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10/2011: Prof John Skrentny
Prof John Skrentny
Director of the Center for Comparative
Immigration Studies (CCIS), University of
California at San Diego
"Key variations in immigration policy in
East Asia, Europe and North America"
Ü Eurasylum: One of the ongoing projects at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS) aims to analyze the key variations in specific elements of the immigration policy of East Asia, Europe and North America. In particular, the project has so far looked into the ways in which the three regions deal with opportunities for low-skilled migrants to settle and the ways in which they approach ethnic return migration. Can you guide us through the key aims, methodology and early findings of this project?
Ü Prof John Skrentny: In the study of immigration, I typically find two schools of thought regarding cross-regional comparisons. One is that the dynamics of immigration are the same everywhere, and so cross-regional comparisons are not very interesting. In this view, advanced industrialized states everywhere are facing the same problems—aging populations and more educated populations—and thus shrinking low-skilled workforces. At the same time, the demand for low-skilled labor is constant or even growing. Given these dynamics, it is assumed that all states in all industrialized regions will follow the same path toward more immigration. After all, East Asia has some of the lowest birthrates in the world.
Others take a different view: there is no point in comparing regions because they are too different for meaningful comparisons. These scholars may accept comparisons between the US and Canada with European states (even though the US and Canada are settler states whose populations are largely created through immigration). But they may argue that East Asia is just too different for comparison, pointing out that countries like Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have very small immigrant populations, and in the case of Japan and South Korea, national identities that are squarely based on ethnicity. They may also claim that East Asia lacks liberal political institutions comparable to those in Europe, or an active civil society.
We agree with the first view that if you look very, very broadly, from a distance, so to speak, it is true that industrialized states in Europe, Asia and North America look similar. They have similar demographic problems, and they have similar demands for migrant labor. They also have functioning democracies, courts that are independent enough to make some pro-immigrant rulings, and in some instances thriving civil societies and NGO sectors. This is why we reject the second view: there are a lot of similarities here.
But we also reject the first view: if you look more closely at the two regions, you do see regional variations. Given similar challenges, policymakers have made different choices. There are patterns of policy that are characteristic of East Asia, and policies characteristic of Europe (it's a bit harder to say there is a "North American" immigration region because there we are really only talking about two advanced, industrialized immigrant receiving states).
Of course, if you look even closer, you can see variation between states within each region. But what is fascinating are the regional commonalities.
Especially important is the role of family reunification rights. These are taken for granted in both Europe and North America for low-skilled migrants, but are nowhere guaranteed in East Asia—even in a multi-ethnic state like Singapore. Family reunification rights are very important because migrants who bring their spouses and especially those who bring children are much more likely to settle than single men and women migrant workers. And when you get migrant settlement, you transform societies: new cultures, new benefits, new dynamism, and new challenges and costs.
Methodologically, at this point, this is a project in comparative-historical analysis, where we amass great amounts of information and seek to make inferences based on the logic of the comparisons, though we hope to add a component based on interviews with policymakers, NGOs, and migrants themselves, as well as a quantitative component.
The early findings, which we have published in International Migration Review, show that there is no simple answer to the question of why there are no family reunification rights in East Asia but they are everywhere in Europe.
Ü Eurasylum: In the article to which you have just referred you argue that, unlike states in Europe, East Asia settles very few migrants and has not developed a European-style multicultural society. You explain this by examining, in particular, the effects of several independent variables, including supranational institutions, independent courts, interest groups, political culture, and the perceptions of migrants themselves. Can you discuss the ways in which each of these variables can facilitate or affect the development of a settlement policy in each of these regions?
Ü Prof John Skrentny: This is where it gets really interesting. There are several variables that social scientists use to predict policy change, including the opening of immigration policy. These variables are present in Europe—but they are mostly also present in East Asia. They just work differently there.
So, for example, there are independent courts in Asia, and they have ruled in favor of immigrants on occasion, but not on family reunification rights or on general rights to settlement. There are interest groups that push for more immigrant rights, but in Asia they have not made family reunification or settlement a priority. Employers in Europe wanted family rights because once they found good workers, they wanted to keep them, and bringing over their families gave them the stability they wanted. In Asia, employers have not made similar demands. Public opinion on immigration in Asia, incidentally, is not particularly hostile to migrant families or settlement.
The EU has promoted family reunification in Europe, and it is true that East Asia lacks comparable, rights-oriented supra-national institutions. But we should not make too much of this—European states provided family reunification rights before the EU promoted them.
Not surprisingly, we also observe that European states are much more open to settling asylees and refugees than their counterparts in industrialized East Asia.
At this point, we believe that there are cultural dynamics that shape policymaking to explain the regional differences. East Asian policymakers appear to exhibit a "developmental state" rationality that leads them to view immigrants differently. They seem to assume that their economies and societies are fragile, and they privilege economic growth and the minimization of welfare costs over human rights. European states, however begrudgingly, are far more likely to take human rights considerations for granted when they make policy – even if migrants with dependents lead to social welfare costs.
Put another way, East Asian states have been far more successful in instituting the temporary worker/rotation model that was part of the original plan in Europe in the 1950s and 1960s. Their immigration/emigration policy is like similar to developmental state trade policies. In trade, East Asian states long pursued export-oriented economies while protecting their markets at home, or at least maintaining systems that were formally open but nevertheless difficult for foreign manufacturers to penetrate. The same is true with people: Asian states traditionally had their emigrants work abroad, but it is difficult for foreigners (at least the low-skilled migrants) to establish a permanent presence in them.
Ü Eurasylum: You have also looked into regional comparisons of ethnic return migration policy and have concluded that, while all regions at least implicitly define the nation as existing across borders, East Asian states use co-ethnic preferences instrumentally for economic goals and also offer preferential treatment of co-ethnic foreign investors, while European states offer preferences to coethnics to protect these populations or express symbolic ties. You thus draw the conclusion that, while in Europe the state has an obligation to assist coethnics abroad, in Asia it is the foreign coethnics who tend to assist the state. Can you elaborate on these findings?
Ü Prof John Skrentny: This is similar to the developmental-state logic I described above: In Asia as compared to Europe, migration is closely managed with an eye toward economic development and the minimization of costs. This is not to say that when European states give some kind of visa or naturalization preference to co-ethnics who live abroad, they do not benefit economically, or do not intend to benefit economically from this ethnic return migration. But they certainly leave a lot more to chance: ethnic return migrants may have difficulty finding jobs, and unemployed ethnic return migrants can get state aid. In some cases, such as Germany's old policies toward ethnic German foreigners, they might be willing to spend a lot of money to aid their settlement. European states are also more likely to give some kind of cultural-familiarity test to those persons hoping to claim co-ethnic preferences.
East Asian states are more strategic. South Korea has created short-term work visas for specific industries open only to ethnic Koreans who live abroad, mostly used by Korean Chinese. It created a much more generous "green card"-like system that was targeted at wealthier, more skilled Korean Americans. When the Korean Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to discriminate against the Korean Chinese, the program was formally opened to all ethnic Koreans, but since it only allows occupation in skilled occupations, it still rarely benefits the poorer Korean Chinese. South Korea's policy toward resettling North Korean refugees (still only about 21,000 in a country of nearly 50 million) has become increasingly stingy as those refugees became less skilled.
Ethnic return migration is a big part of the story in Japan as well. Most of Japan's low-skilled foreign labor consists of ethnic Japanese from Brazil and Peru. Though they can renew their short-term visas, it appears that the majority takes their wage savings and goes back to South America.
Finally, we found preferences for co-ethnics living abroad to invest in their ancestral homelands to be very common in Asia, and government leaders sometimes exhort them to do so as a patriotic duty. This may exist in Europe, but we could not find any examples of it. Instead, states recognize ethnic ties more romantically and with a sense of duty to protect "their" people living abroad, or at least maintain a tie. The larger point here is that what is "rational," what makes sense to policymakers as sound and smart immigration policy, is not the same all over the world, and it is not simply a matter of a state's wealth or demographic pressures. There are regional patterns, and it is important to understand these if we are to understand immigration.
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By Alexander Joe Published Dec 15, 2015 at 21:59 PM GMT
Police in the UK arrested a 21-year old man in Berkshire who may have been behind the VTech hack.
The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (Serocu) said in a statement that the suspect has been held on suspicion of "unauthorised access" to a computer. Organized crime refers to large groups of criminals who work together on a large scale.
"We are still at the early stages of the investigation and there is still much work to be done," said Craig Jones, head of the cyber crime unit at Serocu.
"Cybercrime is an issue which has no boundaries and affects people on a local, regional and global level."
VTech, which sells electronic learning products, had its app store database hacked on November 14.
Servers which supported the Learning Lodge app were compromised and the hacker was able to gain access to the personal details (such as names, genders and birthdates) of over 5 million customers, including children.
Customers all over the world were affected by the data breach, including those in the US, UK, France and China.
According to Motherboard, the hacker said that the information was obtained by a SQL injection vulnerability. "It was pretty easy to dump, so someone with darker motives could easily get it," the hacker said in an encrypted chat.
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Schimel: Killings by cops are much more common…
Schimel: Killings by cops are much more common in Western states
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PUBLISHED: January 15, 2016 at 3:32 am | UPDATED: April 18, 2016 at 3:25 pm
Idaho rancher Jack Yantis was eating dinner on a Sunday in early November when the county sheriff's office called to tell him to come deal with his bull. The bull, Keiford, had wandered onto Highway 95 near the town of Council, Idaho, and been hit by a car.
Badly injured and maddened by pain, the animal was charging at bystanders and the first responders who were attempting to help the injured passengers. Yantis rushed to the scene, toting a rifle.
Once there, Yantis prepared to do what the sheriff's deputies had failed to do, to dispatch the wounded bull. What happened next is murky. Some observers say words were exchanged, and perhaps gunfire. But before Yantis could shoot the bull, the deputies shot him multiple times, killing the 62-year-old rancher.
The FBI is now investigating the incident.
At a time when the deaths of young black men at the hands of police in places like Ferguson, Mo., Staten Island, N.Y., and Chicago have caught national attention, the case seems like an anomaly, with its rural Western setting and middle-aged white victim. But it highlights a surprising fact: Western states lead the nation in officer-involved killings, and rural areas aren't immune.
According to data spanning 2004 to 2010 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New Mexico, Oregon and Nevada have the highest rates in the nation for fatal injury due to "legal intervention." The rate of deaths per 100,000 people is more than twice the national average. Utah, California, Colorado and Idaho also rank in the top 10.
Official data on killings and excessive use of force by law enforcement are notoriously spotty, imprecise and often out of date. Much of the most comprehensive tracking now happens on crowdsourcing sites such as Fatal Encounters, run by the editor of the Reno News & Review, the U.S. Police Shooting database, and KilledbyPolice.net. But all tell a similar story.
As of Dec. 7, the Guardian's series "The Counted" shows Western states filling six of the top 10 places for officer-involved deaths per capita in 2015, with Wyoming fourth in the country. New Mexico, a state of just 2 million people, had seen 18 people killed by the police by that date. And, according to the Guardian, police in Kern County in California have killed more people relative to the county's population than anywhere else in the country. In 2015, mirroring other recent years, blacks were killed by cops in the U.S. at a rate of 6.3 per million people, while Native Americans died at a rate of 3.4. That's compared to a 3.05 rate for Hispanics and 2.66 for whites. Over 100 of the 169 Hispanic or Latino deaths this year were in Western states.
Many happened in urban areas, such as Albuquerque, where a court-appointed monitor is overseeing attempts to reform the notoriously brutal police department. Seattle's police department has also been investigated by the Department of Justice for its violent tactics. Most Western cities, including Portland, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, have grappled with how to minimize the use of force and prevent killings.
Yet rural areas have been equally bloody. Indeed, only two of Washington's 21 fatalities this year were at the hands of Seattle police, and many took place far from any major towns. And sparsely populated areas like Eagar, Ariz., Dillon, Mont., , and Parowan, Utah, have seen killings in recent months.
In some cases, like that of Yantis, the circumstances remain muddy. In others, the cops may have had little choice, as in remote Lukachukai, Ariz., where a young Navajo man was shot dead this March after killing one police officer and wounding two others.
The lack of comprehensive long-term data makes it difficult to know how the rate of rural fatalities compares to urban zones, but their frequency is notable. Some experts believe rural law enforcement officers in the West are more likely to be facing armed citizens, given the high rates of gun ownership. Or perhaps they're more likely to have to make arrests without adequate backup.
Ralph Weisheit, a professor of criminal justice at Illinois State University who has studied rural policing, says those factors may contribute to a more aggressive response. But he also says training and preparation can play a large role. Rural police "are increasingly getting the same training as urban officers," which now involves the military-grade equipment and training that some have blamed for excessive use of force in cities, Weisheit says.
The motto used to be "To Serve and Protect," he says. Now, it's "Get home safe every night." That places the emphasis on defensive tactics that may lead officers to escalate situations rather than attempt to defuse them. Put another way, it's the image of police officer as soldier, rather than peace officer. Today's recruiting videos depict armored officers breaking down doors, and training sessions sometimes bear titles like "Killology."
Holding police who use excessive force accountable in rural areas offers challenges as well; there's less likelihood that there will be bystanders on hand with cameras to document incidents. And obtaining official video is at least as difficult as it is in urban centers. The Idaho State Police has refused to release any video of Yantis' death despite a request from the Idaho Freedom Foundation, citing Idaho state law and the pending investigation.
But the rancher's death may help increase scrutiny of rural law enforcement. Leo Morales, the executive director of ACLU Idaho, says his group has received more complaints of police using excessive force in Idaho since Yantis' death, particularly from rural areas in the northern part of the state. "That fundamental trust the community had with the police and their government is broken, and that needs to be repaired," he says. That's true in communities of every size, wherever they happen to be.
This article was originally published at hcn.org. Kate Schimel is an editorial intern at High Country News.
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Bakers bitter about lack of action on sourdough imitations
By Oliver Morrison
08-Sep-2020 - Last updated on 08-Sep-2020 at 13:11 GMT
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Artisan bakers in the UK are demanding new government legislation to curb the rise of 'sourfaux' bread.
Despite a promise made by the UK government in 2018, no progress has been made towards better protecting people buying products labelled 'sourdough' from being misled, according to the Real Bread Campaign.
Its new campaign called Sourdough September is continuing to lobby for a change in legislation. More than 50 bakeries have also signed up to The Sourdough Loaf Mark scheme, which was launched in August 2020, which urges all bakeries and loaf and sandwich sellers to display full ingredients lists for all loaves.
Each bakery has signed an annual agreement to use The Real Bread Loaf Mark only to promote bread made without so-called processing aids or other additives. The agreement limits the use of The Sourdough Loaf Mark to Real Bread leavened only with a live sourdough starter culture, though not all Loaf Mark users bake sourdough bread.
Real Bread Campaign coordinator Chris Young said: "The law needs to change to protect everyone seeking genuine sourdough or other Real Bread for whatever reasons they want or need to do so."
The group has long criticised mainstream brands for attempting to make fake sourdough recipes which it calls 'sourfaux'. Its campaign also advises consumers who want to avoid sourfaux always to read ingredients lists.
It complains few countries have a legal definition of sourdough, allowing "industrial loaf fabricators, supermarkets and others are free to use the word to name and advertise products made using baker's yeast, additives and even without a live sourdough starter culture."
It says 'genuine' sourdough bread is made using a live sourdough starter culture, while relatively low levels of naturally-occurring yeast means that dough takes longer to rise than if made using usual amounts of baker's yeast.
"In the hands of skilled Real Bread bakers, this longer, slower fermentation, allows lactic acid bacteria in the starter to cause changes in the dough that result in bread with a glossy crust and crumb, and a greater complexity of flavour and aroma," it said.
Laws in the UK, across the EU and elsewhere allow manufacturers and retailers to choose not to display full list of ingredients of unwrapped loaves, sandwiches etc. for shoppers to see at the point of sale.
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Now, with Force owner Linda Bache bringing the band back together for one last hurrah, one last chance at a ring, Boston again stands in the way. Will this be Chicago's swan song or will they replay their greatest hits from 2013 with a championship berth?
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Pure Points prediction: Chicago Force 29-27
Backseat Coach picks: Boston
San Diego Surge @ Dallas Elite — Sooo…When was the last time in women's football that you saw a team in the playoffs overcome not just one, but TWO opponents who had beaten them in the regular season? Probably never*, right? But San Diego did just that when they sent Los Angeles and Central Cal packing. That's history being made right there. The Surge have peaked at just the right time to get to the conference final, but has the long break cooled the jets?
In the entire history of the Diamonds and Elite, Dallas has reached the conference finals twelve times in fifteen seasons, including their sixth consecutive appearance this year. Dallas is undefeated this season, but that is par for the course; Dallas hasn't lost a regular season game since 2010 when they were the Diamonds. As impressive as all that is, 2017 is the first season Dallas has ever held all its opponents scoreless. One can criticize that the Elite have not seen much competition this season, but they did dispatch a prolific Minnesota Vixen team in the playoffs without surrendering a point. With the 2017 additions of middle linebacker DeVon Goldsmith, and defensive backs Jamie Fornal and Rasan Gore, it could be argued that the Elite has the best defense they have ever put on the field.
Massey prediction: Dallas 36-22
Pure Points prediction: Dallas 52-18
Backseat Coach picks: Dallas
*Closest I could find was in 2001. The Jacksonville Dixie Blues lost twice in the regular season to the Orlando Fire, and defeated them in the WAFL Atlantic Conference Championship. Previous to that, the Blues defeated the Indianapolis Vipers in the quarterfinal after forfeiting a match to them in the regular season.
Mile High Blaze @ St. Louis Slam — The dearth of Division 2 teams in the American Conference is a concern that must be addressed by the league in the offseason. As things are, I expect to see this matchup repeated in the American Conference Championship until St. Louis or Mile High expand their roster and step up to Division 1.
With a perfect regular-season record and a defense that allowed exactly zero points over that time, this has been a banner year for the Blaze. They knocked off the team that ended their playoff run last season to advance to their first conference championship. It is clear that Head Coach Terry Lister and General Manager Wyn Flato-Dominy have been moving the team in the right direction.
Aside from a single loss to the Chicago Force, St. Louis has put dominance on display this season, even defeating a Division 1 team. It appears that the reigning Division 2 champions have not lost focus on what it takes to win. They look even stronger than last season.
Massey prediction: St. Louis 40-24
Pure Points prediction: St. Louis 38-25
Backseat Coach picks: St. Louis
Tampa Bay Inferno vs Montreal Blitz — Although this game had been slated to be hosted by the Montreal Blitz at their home stadium in Quebec, the WFA Board of Representatives voted to move the game to a venue with U.S. borders, due to "concerns about Tampa Bay players having to deal with travel delays while crossing" into Canada. Presumably these concerns arose following accounts of the New York Sharks' experiences crossing the border to play the Blitz twice this season. The game will instead be played at Melissa L. Penfield Park in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
One can only speculate what impact the Board's decision will have on future WFA games scheduled outside the states, or the league's ongoing relationship with the Blitz or other prospective teams in Canada (or Mexico for that matter), but for this specific game the change of venue is certainly of benefit to Tampa Bay.
Sure, the Inferno still have to travel a major distance and contend with most of the pitfalls of team travel, and Plattsburgh is close enough to Montreal so as to not be an undue logistical burden to the Blitz, but there is likely to be a confidence boost for Tampa Bay knowing they don't have to contend with Canadian border officials, not to mention Canadian game officials. The referees will be local to Plattsburgh too. The playing field is about as even as it gets for a conference championship game.
Massey prediction: Montreal Blitz 48-32
Pure Points prediction: Montreal Blitz 42-37
Backseat Coach picks: Tampa Bay
Orlando Anarchy @ Toledo Reign — It is pretty exciting to see these two teams in the conference finals. For many seasons, Toledo and Orlando have been long out of playoff contention by the time June comes around.
Orlando's awe-inspiring turnaround has been the topic of much conversation, and understandably so. The motivations of the Anarchy are on a different level. Still, their 6-2 regular season record includes three forfeits in addition to victories against the Daytona Waverunners, North Florida Pumas, and Jacksonville Dixie Blues, three teams who won zero games on the field this season. Orlando's most impressive victory is a 57-6 thumping of the Cincinnati Sizzle in the quarterfinals.
Toledo has mounted an impressive campaign of their own with a 5-3 regular season record that includes two victories over Division 2 teams. Most impressive has been the Reign's defense, which has been a turnover machine, collecting 15 interceptions and 4 fumbles in 7 regular season games. They have garnered over 20 sacks in those games, with Kristi Lillie accounting for ten of them. And they defeated a strong Maine Mayhem team in the quarterfinals
Massey prediction: Orlando 22-17
Pure Points prediction: Orlando 24-17
Backseat Coach picks: Toledo
Arkansas Wildcats @ Southern Oregon Lady Gades — Southern Oregon will be the toughest Division 3 squad Arkansas will have faced this season. The Lady Gades have faced Division 1 and 2 teams all season long finishing with two wins against Division 2 teams. They crushed the only Division 3 they met so far (the Rocky Mountain Thunderkatz) 46-6 in Round 1 of the playoffs. They are well organized and home field advantage in this instance includes a 32-hour drive for their opponents.
The Wildcats are 14-point underdogs according to Massey, and 10-point underdogs according to Pure Points. With a 12-person roster — the fewest in the league — just a couple of injuries could spell the end for their season. But know this: every player is making the long trip and will be in Medford. So their roster hasn't been diminished by travel. They have finished games with fewer than 11 players and actually won. This is not a team to take lightly.
Win or lose, Wildcats Head Coach Earnest Dukes has earned recognition as a Coach of the Year finalist. I think he deserves the nod. It would be a fitting recognition for the entire team that has played with the heart of a champion.
Massey prediction: Southern Oregon 20-6
Pure Points prediction: Southern Oregon 22-12
Backseat Coach picks: Arkansas
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As a business in San Rafael, we support the plans the city has implemented to reach the goal of Zero Waste by 2025.
One of our favorite accomplishments has been participating in Marin Sanitary Service's pilot program Food2Energy since 2014. The program was very successful and is now offered city wide. Food2Energy collects all food scraps from commercial businesses (restaurants and grocery stores) and, through controlled anaerobic digestion, turns this waste into a biogas. The power generated by this process is used at the facility to pump water, run filters, and clean Marin's waste water before it runs into the bay.
And now another alternative for our food waste is available: commercial composting has begun in San Rafael! While Food2Energy only collects food scraps, the commercial composting allows us to divert food soiled paper and yard waste from our landfill cans to a new composting can. In our business, we do have lots of food soiled paper – paper towels (which are 100% post-consumer content), parchment paper, food soiled cardboard, etc. Besides the paper waste, we can also now put the greenery and flowers used in decorating our platters and buffets into the new bins! Until now, our only choice was to send all of this to the landfill. The benefits are great for our green earth and our pocketbooks. Adding the compost collection service and decreasing the amount of landfill waste is saving us over $100 a month!
We now have 2 options for disposing of our food waste in a sustainable manner – Food2Energy and compost. For businesses who choose to not use these options, food waste is sent to the landfill where it does not turn into energy or beautiful compost rich soil. Instead the food is trapped in the landfill, where it decomposes without oxygen, creating methane gas which then seeps into the atmosphere. Not good!
So how did we do it? The solution for us to set up a successful program was to make sure we had appropriately sized containers in all necessary areas so that our staff did not have to hunt to find the correct place to dispose of something. We have collection bins for: bottles/cans, clean paper, compost, food scraps, and lastly landfill. Our entire team, including office, kitchen, and event staff, have been trained to make sure all items are properly sorted and disposed of into the correct container. We are united in our goal to be successfully WasteWise.
We have made progress, but still have a long ways to go to reach Zero Waste. How are you doing?


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USC vice dean appointed fellow of national association
School of Pharmacy's Sarah Hamm-Alvarez is one of 17 nationwide scientists to be honored
BY Gabrielle Olya
USC School of Pharmacy leader Sarah Hamm-Alvarez has been recognized with a fellowship by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists for her breakthrough translational research on membranes.
Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, Gavin S. Herbert Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences, executive vice dean and vice dean for research and graduate affairs at the USC School of Pharmacy, was named a 2014 AAPS fellow at the association's annual meeting and exposition in November.
According to AAPS, "fellows are granted the honor each year for making sustained remarkable scholarly and research contributions to the pharmaceutical sciences."
She is one of only 17 scientists from across the country to receive this recognition and only the fourth person from the USC School of Pharmacy to receive the honor. The first was the late USC School of Pharmacy Dean Emeritus John Biles.
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Sarah Hamm-Alvarez (Photo/Philip Channing)
The research by Hamm-Alvarez focuses on membrane trafficking, the processes that allow cells to secrete and internalize extracellular proteins and small particles that can be adapted for drug delivery. Among her accomplishments is bringing to the clinical trial stage a biomarker she discovered for Sjögren's syndrome, a severe autoimmune disorder that can lead to internal organ damage but which is hard to distinguish from ordinary dry eyes.
"The test we've developed provides a low-cost diagnostic tool that has the potential to increase early identification of Sjögren's syndrome patients," Hamm-Alvarez said. "We've discovered an enzyme that is enriched in the tears when examined in our lab disease models."
The current translational trial is the next step in moving her invention into a marketable product that can be used to by ophthalmologists and optometrists to simply and effectively diagnose a potentially dangerous disease.
"This is an exciting next step for us," Hamm-Alvarez said. "It promises early diagnosis of Sjögren's disease and early diagnosis promises better health outcomes."
Hamm-Alvarez received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Carleton College in 1986 and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Duke University in 1990. After completing a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in cell biology at Duke, she joined the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty at USC as an assistant professor in 1993.
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'It Had To Be Love': A Syrian Playwright's Struggle To Tell A Story In Arkansas
By Hannah Allam,
Marisa Peñaloza
Published August 31, 2019 at 7:19 AM CDT
Kholoud Sawaf, creator and director of 10,000 Balconies, stands at TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday.
It was two days before opening night, and director Kholoud Sawaf darted around the set, making sure every detail was in order. Jasmine and tuberose to perfume the air. The sound of birdsong. Lighting to evoke daybreak in her hometown, Damascus.
Sawaf was recreating the Syria of her memories on a stage at TheatreSquared, housed in a gleaming new building in Fayetteville, Ark. Her play, 10,000 Balconies, is loosely based on Romeo and Juliet, with star-crossed lovers named Rumman and Jasmeen. The idea, Sawaf said, was to show Americans a richer view of Syria than war and misery.
She envisioned a love story. Set in Damascus. Performed in Arkansas.
"How naïve," Sawaf said one recent day, with a wry laugh that comes from hindsight.
The workshop production of 10,000 Balconies that opened over the weekend follows a three-year nightmare, a devastating collision of art and politics.
Sawaf's ordeal exposes the deep, open wounds of the Syrian civil war. And it's a reminder that the Trump administration's travel ban, largely absent from headlines, is still causing heartache all over the world, including at a theater in Northwest Arkansas.
"I can't help but be angry," Sawaf said. "I don't like to create from a place of anger, but I can't help but be."
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Laura Shatkus, associate director of 10,000 Balconies, and Mohamad Alrefai, actor and cultural consultant for the play, sit at TheatreSquared.
From Damascus to the Bible Belt
In 2012, a year into the Syrian conflict, Sawaf had just finished college and was in Damascus figuring out what to do next. She'd worked in television throughout the region, but was feeling a pull toward theater. At a mentor's suggestion, she decided to apply for grad school in the United States.
Sawaf had never left the Middle East and didn't know where to begin, so she did a Google search for theater programs in all 50 states, in alphabetical order. Because of the weak internet connection, Sawaf said, she didn't get very far. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona...
"Arkansas!" Sawaf said, jokingly pronouncing the last "s" like she did before she learned it's silent.
"Bad internet — that's how I ended up in Arkansas."
Participants in a community workshop discuss cultural elements of the play prior to opening night.
She had to adapt to life as a headscarf-wearing Muslim woman in the Bible Belt. She couldn't just walk around Fayetteville like any other University of Arkansas student. She felt scrutinized, whether it was glares from the bigots or cloying smiles from the do-gooders.
"I just want to walk in the grocery store and be invisible," Sawaf said. "I don't want anybody to smile at me, and I don't want anyone to isolate me and stare at me and have a billion questions because I wear a hijab."
After grad school, Sawaf remained in the United States on theater fellowships. During one program in New York, she began to think about a play that would challenge the narrow lens through which much of the West views Muslims and Arabs, specifically Syrians. She asked herself what it would take to move an audience away from ingrained notions of terrorism and oppression.
"It had to be love," she said.
She hadn't read much Shakespeare at the time, but she felt drawn to the timeless story of Romeo and Juliet. She began writing a loose adaptation told through two young lovers who quote Arabic poetry to one another from balconies in the picturesque old quarter of Damascus.
Kholoud Sawaf (second from left) participates in a community workshop discussing cultural elements of her play.
The project sounded timely, even hopeful, amid the ugliness of the 2016 presidential race, when campaign rhetoric vilified immigrants and Muslims. The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art awarded Sawaf's project a $250,000 grant, through TheatreSquared in Arkansas. (The foundation is an extension of the Doris Duke Charitable Trust, a financial supporter of NPR.)
With the funding, Sawaf's vision came into focus.
"All the possibilities that you start imagining," she said. "OK, run with the dream. Here's an open door."
Sawaf got busy writing and refining the script. But when she showed early drafts in workshop sessions, she said, she was stunned to hear feedback full of assumptions and stereotypes about Muslims or Arab culture. She said one critic accused her of misrepresenting Syria by leaving out honor killings.
"That has shaken me for three years," Sawaf said. "I was like, OK, I have to take it into closed doors, and work hard before I could expose it again."
Sawaf retreated into her writing and became choosier about who got to see it. She was still plugging away when, in early 2017, the project suffered another blow. President Trump took office and within days announced a travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries, including Syria. That killed any chance of bringing in Syrian artists and musicians.
Worse, Sawaf's parents had just resettled in Canada, but they felt as far away as ever.
"We were very hopeful that that would allow us to see each other," she said. "And it only feels more painful to be just across the border and not be able to do it."
They were stuck: Sawaf's parents in Canada, where her mom was being treated for breast cancer. And Sawaf in Arkansas, feeling the love drain from the love story she was trying to write. Because of the travel ban, if she left the U.S., she wouldn't be allowed to return.
"You can't help but feel that you are in prison," she said. "Even if the prison is big, and gold."
She fell into extended periods of despair and grief — over the war, the travel ban, her mother's illness, the isolation in Arkansas. She couldn't write, couldn't think. For weeks, Sawaf said, she could barely get out of bed.
"There was definitely moments of collapse, just complete suspicion, complete questioning, complete 'Can I do this?' " Sawaf said.
Mohamad Alrefai performs on stage in the play 10,000 Balconies at TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday.
A small group of friends and artistic collaborators stuck by Sawaf in those dark stretches. Among them was grad school friend and 10,000 Balconies associate director, Laura Shatkus. She had tears streaming down her face as she talked about watching Sawaf work through the trauma.
"It's been a rich, extremely rich, artistic experience to watch the thing go from something that scared her and made her upset to something she approaches with total joy," Shatkus said.
Sawaf credits Shatkus for helping to revive the play. Ultimately, though, Sawaf said, she knew she had to find it in herself to save the project.
She started by letting go of some of the Shakespearean influence and allowing in themes she once fought to keep out, such as war and displacement. Still, she insisted on addressing the pain on her own terms. Instead of violence, there's a graffiti battle. Instead of a forced displacement, a Syrian couple gets to decide whether they want to stay or go.
And there are scenes that show how life endures on the margins of war — people still get married, gossip about their neighbors, dance to pop songs.
"Pomegranates and jasmine and grapes and trees and balconies," Sawaf said. "The Damascus I carry is the one that I hid and brought with me. It's not what they see in the news."
Sawaf agonized over the separation from her parents, but they tried to bridge the distance with family conference calls about the play. Her parents were prominent journalists back in Syria, and they weren't shy about sharing their ideas for the script. Sawaf laughed recalling a 5 a.m. text from her mom with a suggestion for the character Jasmeen.
"They both got copies of Romeo and Juliet in Arabic and they started to read it so that they're up to date with what I'm creating," Sawaf said. "They're really cute."
After working through some of the loss and grief, Sawaf said, her creativity began to flow again. A breakthrough came when her dark sense of humor returned, in a line she wrote about striking a yoga pose to avoid sniper fire. She recalled thinking, "OK, that can be in the play. Now I'm back."
But the clock was ticking. Her artist's visa was running out. She had to scramble to come up with a cast and crew. Hadi Eldebek, a New York-based musician who's collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma's Silkroad Ensemble, wrote the original music. And, Sawaf said, she lucked out with the actors, finding Arab and Arab-American artists in other cities.
The play 10,000 Balconies is loosely based on the story of Romeo and Juliet. It is set in Damascus, Syria, and its star-crossed lovers are named Rumman and Jasmeen.
The cast arrived just a couple of weeks before opening night, so there had been little time to memorize lines and rehearse. Mohamad Alrefai, an actor who came from Syria a couple years ago, said he never doubted that Sawaf could make it happen.
"I knew that she's really going to fight for it because she believes in it," he said.
"We are not giving up."
A bittersweet opening night
On opening night last Friday, ticketholders streamed into TheatreSquared, which was decorated with flourishes from Damascus. There were mother-of-pearl boxes, a wooden backgammon set, posters of landmark mosques and palaces. Guests were offered Syrian pastries and tamarind juice.
Audience member Ruta Jaudegis said she was eager to learn from 10,000 Balconies. When asked what springs to mind when she hears "Syria," Jaudegis' voice caught and her eyes grew wet.
"Refugees," she said. Her own family had fled Lithuania during World War II. "Breaks my heart."
Upstairs, the actors and musicians led audience members in an interactive workshop to acquaint them with the instruments, melodies, and poetry they were about to hear.
Jodie Root and Greg Gilmet took part, dancing by the end of it. The couple said productions like this in Fayetteville made them embarrassed to admit the preconceived notions they had of Arkansas when they moved here from Minneapolis, home to a lively arts scene, two years ago.
"I can come five blocks and see a show by a Syrian playwright? In Arkansas? Who would've thought," Root said.
"What they're trying to do here is very important," Gilmet added.
In the lobby, Sawaf clutched flowers from a well-wisher and observed the crowd arrive. The look on her face was a blend of excitement and anxiety. She said the absence of her parents was hanging over the evening.
10,000 Balconies is an interpretation of Romeo and Juliet.
She was standing next to a computer display showing maps of Damascus and Fayetteville side by side. On the screen, the cities were just two grids, crisscrossing lines marking streets and neighborhoods where ordinary people live.
"It's far, but it's not far. It's here," Sawaf said. "They're this close to each other."
The production she was about to show isn't exactly the love story she set out to tell. It's still evolving; she's still healing.
"It's definitely a combination of love and loss, and it feels unfinished," she said. "And I think I'm OK with that."
The sound of drumming swelled from the lobby. A procession was forming to lead guests into the theater. A woman in the crowd released a long zaghrouta, the high-pitched ululation that marks celebrations in many parts of the Middle East.
Sawaf had to run. It was showtime.
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Hannah Allam is a Washington-based national security correspondent for NPR, focusing on homegrown extremism. Before joining NPR, she was a national correspondent at BuzzFeed News, covering U.S. Muslims and other issues of race, religion and culture. Allam previously reported for McClatchy, spending a decade overseas as bureau chief in Baghdad during the Iraq war and in Cairo during the Arab Spring rebellions. She moved to Washington in 2012 to cover foreign policy, then in 2015 began a yearlong series documenting rising hostility toward Islam in America. Her coverage of Islam in the United States won three national religion reporting awards in 2018 and 2019. Allam was part of McClatchy teams that won an Overseas Press Club award for exposing death squads in Iraq and a Polk Award for reporting on the Syrian conflict. She was a 2009 Nieman fellow at Harvard and currently serves on the board of the International Women's Media Foundation.
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Marisa Peñaloza is a senior producer on NPR's National Desk. Peñaloza's productions are among the signature pieces heard on NPR's award-winning newsmagazines Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as weekend shows. Her work has covered a wide array of topics — from breaking news to feature stories, as well as investigative reports.
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I laugh at my boyfriend whenever we're trying to leave the house because he takes longer to get ready than I do. He's forever trying to figure out how to carry all his stuff — wallet, keys, cell phone, Blackberry, PDA, camera, notebook, pen, chapstick… the list goes on. He has two, maybe three, useful pockets for all this stuff. And he refuses to use a small bag because "Men don't carry purses." It leads me to question my devotion to this man.
Because I love him — and because I'm tired of being late — I got him a ScotteVest fleece jacket/vest. SeV makes clothing and outerwear with hidden pockets that allow you to carry everything without looking like you're carrying anything. The jackets are particularly impressive with about a dozen pockets lining the inside and only four visible zippers outside; perfect for carrying small electronics and anything else a guy needs. It's great for cold weather and will even work on warmer days due to the removable sleeves.
I plan to sneak away with it next time I head to the airport. It'll make the security check a breeze.
Grab a SeV Fleece 4.0 for your favorite guy (or for yourself) for $140 at scottevest.com.


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Good luck! I think this is going to be a ton of fun!
Thanks, JP. I was about to reply to your email this morning where you mentioned Save the Cat. I'm glad I'm not alone in this "experiment." Let me know how the beat sheet works for you. Also, I'm a longtime follower of the pleonasm list. Great minds and all that, eh?


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Press Release: Century Cycles Named a Gold Bicycle-Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists
Scott Cowan, Owner-Century Cycles
440-356-5705 (office), 330-730-9928 (mobile), or scott@centurycycles.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2014
Century Cycles Named a Gold Bicycle-Friendly Business
by the League of American Bicyclists
First bicycle shop in Northeast Ohio to earn the award
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio - Today, the League of American Bicyclists recognized Century Cycles with a Gold Bicycle Friendly Business (BFBsm) award, joining more than 800 visionary businesses from across the country.
With the announcement of 150 new and renewing BFBs today in 39 states and Washington, D.C., Century Cycles joins a cutting-edge group of more than 800 local businesses, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies across the United States that are transforming the American workplace.
"Visionary business leaders are recognizing the real-time and long-term impact that a culture of bicycling can create," said Andy Clarke, President of the League of American Bicyclists. "We applaud this new round of businesses for investing in a more sustainable future for the country and a healthier future for their employees."
Century Cycles encourages bicycling as an easy option for transportation and provides amenities for customers such as ample bicycle parking, free air for tires, and their award-winning customer service for bicycles and accessories. Bicycling incentives for employees include cash paybacks for cycling to work, secure bike storage, and a guaranteed ride home in case of bad weather or mechanical difficulties.
Outside the stores, Century Cycles has spearheaded numerous efforts to improve the quality of life in our communities. Since 2008, they have sponsored and organized the Bike To School Challenge, which has increased the rate of students bicycling to six local schools, and educated thousands of students about the health, economic, and environmental benefits of cycling. The store has supported Bike Cleveland, the local cycling advocacy group, since its founding with membership promotions and awareness campaigns. Century Cycles is also a long-time sponsor and supporter of the area's most popular cycling events, such as the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure, Bike MS Pedal to the Point, VeloSano, and the upcoming NEOCycle festival.
"We have always considered ourselves bicycle-friendly in the 22-plus years that we have been in business," said Scott Cowan, Owner of Century Cycles. "It's an honor to have the official recognition from the League of American Bicyclists, not to mention being the first bicycle shop in the area to earn the award. We are also very proud to be the first business of any type in Ohio to earn the Gold level of Bicycle Friendly Business."
"Even though we're a bike shop, it was not automatically given that we would be named a Bicycle Friendly Business," added Kevin Madzia, the company's IT Manager who led the application process. "We had to apply just like any other business, and we had to submit applications individually for each of our three stores. This allowed us to highlight the unique cycling cultures in each of the communities that we are located in."
Century Cycles is grateful for the assistance of Bike Cleveland's Executive Director Jacob VanSickle. Having helped other Cleveland-area companies earn the Bicycle Friendly Business award, he was familiar with the League of American Bicyclists' rigorous evaluation criteria, and this experience was invaluable in submitting the applications for Century Cycles' three stores.
About the Bicycle Friendly America Program
The Bicycle Friendly CommunitySM, Bicycle Friendly StateSM, Bicycle Friendly BusinessSM, and Bicycle Friendly UniversitySM programs are a tool for states, communities, businesses, and universities to make bicycling a real transportation and recreation option for all people. To learn more about building a Bicycle Friendly America, visit www.bikeleague.org/BFA. To apply or learn more about the free BFB program, visit the League online at www.bikeleague.org/content/businesses.
About the League of American Bicyclists
The League of American Bicyclists is leading the movement to create a Bicycle Friendly America for everyone. As leaders, our commitment is to listen and learn, define standards, and share best practices to engage diverse communities and build a powerful, unified voice for change. www.bikeleague.org
About Century Cycles
Founded in 1992, Century Cycles is an award-winning, locally-owned chain of independent bicycle stores in Medina, Peninsula, and Rocky River, providing bicycles, bicycle accessories, and friendly, expert service to northeast Ohio bicyclists and their families. At its Peninsula location, Century Cycles also rents bicycles year-round for riding on the Towpath Trail in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
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Springbrook Hospital is a 66-bed, Florida-licensed, behavioral hospital in Brooksville, Florida. It is the only hospital in the county that is a designated Baker Act receiving facility.
Staff members at this mental health facility strive to strengthen family communication, enhance self-confidence and help patients and families cope with the pressures of daily life. The hospital offers a wide range of treatment options, including a senior psychiatric and/or addiction program, a dual diagnosis program, intensive treatment services and a partial hospitalization program (PHP).


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I can't think of anything more American than chowder. This seafood soup is synonymous with chilly days and large family gatherings. Even though we're almost into spring, the weather has continued to be cold and dreary here in the Northeast. I've been craving hot bowls of soothing soup. There are many different recipes for chowder, including the little-known Rhode Island-style made of clear broth. But the one I'm a fan of is creamy New England-style, which was probably the first recorded chowder recipe, dating back to the 18th century. It just so happens that I'm the outlier in a family of all Manhattan-style lovers. Still for me, the fish broth enriched with cream holds the most appeal. That richness is what makes this chowder so soul-satisfying.
The recipe for chowder originally came from France ("chowder" comes from the word chaudière, meaning cauldron) and eventually made its way to England and over to the New World with the colonists. The recipe evolved according to the surroundings, availability of seafood, and the specific tastes of the region. Somewhere along the line certain recipes became more popular than others. Immigrants added their particular spin: the Portuguese added tomatoes to clear-broth chowder and invented what we know as Manhattan-style. That began the epic rivalry between New England- and Manhattan-style chowders, now typically made with clams. But the first chowders in America were made with fish.
This recipe for chowder is made from cod, which works great in soup. The fish breaks up very nicely without losing its meaty texture. Hake, haddock, or pollack would also work well. Potatoes are a must in any chowder, but the other vegetables can be altered to suit your taste. I include leeks and fennel for added onion sweetness and anise flavor. Traditionally, the base of chowder starts with frying salt pork to render the fat for cooking the vegetables. Here I use a combination of butter and oil for a somewhat lighter but no less flavorful chowder. This recipe will have you craving the creamy richness of new England-style chowder. If you aren't already a fan, you might just change your mind.
Make bouquet garni: Place parsley, thyme, bay leaves, and peppercorns in a piece of cheesecloth and tie into a bundle with kitchen twine.
Warm butter and oil in a large pot set over medium heat. Add leek, onion, and fennel; sauté until very soft and translucent but not brown, about 10 minutes. Add potatoes. Pour in fish stock. Add bouquet garni. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes. Season soup with salt. Lightly season fish with salt. Add to pot and simmer until opaque and flaky, about 10 minutes. Remove bouquet garni and discard. Off from heat, stir in cream. Cover pot and let chowder rest at least 30 minutes before serving. Rewarm if necessary. Garnish with torn fennel fronds. Yield: 6 servings.


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I'm working on rolling out a few changes to our Salesforce org and want to make sure that users can offer feedback as painlessly and conveniently as possible. They shouldn't have to switch tabs or compose a new email, or input any other information aside from their comment.
Ideally, a 'Comment' box and 'Submit' button could dwell right there in the sidebar itself. But, after some googling and brainstorming, I wasn't quite sure how to implement a solution that simplistic.
Instead, I found a workaround for the next best thing: a link to a popup form (created with Jotform, one of my favorite tools) that pulls in the user's email address from the url.
Designing my super simple form in Jotform.
I customized the thank you page.
I created my url - passing the current user's email into a field on my form, per this tutorial.
The email notification that I receive when a user submits a comment with the form.
All things considered, I'm content with this simple solution. It might not be the most elegant, but it's easy for users to use and easy for me to maintain/customize.


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Enric Argullol i Murgadas (Barcelona, 1946) és un jurista català que fou el primer rector de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

El 2016 se li concedí la Creu de Sant Jordi per la seva trajectòria en l'àmbit del dret i especialment per la tasca com a primer rector de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra, de la qual és catedràtic de Dret Administratiu. Durant el seu mandat va apostar per un model d'universitat pública, de qualitat i oberta al món. Expert en organització administrativa, comunitats autònomes, urbanisme i dret d'aigües, és membre de la Comissió Jurídica Assessora de la Generalitat de Catalunya. S'ha implicat en la consolidació de les institucions catalanes.

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Enllaços externs
 Comissió jurídica assessora del Govern
 Curriculum a la UPF
 Portal de Producció Científica de la UPF

Creus de Sant Jordi 2016
Juristes barcelonins contemporanis
Professors barcelonins de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Membres de la Secció de Filosofia i Ciències Socials de l'IEC
Rectors de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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Miraflores Museum opened its doors in October 2002, after signing a specific agreement with the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala. Most pieces on display were discovered during archeological excavations carried out by the Miraflores Project between 1994-1996. The theme of the museum is Mayan archeology with emphasis on the archeological site of Kaminal Juyu and the cities which maintained trade and political relations. The museum tries to give the public information about the former occupants of the Valley of Guatemala, where centuries later the Capital of the Republic was founded. The collections of the museum constitute of Pre-Hispanic objects from different regions of Guatemala, textiles and costumes of Guatemala's indigenous villages from the highlands and monthly samples of contemporary art.
The Popol Vuh Museum offers visitors a unique journey through the history of Guatemala, illustrated by one of the best collections of pre-Columbian and colonial art in the country. The museum is a private research institution, nonprofit and part of the Universidad Francisco Marroquin. Its objectives include the conservation, research and dissemination of cultural and archaeological heritage of Guatemala. The museum houses one of the largest collections of Mayan art in the world. It highlights numerous examples of painted pottery from the classical period in the Petén, Verapaz and elsewhere, an extraordinary collection of funeral urns from northwestern Guatemala, important examples of pre-classical and classical sculptures of Kaminal Juyu and the south coast, a sample of censers taken from the waters of Lake Amatitlan as well as an excellent example of ceramic whistles. The colonial rooms offers a large sample of silverware, paintings and colonial imagery of Guatemala. The museum also has an important collection of costumes and masks of the twentieth century, used in traditional dances, which are currently not on display. The Popol Vuh Museum collection includes many items related to the myths of the Popol Vuh.
A great opportunity to visit a unique piece of masonry in Latin America, built over 100 years ago by engineer Francisco Vela. This masonry covers only the political and geological division of the Republic of Guatemala during the time in which it was built. To get an idea of the size of this great work, its construction needed 85,000 bricks excluding lump used in the foundation, 280 barrels of cement to 4 quintals each, and a lot of stones brought from the south coast of Guatemala.
The Central American Brewery life spans three centuries. The start of operation in 1886 marks the beginning of a great adventure in both the industrial and economic development of Guatemala City. After 125 years, the manufacturing process is similar, but completely different in matters of volume and equipment. The longevity and success of this company has remained as one of the pillars of economic activity in Guatemala. The founders, Mario and Rafael Castillo Cordova, always privileged the use of the most innovative technological resources, which is why they turned their sight on Germany, known as manufacturer of the best equipment for the brewery industry. Nowadays the backlog in equipment used in the brewing industry is considerable. In an effort to provide an overview of its history, the brewery tour was created, where you can see the evolution of various machinery and equipment used in the manufacture and packaging of beer. Similarly you will get to see the raw materials and the process of brewing. During the tour you can observe the operation of one of the most modern bottling rooms in the region. The interest of the brewer tour is to share the pride and tradition of making the best beers in the country, our way of working in real time, and the vanguard of our facilities and industrial processes. The development of each of our brands is carried out with specially developed recipes and the finest ingredients, processed with the highest standards and quality controls.
We will take you to the most exclusive shopping malls of the city. Our first stop will be the Oakland Mall, located in one of the most exclusive areas for business and entertainment in the city. In this mall you will be able to visit fashion boutiques, sports stores, jewelry stores, book stores and a lot more on its three modern floors. You can also find banks in case you want to make a transaction, you will find one of the best movie theaters of Guatemala inside the mall, where if you have the time, you will be able to see the top Hollywood blockbusters, and of course don't forget the food court with a huge variety of restaurants. After having visited the mall, we will go to the handicraft shop located close to the airport. Here you will be able to buy a colorful souvenir, representing Guatemala's richness in culture and nature.
Located one hour away from Guatemala City is Antigua Guatemala, the third capital of Guatemala and a city considered world heritage by UNESCO. You will discover this wonderful city accompanied by a local guide and learn more about the Guatemalan history during colonial times. While explaining the history of the city, we will visit the Cathedral and the fountain on the main square. Then we will visit the City hall and climb the second floor for a nice view of all the main plazas and the Agua volcano at the background. We continue to the cloister of Capuchinas, an exquisite example of colonial architecture. We will visit the San Francisco el Grande Church, one of best-preserved churches in Antigua and the resting place of the first saint in Central-America, Hermano Pedro. Then the tour will take us to the beautiful baroque church of Nuestra Señora de la Merced before ending our journey in a jade factory, where you can see how Mayans worked their jewelry in the past and how it is done nowadays.
Located really close to Antigua Guatemala you will find the Finca Filadelfia Coffee Plantation. On this tour we will pay a visit to this beautiful plantation and learn everything about the production of coffee, starting at the plantation and ending with the cup of "liquid luck". You will learn about the history, the cultivation process and the processing of coffee at this coffee farm, which counts with over 130 years of tradition dating back to 1870. During our walk we will visit the nursery and planting of coffee, the wet and dry patios, and the dry mill and sorting area. Then we will pay a visit to the roasting and packaging section, finishing our tour with the cupping lab. We end our coffee experience sipping a cup of the world's best coffee produced in Finca Filadelfia, the Genuine Antigua, in the preparation of your choosing.
If you are looking for an activity to relief you from the stress of being long hours at the airport, this is the tour you should take! Located in Finca Filadelfia, there are three amazingly fun zip lines that you can take: The Canyon Express, The Forest Trail and The Forest Express, all of them having a different duration and intensity.
If you have the chance to spend a couple of nights in Guatemala to do this tour, we strongly recommend you to visit this majestic archeological site. The tour will take you to the heart of the Mayan World and reveal to you all its beauty and ancient secrets. Besides the one day tour we can help you with booking accommodation and the shuttles between the airport and the hotel.
And if you have MORE time!
Ask for a personalized itinerary of 1 day, with Chichicastenango – Quetzaltenango – Montericco or other!
Remember that we can also provide you with the best executive private transportation to drive you to your meetings in Guatemala City or any other place in the country.


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by Michael Marsh July 15, 1999 August 19, 2021
By Michael Marsh
For nine years I covered high school sports for three local newspapers. Sometimes I wondered why I stuck with it, watching football games during hot humid days in the late summer and cold wet nights in the fall. After basketball games I'd anxiously wait for teenagers to get off pay phones. Sometimes I had to compile game summaries while I wrote my stories. Try writing as phones ring off the hook and editors hover over your head, waiting for copy. But it wasn't a completely thankless job. There were some great games. And occasionally I'd get a free hot dog or a slice of pizza.
Then it happened. I got a VIP pass to the opening night of the ESPN Zone. "Eat! Drink! Watch! Play!" said the marquee near the entrance on Ohio Street. After about a minute inside, I had sensory overload. There was loud dance music. Rows of televisions played the highlights of a few dozen games. Caterers walked through the crowd with trays of champagne, beer, and exotic food. Some athletes even showed up, like former Bear Otis Wilson, erstwhile Northwestern basketball player Evan Eschmeyer, and onetime Duke star Corey Maggette. I saw Jerry Reinsdorf eating sushi. This was a far cry from my neighborhood bar, though in all fairness, it does give out free popcorn during Monday Night Football.
The food kept coming: trays of oysters, crab, shrimp, ravioli, and chicken. There were tables full of caviar, smoked salmon, and fancy desserts.
"I've been picking the fake cleavage from the real," said a guy leaning against a bar. "It's about 50-50."
"How can you tell?" I asked.
"The curve," he said, "the shape, the heft."
I decided to go upstairs. Corey Maggette, Cory Carr, and Vince Carter were shooting baskets. Two dozen white guys were standing around watching. The place was packed with all sorts of interactive games: you could kick a soccer ball at a virtual goalie, ride a pretend motorcycle at 175 mph, or snowboard down a steep video mountain. I decided to try my skills on a putting green.
I spotted one of my former bosses, Larry Green. He used to be the executive editor of the Sun-Times; now he runs the advertising department. I had never talked to him before, but I was part of the party.
"I used to work for you," I told him.
"I remember you," he said. "Where did you work?"
"High school sports."
"Where do you work now?
"The Chicago Reader."
"Well," he said, heading back into the crowd, "nobody's perfect."
I felt like I was back in high school sports. I'll show him, I said to myself: I sank my putt.
A well-dressed woman walked past. We knew each other casually, but she didn't say hello–she was with a date. Maybe I should get a little something to eat, I thought, strolling back to the spread of lamb chops, seafood, and strawberry tarts.
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British Airways British Airways cancels flights as Pilots strike launches a 48hours strike
British Airways cancels flights as Pilots strike launches a 48hours strike
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Almost all flights by British Airways, totalling hundreds of departures, were cancelled on Monday as pilots launched a 48-hour strike in a dispute over pay.
The airline estimated that the two-day strike will affect 195,000 customers.
Most of British Airway's 850 scheduled flights per day would be cancelled, with passengers being offered a refund or a later flight.
The strike has been labelled one of the biggest in the airline's history, and the first by its pilots.
The airline said without information about which pilots would strike, "we had no way of predicting how many would come to work or which aircraft they are qualified to fly.
"So, we had no option but to cancel nearly 100 per cent our flights."
According to the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa), one day strike costs the airline about 40 million pounds (49 million dollars).
In July, the pilots declined an offer by British Airways of an 11.5 per cent pay rise over three years.
Unions that organise cabin crew staff and ground crew have accepted pay rises.
British Airways Chief Executive Alex Cruz urged Balpa to continue talks to end the strike.
"The discussions must continue, they must be unconditional," he said.
The airline said on its website Monday: "We understand the frustration and disruption Balpa's strike action has caused our customers.
"After many months of trying to resolve the pay dispute, we are extremely sorry that it has come to this."
London's Heathrow airport will be worst affected as it is British Airway's busiest hub. Terminal 5, the one mainly used by the airline, was compared to a ghost town.
British Airways said it flies to over 70 countries and transports more than 40 million customers a year.
There were also fears of a knock-on effect and delays on Wednesday since planes and pilots could be at other locations.
"British Airways has to wake up," Balpa's general secretary Brian Strutton said.
Pilots had to accept significant pay cuts during difficult times. Now that the airline was making money, it should give something back to its pilots.
"It is time to get back to the negotiating table and put together a serious offer that will end this dispute," he said.
A second strike is planned for September 27. (dpa/NAN)
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National Seashore Massachusetts
Dr. Nita Tallent Takes the Helm as Chief of Natural Resource Management and Science at Cape Cod National Seashore
Dr. Nita Tallent, Chief of Natural Resource Management and Science at Cape Cod National Seashore
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News Release Date: August 22, 2016
Contact: George E. Price, Jr., Superintendent, 508-771-2144
Superintendent George Price has announced the selection of Dr. Nita Tallent as the Chief of Natural Resource Management and Science for Cape Cod National Seashore. Before her selection, Nita served as the program manager for the National Park Service (NPS) Mojave Desert Network Inventory &Monitoring Program, Pacific West Region in Boulder City, Nevada. Nita was born in Arkansas and grew up around the world in Saudi Arabia, Germany, and Austria before her family settled in New Hampshire. She earned a Ph.D. at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, College of Life Sciences, where her focus was on the impacts of non-native plants on New Zealand floodplains.
Nita's 20+ year career as a field ecologist has provided her with a wide range of experience in the applied science and ecology of floodplain ecosystems, forest, high elevation montane, rangelands, and deserts. Most recently, she led a team of natural resource scientists and professionals in the inventory and monitoring of natural resources at the nine national park units that comprise the Mojave Desert Network. NPS Inventory and Monitoring networks are tasked with the establishment, collection, and analysis of data about the condition of natural resources over multiple years in the present and far into the future. These studies and monitoring efforts are similar to ongoing efforts initiated over the past few decades at Cape Cod National Seashore and intended to continue in perpetuity. Before joining the Department of the Interior in 2010, Nita was a research scientist with the US Environmental Protection Agency.
"Nita brings a tremendous background in field science and resource management. In addition to her experience in the sciences and resource management, she has a passion for fostering high-performing teams to address the challenges that national parks are currently confronting, such as climate change," said George Price, the park's superintendent. "She is interested in applying her experience building inter-disciplinary teams, internally and externally, to continue the development and implementation of programs in response to our ever-changing environment. Nita will be a major asset to our senior management team, and we are glad she is on board."
"I am excited to continue my public service at Cape Cod National Seashore, and it is a pleasure to work with such an exceptional team of scientists, educators, and managers. What an incredible opportunity and honor to participate in the sustainable use and protection of the natural and cultural resources of the national seashore," said Nita. " Dr. Tallent fills the position vacated by Jason Taylor. She is thrilled to be living in Wellfleet and is looking forward to exploring the communities, history, and natural resources of the Outer and Lower Cape.
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