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Brexit is a terrifying thing not only for Brits but the whole european community. I believe that now everything is in hands of the citizens of UK. On the other hand brexit is the sour lesson. It teaches us that the leaders of the EU, that we need to fianally wake up and make some sirious steps to develop the union and enter a new level. There's so much to do but I think that in this point we need to make a decision. Shall the EU become a European Federation or maybe just another trade union. For me the answer is obvious. The history showed us many times where the isolation policy leads. We need to ensure the safety future by creating the strong european structures – the true goverment with real power, the common army, single market, same currency, harmonised tax system, healthcare, education, solcial policy. Why? Because the local goverments will never do so. The local politicians will never renounce their power for the good of the whole european community. In politics we have a deficit of true social- people who actually care about their citizens, who know what they want, who know their problems and find a sollution to them. Is it actually so hard to make things better? It depends for whom. If somebody is just another bureaucrat who only thinks about how to stay longer in charge of the nation then the answer is yes. But I will never stop believing that there are good people in this world. Those who want to change it for better. Those who I can finally call my representatives.
1 year, 3 months ago in Brexit
Filip Marcinkowski
The result was a shock to everyone and very soon it was apparent there were lies; funding discrepancies; people just opposing Cameron. Now we are stuck in the never ending nightmare. We can only hope that someone will eventually see sense and allow another vote based on the real impact of Brexit
matteypam
I am a young person currently living in the UK. I am currently at university here but I am particularly worried about Brexit and its consequences. One of the aspects that I have heard very little about is whether the UK will continue to be in the Bologna scheme. At the moment my BA in the UK is the equivalent and comparable to a BA from any of the other 27 EU countries. When the UK leaves, will my degree and those of others currently studying here be recognised in other EU countries? I suppose this is just one of a long list of aspects of daily life which will be affected by this unnecessary and frankly stupid decision. With the way the UK Government is dealing with Brexit and the slow pace of negotiations, I suspect I (or anyone else) won't get an answer on this topic for quite some time A European.
domlanger
I remember driving to work the morning after the Brexit vote and it felt as if some horrible atrocity had been committed during the night. The radio presenters spoke in hushed voices, sentences were started with 'on this morning of disbelief' and you felt that to be moving or talking was unnatural, that it was somehow wrong to continue amongst the fragments of the world you had known 24 hours earlier. At work everyone was grouped around the television, watching as political bombshell followed political bombshell; out of Europe, no confidence vote on Labour leadership, Spain moves politically on Gibraltar, Cameron resigns, Farage steps away from politics. Endless graphs of blue and yellow, crowds of people at Johnson's, Corbyn's and Gove's door. The emotions in front of that TV swung from despair to anger and back again. Together the group felt the injustice and the cheapness of Farage describing the vote as the greatest victory since WWII. Then we comforted each other when the discussion turned to a future outside of Europe, to the reality of our world closing in tightly and insufferably through the reckless behaviour of politicians. No one moved throughout the morning, the television was only turned off when the commentators made their closing tired remarks down the camera on the event that was set to change the fortunes of the country forever. Brexit was a vicious wake up call. It demonstrated to me the political character of my country, which before I had not fully understood, and it solidified what I believed was right and wrong in politics. If nothing else Brexit showed us the challenge and created a lot of people ready to take it on.
Daisy Whittingham
Brexit will adversively affect young people, who – despite having votes against Brexit in the majority – will have to bear most of the costs in the long-term. We need to make sure that young people are not cut off from the EU. Exchange programmes such as Erasmus+ must remain open to UK students. Moreover, they should be incentivised to travel and work in the EU. Our position is that the door must stay open to the UK and that they will join the EU again, unless they decide not to leave it after all in the first place.
2 years, 3 months ago in Brexit
Laurin Berresheim
With Brexit looming, many thousands of EU Citizens are living in limbo, those EU citizens in the UK, and UK Citizens living in the EU. We have to find a way to protect them. To stop the UK citizens being stripped of their EU Citizenship, and us all being stripped of the protection of the ECJ. What can we all do to keep them in our wonderful European family? We are and always will be European.
Valerie Chaplin
With Brexit looming, many thousands of EU Citizens are living in limbo, those EU citizens in the UK, and UK Citizens living in the EU. We have to find a way to protect them. To stop the UK citizens being stripped of their EU Citizenship, and us all being stripped of the protection of the ECJ. What can we all do to keep them in our wonderful European family? We are and always will be European. Together we are stronger.
Britain was as some would say was only ever "60% in the EU" – but France came worryingly close to electing a similarly anti-European leader. But the real enemy isn't populism, it's confusion and misinformation. What I want to ask is what we can do to fight the perception that Europe is undemocratic. I want to know what happened in Britain that caused them to have a mere 27% turnout to their last European election and what we can do to prevent it in other member states. I think the EU should start some initiatives on European openness and media attention. For a start, do you know who your commissioner is and their role in the commission? Which party they belong to? I had to go and google the one for Ireland. I can't think of any citizen of any country in the EU who doesn't know the name of their president or prime minister, even most cabinet ministers. Yet the commissioners seem to work in almost absolute silence, allowing the media to concoct any lurid story it wants. The job of a commissioner is nearly as important as prime minister or foreign secretary, so we should all know who we're dealing with. What I think we should do is have each country's commissioner regularly speak with the media in their own country. We should see them being talked about and debated every day and everyone should know the name of their commissioner.
Josh Nolan
The concern i have is related to what are plans to continue this in U.K. Young people with fewer opps are not aware of this programme.
Tash Queen
Stop it while you can! The consequences are not worth it.
Ana Raquel Sampaio
Let us not be intimidated, let us not be bullied in thinking that being proud to be European is wrong. I shall not be shamed in thinking that cooperation dialogue and freedom amongst our colleague members states is obsolete, now more than ever we need to stand hand in hand.
Amaya Díez-Canseco Riess
Brexit has been voted by a minority of the population in the UK and a lot of lies were told during the campaign. A second chance must be given before the government proceeds with this insanity
It is so frustrating to see Theresa May insisting that 65 million people are unified behind Brexit! So many of us feel our government has been hijacked and only the EU is listening to us. We need Europe to stand up for us when our own government won't!! Theresa May is unelected; Brexit was fuelled by dark foreign investment; the Brexit campaign was built on lies. We beg the EU to protect its British citizens and to stand up for our rights. Don't abandon us! Make a second referendum part of the Brexit negotations.
Suzanne Savage
I was there and voting when we joined I have no desire to be here when we leave. I hear a lot about getting the best deal from people who should be aware that this is what we already have. We are members of the only democratic trading group. The EU isn't perfect, neither am I, however it can be improved and it has been being improved over the years. I'm unable to find any logical reason for leaving this association it's the very best on the planet. I have five grandchildren all studying sciences from A level to PhD they and their friends are of one opinion out of the EU there will be no future for them so most are for leaving, mainly for Europe. Of my two children one is a senior junior school teacher she feels under appreciated and over worked. No longer able to teach properly only to get children through government exams. Although she is looking for a deputy head position she would get out of teaching if she could, not because she doesn't like teaching she loves it but because of nonsense she is forced to deal with put there by governments. Things that are not going to help educate her children. My son is a database expert working for an American based company. His wife is Italian/British national and he is studying for Italian nationality then he will take his skills to the EU as like his children he can't see a future in the UK out of the EU. Now for me I'm in my 80s and following both a bankruptcy, following serious surgery, I'm a widower and when my wife died I went to pieces and spent every available Lenny I could lay my hands on. So I worked in the pharmaceutical industry for the last twenty years of my working life until I was 78, to pay off the debts. So I would only be a financial burden to another country so I would feel that it would be unethical for me to move away from England. Both before and after this very flawed lie supported advisory referendum I did some research on the EU and found it was far better than any other such group. In any case I know and feel I'm a European this group of islands are part of Europe's Atlantic shelf so we are physically part of Europe. The vast majority of our ancestors came from Europe admittedly we now have people from a wider social group from our late colonies. People who's ancestors fought and died in two world wars for this they country, they also stood by us in other conflicts so as far as I'm concerned their descendants are welcome here. What I really want to say is that the very best interests of this nation lie in the EU not outside it. I hear lots of political nonsense about how we will get this and that trade deal with the rest of the world. The problem is that currently we already have extremely good deals through the EU. These have been negotiated from the strength of the EU. Out of the EU we will have to start from the bottom and we will be negotiating deals with more powerful markets than ours so we negotiate from a very weak position. We will be forced to accept trade governance from secret courts that ensure that our government cannot make trade rules or laws that don't suit the multinational companies that are at the centre of all these deals. The only intelligent place for the UK is in the EU, leaving will make us very much weaker as Scotland will definitely leave the UK and it is more than likely that Northern Ireland will make a joint government arrangement with Ireland to become one country outside of the U.K. Me I would love to move to Scotland and spend my last few years there but it would mean that they would have to give me both health and financial aid and that wouldn't be ethical. George Farmer A European.
Abandoning the UE is not an occasion to isolate from the world, rather the necessary decision to refuse the intrinsically liberist policy Europe is based on (despite all the "social democracy" proclamations), seeing it ( the liberist ideology) as NOT modifiable being it the very foundation on which this Europe was built on in the first place. GB refused the current EU model, based on the subordination of democratic institutions and subordinate classes to the whims of Bruxelles' technocrats and on the expoitation of lower classes by who has the means to do that (i.e. international capital). The only adequate environment on which to restore socialdemocracy nowadays, things staying as they are now, is the National State, where the demos should be redefined not in contraposition to other nationalities but in contraposition to neoliberist predatory élites. NOTE: I know, London is a beneficiary of international capital but it can be considered almost as a separate city-state with its own rules and economy that's why is not considered beneficial to the overall well being of GB.
When Britain leaves the EU, which seems inevitable now that Article 50 is about to be signed, I shall be in the unique position of remaining an EU citizen and losing my EU citizenship. It's because I have dual nationality (Irish & British) At the moment, I live in France. I have also lived in Spain. It is likely that British people will lose the freedom to easily travel to the other 27 EU countries. That's bad news for anyone wanting to study in another EU country, to take a European holiday, to live and work elsewhere in the EU and to retire to warmer climes. Over two million British people are currently living elsewhere in the EU. Then there are the EU citizens living and working in the UK. They are nervous about their futures. Many work in key positions, such as in the health service. A "Little England" culture, isolated from our neighbours, will make the UK a poorer place. We need to communicate, share and engage in exchanges with people from other nations on our doorstep, Many people were very uncertain about how to vote in last year's referendum. The issues were cloudy to say the least. Politicians and the MSM must take much of the blame. They told lies and massaged data. The leave campaign exaggerated issues like, for example the number of laws determined by Europe. Surely, it is better to debate and discuss EU-wide laws from the inside. Many EU laws designed to protect workers and the vulnerable will be lost and not replaced, leaving the protection, health and safety of the UK population at risk. The referendum result was very close, but the government have taken the result to constantly refer to 'the will of the people." How often is the will of the people ever taken into account when making life-changing decisions for the population? Business-wise, around half of Britain's exports go to other EU countries. Putting up barriers with these countries that Britain trades with would be unwise and counterproductive. Around three million jobs are linked to the EU. Banks are already making plans to leave the UK. the City could collapse because the financial trading inside the EU helps to boost banks' profits. In the 21st century, we live in a global society. We can connect to people everywhere. To have the opportunity to build a good future together is there if we reach out to one another. Europe as a union was founded after the Second World War. We have had peace in Europe since then. We should be opening our doors and our hearts. We should not be putting up a 'Berlin wall' We must not become a reclusive little island floating off the coast of Europe. Philomena Digings
2 years, 10 months ago in Brexit
Philomena May


1. Don't act like an eejit. That's the main thing to remember when the temperature is rising higher than a flea on a trampoline. Most people who suffer from the heat are just trying to do too much in unsuitable conditions. Pets, on the other hand, don't know what's good for them, so make sure to keep cats and dogs hydrated, put ice in their water bowls, and with access to flowing air.
2. Move downstairs to sleep. It always feels a couple of degrees cooler on the ground floor. A heatwave is the one time you might get a better night's sleep on the sofabed.
3. Always put on sun protection when you clean your teeth in the morning.
4. Do not feel a twinge of guilt about sitting in a darkened room watching a World Cup game while the sun is shining. We don't need any weather police here. You have the right to choose. Stay strong.
5. Want to watch the World Cup and enjoy the sun at the same time? Take an iPad, or device of choice. Go to settings and turn up the brightness to max. Place iPad in the shade and sit in the sun with a pair of shades.
6. If you are a very bad golfer, this is your moment. There is so much 'run' on the fairways, the weakest drive is ending up roughly where a Rory McIlroy drive would land in the usual conditions. Another week of this and the ball may never actually stop.
7. Fill a spray bottle with water and ice and keep it in the fridge. Use it at home or bring on car journeys to ease those unbearably sticky few minutes before the aircon kicks in. It's especially handy for babies and young children. Aim upwards to cover yourself in a blissful, cool mist.
8. Linen has been out of favour for years, but it is actually having a fashion moment. And nothing is more comfortable to wear in the heat.
9. As a child, you'll have been warned never to go swimming for at least 30 minutes after eating a meal, to avoid cramp. It's still sound advice.
10. Know your body's pulse points, such as your wrist, neck and elbow crease. Apply some ice cubes wrapped in a towel. Or run your wrists under a cold tap for a quick cool down. It cools blood because a main vein passes through this area and the skin on the wrist is so thin.
11. Face an electric fan outwards towards an open window or door instead of facing in - it will keep you cooler. Place a bowl of ice at the fan for colder air.
12. Get a hot water bottle and fill it with cold water and ice from the fridge. It provides a welcome cool spot in bed on hot nights. Or put it under your pillow for some pillow-flipping sweet relief.
13. To save on water, form a neighbourly WhatsApp group and when one household is filling the paddling pool, invite the other kids around.
14. Play 'Ancient Greece' with the kids and have them fan you and feed you cold grapes while you recline on the couch. Bed sheets make good togas.
15. Ignore the heatwave 'experts'. Trust your animal instincts. You could do a lot worse than doing what your dog is doing. Sit down and pant until the heatwave passes.


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BA in History - UC Santa Cruz Single Subject Teaching Credential, Social Science - CSU Sacramento
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Katherine Sunseri teaches both AP and CP Gov/Econ. Ms. Sunseri was born in Placerville, grew up in Folsom, and studied history at UC Santa Cruz (go banana slugs!). One of the highlights of her undergraduate career was the congressional district office internship she completed in the summer before her senior year, which gave her a new understanding and appreciation of the role that the federal government plays in her community. She is very excited to support Oakmont students as they explore similar opportunities to participate in the political process and give back to their community. During her senior year, she studied abroad at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. After graduating from UCSC, Ms. Sunseri returned to the Sacramento area to get her teaching credential in social science at CSU Sacramento.
Outside of school, Ms. Sunseri enjoys spending time with friends and family, hiking, traveling, listening to podcasts, and reading.
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Flyers prospects to watch at the World Juniors
It's (almost) that time again!
By Madeline Campbell@madelinecampbll Dec 10, 2019, 10:00am EST
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It's happening folks! We're just a few weeks out from the start of the World Juniors on the 26th, and with USA Hockey announcing their preliminary roster yesterday, we've finally got an idea of which Flyers prospects (and any of your favorite non-Flyers prospects) may be representing their counties in the tournament.
The Flyers, while not as strongly represented as they have been in the past couple of years, do still have a few prospects who were named to the preliminary rosters. We've got:
Yegor Zamula - Russia
Adam Ginning - Sweden
Bobby Brink - USA
Cam York - USA
I know I've made note twice already that these are just the preliminary rosters, so each of these players will still have to survive the selection camp cuts in order to make their respective teams. But, with that said, we can feel pretty good about their chances. Both Brink (6 G, 5 A in 14 GP) and York (4 G, 5 A in 14 GP) are off to very good starts to their freshman seasons with the University of Denver and the University of Michigan, respectively. The same is the case with Zamula, in his third full season with the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL and already up to 28 points in 28 games. Ginning has struggled a bit to start this season—he started with Linköping of the SHL and then was sent down to their SuperElit team, before finally being loaned to HC Vita Hästen, where he has four points in 16 games—but he did play for Sweden in the World Juniors last year, and his "seniority" may well work in his favor.
A lot depends on these players' performances in their camps, but we should still have a couple of familiar faces to watch, which just makes that tournament just that much more fun. It's right around the corner!


Vanessa Blount, a student in a Wildlife Management class, has her first personal encounter with a red-tailed hawk.
AT HUMBOLDT STATE, professors and students study all types of critters. But one step inside the Wildlife Building and it's hard not to be impressed with the vast collection of birds. These specimens are used to train the next generation of ornithologists, but before students can earn their feathers, so to speak, they've got to overcome the challenges of conducting research on a flying, migratory and extremely intelligent creature.
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Jamaica's famed Blue Mountains are home to some of the finest coffee in the world. They're also home to hundreds of wildlife species, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. • Coffee beans are actually the seeds within these mature coffee berries. • Tiny insects cause major destruction for coffee farmers. Female coffee borer beetles lay their eggs in coffee berries. During the larval stage, these pests feed on the seed, or coffee bean, significantly damaging farmers' yields. • Studying warblers, like this tropical parula, Matthew Johnson found that coffee borer beetles were a large part of the birds' diet.
FOR WILDLIFE PROFESSOR and Department Chair Matthew Johnson, the main challenge in his research is distance. Once a year his passion for birds takes him and a handful of students thousands of miles away to the tropical climate of Jamaica's famed Blue Mountains, where the team studies the relationship between coffee plantations and the birds that inhabit the area. The work is part of a three-year project funded by the National Science Foundation.
He schedules his fieldwork between semesters, which adds another layer of challenge: Not only are Johnson's research subjects 3,200 miles away, he and his students have a limited timeframe in which to do their work. In addition to a semester's worth of developing and refining research questions and hypotheses, Johnson and his students spend roughly 50 hours on logistics. From securing local housing and vehicle rentals in Jamaica, to packing spare batteries for their GPS units, success is in the details. "Unlike with a local project," he says, "You can't go back and measure later. You have to make sure you get every bit of data you need before you leave. And you have to have everything ready to go before you even arrive."
Still, research challenges aside, the focus remains on the birds and the people who share the mountain habitat. And Johnson says that when it comes to the conservation of a species, success depends on meeting the needs of the people in the community as well as the needs of the wildlife.
TOP: Johnson, far right, and Wildlife students, from left, Rob Fowler, Jherime Kellermann and Amy Stercho, used experimental cages over coffee bushes to study the impact of pest-eating birds on crop yields. BOTTOM: Matthew Johnson holds a Jamaican tody on a coffee farm in Jamaica. This vibrantly colored bird feeds on pests like the coffee borer beetle and only lives in Jamaica.
For the species Johnson and his students have been studying—including the rufous-throated solitaire, the Blue Mountain vireo and migratory warblers—much of their habitat was being destroyed to make room for coffee farms, which provide a reliable source of income for the community. Johnson sought a way to integrate those seemingly competing requirements. And after getting to know the community of farmers and doing preliminary research on the native birds, Johnson discovered a common interest: bugs.
The insects the birds were feeding on happened to be destructive pests. Among them, the coffee borer beetle—a coffee farmer's worst enemy. The beetle is singled out as the most harmful pest of coffee crops, affecting more than 70 countries, Jamaica included. Without bird habitat nearby, the farmers depended on expensive and potentially harmful pesticides to protect their crops.
After identifying the link between birds and bugs, Johnson and his students presented their findings to Jamaican officials, including the Coffee Industry Board and Ministry of Forestry, with hopes that land managers there would encourage more shade-grown coffee production. Now some of their recommendations to these officials have become on-the-ground changes. During their last excursion, Johnson and his students found workers planting native trees along the edges of coffee farms as bird habitat, courtesy of the Ministry. "It was one of those rare cases of a win-win situation, where what's good for the farmer can also be good for the wildlife," he says.
IT GETS MORE CHALLENGING to help endangered wildlife when there aren't such clear benefits.
Mark Colwell, Wildlife Professor and expert on shorebirds, values the snowy plover. It's not uncommon for Colwell and his students to walk miles along local beaches studying the plovers amidst their habitat. The persistence is worth it, as the small shorebird is threatened with local extinction. But, unlike Johnson's pest-eating tropical birds, the plover has few direct benefits to offer Humboldt County's human population besides a pretty face.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Shorebird tracks dot the sand near plover territory. • Mark Colwell shows students Lena Orozco and Jane Kelly how much ground to cover as they survey shorebirds along Humboldt Bay's South Spit jetty. • Plover chicks are banded as soon after hatching as possible because, within a day, they leave the nest under the care of the male and roam widely.
"In losing plovers, we lose an increment of life on Earth," Colwell says. He's dedicated 12 years of his decades-long career to the plover, and works tirelessly with his students to better understand the ecology of the threatened shorebird. "The world is a less beautiful place without them."
Graduate student and Colwell's teaching assistant, Luke Eberhart-Phillips, has conducted research that suggests the plovers could go extinct locally in the next 50 years if wildlife management practices don't change. "Asking people to care more for the plovers is difficult, because they have no tangible instrumental value to society. If anything, conservation can be said to come at a cost," Colwell says.
And so, in working to protect the birds, Colwell and his students highlight another angle to this challenge: Should land managers use the carrot or the stick? That is, does one coax the public into caring for these birds or should punishments be doled out to those who disturb their habitats?
What makes the snowy plovers so vulnerable is that they don't build elaborate nests or perch in trees. Rather, they create shallow scrapes in beach sands where they lay their camouflaged eggs. In addition to threats from predators and a loss of habitat, their nests are vulnerable to the accidental or inattentive actions of beachgoers.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: Within a week of hatching a brood, female snowy plovers desert their mates. • Special banding pliers are used to fit newly hatched plovers with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service identification bands. • Plovers generally lay three camouflaged eggs per clutch in shallow scrapes like this. • Student David Orluck uses a birding scope to get a closer look at skittish shorebirds.
During the plovers' reproductive season, segments of Humboldt County beaches where plovers breed and encounter humans are cordoned off to the public. In other places, beach use is restricted and activities such as horseback riding and off-leash dogs are prohibited. This is conservation at a cost, as Colwell described.
Yet another option for land managers is threatening people with the consequences of violating the Endangered Species Act. But Colwell finds boosting community awareness (the carrot, not the stick) is a more productive method of protecting the plovers.
Regardless of method, Colwell's work has a multi-pronged affect. By getting his students involved in the challenge of saving the snowy plover, he's exposing them to the real-world struggle of protecting an endangered species, all while focusing on the fundamentals of conducting research on shorebirds.
YOU MIGHT THINK of ornithology as a spectator sport best suited to those content to admire from afar. But in order to gather meaningful data, bird researchers have to find ways to get close to their subjects. And no matter how determined the scientists are, tracking, capturing and handling birds can present a serious challenge.
Consider Wildlife Professor Luke George's efforts with red-tailed and red-shouldered hawks.
Professor Luke George handles a red-tailed hawk while professor Jeff Black, in red, and students look on. The professors and students were working with HSU alum Jeff Kidd who demonstrated techniques for banding the birds of prey.
Getting close to the birds of prey, however, turned out to be much more difficult than expected.
Without proper training, students cannot capture or band hawks. But George hoped the large birds would be an easy species for students to re-sight and track once banded by professionals. The problem, he says, is that after those raptors were caught and banded, they became very skittish—especially around slow moving vehicles associated with researchers putting out traps. "Ninety percent of our students never got a read on the bands," he says.
The hawks proved less-than-ideal for training undergraduates to re-sight for long-term studies. However, they remain valuable when teaching students to handle birds. "They are relatively calm. They rarely try to bite. And they're large enough to make it easy to grip their legs," George says. "Even students that have not held birds in the past can safely hold, observe and release this very beautiful, powerful animal."
So how can hawks be too skittish for most students to study after banding, but calm enough to be held by an inexperienced handler-in-training?
"It's like having a suspect in custody," George says. "When they have been caught and cuffed, they don't try to get away because they know the game is up. When you release them, however, they get away as fast as they can and run the other way every time they see a police cruiser approaching."
So the challenge persists. How does a wildlife professor like Luke George get his students interacting with birds, especially species appropriate for students who might not have the carefully trained hands of an experienced researcher? The hawks' size and demeanor were attributes that made them ideal candidates for this job, but they proved too wary of researchers.
In one case, George and graduate student Amy Scarpignato decided to go after a species known for its wits—the raven—which meant the researchers would need to outsmart one of the smartest animals on the planet. A challenge indeed.
THE RAVEN COUPLE, a male and female, ate peckishly at a nearby picnic table. Hidden in the distance, George and Scarpignato thought they had found perfect targets. But laying hands on the sly ravens proved a much bigger test than expected.
In order to conduct her research, Scarpignato needed to fit the birds with radio transmitters and that meant first capturing the birds.
The pair tried a number of traps to capture the ravens: filament nooses to snare the birds' ankles, nets to envelope the birds, and even a trap laid with delicious live bait.
Regardless of method, the birds came to recognize Scarpignato and her vehicle. As a result, to track the pair, she had to bring in an assistant and use another method of capture: mist netting. These gauzy nets are difficult for birds to see—almost as transparent as a pane of glass—and are strung up between trees or posts to safely ensnare birds. To persuade the ravens to fly into the mist net, the team mounted a mechanical great-horned owl near their nest.
"The ravens were livid," George says. "They were screaming, calling, flying and diving around—but not toward the mist net." Then the innovative birds began to use tools to chase the menacing owl from its perch near their home. "They started breaking off twigs and pinecones and throwing them at the owl," he says, and when the mist net caught the twigs it became visible to the ravens.
The owl rouse had flopped. It wasn't until Scarpignato met a nearby resident that her luck with the ravens took a turn.
The neighbor, who had a chicken coop on the property, reported that the pair of ravens often flew down in the early morning to scavenge the chicken scratch. With this new information, Scarpignato sensed a positive end to her 140-hour research ordeal. She set up a trap near the chicken coop before dawn, and within five minutes of the ravens' arrival, the pair was snared. Challenge met.
Scarpignato's research helped her determine, among other things, that ravens have stable home ranges and territories, which they defend. It also proves, says George, that ravens regard some areas as dangerous and behave with greater suspicion and care in those areas. In other areas, like the chicken coop, the birds let their guard down.
"What really surprised me is, when we actually caught them and had them in hand, the ravens were calm," George says. "They were watching. Processing. It really felt like you were dealing with another intelligent being."
BRINGING A SPECIES BACK from the brink of extinction might be the ultimate challenge for wildlife conservationists. From the late 1970s through the 1980s, researchers at Humboldt State University played a major role in helping revive the dwindling population of Aleutian geese, a subset of the Canada goose complex that includes two species and at least six subspecies.
When their efforts began, the Aleutian geese population was below 1,000, the result of years of predation from foxes bred on the Aleutian Islands for their fur.
At the time, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began a program to revive the population. Paul Springer, along with students from the HSU Wildlife Department, set out to answer questions about the birds, like where they travelled to during their annual migrations (turns out they travel as far south as Modesto, Calif.).
Foxes were removed from two Aleutian Islands, which eased pressure on the geese's nesting grounds. Hunting of Canada geese was also restricted to give a boost to the Aleutian population. Geese were reared in captivity for later release and several follow-up studies were conducted to track the bird's progress.
Now there are more than 100,000 Aleutian geese—a conservation success story.
However, an entirely different problem has arisen: how to deal with the estimated $400,000 in annual damage done to Humboldt and Del Norte County pasture lands as a result of the grazing fowl. Humboldt State researchers are still involved with the project and are working with officials and landowners on solutions to the outsized success of the conservation effort.
CHRIS WEST ('09, Wildlife), senior wildlife biologist for the Yurok Tribe, has worked tirelessly to help reintroduce the endangered California condor to the state's North Coast. Although his efforts have seen some progress, the biggest challenge is keeping this iconic bird's precarious recovery tipped in the right direction.
The California condor, prey-go-neesh in Yurok, is an integral part of Yurok religious ceremonies.
Once, says West, the massive scavenger, with an average wingspan of nearly 10 feet, thrived along the North Coast, feeding on beached marine animals and large land animals such as elk. By the early 1980s, only 22 survived in the wild.
Currently, the condor population has bounced back to a total of nearly 370, with just over half living in the wild, but the species isn't out of danger.
While West and his partners study the birds' ecology, food sources and habitats to better understand risks in the environment and causes of mortality, the number one threat to condors is lead poisoning from ammunition.
Lead ammunition fragments inside animals when shot. When condors scavenge remains, they ingest very small amounts of lead, which is extremely toxic to the birds. Condors don't reach reproductive maturity for six or seven years and only lay one egg every other year, so poisonings can have a huge impact on the population's stability.
Hunting with non-lead ammunition is an effective tool for condor reintroduction as gut piles that hunters leave behind provide a clean source of food.
Captive breeding has also helped to bolster the population's numbers, but, according to West, 38 percent of released condors haven't survived in the wild. In addition to lead, these remaining birds face threats from poachers, ingested toxins such as DDT and loss of habitat.


I am so excited to have the chance to write for Jeff City Blog this week! My name is Gabrielle Hodges and I am a graduating senior at Lincoln University. I am from Collinsville, IL, and I am a marketing major. Being able to write for Jeff City Blog was a great opportunity and experience for me!
What is it like being a student at Lincoln University?
There are many people who may not really know about Lincoln University, or there are people who have not heard about it before. Well, Lincoln University is the illustrious university right here in the center of the capital of Missouri. Lincoln University is a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in Jefferson City, MO that was founded by the soldiers of the 62nd and 65th Colored Infantries in 1866; the only campus to be founded by soldiers. The African-American soldiers founded this school in 1866 so that African-American students could have an institution to attend and learn at, and the school is still standing here 153 years later.
I had the honor of attending the university starting the fall semester of 2014. I soon came to find out that Lincoln is one of the most diverse schools in this country. African-American students make up half of the student population at Lincoln University; Caucasian students make up about half of the population, but there are also Asian, Hispanic, and international students as well that contribute to the population of Lincoln Students. So although we are a HBCU, we have students come here from all over the world, literally.
Once I settled in, I realized that there were many things for students to do and/or join on campus. I am a member of the Marching Musical Storm, which is the Lincoln University Band, so students always have the option to join the band if they would like. There are also other musical ensembles at Lincoln as well such as the Lincoln University Choir and the Lincoln University Dance Troupe, and both of those groups are amazing performers as well. There are many other organizations that students can participate in or join such as various honor societies around campus, different academic clubs, fraternities and sororities, DECA, The Infantry Scholars, Queens United Mentoring Program, LU Honors College, LU In-Step, The Diamond League of Scholars, the Campus Activity Board, and so much more. Along with being a member of the band, I am also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
I recommend that students get involved on the campus because there will always be plenty of things to do, and there will always be different groups that anyone can join or be a part of if they want to. I love how there is always something to do around campus, whether it is events being given by different organizations or clubs, sporting events, or even the events set up in the residence halls for the students. Another great aspect to Lincoln is the small size of the school. I always loved how the school was smaller than other universities, so in your classrooms, you can build more personal relationships with your peers and professors, and you can receive more one-on-one help as well.
This is a big selling point for the university, along with its diversity. Lincoln University also has free academic help ready and available for students who may need extra help in their classes. Lincoln also offers career prep, mock interview sessions, and graduate prep in the Career Center (where I intern) in the library, so Lincoln offers many resources in order for students to take an advantage of in order to be successful. There are many people under the impression that Lincoln just accepts all students, but that is not entirely the case. Lincoln University is a school of chances, and believe in offering and providing education for all students in hopes of giving them a chance at life. If one goes through this institution with the correct mindset, they have the opportunity to positively change their lives.
Lincoln gives many people chances so that they can come here and change their lives. I love how Lincoln gives students the chance to grow here. In the end, the school offers many different opportunities for their students as well. Throughout my 5 years, I have gained so many opportunities; I have grown and learned, I gained lifelong friendships, joined a sisterhood, gained a new family, started a relationship, met great people, and met great faculty and staff members who cared about me and helped shape me into the young woman that I am today. I am forever going to be grateful for the fact that I was able to attend Lincoln University. It was not my first choice coming out of high school, but I thank God that He put me here because this is exactly where I needed to be. I just hope that I can transmit this University to new students more great and beautiful than it was transmitted to me.


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Jacques-Charles-Alexandre Lallemant (* 8. Februar 1691; † 6. April 1740 in Paris) war ein französischer Geistlicher und Bischof von Sées (seinerzeitige Schreibung Séez).

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Er wurde geboren als Sohn des Grafen Charles-Louis Lallemant de Lévignen, Steuereinnehmer in Soissons, und der Catherine Trois-Dames. Sein Studium an der Sorbonne schloss er 1716 mit der Promotion ab und wurde Generalvikar in Autun. Am 27. März 1728 wurde er zum Bischof von Sées ernannt. Die Bischofsweihe spendete ihm am 23. Januar 1729 in Paris Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan, Erzbischof von Rouen; Mitkonsekratoren waren Michel Poncet de La Rivière, Bischof von Angers, und François-César Le Blanc CRSA, Bischof von Avranches.

In seinem Episkopat gab er für das Bistum Séez einen Katechismus sowie ein Brevier heraus.

Nachdem er im Alter von 49 Jahren in Paris gestorben war, wurde er in der dortigen Kirche St-Roch beigesetzt.

Literatur
 Armand Jean: Les Évêques et les Archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801. A. Picard, Paris 1891, S. 360, Nr. 73.

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Rick Hansen Humanity Club wins Daryl L. Cook Peer Helping Award
Rick Hansen Secondary School's social justice club, Hansen for Humanity, is this year's recipient for the Daryl L. Cook Peer Helping Award. Hansen for Humanity consists of a total of 50 members from Grades 9 to 12 with Irene Frankland and Trevor Birrell as staff sponsors. Throughout the year, the club met biweekly and accomplished many things including money drives for Fort McMurray and Syrian Refugee family sponsorship, a seniors' social, and a Free the Children Me to We week.
The Daryl L. Cook Peer Helping Award is presented annually to a secondary school Peer Helping Group that has demonstrated a positive impact on the school community. The Award was established in the spring of 1993 to honour Daryl's outstanding contribution to guidance and counselling in Peel and to acknowledge her strong support of peer helping programs in Peel schools.


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Chattanooga Symphony to accompany screening of "Showgirls"
"Showgirls" with orchestral accompaniment
As part of the second annual Chattanooga International Film Music Festival this weekend, the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera will provide a live accompaniment to a special screening of the modern classic 1995 film Showgirls.
The award-winning* film was directed by the acclaimed Dutch director Paul Verhoeven and has been praised by film critics including Jonathan Rosenbaum and Jim Hoberman, grossing over $100 million from combined box office and home video revenues.
"Sure, we've all seen and enjoyed Showgirls many times at home, and it's even a Thanksgiving tradition with my family," said Chattanooga Symphony publicist Cristal Malone. "But to experience seeing it on a big screen, with a full symphony orchestra providing a live score, that's something really special and rare."
"When Nomi gives Zack a lap dance at Cheetah's, the swell of the orchestra really makes that scene come alive," said Malone.
"It's a major achievement in film, made better with a live orchestra," said Malone. "This screening and performance at the Tivoli Theatre will have it all – music, singing, dancing. And most importantly, tits."
* Seven 1995 Golden Raspberry Awards
Conservationists organize Con Nooga to propagate endangered geek population
Catwoman vs. Wonder Woman (Used under the CC-BY-2.0 license. Source: flic.kr/p/bEsZ1g)
In 2007, conservation biologists at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga (UTC) were alarmed by trends seen in field data, showing dwindling populations of local geek life, which they attributed to the gradual loss of the natural habitats and ecosystems of geeks, such as video arcades and comic book shops.
The biologists realized that geeks were facing extinction, and in order to propagate the endangered geek population, they made the bold decision to organize an experiment, called "Con Nooga," which is now in its seventh year.
"Con Nooga was created in order to foster captive breeding between male and female geeks, who previously had limited opportunities to intermingle," said UTC Biology professor Dr. Emery Rackley.
Rackley further explained that male geeks were largely engaged in non-social activities, such as watching Japanese tentacle anime alone or painting metal miniature figurines of wizards using tiny brushes, and their rare social activities were typically limited to playing Magic: The Gathering with other male geeks.
Female geeks, Rackley explained, didn't fare much better, favoring activities such as reading Anne Bishop fantasy novels or binge-watching Doctor Who, and venturing outdoors only to visit cemeteries to take photos and write goth poetry.
While marketed as a "Multi-Fandom Convention" devoted to science fiction, fantasy, cosplay, comics, anime, horror and gaming, the true purpose of Con Nooga is to offer geeks the rare, annual opportunity to pair up and reproduce, and after last weekend's Con Nooga event at the Chattanooga Convention Center and Chattanooga Choo Choo campus, preliminary field statistics show favorable and increasing rates of geek impregnation.
"Corsets, cleavage, neon-green alcoholic drinks, and a shared fanatical admiration for Joss Whedon shows: all these help reverse the trend toward geek extinction," said Rackley. "This year, the Necronomiprom at the Choo Choo was like the geek version of a frat-house Halloween party. Caligula would have blushed."
Local pub uses Kickstarter to raise funds to pass health inspection
Business/Food/Drink/Health
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Last week, local Irish pub Shane MacGowan's Teeth closed its doors after failing two inspections by the Tennessee Division of General Environmental Health, which cited several critical violations involving food handling practices.
However, the pub has started a crowd-sourcing Kickstarter campaign in order to raise money to pay for renovations in order to pass future health inspections so that it may open for business again.
The Kickstarter campaign hopes to raise $20,000 to fund the changes necessary to allow the restaurant to be compliant with health standards in addition to paying for several unrelated enhancements.
"I can't wait for us to open our doors again, so all you magnificent freaks, rednecks, creepers, perverts, assholes and shitheads can come back and enjoy our grub," said pub owner Avery Mountbatter.
"It's sad that 'The Man' is trying to keep us down by making us jump through all these bureaucratic hoops that they claim will keep our customers safe and not suffering from food poisoning and opening the sluices at both ends," said Mountbatter.
"It's true that we could theoretically apply for a small business loan or tap into our own private funds," said Mountbatter. "But with Kickstarter, we have an easy and widely accepted way to essentially beg for money and take advantage of kind and generous people's goodwill and feeling of fraternal obligation."
"Never let a good crisis go to waste," said Mountbatter.
Radio stations play Paul Simon's Graceland for Black History Month
Paul Simon's 1986 album "Graceland"
To honor Black History Month, which is observed during the month of February, several Chattanooga radio stations have agreed to play the entirety of Paul Simon's award-winning, critically recognized and commercially successful 1986 album Graceland.
"Popular music wouldn't be what it is today without the deep influence of many black musicians and singers over centuries," said Hott Jamz 108.1 FM music director Emery Gramm. "And what better album is there to exemplify that influence than Paul Simon's Graceland."
In addition to Graceland, radio stations have prepared a Black History Month playlist that includes such tracks as "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin, "Angel of Harlem" by U2 and Duran Duran's cover of Public Enemy's "911 Is a Joke."
Both pro-union and anti-union campaigns offer promise of handjobs to VW workers
Business/Politics
Volkswagen and UAW logos
From today until this Friday, employees of the Volkswagen (VW) auto manufacturing plant in Chattanooga may vote either for or against union representation through the United Auto Workers (UAW), and both pro-union and anti-union campaigns have swiftly ramped up their efforts to sway voters.
UAW representatives and advocates have extolled the benefits of having better worker representation at VW and leverage to increase wages, while opponents have stated that VW wages are already competitive and the presence of the UAW may discourage further economic development in the area.
Within the last week, both sides have engaged in an escalated "bidding war" of sorts, offering VW voters the promise of increasingly extravagant benefits, including free sno-cones during lunch breaks, "Pantless Casual Fridays," insurance benefits for pets, and having Kid Rock leave a personalized message on each worker's home answering machine.
Finally, both campaigns pulled out their aces by offering VW employees one free monthly handjob.
"Sure, the UAW says they'll give you a handjob, but will they also, simultaneously, cup your balls with the free hand?" said union opponent Justin McCarmeck. "I guarantee you, your balls will be cupped, if you vote against the union."
"It would be un-American to offer a handjob without ball-cupping," said UAW representative Ren Schmertt. "Vote in favor of the UAW, and your handjob will have ball-cupping plus a gentle breath of warm air onto your scrotum."
Drug-fueled "Dating on Speed" matchmaking events take speed dating to next level
Couple (Used under the CC-BY-SA-2.0 license. Source: flic.kr/p/e2Bhgt)
For years, speed dating – which refers to organized dating events where singles have brief conversations with several potential partners – has been a viable option for time-strapped singles by pairing like-minded people and softening the blow of rejection.
Still, for those who haven't found speed dating to be speedy enough, an enterprising local matchmaker, Robin Surrath, has developed a new idea to take speed dating to the next level: Dating on Speed.
"This is an idea whose time has come," said Surrath. "It's accepted that Tennessee has the worst meth addiction problem out of all 50 states, so why not use that to our advantage, to bring lovers together?"
The first "Dating on Speed" event will be held at the Kings Lodge Motel located near the Ridge Cut in Chattanooga, and it will cater to lonely meth enthusiasts with short attention spans.
"At a typical speed dating event, you might meet six to ten people," said Surrath. "However, at a Dating on Speed event, you are going to meet at least ten times that many people: 60 to 100 potential partners."
Although this seems logistically impossible, Surrath said that Dating on Speed uses a method inspired by Twitter, where participants are not allowed to say more than 140 characters to each other before moving on to the next person.
Surrath clarified that Dating on Speed is strictly a BYOM ("Bring Your Own Meth") event, and motel rooms will be available at a special discounted hourly rate for couples who wish to escalate their newly formed relationships as quickly as possible.
Chattanooga goes wild over new, mediocre restaurant
Adequate burger (Used under the CC-BY-2.0 license. Source: flic.kr/p/7PpQLa)
The collective populace of Chattanooga is going completely batshit crazy over the opening of a new chain restaurant which serves common, acceptable food.
Although patrons may expect to wait a minimum of one hour before being seated, that has not deterred any customers from coming and ordering a variety of sandwiches, burgers and fried food.
The restaurant is part of the highly successful B.M.I. Saturday's franchise which offers standard American casual dining, without any surprises.
"This place isn't some fancy-pants restaurant that's trying to show off," said local customer Harris Kasterson. "It's not lagging behind, either. It's right in the middle, the way I like it."
"I love the chicken fingers," said Ooltewah resident Andie Prestyn. "They're pretty much like the chicken strips you can get at McDonald's, but here they're served on a plate, which is a nice touch."
Analysts predict that B.M.I. Saturday's may soon be Chattanooga's favorite restaurant, besting both Sushi, Mayo and More and Greasy Italian Restaurant You Only Go To On Birthdays To Take Advantage Of The Free Birthday Meal.
"We Buy Golf Clubs" ad to be featured during Super Bowl
Business/Sports/Rec
Mike's Golf Shop ad
The world-famous advertisement for Mike's Golf Shop in Chattanooga, featuring proprietor Mike Mixson's clear declaration of "We buy golf clubs," is slated to be featured during this Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast.
The ad rose to prominence last autumn, when it was featured on CBS Sports, Forbes, MSN, AdWeek and many other media outlets, and it was praised for its economy of words and persistent, memorable message.
While the original advertisement was 41 seconds long, Mixson filmed a new, extended version of the ad for the Super Bowl broadcast, clocking in at 60 seconds and allowing Mixson to say "We buy golf clubs" an additional seven times.
The rate for commercial advertising during this year's Super Bowl is approximately $4 million for a 30-second ad.
Mixson's ad is considered to be a front-runner for Clio and Cannes Lions awards, which recognize excellence in the advertising field, and one advertising industry analyst is quoted as saying, "I haven't seen an ad so vibrant and alive since those 'Head On – apply directly to the forehead' ads."
Film critics have also applauded Mixson's hand-held, minimalist cinematography for its artistic qualities and naturalistic film-making style, clearly influenced by the French New Wave and Dogme 95 manifesto.


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STADIUM SUPER TRUCKS COME TO ROAD AMERICA AUGUST 23-25
ELKHART LAKE, Wis., (October 17, 2017) – Road America announced today the addition of the SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks (SST) to the racing lineup for the NASCAR XFINITY weekend of August 23-25.
Led by the NASCAR XFINITY Series, the weekend also features SCCA Pro Trans Am providing non-stop, on-track action from three separate series' throughout the weekend.
The Stadium SUPER Trucks will take to the track many times throughout the weekend, holding practice and qualifying on Friday prior to the first SST race. The second SST race will take place in advance of the NASCAR XFINITY Series race on Saturday.
"We always enjoy adding more for our fans to experience and the Stadium SUPER Truck Series is the perfect combination for our fans and our facility," said Road America President and General Manager George Bruggenthies. "Wisconsin is truck country and this is going to be a new and incredible experience for our fans. We encourage everyone to stake out a good viewing spot because it's going to be wild watching these racers race, jump and fly through the air around our legendary racecourse."
The widely popular Stadium SUPER Truck Series features identically prepared 650-horsepower trucks that are built to take flight. Being able to race on virtually any surface thrown at them, the Stadium SUPER Trucks will race the front half of Road America, crossing between turns 5 and 13 as compared to the entire 4-mile circuit utilized by NASCAR XFINITY Series and the SCCA Pro Trans Am Series.
The Stadium SUPER Truck races will feature four 36-inch tall aluminum ramps placed in strategic locations on the racecourse, allowing the trucks to fly 20 feet off the ground and hundreds of feet down the racecourse.
"For Stadium SUPER Trucks to visit Wisconsin and America's National Park of Speed, I cannot be more excited," Stadium SUPER Trucks President Robby Gordon said. "Along with other racers, I've been fond of Road America for many years. To bring the door-to-door action and the big air of Stadium SUPER Trucks to Road America for the first time, the fans are going to be ecstatic for Stadium SUPER Truck racing."
The NASCAR XFINITY Series rolls into Road America August 23-25, bringing intense door-to-door stock car, sports car and now truck racing action to the nation's most intimidating road course. The NASCAR XFINITY Series schedule and the event could prove to be a pivotal race for drivers looking to improve their standing in the championship points. The event weekend will feature practice, qualifying and racing from the SCCA Pro Trans Am and the SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks.
Advance pricing for Road America season passes is available from October through December and 2018 event tickets and camping are now available. To purchase season passes, tickets or learn more about upcoming events at Road America, please visit Road America online at www.roadamerica.com or call 800-365-RACE (7223).
About Road America: Established in 1955, Road America is located midway between Milwaukee and Green Bay in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The world's best racers have competed at this legendary 4-mile, 14-turn road circuit for over 60 years. The 640-acre, park-like grounds offer amazing viewing opportunities, fantastic concessions and high-speed excitement to hundreds of thousands of spectators each year. In addition to public race weekends, Road America offers a variety of group event programs, a new 1,200 foot Zip Line, the CTECH Manufacturing Motorplex for karting and supermoto, and the Road America Motorcycle and Advanced Driving Schools. For more information, visit www.roadamerica.com Follow Road America on www.facebook.com/RoadAmerica and on Twitter: @roadamerica or call 800-365-7223.


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FINDING OASIS AWARDED BEST DOCUMENTARY AT ASVOFF 12
Our visual essay, Finding Oasis won Best Documentary at A SHADED VIEW OF FASHION FILM 12. Thanks so much to the dream team that made this happen, our cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, our producer Cattleya Paosrijarern (and assistant producer Duke), our supervising editor, Lee Chatametikool, sound supervisor, Akrikritchalerm Kalaynamitr and The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band. Special thanks to our artistic director, Lars Byrresen Petersen, our stylist Shun Watanabe, White Light Post and Ritual Projects.
The essay is dedicated to our Indigo Grandmas and the next generation of artisans in Isan and beyond, of whom we are most grateful and inspired. Alas, thank you also to Apichatpong Weerasethakul, it was through his films that we first journeyed to Isan in the first place.
- Chomwan and Philip
ABOUT ASVOFF
Founded by Diane Pernet, ASVOFF (A Shaded View of Fashion Film) is the world's first film festival dedicated to fashion, style and beauty. Since its launch in 2008, ASVOFF has gained critical acclaim for encouraging both emerging and established artists to reconsider the way that fashion is presented and for challenging the conventional parameters. ASVOFF tours the globe with screenings, this year with COVID-19 it has gone fully digital partnering up with FNL Network to make the films available via the FNL Network screening platform.
Diane Pernet is a world-renowned fashion critic and video journalist based in Paris, France. Pernet was one of the earliest fashion journalists to embrace the power of the Internet, first through a column in online editions of Elle and Vogue and later through her own site, A SHADED VIEW ON FASHION (www.asvof.com) from 2005. Having founded ASVOFF in 2008 Pernet is widely considered to have incubated the "fashion film" from its infancy to the popular genre that it has become today.


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"In America, almost anything is possible…"
Russian saxophonist Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams) defects to America, and must adjust to his new life as an immigrant.
Paul Mazursky Films
Robin Williams Films
As Peary notes, this "seriocomic pat on the back to the unfulfilled American immigrant" provides a "sobering view of America", and admirably depicts both the heartache and the joy of being an immigrant in a land of hard-scrabble wealth and abused freedoms. Mazursky wisely shows both the positive and negative aspects of life in Soviet Russia and capitalistic America: back in Russia, Williams was surrounded by loving family and friends, but had to stand in line for hours to get even the most basic supplies; in America, he struggles to earn a living, but is free to pursue his dreams. While the story is hokey and contrived at times, there are many memorable moments, and Williams's sympathetic performance makes this film highly recommended.
Robin Williams as Vladimir Ivanoff
No, but it's recommended.
NY Times Original Review
One Response to "Moscow on the Hudson (1984)"
David Csontos, on February 12th, 2011 at 9:29 am Said:
Ultimately not a must.
~though the film's first half (with its depiction of Russian life) is quite good; so good, in fact, that I developed 'must see' leanings. There is real atmosphere throughout, solid character development and tension and, since the writing is sharp and focused, we look forward to where the film will go.
~which, of course, is to America. Once Williams is ensconced, a typical Mazursky film takes over and the switch to a meandering, episodic tone is a disappointing segue from what was previously gripping. It's not downright dull, and there is certainly welcome (and rare) insight into the immigrant experience. But, as noted, there's a bit too much that is "hokey and contrived" (along with some lazy dialogue) – which also detracts from overall impact. (It's also less-than-delightful to see Williams' Vladimir assume the New York character trait of yelling at a neighbor – whom *he* has annoyed – to "Go f**k yourself!")
A shame, really, because Mazursky had real potential here.
It's somewhat refreshing, though, to see an early, less-mannered Williams performance. Though the latter part of 'MOTH' seems to flirt with implosion, Williams remains rather controlled and genuine.
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Marwan terrorist cell
Kalil Hasan
Affiliation: Marwan terrorist ring
Died: Day 4: 11:35am
Suicide by car crash
Status: Deceased
Played by: Anil Kumar
Kalil Hasan was a terrorist operative working for sub-cell leaders Navi Araz and Omar, and ultimately for their ringleader Habib Marwan. Kalil was responsible for setting up the stage and retaining security for the plan to execute James Heller; he was eventually discovered by Jack Bauer, who attempted to stall him by posing as an armed robber at a gas station. Hasan martyred himself when he realized he was being tracked.
When the computer programmer Andrew Paige stumbled upon terrorist secrets, Kalil Hasan and Abdul Mahnesh set out to kill him and anyone else who knew of their activities. They killed at least four of Andrew's co-workers, including Melanie, during their search for him. When Andrew escaped, Hasan killed Andrew's mother and used her home as a base to tap CTU's phone lines. After listening to Andrew's panicked call to Chloe O'Brian and Jack Bauer, Hasan notified Navi Araz, then went to a Los Angeles train station and kidnapped Andrew.
During the kidnapping, Hasan killed Ronnie Lobell and a security guard. Jack Bauer let him go, but followed him, hoping he would lead CTU to Secretary of Defense James Heller. However, Hasan's immediate task was to find out how much Andrew had told CTU. While Chloe watched via satellite, Hasan took Andrew to a remote location and had two henchmen torture him, then left them with orders to kill Andrew. Jack saved Andrew in the nick of time by shooting both henchmen with a sniper rifle.
Hasan was tracked by Chloe and tailed by Jack to a gas station. As live satellite feed was not completely available to Jack, he was required to stall Hasan until the feed was ready. Jack, therefore, staged a robbery of the convenience store adjacent to the gas station, holding Hasan along with several customers and the manager. When the feed was finally active, Jack escaped the convenience store along with Hasan, perceived as a hostage to Los Angeles police. Jack then released Hasan, believing that he would stay on task and continue heading to Heller's location.
Jack Bauer, posing as a robber, abducts Kalil
When Jack drove away, Hasan used this opportunity to carjack a driver, and proceed with his plan. He called Omar, a superior, and informed him that he would be arriving late. Omar stated that Duman and Farez would manage the server reconfiguration tasks he was late for. This call was monitored by CTU, which allowed them to track Hasan's possible destination. Later, at a stop sign, Hasan honked his horn at a vehicle that would not go. The passengers, among them Dan and Jim, exited their car and approached Hasan with violent intent. A police cruiser, however, arrived at the scene and Officers Pantell and Goodwin resolved the situation. As part of a routine check, the officers ran the plates of Hasan's vehicle, identifying it as stolen. Hasan witnessed the officer making a potential arrest, but the officer backed off when a dispatch on his radio suddenly called him off. After the police officers let him go, Hasan called Omar about this situation. Hasan surmised that the police wanted to follow him to Heller's location. Refusing to compromise the operation, Hasan crashed his vehicle head first into another truck, killing himself instantly.
Andrew Paige: Who are you?
Kalil Hasan: I'm the man that's going to kill you if you don't follow my instructions. ("Day 4: 8:00am-9:00am")
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A high court judge said the Murdoch-owned company behind the News of the World had made "an admission of sorts" that it engaged in a deliberate cover-up of evidence relating to phone hacking, on the day that the publisher paid an estimated seven figures in damages to settle 37 phone-hacking claims brought by public figures ranging from Jude Law to John Prescott.
Mr Justice Vos, the judge presiding over the hacking cases, told News Group Newspapers (NGN) he had seen evidence which raised "compelling questions about whether you concealed, told lies, actively tried to get off scot free".
The judge ordered the company to search a number of computers which he said could contain evidence that its executives deliberately tried to destroy evidence of phone hacking, saying that he had seen emails which showed a "startling approach to the email record of NGN".
He said he had seen emails that showed how, days after the actor Sienna Miller wrote to the company asking it to retain emails which might relate to hacking her phone, "a previously conceived plan to conceal evidence was put in train by NGN managers".
The judge read out a section from the confidential court papers detailing the cover-up allegations made by hacking victims against the company's executives and directors. It included the charge that the company "put out public statements that it knew to be false", that it had "deliberately deceived the police" and had destroyed evidence of wrongdoing including "a very substantial number of emails" as well as computers.
NGN refused to admit the allegations but agreed that damages paid to the victims could be assessed "on the basis of the facts alleged".
Earlier it emerged that while the company refused to admit its former directors and senior executives had presided over a cover-up, it agreed that "aggravated damages" could be calculated "as if" the allegations that they lied, obstructed police and destroyed evidence were true. The Murdoch subsidiary said it had made the concessions solely for the purpose of "the interest of the prompt and efficient determination" of the claims against it.
Tamsin Allen, a lawyer at Bindmans, who acted for John Prescott, and Labour MPs Chris Bryant and Denis MacShane, said it was surprising that News Corporation had agreed to the admissions on this basis. "You'd expect an organisation with the resources of the Murdoch empire to fight these sorts of allegations."
The actor Jude Law received the highest disclosed payout of £130,000 damages plus costs as payments totalling £640,000 were made in 15 cases where the amounts were made public.
Prescott received £40,000, Bryant received £30,000; Sadie Frost, Law's former wife, received £50,000; and Gavin Henson, the Welsh rugby international £40,000. However, with damages from the other settlements and costs factored in, lawyers estimated that News International's bill could hit £10m.
Law, whose former partner Miller had previously accepted a £100,000 settlement from the News of the World publisher, said he was "truly appalled" and "it is clear that I, along with many others, was kept under constant surveillance for a number of years".
He added: "No aspect of my private life was safe from intrusion by News Group Newspapers, including the lives of my children and the people who work for me. It was not just that my phone messages were listened to: News Group also paid people to watch me and my house for days at a time and to follow me and those close to me."
Until a year ago, News Corporation had maintained that phone hacking was the work of a single "rogue reporter", Clive Goodman, who was jailed in 2007 alongside private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, during inquiries held by both parliament and the Press Complaints Commission. That defence gradually unravelled as a group of public figures – including Thursday's litigants – brought a series of civil actions against the newspaper, unearthing evidence indicating that the practice was more widespread.
Mark Thomson, of law firm Atkins Thomson, said: "After years of denials and cover-up, News Group Newspapers has finally admitted the depth and scale of the unlawful activities of many of their journalists at the News of the World and the culture of illegal conduct at their paper."
Phone hacking dated back to at least 2002, when the News of the World targeted Prince Harry's friend Guy Pelly, and ran on until 2006 with targets such as 7/7 hero Paul Dadge and Sara Payne, whose daughter Sarah was murdered. Law and his friends were also monitored.
At the heart of the hacking lay Mulcaire, who was employed by the newspaper on a £100,000-a-year contract, and who was a co-defendant in many of the civil actions. Mulcaire was asked by several News of the World journalists to target public figures and victims of crime – and he also provided information that allowed a number of reporters to conduct hacking of their own. Mulcaire's lawyer Gavin Millar, told the high court that he was "not involved" in the admissions that led to the settlements and he was not a party to them.
Many of the settlements go back to the time when Andy Coulson, David Cameron's former spin doctor, edited the News of the World – between 2003 and his resignation in 2007, after former royal reporter Goodman was jailed for hacking phones belonging to members of the Windsors' household.
A smaller number include events dating back to the editorship of Rebekah Brooks, who was Coulson's immediate predecessor, and who subsequently became chief executive of News International before her resignation last summer in the wake of revelations about the hacking of a phone belonging to Milly Dowler.
Another victim was Christopher Shipman, son of the serial killer Harold Shipman, who was told by police that the News of the World had been privy to his emails in August 2004 – less than a year after his father's death.
News Corporation said: "Today, NGN agreed settlements in respect of a number of claims against the company.
"NGN made no admission as part of these settlements that directors or senior employees knew about the wrongdoing by NGN or sought to conceal it.
"However, for the purpose of reaching these settlements only, NGN agreed that the damages to be paid to claimants should be assessed as if this was the case."
Rupert Murdoch's Twitter account, meanwhile, remained silent.
But in court, as each of 18 settlements were read out, Michael Silverleaf, QC for the company, said he was there to offer "sincere apologies to the claimant for the damages as well as the distress caused" by the "unlawful access of messages".
Has phone hacking changed attitudes at the top of News Corp?


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Trail rehabilitation gets underway
By Andy Bowers September 19, 2018 September 27, 2019 press
Picton Gazette
It's full steam ahead for the Millennium Trail upgrade project. While work has been ongoing for the past week or more and over five kms of the trail has already been levelled and dressed, municipal officials, stakeholders and project supporters gathered at the trail head on Lake st on Tuesday morning to hold a ceremonial groundbreaking.
The rehabilitation of the Millennium Trail is a multi-year project in partnership with the PEC Trails, an informal community group and chief donor to the project. PEC Trails has fundraised $120,000 in support of the project, with the municipality committing a total of $370,000 over three years (2017-19).
But the tender process clearly showed trail improvement costs would be great and only small sections of the trial would be rehabilitated if the work was handed over to contracted companies.
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Q: Split string to get object with array I need to split a string which looks like this:
75,"first, result
another line
third, or more"
77,"just one line"

What I need to get is an object with two fields, the second field with and array:
{
    id: 75,
    lines:
        [
            'first, result',
            'another line',
            'third, or more'
        ]
},
{
    id: 77,
    lines:
        [
            'just one line'
        ]
}

My problem is, that there are linebreaks and commas. So str.split(","); doesn't work.

A: Here's a simple solution with a regular expression:
var arr, objs = [], r = /(\d+),\s*"([^\"]+)"/gm;
while (arr=r.exec(str)){
  objs.push({id:+arr[1], lines:arr[2].split('\n')})
}

See demonstration below:

var str = '75,"first, result\nanother line\nthird, or more"\n77,"just one line"';
var arr, objs = [], r = /(\d+),"(\s*[^\"]+)"/gm;
while (arr=r.exec(str)){
  objs.push({id:+arr[1], lines:arr[2].split('\n')})
}
document.body.style.whiteSpace = 'pre';
document.body.textContent = JSON.stringify(objs,null,'\t');

A: var output = [];

var lines = str.split( "\n" ); //str is the input string, split it by line separator
lines.forEach( function(value){

  var items = value.split(","); //split each line by comma
  if (isNaN(items[0])) //if first number is not number then push it last array
  {
      output[output.length - 1 ].lines.push( value );
  }
  else //else push a new item
  {
      output.push({
         id : items[0],
         lines : [items[1]]
      });
  }
} );
console.log(output);

A: str.split('\"') should work in your case.

A: This should do it:
const text = `75,"first, result
another line
third, or more"
77,"just one line"`;
let result = [];
const expected = [
  {
    id: 75,
    lines:
    [
      'first, result',
      'another line',
      'third, or more'
    ]
  },
  {
    id: 77,
    lines:
    [
      'just one line'
    ]
  }
];

var actual = text
            .replace(/\"/g, '')
            .split("\n")
            .reduce((accum, line, index) => {
              var idMatches = line.match(/^(\d+)(.*)$/);
              if(idMatches){
                accum.push({
                  id: parseInt(idMatches[1], 10),
                  lines: [idMatches[2].replace(/^,/, '')]
                });
              }else{
                accum[accum.length - 1].lines.push(line)
              }
              return accum;
            }, []);
console.log('Expected:', expected);
console.log('Actual:', actual);

And a jsbin link: https://jsbin.com/luruhukiti/1/edit?js,console

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Home Bikes News Volta Zap Electric Bike will Unveil on 5th August in India
Volta Zap Electric Bike will Unveil on 5th August in India
Volta Zap is the first purpose built crossover E-bike designed for India
Volta Motors is all set to unveil its first purpose built crossover electric bike Volta Zap in India on 5th August. It is also the first crossover electric bike of the country. Post unveiling, the bike will be exclusively displayed at White Orchid Convention Centre Hebbal Bengaluru from 5th August to 7th August.
The company has also announced, that it will offer the interested customers a test ride of the bike. Volta Motors is a start up and the Volta Zap electric bike has been completely designed and developed in India. It followed the 'Make in India' campaign thoroughly, while developing and manufacturing the bike. The Volta Zap is fully powered by lithium battery, therefore it doesn't need any fossil fuel to get propelled.
Also Read: BMW Motorrad Showcases eRR, Electric Powered Supersport S1000RR
The electric mobility concept is growing all around the world. Alongside the car makers the two wheeler manufacturers are also paying attention to this space. Several companies are trying to design and develop electric bike, motorcycles and scooters as well. In India the electric mobility is still in its infant stage. Volta Motors hopes the Zap will be able to stir interest among people.
In India the alarmingly rising air pollution has been a concern. To curb the pollution central government, NGT has been taking several steps. Also the central government is encouraging the electric mobility in the country. No wonder Volta Zap comes as a welcome step in that process. The crossover e-bike has been displayed in several start-up events and fests in Mumbai, Chennai and Vijaywada already.
Also Read: Mahindra Considers Pininfarina Electric Supercar to Rival Tesla
The Volta Zap has been designed exclusively keeping the Indian road conditions in mind. This e-bike has been designed to reduce the failures which are seen in the other existing e-bikes in the country. Volta claims the Zap is safe and reliable and economic as well. It weighs only 3 kilogram and offers less than 10 paisa per kilometer. The buyers can avail the central government subsidy while purchasing the Zap.
Also Read: World's First Electric Road Inaugurated in Sweden
The battery used in the bike is the lightest for any e-bike till date. The bike has been built on a box frame. It comes with features like LED reflectors, pedal assist technology. The pedal assist technology enables three full cycle wheel rotation with every single pedal rotation. This feature surely saves the rider's energy significantly.