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Personal Open Meeting statement from John Fairhurst
Written on April 19, 2012 by Educating Brentwood
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In preparation for the Open Meeting that we held on April 18th, an invitation was sent to all primary and secondary schools in Brentwood, Essex County Council, local councillors with a direct interest and representatives of the Becket Keys proposers. Given the haste with which the meeting was set up, we were delighted with the response that we received and would like to thank all those who attended.
We also extended an invitation to John Fairhurst who was the Head Teacher of Shenfield High School from 1995-2011 and was a key contributor to the consultation that was undertaken between Brentwood's schools and Essex CC when falling numbers led to an assessment of school provision in the borough that concluded in 2009. This led to the agreed phased closure of Sawyers Hall College and the plan for a facility for vocational education to take its place.
Mr Fairhurst was also National President of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) for 2010/11.
Unfortunately he was unable to attend our meeting but declared that he would like to have done so and hoped to attend on a future occasion. Given his local and national educational experience we asked if he would be willing to provide a statement for use at our meeting in his absence. We were delighted that he agreed to do so and we made copies available on the night.
Below is the full statement posted with Mr Fairhurst's permission. We must stress that this a strictly personal statement and is not on behalf of ASCL, Shenfield High School or any other body.
Thank you, Educating Brentwood, for taking the initiative to organise this meeting. I am only sorry that I cannot join you, as I am elsewhere this week.
I hope that either or both of Mr Gunn and Mr Scott-Evans, the two Primary school heads who initiated all this, will support the meeting, as it is obvious to me that there are deep seated issues in what is happening here in Brentwood. These issues have simply not yet been given proper public airing.
I hope, too, that the Russell Education Trust are co-operating with you. For they are significant unknowns in the situation. Frankly, it should be THEY, not you, organising this meeting as part of their consultation (which is a statutory duty upon them, after all).
But then, exactly who are the RET?
Despite 37 years in teaching and my significant involvement in ASCL (the national Secondary Headteachers' Association) I had never heard of RET …. until , that is, their intervention here! There is little on the internet to describe them or reassure me of their competence: just a list of the directors registered at Company House and references to a pilot experience in Bristol (for which feedback has been mixed).
What is in this for these directors? Are they drawing income from their involvement? If so, how much and what for? The tax-payer is paying… So why do we not know?
I find this reticence somewhat strange, given how loudly and successfully RET has publicised their proposal in Brentwood. As I have said before (and as was reported in the Gazette) "Becket Keys is not so much a school, more a PR machine!"
I do not accept the case for the need for a school like the proposed Becket Keys. The real need in Brentwood (and, in truth, in the country as a whole) is the development of an effective and prestigious vocational provision catering for those students for whom the academic National Curriculum has ceased to be relevant.
Brentwood – along with much of the rest of the UK- has a significant gap here. We need to engage these children (from around 14 years old) with a different more practical experience. This would be mostly for them (more of the same no longer motivates them and their consequent disaffection leads to all kinds of problems). But it is also for the rest of us (tried finding a plumber lately?)
Yet there does appear to have been a demand from parents for this new proposal. But, I suggest, this is NOT because there is a need for another Church school in the town nor because there is anything fundamentally wrong with existing mainstream provision.
There is, I acknowledge, a personal following for Mr Scott-Evans. But the issues are much deeper than that. The (very realistic) assumption is that the new school will enjoy hugely favourable funding, both on its capital and operational accounts, as HMG 'pump primes' the experiment it has set in train. Also that the church connection will ensure that the more difficult, disorganised and troubled families (and Brentwood has its share) will not get a look-in. I fear that this is, more than anything else, THE motivation behind the interest in the new school.
I have to ask the parents making their application to think again, though. Ask yourselves: who are the people really behind this experiment? They appear, already, to be cutting corners. And does their newly appointed Head have anything like the right experience to take on a project as formidable as this?
Yet, I cannot blame the parents. They believe they can see an opportunity to advance their child's prospects, so are taking it, albeit at others' expense.
Blame must lie with those setting it up. Free schools are "me, myself I" schools, for "people like us". An exercise in self-indulgent defiance of the community as a whole and its wider needs.
Free schools are going to be a drain on resources at a time of financial cuts for everyone else. They will enjoy a bounty at taxpayers' expense whilst sloughing off the problems that society as a whole simply must address if it is to be ONE society. And, of course, which schools will have no choice but to pick up the problems the Free Schools leave behind?? And pay for the search for possible (usually labour intensive and expensive) solutions?? Out of unfairly reduced resources, creamed off to pay for the unnecessary, cosy "free" school.
And who is going to pay for the massive over-supply of secondary school places in Brentwood? The stark but simple truth is that Brentwood can support five secondary schools, not six. This is precisely why Sawyers is closing! Who is going to plan strategically for the needs of the town when a proper consultation process, as that recently and competently conducted by Essex, is arbitrarily – almost whimsically – swept aside in this way?
The Secretary of State for Education, Mr Gove, speaks a lot of social mobility. Yet his 'flagship' policy will cement social division like no other. He perhaps does not see it – but everyone else can, and (having met him a good few times) I know he is much, much 'smarter than the average bear'. This is a policy for polarisation; the absolute antithesis of "we are all in it together".
The tacit, but very real, underlying reason for the Free School programme is simple dogma: "Private provision… good; public provision… bad! "
Yet the philosophical preference for competitive free market solutions cannot apply when 'the market' is being palpably and deliberately loaded in favour of HMG's preferred suppliers, with preferential funding, questionable admissions policies, and with rushed and token consultation with the wider public.
John Fairhurst
Richard Millwood
Thanks John, for such a lucid and passionate argument.
I am particularly concerned about the private/public aspect, which characterises education as a marketplace. Effective marketplaces have some clear criteria – you can discern quality in the product, you know its price and you can change your purchasing decision to favour something better. Good markets have regulators to keep the cowboys out. Every single one of these criteria seem to be functionally missing, without even beginning to address the philosophical questions of education as a product.
I felt it appropriate to comment on the Personal Statement from John Fairhurst shown above. I work in a vocational college and I wholeheartedly agree that there needs to be more provision of this kind for those young people who are more able practically than academically. I have worked with these young people and I hear of their struggles in school and I see all the wonderful skills they have that are not recognised in a regular comprehensive. That said, I am also a parent of an 11 year old and I regard Becket Keys as an answer to prayer. I do not expect that there will be a perfect level of behaviour in the school because it is a Church School nor do I see it as the elitist option. The Church I belong to welcomes everyone from all backgrounds, inclusion and belonging are an intrinsic part of the Christian faith. What I do feel is that my child has the right to attend a school where he is treated in a caring Christian way. My child doesn't come from a Church school and he has been picked on because he is too nice and treats others how he would like to be treated. I believe Becket Keys will give him the chance to be respected for his self-acquired moral views and for the person he is rather than being crushed by 'the one size fits all' approach to education in many schools.
There is provision of the vocational kind around whereas Becket Keys is not simply another church school in Brentwood it is the only Church of England Senior School in Brentwood and I believe, this part of Essex (St Edwards in Romford being the only other one I am aware of).
I also agree that Mr Scott-Evans has a following but why should that not be the case for someone of such high standing with a commitment and passion to improving educational options for local children. The school has been approved and as such should have support from local people. It should be embraced as a missing link in the Brentwood group of schools not beaten down with a big stick. One day it could be the jewel in the crown of this community.
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Mary, thank you for your perspective on Mr Fairhurst's post.
If we can respectfully make two points; there is acknowledged to be no vocational provision within Brentwood and Becket Keys has not had final approval. Only when the funding agreement has been passed will it be fully aproved and a legal entity. That is why the consultation, such as it is, is important.
Ellie St George
Mary, I don't think you have to go to a Christian school to be treated in a caring manner, neither do I think that being a Christian ensures that a person is nice or in your case 'too nice'. You are not alone in believing that inclusion and belonging are an intrinsic part of a community. I have taught in an Inner London comprehensive school for 16 years. Our ethos is based on respect and we continually strive to create a welcoming and caring environment for all of our 2,000 pupils regardless of their background or faith. I have been fortunate enough to work with thousands of delightful young people throughout my career.
My daughter attends Shenfield High School, having attended a Cof E primary. It was Mr Fairhurst's ethos and honesty that undoubtedly lead us to choose Shenfield. I can honestly say that she has flourished there, has attended every single day since year 7 and is absolutely thriving. She feels more accepted at Shenfield than she ever has done in the past. As parents we are delighted with the education she receives.
I think it it fair to say that in terms of the wider community a vocational option at 14 is a long overdue priority, not just in Brentwood but throughout the UK. I do have concerns regarding the contined lack of provision for all of our young people and think that this need has to be addressed as a matter of urgency.
Whilst I believe in choice I also believe that we should be aiming to accommodate educational needs before religious ones.
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Ron Paul Speaks Out About the Role of US Foreign Policy in Egypt's Revolt
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Written by CKH888 2 Comments Posted in Egypt Riots 2011, Egyptian Pro Democracy Movement, Iran Iraq Israel Syria Mideast, Mideast Civil Unrest Riots 2011, Mubarak's Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Radical Islam, The Egypt Riots 2011, US Foreign Policy	Tagged with Egypt revolt, mubarak resigns, Ron Paul, USA foreign policy
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Egypt now fears Obama a 'Manchurian President'
'They are trying to understand why he is acting against U.S. interests'
"Mubarak's regime feels Obama is pushing the advancement of the Muslim Brotherhood against U.S. interests," said WND's Jerusalem bureau chief and senior reporter Aaron Klein. "They are genuinely trying to understand why Obama
is seemingly championing the anti-regime protests."
Klein said that a top Egyptian diplomat with whom he has developed a rapport over the last few years asked him earlier this week to explain Obama's motivation to support the opposition to Mubarak. "I told him none of this should be a surprise," said Klein, "that the Obama administration has developed an extensive relationship over the last few years
with allies of the Muslim Brotherhood."
Top members of the Egyptian government say they feel betrayed by President Obama, charging that he is acting against American interests.
"Mubarak's regime feels Obama is pushing the advancement of the Muslim Brotherhood against U.S. interests," said WND's Jerusalem bureau chief and senior reporter Aaron Klein. "They are genuinely trying to understand why Obama is seemingly championing the anti-regime protests."
Klein said that a top Egyptian diplomat with whom he has developed a rapport over the last few years asked him earlier this week to explain Obama's motivation to support the opposition to Mubarak.
"I told him none of this should be a surprise," said Klein, "that the Obama administration has developed an extensive relationship over the last few years with allies of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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"That my investigating has proven that Obama has been closely associated throughout his political career with radical-left elements who have long petitioned for policies many believe are aimed at weakening the American enterprise both domestically and internationally."
"The Egyptian diplomat seemed surprised," said Klein. "I told him this material was thoroughly documented in my latest book."
The diplomat requested 20 copies of Klein's New York Times bestselling book investigating Obama, "The Manchurian President: Barack Obama's ties to communists, socialists, and other anti-American extremists."
The diplomat said he would deliver the book, which was co-authored by Brenda J. Elliott, to senior officials in Mubarak's embattled government.
Obama in recent days urged Mubarak to give up power in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood forms the main opposition.
Mubarak has been a staunch U.S. ally and a recipient of billions of dollars in military aid. His regime has long been considered a stabilizing force in the Arab world.
The Obama administration's support for the unrest is strikingly reminiscent of Jimmy Carter's support of the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, which marked the birth of modern Islamist expansion.
(Story continues below)
Some Muslim clerics are already calling the riots in Egypt simply an extension of 1979's Islamist conquests.
"Thirty-one years after the victory of the Islamic Republic, we are faced with the obvious fact that these movements are the aftershocks of the Islamic revolution," said Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, as reported by Iran's Radio Zamaneh. "The fate of those who challenge [our] religion is destruction."
Speaking of media and government leaders, Khatami added, "They want to highlight the labor, liberal and democratic issues, but the most important issue, which is the religious streak of these protests, [is] being denied."
The leader of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood, Hammam Saeed, warned that the unrest in Egypt will spread across the Mideast until Arabs succeed at toppling leaders allied with the United States.
"The Americans and Obama must be losing sleep over the popular revolt in Egypt," Saeed said at a sympathy protest held outside the Egyptian Embassy in Amman. "Now, Obama must understand that the people have woken up and are ready to unseat the tyrant leaders who remained in power because of U.S. backing."
And on the Internet, the Middle East Media Research Institute reports, prominent Salafi cleric Abu Mundhir Al-Shinqiti issued a fatwa on the website Minbar Al-Tawhid Wal Jihad encouraging the protests in Egypt, claiming Islamist jihadis are now on the verge of a historic moment, an "earthquake" he likened to the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City.
Obama pushes Egyptian 'reform'
According to a senior Egyptian diplomat speaking to WND, a former U.S. ambassador to Egypt, Frank Wisner, specifically told Mubarak on Tuesday the U.S. would not continue to support his rule and he must step down.
Hours later, Mubarak announced he would not seek another term in office.
The Obama administration dispatched Wisner to Egypt last weekend to report to the State Department and White House a general sense of the situation in the country.
WND broke the story yesterday that the Egyptian government has information Wisner secretly met earlier this week with a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Issam El-Erian.
The Muslim Brotherhood seeks to spread Islam around the world, in large part using nonviolent means. Hamas and al-Qaida are violent Brotherhood offshoots.
Muslim Brotherhood declares war on U.S.
Prominent U.S. commentators also have been claiming the Muslim Brotherhood is a moderate organization and denying there is any Islamist plot to seize power.
Last Friday, President George W. Bush's former press spokeswoman, Dana Perino, told Fox News, "Don't be afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. This has nothing to do with religion."
Bruce Reidel, a former CIA analyst and adviser to President Obama, wrote a Daily Beast article in which he claimed, "The Egyptian Brotherhood renounced violence years ago. … Its relative moderation has made it the target of extreme vilification by more radical Islamists."
Reidel's assertion the Brotherhood renounced violence, however, is contradicted by its own statements in recent months, including a call to arms against the West.
In November, the Brotherhood's new supreme guide, Muhammad Badi, delivered a sermon entitled "How Islam Confronts the Oppression and Tyranny."
"Resistance is the only solution," stated Badi. "The United States cannot impose an agreement upon the Palestinians, despite all the power at its disposal. [Today] it is withdrawing from Iraq, defeated and wounded, and is also on the verge of withdrawing from Afghanistan because it has been defeated by Islamist warriors."
Badi went on to declare the U.S. is easy to defeat through violence, since it is "experiencing the beginning of its end and is heading toward its demise."
Barry Rubin, director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center, noted Badi's speech showed "the likelihood that more Brotherhood supporters in the West will turn to violence and fund-raising for terrorism."
Frank Gaffney, president of the American Center for Security Policy, takes it a step further.
"In short, the Muslim Brotherhood – whether it is operating in Egypt, elsewhere in the world or here – is our enemy," he wrote.
Obama quietly builds ties to Muslim Brotherhood
Klein reported for WND yesterday that Obama and top administration officials have troubling relationships with the Muslim Brotherhood and its worldwide allies.
Muslim Brotherhood members were reportedly invited to attend Obama's 2009 address to the Muslim world from Cairo. Khaled Hamza, editor of the Muslim Brotherhood website, confirmed at the time that 10 members of the Brotherhood's parliamentary bloc received official invitations to attend Obama's historic speech.
Also in 2009, the Egyptian daily newspaper Almasry Alyoum ran a report claiming Obama had met with U.S. and European-based representatives of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood that year
According to the report, the Brotherhood members requested that news of the meeting not be publicized. They expressed to Obama their support for democracy and the war on terror.
The newspaper also reported Brotherhood members communicated to Obama their position that they would abide by all agreements Egypt has signed with foreign countries, implying that if they took power in Egypt they would continue that country's peace treaty with Israel.
Besides contact with the Muslim Brotherhood itself, there have been reports the past two years of behind-the-scenes contact with Hamas, which was founded as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas maintains a close alliance with the Brotherhood; the Brotherhood's new leader, Muhammad Badi, serves as a de facto lead spiritual guide for Hamas.
Top leaders of Hamas in Gaza claimed to WND several times they passed messages to Obama through dignitaries who visited the Gaza Strip, including Jimmy Carter and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., – both of whom have a close relationship with the White House.
Kerry, for example, reportedly accepted a letter for Obama from Hamas leaders in Gaza during a February 2009 visit to U.N. installations in the coastal territory.
U.N. relief agency chief in Gaza Karen Abu Zayd told the BBC the Hamas letter had been received by his agency and passed on to an unnamed American official.
In November, 2008, WND first quoted Hamas officials stating they would be sending a letter to Obama.
Immediately after that month's elections, Ahmed Yousef , Hamas' chief political adviser in Gaza, called Obama's win a "historic victory" for the world and told WND that Hamas was sending a letter of congratulation to the president-elect.
Obama ties to Brotherhood's U.S. allies
It is not just Obama's reported contacts with the Muslim Brotherhood and the group's allies in the Middle East that are of concern.
The Obama administration also has evidenced a working relationship with several U.S.-based Islamist organizations that are listed by the Brotherhood as "likeminded" organizations.
One such group is the Islamic Society of North America, or ISNA, a radical Muslim group that was an unindicted co-conspirator in a scheme to raise money for Hamas.
ISNA was named in a May 1991 Muslim Brotherhood document – "An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America" – as one of the Brotherhood's likeminded "organizations of our friends" who shared the common goal of transforming countries into Muslim nations.
The White House relationship with ISNA began even before Obama took office. One week before the presidential inauguration, Sayyid Syeed, national director of the ISNA Office for Interfaith and Community Alliances, was part of a delegation that met with the directors of Obama's transition team. The delegation discussed a request for an executive order ending "torture."
ISNA President Ingrid Mattson represented American Muslims at Obama's inauguration, where she offered a prayer during the televised event.
Mattson also has represented ISNA at Obama's annual Ramadan dinners, including the last such event in which Obama announced support for the rights of Muslims to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque two blocks from the site of the 9/11 attacks.
In June 2009, Obama's top aide, Valerie Jarrett, invited Mattson to work on the White House Council on Women and Girls, which Jarrett leads.
That July, the Justice Department sponsored an information booth at an ISNA bazaar in Washington, D.C.
Also that month, Jarrett addressed ISNA's 46th annual convention. According to the White House, Jarrett attended as part of Obama's outreach to Muslims.
ISNA sponsored a February 2010 question-and-answer session in which Obama's top adviser on counter-terrorism, John Brennan, came under fire for controversial remarks to Muslim law students.
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See also http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/02/02/egypt-now-fears-obama-a-manchurian-president/
See also "Obama The Beautiful Frankenstein King" CK Hunter Essay from 2008
Egypt now fears Obama a 'Manchurian President' (gunnyg.wordpress.com)
Egypt, Obama, & The Muslim Brotherhood: Undermining Mubarak May Hasten Muslim Power & Middle East Catastrophe (frugal-cafe.com)
"Egypt: Western Blindness on the Muslim Brotherhood's Extremism is Beyond Ridiculous" and related posts (rubinreports.blogspot.com)
Post Mubarak: Muslim Brotherhood Could Play Role (npr.org)
"Shock Revelation: Evil Obama, Not Just ElBaradei And Muslim Brotherhood Behind Refusal To Accept Mubarak's Terms To Leave" and related posts (patdollard.com)
Egypt: Secular protests or Muslim Brotherhood (rt.com)
Washington's Secret History with the Muslim Brotherhood (nybooks.com)
Muslim Brotherhood (Hizb al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun) 'We are against Zionism' (pumabydesign001.wordpress.com)
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Egypt Riots, Civil Unrest, The Egyptian People Revolt Against Mubarak: Continuing Coverage
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White House Quietly Preparing for "Post-Mubarak" Egypt
By Peter Nicholas Washington Bureau January 30, 2011, 12:56 p.m.
A tight-lipped White House is taking an even-handed approach to the crisis in Egypt, suggesting that President Mubarak might be able to hold onto power if he allows competitive elections and restores individual freedoms. But inside the Obama administration, there are signs that officials are preparing for a post-Mubarak era after three decades.
One former senior administration advisor said he had spoken to his old colleagues inside the Obama administration in recent days about the unrest in Egypt. As early as last Wednesday, the Obama administration recognized that they would not be able to prop up the Mubarak regime and keep it in power at all costs, the former official said.
"They don't want to push Mubarak over the cliff, but they understand that the Mubarak era is over and that the only way Mubarak could be saved now is by a ruthless suppression of the population, which would probably set the stage for a much more radical revolution down the road."
Obama gave a much-publicized speech in Cairo in 2009 warning that governments cannot suppress people's rights. With protesters massing in the street demanding Mubarak's ouster, Obama would be hard-pressed to side with a repressive leader.
Obama administration officials "recognized that change was coming and they needed to be on the right side of history and not try to keep Mubarak in power against all odds," the former official said. "It's a very difficult balance to be struck. Mubarak is, after all, a friend of the United States for the last 30 years. A lot of our allies in the region — the Saudis, Jordanians and Kuwaitis — will be particularly nervous if it looks like the U.S. is doing in one of their friends.
"The administration understand this. But the most important thing they understand is that they have to get in front of this and not behind it."
The former administration official spoke on condition of anonymity so that he could be more candid about sensitive diplomatic issues.
The White House is trying to deliver a consistent message on fast-moving events in Egypt, dispatching Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, one of the more disciplined speakers in American politics, for a round of Sunday talk-show appearances.
Obama is monitoring events through regular briefings with staff and close consultation with regional allies.
On Saturday, he spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the White House said.
Obama received a briefing on the Egyptian crisis at the White House on Saturday and Sunday and also spoke to Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain on Sunday.
In the course of those conversations, Obama urged "an orderly transition to a government that is responsive to the aspirations of the Egyptian people," the White House said in a prepared statement on Sunday. Obama also asked the various leaders to assess the turmoil in Egypt.
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Anger Starting to Focus on Israel, USA
Egyptian opposition figure tells crowds in Cairo: "What we've begun cannot be reversed"; Muslim Brotherhood throws support behind ElBaradei, gives him mandate to negotiate unity gov't.
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The 15th Annual Podcast Awards Nominations Open July 1st
June 10, 2020 Podcast NewsPodcast AwardsJen Thorpe
The 15th Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards will be opening nominations on July 1, 2020. The Podcast Awards have been honoring podcasters since 2005. Those who want to participate need to register their podcast before July 31, 2020.
It is recommended that podcasters read the new rules for 2020. Some changes have been made that Podcast Awards hopes will create an opportunity for more shows to win a podcast award.
Nomination Rules and Eligibility:
Any show podcasting on or before July 1, 2020, with a minimum of 10 published episodes is eligible to register and be nominated for the 2020 Podcast Awards.
Legacy Shows as listed on the Legacy Page are not eligible to win a category podcast award. If a legacy show has not yet won a People's Choice Podcast Award the show will be automatically registered to participate in the People's Choice Category.
All registered shows will automatically be nominated in the People's Choice Category. Any show wishing to be eligible to be nominated can register via the registration page until the nomination closing date and pay via PayPal the $25 registration fee.
Shows that do not register are not eligible to participate. The registration fee is non-refundable.
The 2020 registration window began on February 1, 2020, and ends on July 31, 2020. Podcasters should be aware that the Listener Nomination period opens July 1 and your show will not be added or shown on the nomination page until you register.
Allowed Activity: Podcasters can and should provide instructions in their shows and on their sites instructing their audiences on how to register and nominate their podcast.
Forbidden Activities: Expressly forbidden are automated program, web assist templates that interact with the Podcast Awards site, web overlays, borkmarklets; and no nomination tool or macro is allowed. The podcast committee reserves the right to revise and amend any forbidden activity details at any time throughout the awards process.
2019 Podcast Awards Registration Opens January 18
January 17, 2019 Podcast NewsPodcast AwardsJen Thorpe
The 14th Annual Podcast Awards is open to podcasters worldwide. Registration for the 2019 Podcast Awards will open on January 18, 2019. The Podcast Awards has been honoring podcasters since 2005.
The Podcast Awards are open to all shows globally. Shows from around the world are encouraged to participate. The 14th annual Podcast Awards has some new rules and has released an official timeline.
Official Timeline:
Podcaster Registration Period: January 18 – July 31
Listener Nomination Period: July 1 – July 31
Slate Announcement: August 10
Slate Voting: September 15
Awards Ceremony, held in conjunction with International Podcast Day: To Be Announced
The 2019 registration window is January 18, 2019, through July 31, 2019. Be aware that the listener nomination period opens July 1, 2019, and your show will not be added or shown on the nomination page until you register.
Any show podcasting on or before July 1, 2019, with a minimum of 10 published episodes is eligible to be nominated for the 2019 Podcast Awards.
Legacy Shows as listed on the Legacy Page are not eligible to win a podcast award. If a legacy show has not yet won a People's Choice Podcast Award the show will automatically be registered to participate in the People's Choice Category.
All registered shows will automatically be eligible to be nominated in the People's Choice Category. Any show wishing to be eligible to be nominated can register via the registration page until the nomination closing date and pay via PayPal the $20 registration fee.
Podcasters can, and should, provide instructions in their shows and on their websites instructing their audiences on how to register and nominate their podcast. This is allowed and encouraged.
Expressly forbidden are automated programs, web assist templates that interact with the Podcast Awards site, web overlays, bookmarklets, and no nomination tool or macro is allowed. The podcast committee reserves the right to amend forbidden activity details at any time throughout the awards process.
Winners of the 2018 Podcast Awards
October 1, 2018 Podcast NewsPodcast AwardsJen Thorpe
The winners of the 2018 People's Choice Podcast Awards have been revealed! The announcement was made during the International Podcast Day Live event.
Here is a quick look at the podcasts that won each of the categories:
The Adam Curry People's Choice Award:Fantasy Football Today
Arts: We Like Drinking
Manager Tools Business Category: Extraordinary Women Radio with Kami Guildner
Comedy Category:2 Girls on a Bench
Grammar Girl Education Category: Our Fake History
Rob has a Podcast Entertainment Category: We're Drunk & We Know Things
Games & Hobbies: Trivial Warfare
Government & Organizations: Democracy Works
Health: A Better Night's Sleep
Kids & Family: Cool Facts About Animals
Feast of Fools/Fun LGBTQ Category: Derek and Romaine
Mature: Turn Me On
Coverville Podsafe Music Category: The Modern Vinyl Podcast
The Majority Report Politics & News Category: Consider This
Religion & Spirituality: For the Love with Jen Hatmaker
The Skeptics' Guide Science & Medicine Category: Curiosity Daily
Society – Culture: Travel Oddities
ESPN: Fantasy Focus Football Sports Category: The Fantasy Footballers
This Week in Tech Technology Category: Why'd You Push That Button
TV & Film: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fan Podcast
Please visit the Podcast Awards website to see lists of all of the other podcasts that were nominated for each category. You can also check out lists of past winners from previous years. A video of the 13thAnnual Podcast Awards 2018 Ceremony is available on the website.
Listener Nominations for the 13th Annual Podcast Awards is Open
July 11, 2018 Podcast NewsPodcast AwardsJen Thorpe
The Podcast Awards is an international event open to all podcasts in all countries regardless of language. The 13th Annual Podcast Awards Listener Nominations period is now open.
The Listener Nominations period will remain open until July 31, 2018. You can sign up now to nominate your favorite podcasts by filling out a form on the Podcast Awards website. Email verification is required. There is a separate login for people who already have an existing account.
The nomination page will remain online until July 31, 2018. You can start filling it out, and then come back to it later and finish your favorite show nominations.
Show registration will also remain open until July 31, 2018. Podcasters must be registered in order to be nominated. There is a registration fee of $10 per show. The purpose of the registration fee is to make Podcast Awards self-sustaining.
The official timeline for 2018 is:
Podcaster Registration Period: ends on July 31, 2018
Listener Nomination Period: ends on July 31, 2018
Slate Announcement: August 11, 2018
Slate Voting: August 12 – September 15, 2018
Awards Ceremony: September 30, 2018.
Registration for the 13th Annual Podcast Awards is Open
February 3, 2018 Podcast NewsPodcast AwardsJen Thorpe
The 13th Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards has opened registration for those who would like to have their podcast considered. The 13th Annual Podcast Awards Ceremony will take place in September of 2018.
In order to register, you must fill out the Show Registration Form on the Podcast Awards website. It is very important that you fill out the registration form correctly. Failure to do so could result in a mis-print of your trophy. This Registration Form is for podcasters, only! The Podcaster Registration period will run through July 31, 2018.
There is a registration fee of $10. The registration fee assures the ongoing support and further development of the Podcast Awards website. It also assures that there will be trophies for the winners who actually want to participate.
Slate Voting: August 12 – September 15
Awards Ceremony: September 30
Podcasters who register for the Podcast Awards can and should provide instructions in their shows and on their sites instructing audiences on how to register and nominate their podcast. Be aware that the listener nomination period opens on July 1, 2018, and your show will not be added or shown on the nomination page until you register.
The 2017 Winners of the Podcast Awards have been Announced
The winners of the 2017 Podcast Awards have been announced. There is a video of the 2017 People's Choice Podcast Awards ceremony available on the Podcast Awards website. It includes short videos from the podcasters who won.
The Adam Curry People's Choice Award – The Fantasy Footballers
Arts – We Like Drinking
Manager Tools Business Category – Dreamers Podcast
Comedy Category – Plumbing the Death Star
Education – Grammar Girl
Rob Has a Podcast Entertainment Category – We're Drunk & We Know Things
Games & Hobbies – Trivial Warfare
Government & Organizations – Everyday Superhumans
Health – Optimal Living Daily
Kids & Family – What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood
Feast of Fools/Fun LGBTQ Category – Derek and Romaine
Mature – Between Us Girls
Coverville Podsafe Music Category – Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
Free Talk Live Politics & News Category – The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Religion and Spirituality – Five Minute Devotions
The Skeptics' Guide Science and Medicine Catagory – STEM-Talk
Society – Culture – Sword and Scale
ESPN: Fantasy Focus Football Sports Category – The Fantasy Footballers
This Week in Tech Technology Category – School of Podcasting
TV& Film – The Hollywood Outsider
Registration for the 13th Annual Podcast Awards will open on January 15, 2018.
The People's Choice Podcast Awards Slate is Now Online
August 13, 2017 Podcast NewsPodcast AwardsJen Thorpe
The 12th Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards has posted its awards slate by category. Voting starts on the 13th by the randomly selected 250 listeners and 50 podcasters, plus the 50 luminaries selected by the Podcast Committee. Voting will last 30 days.
Each category has a total of 10 podcasts in it.
This year's categories are:
The Adam Curry People's Choice Awards
Manager Tools Business Category
Comedy Category
Rob Has a Podcast Entertainment Category
Feast of Fools/Fun LGBTQ Category
Coverville Podsafe Music Category
Free Talk Live Politics & News Category
The Skeptics' Guide Science and Medicine Category
Society-Culture
ESPN: Fantasy Focus Football Sports Category
This Week in Tech Technology Category
The People's Choice Podcast Awards has reached all fund raising goals for 2017. Winners are guaranteed a trophy. 2016 Winners and 2017 Slate nominees will have the option of ordering a trophy this year. The People's Choice Podcast Awards will have pricing and an order form available soon.
You can follow the People's Choice Podcast Awards on Twitter @podcastawards. Those who want to discuss the categories, the nominated podcast, or other related topics are asked to use the #PCA17 hashtag.
Podcast Awards Relaunches with New Website
May 2, 2017 Podcast NewsPodcast AwardsJen Thorpe
The 12th Annual Podcast Awards has relaunched with a new website for 2017. There have been some big changes since last year, including a complete rewriting of the rules. The GoFundMe for Podcast Awards has been updated with new information.
The new rules represent the most extensive changes in the history of the Podcast Awards. The changes were made based on input from hundreds of podcasters. The goal of Podcast Awards is to make minor tweaks as they go and hope that the awards process will satisfy the majority of podcasters who have supported them over the years.
It is now possible to see a list of past winners of Podcast Awards for every year from 2005 through 2016. This is something new that has been added to the website.
There is also a list of Legacy Shows that are honored for their excellence in podcasting and who have won a Podcast Award a minimum of five times. Legacy Shows that have never won a People's Choice Award are still eligible for that distinction and are automatically entered into the People's Choice category (and are not required to register).
The People's Choice top Award has been renamed to honor the Podfather of Podcasting. It is now called The Adam Curry People's Choice Award.
The official timeline is:
Podcaster Registration: May 1 – July 31
Nomination Rules and Eligibility
Shows that do not register are not eligible to participate. The registration fee is not-refundable.
The biggest change to the Podcast Awards is that there is no longer any daily voting by the public at large.
The Podcast Award Committee will invite journalists, podcast thought leaders, legacy podcasters, sponsors and individuals of the committee's choosing to vote, not to exceed 50 participants.
Through random selection, 50 of the 2017 registered podcasters will be asked to review and vote with a backup pool of registered podcasters to ensure 50 podcasters cast ballots.
Through random selection, 250 registered listeners who volunteered to vote during registration will be asked to review and vote with a backup pool of registered listeners to ensure 250 listeners cast ballots.
Podcasters can and should provide instructions on their shows and sites instructing their audiences on how to register and nominate their podcasts. Expressly forbidden are automated programs, web assist templates that interact with the Podcast Awards site, and web overlays. No nomination tool or macro is allowed.
Amid Controversy, Podcast Awards Winners Named
June 28, 2016 Podcast NewsPodcast Awards, podcastingShawn Thorpe
Last Sunday, the 2016 winners of the Peoples Choice Podcast Awards (commonly referred to as the "Podcast Awards") were announced. Award winners were unveiled during a live-streaming video presentation, as has been done in past years. The presentation itself went down with minimal issues. But just after the awards were given out, a bit of controversy came into play when it was determined that a specific group of podcasters had used a special web tool to encourage their listeners to vote for specific shows.
Podcast Awards winners are decided by a weeks-long voting content that asks the fans of awards-nominated podcasts to go to the Podcast Awards website and vote for their shows. There was some confusion when it was discovered that a fan of the Diamond Club podcast network had devised something called #HattingTheSystem that directed its users to vote specifically for Diamond Club shows.
All Winners are currently on hold due to live awards show voting Scandal that was exposed #pca16 See https://t.co/fgT3TecNn5
— Podcast Awards (@podcastawards) June 27, 2016
For those in doubt here is what their voting tool did. See Image pic.twitter.com/HwDeBo7RW8
Here is a second image with the bottom half of the voting tool. pic.twitter.com/avYvdDs6lr
It was unclear at first whether or not the Diamond Club's web tool actually violated the Podcast Awards anti-cheating rules. But upon further review, it was determined that the web tool wasn't auto-filling the Podcast Awards voting form. It was only directing voters to find the shows that Diamond Club was supporting in the different awards categories. It was then decided that all winners would be allowed to stand.
Here's the complete list of 2016 Peoples Choice Podcast Awards winners:
Peoples Choice: The Fantasy Footballers Podcast
Arts: The Beerists Podcast
Business: The Bizarre Briefing
Comedy: Matt And Mattingly's Ice Cream Social
Education: Scam School
Entertainment: We Have Concerns
Games & Hobbies: The Angry Chicken
GLBT: Diary of a Trans Woman
Government & Organizations: Politics Politics Politics
Health: Sleep With Me
Kids & Family: Hypothetical Help
Mature: JuRY
Music: Joe and Meg's Musical Adventure
News & Politics: No Agenda
Religion & Spirituality: Oh No Ross and Carrie
Science & Medicine: Weird Things
Society – Culture: The Phileas Club
Sports & Recreation: The Fantasy Footballers Podcast
Technology: Hak5
TV & Film: Post Show Recaps
Disclosure: Peoples Choice Podcast Awards founder Todd Cochrane is the Executive Editor of Podcaster News.


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Biden Urges Congress to Pass Newly-Introduced Assault Weapons Ban
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President Joe Biden said Congress must pass new legislation introduced earlier in the day to ban assault weapons in light of the recent spate of shootings including in Monterey Park, California.
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"Today, Senator [Dianne] Feinstein… has once again introduced an Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Magazine Ban in the Senate, as well as legislation raising the age to purchase them to 21," Biden said in a statement on Monday. "I urge both chambers of Congress to act quickly and deliver this Assault Weapons Ban to my desk."Biden said when he signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act this summer, there was still work to be done to "keep dangerous firearms out of dangerous hands."Over the weekend, a gunman opened fire in southern California at the Monterey Park dance studio at a street festival celebrating Lunar New Year, killing 11 and injuring nine others. The suspected gunman fled the scene and was found dead by authorities in a van in a neighboring city.Earlier on Monday, police in Half Moon Bay, California, about 30 miles south of San Francisco, said a suspect was in custody after reports of four found dead in two separate shootings.
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – President Joe Biden said Congress must pass new legislation introduced earlier in the day to ban assault weapons in light of the recent spate of shootings including in Monterey Park, California.
"Today, Senator [Dianne] Feinstein… has once again introduced an Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Magazine Ban in the Senate, as well as legislation raising the age to purchase them to 21," Biden said in a statement on Monday. "I urge both chambers of Congress to act quickly and deliver this Assault Weapons Ban to my desk."
Biden said when he signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act this summer, there was still work to be done to "keep dangerous firearms out of dangerous hands."
"In the short time since, communities across America have been struck by tragedy after tragedy, including mass shootings from Colorado Springs to Monterey Park and daily acts of gun violence that do not make national headlines," he added.
Over the weekend, a gunman opened fire in southern California at the Monterey Park dance studio at a street festival celebrating Lunar New Year, killing 11 and injuring nine others. The suspected gunman fled the scene and was found dead by authorities in a van in a neighboring city.
Earlier on Monday, police in Half Moon Bay, California, about 30 miles south of San Francisco, said a suspect was in custody after reports of four found dead in two separate shootings.
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Most everyone has gone to a fair at some time in their life. There are those great experiences you can't forget like eating that massive hot dog or going on the tilt-a-whirl. And then there are those other experiences where the the mixture of food and the ride didn't go so well. At any rate, the fair is a place where memories are made and this year's McLean County Fair in Underwood is sure to make some more memories for you and the family. With a line-up of rides, games, food, entertainment and fun for three days there's no reason to miss out. Members of the McLean County Fair Board are no strangers to the pleasures of a good fair. They've been working hard out at the fairgrounds to bring out another good year. But before the grand event takes place they shared some of the great memories they have had at the fair. Those memories are the reasons they continue to work to make each year a great place for the surrounding communities to gather. What's the fair all about? "It's about riding to the top of the Ferris wheel with your girl friend," fair board president Diane Schell said. Schell has been the fair board president for the last four years and is pleased with this year's line-up of entertainment for the whole family. Some of which is still the same from 40 years ago. Some of her fondest memories of the fair include holding on for dear life as she went around the Merry-Go-Round. She remembers her cousin becoming the 4-H king and thinking that there was no one cooler than the 4-H king. She even remembers her first date at the McLean County Fair.


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What was the players' reaction to the rebuilt holes?
Was any other work been completed over the winter?
You started using Hugh King Washed Dune sand for topdressing and, more specifically, RZ2 four years ago. How important has that change been?
How has this affected your construction projects?
"The consistency of the sand from Hugh King & Co is excellent. The quality of the sand is second to none."


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Expats who have newly moved to Dubai are always confused whether to opt for a serviced apartment or a regular rental apartment on a long-term lease.
Moving into a new apartment is always a hassle – after choosing a location and agreeing the price with your landlord, there's the endless wait at home for utility connections and deliveries of furniture and other essentials. Not to mention the extra costs of subscriptions and registration.
Could renting a serviced apartment offer a better, simpler way to settle down quickly?
"Currently, most newcomers to Dubai check into holiday homes/serviced apartments. Most corporate HR managers have realised the benefits of putting up their new executives till they can figure out which part of Dubai they want to live in. Holiday homes are becoming extremely popular due to the vast selection of locations and availability of units at competitive prices," says Sanjay Chimnani, managing director, Raine & Horne Dubai.
Serviced apartments are a great way for newcomers to get settled in Dubai as they provide more flexibility to the tenant – fully furnished and monthly rent payments also include utility bills and cleaning services. The short-term contracts do not financially commit new residents for a full year unlike long-term rentals. This is appealing to those on probation and waiting for stability.
"However, we have noticed that Dubai residents opt to live within close proximity to their office in the long run and there has been a growing demand for bona fide mixed-use developments and adoption of the live-work-play philosophy for millennials. Jumeirah Lakes Towers, The Greens and The Views have displayed higher resistance to further price drops and are marking a very gradual recovery due to their central locations and proximity to economic clusters," explains David Godchaux, CEO of Core Savills.
The advantages of serviced apartments are aplenty: they offer the option of monthly rent payment (no financial commitment for a full year), flexibility to leave at shorter notice with no penalties for early cancellation of contract, fully furnished, services are included such as cleaning, valet, room service and more, utility bills are included in the rent, no registration fees and the option of weekly leasing is also available.
On the flip side, serviced apartments never feel like home and are more expensive than a regular apartment. Take note: you may be held responsible for damaged furniture.
"Typically, serviced apartments are approximately Dh10,000 more expensive than normal long-term one-bedroom apartments and up to Dh20,000 costlier than regular two-bedroom units," observes Mario Volpi, chief sales officer, Kensington Exclusive Properties.
"The other disadvantage is that the landlord can request the tenant to vacate at short notice compared to normal long-term contracts," warns Volpi.
Serviced apartments also come in handy for those leaving the UAE for good.
"If you are leaving, consider getting out of a rental well before your last day and go into a serviced apartment. That way, you can close everything, go through the arduous processes that always take much longer than expected and place yourself in a serviced apartment for the last month or so. That way, you can send furniture home, close Dewa, get deposits back and be living in comfort for a monthly fee, knowing that when your last day comes around, all you need to do is just pack a suitcase and close the door behind you," suggests Paul Stewart-Smith, chief operating officer, Propertyfinder Group.
The most popular areas for serviced apartments are the Palm Jumeirah, Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina. Those operated by hospitality groups and within close proximity to a mall are also popular.
"The most expensive tend to be The Address apartments but there are others on the Palm too. The cheaper serviced apartments can be found in Jumeirah Village Circle, Sports City and Dubailand," points out Volpi.
"Serviced apartments on the Palm Jumeirah trunk witnesses relatively higher traction from end-user urban occupiers due to better access to social infrastructure and Sheikh Zayed Road. Premium serviced apartments in Jumeirah Village Circle are located in a tertiary location which is yet to be fully developed and don't enjoy benefits or access as other core areas do," adds Godchaux.
Serviced apartments typically attract short-term tourists, businesspeople looking for a short stay and long-term residents. "Single CEOs and executives on a one project basis opt for such units," Godchaux concludes.


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How a Climate 'Stress Test' Can Foresee Collapsing Banks
Governments around the world are gearing up to see how vulnerable financial systems are to climate shocks
By Avery Ellfeldt, E&E News on December 4, 2020
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Governments around the world are gearing up to use an old regulatory tool for a new purpose: protecting the economy from climate change.
Financial regulators for years have used "stress tests" to gauge whether major banks are prepared to stay afloat amid extreme, unanticipated—yet entirely plausible—economic shocks. They were widely implemented in the United States and abroad following the 2007-08 global financial crisis to help prevent systemwide catastrophes down the line.
Economists, environmentalists and advisers to President-elect Joe Biden warn that global warming could spur that next catastrophe. The climate finance proponents among them argue that major lenders should be required to undergo climate-related stress testing before it's too late.
Standing in the way are a slew of challenges—including insufficient corporate climate disclosures, still-developing climate projections and the banking sector itself, which has already signaled opposition to the idea.
There's a chance that banks could use their lobbying might to delay or water down future climate finance regulations, advocates say. But global momentum around the issue—and the incoming Biden administration—could mean that mandated climate stress testing in the United States isn't far off.
"It's pretty tough to imagine that regulators wouldn't do this, because I don't see how they can act in an informed way if they don't know what the problem is. And the only way you know the problem is by looking under the hood of [banks'] balance sheets," said Justin Guay, director of global climate strategy at the Sunrise Project.
"There is a very clear consensus agreement among regulators globally that climate change is a systemic risk," Guay added. "So that ship has sailed."
According to Monsur Hussain, who heads financial institution research at Fitch Ratings Inc., the main point of stress testing is to help regulators assess how a financial system or firm would cope under immense pressure—climate-related or otherwise.
They do so by modeling the impacts that an economic shock would have on a bank's profitability and balance sheet over a two- or three-year period.
The United States currently requires financial firms to conduct stress tests with a "pass-or-fail threshold," Hussain said. If a bank does not have enough capital on hand to stay in business during the simulated crisis, it fails. The Federal Reserve then requires firms that fail the tests to set aside extra capital to prevent the hypothetical situation from taking place in real life.
Climate finance proponents say regulators in the United States need to take a similar approach to climate change. They would do so by way of climate scenarios that consider how physical risks—like extreme weather events—and the transition to a low-carbon economy could affect banks' loans to vulnerable businesses and sectors.
Between 2016 and 2019, for instance, companies in the fossil fuel industry received more than $2.7 trillion in financing from 35 major banks, according to a report compiled by a group of environmental organizations.
"If we have two hurricanes, a wildfire and droughts in the farming country, will our banking system be able to withstand that? We don't really know," said Sarah Dougherty, a former researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta who is now with the Natural Resources Defense Council.
'A fundamental shift'
In June, a coalition of central banks—dubbed the Network for Greening the Financial System—published stress testing guidance for regulators around the world.
The document included several high-level climate stress testing scenarios. Among them was an "orderly transition" scenario, which would help regulators gauge how much money banks would lose if governments set a price on carbon this year—and achieved net-zero emissions by 2050.
But the NGFS also included a "hot house world" scenario, in which no additional emissions policies are adopted and the world blows past the warming goals enshrined in the Paris Agreement—leading to severe climate impacts.
Central banks in countries including the United Kingdom, France and Japan have already unveiled their plans to roll out stress tests to gauge financial firms' exposure to global warming.
The U.S. central bank is much further behind its global peers on the issue and hasn't yet indicated that it intends to do the same.
But there are signs of progress. The Federal Reserve in November acknowledged for the first time in its Financial Stability Report that global warming "is likely to increase financial shocks and financial system vulnerabilities" (Greenwire, Nov. 10).
Also notable is the incoming Biden administration's commitment to taking an all-of-government approach to climate change, including by tapping a number of climate hawks to fill high-level economic positions (Climatewire, Nov. 25).
"For the first time, potentially ever, finance policy is being used as climate policy, which is a fundamental shift—it never has been in the past," Guay said.
The incoming administration and the Fed's change in tone do not eliminate the challenges inherent to measuring how much climate change could cost banks in the long term.
Dougherty, Hussain and the Bank Policy Institute, a lobbying group, are among those who have emphasized that climate stress tests remain in their infancy—in part due to the reality that measuring banks' exposure to global warming is far more complicated than assessing other hypothetical shocks.
That's for a few reasons.
Climate stress tests would need to measure banks' risk over a longer period. That's because some climate impacts—such as sea-level rise and the transition to a low-carbon economy—will take place over several decades rather than several years.
Beyond that, developing climate-related scenarios would require banks to make a variety of difficult assumptions—including predicting how climate change would affect each portfolio company, how different sectors will adapt to rising temperatures, and what climate policies will be passed in the United States and elsewhere.
'Bridge too far'
There's widespread agreement that those factors make climate stress testing complex. But there's less consensus regarding what should be done with stress tests' results—and whether they should be required at all.
Greg Baer, the chief executive of BPI—whose members include Bank of America Corp., Citibank and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.—said in a recent op-ed that "banks have an important role to play in managing a transition away from carbon."
But in an interview with E&E News, Baer said BPI's stance is that climate stress tests are a "bridge too far."
"Trying to capture climate change effects decades in advance—without considering the extraordinary adaptability of the financial system and economy—and incorporating those results into the regulatory capital framework is no easier than predicting how pandemics or machine learning will affect banks by 2050," BPI argued in a recent research note.
For those reasons and more, the trade association concluded that it's premature to incorporate climate change scenarios into existing macroeconomic stress tests—"and even more so to link climate stress test[s] to capital requirements."
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America and the Financial Services Forum—another banking trade group—did not respond to questions about their organizations' stance on climate stress testing. A Wells Fargo & Co. spokesperson declined to comment.
A spokesperson for the American Bankers Association, another trade group, said in an email that quantifying climate impacts on financial firms "is in its early stages" and that "any potential changes to the regulatory framework, no matter how well-intended, must be thoroughly understood to avoid any unintended consequences."
Climate finance experts and advocates disagree with BPI's position—or at least parts of it.
A global meltdown?
Financial regulatory expert Gregg Gelzinis, of the left-leaning Center for American Progress, acknowledged that measuring climate risk is riddled with challenges and that climate stress tests shouldn't necessarily be used to adjust banks' capital requirements right off the bat.
"Yes, we are projecting out significantly into the future, and yes, a bank's balance sheet as it stands in 2020 is going to be different than a bank's balance sheet as it stands in 2030, or 2040, or 2050," Gelzinis said.
But he disagreed that those challenges are insurmountable—or that they would render the tests' results useless.
"If climate stress tests show that 15 years from now, you're expected to have ... severe losses on your carbon-sensitive assets—things like fossil fuel bonds and fossil fuel loans—and it encourages you to today shift away from those assets, that's a positive outcome," Gelzinis added.
He also warned against regulators implementing stress tests that lack any consequences at all, amounting to what he called "completely toothless exercises."
In his view, banks think about climate stress tests as "maybe an interesting informational exercise. But they don't want it in any way to impact how much capital they have to fund themselves with, which is one of the most powerful financial regulatory tools in regulators' arsenal to bolster the resiliency of these banks."
Even if not immediately, he said, climate stress tests should lay the groundwork for more aggressive regulatory measures that would actively safeguard the financial system to avoid an economic meltdown in the future.
Dougherty, the former Fed researcher, agreed.
"Of course they don't want to do something that might make them do more work and hold more capital in reserve," she said. "But we also don't want them to fail and take the entire financial system down with them."
Reprinted from Climatewire with permission from E&E News. E&E provides daily coverage of essential energy and environmental news at www.eenews.net.
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Hiscox has rebuffed a £310m offer from US insurer Chubb to acquire the remaining 72% of the Lloyd's insurer it does not already own.
Talks, which began with an approach from Chubb last week, broke down after its offer of 210p per Hiscox share was said by the board to "significantly undervalue" the company. Chubb acquired a 28% stake in Hiscox for 225p per share in 1998.
Hiscox's share price had increased almost 50% from 145.5p to 215.5 on the news of the potential bid before dropping to 175p on Tuesday.
A statement from Hiscox said its prospects remained excellent despite recent trading difficulties.


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Centrum Studiów nad Leonardem da Vinci (zwane także Centrum Hammera) - centrum zajmujące się gromadzeniem zbiorów oraz badaniami nad życiem i pracą włoskiego artysty renesansowego Leonarda da Vinci. Instytucja została założona w 1985 r. dzięki pomocy Armanda Hammera.

Dyrektorem centrum został Carlo Pedretti. Program pracy centrum obejmował działalność akademicką, wydawniczą i organizację wystaw m.in. przy współpracy z Muzeum im. Leonarda da Vinci w Vinci oraz publikowanie rocznika Achademia Leonardi Vinci. Włoska siedziba centrum znajduje się na Wydziale Filozofii Uniwersytetu w Urbino.

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The follow-up for 'At. Long. Last. ASAP' could be coming soon.
(AllHipHop News) On Sunday night, A$AP Rocky announced his next album is done. Last night, he posted "525" on Instagram which is being interpreted as the release date for Testing.
Rocky has been giving off signs that he's currently in LP roll-out mode. The Harlem emcee was a recent guest on Peter Rosenberg's Open Late talk show and he's featured in the latest cover story for Complex.
"I need to circle back and show 'em this is where it started. This is the origin of my legacy, and why I really do this sh-t," stated Rocky in the interview. The 29-year-old fashion maven also discussed linking with Kanye West and Tyler, The Creator.
"Everybody has different strategy and sh-t like that. Crazy, different tactics. Ye is sample and soulful driven. You feel that sh-t. It won't even have chord progression or drums on it… and you're just like damn," said Rocky.
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Last year's City Paper College Guide, put together by our interns, was subtitled "Rise up and #InternsUnite." It had to do with what interns Ryan B. Harrison and Dana Guth called "meritocracy on crack," in which college students are expected to stack up internships on top of internships and then maybe, just maybe, obtain some kind of job out of that in something that sort of ties to your major or "career path." The issue last year then was about revolting against that system and seizing City Paper, which was part of the problem—we did not pay our interns then and meanwhile, demanded most of their summer time. Plus, we're in the rather dodgy publication business, so the odds of a job, let alone a stable one, suddenly popping up available to one of our hard-working interns isn't all that great. Although it should be noted that three staffers, Performing Arts Editor Maura Callahan, Visual Arts Editor Rebekah Kirkman, and Managing Editor/Eats & Drinks Editor Anna Walsh, all started out as interns, that seems more like a carrot we are dangling in front of them than a sincere possibility for more than a few of their futures.
This year, there is still plenty of frustration with college life and the systems it forces you to navigate—our interns seem painfully aware of how they are in many ways, grist for the college mill, walking talking products as far as the college industrial complex is concerned—but the theme is a little different. For one, some of that justifiable rage is gone because City Paper does now pay its interns. And the many shifts in the city following the Baltimore Uprising, it seems, have left our interns realizing more vividly than ever that they exist in a kind of "bubble"—protected from many of the realities of Baltimore and just adult life in general by their universities.
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Shares of truckmaker Navistar (NYSE:NAV) were up 11% as of 12:35 p.m. EST on Tuesday after the company reported strong results for its fiscal fourth quarter and full-year 2018.
Q4 earnings of $1.89 per share easily beat analyst estimates for $1.68. Sales, which came in above $3.3 billion, likewise exceeded expectations.
Navistar results are racing ahead of estimates. Image source: Getty Images.
Navistar grew its quarterly profits 39% versus last year's Q4. Sales for the quarter increased 28% year over year, largely driven by a 45% increase in sales of Class 6-8 trucks and buses in the United States and Canada.
The quarter's results capped a strong year, and marked a welcome return to health for Navistar after a weak 2017. Profits for all of 2018 combined surged roughly 10 times year over year, from just $0.32 per share earned in 2017, to $3.41 for fiscal 2018. Sales for the year increased 20% over 2017 levels.
CEO Troy Clarke said that 2018 was a breakout year, and predicted sales of approximately $11 billion in fiscal 2019. (Wall Street is only looking for $10.6 billion).
On the other hand, management did not give GAAP earnings guidance for fiscal 2019, noting only that it expects adjusted EBITDA to range from $850 million to $900 million, up from $826 million for this flavor of profits in 2018. At the midpoint of that guidance range, adjusted EBITDA would grow 6%. Assuming similar growth in GAAP profits, Navistar might earn as much as $3.61 per share this coming year.
Wall Street, meanwhile, is still looking for $3.67 per share in profit, and could theoretically be disappointed if earnings don't grow as much as it expects in 2019.
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On behalf of The Law Offices of Tim L. Fields, llc posted in Truck Accidents on Friday, May 16, 2014.
Accidents involving big rigs are often deadlier than normal car accidents. The sheer size and power of semi-trucks gives them the potential to be deadly weapons and, because of this, truck drivers bear a solemn responsibility to the public to exercise the utmost care in their operation.
Unfortunately that's not always the case. Every day there are reports of tractor trailer accidents involving truck drivers who fell asleep at the wheel, drove while intoxicated, or were distracted by a cellphone.
Louisiana State Police Troop A are investigating an accident in which four 18-wheelers collided on Interstate 10 in Iberville Parish. The crash took place May 3 around 5 p.m. on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge when one semi-truck, driven by a couple from Ohio, failed to stop at a congested area on the highway. Their truck slammed into the back of another 18-wheeler, starting a chain reaction that ultimately involved three other semis.
Two of the trucks caught fire and were completely consumed by the flames. Another 18-wheeler's trailer came free and slid over the guardrail, falling to an area below the highway.
The couple who caused the crash were both killed. One other driver suffered minor injuries. All three of the other drivers were wearing seat belts and successfully passed Breathalyzer tests.
Investigators are not sure whether either of the deceased drivers were wearing seat belts. A toxicology report is forthcoming.
Miraculously, no one in a car was injured, but distracted and inattentive driving are still the foremost cause of crashes in Louisiana and when a truck driver does it, the consequences can be devastating.
In such cases, the liability often lies with large truck companies who have the power and money to fight cases of negligence. Having a Louisiana personal injury attorney on your side may be the only way to see justice done.


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Ray was an awesome husband, father, son, brother, brother in law and friend. Everyone who met him loved him. He was outgoing, caring, funny, positive and just a great person to be around.
Ray passed away on 12th September 2016 after an 18 month battle with cancer. His amazing strength and spirit throughout this time was inspiring and made me so proud to know and love him.
Ray chose the Andrew Love Cancer Centre to be the beneficiary of any donations after he passed. We would love to raise lots of money for this worthy cause in Rays memory by competing in a fun run in February 2017.
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Aldermen Review Agreements Covering Property Sale To Flying Dog
They're expected to vote on the agreements on Dec. 15th.
Frederick, Md (KM) The Board of Aldermen on Wednesday reviewed four agreements covering the sale of land at Frederick Municipal Airport to Flying Dog Brewery. Economic Development Director Richard Griffin said these agreements allow the city to continue operating the airport after Flying Dog purchases the 31.69-acre property to build a new, state-of-the-art brewery.
"And it provides mutual access to the parties as well as insure equitable maintenance and repair of the same," he said. "Things that are on our ground, we have responsibility for. Things that are going to be on ground that we're selling them, they would have responsibility for maintenance."
The city agreed last year to sell the parcel to Flying Dog for $2.55-million. The company plans to construct a $40-million, 150,000-square-foot facility for its state-of-the-art brewery, and a Farm Brewery.
This parcel is called Bowman Farm Site Lot 15, which the city bought in 2008 for $5.4-million. It was to be used to upgrade facilities at the airport, including a control tower. Officials says it's surplus land which the FAA will not reimburse the city for its purchase.
One of the agreements covers an Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast facility, which helps pilots and air traffic controllers track aircraft in the skies over Frederick. It's located on the property being sold to Flying Dog.
Griffin says the city wants to keep that facility at that site. He says currently, the city leases that parcel to the contractor which operates the ADSB. "They {Flying Dog} agreed to allow that lease to be continued for up to 99-years. And they allowed the access for that contractor to be able to get into and out of that site, and maintain and keep it up," he said.
This agreement is subject to FAA approval. Any future related easements, subdivisions or re-locations of the ADSB will be done at the cost of the Flying Dog, and subject to FAA approval, according the background material for Wednesday's workshop.
The Board of Aldermen is expected to vote on these four agreements on December 15th.
"This is exciting! We're moving forward," said Alderwoman Kelly Russell.
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