pork briskets. On a weekend day, these numbers triple.
"Smoking meat is something you can't do in a hurry," he said. "You can't be rushed." Authentic barbecue meats are the newest addition for cuisine offered along Route 6 in town. The restaurant is a hundred yards south of the Marconi Station Beach entrance. While the cuisine may be new to the area, the proprietor is not. After a 22-year absence of selling his popular submarine sandwiches in town, Russ Swart returned in May to the exact location where he began in 1976. In the building that formally housed the Nut Hut, Swart began selling his popular steak bombs and other sandwiches under the banner, Russ' Sub Shop.
Five years and one move later, Swart sold the business and pursued a doughnut franchise in Florida in search of a year-round income. Karen Murphy - Russ's friend and frequent customer - was disappointed to see him depart for the Sunshine state. "You always knew you could walk in and see a friendly face behind the counter," said Karen. "He always had a joke and a laugh. It was a nice, real small-town part of it. It's nice to have him back. You see Russ, you know Russ and you know the food is going to be good." Richard Murphy, Karen's husband, said the secret to Russ's early success was his development of the steak bomb. "The sandwich was something new and was good quality," said Richard. "It was the meat and the way that he prepared it. It was top shelf."Both for their friendship and epicurean delight, the Murphys are thrilled that Russ has returned.
While Russ was in Florida during the 1980s and `90s, he dabbled in many areas: opening an additional doughnut franchise, catering fairs and expositions, exploring sunken vessels with famed treasure-hunter Mel Fisher, and occasionally returning to Wellfleet to work as a cook at the Bookstore or the Beachcomber. For several years Russ searched for a location on Route 6 to re-open a restaurant, and this was his year. "It's impossible to find a place for rent along Route 6 in Wellfleet or Eastham," said Russ. "The opportunity presented itself." To differentiate his business from the competition, Russ chose to offer barbecued meats. "Everyone has fried foods, hamburgers and hot dogs. Ribs are us," says Russ. "The nice thing is that it is a change from seafood." Plus, he adds, "It took me living down south to learn how to cooked smoked foods."
The restaurant's operation is a family affair. In addition to Russ's wife, Marie, and his daughter, Heather, his older brother, Rich, sister-in-law Marlene, and his cousin Jim Gaston all pitch-in. Rich and Jim are the keepers of the flame.
"The secret is in the smoke and Doctor Russ's recipe," says Jim, as he steadily chops firewood into slender strips to provide the day's smoky fuel. The technique returns to where cooking began, using hardwood logs of hickory, oak, cherry, and maple to provide heat. The smoking grills contain two compartments: a large enclosed compartment with grills for the meat and a smaller firebox offset to the left. After the wood has burned down to coals in the firebox, (about 90 minutes) the meat is added and will be bathed in a moist, medium-warm blanket of thick smoke for up to three hours. The smoke exits a short chimney to the right of the cooking compartment and gently drifts across Route 6, causing passing noses to turn and seek out the source of the enticing smoky aroma. As practiced in the South and Texas, the meats are barbecued in the truest sense of the word. To barbecue means to cook food slowly over indirect heat and smoke, not searing directly over a bed of charcoal, says Rich. Done properly, the tender meat will fall off the bone when ready because the collagen - the connecting tissue in the meat - has dissolved into gelatin. The meat has a sweet, smoky flavor that melts in the mouth.
While not an exact science, Rich says he tries to keep the temperature around 190 degrees for the three hours cooking time. As for knowing when the meat is ready to serve: "When I pull a rib back with the tongs, and if it falls of the bone, it's ready." However, the appearance of the cooked meat is the biggest challenge, says Rich. Once done, smoked meat appears pink around its bone and a chicken's skin will be blackened, giving the appearance of it being burned, but the skin is discarded.The cooking times of the meat are meant to coincide with families coming off the beach and then heading out to dinner. Several racks of ribs and chickens are pulled from the smokers around 3 and 7 p.m. It is all part of the show, says Russ. "People want to see it cooking," he says.
Smoke pours from the two smokers in front and the smoker in back of the building from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, partly out of necessity and partly to draw in customers. "People will stop by during the day and say it smells good, and then they come back that night," says Rich, who talks to most of the customers before, during and after their meals. "If the fires are not going, people wonder if we are still selling barbecue."
In addition to the meats, Russ slow-smokes his molasses-infused baked beans for about an hour. The top-selling menu item is the pork ribs, followed by pulled pork sandwiches and then fried fish. Take-out is big business during lunch, while the evenings are reserved for inside dining, said Russ. The interior motif of the nine-table dining room is a pleasant country-comfortable in a Cape Cod sort-of-way. There are '50s era images of the Cape mixed with country antiques and nautical icons of yore.
Outside, hickory-scented smoke drifts across the parking lot into the open car window of a customer who has just pulled up. He steps out, approaches Rich and asks, "Smells good. What'cha cookin'?"
WELLFLEET - Russ Swart, who is doing a booming business selling ribs and pulled pork sandwiches at the Marconi Beach Restaurant, saw his fried chicken sales plummet by 50 percent since someone walked off with the sign out front, which featured a bucket with chicken legs spilling out.
"I had that sign done by a local artist, and I guess someone liked it enough to take the whole thing Friday night," said Swart. "I've got someone else making me a new one, but my sales are way down." That's not the case with the sale of ribs. He's cooked and sold 14 tons of ribs since the season opened, compared to a total of 8 tons last year, when he was at his former, much smaller location. And that 14 tons may even double, since he and his wife, Marie, have all of August still to go.
"We are thinking of staying open through November," Swart said. And, if there is year-round license available to serve alcoholic beverages, they'll consider staying open year-round.


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HAS IRAN EMBARKED ON A STRATEGIC TURN?
BACKGROUND: Iran ostensibly supports the war against terrorism. Yet President Bush calls it a member of the axis of evil, i.e.
BACKGROUND: Iran ostensibly supports the war against terrorism. Yet President Bush calls it a member of the axis of evil, i.e. a supporter of terrorism and proliferators. In spite of the typically anxious and appeasement-oriented European criticism, Bush's remarks are factually correct. The State Department's annual report on terrorism cites Iran as the leading state sponsor of terrorism. While it did provide assistance against the Taliban, Iran seems to be following a deliberate strategy to use or threaten to use force and terrorism to expand its influence abroad. This coercive diplomacy involves either Iranian forces or enhanced and more overt sponsorship of foreign terrorism and strongly suggests Iran's decisive strategic choice. Given that Iran is clearly building a nuclear weapons capability against Israel, if not Europe and the United States and already possesses chemical and biological warfare stocks, understanding the nature and implications of its strategic choice is urgent. In the last six months, Iran has forcefully threatened Azerbaijani exploration of Caspian oil and gas; it has resumed running guns and money to its Afghan clients in Heart; given sanctuary to members of Al-Qaida; signed a new deal with Russia to obtain high-grade conventional weapons; begun an anti-American rapprochement with Baghdad; and most dangerously resumed intimate collaboration with the Palestinian Authority in its war of terror against Israel. This pattern of activity actually predates September 11 and subsequent developments. In July 2001, Iran began using coercive diplomacy against Azerbaijan in order to stems from its efforts to force Azerbaijan to relinquish claims to the Araz-Alov-Sharg oil deposits in the Caspian Sea which Iran also lays claim to. Iran's Deputy foreign Minister lodged a formal protest with Baku, and on July 23, two Iranian Air Force fighters overflew a BP/AMOCO ship exploring the area. Later that day, an Iranian warship entered Azerbaijan's territorial waters and threatened in no equivocal terms to fire on an Azerbaijani oil exploration ship unless it departed the area.
IMPLICATIONS: These moves clearly indicated Iran's unhappiness about the forthcoming division of rights to the Caspian Sea and its territorial waters and fears of being excluded as more pro-Western forces seemed to be influencing Russian, Azerbaijani, and Kazakhstani policies regarding exploration of the Caspian. Thus it employed force and threatened more force, angering Russia but also getting its attention. In Afghanistan, Iran opposed the Taliban because the latter had outflanked it religiously, smuggled drugs through and into Iran, and threatened Iranian designs upon Afghanistan. Thus it modestly though visibly contributed to the war against the Taliban. But once that war ended, it started pouring agents, money, and weapons into the Herat province, now controlled by Iranian client Ismail Khan. By supporting and promoting warlordism, this policy serves to directly weaken efforts to establish a stable Afghanistan. By sending weapons, Iran showed that it could and would sustain Ismail Khan even if that meant war. Moreover, Tehran gave sanctuary to several members of he Al-Qaeda network, clearly betraying a desire to use their experience and know-how. Although Iran has committed terrorist acts abroad, in Europe and elsewhere, it focuses support for terrorism in Lebanon and Israel where it supported Hizballah, and now Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. Israel's capture of a ship carrying fifty tons of Iranian weapons worth $10 million bound from Iran to the PA's forces, and the nature of the weapons involved that would have materially expanded the PA's capabilities to threaten Israel's interior and population, indicates Iran's heightened support for terrorists despite the American-led campaign against terrorism and its increasing brazenness. Nor were these the first such deliveries. At least two such deliveries occurred in 2001 indicating that increased reliance on force and terrorism. Earlier, in 2000-2001 Iran had announced its willingness to extend deterrence to Hizballah if Israel retaliated against Hizballah's attacks from Lebanon onto Israeli targets. Thus the decision to support terrorism predated September 11, as did the contacts between the PA and Iran that led to the capture of the gun-running ship in January, 2002. Since this decision and the decision to threaten Azerbaijan predated the war on terrorism, they indicated Iran's strategic purpose.
CONCLUSIONS: A twofold explanation can explain Iran's strategic turn. Iran has increased support for terror and violence in the Middle East and the former Soviet Union, concomitant with the apparent domestic victory of its hardliners. Anti-Semitism and war against the United States or its policies are long-standing tactics toward that end. As they employ ever more violent and repressive tactics internally to break the challenge of domestic reformers, including arrests and assassinations, the incitement of violence against their enemies is a useful card to play. Undoubtedly their growing arsenal also emboldens the radical elements that still rule Iran. Furthermore, the war on terrorism has diffused American influence everywhere around them. This reinforces their well-known paranoia concerning America and the desire to strike at it rhetorically and asymmetrically to demonstrate its weakness. Internal and external factors converge to create an atmosphere favoring incitement and violence including even the threat of nuclear war against Israel and support for terrorism. It seem that despite President Bush's warnings, Iran is unlikely to depart from this violent course anytime soon.
AUTHOR BIO: Professor Stephen Blank, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013.


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Adelometra is een geslacht van haarsterren uit de familie Antedonidae.

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 Adelometra angustiradia (, 1888)

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 Adelometra tenuipes , 1908 geaccepteerd als Caryometra tenuipes (, 1908)

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Species in Gobiosoma
Gobiosoma alfiei Joyeux & Macieira, 2015
Alfie's goby
Gobiosoma alfiei AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS
Gobiosoma alfiei
Female picture by Macieira, R.M.
Etymology: Gobiosoma: Latin, gobius = gudgeon + Greek,soma = body (Ref. 45335); alfiei: Named for Alfredo Carvalho-Filho or Alfie, as he calls himself.
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 104557). Tropical
Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.
Max length : 2.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 104557)
Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: scaled body from caudal peduncle to base of pectoral fin, scales in a wedge shape to under posterior of first dorsal-fin base, continuing anteriorly in a row of 3-4 scales, row slightly tapering anteriorly; naked area extending from mid-pectoral-fin base to 4th-11th ray of second dorsal fin (rarely extending further) and from the mid-pectoral-fin base to 3rd-9th anal-fin ray (rarely extending further); upper jaw 21.5% in head length; lateral scales modally 29; individuals 15 mm SL or larger have 24+ scales; pectoral fin 18 (17-20) (Ref. 104557).
Occurs in shallow tidepools which are generally, depressions in the calcareous material with a sand and gravel substrate; tidepool edges covered by algal turf, soft macro-algae, coralline algae and a few soft and hard corals; reef surface generally flat and pools frequently interconnect with each other through both overflows and an extensive system of dissolution holes and channels. The same pools are shared, but not necessarily the same microhabitat, by sympatric gobies which include Bathygobius geminatus Tornabene, Baldwin & Pezold 2010 (most abundant), Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes 1837), Barbulifer enigmaticus (Joyeux, Van Tassell & Macieira 2009), Coryphopterus glaucofraenum Gill 1863 and Ctenogobius saepepallens (Gilbert & Randall 1968) (least abundant). This species is not limited to the intertidal zone for underwater observations in the state of Alagoas (northeastern Brazil) at about three meters depth (low tide) showed several living on (and in) a rock outcrop located under a reef ledge (the outcrop was composed of encrusting coralline algae, interspersed with filamentous and turf-like algae). Usually, isolated (single) individuals were observed perched at the entrance of a small hole in the calcareous rock, occasionally biting at the substrate, and darting into the hole at the slightest disturbance. An individual was observed, in one occasion, chasing another, both finally entering the same hole and not reappearing during the observation period. In NE Brazil, the state of Paraíba, the species was observed in subtidal areas (about three meters depth) under a small, flat, rounded stone lying on top of a flat clay substrate and upon lifting the stone, the fish disappeared into a small round hole in the substrate. In the state of Espírito Santo, in a 15 cm deep tidepool, this species was observed entering and exiting one of the numerous holes in the clay along the side of the pool. Swimming for this species was limited to close contact with the bottom, in small (1-10 cm) darts, starting and ending in protected areas (i.e., under stones, near holes, into cavities). Also, breeding males were observed perched near holes for extended periods, moving up to 30 cm away, before entering/exiting the hole (Ref. 104557).
Van Tassell, J.L., J.-C. Joyeux, M. Macieira and L. Tornabene, 2015. Status of Gobiosoma (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Brazil: description of a new species, redescription of G. hemigymnum, molecular phylogeny of the genus, and key to Atlantic species. Zootaxa 4007(4):451-480. (Ref. 104557)
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Bacterial Metabolites Correlating with Depression
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This comprehensive entry examines the different bacterial metabolites that potentially have implications for mental health issues such as depression.
Depression is currently ranked fourth among the causes of disability worldwide [1]. Every fifth person in developed countries has been subject to a depressive disorder at some point, and the situation is even worse in third world countries. Depression is the most common type of psychiatric disorders today, making antidepressants some of the most commonly prescribed drugs [2][3]. According to the diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders (DSM-5), major depressive disorder (MDD) is diagnosed sustaining the following symptoms for at least two weeks: depressed mood, excessive guilt, anhedonia, suicidal ideation, changes in appetite and sleep, psychomotor retardation, poor concentration, and fatigue. MDD is a complex and heterogeneous psychiatric disorder and no reliable biomarkers currently exist that have contributed to objective diagnoses and clinical therapy [4].
The known mechanisms of origin, development, and maintenance of a depressive state are multifactorial and are determined by polymodal changes in the metabolic, immune, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems (CNS) [5]. The gastrointestinal tract with its microbiota interacting with external environmental signals, stress, nutrients, internal systems, including the brain, may be involved in the development of depressive states too [6]. There is ample evidence for an association between the GM and the pathophysiology of depression [7]. Different stress (social or emotional, chemical, physical, a poor diet, etc.) have the potential to alter the taxonomic composition of bacterial communities in the gut, and, as a result, leads to changes in various metabolic pathways [8]. This leads to a systematic inflammatory process, which covers the other systems and organs of humans. Over the last decade, many literature reviews have described the relationship between the gut microbiome and depression, each from a slightly different perspective [9][10][11][12]. At the current level of research, the most important point is to identify various metabolite biomarkers that correlate with depressive states. Metabolic syndrome is well-documented in MDD patients and 1.5 times higher than in the non-depressed population [13]. Isolating those that can be determined directly or indirectly by the microbiome is of great importance, both for creating diagnostic systems for identifying depression as a disease, and for choosing strategies aimed at restoring the normal functioning of the microbiota and, through it, restoring human mental health.
2. Role of the Gut Microbiome in the Gut-Brain Axis
The gut microbiota is conceptualized as a virtual organ playing a key role in maintaining homeostasis and health in humans. The GM consists predominantly of bacteria which outnumber archaea, fungi, and viruses inhabiting the intestines by a ratio of 10:1 [14]. The collective genetic makeup of the GM contains 150 times as many genes as the human genome, thereby expanding the natural capacity of humans [15]. Numerous current studies of the GM revealed its active involvement in the bidirectional communication between the gut and the brain. The discovery of the microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA) induced scientists to study the role of the GM to neurological health [16][17][18]. Clinical and experimental findings are evident of the interactions occurring locally between the GM and the intestinal cells or the enteric nervous system (ENS), and also between this microbial community and the brain via neuroendocrine and metabolic pathways. The human GM is capable of producing hundreds of metabolites that directly affect most systems and organs, including the intestinal epithelium and the enteric nervous system, and also the brain [19].
The role of the intestinal symbionts in the development and function of the brain was studied in different animal models [20]. The obtained data demonstrate the enormous effect the commensals have on a wide range of behavioral aspects, including social behavior, mood, and anxiety. MGBA covers a wide range of immune and endocrine functions [21][22] and is a key player in the initial stage of central nervous system (CNS) development in humans [23]. Disturbances in the harmonious interactions between the microbiota and its host during critical stages of child's development can cause profound damage to gut-brain signaling pathways and put an individual at risk for psychiatric disorders later in life, including depression [16][24]. For instance, among the factors contributing to brain diseases is early life exposure to harmful food derivatives and small molecules derived from microbial metabolism, which first permeate into the bloodstream and then to the brain [25]. Thus, the identification of damaging early life events can help establish the causes of depression while diagnosing a patient. These include the exposure to antibiotics, unbalanced nutrition, stress, and other factors [26].
So far, a few major mechanisms mediating the effects of the GM on the brain have been identified. Among these are the activation of the vagus nerve [27][28][29] and the immune system [30][31], production of metabolites, and compounds with neuroactive properties [32][33]. Bacterial products participate in stimulation of central receptors, peripheral stimulation of neural, endocrine, and immune mediators, and epigenetic regulation of histone acetylation and DNA methylation, which are implicated in depression. (Figure 1).
The mechanisms found to be linked to depression also include a dysfunctional hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis [34]; immune-inflammatory, oxidative pathways [35]; altered vagus nerve tone [36]; region-specific changes in brain-derived neurotrophic factor concentrations [37]; and an imbalance between neural excitation and inhibitory signaling [38].
Figure 1. Schematic image of the role of the gut microbiome in the gut-brain axis.
Gut microbes may trigger neurotransmitter release via Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) signaling on epithelial, immune, and neuronal cells [39][40]. Bacteria can synthesize neuromodulators, stimulated specific epithelial cells of the intestines, to secrete molecules responsible for signal transmission through the enteric nervous system [31][32]. Using their own signaling pathways, they regulate the release of neurotransmitters from enterochromaffin cells [41][42][43][44]. Bacteria are called vectors because they can deliver neuroactive compounds to the receptors of epithelial cells. These bacteria-derived neuroactive compounds can play a significant role in modulating the signals of the GM caused by changes in concentration of ions (K+, N+, Ca2+, Cl−, etc.), as well as exogenous agonists and antagonists coming from food. Thus, bacterial neuroactive substances can control depolarization in the synaptic area of neurons containing neurotransmitters. Bacteria can produce the neurotransmitters GABA, serotonin, dopamine, and acetylcholine [44][45], which can affect the emotional state by binding to specific receptors on nerve and immune cells in the central and peripheral nervous systems [8].
Elucidating these mechanisms is crucial for understanding the etiology of depression and developing new strategies aimed at harnessing the beneficial psychotropic effects of these molecules. It is also important to note that not all bacterial metabolites are beneficial. Some metabolites are rather harmful and conducive to depression.
This entry is adapted from 10.3390/ijms21239234
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BCBS239 for DSIBs and 5 things We have Learned from their Global Counterparts.
With the compliance date for BCBS239 designated GSIBs (Global Systemically Important Banks) just about to arrive in January 2016; many DSIBs (Domestic Systematically Important Banks) are looking carefully at their global counterparts to see what worked well; and what didn't.
The first challenge is that not every Bank knows whether it will be designated a DSIB or not, which doesn't help with planning. Then we've got signals that if a Bank is designated as a DSIB, then the likely timeframes for compliance could be three years out. To compound this issue further, the messages coming from the GSIB community is suggesting that achieving a roadmap to compliance is not only very challenging but that attitudes to compliance may need to change.
One area of benefit from BCBS239, and similar regulations, has been the emergence of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) role. This role has, and is, doing much to enable organisations to take data from all parts of the organisation to drive much more benefit from it by looking at as a whole, rather than a set of parts.
I wrote a blog recently about Compliance as an Opportunity. In short, this refers to the fact that the effort of getting compliant can have significant benefits in the way the process of getting compliant exposes insights on an organisations customers, businesses or markets. These insights can be used to support Customer Centricity activities, marketing planning or even simple things like understanding the quality of data used for decision making across an organisation.
I think that there has also been a second but possibly more fundamental opportunity arisen – that is the benefits associated with a Bank treating its data as a corporate asset. Now many Banks say that they already do this. The qualifying response question I always ask is "that's great – do you treat data as a corporate asset across all the businesses of the bank and in a consistent, holistic way?" The response is often that these points are aspirations given the size and complexity of most Banks.
I agree most Banks are large and complex but isn't that even more reason to treat data as a corporate asset?
So DSIBs have the benefit of watching and looking at what the GSIBs have had to go through with the net result of attempting to achieve compliance better, faster and cheaper.
GSIBs that get through the process well will become magnets for what they did and how they did it. Those that don't do well will be rapidly looking to understand what they could have been done better to avoid the same mistakes on the next compliance requirement.
Banks can either treat being BCBS239 as either a necessary requirement where they will spend the minimal amount of time and effort to achieve compliance or they can recognise it as a journey and work hard on how to best utilise the experience. Banks in the former category tend to approach being compliant to a specific regulation as a Project. The challenge with a project is that it has a defined end point and often the requirements drive a delivery approach that only considers the needs of the specific project. I would argue that getting compliant is one challenge but staying compliant on an on-going basis is a bigger one. Those Banks that look at compliance more like a Programme tend to take a longer term view of what they're trying to achieve and are looking at what other associated benefits can be achieved as part of the exercise. Programme not project seems to underlie the idea of a journey not just a destination.
One question about data projects is whether to start with the data a Bank has or to start with the requirements the Bank needs. For many Banks, the data aggregation requirements for BCBS239 require them to deliver new datasets and new generated insights. These datasets and insights are probably created from data across business lines so the question becomes; which originating sets of data are the right ones to be using for compliance? The only really effective way of understanding this is to start with a top down definition of the key data entities the Bank needs to report its compliance on and then go looking for the physical data to populate these entities. If the physical data doesn't exist then a Bank can go look at ways to find it. Starting with the data a Bank has restricts their view on the opportunity for the wider potential use of data.
Good data governance is a key underpinning requirement for any successful BCBS239 compliance programme. Many Banks do provide good data governance either within a business line or within an operational silo – achieving this across the organisation has been hard. Many Banks have successfully deployed data governance technologies in support of BCBS239 requirements but achieving this across an organisation puts the spotlight on the processes adopted and methodologies deployed. The requirement is now on how to deliver and maintain good data governance across an organisation and do it in a systematic manner – technology is useful here but a wider set of capabilities are required to tackle this.
The range of skills and disciplines required to support any BCBS239 programme seems to have increased. It is now much more common to see roles such as business modelling, data modelling, data architecture, technical architecture, enterprise architecture, data quality plus business and technical delivery. On top of this we're seeing real engagement between business and IT functions trying to tackle some of the more challenging problem areas. Given that BCBS239 is now a Board level conversation in most Banks, the awareness of the importance of data has increased significantly. Prior to BCBS239 how often did the Board of a Bank discuss 'data aggregation'? Not often probably but they do now. With it comes more awareness of the importance of getting it right as well as getting the right balance of skills and disciplines in place at the right time.
The portion of BCBS239 relating to business data lineage has challenged many organisations given the siloed nature of many businesses, the plethora of technologies utilised to solve many data processing problems, the continued reliance on spreadsheets for data manipulation plus the lack of a common set of business terms being used across the business. Achieving business data lineage requires a much more holistic view on how data is managed plus the removal of many bespoke or shadow systems employed by many business lines. This consolidation approach requires organisations to really understand where their compliance data comes from and build strategies for how to document, deploy and manage both the data and its associated metadata. Technology and tools can help here around discovering data, improving its quality and making it available in the right format at the right place and at the right time. What technology can't do is see when a business line is using bespoke tools (for example) built for their own use that mask the real source and manipulation of data – compliance data needs to be managed transparently from source to destination otherwise it creates a risk-point in the data processing flow which somebody is going to have to fully understand and take account of.
I get the sense that the first half of 2016 will see many DSIBs looking for best practice and ideas from the GSIBs around BCBS239 delivery from those that appear to have done well. DSIBs will be looking at what methods worked well to see if they can be applied to their own organisation as well as associated technologies and technical capabilities.
Of the GSIBs that do well, I also get the sense that some have embarked on a new journey with their data and are looking at this requirement as a way of addressing a number of other business challenges.
Maybe the old expression needs changing. Are we moving away from 'People, Process and Technology' towards 'People, Process, Technology and Data'?
Great article on a subject that will affect markets outside of banking too. If anything I think the summary could be strengthened to "we are moving away from People, process and technology toward people, data, process and technology". 2016 will be the year of challengers.


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Thank you, Father Hoff, for making me feel so welcome here at Xavier. You know, I graduated from Georgetown. (Applause.) I tell everyone I'm the closest Baptist you'll ever get to a Jesuit. (Laughter.) And I'm delighted to be here. The Jesuits have always been famous for their humility. (Laughter.) I hope Father Hoff doesn't get in trouble for saying that now that I had seen the Pope three times I could finally come to Xavier. (Laughter.) But I'm trying to move up in life and I enjoyed it. (Laughter and applause.) Thank you.
You know, I love coming to Cincinnati today because Cincinnati really disproves something that Mark Twain said about you a long time ago. (Laughter.) Remember what Mark Twain said about Cincinnati -- "If the world would end, I'd come to Cincinnati, because everything happens here 10 years later." (Laughter.) That's not true.
Cincinnati is ahead of the times in many ways. I saw it today in looking at the remarkable work that you're doing with the communications between the school systems here and the universities and the business community trying to help every young person succeed. I saw it in the votes that were cast in the referendum. I see it in the growth of the phenomenal businesses you have here.
I see it in your successful obsession with basketball. (Applause.) I see it in many ways. So I am honored to be here today. And what I want to talk to you about today is something that will affect the lives of every person in this audience, but especially the young people. And let me begin with a little background.
I ran for President in 1992, having been governor of my state for 12 years, because I was literally obsessed with trying to deal with all the sweeping changes going on in our nation and world in a way that would allow us as a people to achieve three critical objectives. One is, I wanted then and I want now for this country to go into the 21st century in a way that every American who is willing to work for it will have a shot at the American Dream.
And so I began to work on these objectives. I believed that we needed a new economic policy, I believed we needed a new social policy that emphasized personal responsibility as well as giving people the opportunity to escape the problems before them. I believed that we needed a new, aggressive, sharply focused policy in the world that got America more fair trade agreements and reduced the threats of not only nuclear war, but terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction. And I thought we had to dramatically change the role of government, to make it smaller and less bureaucratic and less burdensome, but still very strong and effective in working with the private sector to create an environment in which individual citizens and families and businesses and schools and community groups could make the most of their own lives by working together.
Now, three years later you see the incredibly impressive dimensions at the time in which we are living, including some things that seem to be paradoxical. And so let me describe this time as I see it to explain why I've come here to talk about this issue of not only our responsibility in government, but businesses responsibility to make a better future for the United States and for the working people of America.
Consider just the last three years. Three years ago we had much higher unemployment. The jobs we were creating were overwhelmingly lower paying jobs; the deficit was more than twice as big as it is now. Well, after three years the good news is that the deficit is half of what it was three years ago; that our economy has produced over 8.4 million jobs; that in 1995, most of those jobs actually paid above average wages, not below those new jobs; we've had three years in a row of record new formation of small businesses; our trade is at an all-time high with other countries; interest rates have been low for home mortgages, so home ownership is at a 15 year high.
But let me come back now to the economy. How do you square all of those good statistics I just gave you with the fact that you constantly read articles about businesses downsizing, you constantly read articles who have worked harder and harder without a raise in years and years, and constantly see from your own experience that there are communities that have not been touched by any economic recovery? How can those two things be squared?
I want to focus on that today and what everybody's responsibility is. The truth is that the good news is true, and so is the bad news. So are the problems. They're both true. Why? Because we are entering a new economy that is so different that we're going through the period of most profound change that we've been through in 100 years. It was 100 years ago when most Americans stopped living on the farm and started living in towns, cities; 100 years ago when most people stopped working on the farm and started working in factories, or in businesses that supported factories or depended upon them.
And when that happened, there was a great uprooting of the patterns of life in America, and a lot of people had untold new opportunities, and a lot of people had a lot of money that they never had before. And a lot of people were left out in the cold and sort of felt like they were twisting in the wind.
America developed what was called then a new progressive movement -- and its first embodiment was a great Republican President, Theodore Roosevelt -- which began to ask the question: What are we going to have to do together to reap the benefits of the industrial era when most of us are now living in towns and cities, not living in the country anymore, in order that every American will be treated fairly and we can grow stronger together? That's what the big debate was.
That debate went on for 50 years, from the late 1800s, arguably until the end of World War II, when with the G.I. Bill and a lot of other things, the United States of America built the greatest middle class the world has ever known, and we had 30 years in which all Americans' incomes were growing, whether they were in the poorest part of our income scheme or the wealthiest part. And we had a very strong, growing country that was growing together.
Then, along comes the information and technology revolution. And now, most economic markets are not national, they're international, the market for money, the market for products, the market for services -- more and more global. Now, most work is done with the mind, not with muscle, even in factories. Now, because of the information revolution, the nature of the workplace itself is changing.
How could I reduce the federal government by 205,000 people and nobody know it in Cincinnati? Why? Because of the digital chip. Because fewer people can do more work that is related to information gathering and dissemination. It is the most sweeping change in 100 years.
Bill Gates, the great computer genius who founded Microsoft, says that the digital chip is the most significant change in communications in 500 years since Gutenberg printed the first Bible in Europe. And that explains how you can have all this basically good news and still hear these gripping stories of people who are caught in the crosswinds of change.
There are basically three groups of Americans who are caught in those crosswinds. Number one, there are people who live in isolated, inner-city neighborhoods and isolated rural neighborhoods who have felt no economic recovery because they don't have new jobs there; it's hard to get the investment in.
Number two, there are the people, principally those in the bottom half of the hourly wage-earners of America, who work harder and don't seem to ever get a raise because they don't have a special educational skill that a rich country can pay high rewards to in a global economy where people who live for things we can't live on can send products into our markets.
And, number three, there are these people who have worked all their lives for big companies that are now being downsized either because they have to, to survive, or because if they do it, they can make more money because they don't need as many people, especially in middle management anymore. And you've been seeing a lot of their gripping stories. A lot of them are about my age.
You know, when you're 50 years old and you've worked for the same company for 25 years, and you've got two kids about to go to college, and you get laid off and you think, my goodness, I'll never get a job paying this again; how am I going to send my kids to college -- it's not a very comfortable thing for somebody to say, well, relax, the President just signed a Telecommunications Bill and it's going to create 3 million jobs in the next few years; go to work for Sprint or MCI. And you say, but, I'd have to go 500 miles away and I've got this home mortgage and I've got these two kids that are just about to get out of high school and what am I supposed to do?
So the question is, how do we do today what was done 100 years ago? How do we keep the dynamism of the American economy? How do we go forward into the future with great confidence> How do we do it together in a way that enables us to achieve our objectives? Every American willing to work for it has a shot at the American Dream. We have stronger families and better childhoods for all of our people. How are we going to do that? That is what I want to talk about today.
Now, there are other things that we ought to do. But let's face it, one of the things that we have done in downsizing the government is to become even more reliant on the private sector. A far higher percentage of the new jobs created in our administration our private sector jobs, as compared with the jobs created in the previous 12 years. I want it that way. But if that is true, that means that this new era puts even more responsibility on that private sector, not only to grow and do well, but to help in dealing with the dislocations, the problems and the challenges that this new age imposes upon us.
That's what I want to talk about today. And I don't want to ask you if you agree with me on all these things, but at least I want you to think about this, because we have to succeed as citizens, as workers and as parents in order for America to grow. We all have mutual roles. And let me begin again by saying what I said before: Our business community is the engine of economic growth, that's the envy of the entire world. The most fundamental responsibility of any business in a free enterprise system is to make a profit. That's how they hire people and pay them. That's how they serve their consumers. So that's important.
But we recognize that there are other responsibilities, as well. Some businesses are in trouble, and some businesses are so small they can only worry about the bottom line. But what I want to say to you today is that a lot of businesses in America today never make the headlines because what they're doing is good, in trying to help people cope with all these changes. And in trying to help their employees cope with these changes, they're actually making more money.
It is also true that none of us exists in a vacuum. Business leaders would be the first to say that they are not motivated solely by economic considerations. I just talked about the work here done in Cincinnati, in trying to develop the capacities of our young people here. And John Pepper, of Proctor and Gamble, was there. They've invested a lot of money in this. I don't know if it helps their bottom line in the short run, but in the long run it's the morally right thing to do. I think will turn out to be good for the company, by building a community that's positive to live in.
So I believe that the government has a responsibility to create a framework in which the economy can grow. And the government has a responsibility to help people who fall between the cracks in this new era.
So we have got to work for a country where people can succeed at home and at work. Let's take Procter & Gamble. I'll talk about their policy. When a P&G employee gives birth to a child, she gets a year of maternity leave; then eligible for up to five years of reduced work hours to have more time to care for the child. Now, arguably, that costs some money. But, arguably, you get it back in a fanatically loyal employee who can stay with the company for a longer period of time. Not every company can afford to do that, but those who do wind up doing pretty well.
The company offers direct subsidies for child care, so that children can have a more safe and secure environment.
You know, now that more and more people are working for smaller companies, we have a smaller percentage of people in the work force with health insurance tied to their job than we did 10 years ago. And we're the only wealthy country in the world that doesn't provide a system for health insurance for all working families when they're under 65; Medicare takes care of it for everybody over 65.
This is a big challenge. The same thing is true with pensions. More and more small businesses are developing what are called "defined contribution plans" instead of "defined benefit plans." And more and more people now are changing jobs before they stay 10 years on the job and before their pension vests.
We also need to make it easier for small businesses to buy in the insurance pools that are large so they can buy insurance more cheaply. But we also need to encourage and laud and lift up companies that provide these kinds of benefits. Starbucks Coffee is a big chain now in America; it hasn't always been a big chain. But they provide health insurance for their employees -- quite unusual in that kind of business. And why do they do it? Well, they think it's the right thing to do, but they also conducted an analysis of why there was so much turnover in that line of work. And one reason was, all these young people who work for them said, we can't get any health insurance, we would stay a year and go do something else.
Now, there are lots of companies that are doing this. The American people need to know about it. We need to lift them up. Others need to be encouraged to follow their lead. They should get telephone calls and ask how they did it and made money besides. You take one of my favorites, Harley Davidson, because they brought motorcycles back to America -- (applause) -- they set up basic reading, writing and math skills instruction at an on-site learning center, and they made money out of doing it, because their employees became more productive.
Xerox, a lot of other companies, do this. United Technologies will permit a person who is an employee there to go back to school for any degree program, whatever -- it doesn't even have to have anything to do with their job, and they'll pay a lot of the tuition and give them half the time off.
We need to look at what the policies of good companies are and lift these companies up and ask ourselves: Is there something the government can do, something the community can do to make it easier for others to do this? But this is an important thing.
The fourth important point, I believe, is to encourage business to work in greater partnership with their employees. That can mean a lot of things. It can mean a greater voice in the production process, it can mean good faith in collective bargaining, it can mean gain-sharing of all kinds -- sharing the benefits when times are good, if you have to share the burden when times are bad.
It can mean that when there has to be layoffs, it can mean having policies that really work, to at least let the employees know that you're doing your best to make sure they can move from this life to another one.
I was at an interesting company in California a couple of weeks ago, Harman International, where they make a lot of electronic speakers for sound systems for automobiles and offices and homes and everything else. There's great fluctuation in their orders.
If you look at what Synergy here in Cincinnati did, they had to trim their work force by 10 percent, and they did it by the beginning of this year without laying off a single, solitary soul. That's an important thing. (Applause.) They did it through early retirement incentives, through voluntary generous severance packages, and they have now put in a policy of no layoffs between now and 1999.
Now, the government can't make all companies do this; for one thing, not every company could do it. There are too many differences in the market. But we all ought to be out here knowing that these things are going on and that they're good, and we ought to be able to get this information out all across America, so when other companies are confronted with these challenges, they will ask themselves: Are there things I can do to support the economic security of the families of the people who are working for me? Are there things the government could do not to make me do this, because you can't freeze the future, but at least to create a climate in which it would be easier for me to do this and still do well?
Fundamentally, what you want is for the value of every company to be a safe and healthy work place. You take Motorola. I'm proud that we worked with Motorola to open up the Japanese market to their cellular telephones and help them create jobs in America. But I'm even prouder in some ways that because of their own safety programs, their own safety training -- things that government does not require them to do -- injuries are 70 percent below the industry average in those plants. That's the sort of thing that we ought to encourage.
OSHA ought to be out doing more of what we're trying to do now, making partnerships with companies and saying: Look, if you can figure out how to have a safer, better work place, we could care less, you can throw the rule book away. We're interested in results. We want the employees to feel good when they go to work every day. We want them to participate in making the workplace safer.
These are the elements of corporate citizenship that together with the proper policies from the government will enable us to move into the 21st century with the American Dream alive for everybody. Just think about it, five simple things: family-friendly workplaces; health care and pensions; training and education; more partnership; and safe and healthy workplaces. Five challenges that the rest of us ought not only to encourage but business community in America to meet, but to help them to meet wherever we can.
Let me say again, there is no running away from this future. We don't have to run away. This country can compete and win and maintain its standard of living and enhance it. And that is the only way we can maintain our standard of living and enhance it. You will not find a country that has run away from the global economy who is doing as well as the United States is. We can't run away. And we cannot do anything that will try to freeze the dynamism of the economy; otherwise we won't be able to create jobs.
But we can lift up those companies that are doing a good job. We can ask ourselves relentlessly, what sort of government policies in Washington, in Columbus or in Cincinnati, can help companies to do better. And we can continue to work together to create a climate in which every single workplace will want to be identified with these five characteristics.
I say again, we have got to do this together. The thing that works in the world we're living in is working together. And when America works together, we always win.


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2021-2023: Wild Animals and the Law
Student Chapters Program Guide
Each year, the Animal Legal Defense Fund provides resources to help its student chapters focus on a specific priority issue. The Student Chapter Program Guide contains an overview of the issue, the Animal Legal Defense Fund's involvement, and suggested activities, such as film screening suggestions, a reading list, and suggested speakers. This year's priority issue is Wild Animals and the Law.
Legal Protection for Wildlife
Wild animals enjoy few legal protections under either state or local laws. At both the state and federal level, the key laws protecting wildlife are those governing when and where hunting is permitted. Some states have also begun to prosecute people who commit acts of cruelty against wild animals. A handful of other federal wildlife laws are in effect as well. These include the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. But these laws protect only a small number of animals, and even for those animals, the protections are not robust.
Wild animals experience pain and pleasure just the same as the dogs and cats who share our homes and enjoy far more expansive legal protections. Wild animals also play a key role in our environment and ecosystem. And they are affected by all facets of human behavior: where we build, and what we do on developed land.
Factory farming not only affects the lives of the 9 billion animals a year who are raised for food, but also the wild animals who drink from bodies of water and live on the land polluted by these agricultural activities. The Animal Legal Defense Fund is dedicated to pursuing better legal protection for wildlife.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund's Actions to Protect Wild Animals
Stopping Killing Contests & Cruel Hunting
The Animal Legal Defense Fund's Stop the Hunt campaign aims to end canned hunting and trophy hunting in the United States and across the world. Join us in telling the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that canned hunting does not provide any benefit for the endangered species and that these applications should be denied.
Killing contests make a cruel game of inflicting misery and death on wildlife. The contests are designed to reduce native wildlife populations, often at the behest of farmers, by making killing "fun" with prizes for various categories of carnage. Through advocacy, education, and lawsuits, the Animal Legal Defense Fund is working in collaboration with other wildlife and science-based advocacy organizations to put an end to these events. We've seen victories in Colorado and Massachusetts.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed an amicus brief in support of the Center for Biological Diversity's challenge to two rules promulgated by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Service allowing bears to be hunted indiscriminately using bait, hounds, and body-gripping traps.
Protecting Endangered and Threatened Species
In October 2019, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit to force the federal government to leave the Endangered Species Act (ESA)'s legal protections intact. The ESA has prevented the extinction of numerous iconic American animals and provides critical protections for threatened and endangered animals languishing in captivity across the United States.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund joined a coalition of public interest groups challenging the federal government's waiver of dozens of environmental, health, and safety laws related to construction of a U.S. – Mexico border wall in parts of California. Construction will impact thousands of animals, including dozens of endangered and threatened species.
Ending the Exploitation of Animals for their Fur
The Animal Legal Defense Fund intervened to defend San Francisco's ban on the sale of fur products against a fur industry lawsuit. Multiple cities in California, followed by the state in 2019, enacted fur sale bans with the goal of preventing animal cruelty and the negative environmental impacts associated with fur production.
Fur-Ever Wild is a Minnesota-based business that displays wolves and other wildlife in a roadside zoo, breeds wolf pups for petting zoo interactions, and later skins the wolves for their fur. The Animal Legal Defense Fund and the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center filed a lawsuit against Fur-Ever Wild in 2017 for killing federally-protected gray wolves.
Stopping Wildlife Services War on Wildlife
Coyotes, mountain lions, bears, endangered condors and bald eagles, and other native wildlife are being slaughtered indiscriminately by a rogue federal killing agency known as Wildlife Services — a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The agency's reckless behavior is destroying ecosystems and violating animal protection laws with inhumane and outdated kill methods. The Animal Legal Defense Fund, together with a coalition of environmental and wildlife organizations, is working hard to eliminate Wildlife Services and its relentless hold over wildlife management.
Combating Climate Change
The growing climate crisis is the most serious threat facing our planet – for humans and animals alike. The impacts of climate change are already here. Every day, new studies and articles are published about warming temperatures, increasingly destructive natural disasters, habitat loss, and ocean acidification. Many animal species, from the Yangtze porpoise to the Hawksbill turtle, are teetering on the edge of extinction. For decades, the U.S. government has aided industries at the expense of the public. It has promoted, subsidized, and incentivized animal agriculture, including permitting the use of public land and deforestation to build additional factory farms. In addition to direct subsidies, both the U.S. and state governments have exempted animal agriculture, and other industries like fossil fuel extraction, from environmental protection laws that regulate greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and air quality, to name a few. The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit to urge federal government action on climate change.
The Supreme Court addressed the legality of military sonar exercises believed to cause significant harm to marine life, including whales and dolphins. The Animal Legal Defense Fund joined a coalition of animal protection and environmental groups in filing an amicus brief contesting the lax standard proposed by the government in certain wildlife cases.
In 2016, the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in California banned the U.S. Navy from using sonar that harms marine mammals during peacetime training exercises, ruling that sonar causes the animals stress; disrupts their communication, navigation, feeding, and mating practices; and separates them from their calves. Military sonar activities have also been linked to the mass stranding of dozens of marine mammals around the world.
Fighting for Captive Wildlife
Millions of wild animals live in captivity across the United States. Some are in aquariums, circuses, theme parks, and zoos, others live caged at private homes. But few federal laws protect these animals who may be forced to perform or kept confined in small cages with little to keep their minds occupied and bodies well.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund is currently suing Pymatuning Deer Park and Farmers Inn in Pennsylvania, the Downtown Aquarium and Landry's Inc. in Texas, and Olympic Game Farm in Washington for their inhumane treatment of captive wild animals. The Animal Legal Defense Fund is also requesting the permit revocation and relocation of animals at Dr. Juan A. Rivero National Zoological Park in Puerto Rico.
As a result of Animal Legal Defense Fund's challenge to the USDA for renewing the Animal Welfare Act license of a disreputable wildlife trafficker and exhibitor, his license was revoked.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund's lawsuits also succeeded against Cricket Hollow Zoo, Jambbas Ranch Tours, and Animaland Zoological Park, resulting in the transfer of animals from the facilities to reputable sanctuaries and rescues for rehabilitation. A coalition including the Animal Legal Defense Fund was also successful in ending SeaWorld's orca breeding program in California.
Suggested Projects, Events, and Actions
The Animal Legal Defense Fund can provide funding for Student Chapter activities. To help fund your event, your chapter can apply for a project grant.
Organize an information table on campus to raise awareness about issues relating to Wild Animals and the Law. We can provide free tabling materials that include newsletters, stickers, brochures (such as our Captive Animals & the Law brochure), posters, and event materials, such as a banner, tablecloth, and sign to help with your event.
Encourage your school to add a wildlife law course to the curriculum or start a reading group. The Animal Legal Defense Fund offers a free Wildlife Law Course Guide and grants to support classes.
Host a speaker, debate, panel, or even a symposium or conference on Wild Animals and the Law. You can request an Animal Legal Defense Fund attorney as a speaker for your event.
Attend the Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Convention & Animal Law Conference
Join us for this year's virtual and in-person Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Convention on November 4, 2022! You'll have the opportunity to receive career advice from leaders in farmed animal protection law, learn from students presenting on the topic of farmed animals and natural disasters, and network with fellow students from across the country. Registration is free for law students.
You also won't want to miss the Animal Law Conference on November 4-6, 2022! The event will be held in Portland, Oregon and available to attend online and is co-presented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund and the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School.
Student chapters may apply for registration and travel grants to the Student Convention and the Animal Law Conference. Grants will be awarded on a first come, first served basis.
When planning a speaker panel or other event, we encourage you to look for opportunities to team up with other student groups. This will bring a wider audience to your event. Here are some groups and topics with cross-over potential:
Environmental Law Society: environmental pollution and effects on wildlife from factory farming, climate change, impacts of fishing on fishes and other aquatic animals
Human Rights/Immigration Law Society: worker safety and human rights abuses on fishing boats
Criminal Law Society: prosecution of crimes to wild animals, the lack of criminal laws that protect wild animals
International Law Society: CITES and other international wildlife treaties
Food Law Society: impact of the food and farming system on wildlife
Letter Writing and Commenting
Chapter members can write letters in response to any newspaper, magazine, or online article involving Wild Animals and the Law.
If you missed the 2021 Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Chapter Kickoff, check out the recording. Animal Legal Defense Fund Animal Law Program Director Stacey Gordon Sterling led this workshop addressing public commenting on animal law regulatory issues and provided tips about how your chapter can advocate for animals through the regulatory process.
At the administrative level, you can submit written comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or other agencies—including state agencies—when they are considering changes to rules and regulations. Stay up to date on new rules and comment periods.
Include news relating to Wild Animals and the Law or your events on this issue in your chapter newsletters or emails. Check out the Animal Legal Defense Fund's press room for the latest updates on our cases and campaigns.
Become Active in Legislation
Organize your members to write letters and make follow-up phone calls regarding pending legislation. Do you know who represents you? Find out, then contact them about pending local, state, or federal legislation. The best ways to reach your representatives are (in order of effectiveness): meeting them in person (at their office or a town hall meeting), calling, sending a written letter or fax (try this free online service), sending an email, and contacting them on social media. Hold a call-a-thon event at your school to encourage students to call in favor or against a bill. Attend a legislative hearing, trial, or a local Humane Lobby Day to meet legislators and talk about animal law issues. Check city and state government websites to stay up to date on current legislation, view the list of federal and state bills we are working on, or contact us to see if there is pending legislation in your area. For more tips on how to effectively contact your lawmakers, see this article from For All Animals.
Current Federal Wildlife Legislation
The Preventing Future Pandemics Act aims to shut down commercial wildlife markets globally.
The Big Cat Public Safety Act would prohibit the private ownership of big cats and make it illegal for exhibitors to allow direct contact with cubs.
The Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act would ban the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
The Captive Primate Safety Act would prohibit private possession of nonhuman primates and the sale or transportation of nonhuman primates for the wild "pet" trade.
The Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act would end the use of wild animals in traveling shows such as circuses.
Check for legislation Animal Legal Defense Fund supports in your state.
Visit or Collect Donations for Local Wildlife Rescues
Help local wild animals by collecting donations for wildlife sanctuaries or rehabilitation centers. Plan a visit to volunteer or educate your members.
Film, Webinar, and Lecture Screenings
Screen videos related to Wild Animals and the Law. Screen documentaries or movies through Netflix, Hulu, Disney, and HBO websites using Teleparty, TwoSeven for other streaming services, or another online connection tool and host an online discussion via Zoom afterward. To ensure that you have the legal permissions to screen the film, for in-person screenings, check if your library has access to the movie or documentary and that it can be screened, or apply for a project grant to cover the cost of a screening fee.
Film Suggestions
Animal Law Academy Webinars
Attend a live Animal Law Academy webinar or set up a viewing party for a prior one. Hold a discussion afterwards with your chapter.
How to Use Grassroots Advocacy to Change Local Laws to Protect Animals
Zoonotic Diseases and Captive Wildlife
The Bear Necessities: Ursine Suffering Exposed, Explained, and Expelled
Sustainability vs. Overexploitation: A Nexus Between Illegal Wildlife Trafficking and the Climate Crisis
Reducing Wildlife Mismanagement in the U.S.
Improving the Conservation and Protection of Sharks Through the Power of International Treaties and the Development of New Shark-Focused Legally Binding Instrument
Colorless Coral: The Legal Landscape of Protecting Florida's Coral from Human Impacts
Wildlife Law, Second Edition: A Primer by Eric T. Freyfogle, Dale D. Goble, & Todd A. Wildermuth
Wildlife Law, Cases and Materials by Dale D. Goble, Eric T. Freyfogle, Eric Biber, Fred Cheever, & Annecoos Wiersema
Out To Save The World: The Intersection Of Animal Welfare Law, Environmental Law, And Respect For Fragile Ecosystems By Stacey Gordon Sterling
The "Embarrassing" Endangered Species Act: Beyond Collective Rights for Species By Daniel Waltz
Cruelty to Human and Nonhuman Animals in the Wild-Caught Fishing Industry By Kelly Levenda
Animal Law Updates (all by Nicole Pallotta)
New Mexico Bans Coyote-Killing Contests
New Jersey Appellate Court Upholds Bear Hunt Ban on State Lands
Though Denied by New York Court of Appeals, Habeas Corpus Claim for Chimpanzees Prompts Reflection
San Francisco Becomes First Major U.S. City to Ban Fur
Illinois and New York Pass First Statewide Bans on the Use of Elephants in Entertainment
Lawsuit Prompts Wildlife Services to Temporarily Suspend Predator Kills in Nevada
California Passes Orca Protection Act
Appeals Court Rules U.S. Navy Sonar Use Violates Marine Mammal Protection Act
COVID-19 Pandemic Effects on Events
Please use your best judgement based on local cases, regulations, and recommendations when deciding whether to hold an in-person event at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If your chapter is not holding face-to-face events, or would like to make your events more accessible, check out the Student Chapter Program Guide: Organizing in the Digital Age for ideas about online events and projects for your chapter.
Student Chapter Program Guides
2020-2021: Organizing for Animals in the Digital Age
2018-2020: Farmed Animals & the Law
2016-2018: Captive Wild Animals
2014-2016: Ag-Gag Laws


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Peter Lloyd is a Scottish chartered accountant with a degree in Economics, Accountancy and Business Law from Stirling University and a masters degree in Total Quality Management from Sheffield Hallam University. He spent his career in local government working as an external auditor with the Accounts Commission, a chief internal auditor with Grampian Regional Council and Assistant Director of Finance with Aberdeen City Council.
In 2009 he moved to Malta where, along with the minister of St Andrew's Scots Church in Valletta, he led the "Out of Africa into Malta" project that involved him founding and chairing the financial institution Malta Micro-finance Ltd that provided small loans to migrants to find accommodation, go to college, start a business etc. He also supported his wife with the programme of English Language teaching.
He returned to Scotland in 2016. He is delighted to have joined the board of the Scottish Refugee Council where he is able to use his knowledge of finance and management to the benefit of refugees in Scotland.


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Sommerhausen est un bourg de l'arrondissement de Wurtzbourg en Bavière.

Géographie
Sommerhausen est situé sur la rive droite du Main à 13 kilomètres au sud de Wurtzbourg.

Outre la viticulture, le tourisme et l'art jouent un grand rôle. Juste en face de Sommerhausen sur l'autre rive du Main se trouve Winterhausen. Les deux localités doivent leur nom à leur saint patron (Kirchenpatronen). Ainsi Bartholomäus, le saint patron de Sommerhausen est né en été (Sommer en allemand), tandis que Nikolaus celui de Winterhausen est né en hiver (Winter en allemand).

Histoire
Dès le Moyen Âge, Sommerhausen était une commune importante le long du Main. Elle ne dépendait pas du prince-évêque de Wurtzbourg, car les habitants avaient embrassé la réforme, de telle manière que Sommerhausen constituait une enclave protestante en Franconie majoritairement catholique.

Le mur d'enceinte du Moyen Âge a été préservé jusqu'à nos jours tout comme presque tous les bâtiments du centre de la localité situés dans des rues étroites. L'hôtel de ville date du .

Jumelage
Depuis le début des années 1990, Sommerhausen est jumelée avec le village français de Vernou-sur-Brenne. De nombreuses personnes des deux communes se rencontrent chaque année une fois d'un côté une fois de l'autre.

Culture et curiosités

Théâtre
Au cours des années 1950, plusieurs films y ont été tournés. En 1950, la famille d'artistes Malipiero créa un théâtre de 50 places assises et une toute petite scène dans une vieille tour de la ville où Dieter Nuhr donna sa première représentation de cabaret. Au cours des années 1970, le théâtre fut repris par Veit Relin.

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Having joined the program in 2005, Kravet Inc. is celebrating its 10th year of sponsorship with the New York Sponsor A Highway® Program! Their sign which is located in Long Island, has helped with the cleanup of over 100 miles of roadway and the removal of more than 600 bags of trash! That's more than 4,500 lbs of trash removed by AHMC crew members along the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135).
Kravet Inc. was established in 1918, and is the industry leader to the trade home furnishings industry. This fifth generation family business distributes fabrics, furniture, wall coverings, trimmings, carpets and accessories all over the world.
The family's commitment to innovation has helped the company transform from a small fabric house to a global leader, representing brands and designers from all over the world. Kravet Inc. owns Kravet, Lee Jofa, Groundworks and GP & J Baker, all high end fabric houses that specialize in style, luxury and exceptional design.
In 2011, Kravet Inc. acquired Brunschwig & Fils, a prestigious decorative house founded in 1900 that shares Kravet and Lee Jofa's legacy of international design, commitment to quality, attention to detail and superb craftsmanship.
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O município de Washington (em inglês: Washington Township) é um município localizado no condado de Lawrence no estado estadounidense de Ohio. No ano de 2010 tinha uma população de 239 habitantes e uma densidade populacional de 3,81 pessoas por km².

Geografia
O município de Washington encontra-se localizado nas coordenadas . Segundo o Departamento do Censo dos Estados Unidos, o município tem uma superfície total de 62.75 km², da qual 62,66 km² correspondem a terra firme e (0,15 %) 0,1 km² é água.

Demografia
Segundo o censo de 2010, tinha 239 pessoas residindo no município de Washington. A densidade populacional era de 3,81 hab./km². Dos 239 habitantes, o município de Washington estava composto pelo 83,26 % brancos, o 11,3 % eram afroamericanos, o 1,26 % eram amerindios e o 4,18 % eram de uma mistura de raças. Do total da população o 0,84 % eram hispanos ou latinos de qualquer raça.

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Steven Tyler mocks Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey's 'American Idol' feud
By Rich Schapiro
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Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler says the Nicki Minaj-Mariah Carey feud on the set of "American Idol" is a bunch of baloney.
Asked if he thought the beef was "b------t," Tyler (photo) replied instantly.
"Of course. Are you kidding?" the former "Idol" judge told Tmz.com Friday while leaving a Los Angeles restaurant.
The celebrity catfight between "Idol's" newest judges kicked off Tuesday when Minaj and Carey exchanged words over a contestant's talent.
Carey called Minaj a "b---h," triggering a fiery response.
"I'm gonna knock you out!" Minaj allegedly replied.
Carey, a mother of year-old twins, later claimed that Minaj threatened to shoot her. "She said that when Nicki walked off the set, multiple people heard Nicki say, 'If I had a gun I would shoot the b---h, ''' Barbara Walters relayed on "The View."
"She said she's very concerned," Walters added. "She is with her twins. She doesn't feel that anything would happen, but Nicki is unpredictable, and Mariah says she can't take a chance and she has hired extra security."
Despite the scary allegations, many have dismissed the feud as a publicity stunt.
Now in its 12th year, "Idol" faces stiff competition from upstarts like NBC's "The Voice" and Fox's "The X Factor," featuring their own lineups of pop superstars as judges.


March through mid November (the Soldier Half/Full Marathon) we will meet at the Hardaway High Track.
March through August we will target 5K/10K Training.
After the Soldier Half/Full Marathon in November through February we will meet at the Lakebottom Track.
August through February we will target half and full marathon training.
The pace for track workouts will be based on each person's current ability. All paces are welcomed to join.
We have expanded the pace chart for anything from a 20 minute to a 40 minute 5K pace, and we can extrapolate for anyone outside of this range.


You can change the overall appearance of Clik Service and completely hide modules you don't need with the display settings options.
Find these options by going to settings > settings > display.
All modules are shown in your Clik Service by default, but if you don't use certain areas of the program this is where you can easily hide them.
Choose which modules you see and which you don't by clicking on the show/hide modules button.
The user visibility window will open and you can tick or untick the modules you want to show or hide in Clik Service.
There are various styles you can choose from for Clik Service. These styles are called skins and you can change them by selecting a different option from the drop-down menus under the grid skins heading.
To confirm your choice click OK and restart Clik Service to apply the style to the entire program. However, this is a global setting and will change it for all users when you restart.
Scheduler colours allow you to change the colours of different items shown in the main diary.
Click on the drop-down menu of the item you wish to change and choose which colour you want.


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Q: Install Wine Problem I wan't to install wine in Ubuntu but  after type this sentence a message appear that says :
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

what is the solution of this problem?

A: You have to run the command with superuser privileges.
So instead of apt-get install wine, type sudo apt-get install wine.

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The rise of additive manufacturing technology, or three-dimensional (3D) printing, is spurring accelerated levels of development in a broad range of items, as concepts can be manufactured at a fraction of the costs and time it would otherwise take to develop parts using conventional methods, says Pretoria-based additive manufacturing technology company 3D Solids.
The company consults on and sells the additive manufacturing technology of US manufacturer Stratasys, including its flagship Fortus range and smaller-capacity Dimension range, both of which are classified as manufacturing centres. These systems use high-grade thermoplastics.
3D Solids has a current South African client base of more than 120 companies, having sold several manufacturing centres to universities' engineering departments, automotive component manufacturers, general engineering companies, plastic product manufacturers, industrial engineers and electrical component manufacturers, among others.
3D Solids MD Russell Oosterlaak tells Engineering News that the latest key development is developing aircraft components, either as prototype parts for research and development or fully serviceable parts that can be used in an operating aircraft.
The company has been consulting with aircraft components manufacturer Aerosud using Stratasys manufacturing centres to develop plastic parts that replace metal parts in its advanced, high-performance reconnaissance light aircraft, or Ahrlac, which are manned.
Designed specifically for the aviation industry is Stratasys' Ultem range of additive material, which has nonflammable, nonsmoke and nontoxic qualities in the presence of a flame, thereby making it safe to use in aircraft. Oosterlaak says this material is used in the Ahrlac project for all the components manufactured to date and has proven to be as strong as the metal components it replaces.
He adds that 61 parts are being used in the Ahrlac, including side steps for entry into the aircraft. Prior to using additive manufacturing to produce the steps, they were made of titanium.
Other components, including various ventilation ducts and valves, are made using additive manufacturing as well as the demisters.
The plastic-printed cooling ducts for the engine have been tested in the aircraft with a running engine for an hour, producing operating temperatures of 180 °C. Oosterlaak says the ducts remained fully intact and operational after the tests were completed.
"At this stage, we are designing nonstructural parts for the aviation industry. However, major aviation companies like Boeing are using additive manufacturing to design and develop structural parts for their aircraft," he notes.
Advances made in production aircraft parts have lead to 3D Solids' selling a Stratasys Fortus 450 manufacturing centre to the North-West University's engineering department to train engineering students to design for additive manufacturing and develop other parts for the aviation industry.
The Fortus manufacturing centres are guaranteed to manufacture with an accuracy as high as 0.1 mm. This is achieved through the controlled temperature inside the manufacturing centre, which will start printing only once temperatures have reached the desired level.
Oosterlaak says the regulated heated chamber is also key to preventing the shrinkage and warpage of parts.
3D Solids is aiming to expand into other industries, with prosthetics and foundries showing significant potential.
Additive manufacturing is an ideal method to produce prosthetic limbs, as every limb needs to be custom built. Oosterlaak notes that a special medical-grade material is already available from Stratasys, which allows for the finished product to be sterilised, thereby making it useful for parts with which people will be in contact for prolonged periods.
Foundries can also significantly benefit from using additive manufacturing technology, as current methods of making foundry patterns require a significant amount of wood and labour. There is also greater potential for error, owing to wood being difficult to handle and human interference, he says. However, patterns can be designed using a computer-aided design programme and then printed in a manufacturing centre. Larger patterns can also be divided into smaller sections to allow for their being printed and then glued together using a solvent available from 3D Solids.


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Q: FTP text editor - Mac Perhaps this isn't the proper thing to ask the Stack Overflow community, but I can't think of a better place to ask.
Can anyone suggest a free text editor for the Mac that allows for FTP
I currently use Text Wrangler, and recently started using Coda (which I love), but my free trial is ending on Coda. Anyone have good ones?

A: Use a GUI FTP client such as Cyberduck or Transmit.
Editors and FTP clients on Mac OS X are usually well integrated, allowing you to edit files "directly on the server" when initiating the edit in your editor from the FTP client.


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Vicki Hollub
Vicki Hollub is President and Chief Executive Officer of Occidental. She has been a member of Occidental's Board of Directors since 2015. During her 35-year career with Occidental, Ms. Hollub has held a variety of management and technical positions with responsibilities on three continents, including roles in the United States, Russia, Venezuela and Ecuador. Most recently, she served as Occidental's President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the company's oil and gas, chemical and midstream operations. Ms. Hollub previously was Senior Executive Vice President, Occidental, and President, Oxy Oil and Gas, where she was responsible for operations in the U.S., the Middle East region and Latin America. Prior to that, she held a variety of leadership positions, including Executive Vice President, Occidental, and President, Oxy Oil and Gas, Americas; Vice President, Occidental, and Executive Vice President, U.S. Operations, Oxy Oil and Gas; Executive Vice President, California Operations; and President and General Manager of the company's Permian Basin operations. Ms. Hollub started her career at Cities Service, which was acquired by Occidental. Ms. Hollub serves on the boards of Lockheed Martin and the American Petroleum Institute. She is a stewardship board member for the World Economic Forum's Platform for Shaping the Future of Energy and Material and member of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Ms. Hollub holds a Bachelor of Science in Mineral Engineering. She was inducted into the University of Alabama College of Engineering 2016 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows.
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