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Blond ambition - Does Boris Johnson have any housing policies?
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Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on flaky statistical ground.
A 51.89 per cent vote on a 72.20 per cent turnout means only 37.46 per cent of the eligible voting population actually plumped for Brexit - and that's if you give no credence to conspiracy theories about Russian influence, serial overspending by Leave campaigners, or the antics of Cambridge Analytica et al.
But we are where we are and now that most black-and-white of politicians, Boris Johnson, will be our next Prime Minister - at least if he survives the crisis of who did what at his partner's apartment before the police were called...
Assuming Johnson continues with his leadership bid, where precisely does he stand on housing issues?
We know very little, chiefly because Johnson - just like his rivals - has steered clear of specific commitments on housing during the current leadership campaign. This is what we can glean from his statements in the past.
1. He favours ownership over renting
At last year's Conservative conference, he made a fringe speech expressing a strident commitment to private home ownership: relating his first experience of seeing poor quality rental flats as a reporter on the Wolverhampton Express and Star, he hinted at support for the continuation or even possible extension of Right To Buy.
He spoke of a family living in a damp flat, condensation running down the window with black spores on the wall. "The council wouldn't do anything," he told the conference delegates in that black-and-white way, adding: "I thought what a difference it would make to that family if they had been able to take back control – to coin a phrase. To buy that flat."
With Johnson's track record you have to at least ponder whether that experience actually took place, or if it did whether it was then accurately related last year: but even if it was made up for the delegates, it is clear Johnson favours ownership over renting, and may return to traditional home ownership territory after recent Tory efforts to court renter votes.
2. He wants lower stamp duty
Johnson touched upon stamp duty last summer in his regular Monday Daily Telegraph column, when he called for reduced or zero stamp duty for first-time buyers (a policy later introduced, with some variation, by the distinctly anti-Johnson Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond).
A year ago, Johnson wrote of the derisory number of homeowners under 40 in this country. "This is meant to be Britain, the great homeowning democracy, but we now have lower rates of owner-occupation, for the under-40s, than France and Germany. That is a disgrace; and you can't expect young people to be automatically sympathetic to capitalism when they find it so tough to acquire capital themselves," he wrote.
Explicitly, Johnson called UK stamp duty "absurdly high."
3. He wants fewer affordable homes on new-build schemes
In the same Telegraph article, Johnson also took a cheap swipe at house builders sitting on what he suggested were large land banks, saying: "They have the land, they plainly have the cash, and it is time they used both to build the homes the country needs."
In separate contributions, Johnson has hinted that he favours renewed efforts to exhaust brownfield development before encroaching on the Green Belt.
However, he has in the past also taken aim at councils (Conservative and Labour) which insisted on affordable homes on many schemes. "The reason the last Tory mayoralty [of London - Johnson himself] out-built Labour is that we imposed no such constraint – with the result that we got more housing built of all kinds" he claimed.
Even critics suggest he may have built more homes than his Labour predecessor Ken Livingstone (figures from London's City Hall suggests 94,001 were built during Johnson's eight-year tenure).
However, as The Guardian recently reminded us, campaigners regularly challenged Johnson over whether his definition of affordable – while Mayor he said this would be up to 80 per cent of the market rent – meant they were affordable to many people at all.
4. He wants 'beautiful' garden towns
This pledge seems irresistible for politicians, as it features on Labour and Liberal Democrat wish-lists as well as Tory ones.
But Johnson and rival leadership contender Michael Gove have both endorsed a recommendation by the Policy Exchange think tank to establish a 'Department for Growth' with responsibility for delivering 15 'beautiful' new towns on the edge of London.
The same document - again, backed by Johnson - calls for incentives to developers whose designs come nearest to the search for attractive high-quality product set out in the National Planning Policy Framework.
5. His instinct may be non-interventionist on the private rental sector
Johnson has been notably quiet on the vast range of changes to private renting introduced, at a lick, by the Tories in recent years.
It is certainly true that his proposal to raise the 40 per cent tax threshold to those earning at least £80,000 would assist a fair number of private landlords but his justification for this has been to stimulate the economy, not to come to the rescue of buy to let.
It's worth remembering that when he was London Mayor, Johnson certainly enjoyed his fair share of tinkering with rental schemes which - at the time - were regarded as irritating or irrelevant by property professionals.
There was a long-awaited blue badge kitemark equivalent for landlords and private rental properties promised by Mayor Johnson; that became enshrined in his Mayor's Housing Covenant and then his London Rental Standard, both of which delivered very little and were at least partly voluntary.
However, in 2012 Johnson did say something which suggests that - if it ever becomes a priority for him as Prime Minister - he might be less interventionist than his Tory predecessors.
"It is clear that top-down regulation, including rent controls, will only serve to deter investors at a time when more, not less, investment is needed," he said seven years ago. It's fair to say no Conservative minister has acted on that advice in the intervening period; will Johnson deliver should he reach Number 10?
6. He has 'housing-friendly' people in Team Boris
Former housing minister Gavin Barwell - Theresa May's right hand man in recent years - has indicated he may not serve a Johnson administration in any capacity. Nonetheless 'Team Boris' consists of plenty of other experienced housing politicos.
Current housing minister Kit Malthouse worked with Johnson at the London Assembly, and can be expected to hold a strong position in the new government. He is also a keen backer of Johnson in these later stages of the leadership campaign.
Likewise James Brokenshire and Alok Sharma (the latter was housing minister when the Grenfell Tower tragedy took place) are both overtly backing Johnson for the leadership.
Perhaps more useful in terms of housing 'thinking' is Grant Shapps, another ex-housing minister who has become increasingly sceptical in recent years about the realism of some housing policies he himself advocated: he is another close supporter of Johnson.
So, if Boris Johnson PM wants to call on past ministerial experience, it's on hand - although recycling familiar faces in the revolving door of the housing ministry may not please the property industry, which has become mighty disenchanted with recent Tory governments.
So there we have it…
This rag bag of general views on housing, expressed randomly by Johnson over recent years, hardly forms a manifesto; to be fair, Johnson is not alone amongst his Tory leadership rivals in failing to produce a wide-ranging set of policies on housing or anything else.
So, for the future we can only guess at what he might believe or aspire to in terms of the country's housing market, based on those infrequent vague statements. He is very much a politician of our current time, forthcoming on broad brush sentiment while apparently lacking even the slightest detail, and perhaps lacking any interest in learning that detail too.
If he makes it to PM, and it certainly looks like he will, then how long he lasts will not be down to anything to do with housing anyway: who is to bet against the ultra-Brexiteers calling for his head within a matter of months if he betrays the wishes of the 52 per cent.
Or should that be just 37 per cent?
*Editor of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, Graham can be found tweeting all things property @PropertyJourn
**Graham was recently named Property Commentator of the Year, Property Trade Magazine Journalist of the Year, Property Columnist of the Year and overall Property Journalist of the Year at the Property Press Awards 2019.
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If your going to write an article at least be impartial - your remoaning 'statistics' at the beginning. The same logic applies to any vote and always has done! A vote is a vote, suck it up and stick to the housing topic or don't bother.
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The ability to vote is there for all who qualify.
If they can't be bothered to vote then that is their lookout.
In Australia they have True democracy.
Everyone is forced to vote!
If the same occurred in the UK you would have a radical difference in politics.
But we are where we are so it matters not that only 37% bothered to vote.
More than 50% of that vote was for leave.
Cambridge Analytica didn't influence the vote at all.
Neither did the millions spent by either side.
I wanted to leave the EU when idiot Blair flung open the borders to the A8 countries
I got my chance to reject that policy years later in the referendum.
No amount of campaign monies or anything else influenced my vote.
Blair decided my vote years earlier.
Rubbing the right's nose into diversity was Blair's stated aim.
Well the British have rejected that.
Had free movement been stopped I doubt the leave vote would have won.
But the political elite refused to engage with the views of the common man and have received bloody noses as a consequence.
I very much doubt whether there will ever be another referendum again as the results aren't usually what the elite want!
As for RTB an appalling and destructive policy.
Why should my taxes go to support feckless Council tenants to buy their properties at a massive discount!?
Social housing is there for a reason.
If council tenants want to buy then they should receive no advantage over other buyers.
Let them buy on the open market.
Let them buy their council home at FULL market value with no assistance whatsoever from Govt or Council.
I don't want my taxes subsidising feckless council tenants to achieve ownership.
Govt should reintroduce MIRAS for all properties under £350000 index linked.
It should allow IO mortgages til 90 at 95%LTV.
That would go some way to achieving homeownership for all.
We also need to see mortgages being paid by HB when a person is unemployed.
With IO only resi mortgages this would be cheaper than bankrupting the unemployed homeowner who would inevitably be made homeless requiring HB etc etc.
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Nicaragua: Relief Supplies Flown Into Earthquake Shattered Managua. 1972
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Refugees flooded out of Managua, Nicaragua on Monday (25 December) as relief workers hurried to avert the threat of a typhoid epidemic in the wake of the earthquake disaster.
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Background: Refugees flooded out of Managua, Nicaragua on Monday (25 December) as relief workers hurried to avert the threat of a typhoid epidemic in the wake of the earthquake disaster.
New aid has been rushed to the stricken city from the United States, Cuba and other nations; it includes a United States Engineering Company from Panama, thousands of tents and hundreds of tons of oats and flour.
United States Army trucks loaded with supplies and medical teams worked against the clock in the capital to avoid the spread of sickness among the thousands of refugees throughout the city.
Unofficial reports said that the death toll was around 19,000. However in Geneva the United Nations Disaster Relief Organisation (UNDRO) said the most reliable reports suggested a figure of "something under 2,000."
SYNOPSIS: The smell of death hung over Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, on Christmas Day as stunned refugees streamed out of the capital in a mass exodus. The Government, which had imposed martial law after Saturday's earthquake, ordered the city's 300,000 people to be evacuated when geologists feared more tremors. All normal life in the city had broken down. There was no running water and electricity had been restored to only a small section of the city. Armoured cars guarded strategic points and private guards armed with rifles patrolled banks and shops to prevent looting.
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The United States has ordered additional aid to Managua, including an Army Engineering Company from the Panama, 1,500 tents and 220 tons of cots and flour.
However, the priorities are for medical supplies, blood plasma, drugs and medicine.
United States Army trucks loaded with supplies rolled off aircraft which arrived at Managua airport at hourly intervals. Unofficial reports said that the death toll was around 19,000; but in Geneva the United Nations Disaster Relief Organisation said the most reliable sources estimated the toll at nearer two thousand.
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Código Clarendon es el nombre que se le dio a cuatro leyes aprobadas entre 1661 y 1665 por el primer Parlamento con mayoría anglicana del reinado de Carlos II de Inglaterra. Recibió esa denominación por haber sido promovido por Edward Hyde, primer conde de Clarendon y secretario regio desde 1660 hasta 1667.

Las leyes que componen el Código Clarendon fueron sancionadas para afianzar el poder de la Iglesia anglicana sobre los inconformistas puritanos, que habían dominado anteriormente la vida política.

Las leyes que constituyeron el Código Clarendon fueron:
 Corporation Act, sancionada en 1661, se establecía que todos los funcionarios municipales estaban obligados a jurar fidelidad a la Iglesia anglicana y a tomar los sacramentos correspondientes. También se exigía la renuncia al presbiterianismo , y se declaraba ilegal levantarse en armas contra el rey.
 Act of Uniformity, sancionada en 1662, se establecía la obligatoriedad del uso del Libro de la Oración Común en todos los lugares públicos de oración, y decretaba la expulsión de todos los ministros de la Iglesia que no se hubieran ordenado conforme a la Iglesia anglicana.
 Conventicle Act, sancionada en 1664, en la que se establecía que estaba limitada a cuatro personas el número máximo de fieles que podían reunirse para celebrar cultos no anglicanos.
 Five-Mile Act, sancionada en 1665, en la que se prohibía a los ministros expulsados del clero aproximarse a menos de 5 millas (8 kilómetros) a las ciudades incorporadas a sus antiguas parroquias.

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ESA-ESO WG report on Galactic Populations, Chemistry and Dynamics (June 2008)
Between the early 40s, when Baade showed the first evidence for the existence of two distinct stellar populations, and today, with our Galaxy surprising us with new substructures discovered almost on a monthly basis, it is clear that a remarkable progress has been achieved in our understanding of the Galaxy, of its structure and stellar populations, and of its chemical and dynamical signatures. Yet, some questions have remained open and have proven to be very challenging.
The main task of this Working Group has been to review the state-of-theart knowledge of the Milky Way galaxy, to identify the future challenges, and to propose which tools (in terms of facilities, infrastructures, instruments, science policies) would be needed to successfully tackle and solve the remaining open questions. Considering the leadership position that Europe has reached in the field of Galactic astronomy (thanks to the Hipparcos mission and the Very Large Telescope) and looking at the (near-)future major initiatives it has undertaken (VISTA and VST survey telescopes, Gaia mission), this work clearly has been very timely.
It is of uttermost importance for European astronomy to keep and further consolidate its leading position. This Working Group has made recommendations that would allow dissecting our backyard laboratory, the Galaxy, even further. ESO survey telescopes about to become operational and the upcoming ESA Gaia mission are a guarantee for opening new horizons and making new discoveries. We, the astronomers, with the support of our funding agencies, are ready to fully commit to the best exploitation of the treasure that is ahead of us. The main recommendations this Working Group has made to ESA and ESO are to guarantee the expected tremendous capabilities of these new facilities, to vigourously organise their synergies and to jointly give ways to European astronomers to be leaders in the exploitation of their output data.
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really close to home, how terribly sad.
There ought to be clowns!
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"We are, forevermore, the Greatest Show on Earth," boomed Johnathan Lee Iverson, who has been the ringmaster since 1999. His son, who also performed, stood by his side. The show was held at the Nassau County Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of New York City.
The circus last January said it would end its run after 146 years. The move came as circuses and animal-performance shows across the country have struggled with declining attendance, shrinking attention spans and shifting social pressure brought to bear by activists who have argued the animals are sometimes poorly treated.
…Producers removed elephants from the show's performances a year ago, and Feld Entertainment, which owns the circus, said ticket sales dropped drastically. The company had long battled animal rights activists in costly court skirmishes, winning a $15.75 million judgment against them in 2015. But it apparently lost the larger fight with public opinion.
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Rigobert Song Bahanag (Nkanglikock, Camerún, 1 de julio de 1976) es un exfutbolista y actual entrenador camerunés. Jugaba de defensa (y se retiró en el Trabzonspor de la Superliga de Turquía). Actualmente dirige a la Selección de Camerún.

Es tío del futbolista Alexandre Song.

Selección nacional

Ha sido internacional con la Selección de fútbol de Camerún, ha jugado 137 partidos internacionales y ha anotado 5 goles.

Fue uno de los jugadores claves para Camerún durante más de una década. Hizo su debut internacional el 22 de septiembre de 1993, en una partido contra México.
Con tan solo 17 años, Song fue la sorpresiva convocatoria de Camerún para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1994, jugando 2 partidos en ese torneo contra Suecia y Brasil. Recibió una tarjeta roja en el partido contra Brasil, convirtiéndose en el jugador más joven en la historia de los mundiales en ser expulsado, Camerún fue eliminada en la fase de grupos en ese torneo. La diferencia de edad entre el y Roger Milla (24 años) sigue siendo hasta hoy la diferencia de edad más grande entre compañeros de equipos en un mundial.

Rigobert Song participó luego en la Copa Africana de Naciones de 1996 y 1998 quedando eliminados en Primera ronda y Cuartos de final respectivamente.
Participó en la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1998 quedando eliminados en Primera ronda tras empatar con Austria, perder con Italia y otro empate contra Chile. Ante Chile Song fue expulsado convirtiéndose en el primer jugador en la historia en ser expulsado en 2 mundiales diferentes (luego Zinedine Zidane igualaría esa marca tras ser expulsado en ese mismo mundial y posteriormente en Alemania 2006).
Song fue parte de la selección de Camerún que se consagró campeón de la Copa Africana de Naciones 2000 venciendo en la final al local Nigeria por penales convirtiendo Song el penal definitivo que les dio el título. Por ser campeón participaron en la Copa FIFA Confederaciones 2001 perdiendo en primera ronda.

Song y Camerún se consagraron campeones de la Copa Africana de Naciones por segunda ocasión consecutiva en el 2002 derrotando a Senegal en la tanda de penales en la que Song fallo su penal pero se consagraron igual. La selección de Camerún y Song participaron posteriormente en la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2002 quedando eliminados otra vez en primera ronda tras empatar con Irlanda 1-1, vencer a Arabia Saudita 1-0 y perder con Alemania 2-0.
El próximo torneo de Song fue la Copa FIFA Confederaciones 2003 por ser los campeones de África. En el primer partido lograron una gran victoria ante Brasil y posteriormente Turquía y luego un empate contra Estados Unidos avanzando hacia semifinales. En las semifinales vencieron a Colombia en el partido que falleció Marc-Vivien Foé para acceder así a la final ante Francia perdiéndola por 1-0.

Participó en la Copa Africana de Naciones de 2004 en la que Camerún era el bicampeón defensor, pero quedaron eliminados en los cuartos de final ante Nigeria (2-1).
Song no participó en el mundial de Alemania 2006 porque Camerún no clasificó, pero participó en la Copa Africana de Naciones de 2006 quedando eliminados otra vez en cuartos de final en una gran tanda de penales que finalmente favoreció a Costa de Marfil tras el empate 1-1 en el juego, en ese torneo Rigobert Song se convirtió en el jugador con más partidos jugados para Camerún.
Luego participó en la Copa Africana de Naciones de 2008 en la que Camerún perdió su primer partido ante Egipto, pero se recuperó y goleó a Zambia y Sudán posteriormente avanzando de ronda. Camerún venció a Túnez en la Prórroga y al anfitrión Ghana en semifinales avanzando a la final del torneo que perderían ante Egipto otra vez tras perder en la fase de grupos, terminaban así subcampeones.

En el año 2009 se produjo un hecho curioso, Song se quedaba fuera del once titular por primera vez en 10 años en un partido amistoso contra Austria.
Song estuvo presente en la Copa Africana de Naciones de 2010 estableciendo récord al participar en su octava edición de Copa África, además Song fue el capitán en 5 de sus 8 presentaciones (no lo fue en 1996,1998 y 2010). Camerún paso la fase de grupos, pero Song no jugó el partido de cuartos de final en el que Camerún fue eliminado ante Egipto y su marca quedó en 36 partidos en esta competencia siendo el jugador con más partidos jugados.

Finalmente fue convocado a la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2010 convirtiéndose en el único jugador en la historia en jugar los mundiales de 1994 y 2010 y en el primer africano en disputar cuatro copas del mundo, también fue el jugador con más internacionalidades en el mundial con 136, no jugó el primer partido ante Japón que terminó con derrota 1-0, algunos jugadores le pedían al entrenador que cambie la alineación para el siguiente partido, Song no participó en el partido ante Dinamarca que perdieron 2-1 y quedaron fuera del mundial en primera ronda, participó en los últimos minutos del partido ante Holanda que terminó con derrota 2-1 y fin a la carrera internacional con la selección nacional de Song que ya había anunciado antes del mundial que esta sería su última participación con la camiseta de la selección. Finalizó con 137 partidos y 5 goles con la selección nacional siendo, como ya se mencionó, el jugador con más partidos jugados con Camerún.

Participaciones en Copas del Mundo

Participaciones en Copa Africana de Naciones

Participaciones en Copa FIFA Confederaciones

Clubes como jugador

Como Segundo Entrenador

Clubes como entrenador

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Defensas centrales de fútbol
Futbolistas de Camerún en la Copa Mundial de 1994
Futbolistas de Camerún en la Copa Mundial de 1998
Futbolistas de Camerún en la Copa FIFA Confederaciones 2001
Futbolistas de Camerún en la Copa Mundial de 2002
Futbolistas de Camerún en la Copa FIFA Confederaciones 2003
Futbolistas de Camerún en la Copa Mundial de 2010
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Futbolistas del Galatasaray Spor Kulübü
Club de los Cien de la FIFA
Entrenadores de la selección de fútbol de Chad
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The center of police brutality
Taylor Bye May 21, 2015 Opinions, Talon 104 Views
Photo taken on December 6, 2014. By Scottlum, Flickr
Recent reports of police violence has created a sense of worry, violence and unease in the United States
Ferguson. North Charleston. Baltimore. Three places, three deaths, one year, and one giant, continuous uproar around the country. Protests, riots and debate after debate. People pointing fingers and stereotyping while misinformation spreads along with angst and assumption.
Many people jump to conclusions before getting all the information, from the news and elsewhere.
Communities have been torn apart by insinuations, discrimination and miscommunication. It's not a race thing. It's not a socioeconomic thing. It's not a police thing.
It's the human issue of miscommunication.
In such cases, information is easily skewed. That's why it is so important to look around at various trustworthy sources and listen closely to what others have to say before reacting. People don't always know all of the information right off the bat. It may be because not all the information has been released and it may have to do with the problem of sensationalist media.
Becoming informed
On May 4, Fox News apologized for a false report they had issued on another supposed shooting in Baltimore. Reporter Mike Tobin claimed that a "young, black male" was running away from the officer, and "as he was running away, that officer drew his weapon and fired and struck the individual."
This report was later confirmed as untrue and the real story was that the black man in question was arrested for having a handgun, and it fired accidentally when he dropped it.
"On the internet these days, people will click on 'click bait,'" said Matt Mckinney, public safety reporter for the Star Tribune. "Things that are just sensational and interesting for 10 seconds."
With that in mind, keeping your eyes open for new sources of information is key when trying to formulate an opinion on these matters.
Minnehaha Director of Diversity Paulita Todhunter said she not only follows the stories on Baltimore on the big news networks but also tunes into the local stations.
"They're able to get more information from people because they know the communities well and they're not just trying to do a broad stroke of the story," she said of the local networks. "They're trying to get many, many different perspectives of the story so I try to make sure I listen to local networks."
When information is acquired from various trustworthy sources and is confirmed as credible, and situations still appear to be unjust, what can be done with that information?
"I think where people are disturbed and cry injustice is where the cops or when the police officers are white and there has been some kind of unexplainable tragedy under that," said Todhunter. "Where [the police] should've been in charge or were in charge and there has been death or kind of maiming or some kind of tragedy that has happened and there's no explanation factor where there was no camera, no one caught it on tape."
Tools to determine
This brings up the recent discussion of body cameras. As seen in the South Carolina case, camera footage can prove to be a very important piece of evidence. "Body cameras, I believe, are a very good tool," said Deputy Chief of Minneapolis Police Department Medaria Arradondo. "And I believe it can help in many respects regain the public trust so it's important."
"The best defense to officers acting in a way that is either not appropriate or on the level of misconduct is self-accountability and that partner right next to them saying, 'knock it off, that's not right' or 'if you're doing something that's against what we should be doing, I'm going to report that to a supervisor.' So while technology is good and is helpful, we need self-accountability."
Even with such technological advances, there will still be prejudice on both sides of the issue. The distrust runs very deep in troubled communities such Ferguson and Baltimore, The lack of opportunity runs rapid in those places.
"You have some factors there in common in areas where we've had violence," said Todhunter. "Usually the police force is majority white and the community is majority black. And there's significant poverty and lack of opportunity or education. So all of those things are common factors in what's going on."
This disenfranchisement of certain communities breeds a deep mistrust. A report from Harvard Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy's Journalist's Resource cited that "surveys in recent years with minority groups-Latinos and African-Americans, in particular-suggest that confidence in law enforcement is relatively low, and large portions of these communities believe police are likely to use excessive force on subjects."
This kind of mistrust breeds violence, and harms both civilians and officers. A study that was also cited in the report, found that "49,851 officers were assaulted in the line of duty, with an injury rate of 29.2 percent, according to the FBI. 27 were murdered that year."
Violence is not only in the community's hands, but the police department's as well.
"It is found in 2008, among people who had contact with police, 'an estimated 1.4% had force used or threatened against them during their most recent contact, which was not statistically different from the percentages in 2002 (1.5%) and 2005 (1.6%).'"
This divide of violence has built a wall in a place where it shouldn't be: between community members and those dedicated to serving and protecting them.
Finding a solution
There is still an outcry from those who don't support violence to the police, asking them to sit at the table peacefully and talk.
"Relationship is so key and if these communities we're seeing don't have that communication then that's obvious what they need to do next," said Todhunter. "[The police force] needs to talk to community leaders. So talking to church leaders, community leaders, local district leaders and just say 'hey, let's create a dialogue. Let's talk so that we can resolve any conflicts we have and work together to make sure that we can keep our people safe.' And that should be the common ground is that we want to have a safe community and we can all help to do that."
There is also a similar want for that amiable relationship from the police force.
"I think that as much as we in policing, we must not act out in our day to day duties in terms of serving the public, focussing on our own personal biases," said Arradondo.
"We also need the community to not judge us so much," he continued. "It's going to happen, we know it's the nature of the job. Information is important and information is key. I also say keep the lines of communication open. I think we need to do a better job on both sides of doing that and that's not just for the community that's for the police too.
"And for those people that are critical in terms of policing," Arrandondo said, "we should not run from that, or organizations, we should meet them at the table. We need to get an understanding. We may not always agree, but that's okay. As long as we can at least have the opportunity to know each other's points of view I think that's important."
This isn't solely a race issue. It isn't solely a socioeconomic issue. Those are factors, of course, but when it comes down to it, this is a miscommunication issue. People are not always willing to get the full account of what happened before forming judgements. And those judgements might last a lifetime, might be passed down through the generations, and build the walls of separation higher and higher.
What can we do as students to eliminate this miscommunication that breeds distrust that ultimately leads to violence?
Are we willing to talk to police officers about how they handle situations? Are we willing to talk with community leaders that may not share our same view? Are we willing to look outside ourselves in order to fix, or at least start, fixing the problem of miscommunication?
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I saved some cupcake rings from last year and included one in this lunch which was simple and easy to create. Again, I used heart shaped cookie cutters. I used a large one to shape the makings of a thick sandwich, a smaller one to shape the watermelon pieces and the carrots in cucumbers, and one of my smallest for the cut-out hearts in the Babybel cheese.
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Upper right - Heart shaped watermelon slices and seedless green grapes.
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Selected topic studies in the physical and cultural environment, resource distribution, economy, and population characteristics of the European-Slavic land areas. Special attention will be devoted to the study of the geo-political influence of this area or least developed nations and the U. S.
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An analysis of the major physical and cultural aspects of Middle and South America.
An analysis of the physical and cultural aspects of Russia and the other former republics of the Soviet Union.
Physical setting, resource distribution, economy, population characteristics, and geopolitical importance of the region.
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Analysis of the reciprocal effects of geography and political organization on the behavior of states including boundaries and frontiers, national resources, spatial strategy, and maritime power.
The conservation of natural and human resources with emphasis on population expansion as the major element in changing ecology.
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Historical, physical, economic, and societal evolution of the urban area. American metropolitan problems and implications for policy and planning. Note: One field trip required at student's expense. This course may be taken for sociology credit.
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An analysis of the physical and cultural factors in the development of North America from early European settlement to the present.
Supervised GIS projects on a topic chosen by the student. Intended to give practical experience for the student seeking GIS employment post-graduation.
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Jack D. Summerfield, 79. Communications Professor, writer, and loving father.
During his career, Summerfield managed radio and TV stations (WGBH, WRVR, and KPBS), won numerous national awards including the Peabody, volunteered in the Peace Corps and passionately taught college students.
He is survived by his children Edward Ford, Jenna Lynn, and Jacki Mariani; and grandchilren Haley Marie and Madison Claire. His humor and generosity will be missed by all.
Took me a long time to find this page, just searched for more info. on Jack Summerfield, one of my absolute favorite and cherished professors when I attended NYIT Old Westbury in L.I. and graduated with a B.F.A. in Communication Arts and Sciences in 1992. I took several Communications, Journalism and Communications/Media Law classes with Jack, and he was a total gem of a professor, an unbelievably sweet, super intelligent and delightful guy, with a wickedly dry sense of humor, and he was also my direct student advisor for a year or two. I still make sure I keep up-to-date publishing and media law tomes at home due to my occasional still-career as a freelance nonfiction critic, essayist and writer in the literary, music and film arenas. I had no idea till now that he'd managed WGBH Boston! I wish I had known all that when I was taking his classes. I learned so much from Mr. Summerfield I cannot even possibly relate it here. He shall be greatly missed.
In addition to the survivors and attributes mentioned in the obit, he had been an associate professor of communications at New York Institute of Technology in Westbury, NY, and a member of their board of trustees. I believe he had been married at least twice.


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Global Impact Conference 2021 featured practical solutions for global challenges
By PR Newswire	 On Dec 3, 2021
The main theme of GIC 2021 was the role of trust and partnership between countries, corporations, civil society, and people from different generations in their response to the challenges of our time.
MOSCOW, Dec. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Global Impact Conference 2021 (GIC 2021) took place on December 1 under the Bridging the Gaps theme. The conference was held with the support of ROSATOM, Euronews, Europe's leading news channel, UN Global Compact, and VK as digital partner.
To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8992151-global-impact-conference-2021-practical-solutions/
More than 50 eminent experts from 30 countries took part in GIC 2021, including government officials, international organizations, corporations, NGOs, development institutions and local expert communities. The event was moderated by Jaya, an AI virtual host.
ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev addressed the conference's role in his opening remarks:
The good news is that it does seem that global leaders are taking action, as was seen at the recent COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. What the Global Impact Conference reveals is that you don't need to be a President or CEO to make a huge positive impact. Our expert speakers clearly showed that leadership is being democratized. The right combination of skills and ideas can change the world through many small steps.
Conference participants shared their proactive approach to dealing with the world's most pressing challenges, including:
Development of an accessible urban environment and digitalization of agriculture.
Business strategies to conserve the planet's biodiversity and fight global warming.
Integrating employees of different ages and with different values in response to the workforce crisis.
Designing cities of the future and sustainable transport infrastructure.
Sustainable practices in human resource management by leading companies.
Linn Caldas, Lead Mental Health Specialist at Spotify, Sweden. Linn put together an international team of mental health experts, known as Heart & Soul ambassadors, who work to support the mental health of employees in their companies and organizations around the world:
The COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences — the necessity of self-isolation, and social and financial instability — all of this has led to a global mental health crisis. Companies quickly have realized the importance of creating a safe environment that supports the mental health of its employees. But to create this environment requires fundamental changes in how workplaces are organized, as well as increased awareness and additional education for the employees who perform this work. Addressing mental health issues in the workplace and changing corporate culture accordingly has become and will continue to be indispensable for maintaining a sustainable workforce in any organization.
Adaptive cities of the future.
Nora Berra, President of the Union of Global Health, France. Nora talked about her experience of bringing accessible healthcare services to the disadvantaged population of South Africa's provinces:
The two-year COVID-19 crisis has taken a toll on everyone, even on the most advanced healthcare systems, and has revealed profound inequalities. However, we saw the interdependence of all countries on each other as a result of globalization. It is unsurprising that the global crisis has generated a global response in terms of solutions and solidarity, leaving no country behind, not even among the poorest. This has become a real catalyst for innovation in the field of patient care, access to education, and digital services. The time has come to collectively shape a new course in global healthcare around the entire world by means of forming a partnership between innovative, public, and private enterprises and civil society.
Clean energy and equal access to electricity.
Gary Lawrence, Senior Vice President of the Power and Grid Segment at Schneider Electric, Hong Kong. Gary described how the company is restructuring to adapt ambitious green strategy:
The competitiveness of renewable energy sources will increase but it will be limited by a number of fundamental factors, including dependence on weather conditions. From this point of view, the load on centralized electricity generation will continue to be necessary to ensure stable operation and maintain an efficient and safe supply network for many consumers and customers in large cities and industrial clusters. We have selected a strategy that will be key to improving the entire production and distribution chain by 2023. By 2025, we will be conducting carbon-neutral operations and carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere will be reduced by about 800 million tonnes. By 2030, the number of CO2 consumers will be three times less, and by 2040, carbon emissions into the atmosphere will be completely eliminated.
Building diverse and inclusive organizations.
Elena Manaenkova, Deputy Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Switzerland. Elena shared a story of WMO's organizational transformation to unleash the talents and creativity of all employees :
It is without a doubt that women do a lot for science. It is just necessary to give them an opportunity to realize their full potential. Women continue to be insufficiently involved in decision-making and management processes for reasons related to historical bias that are too deeply rooted in organizational structures. Sometimes it is indeed necessary to start from scratch. WMO did not miss this opportunity and in 2019 embarked on a major reform of the management body. We updated our organizational structure to ensure gender balance and regional representation, as well as diversity in terms of scientific background.
These and other best practices will become a part of the Global Impact Conference platform and will be available to participants around the world at https://youtu.be/9yoezX3QaMs?t=1.
Along with young visionaries working to achieve sustainable development goals, top managers of major corporations such as ROSATOM, Nornickel, Rolls-Royce SMR, Volvo Group Trucks Technology, L'ORÉAL, Microsoft, Spotify, etc took part in GIC 2021.
About the Global Impact Conference
The Global Impact Conference is an online case-based conference designed to accumulate and disseminate international best practices in the field of sustainable development.
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Dr. Phillips 19, Vero Beach 7: Panthers defense shines
By Bill Whitehead and Correspondent
Reigning 8A football champion Dr. Phillips may not boast a gaudy record, but the Panthers took another step toward defending their state title on Friday by using a strong defense and running game to knock out Vero Beach, the No. 1 seed in Class 8A, Region 2.
Quarterback Brenden Cyr threw a touchdown pass to Jacquez Jones, kicker Riley Stephens made a pair of field goals, and Japerri Powell rushed for a score as the Panthers upset the previously-unbeaten Indians (11-1) in a region semifinal game at the Citrus Bowl in Vero Beach.
DP was 5-5 in the regular season but is 2-0 in the playoffs. The Panthers, seeded fourth in the region, will travel again next week to face No. 3 Sarasota Riverview (9-3).
In a scoreless second half and up 13-7, the Panthers regained possession with 7:01 left in the game at their 37 and ate up about five minutes with their ground attack, with Cyr converting a big fourth-down play to move the chains to the Vero 30.
Powell rushed in from 23 yards out to complete the drive with 1:35 left to seal the win and send Dr. Phillips into the regional final.
Powell finished with 147 yards on 24 carries.
After Dr. Phillips opened the game with an impressive drive that ended with Stephens' 42-yard field goal at 5:49, Vero Beach marched to the 5, but was stuffed on fourth down when quarterback Nick Celidonio kept the ball and was tackled for a one yard loss, forcing a turnover on downs.
It wouldn't be the last time the Indians were frustrated and failed to score inside the Panthers 10.
Dr. Phillips moved the ball to the 50 on a pair of plays, but quarterback Brenden Cyr fumbled the shotgun snap and defensive back Emmanuel Anderson jumped on the ball for the Indians at the 45.
On the tenth play of the series, Bryan Primus-Winston tried to score from a yard out on second, but the ball came out. Powell recovered for Dr. Phillips, and the officials discussed the controversial play, trying to decide on if the running got in for a touchdown or fumbled before breaking the plane of the goal line.
The officials ruled it a fumbled, thwarting the Indians' chance at their first lead.
Celidonio struck quickly on Vero Beach's next possession, lobbing a 45-yard TD pass to Harris, resulting in another play for the officials to discuss. Harris and Panthers defensive back Bryan Bell-Anderson went to the ground together, but the defensive back got to his feet with the ball. The officials signaled touchdown, and Braden Dick's PAT gave Vero Beach a 7-3 lead with 5:15 remaining in the half.
Dr. Phillips answered on its second play from scrimmage on the next series when Jones slipped behind the Vero Beach defense, caught a 20-yard pass and rambled for a 79-yard score and a 10-7 lead.
The Panthers seemingly were going to run out the clock at midfield to end the half, but Cyr scampered off the right side for 11 yards on fourth down and later completed a 23-yard pass to Ledger Hatch down to the 4.
Stephens booted a 20-yard field goal for a 13-7 lead with just one second left in the half.
Extra points:
— Panthers quarterback Brenden Cyr was sharp in the first half against top-ranked Vero Beach. The junior was 9 of 12 for 159 yards and a touchdown in the half. He also converted a key fourth down inside of two minutes left in the half, eventually ending with Riley Stephens' 20-yard field goal with just one second left for a 13-7 lead.
— Cyr finished 12 of 18 for 172 yards and a touchdown on the night, but his two fourth-down conversions led to nine key points and helped put the contest away late in the fourth quarter – one on a keeper off the right side, the final when he called his own number and went off the left edge.
— The Panthers did well at limiting the damage done by Vero Beach's wide receiver Demarcus Harris. The senior, who is committed to play at the University of Kentucky, caught 10 passes for 119 yards – strong numbers – but he only reached the end zone on the one score and was blanketed deep all game.
Dr. Phillips 19, Vero Beach 7
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DP — Riley Stephens 42 FG, 5:49
VB — Demarcus Harris 45 pass from Nick Celidonio (Braden Dick kick), 5:15
DP — Jacquez Jones 79 pass from Brenden Cyr (Riley Stephens kick), 4:23
DP — Riley Stephens 20 FG, :01
DP — Japerri Powell 23 run (pass failed), 1:35


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Q: Porting GL ES 2.0 shaders to desktop GLSL (should I?) I'm developing a cross-platform game, for iOS, Windows, and OS X. Right now I'm at the point where I'm writing all my shaders for my graphics. So here's the question:
If I have working GL ES 2.0 shaders (#version 100) for the mobile version of the game (which I developed fist), should I rewrite them in a more modern version of desktop GLSL (like #version 330 or something) for the desktop port of the game, or should I just use those shaders as-is? I tested the ES 2.0 shaders in a desktop environment in a test application, and they seem to work perfectly.
So do I (generally speaking) benefit from rewriting the shaders in a more modern GLSL version? I'm not talking about optimizing the shader code itself for mobile/desktop, that's fairly obvious, I will do that of course. I'm talking about using different GLSL language versions on different platforms. Is there any performance difference, compatibility issue, or anything of that sort, that's a good enough reason for porting the ES 2.0 shaders to a more modern version on desktop?
Since we're talking about fairly simple shaders for a 2D game, I won't really benefit from the extra functionality and better API of more modern desktop GLSL versions. #version 100 has enough to get the job done, it works fine for me. So the more modern functionality, I can do without. Other than that, is there any reason not to use #version 100 on desktop?

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So do I (generally speaking) benefit from rewriting the shaders in a more modern GLSL version? I'm not talking about optimizing the shader code itself for mobile/desktop, that's fairly obvious, I will do that of course. I'm talking about using different GLSL language versions on different platforms. Is there any performance difference, compatibility issue, or anything of that sort, that's a good enough reason for porting the ES 2.0 shaders to a more modern version on desktop?

Performance, no, not really.
Compatibility, on the other hand, is a very real concern.
The precision qualifiers will confuse older versions of GLSL, but everything else should port fine without any re-write. It is understood that precision in desktop GLSL is offered only for compatibility and that its addition to later version does nothing beyond prevent parse errors. It will not improve performance or anything of that sort.
The only reason you might be forced to significantly re-write the shaders is if you were to try to port the software to a core profile on OS X. You have to use GLSL 1.30+ syntax in that situation.

So the more modern functionality, I can do without. Other than that, is there any reason not to use #version 100 on desktop?

Technically speaking, #version 100 does not exist in desktop GL. There was an extension that pre-dates GL 2.0 that vaguely defined it, but generally you assume that in desktop GL the GLSL version numbering starts at 110. GLSL ES version 100 is actually closer in syntax and functionality to desktop GLSL 120, but with a few extra things such as precision that desktop GLSL did not understand for quite some time.
You are going to have to re-write the #version directive at the very least. Most desktop GLSL compilers will not like it if you tell them to compile the shader against GLSL 1.00.

A: When making cross-platform shaders, we have found that most simple shaders will work fine on both.
When you need to optimise those shaders for mobile, one port of call is to reduce precision using the precision qualifiers (lowp/mediump/highp).
However, these will not compile on desktop glsl without #version 130 being added at the top of the shader.
However, adding that will break the shaders on mobile.
The balance we have found, is to optimise the mobile shaders with precision qualifiers. In the shader loading code on desktop platforms, we insert the following lines at the top of every shader:
#define lowp
#define mediump
#define highp

This blanks out those definitions using the preprocessor. This effectively bypasses this optimisation on desktop, but as the answer from Andon M. Coleman states, they won't do anything anyway.
If any of the shaders are particularly complex, I would recommend using separate shaders that can take into account the hardware strengths and weaknesses.

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