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As school ratings show some statewide gains, education officials call for more sharing of best practices
Jackie Valley
September 16th, 2019 - 2:00am
Fifth-grade teacher MaryAnn Thomson talks with her students on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Triggs Elementary School in North Las Vegas. She was one of two teachers at Triggs whose students made significant gains on statewide tests, helping propel the school to a five-star rating. (Jackie Valley/The Nevada Independent)
More than half of Nevada schools are meeting or exceeding performance standards, according to data released late Sunday by the Nevada Department of Education.
Education officials heralded the 2019 Nevada School Performance Framework results as more evidence that the state's frequently criticized public school system is making gains despite ongoing challenges. About 53 percent of schools statewide achieved three, four or five stars — ratings that indicate they're "adequate," "commendable" or "superior" in terms of students' academic performance. Last year, 49 percent of schools achieved three or more stars.
Ninety-three schools did not receive a rating, indicating they're too small or don't serve the grade levels taking the standardized assessments that factor into the score. Excluding those that didn't receive a rating, the percentage of schools that earned at least three stars is even higher — 60 percent.
The percentage climb was fueled by 184 schools that increased their rating by one or more stars. Of those, 34 schools increased by two stars, and three schools moved up by three stars.
"We know that that work and those ratings don't happen by chance," State Superintendent Jhone Ebert said. "Teachers look at where their students are at a specific point in time. They work extremely hard to support the students and the families."
To that end, Clark County Superintendent Jesus Jara on Thursday delivered thank-you gifts to two teachers who demonstrated significant achievement gains at Triggs Elementary School, which jumped from two to five stars this year. Two rural schools — Hawthorne Elementary in the Mineral County School District and Hillside Elementary in the Storey County School District — also made a similar leap, going from one to four stars.
Sheila Cooper, principal of Triggs Elementary School, attributed the rapid growth to teachers' focus on curriculum standards and their willingness to work together. As part of that, she said, the school made sure all students were receiving "direct instruction at a level that meets their needs."
The framework that determines the star ratings is aligned with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and uses multiple metrics to ascertain a school's overall performance. Five-star schools exceed all expectations, while one-star schools have not met the state's academic standards.
Struggling schools
Per ESSA, the state must also designate schools that perform in the bottom 5 percent of all schools, have a one-star rating or have graduation rates below 67 percent. If a school meets any of those criteria, it's considered a Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) school.
Overall, about 1 in 5 Nevada public schools — or 21 percent — are considered CSI schools. But the number of newly designated CSI schools fell from 55 last year to 29 this year.
There are two other federal designations — Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) and Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI) — that pertain to schools with underperforming and low-performing student groups. TSI schools have underperforming student groups that have not met multiple academic targets for two consecutive years. ATSI schools, meanwhile, meet the TSI criteria but also have very low-performing student groups.
The Nevada Department of Education identified nine new TSI schools this year, the same number as in 2018. But the department only identified 45 new ATSI schools compared with 104 last year.
The White Pine County School District has the most designations, with two-thirds of its schools considered a CSI, TSI or ATSI campus. The Clark County School District has the second-highest amount, with 51 percent of its schools having a designation.
The designations, however, don't indicate a state takeover. Nevada lawmakers this year passed Senate Bill 321, abolishing the Achievement School District, which had turned underperforming traditional public schools into charter schools.
Jonathan Moore, the deputy superintendent for student achievement in Nevada, said the department has been "working robustly" to provide support and technical assistance to underperforming schools. That includes helping school leaders and staff implement evidence-based practices to boost student learning.
Urban school districts
A smaller number of Clark County schools received a prestigious five-star rating this year.
Forty-four schools earned five stars this year, compared with 54 in 2018, according to the Nevada School Performance Framework data. But the number of three-star schools increased from 87 last year to 101 this year. The number of two-star schools also increased from 99 last year to 107 this year.
The number of one-star and four-star schools, however, remained relatively unchanged. There were also fewer Clark County schools that did not receive a rating this year — 32 versus 46 last year.
The Washoe County School District saw gains in the number of schools receiving two, three and four stars. But it also saw a decline in five-star schools, going from 22 in 2018 to 20 this year. On the flip side, it has three fewer one-star schools than it did last year.
Overall, the State Public Charter School Authority earned the most five-star ratings, with 44 schools receiving the highest distinction. On the other end of the spectrum, roughly 1 in 5 charter schools under the SPCSA received a one- or two-star rating. (Eighteen charters received two stars, while three charters received one star.)
Other takeaways
A variety of metrics factor into a school's star rating, including chronic absenteeism, graduation rates and how students perform on state standardized tests known as Smarter Balanced assessments.
Chronic absenteeism declined by less than 1 percentage point from last year, reaching roughly 19 percent. In other words, nearly 1 in 5 Nevada students are absent 10 percent or more of their enrolled school days.
The state's graduation rate, however, showed more improvement. The graduation rate for the class of 2018 increased by 2 percentage points to hit 83 percent, the highest rate recorded in Nevada.
State officials also said all grade levels demonstrated increased English language arts (ELA) proficiency on the Smarter Balanced assessments. Fifth-graders snagged the highest ELA proficiency rate at roughly 52 percent.
Third-graders notched the highest math proficiency rate — 48 percent — despite an overall decline of 0.44 percentage points in that category.
As the state seeks higher proficiency rates among students, Ebert said it's incumbent upon educators to replicate best practices.
"We are moving in the right direction," she said.
Here's the full list of the 2019 school ratings from the Nevada Department of Education:

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Utah Jazz guard Rodney Hood has been fined $35,000 for slapping a phone out of a fan's hand while exiting the court, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.
The incident occurred following Hood's ejection for receiving his second technical foul of the game with 2:21 remaining in the third quarter of the Jazz's 107-104 win over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, Jan. 10 at Capital One Arena.
Rodney Hood slapped a phone out of a fan's hand after being ejected on Wednesday.


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Q: Understanding figurative meaning of a sentence? I saw the August 3rd, 2016 New York Times Review 'Suicide Squad' Chases Nihilistic Swagger but Trips Over Its Own Feet by A.O. Scott I can't understand it. I came across the following quote:

It chases after the nihilistic swagger of "Deadpool" and the anarchic whimsy of "Guardians of the Galaxy" but trips over its own feet.

 I looked in dictionaries for definitions of the words Nihilistic and Swagger:

Nihilistic: The belief that traditional morals, ideas, beliefs, etc., have no worth or value. — The Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

Swagger: A very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive gait or manner. — The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

 However, these definitions do not help me to understand. I think "chases nihilistic swagger" is perhaps an idiom with obscure meaning. Would you please help me with my problem and explain what these words mean?

A: It appears that you are referring to the following review title: 'Suicide Squad' Chases Nihilistic Swagger but Trips Over Its Own Feet
In this context, I believe that swagger is not being used for its textbook definition but more as a substitute for "coolness". For example, the movie Deadpool turned a lot of comic book superhero movie stereotypes on its head by being very dark. The reviewer is saying that Suicide Squad is trying to be dark and cool (this is what is meant by Nihilistic Swagger) but fails.

A: No, there's no idiom here or at least there is not as far as I am aware. I think your problem is that the Oxford Pocket Dictionary's definition is too brusque. I believe this definition of Swagger will help you understand what is actually meant much better:

To bluster; to bully; to boast or brag noisily; to be tumultuously proud.

The American Dictionary of the English Language (A.D.E.L.) by Noah Webster.

 In even simpler terms, it is being used to describe a way of talking, instead of walking. It's rude, proud or mean manner of speech.
I suggest this because in the New York Times Article, "Deadpool" is being used as a name for a comic book character, and his remarks can certainly be categorized as a sort of swagger, as the word as defined above. You can see this exemplified in The Even-More-Voiced-Over Trailer for the 2016 Deadpool movie currently on The Internet Movie Database, or in the Deadpool series of comic books by Marvel Comics if you have access to those.
As for the word chase it's a metaphor meaning:

*Pursuit with an ardent desire to obtain, as pleasure, profit, fame, etc.; earnest seeking.

Pursuit: The object of one's endeavors or continued exertions or application; that which one systematically engages in or follows as a recreation, occupation, profession, or trade, or with some similar end in view; course of occupation or employment: as, literary pursuits; mercantile pursuits.

The 1914 Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

 In this case, The New York Times is saying that the makers of the Suicide Squadron movie desire to faithfully recreate Deadpool's nihilistic swagger, and tries hard to do it, like a predator tries hard to chase its prey.
Now there are other, more appropriate and esoteric significations of the word Nihilistic, but it probably means exactly what Merriam-Webster said it means in this case, so I doubt it is necessary to explain it much further. I will say that it is being used as a descriptor for the swagger, and more specifically, it is being used as an adjective.

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The immediate culprits in many workplace discrimination and harassment cases are individual managers or co-workers, but in many situations the worst villain is the employer that fails to stop the abuse or engages in its own unfair practices.
The Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First has just published a report called Big Business Bias showing for the first time which large corporations have paid the most to plaintiffs in discrimination or harassment cases based on race, gender, religion, national origin, age or disability.
As in many other things, the big banks turn out to be leading offenders. Bank of America (including its subsidiary Merrill Lynch) has paid a total of $210 million since 2000, more than any other large company. Morgan Stanley ranks fourth at $150 million and Wells Fargo ranks ninth at $68 million. The financial services industry overall has paid a total of $530 million in penalties. The retail sector has paid the same amount, so the two industries have the dubious distinction of being tied for first place.
The report, based on data collected for an expansion of the Violation Tracker database, covers private lawsuits (both class action and individual) brought in federal or state court as well as cases brought with the involvement of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). It focuses on cases brought against corporations (and their subsidiaries) included in the Fortune 1000, the Fortune Global 500 and Forbes' list of America's Largest Private Companies.
We found that virtually every large company has paid damages or reached an out-of-court settlement in at least one discrimination or harassment lawsuit, but in the vast majority of cases the terms of the settlements were kept confidential. Our report is based on the subset of those cases with disclosed settlements as well as those with public court verdicts and EEOC or OFCCP penalties.
The report finds that since the beginning of 2000, large corporations are known to have paid $2.7 billion in penalties, including $2 billion in 234 private lawsuits, $588 million in 329 EEOC actions and $81 million in 117 OFCCP cases.
Following Bank of America in the ranking of most-penalized large companies are Coca-Cola ($200 million) and Novartis ($183 million). The corporation with the largest number of cases with disclosed penalties is Walmart, at 27. Its penalty total of $52 million would have been much higher if the U.S. Supreme Court had not ruled 5-4 in 2011 to dismiss a nationwide gender discrimination class action against the company.
Following banks and retailers, the industries with the most disclosed penalties are food/beverage products ($252 million), pharmaceuticals ($209 million) and freight/logistics ($187 million).
Race and gender cases (mainly relating to hiring, promotion and pay) account for the largest shares of discrimination penalties, with each category totaling just over $1 billion. Age discrimination cases rank third with over $240 million in penalties, followed by disability cases at $155 million and sexual harassment cases at $123 million.
Employees at all levels of the occupational hierarchy have filed discrimination lawsuits against large corporations. The report documents lawsuits whose plaintiffs range from executives, managers and professionals to blue-collar and service workers. However, it finds that managers are more likely to bring age discrimination cases while racial bias and sexual harassment suits more often are filed by blue-collar and service workers.
In addition to supporting the call by the #MeToo movement to end non-disclosure agreements and mandatory arbitration, the report endorses reforms that would require publicly-traded companies and large federal contractors to disclose how much they pay out each year in aggregate damages and settlements in discrimination and harassment cases.
Note: details on all the cases analyzed in the report can be found in Violation Tracker.
Sale of Toxic Securities: In cases left over from the financial crisis of the 2000s, three major banks agreed to pay ten-figure settlements to the Justice Department to resolve allegations of misleading investors in residential mortgage-backed securities: $2 billion by Barclays, $2.1 billion by Wells Fargo and $4.9 billion by The Royal Bank of Scotland.
Interest Rate Benchmark Manipulation: The French bank Societe Generale agreed to pay $475 million to settle allegations by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that it manipulated or attempted to manipulate LIBOR and other interest rate benchmarks.
Foreign Exchange Market Manipulation: The French bank BNP Paribas pleaded guilty to participating in a price-fixing scheme in the foreign exchange market and paid the U.S. Justice Department a criminal fine of $90 million.
Anti-Money Laundering Deficiencies: U.S. Bancorp agreed to a $453 million civil forfeiture to resolve a case brought by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York alleging that it violated the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to file required suspicious activity reports.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: The Securities and Exchange Commission required Panasonic Corporation to pay $143 million to resolve allegations of making improper payments and committing accounting fraud in connection with its global avionics business. It paid an additional $137.4 million to settle related criminal charges brought by the Justice Department.
Consumer Financial Protection Violation: Wells Fargo agreed to pay a total of $1 billion to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in connection with abuses relating to a mandatory insurance program tied to auto loans, mortgage interest-rate-lock extensions and other practices.
Product Safety Violation: Polaris Industries agreed to pay a $27.25 million civil penalty to settle Consumer Product Safety Commission allegations that it failed to immediately report to the agency that some of its recreational off-road vehicles contained defects that could create a substantial product hazard or that they created an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death.
Controlled Substances Act Violations: Rite Aid agreed to pay $4 million and CVS agreed to pay a total of $2.5 million in two cases, all to resolve allegations of improper distribution of controlled substances.
Sexual Harassment: Poultry processor Koch Foods agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle allegations made by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission involving sexual harassment, national origin and race discrimination and retaliation at a plant in Mississippi.
Clean Air Act Violations: The Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality announced that Shell Chemical would pay penalties of $350,000 and spend $10 million to install pollution control equipment to reduce harmful emissions at its plant in Norco, Louisiana.
False Claims Act Violations: Toyobo Co. of Japan and its American subsidiary agreed to pay $66 million to resolve claims under the False Claims Act that they sold defective Zylon fiber used in bulletproof vests that the United States purchased for federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
Investor Protection Violations: AEGON USA Investment Management and three other Transamerica affiliates agreed to pay $97 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve allegations that they misled investors through the use of faulty financial models.
Hiring of Undocumented Workers: Waste Management Texas agreed to forfeit $5.5 million and entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas to resolve allegations that it hired numerous undocumented workers at its Houston operation.
Tax Evasion: The Swiss bank Zurcher Kantonalbank agreed to pay $98.5 million and entered into a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve charges that it conspired to help U.S. taxpayer-clients file false federal tax returns and hide hundreds of millions of dollars in offshore bank accounts.
Data Breach: Uber agreed to pay $148 million to settle allegations that emerged from a nationwide investigation of a 2016 incident in which a hacker gained access to personal information on 57 million riders and drivers.
Note: Additional details on most of these cases can be found in Violation Tracker, which now contains 327,000 entries with total penalties of $440 billion, or in the next update of the database, scheduled to appear in mid-January.
According to the grievance-based worldview of Donald Trump, the United States is constantly being cheated. He purports to be addressing this through his trade policies and his attitudes toward international organizations such as NATO. Yet he seems to be a lot less concerned about another kind of cheating: the ongoing fraud committed against the federal government by military contractors.
This is an old story yet it takes on new relevance amid the current controversies over the murder of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi government and ongoing American support for the brutal Saudi military intervention in Yemen. Trump's main justification for refusing to take stronger action against the kingdom is his claim that it would jeopardize potential U.S. arms sales to the Saudis, the value of which Trump wildly inflates.
Trump usually frames this in terms of jobs, but it is actually more a matter of revenue and profits for major weapons producers such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. It comes down to this: Trump is undermining the moral stature of the United States and giving a green light to despots who want to eradicate dissidents, all in the name of pumping up the cash flow of a handful of corporations.
Although he fancies himself a master dealmaker, it is unclear what Trump is receiving in return from these companies. In the past, Trump has made noise about the cost of some Lockheed and Boeing contracts but there was little follow-up. The big weapons producers are not now among the president's favorite tweet targets.
There is every reason to believe that the big contractors are continuing their long-standing practices of charging excessive amounts for their weapons and then cheating on the terms of the contracts. Sometimes they get caught doing the latter and are made to pay penalties they can easily afford.
To take a recent example: in early November the Justice Department announced that Northrop Grumman had agreed to pay $27.45 million to resolve allegations that it overstated the number of hours its employees had worked on two battlefield communications contracts with the Air Force. This matter, like most of the cases brought against military contractors, was handled primarily under the False Claims Act, which allows for a civil settlement and monetary penalties but no criminal liability.
The Northrop case was unusual in that there was a parallel criminal investigation of one of the contracts, but the Justice Department reached an agreement with the company under which it forfeited an additional $4.2 million and no criminal charges were filed.
This was just the latest in a series of False Claims Act cases in which Northrop has paid out in excess of half a billion dollars in penalties for various contract frauds. It is far from unique in this regard. For example, as shown in Violation Tracker, Boeing has paid out $744 million in penalties in eight False Claims Act cases since 2000 and Lockheed has paid $125 million in 13 cases.
It is bad enough that President Trump is abandoning U.S. support for human rights; it is even worse that he is doing so to benefit a group of corporations that regularly cheat the government he heads.
Is There Still A Corporate Ulterior Motive Behind Criminal Justice Reform?
Is it just a coincidence that Donald Trump has decided to embrace criminal justice reform just at the time he is more likely to become a defendant himself? He's not the only party that may have mixed motives in supporting the legislation that is being hyped as an outstanding expression of bipartisanship.
One of the prime movers behind the initiative has been Koch Industries, whose owners Charles and David Koch are the epitome of partisanship. Their role on this issue was initially puzzling, given that the Kochs were not known for supporting anything that was remotely progressive.
Three years ago, the full story began to emerge. The New York Times reported that one part of the reform being pushed by the Kochs and other business interests would require prosecutors to meet a more stringent standard in proving illicit intent, or "mens rea." The Times stated that the Obama Justice Department was concerned that the change "would make it significantly harder to prosecute corporate polluters, producers of tainted food and other white-collar criminals." PR Watch provided more detail on what the Kochs were up to.
In other words, what was made to look like a high-minded civic effort was also, at least in part, a move by corporations to shield themselves from prosecution. In the case of Koch Industries, the issue is far from a theoretical one. In Violation Tracker we document 275 cases in which the company has paid a total of $736 million for environmental, safety, employment and other offenses. One of these was a criminal case: In 2001 one of its subsidiaries pled guilty and paid $20 million to resolve allegations that it covered up Clean Air Act violations at an oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Mens rea "reform" is not part of the current criminal justice package, but the issue is far from dead. Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton just published an op-ed in USA Today calling for it to be added to the bill. Since Cotton's support may be essential to passage, he may get his wish – and presumably the Kochs would be happy with that outcome.
During the confirmation hearings on Brett Kavanaugh, Sen. Hatch brought up the issue of mens rea. He and the nominee both spoke enthusiastically on the need for "reform." Here, as in much of the conservative discussion of the matter, proponents like to give the impression their concern is primarily with the rights of bank robbers and the like.
Yet it seems clear that the real intended beneficiaries are corporations and their executives supposedly being victimized by unjust regulations.
The issues surrounding criminal justice reform are complicated, but one thing is clear: it should not be used as a means of undermining the prosecution of corporate crime and misconduct.
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The slow but steady weakening of bank regulation is continuing. Responding to legislation passed by Congress earlier this year, the Federal Reserve just voted to propose new rules for a group of banks that are large but not gigantic. Congress had called for a review of banks with assets between $100 billion and $250 billion but the Fed proposals would affect some larger ones as well. In all, 16 banks would enjoy loosened restraints.
Much of the commentary on banks focuses on mega-institutions such as Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo. These corporations have certainly done the most harm to the economy and whose demise would have the most dire consequences.
Yet the next tier of banks have their own track record of misconduct that argues against relaxed oversight. Some of these offenses relate directly to financial risk while others do not, but they all point to the need for more regulation rather than less. Here are examples taken from Violation Tracker.
U.S. Bancorp (total penalties in Violation Tracker: $1.2 billion): paid $453 million this year to settle Justice Department allegations that it had insufficient protections against money laundering and failed to file suspicious activity reports.
PNC Financial (total penalties: $472 million): in 2003 one of its subsidiaries paid $115 million to settle criminal charges of conspiring to violate securities laws (the deal included a deferred prosecution agreement).
Capital One (total penalties: $228 million): in 2012 one of its subsidiaries paid $165 million to settle Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) allegations that it deployed deceptive marketing tactics in its credit card business.
Charles Schwab (total penalties: $125 million): in 2011 it paid $118 million to settle SEC allegations that it made misleading statements to clients about one of its funds.
BB&T (total penalties: $93 million): in 2016 it paid $83 million to settle Justice Department allegations it knowingly originated mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration that did not meet applicable requirements.
SunTrust (total penalties: $1.5 billion): in 2014 it settled a case brought by the CFPB, the Department of Justice, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and attorneys general in 49 states and the District of Columbia alleging that it engaged in systemic mortgage servicing misconduct, including robo-signing and illegal foreclosure practices. The settlement required SunTrust to provide $500 million in loss-mitigation relief to underwater borrowers and pay $40 million to approximately 48,000 consumers who lost their homes to foreclosure.
American Express (total penalties: $350 million): in 2017 it paid $96 million to settle CFPB allegations of having discriminated against customers in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories by charging higher credit card rates than in the 50 states.
Ally Financial (total penalties: $668 million): in 2012 it paid $207 million to settle Federal Reserve allegations of mortgage servicing violations.
The list goes on for the remainder of the 16 banks: Citizens Financial (total penalties: $137 million), Fifth Third Bancorp ($121 million), KeyCorp ($19 million), Regions Financial ($170 million), M&T Bank ($119 million), Huntington Bancshares ($14 million) and Discover Financial Services ($232 million).
It's interesting that the only institution on the list with a small penalty total ($203,000) is Northern Trust, which caters to corporations and wealthy individuals rather than the general public. If all the banks similar records, then perhaps some measure of deregulation might be warranted.
Yet as long as the large banks are as ethically challenged as the giant ones, they should continue to face strict oversight.
People who are subjected to sexual harassment on the job are too often left to confront their abusers on their own. Those with means can hire high-powered legal help, as Gretchen Carlson did in her lawsuit against 21st Century Fox that resulted in a $20 million settlement. Other survivors of abuse may not get justice.
A new initiative by Fight for $15 is making the fight against workplace harassment a collective rather than an individual struggle. In a bold new initiative for the labor movement, the campaign recently organized work stoppages at McDonald's fast-food outlets in ten cities to protest harassment and to highlight complaints filed earlier this year with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
This will not be the first time the EEOC has heard reports about such practices at McDonald's. In 2010, for example, the company had to pay $50,000 to settle allegations of harassment by an assistant store manager in New Jersey who was reported to have touched and spanked a teenage worker.
For years, the company failed to take adequate action to deal with repeated instances in which female workers were falsely accused of stealing customer property and strip-searched by managers in response to phone calls from individuals pretending to be law enforcement officers. In 2007 McDonald's had to pay $6.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a young worker in Kentucky who was also molested.
Corporate decisions not to take steps to protect workers were also behind many of the more than 275 cases documented in Violation Tracker in which corporations paid to settle sexual harassment allegations brought with the involvement of the EEOC. These cases together have yielded $132 million in penalties.
The tally goes back to 2000, but cases continue to the present. Among the most recent ones are the $3.75 million harassment settlement signed by Koch Foods involving poultry workers in Mississippi who also alleged racial and national origin discrimination as well as the $3.5 million settlement by outsourcing company Alorica in connection with allegations that a group of customer service representatives in California were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment.
To supplement the EEOC actions I'm in the process of collecting data for Violation Tracker on class action and individual lawsuits brought by workers separate from the agency. These will cover harassment claims as well as cases involving discrimination by employers based on gender, race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability and age discrimination. I've already tallied more than $1 billion in settlements and verdicts involving the largest corporations.
It's great that the MeToo and the Fight for $15 movements are highlighting the continuing problems of harassment on the job. I look forward to the day when there will not be so many such cases to document.
Note: The latest update to Violation Tracker has just been posted.


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On the surface, Allie Hadley is a 20-year-old exercise science major at California Lutheran University. Just like other students, she goes to her classes, studies, does her homework and hangs out with friends.
However, Hadley is not exactly like other students.
She is an All-American javelin thrower because of her success in the 2013 Track & Field season. Being that this was Hadley's first year of competing for the Regals, her accomplishments were nothing short of astonishing.
"I was always considered a pretty strong girl," Hadley said. "I played volleyball in high school, and so a lot of people said, 'hey you're doing track! And you play volleyball, why don't you go out and try and throw javelin?'"
Hadley initially chose to come to CLU because of its competitive volleyball team. After realizing her passion and talent for track, she decided to end her career as a volleyball player to pursue track full time.
"I came in originally playing volleyball, but I had a good season last year in track, so this year I decided to quit volleyball and I am just doing track," Hadley said.
Many were confused about her ending her volleyball career, but Hadley felt it was the best choice due to her potential in track.
"The main reason was that I had a great year in track, I qualified in nationals and was favored to do really well. After seeing how much potential I had with the sport, and in the event, I decided it would be really beneficial for me to train in the off season and really commit myself to javelin," Hadley said.
Hadley is almost certain that her volleyball career at CLU is over.
"Probably not [returning to volleyball], we've only had one meet so far this season, and I broke my personal best [record] from last season. I think that all the hard work that I put in the fall is starting to pay off, and I think will continue to pay off more so I think as opposed to if I were to still be playing volleyball," Hadley said.
CLU alumni Justin Puccinelli coaches Hadley and is quick to praise her talent and work ethic.
"She's a lot of fun to be around. She's extremely hardworking. She knows when she needs to be hardworking and when she needs to have fun," Puccinelli said. "She can flip the switch anytime and be serious. She's a lot of fun to work with. She's incredibly talented."
Hadley is not only praised for her work on the field, but off the field, as well. Hadley's peer adviser, junior Alexandria Ruggles, had nothing but nice comments to say about the athlete.
"Allie is so easy to get along with. She is always so positive and friendly," Ruggles said.
Hadley's mindset is simple. She just wants to continue growing and excelling in her craft.
"I just want to keep throwing far, you know? I don't have the school record yet. It would be really cool to have that. I need to throw about another foot and a half."
Puccinelli believes that Hadley has a rare gift and the potential to make it far in this extremely competitive sport.
"I say three national titles are not out of the question whatsoever. She will have the school record this year, no doubt, and over the next three years, she will get that to an unreachable level," Puccinelli said. "I 100 percent believe she can have a career after college. Whether she makes it to the Olympics, professionally or just plays for a club. I believe that she is one of the few athletes that can do it."
As for Hadley, she doesn't know exactly what will happen in the future, but is extremely focused on the present and accomplishing her current goals.
"The main goal is to eventually try and get to the Olympics. That's a long ways away, I'm just going to try and get through this season. But, I think that if I accomplish my goals this season, then there will hopefully be a good chance I could go for a career in this," Hadley said.
If Hadley maintains her great work ethic, seeing her in the Olympics may not be as far-fetched as it sounds.
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The brother of tragic hip-hop producer Chris Lighty has cast doubt on an initial autopsy report, which suggests the music mogul's death was a suicide.
Mariah Carey and Sean 'Diddy' Combs' former manager was found dead in his Bronx, New York apartment on 30 August (12) with a gunshot wound to the head, and the New York Medical Examiner's office later confirmed Lighty's injuries were self-inflicted.
However, the music mogul's sibling, Dave Lighty, refuses to believe his brother shot himself and he is asking police officials to continue investigating the tragedy, so he can start to find peace.
He tells local news station Fox 5, "I'm surprised, shocked, and lost at this moment. I want the truth to come out. This isn't my brother. My brother was a strong person... Nothing is adding up. I can't get a direct answer from anybody... I understand there's a process to be followed. I can't even get clear answers from people I think I should be getting clear answers from."
Several reports suggested the star was struggling financially at the time of his death, but Dave Lighty insists money woes would not have prompted his brother to take his own life.
He adds, "Everyone's like, 'That's not the Chris I know,' in no way, shape, or form. Things were popping (going well)... Yeah, we're in a bad economy, that's everywhere. Nah. Not this. We've been in way worse situations than this. I just want to know what really happened to my brother... I just want the truth. The truth."
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Alpino Vino wine bar opens in Waitsfield
Alpino Vino, The Valley's only wine bar, officially opens this weekend at 6163 Main Street in Waitsfield. The owners had a successful soft opening a few weeks ago and are preparing to open their doors to the public.
The new venture is a family affair for Josh Bewlay and his wife and daughter. They have lived in Fayston for about two years since Josh retired from a 30-plus-year career in insurance and reinsurance. He had bartended in college but, since then, has only experienced the industry as a consumer. "I've always had an interest in wine," he said, an interest his work travels fueled as he had the opportunity to taste wines from around the world. After being "hunkered down" at home for the past year and a half, "I decided to try something completely different," he said. "There's nothing like this concept in The Valley."
For now, the business will be staffed by Josh, his wife, their daughter and her boyfriend, both seniors at UVM who will help on weekends. They hope to add staff in the future.
The bar will feature wines from around the world -- from Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Germany and Australia to U.S.-made wines from California and Oregon. They don't currently have any Vermont wines on the menu, though Bewlay said they're looking. He said they'll have something for every wine drinker, from light and refreshing whites to dark, bold reds. The menu will feature roughly five to six options for glasses of reds, and roughly five to six glasses of white, as well as sparkling wines and rosés.
While Alpino Vino's emphasis is on wine, they will also feature a variety of Vermont-made craft beers, ciders and alcoholic seltzer, alongside small plates featuring local cheeses from von Trapp's, charcuterie from Babette's Table and bread from Green Rabbit bakery. Virtually all food will be from Vermont, with roughly 85% "hyper local," meaning made here in The Valley.
"There's something for everyone's palate," Bewlay said. "It's an opportunity to come in and try something new." Learn more at alpinovino.com.
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The Ministry of Health and Prevention continues to provide regular screening service for chronic diseases and early detection of cancer.
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) has stressed that the National Periodic Health Screening and Cancer Screening initiatives titled 'Etminan' are running smoothly and perfectly as scheduled.
In line with the Cabinet initiatives which aims to reduce the prevalence of cancer and non-communicable diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, breast, cervical and colon cancer.
Dr. Hussein Abdul Rahman Al Rand, Assistant Under-Secretary for the Ministry's Health Centres and Clinics Sector and Public Health, said that the early detection services being offered by the ministry will help establish culture of prevention and periodic screening, which represents a key pillar for maintaining better health and avoiding the most common pathogens including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and others.
He added: "The Ministry of health and Prevention is working very hard to early detect diseases as that increases the chances of recovery. To that end, it spares no efforts to develop and implement joint awareness programs and activities, encourage adopting a healthy eating pattern and exercising sports activities among all segments of society. It also works to activate national programs to combat cancer, which is shared responsibility between the public and private sectors. This comes as part of the Ministry's strategy aiming to provide comprehensive and integrated health care based on innovative and sustainable methods to ensure the prevention of disease. "
Al Rand lauded the Ministry's relentless efforts being made to train early cancer detection professionals, provide accurate information on the latest scientific developments related to certain diseases and mechanisms used in the early screening programs."The ministry is keen to support partnership and cooperation between all governmental and non-governmental health bodies, to reduce the spread of non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol and cardiovascular disease, through early detection and identifying the leading factors" He further said.
The 'Etminan' initiative was preceded by social awareness campaigns targeting government bodies and commercial centers. The awareness campaigns aimed to introduce 'Etminan' and its goals to the public, encourage residents to utilize such a useful initiative and adopt a culture of periodic health screening.The awareness campaigns also aimed to reduce the incidence of diseases, early detect breast cancer, prevent infectious diseases, provide proper treatment for diabetes, blood pressure and discover tumors.


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Team Calzona started this petition to Shonda Rhimes and
Fans would like to have a spin-off of Calzona or at least one or two episodes of them added to Grey's Anatomy.
The characters of Callie and Arizona Robbins, not only were the support and acceptance of the LGTBQ community but also it's undeniably one of the most lovable couple on a tv show.
With them we learned to laugh, to love, to understand a relationship, to see that everyone has flaws but also that despite the rough road path life has prepared for each one of us, if you love someone everything it's possible. The impossible becomes possible.
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As fans we understand, that the producers found themselves in the undeniable need to write off these two marvelous characters.
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Cathy Booth, Founder & Director: Umoja Orphanage
'The Good, The Bad & The Extraordinary'
Cathy is a Rotarian and primary school teacher in Bundaberg, Queensland, still working full time in her profession and continuing to create something extraordinary in Kenya for orphaned and vulnerable children who have no future prior to coming to be part of the Umoja Tribe.
'We are a project of RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service) with Bundaberg Sunrise Rotary Club being our sponsor here and in Kenya it is the Rotary Club of Diani Beach'.
Chair: Denbigh Richards
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Alister Boyd, Grains Group Manager
Victorian Farmers Federation
'My talk is an overview of the major issues facing Victorian farmers at the moment, as these issues rarely get a mention in mainstream media, and addresses the 'disconnect' between rural and metro Victoria.
Alister Boyd is the Grains Group Manager at the Victorian Farmer's Federation, which is an advocacy group for Victorian Farmers in a range of sectors including livestock, grains, intensive industries, horticulture and dairy. Alister studied Agricultural Science at Melbourne University and prior to VFF worked at global agribusiness company Cargill in the Supply Chain division as the Operations Manager, as well as the Australian Wheat Board in regional grain accumulation.
Alister was raised in Wodonga and spent weekends at the family farm where his family farm crops and cattle, but now calls Melbourne home'.
Chair: Lawrence Reddaway
Emmanuel (Emma) Sserwanga & Anne-Marie Reddan
Yimba Uganda
Emmanuel (Emma), was born and raised in the largest slum located in the capital of Uganda. His wife, Anne-Marie Reddan, is originally from Healesville.
Their story is amazing. This inspiring couple have established 3 programs:
An agricultural and farming project aimed at Youth in the city of Jinja
The 2nd program and the largest one being a 12-month vocational training course in Tailoring, Fashion and Design
The 3rd program is conducted by Emma - a Music Mentorship program.
Emma is Uganda's most recognised Gospel singer, specializing in reggae and dancehall music and reputation presents as a positive role model for those interested in music. He has gone on to win many prestigious awards and continues to do so. For example:
Olive Awards Male Artist of the Year (2012)
Viga Awards Male Artist of the year (2013, 2014, 2016)
DanceHall Artist of the Year (2015)
Hit Awards Male Artist of the Year (2016)
VIga Song of the Year (2017 and 2018)
Music Video of the year (2018)
Hipipo Video Trail Blazer Award (2019)
The Music program provides selected students with: Guidance to help them to develop their art, A platform to record their music, Opportunity to distribute their music,
Access to the Ugandan music industry, Audio production training, Performance management, Learning musical instruments (Western and Traditional) and Revenue generating and job prospects within the industry.
AFL Football Fans. Listen to an African version of the Essendon Football Club theme: here
(Emma is also known as Cooply Bly)
Chair: TBA
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Benjamin Lindner
Waltzing Matilda: A Forensic History
This song that started as an accidental collaboration in outback Queensland in 1895 caused the death of a seven-year relationship and went on to inspire a nation during World War II, following Banjo Paterson's death in 1941.
Waltzing Matilda ─ Australia's Accidental Anthem written by a criminal barrister, is a forensic history of the events, the people and the places that led to the writing of Australia's internationally famous song. This evidence-based approach dispels many of the myths and historical inaccuracies that have become folklore.
The facts about the swagman, the contribution of Christina Macpherson and Sarah Riley and the timing and the place of the composition are all revealed.
Chair: Noel McInnes
(Partners Welcome)
Daryl Steer (& AGM)
Cambodia Clean Water & Toilet Project
Chair: Katrina Flinn
Adjunct Associate Professor Rob Hess
The Forgotten Story of ... the Chinese Goldfields Aussie Rules leagues
Adjunct Associate Professor Rob Hess is an historian and a former staff member in the College of Sport and Exercise Science at Victoria University. He has a long-standing interest in the social history of sport and his PhD was the first ever doctoral study of the history of Australian Rules football. Rob is a past president of the Australian Society for Sports History and he currently serves as a regional academic editor for the International Journal of the History of Sport. He is also a member of the Australian Football Heritage Group, an honorary heritage consultant with Netball Victoria and a Board member of the History Council of Victoria. His most recent book (co-written with Brunette Lenkić) is Play On! The Hidden History of Women's Australian Rules Football, published in 2016.
Chair: Geoff Wright
Photo: Newspapers Collection, State Library of Victoria
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Melbourne Cup Day
Melbourne Cup Day is Australia's best known horse racing event. Since 1861 it has been held on the first Tuesday of November at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. It is an annual public holiday in the state of Victoria. This event, popularly dubbed as "the race that stops the nation", is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over, is said to be the richest 'two-mile' handicap in the world and is one of the richest turf races. More than 100,000 people usually attend Flemington Racecourse, and the race is televised live to an audience of about 650 million people worldwide'.
Did you know? The 1875 winner, Wollomai, came from Phillip Island?, (which is located around 135 kilometres south-east of Melbourne and is better known for its penguin colonies). In earlier days, prior to a ferry service between Phillip Island and San Remo, animals were swum across to the Narrows.
It was thought that Wollomai had very little chance of winning, but jockey Bob Batty rode the horse to success, in a time of three minutes and thirty eight seconds, before a crowd of 70,000 people.
The owner, John Cleeland, returned to Cape Woolomai with £22,000 pounds, having given the jockey and trainer £500 each.
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AGM and Fellowship
Dinner Meeting, Having Fun
We are celebrating Christmas with Rotary Glenferrie.
At: Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club.
TBC.......Visit to Men's Shed, Hawthorn
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Sugar är en fantastisk inspelning.
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We would have an excellent band if Michael Been had been from Bollnäs instead of Oklahoma, and Marianne Faithful had contributed vocals alongside Arcade Fire.
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MFMB is a band founded in 2005 in Bollnäs, Sweden.
They are currently bouncing between Malmö and Stockholm.
The band consists of six members:
Joakim Lindberg (he/him) – guitars
Vic Narin (they/them) – vocals
Christine Björk (she/her) – vocals
Kristoffer Bäckström (he/him) – drums
Erik Nilsson (he/him) – drums
Sebastian Hedberg (he/him) – bass
Their new album Sugar is seven years in the making, marking nine years since their last full-length release, Colossus (2013).
It has been a bumpy ride.
The tours following Colossus took their toll, leaving MFMB in a state of relational friction.
Work on a new album began.
A consensus decided that composing songs should be democratic.
With each member contributing something creative to the mix.
Further tension followed this resolution.
They were not always the best of friends.
Priorities changed.
Members quit, then joined again.
It was never easy.
You can hear it on the new album, Sugar.
Every song results from differing opinions fighting it out until they reach a compromise.
Every fine detail meticulously tended to.
It is the new yet familiar sound of MFMB, ringing purer than ever before.
The resulting album, Sugar, was written, recorded and produced in Studio Sickan in Malmö, which the band's guitarist Joakim Lindberg runs.
Now, here are a few words from the band.
"This one, just kind of, fell into place, all by itself. It was very early in the process of making the new album, and we thought that maybe the whole thing would be this easy. Just let the songs finish themselves; it's a cakewalk! We were very wrong. Sugar did, however, set the standard (as well as the title) for the rest of the album.
"It's about the weight of existence and the deceptive allure of taking the easy way out."
The recent focus single 'Harvest.' has a new cut as a dark and more ambient offering, focusing more on the darker and atmospheric energy they have been cultivating in their absence.
Speaking about 'Harvest,' the band describes it as "A song about the fear of losing it all. Harvest established the specific kind of gloomy ambience that we wanted for the record as a whole. We're very fond of the guitar solo in this one. Right at the end. It's a nugget."
Ending this decade-long hiatus, the members of MFMB have remained highly prolific throughout the last few years. With many pursuing their projects and guitarist Joakim Lindberg becoming one of Sweden's most in-demand producers, working with Hey Elbow, Spunsugar, This Is Head and many more. Now is the time to see the group return to the head of the pack as they plan for new material to come over the next few months.
MFMB are also notorious for their blistering live performances. The mixture of dual drummers and two lead singers has given the band a distinctly raw and visceral sound, which we have long missed in their absence.
MFMB's new album 'Sugar' is available to stream and download from the 25th of March via Adrian Recordings.
The closer on this album, Six-figure Income, is nothing short of epic. I would love to see MFMB live and close the show with this number. Which will happen first, them touring western Canada or me touring Sweden? I think the money would land on me travelling to Sweden and spending some time with family living there.
It's incredible music anyway that you hear it, live, streamed, or physical copies.
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by Sonal Sher | Dec 17, 2012 | 0 comments
I am one of those people who are an absolute sucker for films about magic. But yes, they have to be made at least with a slight amount of integrity and yes, I did not love the 'Twilight' series. When I went in the theatre to watch 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', I did obviously know that it is based on the book The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien but I am ashamed to say I had no knowledge that that is one of films in a trilogy. Given lack of that information, I was quite intrigued as to how the Hobbit and the bunch of Dwarves would reach their destination by the films' finale given they had been wasting so much time doing other trivial things. Nonetheless, I was never bored. The amazing thing about Peter Jackson's world of Middle-earth is that while it is completely fantastical in nature you still find the aspirations, motivations and emotions of the character relevant.
The story revolves around Hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who is tricked by the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) into hosting a party for Thorin (Richard Armitage) and his band of Dwarves, which doubles as Bilbo's recruitment as the Dwarves' burglar to help them steal their treasure back from Smaug, the dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company on their journey to the Lonely Mountain. The rest of the film is obviously a detailed version of one-third of their journey on which they encounter Radagast the Brown, a wizard; fight with Orcs and Wargs, which are wolf-like creatures and captured by Goblins before being rescued by eagles.
Among the cast, Martin Freeman shines as Baggins. He brings a kind of eccentricity to the role of a Hobbit mixed with elements of control which makes him almost seem like a hi-society woman going on a camping trip. I am not surprised that Jackson waited for Freeman even though he had refused the part initially. His scenes with Andy Serkis as Gollum make for one of the most entertaining yet scary part of the film, also being of the most important in terms of the LOTR series. Ian McKellen is in stellar form as a slightly younger Gandalf and so are the rest of the characters Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), Elrond (Hugo Weaving), and Thorin (Armitage). They perform ably in this world, making the characters seem believable and engaging even in the most outrageous settings.
The film is slightly long, but if you are open to the world then it would never seem boring. One of the reasons it works very well is the production value which is spot-on. From the music by Howard Shore, to the cinematography by Andrew Lesnie and the screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro, everything gels together to create a world so different and yet so believable that it has form part of our popular culture.
I am not about to complain about the editing, with respect to the length of the film because there are certain stories that are not spoiled by an additional 15 minutes. The time may not take the story to another dimension but it also does no harm. 'Gangs of Wasseypur' is a classic example. If you have seen and enjoyed 'The Lord of the Rings' series then I assume that you would have already seen this one by now. If not, then you must. (Try getting the 2D show though)
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Barfi (2012) ***
For me, 'Barfi' was a story of love lost and regret, much more than the saccharine romance between the deaf-mute boy and the autistic girl. It could possibly be because unrequited love stories always makes for better films but even more so because I have always wondered why people think that it is easy to live with regrets. There are two very beautiful moments that sum up the entire film for me. The first is when Shruti (Ileana D'cruz) meets Barfi in Calcutta and realises that he does not love her anymore. The sense of regret and the pain on…
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Academic & Professional Books Natural History Art
The Art of Thomas Bewick
Art / Photobook Out of Print
By: Diana Donald(Author), Thomas Bewick(Illustrator)
327 pages, 86 colour & 117 b/w photos and illustrations
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781780231099 Hardback Jun 2013 Out of Print #213683
About this book Contents Biography Related titles
The Art of Thomas Bewick is the first book to interpret the art of the wood engraver Thomas Bewick (1753 – 1828) and set it in the context of history, revealing the connections between Bewick's political and religious views – reflections of the late eighteenth-century Enlightenment – and the character of his images.
Bewick was both an important contributor to the history of British ornithology and a highly original artist and printmaker. His depictions of the natural world, particularly of British birds, set new standards of realism and authenticity, while his graphic scenes of country life were unparalleled in their thoughtfulness, mingling humour and tragedy. His lively depictions of dogs, horses and other animals can also be seen as the expression of a new insight and sensibility: part of the growing movement for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Allowing Bewick's art to be viewed in a broad context of the artistic and scientific culture of his age, this lavishly illustrated book will appeal to naturalists, especially ornithologists and birdwatchers; historians of science, art and country life; those interested in the history of animal rights and protection; and students of painting and print media.
Foreword and acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction: the man behind the books
Chapter 2 'Truth is to bend to nothing, but all to her': Bewick as a naturalist
Chapter 3 'Endless conjectures': Bewick's tail-pieces
Chapter 4 A mind 'impressed with the feelings of humanity': Bewick's scenes of animal life
Chapter 5 'Know your Bewick': the Victorian inheritance
Appendix 1 An analysis of Bewick's representation of species in A History of British Birds
Appendix 2 Bewick's workshop, and the role of the apprentices
Photographic credits
Diana Donald was formerly Head of the Department of Art History at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has published widely on the history of prints, and on images of animals and the natural world, most recently in the widely acclaimed Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts (2009).
"This is a first-rate study on Bewick and on his impact in the nineteenth century both as a naturalist and as a wood engraver. Diana Donald is well known for her major contributions to the history of graphic art and to the interrelation between the visual arts and scientific enquiry in the nineteenth century. She draws on both these strengths here to produce a study of major importance that will surely help to reestablish Bewick as a figure of central cultural importance."
- William Vaughan, University of London
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