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Motorists faced traffic delays on the M62 on Tuesday morning following a "serious police incident" overnight. The road was fully closed between J38 and J37 near North Cave until around 6.50am on Tuesday when the closure was reduced to J38 only, according to a traffic alert. There was slow traffic on Tuesday morning due to what is believed to have been a serious accident on the M62 Westbound at J38, A63 (North Cave). It said congestion was to the South Cave turn-off causing tailbacks along the A63 but, by around 7.20am, it was reporting that all lanes had been re-opened. Travel system Inrix had previously reported on Tuesday morning how a main carriageway was closed and warned of slow traffic due to accident investigation work on the M62 westbound at J38, A63 (North Cave). To get the Hull Live headlines every day, simply pop your email address into the sign-up box just beneath the picture at the top of this article. It was said to be affecting traffic between Hull and Goole following the accident late Monday night. "Main carriageway closed and slow


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Q: Existence of Geodesics in continuous metrics I learned that if we are given a $C^0$ Riemannian metric on a smooth manifold $M$, geodesics (i.e. length minimizing curves) are absolutely continuous, and if the metrics is $C^{0,\alpha}$, then the geodesics are even $C^{1, \beta}$ where $\beta = \alpha/(2-\alpha)$.
However, I did not find any results on the existence of geodesics. A priori, it could be possible that no geodesics exist at all, or am I wrong?
Are there results that there exist "enough" geodesics in some sense, like when two points are close enough, or for almost any two points (suppose maybe that $M$ is compact)?
A problem in considering the geodesics equation seems to be that it involves the Christoffel symbols which are not continuous. If we have a solution to the geodesic equation, is it length minimizing for two points close enough?
It is known that given a continuous metric $g$, there exists a sequence of smooth Riemannian metrics that converges to $g_n$ such that the corresponding distance functions converge to the one associated to $g$. What happens with the geodesics (i.e. solutions to the geodesics equation) in this case? Do they converge in some sense?

A: Ok, thank you Misha for the comments, let me try to fill out the hints you gave myself. I try to prove the following:
Let $g_n$ be a sequence of complete smooth metrics that converge in $C^0$ against the continuous metric $g$. Let $p$, $q \in M$ such that they are not cutpoints of each other w.r.t. any $g_n$. Let $\gamma_n$ be a $g_n$-geodesic connecting $p$ and $q$, then $\gamma_n$ converges to a $g$-geodesic in $C^0$.
By theorem 4.5 in the paper quoted above, for each $\eta>0$, there exists a number $N \in \mathbb{N}$ such that
$$ (1-\eta)d_n(p, q) \leq d(p, q) \leq (1+\eta) d_n(p, q) ~~~~ \forall n\geq N$$
Hence for $\delta = \varepsilon/(1+\eta)$, $|s-t| < \delta$ implies
$$ \varepsilon > (1+\eta)|s-t| = (1+\eta)d_n(\gamma_n(s), \gamma_n(t)) \geq d(\gamma_n(s), \gamma_n(t))$$
Hence the set of $\gamma_n$ with $n \geq N$ is equicontinuous and contained in some compact set by the same reasining as in the proof of the quoted thm. 4.5. Hence it subconverges in $C^0$ to a path $\gamma$. By the assumption that $p$ and $q$ are not cutpoints for any $g_n$, $\gamma_n$ is uniquely determined, so $(\gamma_n)$ converges itself (they fulfill a differential equation depending smoothly on the metric and hence are $C^0$ close if the metrics are $C^0$ close).
I do not yet see why $\gamma$ is a $g$-geodesic though.

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Robert Atkinson Ph.D.
Hope and the Consciousness Journey
Culture Evolves Toward Wholeness
A thread runs throughout psychology shedding light on a direction to evolution.
Posted November 3, 2021 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan
Culture grows from a simple state to a complex system.
Source: Robert Atkinson
Culture is like an organism that grows from a simple state to a complex system. A holistic view shows that the evolution of culture has gone through three major phases of growth. First, Indigenous peoples revered the land, lived life in harmony with nature, and saw the entire creation as sacred. Their inherent consciousness of oneness was maintained through rituals and ceremonies that celebrated this wholeness.
Second, as communities expanded, spread out, and global migration became the norm, societies became more complex, cultures experienced conflict with each other, and our thinking was transformed into a pervasive consciousness of duality to reflect the introduction of greater chaos and struggle in daily life.
This shift in consciousness led to a long and painful process over many centuries, even millennia, of diverse communities seeing differences first, which escalated into systemic practices of segregation, prejudice, oppression, racism, conquest, genocide, and war. Duality became the lens through which we have viewed everything since mass migration began. This extended period of differentiation, however, saw circles of unity continue to expand, from unity in the family, to the clan, to the city, and to the nation, all the while with an "us" and a "them" to account for.
Third, out of necessity for our collective survival, humanity is now faced with a challenge as never before, to establish unity on the global level. This phase of our cultural evolution will require us to reclaim our intended consciousness of oneness, characterized by a focus on "we" not "me."
A thread running through psychology fleshes out this big-picture view of cultural evolution and sheds much light upon how, as both science and spirituality now agree, there is a direction to evolution.
Darwin and social evolution
Even before psychology, Charles Darwin not only brought biological evolution into popular discourse but also opened the door to understanding that all things evolve, even socially, as greater and greater levels of cooperation come into being. In The Descent of Man, he wrote:
"As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend his social instincts and sympathies to all members of the same nation, though personally unknown to him. This point being reached, there is only an artificial barrier to prevent his sympathies extending to the men of all nations and races."
Darwin shows here that social evolution is directed toward a familiar and long-desired outcome, extending not only the natural law of cooperation but also the Golden Rule from the individual level to the global level.
Wundt and the psychological and cultural development of humanity
Less than a half-century later, Wilhelm Wundt, founder of both experimental psychology and cultural psychology, outlined in his 1912 book, Elements of Folk Psychology, the psychological and cultural development of humanity as a four-stage progression from Primitive Man, humanity's childhood, to The Totemic Age, the era of the symbolic world, to The Heroic Age, when community concerns give way to national concerns, to The Development to Humanity, when national affiliations give way to world-wide humanistic concerns.
This fourth step leading toward a global consciousness takes in the rise of world empires, a world culture, world religions laying claim to being universal, and the concept of world history with "the consciousness of...the idea of mankind as a unity." A few years after Wundt wrote about these stages, the League of Nations came into being, and then after the Second World War, the United Nations was formed.
Jung and the collective unconscious
After Wundt, Carl Jung added to our understanding of cultural evolution with his concept of the collective unconscious. This, he said, contains the whole spiritual heritage of humanity's evolution born anew in the mind of every individual in the form of human universals, or archetypes, which move upward from an inner core of unconscious energy, through human ancestors to ethnic groups to national groups, and finally to the individual human psyche at a conscious level.
Both Wundt and Jung see the same goal, the psychic unity of mankind, yet have different ways of getting there. For Wundt, it is an external, social process, while for Jung it is an internal, personal process. Describing two different parts to the same process, they show how we are both born with the awareness of our oneness, and we gradually move toward a consciousness of this through the stages of our personal and collective evolution. Each type of awareness recognizes that inherent unity (collective unconscious) and intended unity (social consciousness) are both essential in achieving the goal of our collective evolution.
Erikson and identity development in adolescence
This thread in psychology leads next to Erik Erikson's core concept of identity development in adolescence. He, too, expanded this from the personal to the social level when he wrote that mankind's task now is to move beyond an identity built upon exclusivity and superiority, representative of its collective adolescence, to one more fitting of its approaching maturity, by creating a "wider, more inclusive identity," or "a new, all-human identity."
This thread of the evolution of consciousness goes back to psychology's origin, affirms that evolution on the collective level is purposeful, directional, and progressive, and gives us hope for the future.
Atkinson, R. (2017). The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness. Delray Beach, FL: Sacred Stories Publishing.
Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Maine and Nautilus Book Award-winning author of The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness.
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Q: Mockito's verify method interferes with doAnswer's checks When using mocks for unit testing, I often encounter the need to check whether a certain method of the mock is invoked with proper arguments. This means that I have to somehow find a way to peek into what gets passed to the method in question. In Spock this can be done using something like:
1 * serviceMock.operate(*_) >> { args ->
    def argument = args[0]
    assert expectedValue = argument.actualValue
}

With Mockito (and JUnit), the only way I think this can be done is by using doAnswer and verify, something like:
doAnswer(new Answer() {
  //check arguments here
}).when(service).operate(any(Data.class));

Then I have to verify that the operation actually gets called with:
verify(service).operate(any(Data.class));

The code above, however, interferes with doAnswer as if it's an actual call to the method in question. How do I work around this so that I can both verify that the method is called, and verify that the arguments it gets are correct?

A: Mockito verifies argument values in natural java style: by using an equals() method. This is also the recommended way of matching arguments because it makes tests clean & simple.
ArgumentCaptor<Data> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Data.class);
verify(service).operate(argument.capture());
assertEquals("John", argument.getValue().getDataName());

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Iraq, Lebanon, Syria: In the Saddest Moments
Pope's Message to Christians of the Middle East
January 08, 2020 15:38Anne KurianGeneral Audience
In the saddest moments, Pope Francis gave his advice to the Christians of the Middle East, during the Wednesday General Audience of January 8, 2020.
After his catechesis on the Acts of the Apostles — Saint Paul's journey by ship to Rome and his shipwreck at Malta — the Holy Father greeted "the Arabic-speaking pilgrims, in particular, those from Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.
"In the saddest moments of our life, in the most anguishing moments and moments of trial, we must not be afraid but be daring as Paul was, because God watches over us, He is always close to us," he encouraged.
"May the Lord bless you all and protect you always from the Evil One!, said the Pontiff, before being translated into Arabic by a collaborator.
January 08, 2020 15:38General Audience
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Apple has just released their iOS 4.3.2 for iPhone 4/3GS, iPod touch 4G and 3G and iPad 1/2 users. This new OS fixes some issues. This version fixes blank or frozen video during FaceTime calls and 3G issues that prevented international users from connecting to the 3G networks using the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G.
The previous version was released in less than a month, and here comes the new iOS 4.3.2.
To update your device, just connect it to Mac or PC and Check for Updates in iTunes. Your device will be automatically updated. Just note that its size is 660 MB, a hefty one.


ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — There was a delay during the third quarter of last night's Wolves/Jazz game in Salt Lake City. And as officials and ballboys worked to get the halfcourt area cleaned up, Jazz mascot Bear brought a young girl who was sitting courtside out onto the floor. She wandered over near the Minnesota bench, and next thing you know she's practicing bounce passes with none other than Ricky Rubio as her coaching partner. Not sure if that's included in the ticket price or what, but it's a nice perk.
Rubio looks like a nice guy, Hope hell comes utah!
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News agencies must evolve or face extinction
November 16, 2011 antderosa
Imagine you're a reporter and you suddenly witness a major news event occurring right before your eyes. Do you snap it to the wire, file a story to your website, or tweet it out to your followers? If you're at the AP, you damn well better not choose the latter.
In a perfect world, you'd want to do all the above, though your employer is going to likely want you to do the first two before you tweet. Today, Reuters is a lot more than just a wire service. We've built — and are continuing to build — what we think is the world's greatest news website, in the form of Reuters.com, and part of that is providing our readers with reliable and timely news, information, opinion and analysis.
An extension of that website is the information we post on our social media accounts, at Google+, Twitter and on Facebook. We're not just reporting our own news there, but have become a beacon for all news, being as comprehensive as possible so readers come to us first for all they need to know. We've got things like Counterparties, created by Ryan McCarthy and Felix Salmon that does a great job at bringing news from around the web to our readers.
The wire is still a huge part of our business and always will be. However, acting in a way that handcuffs us from doing our best work on Reuters.com and on social networks, which help drive traffic and extend our brand, is writing a death sentence for us as a future media company. To bury our head in the sand and act like Twitter (and who knows what else comes into existence next month or five years from now?) isn't increasingly becoming the source of what informs people in real-time is ridiculous.
In order to compete with these new and existing technologies, our wire will need to increasingly become better and faster, not only for our subscribers but for the reporters using it to file reports. The fact that it is easier to fire off a Tweet than it is to snap a wire report is unacceptable. Having a policy where you're asked never to post something on Twitter before it goes out over the wire will put us at a competitive disadvantage, as other news organizations develop a reputation for being the first to report accurately all the news that matters. As my esteemed colleague Robert MacMillan points out: "in some cases, the tweet before the scoop might be the only way to beat your competitor if your competitor has no restrictions on tweeting," and "when a news outlet tells a reporter, "don't tweet first," in some cases that means that news outlet has lost the edge."
The institutional brand building you create by having your journalists be great on social platforms cannot be underestimated. Part of having your journalists on these platforms is giving them the freedom to be a normal human being, not a robot, a PR machine or a slave to the wire. Do we want to serve the wire above all, since our paying customers deserve to get that information first? Yes, we do. But we can do that without sacrificing the incredible value we create by making ourselves a must-follow on all social networks because of the information we provide and two way conversations we can have with our readers. We can only do that if we're not tied down by rules that ignore the reality of the present and the future of media.
Our direct competitors and two guys in a basement somewhere are already developing tools to be the next generation newsroom. If we're not busy doing the same thing, we're dead.
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Digital Literacy, Digital Security, Tech
Fear, loathing and apathy of digital security
April 27, 2011 antderosa
Is Facebook just an elaborate direct marketer's masterwork? Should I think twice before using my existing Twitter account to log into various services all around the web? Should I be worried abouthanding my credit card over to Sony? These and other perfectly valid and simultaneously conspiracy theoretical ideas tend to float in and around my head from time to time. The big scare du-jour, is if Apple's iPhone and Google's mobile OS, Android, are tracking and archiving our every movement.
A journalistic tennis match on this topic took place over the course of the last few days. First, this is old news. Apple responded to congress regarding this almost a year ago. Digital forensics specialists have known you could track locations on iOS devices for some time, and have used the data to assist law enforcement. Alex Levinson, an RIT student, even published a research paper and subsequent book last December detailing data acquisition techniques for iOS products, like the iPhone and iPad. He says that Apple is not collecting the data.
The Wall Street Journal added Google to the mix, citing that Apple is not alone in the practice of collecting user information. Julia Angwin at the Journal claims that not only are Apple and Google collecting the data and storing it locally on the phone, but they actually regularly transmit their locations back to Apple and Google. The endgame? Angwin believes they're racing to build a massive database of location information in order to tap the $2.9 billion market for location-based services. Today, Apple seemed to indicate that was part of their plan, as they revealed they're building a crowd-sourced traffic service.
Apple outright denies they're collecting user locations.
"Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone," the company said in a statement on Wednesday. "Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so."
In response to the outcry, Apple will release an update to store less information about location and discontinue backing it up entirely. Apple claims that the information they were receiving was anonymous and only stored the wifi hotspots and cell towers around the phone, which could be up to 100 miles away.
I'm as digitally paranoid as the next guy, but this seems like an odd case and strange timing. Why did something that was discovered months ago only recently receive greater attention? Will we see the same thing happen with the earlier reports about apps collecting and sharing demographic information?
Much like Facebook boycotts, we seem to get up in arms about our data being compromised, captured, leveraged, bought and sold, only to lose interest and go on about our lives. Most of us don't really have the time to care or feel the convenience and novelty of these devices and websites outweigh the potential of being taken advantage of. That's exactly what many companies in the business of buying and selling data and demographics are banking on.
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No place for idle hands Prison helps inmates prepare for the workforce
By Susan Misicka in Egolzwil
This content was published on February 26, 2013 11:00 AM Feb 26, 2013 - 11:00
Ivan enjoys the prison's painting classes
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For the inmates at Wauwilermoos Prison in central Switzerland, work helps pass the time as they wait out their sentence. While work is mandatory for all prisoners, some see it as a chance for self-improvement.
The coral-coloured building deep in the Lucerne countryside doesn't look much different from a typical local school or apartment block. Only the gate and the delicate barbed wire hint at the fact that it's a prison.
Wauwilermoos is a so-called "open prison" – meaning that during the day the inmates are allowed to move freely about the property's 150 hectares, which are not surrounded by a wall.
This cantonal correctional facility is the temporary home and workplace of 61 men aged 19 to 70, serving anywhere from two months to four years.
"We have 20 types of jobs available. Many of the inmates work well, or even very well, while there are others who have some difficulty," says Hans Troxler, deputy director. Whether it's a job in the kitchen, in construction or on the organic farm, the men have to report for duty at 7:30am – and there are no wake-up calls.
"We're trying to keep it realistic by putting the responsibility on the men," Troxler explains. Working is a tool to help them to re-socialise while maintaining or improving their skills. About 50 per cent of the inmates were unemployed prior to arrival. A third had never been in prison before.
Of the 61 inmates, one escaped in 2012. Yet that same year, 1,200 periods of leave were granted; on only three occasions did the prisoner fail to return on time.
"We have very few who want to flee," Troxler says, comparing his facility with high-security ones that house what he calls "criminal tourists" who have no life in Switzerland and are eager to hit the road again.
Work programmes at Swiss prisons
According to the Swiss penal code, labour is a key element of incarceration and prisoners are required to work. The tasks assigned should be a reasonable match for the inmate's abilities and education. Swiss prisons typically have on-site workshops in which it is possible to receive vocational training. Some of the more basic chores like laundry help to keep the prison running.
Inmates are paid for their work, albeit less than the market rate.
Of this income, just a portion is made available during incarceration; the balance is set aside for after release.
By law, prisoners should have the chance to pursue an apprenticeship or further their education, but few inmates take advantage of this.
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When swissinfo.ch visited Wauwilermoos, the atmosphere was pleasant and relaxed. The inmates were busy with a variety of tasks both indoors and out, some of them working quite independently.
Joseph, 42 and serving time for involvement with drugs, used to work in construction; now he seems to enjoy his job preparing the prison's produce for sale at Swiss retailers like Coop and Migros. He cheerfully rattles off what's currently in season.
"It's more interesting in summer, when there's a greater variety," he remarks while weighing a tray of freshly-harvested winter lettuce. However, it's also more hectic then.
The public can shop at the prison's organic grocery store, which carries everything from vegetables to dairy products to meat. Two men run the shop: a regular employee and an inmate, who attends evening business courses in Aarau once a week.
Alois Dubach, the nursery's supervisor, has been working at the prison for 30 years and finds it rewarding. He acknowledges that the inmates are different from regular employees.
"It's a pleasure to see someone who's never worked before become employable after his time here," Dubach says.
Wauwilermoos main inmates
Swiss: 54 per cent (including some naturalised)
Serbian: 11 per cent
Macedonian: seven per cent
Turkish: five per cent
Algerian: three per cent
Italian: three per cent
Sri Lankan: three per cent
Followed by inmates from Angola, Bosnia Herzegovina, Congo, Croatia, Ivory Coast, Kosovo, Libya, Spain, Thailand
Source: Wauwilermoos Prison (2011)
School is also a part of the rehab programme. Divided into groups of 4-6, the inmates can attend class for a half day per week. There they learn basic subjects like German, mathematics and computer skills.
"Many of them didn't go to school here in Switzerland. The younger ones are especially motivated; they know that they missed something," says instructor Adolf Amrein. There are no tests or marks, but there is homework – which may or may not get done, the former secondary school teacher notes wryly.
Still, the students receive a letter of participation to show potential employers. In it there is no mention of the fact that they attended while in prison.
Currently, three of the inmates are pursuing apprenticeships. One travels to Lucerne one day a week to go to vocational training school. Only the teacher and the principal know that he's a prisoner; to the others he's just a regular student.
Another recently had the opportunity to do a week-long training course for welders, at which he earned a professional federal diploma.
"It's not so much difficult or dangerous, but it does take practice," says 25-year-old Antonio of his new skills. He was sentenced to 21 months for robbery and assault, but if things work out, he can spend the last seven months in a supervised home for men while working at a regular job. After that he looks forward to joining his wife, whom he married on the prison grounds.
Originally from Serbia, Ivan found himself in trouble for prior involvement in a drug ring. By the time the law caught up with him, he was married to a Swiss woman with whom he was running a telemarketing firm. Today the 32-year-old is training to become a chef's assistant.
"Now and then my motivation lags, but it's my only chance to learn something now," Ivan says, admitting that it's not his dream job. However, he says he is very grateful for the chance.
"We all have a lot of opportunities if we want to do something here," says Ivan, who will be able to re-join his wife and young daughter in August 2014. He enjoys the painting classes in particular; it's also possible to take driving or English lessons.
Wauwilermoos inmate offences
20 per cent – sex crimes, indecent behaviour
18 per cent – narcotics
18 per cent – fraud, corruption
13 per cent – robbery
13 per cent – homicide
11 per cent – bodily harm
Five per cent – immigration issues
Two per cent – traffic violations
According to Troxler, the men must be motivated if they want to benefit: "We're there to help and support them, but there has to be a significant personal contribution. It's really a give and take."
Education and training are financed partly by the inmates, partly by their families and partly through charitable foundations.
While the schooling is optional, inmates are required to attend training sessions to learn how to keep out of trouble by identifying high-risk situations and dealing with critical situations properly.
There are no statistics regarding recidivism among the prison's inmates, but it is possible to observe their attitudes and employment status upon release. They fill in a questionnaire rating their experience at Wauwilermoos, and the feedback is usually quite good, according to Troxler.
And although it isn't always easy, prison staff help the inmates find work after release.
"We find a job for practically everyone," Troxler says.
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Prison helps inmates prepare for the workforce Susan Misicka in Egolzwil Feb 26, 2013 - 11:00 For the inmates at Wauwilermoos Prison in central Switzerland, work helps pass the time as they wait out their sentence. While work is mandatory for all prisoners, some see it as a chance for self-improvement. The coral-coloured building deep in the Lucerne countryside doesn't look much different from a typical local school or apartment block. Only the gate and the delicate barbed wire hint at the fact that it's a prison. Wauwilermoos is a so-called "open prison" – meaning that during the day the inmates are allowed to move freely about the property's 150 hectares, which are not surrounded by a wall. This cantonal correctional facility is the temporary home and workplace of 61 men aged 19 to 70, serving anywhere from two months to four years. "We have 20 types of jobs available. Many of the inmates work well, or even very well, while there are others who have some difficulty," says Hans Troxler, deputy director. Whether it's a job in the kitchen, in construction or on the organic farm, the men have to report for duty at 7:30am – and there are no wake-up calls. "We're trying to keep it realistic by putting the responsibility on the men," Troxler explains. Working is a tool to help them to re-socialise while maintaining or improving their skills. About 50 per cent of the inmates were unemployed prior to arrival. A third had never been in prison before. Of the 61 inmates, one escaped in 2012. Yet that same year, 1,200 periods of leave were granted; on only three occasions did the prisoner fail to return on time. "We have very few who want to flee," Troxler says, comparing his facility with high-security ones that house what he calls "criminal tourists" who have no life in Switzerland and are eager to hit the road again. Work programmes at Swiss prisons According to the Swiss penal code, labour is a key element of incarceration and prisoners are required to work. The tasks assigned should be a reasonable match for the inmate's abilities and education. Swiss prisons typically have on-site workshops in which it is possible to receive vocational training. Some of the more basic chores like laundry help to keep the prison running. Inmates are paid for their work, albeit less than the market rate. Of this income, just a portion is made available during incarceration; the balance is set aside for after release. By law, prisoners should have the chance to pursue an apprenticeship or further their education, but few inmates take advantage of this. Keeping busy When swissinfo.ch visited Wauwilermoos, the atmosphere was pleasant and relaxed. The inmates were busy with a variety of tasks both indoors and out, some of them working quite independently. Joseph, 42 and serving time for involvement with drugs, used to work in construction; now he seems to enjoy his job preparing the prison's produce for sale at Swiss retailers like Coop and Migros. He cheerfully rattles off what's currently in season. "It's more interesting in summer, when there's a greater variety," he remarks while weighing a tray of freshly-harvested winter lettuce. However, it's also more hectic then. The public can shop at the prison's organic grocery store, which carries everything from vegetables to dairy products to meat. Two men run the shop: a regular employee and an inmate, who attends evening business courses in Aarau once a week. Alois Dubach, the nursery's supervisor, has been working at the prison for 30 years and finds it rewarding. He acknowledges that the inmates are different from regular employees. "It's a pleasure to see someone who's never worked before become employable after his time here," Dubach says. Wauwilermoos main inmates Swiss: 54 per cent (including some naturalised) Serbian: 11 per cent Macedonian: seven per cent Turkish: five per cent Algerian: three per cent Italian: three per cent Sri Lankan: three per cent Followed by inmates from Angola, Bosnia Herzegovina, Congo, Croatia, Ivory Coast, Kosovo, Libya, Spain, Thailand Source: Wauwilermoos Prison (2011) Additional training School is also a part of the rehab programme. Divided into groups of 4-6, the inmates can attend class for a half day per week. There they learn basic subjects like German, mathematics and computer skills. "Many of them didn't go to school here in Switzerland. The younger ones are especially motivated; they know that they missed something," says instructor Adolf Amrein. There are no tests or marks, but there is homework – which may or may not get done, the former secondary school teacher notes wryly. Still, the students receive a letter of participation to show potential employers. In it there is no mention of the fact that they attended while in prison. Currently, three of the inmates are pursuing apprenticeships. One travels to Lucerne one day a week to go to vocational training school. Only the teacher and the principal know that he's a prisoner; to the others he's just a regular student. Another recently had the opportunity to do a week-long training course for welders, at which he earned a professional federal diploma. "It's not so much difficult or dangerous, but it does take practice," says 25-year-old Antonio of his new skills. He was sentenced to 21 months for robbery and assault, but if things work out, he can spend the last seven months in a supervised home for men while working at a regular job. After that he looks forward to joining his wife, whom he married on the prison grounds. Originally from Serbia, Ivan found himself in trouble for prior involvement in a drug ring. By the time the law caught up with him, he was married to a Swiss woman with whom he was running a telemarketing firm. Today the 32-year-old is training to become a chef's assistant. "Now and then my motivation lags, but it's my only chance to learn something now," Ivan says, admitting that it's not his dream job. However, he says he is very grateful for the chance. "We all have a lot of opportunities if we want to do something here," says Ivan, who will be able to re-join his wife and young daughter in August 2014. He enjoys the painting classes in particular; it's also possible to take driving or English lessons. Wauwilermoos inmate offences 20 per cent – sex crimes, indecent behaviour 18 per cent – narcotics 18 per cent – fraud, corruption 13 per cent – robbery 13 per cent – homicide 11 per cent – bodily harm Five per cent – immigration issues Two per cent – traffic violations Source: Wauwilermoos Prison (2011) Moving on up According to Troxler, the men must be motivated if they want to benefit: "We're there to help and support them, but there has to be a significant personal contribution. It's really a give and take." Education and training are financed partly by the inmates, partly by their families and partly through charitable foundations. While the schooling is optional, inmates are required to attend training sessions to learn how to keep out of trouble by identifying high-risk situations and dealing with critical situations properly. There are no statistics regarding recidivism among the prison's inmates, but it is possible to observe their attitudes and employment status upon release. They fill in a questionnaire rating their experience at Wauwilermoos, and the feedback is usually quite good, according to Troxler. And although it isn't always easy, prison staff help the inmates find work after release. "We find a job for practically everyone," Troxler says.
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Art Dubai: Lina Ben Rejeb
15th March 2018 /in ART FAIR, ART FAIRS, CONTEMPORARY ART, FEATURE, GALLERIES, GALLERY, INTERVIEW /by douw
Exhausting Landscapes
Selma Feriani Gallery will be presenting the most recent body of work by Tunisian artist, Lina Ben Rejeb and Tunisian artist of Turkish origin, Hedi Turki. ART AFRICA spoke to Lina Ben Rejeb about her work set to exhibit at the 12th edition of Art Dubai alongside one of her influencers and well-known abstract pioneer. Rejeb discusses the exhaustion of colour in her pieces and its relationship to her recurrent theme of finitude. Art Dubai will be taking place at Madinat Jumeriah, Dubai, March 21-23 2018.
Lina Ben Rejeb, Copie à Revoir. Courtesy of the artist & Selma Feriani Gallery.
ART AFRICA: Exhibiting alongside one of your greatest influencers, Hedi Turki, a pioneer of abstract painting himself, must be an exciting prospect! What was it about his work, or him personally, that first captivated your attention?
Lina Ben Rejeb: Hedi Turki's painting was my first encounter with abstraction. Later I came across the idea of reductive painting, to work with the strictly necessary, the bare essentials as seen in the work of minimalist artist, Paul Cézanne. I wanted to move away from the image to better understand it, to make space for white as a revealing colour. My interest in Hedi Turki is also related to the idea of light in painting, as well as the filters or quasi-screens of colour that take shape when superimposed. Moreover, the image of weaving present in his 'drip' works, reminds us of the craft-work practiced in painting, to mimic a weaving loom.
Both your and Hedi's work set to be exhibited at Art Dubai 2018 is strongly focused around exhausting a landscape to reveal its most basic elements. Could you talk us through the meaning or dialogue you are trying to communicate through this unique and specific style?
The exhaustion of a landscape was precisely the starting point of this dialogue. I chose to exhaust a landscape by suggesting a shift in Copie à Revoir, exhausting a view, a cloud, a moment of the day: the blue hour. I chose to exhaust a shape and a gesture. The colour present in the 'drip' in Hedi Turki's work is what inspired my idea of exhausting the ink catridge to create the images in Copie à Revoir. But also the felt pen, in Tel Quel, I exhaust lines of colour by repeating them. It is a question of sliding from one colour to another and to make this shift as sweet and imperceptible as possible, just as the colour and the light would appear in a landscape during the blue hour. What really captivates me in Hedi Turki's work and what I believe is common to us both is the question of finitude: the finitude of a gesture or a tool, to suggest the limit, the end.
Hedi Turki, Bal des Orques, 1990. Oil on canvas, 89x130cm. Courtesy of the artist & Selma Feriani Gallery.
Photocopying and painting are said to be your primary techniques. In Copie a Revoir, however, your projection-installation, a series of slides coupled with silk screen-printing of water colour landscapes were used. Do you see yourself using photography more in your work? What were you communicating, or what was behind this specific set of images?
The starting point of Copie à Revoir, is a set of photographs that have been exhausted through print: I photocopy and reprint images of landscapes hundreds of times in order to change their appearance. Rather than suggesting a disappearance, I come up with a new image. This process allows me to talk about machines and their exhaustion, one ink is replaced by another and thus makes the image unrecognisable. I also like the idea of excess, which is often associated with images today. I try to get around this and install breath. Instead of going toward an excess, the repetition in the notebooks in Tel Quel and the projections in Copie à Revoir, allow me to set a rhythm, a unit that will accompany this displacement of the image.
To come back to photography, for me it is a way of sketching instead of drawing. I take pictures of elements which serve as a working basis or stimulus for gestures. The medium imposes itself according to the project. So it is not to deny the potential of this material, which for the moment I use to document, of appearing in a future piece that would speak toward the disappearance of works and old images.
I do not really communicate; I try to grab another's attention by chance. I like the idea of physically manipulating an image, to deplete a resource so in a sense an image is set to lose it's material. I am interested in the confusion that inhabits a moment like the blue hour, that is conveyed in Copie à Revoir and in We are such stuff as dreams are made on. A cyanometer tries to find the right colour in the sky all the while suggesting a temporality stitched into colour itself, all enclosed in entomological boxes, in an attempt to grasp the elusive, to freeze a moment. These concerns sit at the core of my practice.
Lina Ben Rejeb, Tel Quel #3, mixed media. Courtesy of the artist & Selma Feriani Gallery.
Lina Ben Rejeb, Copie à Revoir V. Courtesy of the artist & Selma Feriani Gallery.
Hedi Turki, Souvenirs confus, 1985. Oil on canvas, 85x115cm.
FEATURED IMAGE: Lina Ben Rejeb, Tel Quel #5, mixed media. Courtesy of the artist & Selma Feriani Gallery.
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ESPA's January Spa of the Month is The Spa at the Estate. Nestled in the heart of Napa Valley, this beautiful spa has gone through a lot to be where it is today. From the Napa wildfires in October 2017, to the recent renovation, The Spa at the Estate is now thoroughly rehearsed in assisting people on their wellness journey.
To find out more about what makes The Spa at the Estate such a prestigious spa, we conducted an interview with Terry Prager, Director of Spa and Wellness.
Terry fell in love with the spa industry after noticing that people left hotel spas feeling calm and restored, better than when they arrived. After finding this twinkle of inspiration from the world of luxury spas, she transitioned her focus from working in the fitness industry into Spa management. When asked about this, she stated that;
There is a lovely sense of satisfaction in seeing people relaxed and happy and genuinely feeling better in themselves after a visit to your Spa.
With insider knowledge on the treatments, décor and philosophy of The Spa at the Estate, Terry is perfectly positioned to provide in-depth knowledge on the first ESPA Spa of the Month in 2019. We asked Terry which ESPA treatment is her favourite when she needs to wind down and regain inner calm that life's daily stressors can effect;
We have five luxurious Spa suites, each with a fireplace, soaking tubs and showers large enough to throw a party in! My idea of heaven would be to enjoy the Ultimate Ritual treatment in a suite and relaxing afterwards in the soaking tub, full of ESPA Bergamot and Jasmine Foam Bath and sipping champagne. A slice of heaven!
The Spa at the Estate aims to provide all guests with unobtrusive and highly anticipatory service, ensuring everyone returns home with memories that will last a lifetime. The experience provided is tailored to each individual and no detail is missed.
Wellness journeys are deeply personal and often private, so to provide guests with the comfort and familiarity of a recognisable team, of long established ESPA Experts is a rare luxury, making it all the more special to those who frequent The Spa at the Estate.
The Spa at the Estate has been open for almost 8 years in the beautiful surroundings of Napa Valley. With such a rich history both in location and with ESPA's heritage, we asked Terry why The Spa at the Estate underwent a lavish new refurbishment;
The décor had been created with a lot of love and great expense in an Italian Villa style… and the direction for the entire 22-acre Estate Yountville property was more in the mode of Contemporary Luxury Lifestyle with a much more modern feel. The décor is now more white with muted greys and truly beautiful furnishings.
White signifies cleanliness, purity and clarity, everything that encompasses the relationship between ESPA and The Spa at the Estate. Stripping back physical layers of impurities on the skin, but also calming the mind to create a pure, refreshed space both inside and outside. As Terry eloquently put, "having people come in to the Spa stressed and tense and leaving relaxed and elated is such a blessing".
Not only is Terry the Director for The Spa at the Estate, she is also an expert in spa practises and wellness with years of experience transforming the spa industry. Terry offered some helpful advice for anyone who is suffering or struggling to maintain a serene state of mindfulness.
My number one tip is to practice forgiveness of yourself at the end of each day. It's easy to be critical of yourself and ask why you made certain decisions or handled something in a particular way. It's my practice to mentally rewind my day, think what I learned what I could have done better, and then let it go. The truth is, most Spa Directors often feel like the proverbial swan. Yes, it seems like we are gliding around with a peaceful smile, but underneath, we're paddling to keep all the pieces together. You have to find some balance and take some time out just for yourself, quiet time.
A very special characteristic of The Spa at the Estate is that a percentage of the proceeds from the Mindful Massage are donated to the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI). Terry shared the reason for this partnership;
We wanted to have some way of giving back and it so happens that NAMI, a not for profit charity that addresses mental health issues, has several locations in close proximity to Napa. NAMI is the largest grass roots mental health organisation dedicated to building better lives for millions of Americans affected by mental health issues. What's not to love about that?
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11/9 has come and gone but the trauma from #Election2016 remains. In response, and in an effort to cultivate fellowship and solidarity within our communities, Cleaver Magazine presents LIFE AS ACTIVISM. Send us your prose and poems of trauma, protest, hope, or healing as they relate to this past U.S. election, social justice, and activism going forward. Questions? Contact feature editor Rosie Huf.
He doesn't notice the desert.
turning black as it wraps his ankles like a skeleton hand.
Andrew Jackson, and Natty Bumppo.
They myth of water is permanence.
The myth of war is purpose.
soaking us to the root.
four or five clusters of crocus.
The sky draped with gray.
Our hearts are broken in half, evenly.
Lord, teach us how to care.
to come in. I am only a poet. Am I holy enough?
Every bullet is aimed for sky.
was stopped by another home, a different country.
that marked the breast-pump's watchful click.
bred warmth beneath the surface rust.
in front of my mouth. I need two tongues, you see.
One for me and one for my grandmothers.
One for Yahweh and one for Shekhinah.
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Wonderful Wedding in Taiwan
Pre-wedding ceremony at Emily's grandfathers house to get blessings of the passed on relatives.
The parents of the bride and groom on stage for a toast
Two days ago we took a 90-minute high-speed rail ride from Taipei to the southern Taiwanese coastal city of Kaohsiung were Emily is from. Her parents picked us up at the rail station and took us to her grandfather's home where the elders blessing ceremony was held.
After a huge traditional lunch we made our way to the Grand Hotel in Kaohsiung were we stayed for two nights. The wedding was also held at this beautiful place.
About 250 people came to the hotel - interestingly some people dressed up but many came in quite casual dress. Emily the bride wore three different dresses during the ceremony. Imagine the stress on her to have to keep changing. Remarkably she held up well throughout.
It's quite a thing to see your own son get married - even more moving when it is done in a country with such a different language and culture. Julian's mom Becky Acuna and I are so proud of him as we watch him navigate his way with a wonderful new family and way of life in Taiwan.
Today Emily's parents are taking Becky, MB and me to a beach park for the day before we head back to Taipei tomorrow. Then on Tuesday MB flies back to Maine and I head to Okinawa for a week of peace walking with the Japanese Buddhist order Nipponzan Myohoji as we protest US military bases there on that beleaguered island.
A nice video made of wedding highlights was made - see it here
Washington Peddling Lies
The sloppiness of the alleged DNC hack by itself proves it was not organized by a nation state, and the "utter nonsense" presented as proof of Moscow's involvement is rather evidence of intelligence agencies being "ignorant and naïve," John McAfee told RT.
Cybersecurity legend McAfee is one of the modern computer tech pioneers and the developer of the first commercial antivirus program, who has been in the business for the past 50 years. He is also the CEO of MGT Capital Investments, and a former presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party.
Read This Book!
If the United States in 1945 had been able to ...shed some of its illusions about China, to understand what was happening in that country, and to adopt a realistic policy in America's own interests, Korea and Vietnam would probably never have happened....We would not still be confronted with an unsolvable Taiwan problem....And Mao's China, having come to power in a different way and not thrust into isolation by a hostile West, might be quite a different place.
Those words by US State Department Foreign Service Officer John Service sum up the essence of this very important book. Service was one of just a handful of American government officials who had any real clue about China and was in the end fired by President Franklin Roosevelt (the grandson of a 'China-trade' opium dealer) because he dared to speak out about US China policy.
I learned so much from this book - it opened my mind in so many ways. For example it changed the way I now think about FDR. He was totally clueless about China and was a complete captive of the 'China lobby' at the time which was led by Christian fundamentalists in the US who thought their mission in life was to bring China to heel and turn it into a replica of the US - a Christian and capitalist nation.
The disgusting reality of the absolute corruption of Mao's rival Chiang Kai-shek was something I knew a bit about but the back story around Chiang having Roosevelt, Congress, Time Magazine and the 'Christians' wrapped around his finger was more than astonishing - to the tune of massive amounts of US taxpayer dollars and a completely doomed Asia policy.
The book reads easily and I could not put it down during our flight from Boston to Beijing - even though a string of movies were available to me during the long flight. I kept reading.
I urge everyone to read this book - I got it for $4 online and that included the postage.
You will learn so much - especially how our system works overtime to ignore reality and to remain mired in illusion and corruption.
No War in Korea!
Talk grows in U.S. of possibility of military strikes on N. Korea
By Chang Jae-soon
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- Talk is growing in the United States of the possibility of using military strikes to take out North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities after the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, threatened he's close to testing a long-range missile apparently capable of hitting the U.S.
Kim said in his New Year's Day address that the communist nation has reached the final stage of preparations to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. The remark was seen as a thinly veiled threat that Pyongyang is close to developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of striking the continental U.S.
The threat appears to have stoked genuine fears of security among Americans, with reporters bombarding the Defense Department with questions of what the U.S. is going to do about the North's missile, including whether it's going to shoot it down or even launch a preemptive strike before it's fired.
It also prompted President-elect Donald Trump to send a tweet: "North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S. It won't happen!"
On Wednesday, a private intelligence analysis firm, Stratfor, even laid out a list of potential targets in North Korea, including the Yongbyon nuclear complex, home to the North's plutonium-producing reactor and reprocessing facility.
"When considering an attack on North Korea, there are two broad categories of strikes to deliberate. The first is a minimalist strike, specifically focused on dismantling the North's nuclear weapons program. In this scenario, the United States would engage North Korean nuclear objectives only," Stratfor said in an analysis piece carried by MarketWatch and, titled, "How the U.S. could derail North Korea's nuclear program by force."
"By not launching strikes on other North Korean targets, Washington leaves the door open, if only slightly, for de-escalation if Pyongyang can be convinced that the strike is not part of a regime change operation. What benefits Pentagon planners in this scenario is that a limited strike requires less resources and preparation, enhancing the element of surprise,"
Potential targets in the minimalist strike include the Yongbyon complex, including the 5-megawatt nuclear reactor and the reprocessing plant, as well as the Pyongsan uranium mine that provides fuel for the reactor, and the Pyongsong nuclear research and development facility, known as the North's "Silicon Valley," Stratfor said.
"These facilities form the heart of North Korean nuclear production infrastructure. If they were destroyed or disabled, the North Korean nuclear production network would be crippled, set back years at least," it said.
U.S. defense officials were quoted by Reuters as saying that if ordered, the U.S. military has three options to respond to a North Korean missile test: a pre-emptive strike before it is launched, intercepting the missile in flight, or allowing a launch to take place unhindered.
Still, many arms and defense experts agree that a military strike is too risky to consider, especially in consideration of the proximity of Seoul to the border with North Korea and the possibility of the North showering artillery shells on the bustling capital area.
Military strikes "would be a wild gamble, especially with the Seoul-Inchon region — South Korea's commercial, political and population heart — so close to the border. Although the DPRK would lose any war, it could cause horrendous casualties before succumbing," said Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan.
"Yet the great achievement of America's military presence for the past six decades has been to prevent precisely such a conflict from occurring," he said in a recent piece carried by the National Interest.
Jeffrey Lewis, an expert on North Korea's military, was also quoted by Reuters as questioning whether U.S. missile defenses could shoot down a test missile, saying destroying North Korea's nuclear and missile programs would be a huge and risky undertaking.
Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), was also quoted as saying that the North's main nuclear and missile test sites were on different sides of the country, and an ICBM can be launched from anywhere in the country because it's mobile.
Robert Manning, a senior Atlantic Council analyst, said U.S. options are limited on the North.
"While everyone says North Korea is at the top of the U.S. foreign policy agenda, other than strengthening deterrence, imposing tough sanctions that remove North Korea from the international financial system, there is little the U.S. can do in the near-term that does not risk a war, thousands of U.S. and hundreds of thousands of South Korean deaths," he said.
Assange on Fox News
Normally Fox News would vilify Julian Assange but in this case they gave him a chance to explain that Russia did not 'hack' the US election.
I can't blame Fox News for wanting to protect their chosen candidate Trump as he has repeatedly said that he does not believe Russia did any hacking of the US election. CNN and MSNBC protect the Democrats all the time. Turn about is fair play.
It's obvious to me that the Democrats are trying to pass blame onto Russia for their own disastrous loss to Trump in the election. In addition, the neo-cons, who basically control the Dem party, were eager to push toward regime change in Moscow after Hillary got elected. Their plans were interrupted when many working class people (largely former Democrats) in the rust belt states voted for Trump because the Obama administration did virtually nothing for these voters who turned out to be hungry for change due to their bleak economic situation. (Obama did virtually nothing for the black community either during his eight years in office while he was very generous to Wall Street.)
Assange holds steady during this interview to the true mission of Wikileaks which is to expose government corruption and corporate domination of the political process.
I remain an admirer of Assange and am grateful to Fox News (no matter their agenda) for this extensive interview.
Mining Corporations Want Rules Changed in Maine
Update on Maine's metallic mining rules by Hendrik Gideonse at Alliance for the Common Good rally in Augusta yesterday.
Made it to China
MB and I made it to Beijing at about 9:00 pm last night after a 14-hour flight from Boston. Usually I'd watch 4-5 movies during that long of a trip but I was so engrossed in the book called The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia that I read the book during the flight.
After arriving we took a six-minute ride on a hotel shuttle from the airport and this is what Beijing looked like to us - maybe the air pollution was even worse than pictured above. We went to bed and woke up around 3:00 am and never got back to sleep. At 6:00 am we left the hotel heading back to the airport for our flight to Taiwan and the smog was so thick that the shuttle driver could barely see in front of him as he crawled along the road.
On the plane we read a newspaper article that said the pollution was largely coming from factories that were illegally releasing toxic smoke when they should not be doing so. Many people are wearing masks with some kind of air regulator on them. It reminded me of India where I recently experienced the reality of night skies without being able to see stars or the moon. We humans are killing ourselves.
Today we arrived in Taipei and my son Julian picked us up at the airport and took us to our hotel near his apartment. His wedding to Emily is on January 7 and before then we'll be seeing some sites. The air here is clean and clear and the weather feels much like Florida without the intense humidity. Beijing was very cold and three hours later we wished we were wearing shorts and sandals. Our poor bodies are confused by all the changes they are going through right now.
More later...right now a nap is in order.
I highly recommend reading the book. It's a mind blower in many ways. I'll write more about it when I can. In the meantime you can read the review linked above.
Global Network Membership Form 2017
The Global Network's 2015 annual space organizing conference was held in Kyoto, Japan. We took a side trip to the Ukawa village along the coast to join villagers who have been protesting against the deployment of a US 'missile defense' radar aimed at China.
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Pushing for War with Russia
Ukraine's fascist madman Poroshenko gives 'award medals' to US madmen Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
Later Graham told the media that 2017 should be a 'year of offense' against Russia. These cats are out of their minds but are now in power in Washington.
Katie - bar the doors!


When Uber's new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi introduced himself to employees one month ago, he told them the company must change.
This week is shaping up to be an early and crucial test for whether Khosrowshahi can follow through on that goal.
Uber is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure that could lessen the influence of ousted former CEO Travis Kalanick and also set a deadline for the startup to go public.
One part of the measure up for consideration would eliminate special voting powers granted to early Uber investors, according to two sources close to the situation. The move would shift power away from Kalanick.
Another part would give Khosrowshahi, the former CEO of Expedia (EXPE), more power to fill board seats, according to the sources.
The proposal comes after months of PR crises, executive departures and infighting among the board, all of which have threatened to undermine the brand and momentum of the world's most valuable startup.
But the latest board deliberation has already exposed a possible power struggle between Uber's new and old CEOs, who had tried to make nice in public just a month ago.
On Friday, Kalanick blindsided Uber by preempting the board vote with the appointment of two new board members: the former CEOs of Xerox (XRX) and Merrill Lynch.
Despite being pressured to resign as CEO in June, Kalanick remains a board member and also controls the two additional board seats. Benchmark, an early Uber investor, has sued Kalanick, claiming he misled investors to get those seats. The case is in arbitration.
Kalanick said he was making the appointments in response to the "proposal to dramatically restructure the board and significantly alter the company's voting rights." He said it is "essential" for the "full Board to be in place" to deliberate on the proposal.
Uber responded by calling the move a "complete surprise."
The boardroom battle serves as yet another glaring reminder of Uber's internal dysfunction and the need for corporate governance reforms.
"A house divided against itself is a house that cannot stand. That's particularly true in a corporation," says Charles Elson, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware. "It can't be sustainable."
If that's not enough at stake this week, Uber's board is also reportedly planning to vote Tuesday on whether to move forward with what could be one of the largest funding deals in history.
The investment, from Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, is widely rumored to be for as much as $10 billion. SoftBank, which has pumped billions into ride-hailing startups abroad, has previously expressed interest in partnering with Uber or Lyft.
Reps for Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this story.
-- CNN's Jackie Wattles contributed reporting.


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Carson Van Osten, a one-time member of US rock band Nazz, has died at age 70.
Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun feared the pop star would die if he continued to let him work.
Singer Richard Marx and TV host Daisy Fuentes are married.
William Guest, one of the founding members of Gladys Knight and the Pips, died on Thursday in Detroit from congestive heart failure. He was 74.
The Beatles allowed fans to hear their music via streaming services for the first time on Christmas Eve 2015 and already the first Beatles Streaming Top 10 has been compiled.
Radiohead were asked to write and record a theme for the new James Bond movie Spectre but the producer's of the movie rejected it, instead going with Sam Smith.


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Home» Things to See & Do» Heritage Attractions
The wide range and impressive nature of the Manx heritage attractions makes many of the sites "must see" items for your holiday on the Isle of Man. With a wealth of historical locations and a landscape rich in monuments you will begin to understand the Island's 10,000 year history though locations run by Manx National Heritage.
The Laxey Wheel, called the Lady Isabella and so famous they wrote a song about it, is a great sight. Built in 1854 it is a true example of the height of Victorian engineering and at 22m high a climb to the top has been a popular trip for tourists for over 150 years. Situated in the beautiful Laxey countryside it can be reached by electric tram from Douglas for a real day out.
There are 2 castles; Castle Rushen and Peel Castle and both give an insight into Manx history and culture. Originally a place of worship Peel Castle became a fort in the 11th century. Castle Rushen was built for a Norse King in 1265 and developed further between the 13th and 16th centuries. The braver among you could even indulge in a night-time ghost walk around them with a discussion of the supernatural.
At locations such as Cregneash you will get a real view of Victorian Manx life, preserved in a way that will surprise you. With authentic thatched cottages, this living museum is dedicated to preserving the traditional Manx way of life with museum workers performing activities in traditional dress.
Castle Rushen
Located in the ancient capital of the Isle of Man, Castle Rushen is a fortress which was once home to the Kings and Lords of Mann. It was originally built for a Norse king in 1265.
Old Grammar School
The Old Grammar School was built around 1200AD and was the first church for the settlement that grew up around Castle Rushen. It later became a school for boys and is the oldest roofed structure still standing on the Isle of Man today.
Peel Castle
Located on St Patrick's Isle, Peel Castle was built by the Vikings and is one of the best heritage sites on the Island. Visitors can walk around the extensive grounds and even climb to the top of the Gatehouse Tower!
Old House of Keys
The Old House of Keys is situated in Castletown and used to be the former home of the Manx Parliament. During your visit you'll be able to enjoy an active debate on setting the laws of the Island.
The Great Laxey Wheel
Situated in Laxey, the Great Laxey Wheel or Lady Isabella (as she is also known) is the largest working waterwheel in the world! She was built in 1854 to pump water from the Laxey mines.
Cregneash
Situated in the South of the Island, Cregneash is a "living museum" and provides an illustration of a traditional crofting way of life. You will be able to step inside the original cottages to find out how the crofter lived and also see some indigenous Manx animals.
Rushen Abbey
Located in Ballasalla, Rushen Abbey originally was the home of the Sauvignac Order of Monks. It used to house literature and information for the Island. Now, visitors can walk around the gardens and view the medieval buildings.
Great Union Camera Obscura
The Great Union Camera Obscura is a Victorian landmark located at Douglas Head. Built in 1887, the camera obscura comprises of a darkened room of 11 lenses and mirror which enables visitors to view the surrounding area. Enjoy a 360 degree view of Douglas Harbour, the lighthouse and seascape.
Milntown Estate and Gardens
Set in 15 acres of scenic gardens, Milntown estate is one of the Isle of Man's most historic country homes. The estate was founded in the early 16th Century by the McCrystyn family, their name being simplified later to the "Christian" family.


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W.Va. Schools Make Progress in Improving Student Wellness
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia public schools are making progress in their efforts to improve student health and wellness under the state's Healthy Lifestyles Act.
West Virginia's elementary and middle schools are meeting requirements to provide physical education or an acceptable alternative, the state Board of Education learned Wednesday during its October meeting. In addition, the percentage of elementary schools completely meeting or exceeding the time requirement without an alternative plan has slightly increased each year since the requirement was enacted.
The Legislature passed the Healthy Lifestyles Act in 2005 to fight the growing epidemics of childhood obesity and resulting health issues, including diabetes and heart disease. The legislation required elementary schools to provide 30 minutes of physical education at least three times a week. Middle schools are to provide one full period of PE each school day for one semester. High schools are to require one physical education credit for graduation and one lifetime physical education offering.
"Whether it's physical activity, proper nutrition or health education, West Virginia is committed to providing a healthy and safe environment for our students in public schools," said state Superintendent Steve Paine. "The bottom line is healthy students have a greater capacity to learn and are ultimately more successful in school and life."
In addition to increase physical activity, West Virginia's law required the state board to design a program that included fitness testing and a health education assessment. Melanie Purkey, executive director of the Office of Healthy Schools, told the board that trend data indicates the state's Fitnessgram assessments are being conducted uniformly throughout the state. The majority of students are performing in the Healthy Fitness Zone in all areas with little change in each testing category for the past four years, she said.
Still, schools could improve participation in the Health Education Assessment Project. While the percentage of schools participating in HEAP has increased considerably, the percentage of eligible students participating in the assessment of health knowledge is just slightly over half at 52 percent.
"Much work needs to be done to increase participation to 100 percent of eligible students," Purkey said. "Middle school scores indicate that foundational knowledge is not being mastered at the elementary level."
To combat the problem, the West Virginia Healthy Lifestyles Act Implementation Report, calls for counties to include the Local Wellness Plan in their Five Year Strategic Plan process, giving specific attention to the development of improvement strategies to meet Healthy Lifestyles Act requirements. The report also recommends tying professional development to the Healthy Lifestyles Act requirements and including monitoring the law's requirements in the accountability review process.
The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) is committed to ensuring all students in the state are college and career ready when they graduate from a public school. What West Virginia students are learning in school exceeds national and international standards. Through the WVDE's 21st century learning plan called Global21: Students deserve it. The world demands it, West Virginia is seeing better student performance on the West Virginia Educational Standards Test 2 (WESTEST2); the SAT and the ACT, college entrance exams; the job skills assessment called Work Keys given to career and technical education students; and in a high school graduation rate that exceeds the national average.
For more information, contact the Office of Healthy Schools at 304-558-8830 or the Office of Communications at 304-558-2699.


The SI Committee on Local Governments, established by decision of the Council in February this year in Cascais, Portugal, held its first meeting in Santiago, Chile on 19 and 20 July.
The Committee also held a meeting with the candidate of the progressive forces for the Presidency of the Republic, Michelle Bachelet, who shared her views with the representatives of the Socialist International, commenting on some of the main objectives of her government programme. Bachelet was nominated as candidate with a wide margin of preference in a process of primaries that took place in Chile for the first time on 30 June 2013, with the participation of more than three million citizens.
At the opening of the meeting, the SI Secretary General, Luis Ayala, highlighted the importance that our movement gives to the creation of spaces where representatives and authorities of local governments can come together and reflect on issues concerning the mechanisms and strategies for building local governance and developing public policies in their specific areas of work. The meeting in Santiago had among other objectives, he said, to identify of priorities and common tasks that were necessary today, from the commitment to the principles and values of the global social democratic movement, to starting the preparations for the IV SI World Conference of Local Authorities which will take place in 2014; the discussion of future activities of the Committee, and the election of the Committee's authorities.
The Mayor of Santiago, Carolina Tohá, in her welcoming address, underlined the value and scope of the work of local governments to improve the quality of democracy. In this respect, she stressed the importance of local governments to help achieve better social equality, which results from being in close contact with the citizens and permanently in touch with their demands. At the same time, she noted the need for compatibility between the productive development of cities and sustainable environmental policies, calling for a rethinking and reshaping of the role of local governments to create spaces of harmonious co-existence, of respect and acceptance, resolving the complexities of citizens living together in a diverse society.
Amongst the priorities and tasks of democratic socialism highlighted during the debate, was the strengthening of citizens' rights in the creation of universal public policies, which, as was stated, would require the recognition of these rights with firm conviction when pursuing these policies. In this regard, local governments must accept their responsibility to guarantee the rights aimed at democratising access to social services for the various groups in society, with their differences and specific conditions. Likewise, it is necessary to promote models of management based on premises such as the incorporation of a focus on gender; of policies that respond to the needs of historically disadvantaged groups, and which are also sustainable and compatible with the environment; policies that take into account the security of citizens; and the incorporation of the participative component as a cross-cutting element in all the tasks involved in local public work.
The participating local authorities agreed that one of the priorities to advance in matters of management and local governance is decentralisation. Without that element, any attempt to improve the management of local governments and their role in the process of formulation of policies focused on rights will result in responses that are deficient and ineffective. This decentralisation must start in the political arena, allowing local governments more autonomy in their decision-making, and then turn to economic decentralisation, assigning higher budgets to meet the aspirations and demands of the citizens. In this connection, it was considered that financial independence is essential to advance with the autonomy of local governments.
Within the framework of the discussions, attention was also given to the crucial need to listen carefully to the voice of the citizens when defining the agendas and determining the priorities of management at local level. Along with building mechanisms of participation, issues such as inclusion, transparency and quality of management are decisive to legitimise the action and sense of politics, above all in an urban environment, where the proximity between authority and the citizen is the first instance of the democratic process.
The election of the authorities of the Committee, one of the other points on the agenda of the meeting, in accordance with the statutory requirements of the International, also received the attention of participants. Carolina Tohá, Mayor of Santiago, Chile, was elected Chair of the Committee. Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, Mayor of Accra, and Alexander Burkov, Vice-President of the Commission on Local Government of the Russian Parliament and candidate to Mayor of Ekaterinburg, were elected as Vice-Chairs of the Committee.
The meeting concluded with an exchange of views on the future tasks of the Committee, including the adoption of a common position on upcoming initiatives and other international meetings of Mayors and local authorities; advancing with the preparation of the IV World Conference of Mayors of the Socialist International scheduled for 2014, and the forthcoming Committee meetings to take place in other continents. Finally, the meeting adopted a Declaration giving a brief review on the themes under discussion. The meeting concluded with expressions of sincere appreciation from all the participants to their Chilean hosts.


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On August 22, 2008, the Ballroom Dance Academy of St Louis (BDASL) was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation in the city of St. Louis, Missouri.
The purpose of BDASL is to promote partner or ballroom style dancing, an important component of American culture and education. We believe in making this beautiful piece of American culture accessible to the entire community with outreach to schools, libraries, senior centers, arts fairs and more.
Tango, waltz, foxtrot, cha-cha-cha, rumba, salsa, Argentine tango….these are names representing some of the 29 styles of ballroom dance that are performed and danced at social gatherings, night clubs and competitions worldwide.
Studies show ballroom dancing provides a positive and youthful environment for people of all ages. Not only is ballroom dancing a cultural event, it's also a form of exercise that improves one's health and mind by teaching social skills, fall prevention, balance, musicality, concentration and sequential memory. Ballroom dancing is truly an inter-generational lifelong activity that can be enjoyed and participated in by everyone. Come join us. Meet new people and learn how even you can tame your own two left feet!


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Donald Trump rips into Sweden's soft coronavirus approach
In Sweden, bars, eating places and colleges are nonetheless open, albeit with some social distancing tips in place.
In a World Health Organisation (WHO) press convention on April 29, Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, mentioned that "there may be lessons to be learned" from Sweden's "very strong strategic approach," although he famous that it "remains to be seen" whether or not its approach has been profitable.
But Trump took a really totally different view. On Twitter, he wrote: "Despite reports to the contrary, Sweden is paying heavily for its decision not to lockdown."
He mentioned that Covid-19 deaths within the nation have been "much higher" than in neighbouring nations, and added: "The United States made the correct decision!"
There have been 21,092 reported confirmed circumstances of Covid-19 from Sweden, with 2,586 deaths and 1,005 recoveries, in response to information cited by Worldometer.
But the WHO's Dr Ryan denied that Sweden has not taken sturdy motion in its outbreak response.
He mentioned: "I feel there's a notion on the market that Sweden has not put in place management measures and has simply allowed the illness to unfold. Nothing might be farther from the reality.
"Sweden has put in place a really sturdy public well being coverage round bodily distancing, round caring and defending for individuals in long-term services and plenty of different issues.
"What it has done differently is that it's very much relied on its relationship with its citizenry and the ability and willingness of citizens to implement physical distancing and to self-regulate, if we want to use that word."
Mr Ryan added that the nation has been doing testing and has "ramped up" its intensive care capability.
READ MORE: Sweden's low infection rate despite not having a lockdown in place
But White House coronavirus job power member Dr Anthony Fauci urged warning, warning states to not open too quickly.
He mentioned that doing so would threat "tempting a rebound" in Covid-19 infections, he advised NBC's "Today" present.
The US has reported a complete of 1,095,210 coronavirus circumstances, 63,861 deaths, and 155,737 recoveries, in response to information cited by Worldometer.
Meanwhile, 5 bars and eating places in Sweden's capital Stockholm have been ordered to shut final week for breaking social distancing tips.