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Legendary Saxophonist Illinois Jacquet, Who Defined the Jazz Style Called Screeching, Dies at 81 - The Associated Press
NEW YORK July 23, 2004 — Illinois Jacquet, a legendary tenor saxophonist who played with nearly every jazz and blues luminary of his time and whose standout solo on Lionel Hampton's "Flying Home" became a rhythm and blues standard, has died. He was 81.
Jacquet died of a heart attack Thursday at his New York City home, said longtime friend and collaborator Dan Frank.
During a career spanning eight decades, Jacquet played with such music greats as Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Jo Jones, Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis and Gene Krupa.
When he was 19, he played the tenor saxophone solo on "Flying Home" with Hampton. He likened the performance to a religious experience. "Something was with me at that moment," he said. "It all came together for some reason."
Jacquet, who defined the jazz style called screeching, was known as much for his trademark pork pie hat as the innovative playing style.
He played tenor sax in the Count Basie and Cab Calloway bands and since 1981 performed with his own band, the Illinois Jacquet Big Band.
Jacquet played "C-Jam Blues" with former President Bill Clinton, an amateur saxophonist, on the White House lawn during Clinton's inaugural ball in January 1993. He also performed for Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
During his heyday in the 1940s and 1950s, Jacquet recorded more than 300 original compositions, including three of his biggest hits, "Black Velvet," "Robbins' Nest" and "Port of Rico."
Born Jean-Baptiste Jacquet in Broussard, La., his mother was a Sioux Indian and his father, Gilbert Jacquet, a French-Creole railroad worker and part-time musician.
The nickname Illinois came from the Indian word "Illiniwek," which means superior men. He dropped the name Jean-Baptiste when the family moved from Louisiana to Houston because there were so few French-speaking people there.
Jacquet, one of six children, began performing at age 3, tap dancing to the sounds of the Gilbert Jacquet band. He later played the drums in his father's band but discovered his true talent when a music teacher introduced him to the saxophone.
After graduating from high school, Jacquet moved to California where he soon earned a reputation as a little guy who played a lot of sax.
His first exposure was a command performance by Cole, who lined up bass player Jimmy Blanton, Sid Catlett on drums and guitarist Charlie Christian from the Benny Goodman Orchestra and told Jacquet he wanted to hear what he could do.
Years later, Jacquet told an interviewer that playing in that jam session "was like playing with God, St. Peter and Moses," yet he wasn't nervous because "when you play with the greatest you play even better."
Jacquet appeared with Calloway's band in the Lena Horne movie "Stormy Weather" and in the Academy Award-nominated short film "Jammin' the Blues" with Billie Holiday and Lester Young. He replaced Young in the Count Basie Orchestra in 1946 and was given the nickname "The King" by Basie.
During the 1960s and 1970s, he toured extensively in Europe. In 1983, he became the first jazz musician to become artist-in-residence at Harvard University. His stint as guest lecturer at the Ivy League school caused him more angst than any performance of his life, said Carol Sherick, his longtime companion and manager of more than 20 years.
"When he's on stage with a horn in his hand, he's comfortable, but put him in front of a class, just talking ... that's a whole different thing," she said.
Despite his fame, Jacquet lived quietly in New York City's borough of Queens. His wife said he followed Basie to Queens in 1947 but stayed because "the cost of parking his car in Manhattan was more than the rent on his apartment."
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#include "qpid/messaging/ImportExport.h"

#include "qpid/messaging/exceptions.h"
#include "qpid/messaging/Duration.h"
#include "qpid/messaging/Handle.h"

#include <string>

namespace qpid {
namespace messaging {

#ifndef SWIG
template <class> class PrivateImplRef;
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class Address;
class Connection;
class Message;
class Sender;
class Receiver;
class SessionImpl;

/** \ingroup messaging
 * A session represents a distinct 'conversation' which can involve
 * sending and receiving messages to and from different addresses.
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class QPID_MESSAGING_CLASS_EXTERN Session : public qpid::messaging::Handle<SessionImpl>
{
  public:
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    QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN ~Session();
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    /**
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    QPID_MESSAGING_EXTERN void rollback();

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NATIONAL: First Nations' new station
by Kate Spirgen on March 31, 2010
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In hopes of preserving First Nations language and promoting world peace, the first of a network of radio stations sponsored by the Global Country of World Peace was launched Thursday. The station will broadcast from Fredericton, New Brunswick in the native languages of the area, Maliseet, Mi'kmaq and Passamaquoddy. Programming will include songs, chants and stories produced by local people with the help of teachers.
The response to the station has been overwhelmingly positive.
"As soon as the station began to play more programming, elders have come into the station to help," said Dr. Christopher Collrin, Representative of the GCWP in New Brunswick.
The station is independently owned and operated, but funded completely by the GCWP as part of the "Global Initiative to Strengthen Mother Tongues in order to Re-enliven the Natural Law of the Land." This initiative was started to restore the mother languages of the world. Organizers hope to help the First Nations people reconnect modern life with their origins and bring peace to all of Canada.
The GCWP is a non-profit organization that promotes world peace through Natural Law which, according to Collrin, is the unified field of law that governs the entire universe. This law is expressed first in sound and structures the topography of the land, including rivers, lakes, mountains and valleys. He went on to explain that through the broadcast of the mother languages of the earth, the entire world becomes more connected and harmonious.
"When we hear the [mother languages] spoken, we become more in touch with the universe and more at peace with ourselves. There is more interconnectedness and we don't see so much what is different," Collrin said. "We can see the whole universe rather than parts. We get a broader perspective and there is more connectedness and less self-centeredness."
According to this line of thought, the First Nations languages will bring peace to all of Canada, even those who do not understand the programming.
"The language just needs to be present in the world. The First Nations languages contain the sounds of natural law. When a language is lost, our connection to Natural Law is lost."
The radio station will reach around 80 per cent of the First Nations in the area, around 10,000 people, through the single stations and repeater transmitters that are also funded by the GCWP.
Of all the languages native to the people of Canada, there are only three that are not in imminent risk of disappearing, according to the Director of McGill's Office of First Nations and Inuit Education, Donna-Lee Smith. This station is one of many on-going projects to help keep First Nations languages alive.
"Language is absolutely crucial because if you don't know your heritage language, then you can't express your worldview," said Smith. "What happens to your self esteem and your view on the world if you can't express yourself?".
She went on to explain the necessity of keeping First Nations languages alive.
"There's a difference between a lived language and a learned language. If it's a learned language, it might as well be Latin."
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the GCWP, also expressed his belief in the importance of indigenous languages.
"When children in the schools are not taught in their mother tongue, it creates stress and strain in the brain and greatly weakens their full development, which then leads to mistakes and suffering in life."
Eventually, the GCWP plans to work within all of Canada and has already begun discussions with four other reserves in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.

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Chris Doidge's Blog
A night of good results; Democracy at last?
Man United go through to the Quarter Finals of the Champions' League
Arsenal go crashing out to PSV
Oh, and the House of Commons votes for a fully-elected House of Lords.
I might be a Man U fan, but it's the third result which I'm most pleased about. Given the recent debacle surrounding nominations to the House of Lords – as well as its countless historical anomalies – it's high time the Lords was made accountable to the public and relevant to the 21st Century.
For sure, the Lords themselves will reject the plans. But even though the electorate will be wary of yet another round of elections, I think there'll be a lot of support for kicking out the hereditaries.
But I have a solution which I've been kicking around for a few years. The Lords should be elected by Proportional Representation, using the same votes from the General Election. Votes would be added up nationally and a party list system would be used. It would keep the tradition of having 'experts' in the second chamber, rather than just useless party grandees.
True, the leading party in the Commons would probably have the majority in the Lords, but counting votes rather than seats would dramatically reduce the bias in favour of the winning party. Additionally, you could give Lords 8-10 year terms, with only half re-elected each time there was a general election. That would provide continuity and dampen the effect of fluctuations in the Commons' composition.
Jack Straw, leader of the House of Commons, should be congratulated for achieving the result he did tonight. If the House of Lords is reformed to the extent voted for today, it would almost certainly be Labour's most memorable achievement since the formation of the NHS.
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I don't like the idea of list PR, it means we'll end up with another chamber full of people whose loyalty is to their party rather than to the electorate. Better in my view to elect them by STV. That way you're voting for the candidate whom you think will do the best job rather than indirectly voting for someone who will toe the line.
Leighton Joskey
What is the benefit of two chambers given legitimacy by the exact same electorate?
If you want PR, why not argue for a one chamber only system, composed according to PR? (If you can ever decide which flavour suits best)
I personally like having two chambers who have very different agendas (checks and balances and what not) and simply making them both elected doesn't particularly improve that.
"Jack Straw, leader of the House of Commons, should be congratulated for achieving the result he did tonight. "
I am not sure that this was the result he was actually after – I thought he wanted the 80/20 split, not 100%.
Anyhoo – I agree to an extent with Leighton. Replicating the Commons to the Lords adds what exactly. Maybe the best solution would be to require members of the Lords to have no affiliation to a political party – all sit as independents with no whip from the parties.
The hereditary system has worked for nearly a thousand years. Why change now? If we really must change (believing of course that we know much better than anyone in the past has) then SURELY the answer is not another elected chamber which will simply reflect the balance of power in the commons. Britain has never had a dictator or a continental model revolution, largely because the system of checks and balances (the sea-anchor effect) which the mostly impartial Lords provides has always ensured moderation. But what the hell, no one ever listens to me anyway.
Maybe the best solution would be to require members of the Lords to have no affiliation to a political party – all sit as independents with no whip from the parties.
I've thought this for a while. It's debatable, in my view, what exactly entrenched political parties actually add to democracy that makes their existence worthwhile. In my view we should have an upper chamber of 100 or 200 elected on staggered terms which come to three Parliaments whose members are elected by STV PR and who cannot have party affiliations. Then, the Commons, elected under the current system (albeit cut in size to about 450) limited to a three-year fixed term. There should be term limits so that no one can serve more than the equivalent of two of the longer terms without then spending the equivalent of one of the longer terms outside Parliament. And pretty much any other measures anyone can come up with to avoid the situation whereby politicians come to believe that they have some kind of right to power.
The hereditary system has worked for nearly a thousand years.
Define 'worked.' I'd argue that there have been several notable failures which have significantly contributed to a number of major problems. And that's not even bringing in the argument about how ludicrous hereditary political power is.
If we really must change (believing of course that we know much better than anyone in the past has) then SURELY the answer is not another elected chamber which will simply reflect the balance of power in the commons.
Plenty of people in the past thought the situation was ridiculous too. Why do you think that most other countries in the world did away with hereditary political power one or two centuries before we did? Anyway, by that argument changing anything ever is an act of arrogance and condescension towards our forebears. Just because something has been done one way for 800 years is no reason to continue doing it that way if such a system has outlived its usefulness. We need a second chamber which can legitimately stand up to overwheening governments like this one, and a load of conservative toffs who have been brought up to believe in benevolent paternalism but who, at the end of the day, are only there because of who their ancestors were don't fit the bill.
"We need a second chamber which can legitimately stand up to overwheening governments like this one, and a load of conservative toffs who have been brought up to believe in benevolent paternalism but who, at the end of the day, are only there because of who their ancestors were don't fit the bill."
Problem is an elected chamber would probably be more inclined to toe the party line than the current unelected chamber which has shown a surprising ability to ignore the wishes of the elected house. Indeed, the unelected house has probably been more challenging in terms of policy than the fawning sops of the commons.
My fear is that an elected house would become a poor version of the commons and we will end up with both an 'overwheening' commons and an 'overwheening' lords, or whatever they will call it. The fact of the upper house not necessarily being dependent on the party machine to sustain it means it actually retains a greater degree of independence. Hence my feeling that if it is to be elected then the political party system needs to be kept at a distance.
People have a lot of passionate feelings about the Lords, but I think if you get beyond the class war rhetoric you might find something that is a bloody sight more independent and concerned with effective legislation than otherwise might appear to the casual observer. That's not to say that reform is not necessary, but we should be super cautious of falling into a model that just replicates the worst elements of our system.
Tom, that's why I said that the second chamber should be non-party political and elected by STV.
Every 3 years? By'eck, thats a lot of elections for politicians who will barely settle long enough to work before they start campaigning again. Rather expensive too until the electorate have reason to trust online voting or similar.
Personnally I appreciate the Lords for the job they've done over the last decade or so, so not too keen on changing the formula, but if the electorate want greater accountabillity then I guess they'll get it (although I bet if you go out and ask a load of real people the Lords' accountability will not be highest on the political worryings – if indeed it features at all).
We have an upper house with a decent number of inteligent people who by and large do what is right without kowtowing to the will of the 'other place', and I fully support a long and extended investigation of how to preserve/improve this situation. This debate and initial free vote is the start of a long process, and shalln't be summed up any time soon I trust.
Dave, as others have said, if you're going to have two elected chambers, there's no point having both exactly the same. You have to understand that my general opinion on power is that it should be made as hard as possible for anyone to exercise it, in order to try to ensure that they exercise it judiciously. Thus, on the one hand, you have continuity in the upper house (with very long nine-year terms), and accountability in the lower with triennial Parliaments. But crucially you have two elected houses who would have a clear mandate to throw out legislation they felt unsuitable, and one house whose members owe their position entirely to the electorate rather than a party machine. Having watched this government, I believe that at least part of Parliament's duty should be to ensure that we are not over-governed, and having two houses of this character (similar to the American system) would almost certainly ensure a saner burden of legislation. We have, at times in this country, had Parliaments limited by statute to as little as three years or as much as seven years, so the precedents are there. However, at the same time, in my view eighteen years is more than enough time for anyone to be in Parliament without a break; after all, if they spend their entire lives at Westminster, how will they know how the other half live? Too long in Parliament leads to ossification, growing obsession with the Westminster village, and in many cases a growing conviction that political power is a right they possess rather than a trust from the voters. It would mean that ambitious young apparatchiks wouldn't simply be able to find a safe seat and defend it until doomsday, and that a steady stream of new blood would enter the legislature in order to try to maintain some contact between people and their representatives.
I think perhaps it shouldn't be too hard to exercise political power, they are the ones we've vested with the power after all – but then again the checks and balances are needed. Also I still think it may be harder for such a quickly shifting political cycle to really have it's eye on the long term game, unless of course the lower house figured that the upper house won't pass things unless due heed is given to the long view, but thats getting to speculation. Besides that quite like your general opinions on the subject
You can't trust the parties to select candidates, because then we suffer toadies in the HoL. You can't trust the people to elect them because they'll either elect the people they're told to elect by a party or they'll choose in terms of face value.
The system works well as it is. I'd prefer a bunch of competent arseholes in the HoL (I'm repulsed by the notion of monarchy, aristocracy, nobility etc.) than incompetent politicians or, worse, labour/conservative lackeys in there.
Well done boys for picking up on the important things Doidge decides to ignore.
Your hopes, "it's high time the Lords was made accountable to the public and relevant to the 21st Century.",
then your proposal, " A party list system would be used",
which represents exactly the rape of the farce of democracy that you are saying you belive in. Simply disappointing.
Parks is correct.
The Joskey correctly pulls you up for this:
"Miles" is trolling, obviously.
Hamid is down the right route, but I'd suggest decentralising the selection process to where the people are actually drawn from. Let's say we want x number of "experts" from a certain field, we appeal to that field to select. Repeat till house is full. Repeat every 7 years.
Given the recent record of the House of Lords, I think there is ample reason to want a second chamber that is not elected by the general, idiotic, public, or picked by political parties for loyalty. The appointed experts idea goes some way to realising power based on knowledge and conscience, instead of furthering a pathetic disgrace of so-called "democracy", in which people like Chris Doidge and other political journalists can talk of "accountability", "legitimacy", "democracy" as if they exist, and still be taken seriously by many people.
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Ole André Myhrvold (* 10. Juni 1978 in Trøgstad) ist ein norwegischer Politiker der Senterpartiet (Sp). Seit 2017 ist er Abgeordneter im Storting.

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Myhrvold kam in Trøgstad zur Welt und wuchs dort auch auf. Er stand in den Jahren 1995 bis 1998 der Jugendorganisation Senterungdommen im damaligen Fylke Østfold vor. In den Jahren 1998 bis 2000 fungierte Myhrvold als stellvertretender Vorstand der Senterungdommen auf Landesebene. Des Weiteren war er in der Jugendorganisation der EU-kritischen Organisation Nei til EU tätig. In den Jahren 1999 bis 2001 studierte er im Bereich Öffentlichkeitsarbeit an der Hochschule Hedmark. Anschließend arbeitete er unter anderem als Journalist und in der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit bei verschiedenen Firmen. Bis 2011 war er bei der Genossenschaft Coop Norge tätig. Im Jahr 2007 zog er erstmals in das Kommunalparlament von Trøgstad ein, zwischen 2011 und 2017 fungierte er als Bürgermeister der damaligen Gemeinde.

Myhrvold zog bei der Parlamentswahl 2017 erstmals in das norwegische Nationalparlament Storting ein. Dort vertritt er den Wahlkreis Østfold. Er war der erste Senterpartiet-Politiker in 20 Jahren, der für diesen Wahlkreis Mitglied des Parlaments wurde. Myhrvold wurde Mitglied im Energie- und Umweltausschuss und verblieb dort auch nach der Wahl 2021.

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Effective tips for teenage girls in a world where perfection is the new standard. In today's world, perfection has become the new standard. It is easy to forget how unattainable perfection really is.
Do what you enjoy, regardless of whether or not you're good at it.
During the course of the day, when you do something to be proud of, even if it's small, stop and think about it. Remind yourself that you are good at things.
Be nice to the people around you.
This struggle is especially present in the lives of teenage girls. We never feel perfect enough. Whether it's the way we look, the talents we do or don't have, the friends we do or don't' have, the need to reshape ourselves until we fit in – the pressure is always there.
And while swimming in these dangerous waters, somehow we're supposed to navigate our way to shore, alone.
We wrote a list of 101 Ways to Feel Good, different tips that can be implemented into the daily lives of both teens and adults. We would like to share 50 of them with you.
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Start thinking in third person. Would you ever tell someone else that you thought she was fat or ugly?
"Who's having a worse day" is not a contest worth playing. Don't let yourself get dragged into games where being miserable is the only where to win.
Find a space and make it yours. When you need some you time, escape to your special corner.
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Remember that there are times that call for skipping instead of walking.


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Libya is Trump's latest chance to end an 'endless war'
It has been nearly a decade since the United States via NATO intervened in Libya with airstrikes contributing to the ouster and death of former dictator Moammar Gaddafi. In the years since, the North African nation has been further torn apart by warring would-be rulers and, in ensuing vacuums of power, extremist groups including the Islamic State.
This week, Libya's violence spiked. "The security realities on the ground in Libya are growing increasingly complex and unpredictable," said Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, head of U.S. Africa Command. U.S. troops were pulled from the capital city of Tripoli—news which may have caught many Americans by surprise, as few likely realized we had still had troops in Libya.
Indeed we did, though given congressional negligence on the matter, even the well-informed may be forgiven for not realizing Libya remains on Washington's roster of endless, undeclared wars. Still, now that via this evacuation the subject has been raised, it is time to say: Yes, we are still intervening in Libya. No, this is not necessary to American security (or, it seems, particularly helpful to Libyan security). And instead of a temporary, partial evacuation, this should be a permanent departure.
In theory, the Trump administration ought to be amenable to such a move. President Trump made a point in this year's State of the Union address to decry "endless wars," and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged negotiations among fighting Libyan factions by correctly arguing "there is no military solution to the Libya conflict." But in practice, as this week's pseudo-withdrawal has made evident, this White House has continued all its predecessor's interventions, Libya (and Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen) included, maintaining the very military "solution" it ostensibly realizes cannot work.
Beyond the mismatch of rhetoric and policy, this intervention should be ended for its disconnect to American defense and, from the 2011 bombing campaign on, its total failure in its stated purpose of helping the Libyan people. On both counts, Washington's war in Libya has much in common with its military meddling elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa: It is costly and reckless—putting U.S. troops needlessly in harm's way and generating new opportunities for mission creep and avoidable conflict—while unhelpful or even counterproductive in its purported aims.
For Libya specifically, the quietness and apparently small scale (we do not know how many U.S. boots are on the ground) of the intervention highlights its lack of necessity to keep Americans safe. Libya's chaos is certainly not desirable, but it is arguably best characterized as a civil war, a parochial conflict whose outcome will not pose anything close to an existential threat to the United States, thousands of miles and an ocean away, already guarded by the world's most powerful military several times over.
We do not need to be in this fight—and neither do we have cause to think our involvement is likely to make things better. As a policy brief published by Harvard's Belfer Center concluded, the 2011 intervention in Libya backfired in its humanitarian and security goals alike: "NATO's action magnified the conflict's duration about sixfold and its death toll at least sevenfold, while also exacerbating human rights abuses, humanitarian suffering, Islamic radicalism, and weapons proliferation in Libya and its neighbors."
The misery of these unintended consequences most directly "falls on [Libyan] civilians and other innocents," notes National Review's Michael Brendan Dougherty this week. "All the talk about America's 'responsibility to protect' is useless if our policymakers cannot or will not learn a lesson about their responsibility not to harm."
This evacuation gives us an opportunity to recognize that however well-intended, U.S. military intervention in Libya has done more harm than good. Prolonging this forgotten war further will not balance those failures and in fact stands a real chance of exacerbating them. The Trump administration should seize this moment to give Pompeo's rejection of a military solution some real heft. Let us lead by example and bring U.S. troops home from Libya for good.
This piece was originally published by Real Clear Defense on April 19, 2019. Read more HERE.
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High-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays are used in the evaluation of patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department (ED), however, these tests are typically laboratory based. In this interview, Dr. Martin Than, Director of Emergency Medicine Research, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand, discusses the impact that a point-of-care high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assay would have on the ED, the key factors that would need to be considered when introducing this test, as well as its potential impact beyond the ED.
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Hello, from New Zealand. My name is Martin Than and I am an emergency medicine specialist here in Christchurch, and director of emergency medicine and research, and a lab and cardiac biomarker enthusiast. So I do think that high-sensitivity point-of-care troponin is going to be extremely useful to emergency physicians for two reasons. So first of all, there is diagnosing myocardial infarction allowing us to institute important treatments earlier, although that is a relatively small number of patients.
But I do believe that emergency physicians will find it particularly useful in identifying which patients do not have myocardial infarction, and that allows us to make really crucial disposition decisions around which patient needs to stay in hospital and go home. And so the turnaround time is very important, at eight minutes. And that's obviously a lot shorter than the turnaround time of almost any central lab assay.
But what's also important is not simply the turnaround time but the fact that the result is available to the clinician when they leave the cubicle and they're making their decision, because that's virtually never the case in my experience with a central lab assay. And the results of that is the physician goes off and does other things.
So even when the result is available, it's not actioned or seen. So I think this is crucial for emergency medicine. It'll make a really fundamental difference to our ability to assess our patients and make decisions about them. So determining whether point-of-care high-sensitivity troponin at the bedside makes an impact is a tricky question. And it's tempting to use surrogates like does it have a better turnaround time?
Which it obviously does. Or whether decisions are made quicker? Which is also likely. But they don't really touch on what the real impact would be, to me, and what you'd really want to measure which is the length of stay of the patient in the emergency department partly because you want to get patients out to treatment in the cath lab and also partly because you want to be able to get them home because overcrowding the emergency department is a worldwide issue that causes patient harm.
So the key factors in implementing point-of-care high-sensitivity troponin in the ED start with having extant diagnostic accuracy. No clinician is going to use a test which they believe is going to have false results in relation to myocardial infarction. So that's very important. And the clinicians also have to believe that there is a high level of lab reliability and reproducibility of the test.
If you get over those barriers, which I think are very much possible, then there's still issues around making sure that the test is introduced within a structured pathway. And that's often one of the problems about test introduction. I think it's very important that there's clear guidance about how different test levels are integrated with a patient context and decision-making that flows on from that.
Finally, I think it's very important this is a broad team project, so nursing staff are crucial to this as are a number of other team members who are liaising with other specialties. And it's not just an ED test. We've got to liaise with general medicine, cardiology, and the lab. And everybody's got to work together to understand that although there is some barriers to get over, both in terms of staff training and maybe a little bit of extra time taking doing the test, that the trade-off in terms of patient length of stay and actually the time a patient is under one's care is well worth the work that has to be done through to set something up.
So how do I think that high-sensitivity point-of-care troponin is going to influence care in the future? Well, it is clearly, I believe, going to make a difference in the emergency department whether improved turnaround time, having results available for the clinician when they have to make a decision will transform our ability to make admission-discharge decisions on our patients.
But it's not just the emergency department where there's a potential impact. I think there's a huge role for this in primary care, particularly rural primary care where patients might have to be transferred long distances in order to get a lab test done or be assessed in the hospital. And it also brings along the possibility that for certain patient groups with low-risk features, this might be something that's possible for us to use in ambulance services as well.
And that would be a fundamental game-changer, in my opinion.
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Dr. Martin Than is Director of Emergency Medicine Research and an emergency medicine specialist at Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand. His research is centred on quality improvement initiatives for the emergency department, focusing on cardiac biomarkers.


Celine Cairo (1990, Amsterdam) has released two EP's before recording her debut album last year, in Los Angeles. She collaborated with friend and mentor Fink, was titled "Radio 2 Talent", got national TV and radio coverage and has played (and sold out) many venues in the past years, however, her debut album has yet to come out.
Cairo travelled to New York and Los Angeles to work with different writers and producers and ended up in Bill Lefler's studio. After writing and recording the song "Free Fall" with Lefler, Cairo decided to come back to LA to record the full album there. She spent six weeks in LA and got her band to fly in from Amsterdam to play their parts and work on the distinctive, wide sound of the record.


William Marvin Bass III (born August 30, 1928) is an American forensic anthropologist, best known for his research on human osteology and human decomposition. He has also assisted federal, local, and non-U.S. authorities in the identification of human remains. He taught at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and though currently retired from teaching, still plays an active research role at the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, which he founded. The Facility is more popularly known as "The Body Farm", a name used by crime author Patricia Cornwell in a novel of the same name which drew inspiration from Dr. Bass and his work.
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Houston joined MLB in 1962 as the Houston Colts. The nickname became the Colt .45's as ownership wanted to be clear that Colts meant the gun, not the horse. By 1965, embroiled in a dispute over mechandising with gun maker Colt Firearms, the team changed its name to Astros for the move into the new Astrodome. By the mid-1970's the team had one of the more colorful looks in baseball. The look was completely redesigned in 1994. In 2013, upon moving to the AL from the NL, the Astros returned to a look reminiscent of the 1960's.
Number removed on this one.
Embroiled in a dispute with Colt firearms, and moving into the new Astrodome, the team changes its name to Astros, and in turn creates one of the most classic home jerseys ever seen in MLB. Road jerseys don't change except for the Astros patch replacing the Texas flag.
Blue and orange are swapped. NOB added.
The team moves to double knit with zippers. Other than adding trim on the collar and sleeves the look is the same. A different sleeve patch is worn only on the road jersey (the home jersey sleeve patch was NOT changed, the HOF Database is wrong).
You can always tell Spalding knit jerseys by the thick sleeve stripes, much thicker than Wilson. That goes for all teams.
Sleeve patches are the same once again on both home and road uniforms. Home jersey NOB changed to orange with navy trim.
NOB's are gone. They were added back later in the season, at least on home jerseys.
The rainbow jersey; no intoduction necessary. No need for separate home and road sets with these beauties. The cap gets brighter and turns nylon.
The back number returns to normal.
The new owner's wife wanted them to tone it down, so a new light grey jersey debuts along with the return of the navy cap, now with a blue button. It's used on the road, as is the rainbow jersey occasionally.
For home Sunday games, the Astros introduce an alternate white home jersey in the same style as the road one (anyone have a 1981 white?). Grey is always worn on the road.
NOB has been removed on this one.
The star on all jerseys except home white now has a white outline. Lettering (but not the star) changes to tackle twill, and has a white outline on road jerseys. During the season, the grey road jersey changes to cream.
Orange cap is retired, navy is worn home and road.
The home rainbow jersey star gets smaller and the "Astros" script gets larger and is centered. The star is now sewn on. On the white jersey, the star and lettering get a bit smaller and white trim is added. Goodman number font.
Home jersey "Astros" script returns to its left aligned position.
White jersey becomes the main home jersey, the rainbow jersey is officially an alternate, used less and less.
1986 home jerseys have All Star Game sleeve patch, road jerseys a 25th anniversary patch.
Bye bye rainbows - at least until the nostalgic 2010's.
Pullovers give way to button-downs.
Astrodome 25th anniversary patch worn in 1990.
Drayton McLane buys the team and changes the look to a rather un-inspired navy and gold with a shooting star logo with a chunk of the star missing. An Astrodome patch is worn on the sleeve.
Astrodome patch modified in 1995 for 30th anniversary.
35th anniversary patch worn 1996.


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Witnessing to God's love through grief
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Dr Chase Kuhn teaches theology and ethics at Moore College (which includes consideration of the end times, death and judgment) and observes that, generally, people don't know how to respond to death, so often say or do things to trivialise it.
While it's hard to speak generally about a Christian response to death, Chase Kuhn believes there is a real opportunity for witness in the way that we grieve.
It is important not to trivialise death
"One author that I've read talks about how we can cheapen the work of Jesus when we trivialise death, so we say, 'Oh, this is a portal to a better life', or 'Everything's that much better now'," he says. "That cheapens the real sting of death – that Jesus had to die for us so we could be rid of this thing. This is very painful, very real and very costly.
We can find peace
"But what Thessalonians 4 shows us is that we can grieve differently. It doesn't take away the bite of death but we can have a certain peace through death that is appropriately Christian, especially when the loved one we've lost knows Christ. The truth of how awful death is still remains but the hope that sees us through that time is very real. That affords an opportunity for gratitude and expectation, which is good."
The Rev Simon Manchester from St Thomas', North Sydney agrees, adding that in some cases the hope held out in the Bible becomes separated from the very real grief a loved one's death brings.
Adds Manchester: "One of the things I say at a funeral is that we need an expert – someone who will go through the grave and come back. There's only one person who's done that, and if I'm taking a funeral I would like, if possible, to overwhelm the thinking of the people in the pews with the logic of the resurrection and the good news of the resurrection."
Because, after all, the best response is one that, by word or action, points to Christ.
David Clarke, rector of Hoxton Park"Last week we had the funeral of one of our church members who died suddenly… and we had a big crowd of her extended family and friends. We said in the service that she had a certain hope in Jesus and we knew we could speak confidently about her faith, the assurance we have and the certainty that she was going to heaven.
"That really struck many people there who were Catholic and Orthodox and Muslim and Jehovah's Witnesses. This lady had been doing a wonderful job quietly witnessing to friends and neighbours… and there were lots of conversations afterwards about the sure hope we had in Jesus and that, in the midst of grief, we could have peace and joy knowing that she'd gone home.
"And that was not just a trite saying. We meant it. We don't grieve without hope. That's a fantastic verse. We do so knowing the certainty of the resurrection."
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Bus Driver Becomes A Hero When She Sees Two Small Children Walking Alone!
Jeannie Mitchell works for the Milwaukee County Transit System as a bus driver. One day, when she was on her normal route, she saw a sight that made her stop the bus. A four-year-old was out walking with a one-year-old and there were no adults with them. Jeannie stopped the bus to find out where they were going and who was with them and called the police when she found out they were lost. You do not want to miss this amazing video!
Thankfully, these children were returned safely to their mother and were not harmed in any way! It is scary to think what could have happened had Jeannie not stepped in to help! This bus driver is a true hero and deserves to be recognized for her caring actions. It has not been reported why these two children were away from their mother but thankfully, they were safely returned. Enjoy and Please SHARE on Facebook.
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-Indus valley civilization: There were quite a few related to Indus valley civilization dated 2500 BCE or so. They were more advanced than I thought, and surprised things hadn't changed for so long! Kitchen knives, pots in different shapes and decorations, similar to what I have seen in homes when I was young. Beaded jewelry that may pass fashionable even today. Even a buried woman skeleton from Indus valley!
-Several transparancies on Language Evolution. For example, how a symbol for Ka morphed from early civilizations or found in tamil caves into different scripts of today (devanagari, tamil, telugu, even tibetan, burmese).
-Armory over the years, including bows & arrows, swords, spears, armors (including for elephants!), shields.
-Plenty of statues, idols, stupas, paintings. Many are familiar from temple and monument visits, history texts etc. The idols are from various ages, but many paintings are relatively newer from 17th century onward (not from Indus valley!). There are also more paintings in the nearby National Gallery of Modern Art, again mostly covering just last 300 years.
Also, stopped by the cafeteria and gave up looking at the menu price!


In John Lewis Gaddis' lecture on the Origins of the Cold War, something interesting that he talked about was how the cold war started, and, more importantly, how far back you can go and see bits of the Cold War coming into form. He starts off his lecture with some comedy but at the same time its a very good parallel to thinking about the Cold War from a causational standpoint. About a man named Robinson trying to cross the street for some cigarettes, unfortunately getting hit by a drunk driver, this scenario heavily applies to the Cold War (00:37). The most far back you can go is long term cause and the broadest long term cause he says is power and how nations are always fighting over who is the most powerful (06:38). Going more towards the war you can see it getting more and more specific and detailed such as the First Red Scare where Americans more passively feared being infiltrated by communism, then going farther to see things like Yalta and Potsdam conferences, both displaying how powerful the SU was. Along with this, it's also interesting to see how public opinion by the American people shifted directly as the time went on. Gaddis says "anybody that would have predicted the Americans and the Russians might be fighting on the same side in this war would have been considered nuts" (30:39). This is about halfway to the Cold War and so at this point, there is a definite shift from the years prior that the American and Russian forces could be fighting on the same side. Overall, there is a sort of funnel of hatred and tension that builds up to the climax of the Cold War that can be separated into the 3 periods talked about, all increasing tension between each period.
I agree John Gaddis organized his talk about the cold war in a very interesting idea, like talking about the different levels of causations and talking about how certain moments in history have contributed to what we know as the cold war. I also agree the tension between the Soviet Union and United States intensified greatly in the 3 decades prior as a result from many moments in history, such as Hitler declaring war upon both nations and Russia's sphere of influence.
I completely agree. Gaddis points how the the long term, intermediate, or immediate caustations attribute to the change in public opinion from the late nineteenth century, to during the time of war. The three sections he highlights is in the late nineteenth century, during the Russian revolutions, and after World War II.
I agree with your statement that the cold war had been a long time in the making. One saw that even in the 19th century many U.S. citizens disagreed with many russian policies such as sending Jewish people or political dissenters to Siberia where they were forced to walk thousands of miles on chains.
I also strongly agree how you could see small bits of the cold war coming. I remeber reading about it in the book during the cold war sections how it could have been predicted that it was coming. I wonder why they did not try to slove it before anything came of it.
I agree that he organized his story very well, but I disagree that public opinion shifted quickly. I think due to the US's underlying fear of communism, which could be seen through the first Red Scare and the Palmer Raids, was apparant through the majority of the 20th century. I think that the only differnece was that the hatred broaded its scope from just being aimed at immigrants, to Russians, to communsim as a whole.
I agree, although i believe e strayed from the topic at times with "comedy" as you said.
I had a very similar idea about this subject. I really liked how he went into detail about the origins of the war. It was interesting to see this new aspect of something that is so talked about in our time.
I also liked how he used the example of "Robinson" story in order to get his message across. Gaddis states how we can't identify an actual causation of the cold war, but we can figure out how it slowly turned into a big conflict. Both the Soviet Union and the United States were expanding, and none of them did not clearly understand how that will affect them in the future. In addition to the expanision, questions over the post-war world had a direct contribution to the start of the cold war. Disagreements in the Yalta Conference shows how much threat there is if a solution couldn't be found reagarding the European nations. Gaddis showed this growth of conflict by effectively dividing up the origins of the cold war.
I like how you draw a connection between his story at the beginning, and how it relates to the cold war. It is important to realize that there is no one person or country who can specifically be blamed for the conflict, but you can analyze one nation in order to gain a deeper understanding.


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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown proclaims Friday as Juneteenth, announces police accountability task force
Updated: Jun. 19, 2020, 9:13 a.m. |
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, shown here in a March file photo, announced Thursday she is proclaiming Friday Juneteenth. Brooke Herbert/StaffBrooke Herbert/The Oregonian/OregonLive
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is proclaiming Friday as Juneteenth and will introduce a bill in the 2021 legislative session to make it an annual state holiday commemorating freedom from slavery in the United States.
Brown also announced Thursday that she is creating a new task force to improve law enforcement training and certification.
"This year, celebrating Black freedom and achievement on Juneteenth is more important than ever as people across Oregon, the United States, and around the world protest systemic racism and unequivocally show that Black Lives Matter," Brown said in a written statement. "I encourage all Oregonians to join me in observing Juneteenth by getting educated on systemic racism in this country and getting involved in the fight for racial justice."
Earlier this week, the city of Portland announced it would make Juneteenth a paid holiday for city employees.
The governor said her public safety policy adviser Constantin Severe, who previously led Portland's independent police oversight office, will head the new task force. According to a press release from the governor's office, Brown wants the task force to recommend:
Research and data-based improvements to officer training and certification
Ways to incorporate racial equity into law enforcement training and certification
Best practices to de-escalate situations and use the "least amount of force necessary"
Improve "the composition" of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training and boost public involvement
Changes to state law for officer decertification.
"Words from leaders aren't enough," Brown said. "We need action. It's time for a full review of law enforcement training, certification, and decertification practices."
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It's a new year and 2012 is set to be a great one in the UK - the Olympics are just ONE of the many exciting things ahead for the working travellers who venture to London and beyond. As usual, we're here to help you sort out the best visa for you, get your UK bank account sorted and let you know everything you need to know about international money transfers. Plus, check out what Scotland has in store for you! Don't just sit there- get your UK adventure on the road!
Were you in Sydney for 2000? Athens for 2004? If London's reputation as an exciting and thriving capital city is anything to go by, the 2012 Olympics are set to be something very special indeed. From Earl's Court to Hampton Court Palace and even just outside Parliament House at the Horse Guard's Parade (which will play host to beach volleyball), the city is set to be a hub of energy and drama. Make sure you don't miss out! Check out everything that is happening at the London 2012 website.
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) recently announced details of the lighting of the Olympic Flame and its arrival into the UK on the 18 May. It will arrive into the UK at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose, near Helston in Cornwall, in the early evening of 18 May. The arrival at this venue acknowledges the vital contribution that maritime and coastal search and rescue services undertake for the island nation. The Olympic Flame will travel 8,000 miles across the UK to within 10 miles of 95% of the population. 8,000 Torchbearers will carry the Olympic Flame for approximately 300 metres each, passing the Olympic Flame from torch to torch until it reaches the Olympic Stadium on the eve of 27 July. Find out more about Olympic Torch relay here.
Taiwan has joined Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan and Monaco on the list of countries qualifying for the most popular UK visa for young travellers, the UK Youth Mobility Visa.
Australia, Canada and New Zealand's allocations this year will match the number of UK nationals who were issued visas on their reciprocal schemes in the previous year (Australia - 32,500 places; Canada - 5,000 places; New Zealand - 10,000 places).
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This month we spoke to Gillian-May Fisher from recruitment consultancy Wilkinson & Associates. Based in Edinburgh, they are Scotland's only specialist recruitment agency for qualified accountants. She tells us how the demand is high for accountants seeking new and exciting roles.
WG: Gillian, what kind of candidates are you looking for?
Gillian: We are looking for enthusiastic qualified accountants. We recruit roles for newly qualified accountants up to board level positions in the accountancy and change management space. At the moment the contract market in Edinburgh is extremely buoyant, especially for newly and recently qualified accountants.
WG: What opportunities can Scotland offer over somewhere like London?
Gillian: Many people coming to the UK do not appreciate how big the market is for qualified accountants in Edinburgh. We work across all sectors, however Edinburgh is dominated by a thriving financial services market. It is home to many leading blue chip companies such as RBS, Heineken, Lloyds, Standard Life, Blackrock, Cairn Energy, BSkyB, Scottish & Southern Energy, Aegon and Diageo. We have found many overseas accountants choose Edinburgh over London due to the better work-life balance it offers. For example, in Edinburgh it is not uncommon to be able to walk to work, and employers tend to stick to the 9-5 work hours much more. Edinburgh still has all of the benefits of a major European city such as trendy restaurants, bars and shops. However, it also caters for those who like a more outdoor lifestyle as you can readily get to the beach or mountains. If you want to travel around Europe, you can get flights from Edinburgh airport to most European countries. In August, Edinburgh holds a festival which is the biggest in Europe – it is not to be missed! Finally, the cost of living is significantly less that London.
WG: What advantages does your agency offer candidates?
Gillian: We pride ourselves on working in an extremely collaborative way. We understand that it is not just the job and company that is important, but that the people and culture of a business must be right too. We work with our clients to ensure that their aspirations are listened to and worked on. We then introduce them to the roles and companies that we feel best match their skills and aspirations. We also provide general career guidance, advice of salary benchmarking and in-depth interview training. In short, we are a consultancy rather than an agency.
WG: What advice would you give accountants looking to move to the UK?
Gillian: Take the time to work out which city best suits your personality and goals. I've lived in both London and Edinburgh and think they are both fabulous cities. However, for me, Edinburgh has more charm and better suits my work-life aspirations.
WG: And lastly, what are the top three must-do things in Edinburgh?
Gillian: 1. Celebrate New Year (or as we call it Hogmanay) in Edinburgh. We have one of the largest street parties in the world. It an experience not to be missed!
2. Spend August enjoying the Edinburgh Festival. Comedians, magicians, musicians, authors and actors from all over the globe come to perform. The City is alive and buzzing 24 hours a day.
3. Walk up Arthur's Seat (a big hill in Holyrood Park). From there you can see the whole of the city including the famous Edinburgh Castle and look over to the sea.
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Australian Dollar: The Australian Dollar trailed lower yesterday as the re-affirmation of Julia Gillard as Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party was overshadowed by renewed concerns for the outlook of Greek debt. The domestic leadership ballot, which Gillard won without question, barely created a ripple in the markets and the Aussie traded down to 1.0650 by European hours. German parliament approved the second bailout package for Greece overnight which gave the Aussie some support at lows however a sharp rally in US equities pulled our dollar higher, touching levels near 1.0780. Opening this morning at 1.0760 an absence of local data will keep in focus offshore evens and market sentiment as drivers of the Australian Dollar today. We expect a range today of 1.0680–1.0800.
New Zealand Dollar: A change in the balance of New Zealand's imports and exports was reported yesterday, as the country's trade balance slipped into deficit. January saw NZ$199m of imports above and beyond the value of exports; down from a revised NZ$306m surplus of exports in December. The local unit subsequently slipped throughout the day to levels below 0.8330, however improved risk sentiment and a rally in US equities boosted the Kiwi back to previous levels and higher. Touching highs above 84 cents against the Greenback it trades here this morning as markets await the next move in risk sentiment. The Aussie cross rate has seen little movement and opens this morning 10 points the Aussie's favour at 1.2805 (0.7809). We expect a range today of 0.8320–0.8430.
Great British Pound: Cable has traded under pressure on Monday, after attempting levels near 1.5900 very early on in the Asian session. Sell orders combined with the continuing weakening effects of the country's quantitative easing program dampened momentum for the British Pound against the Greenback. Trading at 1.5860 for most of the European session, positive US housing data further depressed the Pound and despite a rally in riskier assets, Cable remained under pressure finishing up at 1.5820. It is here we open this morning and the aforementioned rally in risk leaves Sterling lower too against the Aussie (1.4700) and the Kiwi (1.8830). We expect a range today of 1.4640–1.4800.
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Poll: Best House of Horror
Pick your favorite House of Horror... (Note: Castles & cabins excluded) Discuss the list here
Poll by: sanjidparvez
Created Sep 20 2014
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Lucille Lund in The Black Cat (1934)
POELZIG'S HOUSE (The Black Cat, 1934)
House on Haunted Hill (House on Haunted Hill, 1959)
"Psycho," Anthony Perkins.
Bates Mansion (Psycho, 1960)
"House of Usher" Vincent Price 1960 AIP
House of Usher (House of Usher, 1960)
Deborah Kerr in The Innocents (1961)
Bly House (The Innocents, 1961)
The Haunting (1963)
Hill House (The Haunting, 1963)
MERRYE HOUSE (Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told, 1967)
"Rosemary's Baby" Mia Farrow 1968 Paramount
The Bramford Apartment (Rosemary's Baby, 1968)
The Rural Farmhouse (Night of the Living Dead, 1968)
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
The Old Country House (The House that Dripped Blood, 1971)
The Last House on the Left (1972)
Collingwoods' House (The Last House on the Left, 1972)
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The Belasco House (The Legend of Hell House, 1973)
The Sorority House (Black Christmas, 1974)
Teri McMinn in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Texas Farmhouse (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, 1974)
The Allardyce House (BURNT OFFERINGS, 1976)
Cristina Raines in The Sentinel (1977)
The Apartment in Brooklyn Heights (The Sentinel, 1977)
James Brolin and Margot Kidder in The Amityville Horror (1979)
112 OCEAN AVENUE, AMITYVILLE (The Amityville Horror, 1979)
George C. Scott in The Changeling (1980)
The Victorian Mansion (The Changeling, 1980)
Garth Manor (Hell Night, 1981)
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
Oak Mansion (The House by the Cemetery, 1981)
Heather O'Rourke, JoBeth Williams, and Craig T. Nelson in Poltergeist (1982)
The Freeling House (POLTERGEIST, 1982)
Robert Englund and Heather Langenkamp in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
1428 Elm Street (A Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984)
Roger Cobb's House (HOUSE, 1986)
The Maitland's House (Beetlejuice, 1988)
ROBESON'S RESIDENCE (The People Under the Stairs, 1991)
Christina Ricci in Casper (1995)
Whipstaff Manor (Casper, 1995)
Nicole Kidman in The Others (2001)
THE REMOTE COUNTRY HOUSE (The Others, 2001)
Megumi Okina, Takako Fuji, and Yuya Ozeki in Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
The House of Saeki Family (Ju-on: The Grudge, 2002)
Dark Water (2002)
The Rundown Apartment House (DARK WATER, 2002)
Bill Moseley in House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
The Firefly House (House of 1000 Corpses, 2003)
Carlos Lasarte, Manuela Velasco, and David Vert in REC (2007)
The Quarantined Apartment Building ([REC.], 2007)
The House of the Devil (2009)
The Ulman House (The House of the Devil, 2009)
Ty Simpkins in Insidious (2010)
The Lambert House (Insidious, 2010)
Daniel Radcliffe in The Woman in Black (2012)
EEL MARSH HOUSE (The Woman in Black, 2012)
The Conjuring (2013)
Rhode Island Farmhouse (The Conjuring, 2013)
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We're increasingly citizens of everywhere
Signal of change / We're increasingly citizens of everywhere
By Callum Watts / 28 Jun 2016
Most of the world's citizens see themselves as just that, world citizens. Globescan has been conducting global opinion polling since the late eighties, and for the first time ever it has found that most people surveyed identified themselves as members of a global community rather than a national one.
The research, commissioned by the BBC and published at the end of April, interviewed 20,000 individuals across 18 countries. And 51% of respondents agreed with the statement "I see myself as more of a global citizen than a citizen of my country". This sea change though has not been uniform.
There was a marked difference between the global south and the global north. The strengthening in cosmopolitanism came from developing countries including Nigeria (73%, up 13 points), China (71%, up 14 points), Peru (70%, up 27 points), and India (67%, up 13 points). In contrast, over the past 15 years, the wealthy OECD countries actually saw a decrease from 45 to 42% in the willingness of their citizens to identify with a global community.
This remarkable shift in global opinion seems to provide further fodder to the narrative that we are seeing the end of a global order of isolate sovereign states and their citizens. If we think of the defining ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, nationalism in various guises has been one of the most influential.
However trends within globalization such as international flows of information, capital, and people have meant that individuals within different countries have felt increasingly connected. Furthermore the formation of international organizations, businesses, and NGOs have meant that people increasingly see their own identity in terms of non-nationalistic communities as they travel more, speak more languages, and meet more people. These developments are potentially extremely promising, especially if they serve to further reinforce the trends mentioned above.
The picture is not necessarily all rosy though. It may be a sign of the rejection of national citizenship in favour of other types of equally closed identities, and not as a positive affirmation of a universal human community. This point is made clear by one of the subsequent survey questions. When asked to chose between global, national, religious, ethnic and a range of other identities, rather than only between national or global, far fewer individuals identified as being global citizens. This might mean a rejection of national identification, but not in favour of a global sense of community, but rather because of a strengthening of private transnational interest or identity groups which may not, in fact, be benign.
Furthermore the fact that this change in mind-set is more pronounced in emerging economies means that the citizens of some of the most powerful countries are unsympathetic. This connects deeply to the perception that cosmopolitanism is a bad thing. This can be seen in the alarming rise of nationalism in the US and the EU, in response to economic insecurity and perceived problems with immigration. Either way, this move away from nationalism could lead to important changes in global governance as the century progresses.
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Oxfamblogs (May 19th, 2016) Do people identify as global or national citizens? New report suggests a tipping point, but North and South heading in opposite directions
BBC World Service (April 27th, 2016) Global citizenship is a growing sentiment among citizens of emerging economies
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