pine grove blues"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nathan-Abshire-Pine-Grove-Blues-1-OT.mp3
"Pine grove boogie"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nathan-Abshire-Pine-Grove-Boogie.mp3
Earl Demary, Wilson Granger, Elridge Guidry, unk. dms, Nathan Abshire, Ernest Thibodeaux
However, Virgil kicked the label off with a string of tunes containing a discography of Cajun songs such as Nathan's cover of Leo Soileau's "Grand Mamou" (#106), "Lake Charles Two Step"(#106), "New Orleans Waltz" (# 110), "Hathaway Waltz" (# 111), a re-recording of his pre-war "French Blues" (# 110), and an improved swingy version of his first hit called "Pine Grove Boogie" (#111). At one point that year, Virgil and Khoury convinced the hit artist of the area, Harry Choates, to wax a record, trying to capitalize on his fame giving it "Jole Blon's Gone" (#107) and the obscure "Lake Charles Waltz" (#107). Neither Nathan nor Harry could recreate the success of the Pine Grove Blues O.T. recording.
Other musicians Virgil managed to get were Cleo Harves and Jerry Barlow on his listings. (# 103, # 105). The label would eventually move to San Antonio, run by James Bryant and Bennie Hess (former partners at Bill Qunn's Gold Star records), however, by the end of 1949, O.T. suddenly dried up.
He released his last 4 recordings he was holding onto, outsourcing the pressings by mailing his masters to Stephen Shaw and George Weitlauf in Cincinatti, OH. The records contained Nathan performing covers of the Breaux tune "Step It Fast" (# 114) and a rendition of Harry Choate's famous Jole Blon hit called "Jolie Petite Juliette" (# 114). The other one labeled as Sandy Austin was the stage name for Abe Manuel when he and his brother Joe played Corpus Christi in 1950. They recorded "Scrambled Eggs" and a Joe Falcon cover called " Madame Saustain" (# 113). The O.T. label only produced 14 records that are known to exist.
"Step it fast"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nathan-Abshire-Step-It-Fast.mp3
The Khoury/Lyrics Years
Meanwhile, realizing Bozman is out of the Cajun music market and with the help of Eddie Shuler, George Khoury decides to continue Virgil's recordings by creating two labels simultaneously, Lyric and Khoury's, in 1950. The reason for both names is unknown, but he set aside the 600 series for Cajun music and 700 series for hillbilly. It's also possible he bought out all of Virgil's material and signed Nathan Abshire exclusively.
NOTE: Keeping track of George's numbering scheme is confusing and leads to plenty of misinformation when creating a complete discography. His reasoning for jumping around issue numbers, repeating numbers and missing numbers completely can frustrate anyone researching the label. Over time, he would have two sets of 700 series, using several different logo styles. Some numbers are issued only with "Lyric" name and some only with "Khoury's" with a few issued on both. He followed up with R&B issues using the 800 and 900 series. However, this didn't prevent him from using the number "1" once, issuing one "500" once on Khoury's, issuing a "100" on Lyric, and later issuing a "1000" and "5000" both on the Lyric name. As far as anyone can tell, there were no session sheets that remain to prove any particular session dates. Most of the discography work is speculation based on historical recordings and personal interviews with musicians. Dates here are approximates at best.
There are a number of batches of records by artists which were probably assigned and then released at intervals. The location of some of the larger gaps do suggest that the missing numbers could have been deliberately skipped.
Lawrence Walker
The Early 1950s
During the first year in 1950, he recorded Lawrence Walker, Horace Lebleau, Crawford Vincent with Will Kegley, and Jimmie Choates. Walker was a Cajun accordion player who had a history of playing music with his brother Elton, Norris Mire and Aldus Broussard before the war. He even hosted a group of musicians at the National Folk Festival for the Texas Centennial in 1936. By 1950, he was back in the studio interested in recording again, this time with Khoury. Lawrence's songs such as "Mamou Two Step" (# 601),
"Country Waltz" (# 601), "Wandering Aces Special" which was Joe Falcon's "A Cowboy Rider" (# 606), "La Valse Kim Fe Du Mal" (# 606), " Tu Le Du Por La Mam" (#607) which was a Fawvor Brothers original and "Ton Papa Ta Mama Ma Sta Da All" (# 607) first appeared here.
"Wandering aces special"[inst]
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/khourys-606a-Lawrence-Walker-Wandering-Aces-Special-Instrumental.mp3
"La valse kim fe du mal"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/khourys-606b-Lawrence-Walker-La-valse-qui-mfait-du-mal.mp3
"Tu le du por la mam"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/khourys-607a-Lawrence-Walker-Tous-les-deux-pour-la-meme.mp3
"Ton papa ta mama ma sta da all"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/khourys-607b-Lawrence-Walker-Ta-Mama-Ma-Sta-Da-All-Your-Mom-And-Dad-Threw-Me-O.mp3
All of these recordings appear on Khoury's early 600 series as Cajun artists. It's possible the Texas Melody Boys with Pee Wee Pitre may have been recorded during this period which was given the only # 500 for "Ain't No More", a version of "Step It Fast", and an old Creole melody they called "Old Time Waltz". Jimmy Choates band recorded "Lonesome For You" and "Belle Isle Waltz" and the band also appears on the country 700 series as #705. Crawford Vincent, who played with Leo Soileau for years, teamed up with Will Kegley of the Pine Grove Boys for two tunes "Chere Petite Blun" (# 605) and the J.B. Fuselier classic "Lawtell Two Step" (# 605). They were listed as Vincent & Kegley. Horace "Ricky" Lebleu was a hillbilly musician from the Lake Charles area that teamed up with Nookie Martin of Eddie Shuler's band for two songs "Korea Blues" and "Basile Girl" (# 603).
"Chere petite blun"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Vincent-Cagley-Chere-Petite-Blun.mp3
"Lawtell two-step"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Vincent-Cagley-Lawtell-Two-Step.mp3
Meanwhile, Virgil was back in San Antonio pressing songs by Cajun musicians he had previously recorded; most of them being Nathan Abshire's band members. While in San Antonio, Bozman and Hess set up the Hot Rod label with local record man Bob Tanner of T.N.T. records. There, between 1950 and 1952, they recorded a few of Virgil's artists such as Nathan's lead singer, Ernest Thibodeaux on "Jennings Two Step" (# 105) and Nathan's fiddler Wilson Granger on "Bayou Chico Waltz". He released his last recordings of Nathan himself with "Hathaway Two step" (# 103) and "Chere Te Mon" (# 103). The recording quality wasn't particularly impressive and could have been the reason for their unpopularity. During this timeframe, Bob had also launched his Allied label, releasing several recordings of Harry Choates.
"Chere te mon"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nathan-Abshire-Chere-Te-Mon-1.mp3
He also pulled in little known Cliff Lemaire and the Kaplan Swingmasters for the song "Cow Island Special". Obscure artist Tan Benoit also recorded two songs, "Iowa Two Step" and "Gueydon Waltz". Outside a few recordings by Virgil himself, the label did not last long. Virgil's attempt at the recording business was over. Bob continued his TNT label well into 1953, pressing records for Eddie Shuler's band as well as for Aldus Roger and Iry Lejeune.
Cliff Le Maire "Cow Island special"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/16-Cliff-Lemaire-Cow-Island-Special.mp3
Tan Benoit "Iota two step"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/09-Tan-Benoit-Iowa-Two-Step.mp3
The following year, with Nathan no longer working for Virgil's label, George contracted him to re-record "Pine Grove Blues" (# 611). It didn't sell nearly as well as Virgil's recording two years earlier, but it produced several titles popular with Nathan's band such as "Belezere Waltz" ("La valse a Belezere") (# 610) based on the tune "A Precious Jewel" by Roy Acuff and "Choupique Two Step" (#610) based on Amede Ardoin's "Amede Two Step". These were pressed on both the Lyric and Khoury label. Other songs were completed such as, "Valse de Hollybeach" (# 611), "Iota Two Step" (# 612) and "Valse de Bayou Teche" (# 612), a tune originally recorded by the Segura Brothers in 1929. Nathan's career with the Pine Grove Boys was taking off.
"Choupique two-step"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nathan-Abshire-Choupique-Two-Step.mp3
"La waltz a Belezere"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nathan-Abshire-La-Valse-De-Belezere.mp3
1951 would round off the year with Lawrence Walker again, this time recording "Johnny Can't Dance" (# 615), the bluesy "Evangeline Waltz" (# 615), "Bosco Stomp"(# 616), "Waltz Of Sorrow" (# 616), "Creole Waltz" (# 617) and an upbeat version of Joe Falcon's Lafayette as the "Lafayette Two Step" (#617). It's around this point when George began to switch labels from black to blue.
By 1952, George's label is doing well enough for him to attract other obscure local bands. He invites Lawrence Walker back again for "Reno Waltz" (#623) and an old Joe Falcon song "Madam Sostan" (#624) but Lawrence feels the pressure to record some of his English country favorites including "Little Bitty Girl" (# 623) which was a 1946 comical jazz recording by Velma Nelson and "Keep Your Hands Off It" (# 624). Khoury tries his luck with recording two rather unknown groups, one being Shuk Richard with Marie Falcon. Marie was Joe Falcon's niece and played music in some of the same venues in which Joe had played. She sang her version of "Jole Blon" called "Jole Brun" (#621) and did her Cajun version of "The Wild Side Of Life" (#621)("Le cote farouche de la vic"). The group cut "Madam Entelle Two Step" (# 622) and "Chere Vere Naig" (# 622) during the same session. But it would be Elise Deshotel's group which would feature a rather unknown singer and fiddler known as Dewey Balfa. Possibly recorded in late 1951 or early 1952, they waxed some of the best known tunes with a young Dewey on vocals such as Leo Soileau's "Quand Je Suis Bleu" he called "La Valse de Bon Baurche", Cleoma Breaux's "Crowley Waltz" he called "La Valse de Tepetate", and "La Valse da Courage" which is very similar to Nathan's "Bayou Teche". The flipsides were instrumentals such as "La Two Step De Villeplatte", "Two Step De Avalon", and "Two Step De Kindergarden" (# 618, 619, 620). However, Khoury failed to latch onto marketing the bluesy vocals and powerful fiddle solos which Dewey would make famous ten years later.
"Evangeline waltz"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/khourys-615a-Lawrence-Walker-evangeline-waltz.mp3
"Bosco stomp"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/khourys-616b-lawrence-walker-bosco-stomp.mp3
"Le cote farouche de la vie"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/khourys-marie-falcon-le-cote-farouche-de-la-vie.mp3
"La valse de Bon Baurche"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Elise-Deshotel-La-Valse-De-Bon-Baurche.mp3
"La valse da courage"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/khourys-609b-Elise-Deshotel-La-Valse-De-Courage-1.mp3
The following year seemed to slow down for Khoury and his recordings. Jimmy Newman would be George's brand new artist but his recordings only sold moderately. Nathan's group was in turmoil due to band member changes and they were looking for more material to record. Jimmy recorded his country tune "Darling" which somehow landed on the Cajun 600 series while the 700 hillbilly series seemed to fade away. Nathan recorded "Musical Five Special" (# 631), a cover of Joe Falcon's "Fe Fe Ponchaux" and "Avalon Waltz" (# 631) but also recorded some cover tunes, "The New Jole Blon" (# 636) and "Tee Per Coine" (# 636), a version of "Keep A Knocking But You Can't Come In". Crawford Vincent, who had played for years with Leo Soileau and other members, headed to the studio with Horace Lebleau and recorded "Tippy Tee Tippy En" (# 640), an old traditional Cajun ballad known as "T'es Petite et T'es Mignonne".
"Tee per coiné"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nathan-Abshire-Tee-Per-Coine.mp3
Eddie Shuler 1988
By 1954, things seemed to remain slow. His 600 series seemed to employ more country music from Cliff Lemaire and Rick Johnson with one record by Nathan containing "Texas Waltz" (# 645), a slightly different version of his Kaplan Waltz and ""Point De Lou" (# 645), a rendition of "Rabbit Stole The Pumpkin" in which Iry Lejeune had famously made into his "J'ai Ete Au Bal". Strange enough, he would try to resurrect his Lyric label with Amar Devillier's "Shoe Pick Waltz" and "Durald Two Step" using number #1 but never continued the series. He kicked off his second 700 series again, this time with Eddie Shuler covering "J'ai Passee Devant" (#700) and re-issuing Floyd Leblanc's "Louisiana Stomp"(#700), a tune Virgil had recorded previously on O.T.
George reverted back to his original recording artists that he trusted and in 1955, released a string of tunes by Nathan Abshire and at least one by Lawrence Walker such as Nathan's "Casa Blanca Waltz" and, "Lu lu Boogie" (# 647), "Shamrock Waltz" (# 652) and "Carolina Blues" (# 649). The unusual songs, "Boora Roomba" (# 649), Dewey and Nathan's version of "La Cucaracha", and "Mama Rosin" (#652), also known as "Ay Mama Inez", were attempts to cash in on the briefly popular Cuban rhumba influence which entered mainstream country music that year. However, George was now pressing his records using different logos and label styles, some in California. Lawrence followed up with "Waltz of Regret" (# 648) and the "Brunette Two Step".One inventory listing by Nathan's band shows them covering some Happy Fats tunes but it seems to never have been released. The 600 series seemed to be fading away as we
"Lu Lu boogie"
http://www.bopping.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nathan-Abshire-Lu-Lu-Boogie.mp3
The Final Years
By the end of 1955, the writing was on the wall. The influence of rock and roll was taking a toll on Cajun music sales. R&B and country music was on an up hill swing and Cajun music sales weren't the same as they were almost 10 years earlier. He wouldn't record any Cajun music until about 1956 with Nathan Abshire, both "Crying Pine Grove Blues" (# 701) and "L.S.U. French Waltz" (# 701), and in 1957 Cleveland Crochet with Shorty Leblanc, both on 45RPM and both on his new second 700 series. But by the time Cookie and the Cupcakes released their huge R&B hit "Mathilda", George wasn't interested in Cajun music anymore. He would occasionally issue out a Cajun record to keep sales up. He released one more Nathan Abshire on 45RPM in 1958 containing "Cannon Ball Special" (# 704) and "Red Rock Waltz" and a 45RPM of Pee Wee Broussard containing Angelas Lejeune's "Perrodin Two Step" (# 709) and "Jolie Te Brun".
Between 1956 and 1958, Cajun music recordings across Louisiana were on the decline. Needing more exposure, Lawrence Walker heard a man named Floyd Soileau was starting up a recording label in Ville Platte. Having already recorded Austin Pitre and Adam Hebert, the Khoury recording artist was eager to switch over to Floyd's new Swallow label. This ended the relationship between George Khoury and Lawrence Walker. Nathan would eventually follow suit.
Eddie Shuler, George Khoury, Phil Phillips
The following year, Khoury would land an even bigger R&B hit with Phil Phillips' "Sea of Love" and yet only released two Cajun records that year, Pee Wee Broussard's "New Iberia Stomp" (# 720) with "La Valse De Bons Amies" (# 702). The other one being "La Robe Barre" (# 725) and "Elton Two Step" (# 725) by Lawrence "Blackie"Fruge in 1959.
He would only re-release an earlier Cleveland Crochet "Sha Meon Waltz" in 1961 when he restarted his 1000 series as an R&B label which lasted until 1966. Finally, in 1966, Wilfred Latour recorded "Bye Bye Cherie" and "Te Julie", a couple of zydeco based tunes, believed to be George's last French recordings.
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The Duke may be a confessed felon—he took millions in bribes and cheated on his taxes but at least he never burned the American Flag. Maybe he can get a couple of days credit on his 10 year sentence.
A lot of people have been quoting Johnson in the past few days: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel". I just can't believe that I was the only one to suspect that Duke's sponsorship of that loathesome "flag burning" amendment was a smokescreen. He'll find it difficult to wrap himself in the flag when he's wearing handcuffs.
Perhaps cynical crooks like Duke wouldn't be so common if people weren't so hung up on symbols instead of what they're supposed to stand for.


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iSAW sees gender equality as catalyst for accelerating ESG
This virtuous relationship between governance and gender equality is currently the most dominant.
Business leaders need to adopt new mindsets, says new study on ESG
Companies are still struggling to address gender inequality. The new report "Gender Equality: A Catalyst for Accelerating ESG and Beyond" from iSAW, an international Strategic Accelerator for Women, has examined how gender equality is a key catalyst for accelerating ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) commitments.
The study is deliberately provocative and has identified several key ESG and business benefits for organisations that embrace gender equality, the barriers to achieving them, and a 'multiplier effect' model that will leverage change within their organisation.
The study's main findings are as follows: Gender equality must be integrated into all aspects of the ESG framework. Gender equality is not just a part of ESG but a key catalyst for its acceleration. Governance is where this gender equality-induced acceleration opportunity most easily creates momentum for achieving a sustainable set of broader ESG and strategic outcomes.
This virtuous relationship between governance and gender equality is currently the most dominant. When women are present in senior management and on boards, they influence key decisions, internal control systems and other governance activities.
Low progress
It is important to note that this research is critical to the current pace of progress, as the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2022 projects that it will take an average of 132 years to achieve gender equality worldwide.
This figure combines four different indicators of gender equality progress, with one of the most radical indicators, women's economic participation, estimating that it will take 151 years (the global average) to achieve equality.
iSAW and Ascent do not accept this timetable and are committed to increasing women's equality in the workplace. They believe that companies can make a difference and that the 132 years can be reduced if leaders accelerate women's equality in the workplace.
New challenge
The new challenge is to advance women's economic equality in 20 years. This roadmap focuses on one aspect of this business value, namely ESG, and the need to refocus leaders' mindsets and behaviours on this issue. The decisions taken to date, largely dominated by men, have left the wider aspects of sustainable business severely degraded.
To achieve this 10-fold acceleration, business leaders need to change their behaviour and act on the value of greater gender equality, not only as social responsibility but also as a lever for sustainably better business outcomes, including meeting their ESG commitments.
These include climate change, the growing wealth gap, environmental degradation, resource constraints, social inequality, and geopolitical tensions that have challenged many of our global systems (energy, food, economic stability, etc.).
In terms of benefits, according to the McKinsey Global Institute, there is considerable untapped economic value, which has estimated that an additional $28 trillion in GDP would be unlocked over ten years if the full potential of gender equality was achieved. This is equivalent to doubling women's likely contribution to global GDP under the status quo scenario. Achieving global gender equity is not about redistributing existing economic resources but about creating additional economic value from which all people can benefit.
The more gender balance there is at the top, the more the dominant leadership culture and behaviours will positively impact decisions about the broader dimensions of ESG, for example, by setting new environmental standards, strengthening partnerships with social stakeholders and increasing levels of trust with these stakeholders.
Over time, further iterations of this virtuous cycle led to blocking actions. The company became more visibly motivated and started to invest more deliberately in integrating ESG outcomes into its strategic decision-making processes. This virtuous spiral is catalysed and supported by the shift to greater gender diversity and equality.
Ebtehal Alrawaily, iSAW International, said: "Gender equality is not a target to accomplish or a number to mark, but instead it's a mindset to create and a lifestyle to live by."
Joyce Aiko McCulloch, Ai Inclusion, DE&I Consulting, CEO, explained: "The positive symbiotic relationship between ESG goals and gender equality goals is undeniable. ESG and equality benefit all genders and require the engagement of all genders to make it a reality. This report goes beyond the analysis to promote tangible actions to make this a reality. It is possible one action at a time to create our new reality."
Dr Lysette Davis, Honors Instructor and Project Oversight International Educator, PhD, University of Arizona W.A. Franke Honors College, added: "This work is significant because when gender equality seems impossible, we need real tangible steps to make change through collaborative efforts. If we do the work, then gender equality can be real. We need all of us. We can do this."
Regan Bakke, Honors Student at University of Arizona W.A. Franke Honors College, continued: "I learned that the inclusion of women is a businesses' superpower. I focused on the environmental aspect of ESG in businesses, and from that research, it is clear sustainability cannot be achieved without women at the forefront of businesses.
They are the leaders of climate movements, and they statistically suffer from climate-driven hazards more than their opposing gender. With a woman's perspective, a business can only make more knowledgeable and successful decisions on how to become a sustainable face in this world."
Claire Hamlin, ESG and DEI Head and Partner, Q5 Consulting, pursued: "Many businesses are now realising the intrinsic link between our big societal challenges and our big existential ones (such as the climate crisis)!
"I'm proud to have been part of this research that provides a great framework through which business leaders can start to understand the true impact of gender diversity and how this can be an accelerator of progress against sustainability.
"The challenge of sustainability transformation is huge, yet the opportunity to tackle gender equality whilst achieving progress on ESG targets is clear. I would strongly encourage you to read the report!"
Nancy Speidel, iSAW International, said: "The ESG Gender Equality report uses a futuristic approach that reinforces the urgent need to accelerate gender equality on a global scale.
"Gender Equality is not a stand-alone item in 'S'; it is linked to and is an enabler for every component of ESG. The ESG Gender Equality report demonstrates how business can take action and accelerate both ESG and Gender Equality."
Saar Ben-Attar, Ascent-Growth Partners, concluded: "It is the new generation that is challenging us to create diverse, innovative, purpose-full organisations. Without them, reaching gender equality within two decades could not be envisioned, let alone accomplished."
The full report can be accessed here.
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namespace grpc_core {

namespace {

EvaluateArgs::PerChannelArgs::Address ParseEndpointUri(
    absl::string_view uri_text) {
  EvaluateArgs::PerChannelArgs::Address address;
  absl::StatusOr<URI> uri = URI::Parse(uri_text);
  if (!uri.ok()) {
    gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "Failed to parse uri.");
    return address;
  }
  absl::string_view host_view;
  absl::string_view port_view;
  if (!SplitHostPort(uri->path(), &host_view, &port_view)) {
    gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "Failed to split %s into host and port.",
            uri->path().c_str());
    return address;
  }
  if (!absl::SimpleAtoi(port_view, &address.port)) {
    gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "Port %s is out of range or null.",
            std::string(port_view).c_str());
  }
  address.address_str = std::string(host_view);
  grpc_error_handle error = grpc_string_to_sockaddr(
      &address.address, address.address_str.c_str(), address.port);
  if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
    gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "Address %s is not IPv4/IPv6. Error: %s",
            address.address_str.c_str(), grpc_error_std_string(error).c_str());
  }
  GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
  return address;
}

}  // namespace

EvaluateArgs::PerChannelArgs::PerChannelArgs(grpc_auth_context* auth_context,
                                             grpc_endpoint* endpoint) {
  if (auth_context != nullptr) {
    transport_security_type = GetAuthPropertyValue(
        auth_context, GRPC_TRANSPORT_SECURITY_TYPE_PROPERTY_NAME);
    spiffe_id =
        GetAuthPropertyValue(auth_context, GRPC_PEER_SPIFFE_ID_PROPERTY_NAME);
    uri_sans = GetAuthPropertyArray(auth_context, GRPC_PEER_URI_PROPERTY_NAME);
    dns_sans = GetAuthPropertyArray(auth_context, GRPC_PEER_DNS_PROPERTY_NAME);
    common_name =
        GetAuthPropertyValue(auth_context, GRPC_X509_CN_PROPERTY_NAME);
  }
  if (endpoint != nullptr) {
    local_address = ParseEndpointUri(grpc_endpoint_get_local_address(endpoint));
    peer_address = ParseEndpointUri(grpc_endpoint_get_peer(endpoint));
  }
}

absl::string_view EvaluateArgs::GetPath() const {
  absl::string_view path;
  if (metadata_ != nullptr && metadata_->idx.named.path != nullptr) {
    grpc_linked_mdelem* elem = metadata_->idx.named.path;
    const grpc_slice& val = GRPC_MDVALUE(elem->md);
    path = StringViewFromSlice(val);
  }
  return path;
}

absl::string_view EvaluateArgs::GetHost() const {
  absl::string_view host;
  if (metadata_ != nullptr && metadata_->idx.named.host != nullptr) {
    grpc_linked_mdelem* elem = metadata_->idx.named.host;
    const grpc_slice& val = GRPC_MDVALUE(elem->md);
    host = StringViewFromSlice(val);
  }
  return host;
}

absl::string_view EvaluateArgs::GetMethod() const {
  absl::string_view method;
  if (metadata_ != nullptr && metadata_->idx.named.method != nullptr) {
    grpc_linked_mdelem* elem = metadata_->idx.named.method;
    const grpc_slice& val = GRPC_MDVALUE(elem->md);
    method = StringViewFromSlice(val);
  }
  return method;
}

std::multimap<absl::string_view, absl::string_view> EvaluateArgs::GetHeaders()
    const {
  std::multimap<absl::string_view, absl::string_view> headers;
  if (metadata_ == nullptr) {
    return headers;
  }
  for (grpc_linked_mdelem* elem = metadata_->list.head; elem != nullptr;
       elem = elem->next) {
    const grpc_slice& key = GRPC_MDKEY(elem->md);
    const grpc_slice& val = GRPC_MDVALUE(elem->md);
    headers.emplace(StringViewFromSlice(key), StringViewFromSlice(val));
  }
  return headers;
}

absl::optional<absl::string_view> EvaluateArgs::GetHeaderValue(
    absl::string_view key, std::string* concatenated_value) const {
  if (metadata_ == nullptr) {
    return absl::nullopt;
  }
  return grpc_metadata_batch_get_value(metadata_, key, concatenated_value);
}

grpc_resolved_address EvaluateArgs::GetLocalAddress() const {
  if (channel_args_ == nullptr) {
    return {};
  }
  return channel_args_->local_address.address;
}

absl::string_view EvaluateArgs::GetLocalAddressString() const {
  if (channel_args_ == nullptr) {
    return "";
  }
  return channel_args_->local_address.address_str;
}

int EvaluateArgs::GetLocalPort() const {
  if (channel_args_ == nullptr) {
    return 0;
  }
  return channel_args_->local_address.port;
}

grpc_resolved_address EvaluateArgs::GetPeerAddress() const {
  if (channel_args_ == nullptr) {
    return {};
  }
  return channel_args_->peer_address.address;
}

absl::string_view EvaluateArgs::GetPeerAddressString() const {
  if (channel_args_ == nullptr) {
    return "";
  }
  return channel_args_->peer_address.address_str;
}

int EvaluateArgs::GetPeerPort() const {
  if (channel_args_ == nullptr) {
    return 0;
  }
  return channel_args_->peer_address.port;
}

absl::string_view EvaluateArgs::GetTransportSecurityType() const {
  if (channel_args_ == nullptr) {
    return "";
  }
  return channel_args_->transport_security_type;
}

absl::string_view EvaluateArgs::GetSpiffeId() const {
  if (channel_args_ == nullptr) {
    return "";
  }
  return channel_args_->spiffe_id;
}

std::vector<absl::string_view> EvaluateArgs::GetUriSans() const {
  if (channel_args_ == nullptr) {
    return {};
  }
  return channel_args_->uri_sans;
}

std::vector<absl::string_view> EvaluateArgs::GetDnsSans() const {
  if (channel_args_ == nullptr) {
    return {};
  }
  return channel_args_->dns_sans;
}

absl::string_view EvaluateArgs::GetCommonName() const {
  if (channel_args_ == nullptr) {
    return "";
  }
  return channel_args_->common_name;
}

}  // namespace grpc_core


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Chris Lovelace - Chair
Chris is the Director of PNG HHISP (Papua New Guinea Health and HIV Implementation Service Provider) since February 2019. He has a long history in health and international development. Early in his career he was a public servant for the Province of British Columbia, Canada including from 1982-1991 (and 1995) in the senior management of the Ministry of Health. Chris was the Director-General of Health and the chief executive of the Ministry of Health in New Zealand from 1992-5. He moved to the World Bank in 1996 where he served in a variety of capacities including Director for Human Development in the Europe and Central Asia Region, Director for Health Nutrition and Population for the Human Development Network, country manager in both Central Asia and East Africa and Senior Adviser HNP/Program Leader for Health Systems Strengthening for the Africa Region, retiring in 2012. From September 2012-2016 Chris was a Principal Associate with Abt Associates, working primarily on the Health Finance and Governance Project funded by USAID, retiring December 2016. He continued to take on short term consultancies in international health (e.g. Gates Foundation), until accepting the appointment by Abt with HHISP.
Sandra Sparanese – Secretary
Sandra has more than 25 years' experience in banking, financial planning and investment management. In her current role as an Investment Advisor and Financial Planner with RBC Dominion Securities, Sandra works with professionals, business owners, retirees and families to create financial plans to achieve their goals. Sandra has received the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FSCI) designations. Sandra is an active community volunteer and is a mentor with the University of Victoria MBA program.
Paul van Koll - Treasurer
Paul is a Senior Manager at KPMG. After graduating from the University of Victoria, he obtained his CPA, CA designation and has spent the last 10 years working as a public accountant helping various not-for-profit organizations as well as for-profit companies through providing advice, financial statements and tax compliance services. Previously, he volunteered as the Treasurer for posAbilities Association of British Columbia and as a coach for the Developmentally Challenged Youth Basketball Association.
Lynn Pollock - Director
Lynn is a pharmacist in private practice, providing clinical pharmacy and health education services to individual, corporate, and government clients. She has an eclectic professional background with experience in community and hospital pharmacy, academia and government. Her areas of interest include patient education and chronic disease self-management, seniors' healthcare, mental health and addictions, and evidence informed decision making. Lynn has served on other boards and believes that volunteers have a tremendous impact on the quality of life in a community.
Valerie Tsatsanis Mains
Val graduated from the University of Windsor. After working in Greece for 4 years, she returned to Canada and embarked on a more than 25 year career in Critical Care Nursing.
Val has a professional and personal interest in the health, wellbeing and inclusion of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. (or "Different Abilities" if more politically correct)
Val believes one person can make a difference and a team can create a miracle.
Susan Gee
Susan Gee is acting vice-president of communications and advancement at Royal Roads University. Prior to joining Royal Roads in March 2019, she was communications and development director for the Victoria Hospitals Foundation and vice president of Acumen Communications Group, where she worked with a broad base of clients from the post-secondary sector and beyond. Her more than twenty years' experience in communications, development, issues management and media relations include senior roles for some of the provincial government's most pressing issues, including as director of communications for the Ministry of Finance and Provincial Revenue. She sits on the Board of Directors at RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs) and is an accredited public relations professional (APR). Gee holds an MBA from the University of Victoria.


Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic.
Pompey's immense success as a general while still very young enabled him to advance directly to his first consulship without meeting the normal requirements for office. His success as a military commander in Sulla's second civil war resulted in Sulla bestowing the nickname Magnus, "the Great", upon him.
In mid-60 BC, Pompey joined Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gaius Julius Caesar in the unofficial military-political alliance known as the First Triumvirate. After the death of Crassus, Pompey sided with the optimates. Pompey and Caesar then contended for the leadership of the Roman state, leading to a civil war. He was defeated in 48 BC at the Battle of Pharsalus.


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Der Beginenhof Oudenaarde ist ein Beginenhof in der Stadt Oudenaarde in der belgischen Provinz Ostflandern. Er steht unter Denkmalschutz, gehört aber nicht zum Weltkulturerbe; die Beschreibung basiert wesentlich auf dem belgischen Denkmalinventar.

Geschichte
Der erste Beginenhof (Häuser Nummern 1–39) wurde 1367 in einem Haus namens "de Cluys" hinter dem Friedhof von Oudenaarde und der St.-Walburga-Kirche gegründet. Im Jahr 1449 traten die Beginen ihre Güter an die Damen des Hospitals ab und erhielten im Gegenzug einige Häuser im sogenannten "Borch". Damals wurde ein kleiner Beginenhof um einen rechteckigen Innenhof am linken Ufer der Schelde erbaut. Eine große Baukampagne folgte im 17. Jahrhundert; Erweiterungen wurden im 19. Jahrhundert und im ersten Viertel des 20. Jahrhunderts vorgenommen. Während der Franzosenzeit im Jahr 1796 wurde der Beginenhof aufgelöst. 1839 wurde der Hof von der Verwaltung der zivilen Armenhäuser an die Beginen verkauft. Im Jahr 1867 wurde der Hof von H. Bracq, Bischof von Gent, erworben. Im Jahr 1926 wurde der "V.Z.W. Begijnhof Oudenaarde" gegründet, der noch heute Eigentümer des Beginenhofs ist und dessen Rektor der Dekan der Pfarrei St. Walburga ist. Die letzte Begine starb 1960, gemäß den Statuten des V.Z.W. wird der Hof nun von älteren Damen bewohnt, die von den Bernhardinerinnen von Oudenaarde betreut werden.

Beginenhofkirche
Die Kirche des Beginenhofs, teilweise eingebaut, befindet sich nördlich des Tors und liegt an einem gepflasterten Innenhof. Die Kirche wurde 1516 gebaut und eingeweiht. Sie ist eine geostete Saalkirche mit weiß gekalkten Fassaden unter einem Satteldach (Schiefer) mit einem sechseckigen Glockenturm aus Kupfer unter einer Schieferspitze. Die spätgotische Westfassade ist mit rechteckigem Tor, rundbogiger Nische mit dem heiligen Josef und hohem Spitzbogenfenster mit Eisenmaßwerk aus dem 19. Jahrhundert versehen. An der Südfassade befinden sich die Tür der seitlichen Vorhalle und das rechteckige Fenster darüber. Zweibahnige Spitzbogenfenster sind in den Seitenwänden und im Chor mit fünfeckigem Chorschluss eingebaut.

Das Innere ist durch ein blau gestrichenes Tonnengewölbe und eine Verkleidung aus dem Jahr 1977 bestimmt. Zur Ausstattung gehört ein Gemälde: Heilige Theresa von Avila (1654) und Die Heiligen Drei Könige (1654).

Die Kirche ist mit einigen Gipsstatuen von Heiligen ausgestattet, darunter die Statuen der Heiligen Begga und des Heiligen Joseph im Chor.

Der hölzerne Altaraufbau ist mit Marmorimitat bemalt und trägt die Inschrift 1713 in einer Kartusche und eine Marienstatue. Die Kommunionbank besteht aus Eiche im neugotischen Stil. Vier neugotische Glasmalereien sind im Chor eingesetzt. Die Kreuzwegstationen sind mit farbigen deutschen Stichen versehen. Sieben Grabsteine aus dem 18. Jahrhundert sind im Boden des Chors eingelassen.

Torhaus
Das Torhaus hat eine rot gestrichene Fassade mit Korbbogentor in barockem Sandsteinrahmen mit Pfosten und Schlussstein und bekrönender Ädikula mit barockem Rahmen, verziert mit Voluten, Vasen und einer Nische mit Statue des Heiligen Rochus. Es wurde von 1969 bis 1971 unter der Leitung des Architekten A. Cheyns restauriert. Ein gewölbter Gang mit verputztem Ziegelgewölbe führt in den Hof. Spuren der Jahreszahl 1666 im Putz sind zu erkennen; zwei durch einen Gurtbogen getrennte Tonnengewölbe, die auf Konsolen mit Engelsköpfen ruhen, schließen den Gang ab.

Häuser
Die restaurierten Beginenhäuser (Nummern 1–3) stehen an der Straße auf beiden Seiten des Torhauses. Sie sind mit rot gestrichenen Giebeln versehen und mit Flechtwerk unter Ziegeldächern gedeckt. Haus Nummer 1 ist das ehemalige Haus des Kaplans oder des geistlichen Leiters des Beginenhofs, das 1572 dem Beginenhof geschenkt wurde. Es hat erneuerte steinerne Fensterrahmen, früher mit einem Denkmal für den Ersten Weltkrieg (auf den Tacambora-Platz verlegt). Haus Nummer 3 wurde 1843 umgebaut, es war früher mit drei oberen Fenstern versehen.

Der Beginenhof besteht heute aus mehr als dreißig meist weiß getünchten Häusern auf grau gestrichenen Sockeln, zwei- bis dreijochig und zweigeschossig unter Satteldächern (Ziegeldächern) mit je einem Zimmer pro Etage, die um zwei teilweise gepflasterte und bepflanzte Innenhöfe angeordnet sind. Die denkmalgeschützten Giebel sind mit rechteckigen oder leicht gewölbten Wandöffnungen mit kleinen Fenstern, meist mit erneuertem Holzrahmen versehen.

Die Häuser Nummer 1–4 sind Teil der südlichen Giebelwand, die zu den ältesten bestehenden Häusern des Hofs gehört. Nummer 1 ist mit geprägter Spitzbogentür mit bekrönendem rundbogigem Oberlicht versehen. Die Nummern 2–3 sind mit Ankern aus dem Jahr 1616 versehen. Über den gekoppelten Türen, die von einem einzigen Reliefbogen überspannt werden, befindet sich eine neuere hölzerne Marienkapelle mit flankierenden Laternen, die aus dem so genannten Koepkop, einem Glockenturm in der Kasteelstraat, stammen.

Die Nummern 5–7, die auf die Nummern 1–4 folgen, sind in ähnlichem Stil und mit gleicher Gesimshöhe gebaut und stammen aus dem frühen 20. Jahrhundert.

Die Nummern 8–9 bilden einen getrennten Block mit zwei Häusern, zusammen acht Achsen, unter einem durchgehenden Satteldach, mit rückwärtigen Gärten mit fünf Linden, westlich des Hofes. Nummer 9 ist das frühere Haus der Großmeisterin und hat rechteckige Fenster mit Falz und erhaltenen Flügeln.

Nummern 23–28 und 30 sind ältere (17. Jahrhundert?) Beginenhäuser an der Nordseite des Hofes. Bei Nummer 25 wurde der Giebel erneuert.

Die Nummern 10–14, 29 sind zweistöckige Häuser aus dem 19. Jahrhundert mit Rundbogenfenstern und -türen im Erdgeschoss und rechteckigen Fenstern mit kleinen Scheiben im Obergeschoss. Im Norden, hinter den Nummern 26–28, wurden nach 1918 Backsteinhäuser errichtet.

Kapelle
Eine neogotische Kapelle, die Unserer Lieben Frau von den sieben Schmerzen geweiht ist, bildet einen Erker an der Mauer des Beginenhofs, am 1963–1970 zugeschütteten Scheldearm und stammt wahrscheinlich in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Sie ist mit Giebeln mit abgestuften Strebepfeilern an den Ecken und spitzbogigen Öffnungen versehen. Ein Holzaltar auf Säulen mit einer verputzten Pietà aus dem 19. Jahrhundert ist das Hauptstück der Ausstattung.

Literatur
 Chris Bogaert, Kathleen Lanclus, Anja Tack & Mieke Verbeeck: Inventaris van het cultuurbezit in België, Architectuur Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Arrondissement Oudenaarde, Stad Oudenaarde met fusiegemeenten, Bouwen door de eeuwen heen in Vlaanderen 15N1. Brussel – Turnhout 1996.

Weblinks

 Informationen zum Beginenhof auf der Tourismuswebsite Oudenaarde

Einzelnachweise

Gegründet 1367
Kulturdenkmal in der Provinz Ostflandern
Ehemaliger Beginenkonvent in Belgien
Beginenhof

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