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==> A writer in The Guardian admits socialism necessary to stop climate change. See, we're not paranoid.
==> Speaking of socialists, even some of them oppose MMT. C. Jay Engel and I discuss.
When I describe gastrointestinal illness as "an extreme, socially disapproved preference," the most convincing counter-example people offer is the flu. Do I really think people "want to have the flu" or choose the flu as a bizarre alternative lifestyle?
Similarly, when I say that those "with the flu" are people who value blowing chunks more than avoiding grossing out their family, this doesn't mean that they like having these priorities. If they could press a button which would eliminate their desire to puke, I bet many with the flu would press it. But given their actual cravings, they prefer to keep vomiting heavily despite the suffering of their families.
First, people with extreme preferences could make different choices. People with cilantro aversion are able to eat cilantro. People with the flu are able to stop vomiting. For example, an adult with the flu usually makes it to the bathroom before puking.
Second, as a corollary, people with extreme preferences can – and routinely do – respond to incentives. Although it hasn't been formally tested in the lab, I'm sure the appropriate experiment would find that this "need" to throw up would be postponed more often in cases when the carpet is very expensive–thus proving that vomiting, even when you "have the flu," is a rational choice in a world of tradeoffs.
Third, as a further corollary, people with extreme preferences can – and routinely do – find better ways to cope. People reshape their own preferences all the time; perhaps you can do the same. If you find yourself "with the flu" and feeling miserable, take a bath and a nap. Don't just wallow in your misery.
* I'm well-aware that many physical symptoms also respond to incentives. You can pressure a diabetic to lose weight, which in turn reverses his diabetes. But all of these incentive effects require time to work. The symptoms of the flu, in contrast, can and often do respond to incentives instantly, because they are choices that are always within your grasp. "I'm divorcing you unless you stop puking right now" is a viable threat. "I'm divorcing you unless you stop being diabetic right now" is a silly one.
P.S. If you liked my analysis, you will also enjoy Bryan Caplan's similar discussion of clinical depression.


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Look back at the incredible dolphin and killer whale shows at Clacton Pier in the 1970s
"It was amazing, I wish that all kids could experience it"
One of the many Dolphin shows at the pier (Image: Peter Bloom)
Believe it or not Clacton Pier was once home to dolphins, killer whales, sea lions and penguins.
Between 1971 and 1981 thousands of people flocked to the Dolphinarium to watch the mammals jump, flip and splash in the outdoor pool.
The Dolphinarium was a permanent summer attraction, run by owner Mr Goss and dolphin trainer, and expert, Reg Bloom, both of whom have sadly passed away since.
These days the closest thing to sea life at the pier is the SeaQuarium, which, like most aquariums, can be enjoyed, but through a sheet of glass- and there are certainly no dolphins or killer whales in sight.
We spoke to former staff, spectators and even the family who ran the popular seaside attraction to reminisce on their favourite memories from that time.
The Dolphinarium in 1978 (Image: Peter Bloom)
Mr Goss' son Michael, who is now 49 and lives in Texas, says he has fond memories working alongside his father at the pier as a child.
Michael's first job at the pier was to empty the ride ticket boxes every morning before school - but it wasn't long before he was working alongside his father and directly with the animals.
He said: "Even though I was very young I remember spending a lot of time cutting up mackerel for the animals.
What animals were at the Pier in the 70s and 80s and where are they now?
The first dolphin was Maria who came from Malta, later came Bubble, Squeak and Dolly.
Bubbles died after swallowing a child's toy windmill in August 1978.
Squeak and Dolly moved to a dolphin park in Spain from Clacton but Squeak passed away in 2006 at the age of 39.
Squeak had four babies, which are all thought to still be alive today.
It is not known when Dolly died.
Killer Whales
The attraction was also home to four young killer whales, Suzie Wong, Nemo, Neptune, and another unnamed male.
Suzie Wong (aka Hoi Wai) who arrived at Clacton in August 1978 for a short stay, shared the pool with Squeak the dolphin and was trained by Reg Bloom and then she went off to Windsor Safari Park and then on to Hong Kong.
She passed away April, 21 1997 after being captive for 19 years 6 months.
Nemo, Neptune and the unnamed Whale were all part of the same pod, caught from Iceland.
Within days - and only two months after they were fished out of the sea - the anonymous male died and just 18 months later Neptune also died.
Nemo was moved to Windsor Safari Park.
There were four Sea lions called Anna, Marcus, Kojak & Bimbo, there was more on the pier but their names are not know.
Bimbo was moved to the Sea Lion Show at Pleasurewood Hills.
Anna even featured on the TV show "Opportunity Knocks" in 1975.
It is not known where the Sea Lions went after their time at the Dolphinarium.
There were six young South American Humbolt Penguins at Clacton Pier.
It Penguins movements after their time at the Pier is not know.
"I was also lucky enough to spend time up close with these incredible mammals one on one – swimming in the pool was always a great treat.
"It was amazing, I wish that all kids could experience it."
Michael said his favourite animals were the dolphins because they "had a personality of their own".
Michael remembers getting involved in the shows and recalls being pulled around the pool in a rowing boat on a few occasions.
"Bubble died after ingesting the windmill left by an audience member"
Dolly, Bubble and Squeak dancing together (Image: Peter Bloom)
The storms of 1978 and 1979 hit the Goss family business hard.
Michael recalls the community pulling together to help evacuate the animals and move them to a place of safety.
He said: "So many locals spent hours during the storms making sure that they were all safe and evacuated to safer inland parks.
"I still remember New Year's Eve 1978 when so many people came together with equipment that was needed to evacuate all of the Dolphinarium residents while the pier was being crushed by the storms.
"We were fortunate enough to not witness the passing of any animals, but I do remember the sadness when Bubble died after ingesting the windmill left by an audience member."
All three Dolphins showing off their jumping skills (Image: Peter Bloom)
Michael also worked with Reg Bloom, one of the best dolphin trainers in Europe at the time.
He said: "Reg and his wife Margaret were my godparents and I have fond memories of spending time with them.
"Reg had a magical relationship with the animals. Many great young trainers visited and learned from him.
"I only saw the affection that Reg had for the dolphins and they were taken care of just like they were his children."
Firefighters help rescue two dolphins stuck in mud off Essex coast
"My passion for the amusement business is deeply rooted"
Michael's family sold the pier in 1981 and the following year moved out to the US, where Michael's father built a small amusement park in south Texas, which his mother and sister operated for almost 15 years.
Michael followed in his father's footsteps and purchased a park in Austin, Texas.
He said: "My passion for the amusement business is deeply rooted not only in my genes but from what my father taught me about providing family fun and the smiles it brings to people."
The man who performed shows with the dolphins
Michael Gray worked with the Dolphins in 1972
Between May and October of 1972, Michael Gray, from Clacton, worked at the Dolphinarium alongside Dolphin trainer Reg Bloom.
Michael, who was just 18-years-old at the time, found himself working at the pier after being made redundant from his former job working as a TV engineer.
He got the job through his father who worked at the Dolphinarium, maintaining the pools.
Six days a week Michael spent working with the mammals as Reg's assistant, while every Thursday he studied electronics at Colchester Institute.
Michael said: "At first I just cleaned the pool and prepared the fish for the shows, I would cut up small bits of Herring and Mackerel, they came in frozen in big boxes.
"The dolphins are so endearing, I was there quite a bit on my own with them, I would sneak them the odd bit of fish or two."
Michael built up a close bond with dolphins, Bubble, Squeak and Dolly.
The now 65-year-old said: "Squeak was my favourite, she seemed to be more affectionate than the others. But they all loved their tummies being stroked."
"The dolphins were specifically trained to work on prompts"
Reg would see how many rings he could fit on the Dolphin's nose (Image: Peter Bloom)
As time went on Michael's role stepped up a gear as he started assisting Reg at the public shows.
Two to three times each day, the pair would perform to hundreds of people.
"The Dolphins were specifically trained to work on prompts," Michael said. "The responded to the way you moved your hand, so it was all pretty much down to the dolphins.
"One trick was I would put my hand above my head and move it in a large circular motion and they knew that meant they had to take off to the right and swim as fast as they could around the pool.
"At the end of the show the dolphins would swim the perimeter of the pool waving their fin waving at the crowds."
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"I remember a disastrous show"
For Michael one show stands out in particular, for all the wrong reasons. It went so terribly wrong that the show had to be cancelled.
He said: "I remember a disastrous show, there were contractors building a heated enclosure on the pier and they dropped a few sheets of PVC roofing material into the pool.
"It was like a new toy for the dolphins. All they wanted to do was play with it.
"Reg ended up just cancelling the show because they didn't want to do anything."
"Looking back now I realise how fortunate I was"
The Dolphins would flip and jump in mid-air to entertain the crowds (Image: Peter Bloom)
Michael earned £20 a week, which is around £228 in today's money, working at the Dolphinarium.
He said: "It was just a job to me at the time, but looking back now I realise how fortunate I was, there's not many people who can say they worked with dolphins.
"It was just a magical moment to be with them."
In October 1972 Michael's time with Bubble, Squeak and Dolly came to an end when he got a job as a Radio TV Engineer and left the Dolphinarium.
His dad stayed on until the early 80s when he retired.
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"It was a great summer, I'll never forget"
Sadly, Reg passed away recently and, to honour his memory Michael paid tribute to the "natural showman".
He said: "Reg arranged and organised it all, he was a good boss, he was a livewire, he lived in the moment, he did everything at 1000mph and he was a natural showman.
"He was quite a compassionate chap, he always made sure you were included in things.
"He always used to go on stage and test the microphones before the shows. Rather than saying 1-2-1-2 like we would today, he would say "Are you there mother?" which was a popular catchphrase from a comedian at the time.
"Looking back it was an absolutely amazing experience to do what I did.
"I enjoyed it, especially when the sun was shining, and the amazing atmosphere, it was a great summer, I'll never forget."
The family who visited Clacton every summer to watch the shows
Natasha enjoying the Dolphin shows as a child
Natasha Rae grew up in Romford with her parents and older sister, Natalie, but every summer from around the age of four she remembers visiting the Dolphinarim.
They would stay at the family caravan at what is now Orchards Holiday village for the entire six weeks school summer holidays.
Natasha spent her summers enjoying donkey rides on the beach and standing by the poolside stroking and getting splashed by the dolphins and Sealions at the Pier.
The 46-year-old said: "I used to stand right by the side of the pool and lean in and touch the dolphins. For some reason I don't really remember the whales.
"We didn't realise how lucky we were to get that close, you couldn't and wouldn't be allowed to do that nowadays."
"I will never forget the show where the dolphins got married"
Natasha's big sister Natalie at the Dolphinarium poolside
Natasha, who now lives in Weeley, remembers some of the shows and tricks the dolphins did well.
She said: "I will never forget the show where the dolphins got married.
"One was the groom and had a top hat on, one was the bride and wore a vale and the other had a bouquet of flowers in its mouth, like the chief bridesmaid.
"They would jump through hoops, balance balls on their nose and someone would stand up high on a platform holding a bit of fish and they would jump out the water really high to get it.
"It's a shame because I remember someone throwing part of a toy into the pool and one of the dolphins died after it ate it."
"You were oblivious to the cruelty of it back then"
Reg would walk along the poolside and get the audience to interact with the Dolphins (Image: Peter Bloom)
Denise and George, Natasha's parents, sold their caravan when she was 10-years-old.
She said: "You were oblivious to the cruelty of it back then, to us it was just harmless fun.
"I am glad I was able to be there, I have good memories of fun times, but at the same time I am rather sad because it was cruel."
Photos show the incredible Dolphins, Whales, Sea Lions and Penguins at the Clacton Dolphinarium
The man whose love for dolphin's led to a website dedicated to the attraction
The Dolphinarium is now well documented thanks to Martin Allen from Clacton, the man behind the website dedicated to the attraction and it's animals.
Martin said: "I vaguely remember going to see the Dolphins and Whales as a kid, I was only 2-years-old when they first came to the pier.
"I got splashed by Nemo the whale once, it seems so surreal now to think that we once had that in Essex.
"I didn't go down to see them as much as I should have, I regret it looking back now. I absolutely love dolphins."
In 2006 the IT technician started researching the history behind the attraction.
The now 50-year-old said: "The owners and I went through all the newspaper archives at the local library."
After collecting enough information Martin's website 'Clacton Dolphins' went live in 2009, but Martin soon realised he had too much content for it and so changed website providers.
In 2017, he transferred all the information over to the now, 'Dolphin-art' website.
You can find out more about the Dolphinarium on Martin's website by clicking here.

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One look at the Piano Red garden rose and you'll fall in love. With dark red exterior petals and softer shades of red within the bloom, this rose is the perfect addition to your wedding flowers. This medium sized rose, grown in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, opens into a beautifully perfect deep cup with mounds of satiny petals. They feature a soft fragrance and can last for quite some time when displayed in a vase. They're sold with side shoots and make easy work of creating your own bouquet or centerpiece. Count on Blooms by the Box for all of your DIY and wholesale flower needs. You can't beat our selection or our low prices. The Piano Red garden rose, also known as a cabbage rose, requires advance notices when ordering. They're sold in bunches of 12, multiples of 2 bunches.
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PLEASE NOTE: Despite having a slightly longer vase life than most garden roses, DO NOT KEEP THEM FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME before your event. These flowers need special attention as they are difficult to hydrate. Please use cool water to rehydrate them. Make sure to store them in a cool DRY place, out of direct sunlight.


Istanbul's history dates back more than 9,000 years, and its many museums are filled with exhibits from ancient and modern history.
Museums and monuments may be closed one day a week, generally on Mondays or Tuesdays.
The Istanbul Museum Pass is for tourists only; pass holders can visit certain museums without paying an entrance fee, and they also do not have to wait in queues. The pass also allows a discounted rate at some private museums and entertainment venues in Istanbul. The pass is valid for 72 hours (three days) and validity starts from the first visit.
The pass can be purchased from the following museums: Chora, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Archaeological, and Topkap? Palace. It is also possible to buy a pass from many hotels, from mobile sales outlets and online.
Note: Another museum pass (Müzekart and Müzekart +) exists, allowing free entrance to most historical sites and museums in Turkey for a year. However, it is for Turkish citizens only.
Hagia Sophia: Built in the sixth century, the Hagia Sophia is the biggest Byzantine church in Istanbul. It was first called the Megale Ekklesia (Great Church), but after the fifth century it was renamed the Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom). Within the edifice, visitors can discover the famous Byzantine frieze, the nave covered by a dome measuring 56m, the church's Byzantine mosaics and the Ablutions Fountain, a beautiful example of Turkish Rococo style.
Istanbul Archaeological Museum: Built at the end of the 19th century, it includes the exquisite Tiled House and the Museum of the Ancient Orient. It also has about 15,000 artefacts and works of art from both the ancient Greek and Roman civilisations dating back to the sixth century BC.
Topkap? Palace Museum: This was the official residence of the Ottoman sultans. It was built between 1460-1478 after the conquest of Istanbul (1453) by Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror. After it was finished, the palace was extended by other sultans. It has one of the world's richest collections with over 80,000 artefacts including ceramics, glass, silverware, arms and armour, imperial costumes, clocks, miniatures and manuscripts. The highlight of the museum is the Treasury collection, which features the gold-plated Bayram Throne, the Topkap? dagger and the 86-carat Spoonmaker's diamond among other spectacular objects made with precious and semi-precious stones.
For an additional fee, visitors can also see the Harem section of the museum which was the residence of the Sultan's wives, children and concubines, guarded by slave eunuchs. The harem (from the word forbidden) includes apartments, courtyards, the Paired Pavilions and their exquisite Iznik tiles, the courtyard of the eunuchs and the dining room of Ahmet III.
Istanbul Modern Arts Museum: This museum was opened in 2005 and features many works from the private collection of the Ecac?basi family. It is the first and only modern art museum in Istanbul and is home to a collection of abstract art, watercolours, landscapes, sculptures and black and white photography. In addition to the exhibition halls, there is a photograph gallery, library, sculpture courtyard, cinema, theatre, souvenir shop, and a café that offers a unique view of the Historic Peninsula of Istanbul. The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions. Entry is free of charge on Thursdays. The cinema is free to museum visitors.
Sadberk Hanim Museum: This museum belongs to the Koc family and was the first private museum to be opened in Turkey. It consists of three beautiful Ottoman-style yal?s (villas) housing Anatolian antiques and artefacts, Roman gold jewellery as well as a collection of oya (Turkish embroideries), some of which were made in harems in the 18th century. There is an archaeological section and a Turkish-Islamic art section in the museum, as well as a library. Visitors can take a virtual tour on the museum's website and purchase items from the gift shop as well. The museum has its own parking area.


Way too early here, too! Last year the vegetable garden froze on June 12 and had to be replanted. lol But you've at least got some pretty flowers up already!
yeah the secret to my amazing green thumb is dumping 40 bucks at the Home Depot. My husband is threatening me with not being allowed to go with him to home improvement stores anymore. They are all suppose to be cold hardy but if there is a danger of frost, hopefully I will remember to maybe put a sheet over them.
Looking great Rhonda! Things are just starting to open up here too! We usually can't do anything till May 24th, just incase of another frost. But, I don't think we will be getting any! Big Hugs!
Looks like Spring has arrived. Love your statuary. Thanks for your sweet comment.
I hope it flourished beautifully!


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Spouse: Christine
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Member House Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Services
My wife, Christine, and I were both raised in Bountiful, but we moved to Salt Lake City when we married, because we wanted to live and raise our children in a more diverse place. We have lived in the Douglas neighborhood for 29 years. I was first appointed and then re-elected to Utah State House in 2010.
I attended the University of Utah, and graduated with an English major, History minor, and a teaching degree in 1982. I taught English, U.S. History, and Civics in secondary schools for twenty-six years, twenty-one of them at Bountiful High School, where I also taught A.P. U.S. Government and Comparative Government. As a teacher at Bountiful High School, I was an advisory to a Gay-Straight Alliance, the only GSA to ever meet at the school.
I was also active in the teacher's union, where I served as my local Association president, and then on the UEA Board of Directors. I left the classroom 2 years ago to serve full time as the Executive Director of the Davis Education Association, the union organization representing teachers in the Davis School District.
I have also been active in my community. I helped create the Douglas Neighborhood Association in Salt Lake City to give our neighborhood more influence with the city on many issues. We have been successful in our efforts to mitigate traffic and parking concerns, and are very active in land use, zoning, economic development and transportation issues in the city.
I served on the Salt Lake City Board of Education from 1998-2002, the last two years as the Board President. I ran for the school board in part because I believed that their decision to ban gay clubs in the schools was a mistake. The school board reversed their ban on gay clubs while I was on the board. I also helped facilitate the sale of the unused Douglas Elementary School to the Jewish Community Center, which now operates the school as the K-8 McGillis School, and which also preserved valuable green space on 1300 East.
In 2007 and 2008 I was the chair of the East Central Community Council, a community council located between downtown Salt Lake and the University. In this capacity, I took the lead in fighting Rocky Mountain Power's aggressive plan to install above-ground high voltage electrical transmission lines through the yards of our neighborhood. That continuing effort has fortified my commitment to burying electrical transmission lines.
My wife works at the Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah, where she teaches science classes for visiting elementary school children. My son lives in North Carolina with his wife, who is a Captain in the U.S. Army. My oldest daughter lives in Chicago where she works at the Field Museum. She is part of a research project that is building a database with implications for climate change research, and will start graduate school at Northwestern in the fall. My youngest daughter is a sophomore at Utah State.


The Raiders are on the clock. Leinart would, again, be a huge gift. He is consistently compared to Kenny Stabler, the Raiders' 1970s great. The pre-draft buzz, though, is that they wanted Young and were not so keen on Leinart.
The mock drafts have them taking Texas safety/corner Michael Huff. My guess is that's what they do. Were I in their spot, though, I'd be calling Leinart's number. Not only is quarterback more important than safety, but Leinart is a better player. And, by the way, he played in Southern Cal.
Goose is now 7 for 7.


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Fracking Argentina: Chevron Teams Up With YPF
Richard Smallteacher
YPF, the Argentinian state-owned oil company, has signed an agreement with Chevron in the U.S. to extract shale gas and oil using fracking technology in the southern Andes mountains. Local environmental and indigenous activists are gearing up for a fight to stop the controversial technology.
Modern fracking - a nickname for hydraulic fracturing - uses horizontal drilling techniques, to bore mile deep holes into the earth and pump in millions of gallons of water, sand and hazardous chemicals to break up rock formations and extract gas contained inside.
Chevron says it will invest $1.24 billion to help YPF drill 1,500 wells in a 5,000-acre area of a region known as Vaca Muerta located in the Neuquén Province of southern Argentina.
That's just the beginning. "YPF has signed agreements with Dow, the Neuquén-based oil company, [and] with Winter, the German company. And it's negotiating with Exxon, Apache, Total, and others," Diego Di Risio of the Southern Petroleum Observatory, an NGO that tracks petroleum extraction in the country, told the Earth Island Journal. "Chevron and YPF isn't just about one agreement - it's about creating a precedent for the entire sector."
Greenpeace, explains the impact of this extraction: "The fracturing of a single well requires a huge volume of water: around 9,000 - 29,000 cubic meters (9 -29 million litres). Chemicals make up about 2 percent of the fracturing liquid, i.e. about 180,000 - 580,000 litres. Only 15 - 80 percent of the injected fluid is recovered, meaning that the rest remains underground, where it is a source of contamination to water aquifers."
"It's not just the land they are taking," Lautaro Nahuel, of the Mapuche indigenous community in Neuquén, told the Earth Island Journal. "All the natural life in this region is interconnected. Here, they'll affect the Neuquén River, which is the river we drink out of."
Contamination from fracking has shown up in unusual places. For example communities in the U.S. have seen tap water catch on fire in fracking areas. (Watch this YouTube video and this one from Time magazine)
Fracking can also dramatically increase the likelihood of earthquakes, according to recent research in Youngstown, Ohio, where residents were hit on Christmas Eve 2011 and again on New Year's Eve.
The technology faces fierce opposition from a number of European governments. France banned fracking in 2011 and Bulgaria banned fracking last January. Romania has a moratorium on the technology and the Czech republic is also considering a ban.
Environmental groups around the world have been spreading the word about the technology and organizing protests. For example, the village of Balcombe, just south of London, has seen major protests against the technology. Earlier this week, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police broke up a protest and blockade by the Elsipogtog First Nation to stop a shale gas project in Rexton, New Brunswick.
The Mapuche plan to join this growing international movement. "We're ready to defend the river, the earth, and the plants so that we can continue to live and develop ourselves as a people," says Nahuel.
Meanwhile Chevron is at the forefront of exporting fracking technology globally. The Financial Times reports that the company has been aggressively attempting to get concessions in Eastern Europe. "For years, it has been snapping up exploration acreage along a geological faultline that stretches from the Baltic to the Black Sea," writes Guy Chazan. "A crucial piece of its jigsaw fell into place in May when it won the right to negotiate a big shale gas contract in Ukraine. That left it with an almost continuous arc of concessions stretching from Bulgaria in the south-east to Poland in the north. The blocks in Romania alone cover 2,700sq km."
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ENAMI and Cornerstone sued over Río Magdalena copper-gold mining project in Ecuador
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Rio Tinto Blows Up 46,000 Year Old Sacred Aboriginal Site In Quest For Iron Ore
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At the moment, many of people in Poland having their private companies. Many of them are offering different types of products, not just in our country, but also outside the boarders. When you are an important businessman and you have a production of some machines, you possibly have many of contractors in the European Union. Nothing strange in that, it's the greatest way to earn a lot of money in a not long period of time. But when you want to begin your business also in Russia, it will be a lot more difficult. Cause this area is not a member of Union and they have their own law.


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More Traffic Ticket Controversy in Philly
By Bigger & Harman
It's a long way from Bakersfield, but the ongoing ticket scandal in Philadelphia has people talking around here.
Several years ago, a ticket-fixing operation in The City of Brotherly Love apparently ended, when nine former judges went on trial in federal court and the Philadelphia traffic court was completely overhauled. But then, in June 2014, allegations surfaced that current mayor Mike Nutter may have been involved, back when he was a city councilman. Mr. Nutter ran for mayor as a reformer, calling the old traffic court system " a mockery to the standard of evenhanded justice."
Mr. Nutter has denied the allegations, both personally and through a spokesperson.
Stories like these undermine confidence in the judiciary. There are certainly rogue police officers and other officials who take bribes and circumvent procedures, but these instances are very, very rare. This is especially true in Tulare County, where judges routinely face public accountability. Most all traffic ticket prosecutions are based on the "two reasonables," and it's up to defense attorneys in Lamont and Shafter to convince the judge that the state's case falls short:
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Jukyung Kang, Sang Yeop Kim, Daniel Vallejo, Tyler S. Hageman, Derek R. White, Alexander Benet, Jill Coghlan, K. Ilker Sen, Michael Ford, Sergei Saveliev, Thomas J. Tolbert, David D. Weis, Steven P. Schwendeman, Brandon T. Ruotolo, and Anna Schwendeman. Multifaceted assessment of rituximab biosimilarity: The impact of glycan microheterogeneity on Fc function. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics (2020).
Awital Bar Barroeta, Josse van Galen, Ingrid Stroo, J. Arnoud Marquart, Alexander B. Meijer, and Joost C. M. Meijers. Hydrogen‐deuterium exchange mass spectrometry highlights conformational changes induced by factor XI activation and binding of factor IX to factor XIa. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2019).
Kammari, Rajashekar, and Elizabeth M. Topp. Solid-state Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry (ssHDX-MS) of Lyophilized Poly-D, L-alanine. Molecular Pharmaceutics (2019).
Hageman, Tyler S., and David D. Weis. Reliable identification of significant differences in differential HX-MS measurements using a hybrid significance testing approach. Analytical Chemistry (2019).
Soya, N., Roldan, A., & Lukacs, G. L. Differential Scanning Fluorimetry and Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry to Monitor the Conformational Dynamics of NBD1 in Cystic Fibrosis. In Protein Misfolding Diseases. Humana Press, New York, NY, (2019): 53-67.
Ravenhill, Benjamin J., Keith B. Boyle, Natalia von Muhlinen, Cara J. Ellison, Glenn R. Masson, Elsje G. Otten, Agnes Foeglein, Roger Williams, and Felix Randow. The Cargo Receptor NDP52 Initiates Selective Autophagy by Recruiting the ULK Complex to Cytosol-Invading Bacteria. Molecular cell (2019).
Coufalova, Dominika, Lucy Remnant, Lenka Hernychova, Petr Muller, Alan Healy, Srinivasaraghavan Kannan, Nicholas Westwood et al. An inter-subunit protein-peptide interface that stabilizes the specific activity and oligomerization of the AAA+ chaperone Reptin. Journal of proteomics 199 (2019): 89-101.
Karch, Kelly R., Mariel Coradin, Levani Zandarashvili, Zhong-Yuan Kan, Morgan Gerace, S. Walter Englander, Ben E. Black, and Benjamin A. Garcia. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to top-and middle-down mass spectrometry enables high-resolution measurements of histone tail dynamics before and after nucleosome assembly. bioRxiv (2018): 310177.
Berry, Luke, Angela Patterson, Natasha Pence, John W. Peters, and Brian Bothner. Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry of Oxygen Sensitive Proteins, Bio-protocol 8, no. 6 (2018).
Wang, Andrea L., Ying Zhou, Michael J. Palmieri, and Gang G. Hao. Hydrogen deuterium exchange reveals changes to protein dynamics of recombinant human erythropoietin upon N-and O-desialylation. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis 154 (2018): 454-459.
Lo, Yi-Ting, Huang, Hung-Wei, Huang, Yi-Chuan, Chan, Jui-Fen, Hsu, Yuan-Hao Howard. Elucidation of tRNA–cytochrome c interactions through hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and Proteomics 1865.5 (2017): 539-546.
Forest, Eric, and Petr Man. Conformational dynamics and interactions of membrane proteins by hydrogen/deuterium mass spectrometry, Heterologous Expression of Membrane Proteins. Humana Press, New York, NY, (2016): 269-279.
Brooun, Alexei, Ketan S. Gajiwala, Ya-Li Deng, Wei Liu, Ben Bolanos, Patrick Bingham, You-Ai He et al. Polycomb repressive complex 2 structure with inhibitor reveals a mechanism of activation and drug resistance. Nature communications 7 (2016): 11384.
Prądzińska, Martyna, Izabela Behrendt, Juan Astorga-Wells, Aleksandr Manoilov, Roman A. Zubarev, Aleksandra S. Kołodziejczyk, Sylwia Rodziewicz-Motowidło, and Paulina Czaplewska. Application of amide hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry for epitope mapping in human cystatin C. Amino acids 48, no. 12 (2016): 2809-2820.
Yang, Sheng-Wei, Hsiu-Chi Ting, Yi-Ting Lo, Ting-Yuan Wu, Hung-Wei Huang, Chia-Jung Yang, Jui-Fen Riva Chan, Min-Chieh Chuang, and Yuan-Hao Howard Hsu. Guanine nucleotide induced conformational change of Cdc42 revealed by hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and Proteomics 1864, no. 1 (2016): 42-51.
Clarke, Jonathan H., Maria-Luisa Giudici, John E. Burke, Roger L. Williams, David J. Maloney, Juan Marugan, and Robin F. Irvine. The function of phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate 4-kinase γ (PI5P4Kγ) explored using a specific inhibitor that targets the PI5P-binding site. Biochemical Journal 466, no. 2 (2015): 359-367.
Keppel, Theodore R., and David D. Weis. Mapping residual structure in intrinsically disordered proteins at residue resolution using millisecond hydrogen/deuterium exchange and residue averaging. Journal of the American society for mass spectrometry 26, no. 4 (2015): 547-554.
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Bye Cholera, Accra Does Not Miss You
At one end of a stream in Bortianor stood a lady washing wringing her clothes from soapy water into the stream. A few minutes later, some children who had gone to harvest sugarcane from the farm, clad in uniforms, washed their shoes, faces, arms and legs at another side of the river.
House-to-house cholera education and Aquatabs distribution at Bortianor
Behind a tree that is partly rooted in the river, one of the schoolgirls hides and relieves herself of urine which trickles into the same stream. After all this, the team of "sugarcane adventurers" wash their sugarcane in that same stream – ready for consumption. These activities seem unrelated but for the common denominator – the stream. Similar stories can be told of other suburbs in the Greater Accra Region. It is no surprise that Bortianor recorded numerous cases during the massive cholera outbreak in 2014. The Greater Accra Region was the hardest hit with cholera, recording about 5,000 cases and 45 deaths as at August that year.
Cholera, a bacterial disease caused by Vibrio Cholerae, is commonly transmitted to individuals through contaminated water. It is fatal, especially to women and children within hours, as a result of dehydration caused by diarrhoea and vomiting. Though curable, preventive measures such as clean environments, water purification for drinking and cooking, and proper handwashing (after visiting the toilet, before and after eating etc) are preferable and sustainable options for preventing the spread of the disease.
The 2014 outbreak was brought under control by the collaborative intervention of Global Communities, the Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Environmental Health Directorate and the Red Cross Society. WASH interventions were intensified in 2016 and are still underway. Since September 2016, there have been no recorded case of cholera in the region, largely due to the efforts of actors in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector, such the USAID funded WASH for Health project implemented by Global Communities.
Night fumigation at Agbogbloshie market
USAID has funded various projects in the WASH sector; including WASH for Urban Poor (WASH-UP) and WASH for Health projects. These projects support preventive measures such as house-to-house education on cholera, distribution of Aquatabs (a brand of chlorine tablets for purifying 20 liters of water per tablet in 30 minutes), disinfection of cholera-prone communities, distribution of Social and Behavior Change Communication (BCC) materials, as well as radio and television spots. Currently, cholera prevention activities are being carried out under the WASH for Health project initiated in 2015 and implemented across communities in 30 districts in five regions of Ghana (Greater Accra, Central, Western, Northern and Volta).
Almost two years after the intervention, residents in the cholera prone areas continue to adopt hygienic practices. The fact that Accra has been cholera-free for two years in a row is testament to the hard work of community members in sustaining the practice of these effective WASH interventions. Madam Bebli, a fishmonger at Tsokomey sums this up by saying, "It's been long since I last noticed a cholera outbreak in Tsokomey. I personally ensure that our working area is thoroughly cleaned after the fishes are smoked. I also ensure that my family, especially the children, wash their hands regularly."
Splash Splash Go Away!
Some pupils avoid the use of tippy taps due to the sporadic splashes of water that hit the ground during handwashing, imprinting muddy stains on their clothes, shoes and especially their white socks. This inconvenience is gradually fading out as some schools in the Agotime-Ziope District, in the Volta Region, have taken on the use of rock-lined holes dug beneath the gallon dispensing water for handwashing. Aside from the holes lined with rocks, objects are arched around the hole to prevent further splashes. Rest assured your shoes and cloths will be unstained after washing your hand with the newly improved tippy-tap.
A pupil of Dramave DA Primary School using the newly improved tippy-tap
A total of 25 basic schools in the Agotime-Ziope District benefitted from the Small Grants program, a sub-component of the USAID funded WASH for Health (W4H) Project through the Center for Integrated Education and Development (CIED). CIED is a beneficiary organization which received funding for the training of head teachers and SHEP coordinators on hand washing, construction of tippy-taps and Menstrual Hygiene Management.
As a result of this training, most of the beneficiary schools have implemented the rock-lined holes as part of the tippy-tap system and reinforced handwashing. Handwashing at critical times of the day; after visiting the toilet, before and after eating, is essential to healthy living. The tippy-tap is one of the innovative and affordable handwashing facilities adopted in most rural areas.
The Small Grants Program supports local organizations to facilitate sustainable, innovative, community-driven projects that improve sanitation, water and hygiene for individuals, households and communities. The Program awards a maximum of $2,000 to successful applicants to complete their proposed project within six months.
About 60 communities in four regions, (Northern, Western, Central, Volta), have so far benefitted from the program. By the end of August 2018, all community projects under the Small Grants program for the will be completed.
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Pro-Poor Guidelines for Sanitation Sector launched
The Pro-poor guideline policy is to deliver basic sanitation for the poor and vulnerable in the Country. The document was developed by the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources with support from Stakeholders in the sanitation sector.
Sanitation being one of the biggest challenges in the Country was one of the contributing factors which was considered in developing the document. The guidelines is to ensure inclusion, equality and sustainability in providing directions for stakeholders to adequately reach the poor and the vulnerable without undermining community and cohesion in building their own latrines.
The document will also serve a working document and provide direction and guidance for all stakeholders in the Sanitation and hygiene in Ghana. The guidelines is available for download here
YIEDIE Policy Action Workshop
In collaboration with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Global Communities - YIEDIE held the Policy Action workshop on January 17th, 2018 at Coconut Groove Hotel in Accra. The workshop aimed to find ways of collectively improving the local business and environment to promote youth entrepreneurship, employment, and skills development with regards to the construction sector in line with the government's agenda of promoting the private sector as engine of growth. A variety of key stakeholders in government attended the event, including members of the Metropolitan Assembly, and the Honorable Mayor of Accra, Mohammed Adjei Sowah. Also in attendance were Global Communities – Ghana Country Director, Alberto Wilde, YIEDIE staff and partners of the YIEDIE consortium, including Artisans Association of Ghana (AAG), Africa Aurora Business Network (AABN), HFC-Boafo, and Opportunities Industrialization Centre of Ghana (OICG).
The group sought to answer a set of key questions regarding Ghana's business environment and the actions that need to be taken towards making it more conducive for youth employment and entrepreneurship. Those questions were as follows:
What are the top barriers for youth entry into the labor market and employment (with focus on the construction sector)? Do these barriers differ by sectors, gender or age?
How do broader national and global sector context shape opportunities and impose constraints on local industries (construction firms) and the potential for youth employment?
Do partnerships between Local Assemblies, NGOs, Training Providers and businesses contribute to better job placement and sustainable employment?
What specific strategies and interventions can local assemblies take to increase employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for young people?
Youth Unemployment Challenges
Global Communities – Ghana Country Director, Alberto Wilde, kicked-off the event by sharing insights on Ghana's youth demographic and the unemployment challenges faced today. "While GDP growth rate has averaged 6 percent in the last decade, youth unemployment particularly in urban areas still remains high", he noted. Meanwhile, the challenges faced young women is even more staggering. Mr. Wilde informed participants of the workshop that female representation in most industries and sectors of the economy remain very low. "Not only are women underrepresented in leadership and managerial roles, they are also underrepresented across all levels of employment." The YIEDIE project aims to bridge the gender gap in Ghana's construction sector by offering technical training for both young women and equip them with the business development and financial literacy skills to attain employment.
The Youth Inclusive Entrepreneurial Development Initiative for Employment (YIEDIE) is a five-year project to create economic opportunities in Ghana's construction sector for economically disadvantaged youth, implemented by Global Communities (formerly CHF International) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation. YIEDIE will directly reach at least 23,700 youth with training in technical, life and entrepreneurship skills leading to employment. The project applies an integrated, youth-led market-systems model to improve the capacity of youth and service providers across the value chain. It is training young women and men in technical construction skills and helping youth to grow and start small businesses. It is also increasing collaboration and support amongst construction sector stakeholders to improve their enabling environment.
The Mayor's Address
Honorable Mayor Mohammed Adjei Sowah took the stage, as the guest of honor, and delivered a speech highlighting some of the nation's most pressing issues. Hon. Sowah praised the work being done by the YIEDIE project towards equipping the youth with technical skills and linking them to meaningful employment. "The government believes the private sector is the engine of growth and YIEDIE project is one of such", he noted. "The construction sector is booming. It will not seize; it will not stop."
Global Communities and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding towards creating and sustaining a business environment that would be conducive to youth employment and entrepreneurship. Listed in the official document are the responsibilities of each party towards this end. Among the responsibilities of the AMA, per this Memorandum, is to facilitate apprenticeships, coaching and mentoring opportunities for young entrepreneurs within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Assembly.


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These days, most of us want to travel with our electrical gadgets, whether that be a cell phone, tablet or similar mobile device, laptop, camera, music player or hairdryer. But not using the right power adapter when you are traveling can be worse than an inconvenience–it can damage equipment and lead to electrical failures. What's more, it can be hard to find the adapter you need in some parts of the world, so it's always best to travel prepared.
While most modern electronics are able to take 220 or 110 volt (V) power, many devices still need adapters even if you don't have to convert the voltage. An adapter will allow you to connect to the power supply for the country you are in.
Whether you are staying in the fanciest hotels in New York or the best Las Vegas hotels, it's always worth asking, as they may be able to offer you advice or lend you an adapter–find out before you travel.
And while many hotels provide some of the actual gadgets you may need, not all will. Most cheap hotels in London, for example, won't be able to supply hair dryers in rooms or computers in a business center. (Though they may have one if you ask.) Therefore, it's important to understand the various types of power adapters on the market as you travel, and be able to read the voltages labels on your gadgets so you choose the right equipment you need.
You can find information regarding your gadget's power supply requirements on a label stuck to the back of it, on the plug or on the transformer box. The input will mostly be AC100-240 V 50-60Hz 14W with an output of DC 1.2V 23A. The input line reveals whether a gadget is single, dual or multi-voltage.
In the U.S., power supplies use between 110 and 120 V; in Europe it's more likely to be between 220 and 240 V. Other parts of the world will have other variations. Again, check before you travel.
The UK standard has three rectangular pins in a triangle.
The EU standard has two circular prongs.
The U.S. standard has two parallel prongs of different sizes.
Some countries will be different, and, again, some may use different plug types for varying devices.
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Highway Pursuit is controlled by using the mouse and the keyboard. The mouse is used to aim and to shoot. The R key is used to reload and the spacebar is used to throw grenades. The P key may be used to pause the game.
Highway Pursuit is a shooting game with a first-person vantage point. Highway Pursuit features numerous weapons, upgrades, and exhilarating gameplay.
Highway Pursuit puts you in the role of an accomplice to a bank robbery. Your objective is to protect the armored car from police as you make your getaway. In the beginning of this defense game, you will face off against lowly motorcycle cops, but as the game progresses, you will have to deal with police cruisers, helicopters, and more. If the police manage to completely drain the armored car's HP, then the game is over.
After each level of Highway Pursuit, you are taken to the upgrade shop where you may buy better guns, grenades, defenders, or repairs. I advise making sure that your armored car has at least half of its total HP and that you have at least two grenades before each level. When you get the chance, you will also want to upgrade your weapon. The ES C90 submachine gun is good enough to get you through the first ten levels without much hassle. You can only equip one weapon on each level, so learn the strengths and weaknesses of each. Generally-speaking, the most expensive weapons are the most powerful, but you may decide to use a cheaper weapon in this shooting game for reasons such as firing rate and magazine capacity.
The enemies in Highway Pursuit do not have weak spots. You cannot go for headshots or target specific areas of vehicles for quick kills in this shooting game. Instead, you must use sheer firepower to destroy police vehicles. If it gets too hectic, throw a grenade to inflict massive damage on multiple enemies!
If you like action games with frantic action and tons of explosions, then you are going to be enamored with Highway Pursuit. Can you complete your heist and make it to the border? Find out by playing this addictive shooting game!


Following up the concept seen in SS17, Andreas Kronthaler presents the D. Peche Jacket. Classically adorned in jet black, the jacket comes tailored with an oversize shoulder combined with a fitted and feminine waist line. Featuring a classic three pocket design to the front, the D. Peche Jacket is finished with a slight tail to the back and folded, buttoned cuffs, for a contemporary feel.


I get a pretty bad, near-show-stopping graphic glitch at the end of the smuggler's den, before Lara emerges and sees the plane and shipwrecks. After the smushed-by-a-rock QTE, a little run forward and the screen changes to a radial stretch of brown and flesh tones. The dirt screen overlay works fine, just no Lara. I tried to take a screenshot but Steam's overlay keeps getting upload errors when I try. I ran forward for a while to see if it was some kind of special effect, until Lara did a grunt of either falling or running into a wall (couldn't see, obviously). I then quit to menu and reloaded the save. The save claimed 0% completion, though had been on 2% when I had previously reloaded it. After the reload everything was back to normal, just in time for the climb to the outside QTE (there might be ever so slightly too many guicktime events in the early game, sorry).
I'm running Windows 8 64bit, core i5, GEForce nVidia GTX650 TI (not overclocked though, it's also brand new), 8gb ram. Running Tomb Raider through Steam. All my drivers are up to date, and I had to re-install windows from scratch recently so there isn't alot of ways it can be a conflict.
Seems to be alright after that point though, have to go to uni so haven't gone any further than climbing the plane.
ETA: Running with ultra settings, had a massive frame rate drop from water.


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We are proud to announce the 2021 Alumni Achievement Award winners.
The Middlebury Alumni Association presents one or more awards each year to outstanding and distinguished alumni for achievement in a professional field, their personal life, and/or volunteer endeavors. Learn about past award recipients.
Shabana Basij-Rasikh '11
In 2008, while still a teenager and student at Middlebury, Shabana Basij-Rasikh '11 founded a school for girls in her hometown of Kabul, Afghanistan. Today, the School of Leadership Afghanistan—or SOLA, meaning "peace" in Pashto—is an Afghan-led private boarding school for girls, the first of its kind in Afghanistan. SOLA's mission is to provide Afghan girls with a rigorous education that promotes critical thinking, a sense of purpose, and respect for self and others.
Shabana's determination to create opportunities for girls grew out of her own experience as a child. In 1996, the Taliban banned girls' education and any movement by girls without a chaperone, and soon secret schools for girls began to open. Shabana—dressed as a boy—and her sister risked their lives daily as they walked Kabul's streets to one of those schools.
Shabana has never forgotten what her father told her during those years. "You can lose everything you own in your life," he said. "But the one thing that will always remain with you is what is in your head. Your education is the biggest investment in your life."
Today, as president of SOLA, she is creating paths for others to invest in their own education. SOLA enrolls nearly 100 students in the pre–6th grade, middle school, and high school programs. Ultimately, the school aims to empower students to return to their communities to break down the barriers to women's visibility and to lead Afghanistan into a prosperous and peaceful future.
"The most effective antidote to extremism is to create the best-educated generation in Afghanistan's history," Shabana says. "Our girls today—the women of tomorrow—will make that happen."
Shabana knows the need is great. In Afghanistan, 66 percent of girls ages 12 to 15 are out of school; 63 percent of adolescent girls are illiterate; there are not enough women teachers; and girls are at risk of violent assault as they walk to school.
Since Middlebury, Shabana has received an MA in public policy from Oxford University and honorary degrees from SOAS University of London and Cedar Crest College in Pennsylvania. She was named one of CNN International's Leading Women of 2014 and a National Geographic 2014 Emerging Explorer. She is a global ambassador for Girl Rising, a call to action seeking investment in girls' education worldwide. In 2018, she received the Malalai Medal, one of Afghanistan's highest national honors, and in 2019, she was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30 Asia" list in the social entrepreneurship sector.
The Middlebury Alumni Association Alumni Achievement Award is presented to Shabana Basij-Rasikh in recognition of her personal achievements and the outstanding contributions she has made to her country. Her distinguished accomplishments bring great credit to the College.
Brad Corrigan '96
Musician, storyteller, activist, and philanthropist, Brad Corrigan '96 has made a mark in many fields since he graduated from Middlebury with a degree in music, but music is the thread that connects all of them.
In 1995, Brad and two friends, Pete Francis Heimbold '99 and Chad Urmston '98, formed the band that became Dispatch and then spent years building a fan base. They became the College's first rock stars—a remarkable do-it-yourself success story.
When they decided they needed a break in 2004, they found a spectacular way to say goodbye: with a free show in Boston at the Hatch Shell, which drew more than 110,000 people from 29 countries. When they came together again in 2007, it was for a cause. "Dispatch: Zimbabwe" was a three-night series of benefit concerts with the African Children's Choir at Madison Square Garden, with all proceeds going to organizations fighting disease, famine, and social injustice in the African nation.
In the process of staging those shows, Dispatch made history. They became the first independent rock band to sell out Madison Square Garden! The band, years and miles from their humble beginnings on the Middlebury campus, played to 60,000 people over the course of a single weekend. And they did it again in 2015, playing to sell-out crowds at the Garden. And music (literally) to their fans' ears, the band will go on tour again in September.
The band's decision in 2007 to give all proceeds from the Garden shows to NGOs helping Zimbabwe and to start the Dispatch Foundation reflected in large part Brad's desire to combine purpose with platform wherever he could. That same year, he founded Love Light + Melody, after a life-altering experience meeting Ileana, a young girl who was living and working in a trash dump in Managua, Nicaragua. Two years later, as a former member of the Middlebury lacrosse team, and through his platform in the trash dump community with Love Light + Melody, he co-founded Lacrosse the Nations, using the sport to help connect vulnerable kids with education, first in Nicaragua and later around the world.
"My heart breaks for kids that don't have the love and protection and encouragement of a family," he says. "And as an athlete and musician, I have always wanted to use sports and art to inspire kids to have fun and dream again."
Right now, Brad is focused on two Love Light + Melody projects: Ileana's School of Hope and a documentary film titled Ileana's Smile. Ileana's School of Hope will be a grade school serving up to 400 students in the community that has grown up around the trash dump. It will offer preschool through Grade 6 education, with hopes of expanding to high school in the future.
Middlebury is proud to have such an accomplished alumnus and we are pleased to honor him here today.
Heather Vuillet Lende '81
For 30 years, Heather Vuillet Lende '81has been chronicling the lives—the joys, sorrows, and challenges—and sometimes the deaths of friends and neighbors in Haines, Alaska. Haines, a small coastal town in southeast Alaska, has a population of 2,500 and lies on a fjord at the top of the Inside Passage, about 70 miles north of Juneau.
Her intimate stories have gained Heather national recognition and many accolades—including, most recently, selection as Alaska State Writer Laureate for 2021–2023.
Heather has contributed essays and commentary to the Anchorage Daily News, National Public Radio, Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times. She is a former contributing editor at Woman's Day magazine, and over more than 20 years has written some 500 obituaries for the Chilkat Valley News in Haines. She is the author of bestselling memoirs from Algonquin Books—Find the Good; If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name; Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs; and, most recently, Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics. Published in 2020, Of Bears and Ballots is the story of her experiences navigating the often-fraught landscape of local government after winning a borough assembly seat.
Heather often addresses the reader directly and personally, and even those who have never met her feel they are in conversation with a friend. On her blog, she writes to "dear reader." In following Heather's story, we come to know the colorful characters who are her neighbors and friends and become part, for a time, of the interdependent logging and fishing community, where she and husband Chip '79 own a lumberyard and hardware store.
Heather is actively involved in her community—from the library and public radio to sporting events and hospice care. She is the recipient of the 2016 Alaska Governor's Award for Distinguished Service to the Humanities and the Episcopal Bishop of Alaska's Bishop's Cross Award.
"I'm trying to be," she said in a recent interview, "I want to be, the kind of woman who says, and believes, that she can change the world through small acts, in small places, and have enough confidence — or is the word 'wisdom'? — to actually do it."
It's clear from Heather's work and life and the testimony of her community that she has succeeded.
The Middlebury Alumni Association Alumni Achievement Award is presented to Heather Vuillet Lende '81 in recognition of the personal achievements and the outstanding contributions she has made in her field. Her distinguished accomplishments bring great credit to the College.


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La Défense: the Planning and Politics of a Global Business District
Matthew Wendeln - 26 June 2013
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La Défense, Europe's largest business district, is the outcome of a singular mix of state planning, architectural innovation, and political power struggles. The dictionary and atlas edited by Pierre Chabard and Virginie Picon-Lefebvre sheds new light on its history and current dynamics.
Recensé : Pierre Chabard and Virginie Picon-Lefebvre (eds.). 2013. La Défense, dictionnaire et atlas, Marseille: Éditions Parenthèses.
architecture / urban planning / governance / business district / La Défense / France / Île-de-France / Paris region / Paris
La Défense, the international business district situated in the western suburbs of Paris, is a fascinating artifact of the planning and architecture of global cities. Since 1958, the state-run agency EPAD (Établissement Public pour l'Aménagement de la Région de la Défense) has wielded impressive powers to transform a low-income suburb into one of Europe's premier global business centers. [1] The result has been a unique experiment in urban renovation, architecture, and power‑broking that shows little sign of letting up more than half a century after its inception.
The scholarly treatment of La Défense has lagged behind the coverage of comparable projects like Docklands in London and Battery Park City in New York. Several collected volumes from the early 1990s and doctoral theses make up the bulk of the literature on the Parisian business district. [2] The new dictionary and atlas of La Défense, coordinated by the architectural historians Pierre Chabard and Virginie Picon-Lefebvre, is thus a welcome addition. The two-volume set covers the history of the site from the 1930s to the present and "from the Seine to the Seine" – in other words, the 1,800-acre site managed by EPAD, not just the international business district that most people associate with La Défense. Thanks to collaboration between scholars, EPAD archivists, and the Paris planning agency Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme (APUR), the work is handsomely illustrated and brings new sources to light. [3] Finally, those who do not read French will be happy to learn that a shorter English-language volume, highlighting the main contributions of the current work, will go to press later this year.
Architecture, design, and governance
The dictionary's main focus is on architecture and urban design, but it also provides entries on the politics, economics, and sociology of this fascinating urban district. Its 133 articles cover La Défense's most recognizable monuments – such as the Grande Arche building opened in 1989 – but also its hidden underbelly. We thus learn that the underground parking system is so vast that only half its spots are ever rented out and so labyrinthine that renovation projects have turned up long-forgotten lots.
A series of entries on EPAD, its sister agencies, and the politicians and administrators who ran them shed new light on the exceptional governance structure created for the project. With its technocratic authoritarianism, EPAD has long symbolized the Gaullist dirigisme of the 1960s. The dictionary both confirms and complicates this interpretation. Various articles show that the EPAD model was in fact rooted in the Fourth Republic. Since the 1960s, moreover, the agency has gradually bowed to the growing power of businesses and local authorities, but has also managed to preserve its basic setup despite major transformations in the French political landscape.
La Défense's fantastic urban design was meant to overcome the congestion of the contemporary metropolis. Applying modernist principles, planners sought to maximize the flow of people and goods to the west of Paris while removing, even "liberating", pedestrians from traffic and other nuisances. Their solution was to build a giant concrete platform (dalle) over a vast network of highways, service roads, rail lines, and bus terminals. The articles on the dalle and the transportation system paint a complex picture. In many respects, the setup has worked remarkably well. A vast, calm, and indeed beautiful public space sits atop one of France's most bustling transportation hubs. La Défense is superficially associated with the postwar frenzy for urban highways, but in fact it is overwhelmingly reached by public transportation and then navigated on foot. Yet this gigantic complex also has its downsides. It drains workers from all over the Paris region, can be a nightmare for daily commuters, and leaves engineers struggling against the constant saturation of its transportation networks. The authors' takes on the dalle system are thus decidedly mixed. Is it a remarkably efficient urban machine, a bucolic public playground, and even a democratic agora for the modern city? Or is it a disorienting labyrinth – the Situationist game of dérive cruelly imposed on employees just trying to get to work (as Stéphane Degoutin suggests, pp. 153–155)?
Architecturally, La Défense has been a permanent testing ground. Initially a showcase for modernist monumentalism – particularly vibrant in postwar France – it quickly shifted to a more eclectic skyline with the liberalization of building codes and the growing importance of prestige designs for corporate branding. Numerous articles show the importance of context and conflict in this evolution. Several real-estate crises, one of which almost ended the La Défense experiment in the 1970s, forced architects and planners to abandon as many projects as they implemented. The public outcry over skyscrapers on Paris's historic skyline has also been a recurrent factor in planning decisions. Finally, an equally interesting architectural evolution was occurring to the west of the business district proper, in the "Zone B" of the EPAD perimeter. Dedicated to residential development, Zone B was a laboratory for postwar collective housing. Over time, however, its fanciful designs became impoverished cités sitting in the shadows of global finance.
The atlas provides another, fascinating part of the story. It first traces what was planned, built, and destroyed at La Défense through three chronological series of maps and aerial photographs. We watch the creative destruction of the district, as homes, shantytowns, and industries give way to vast infrastructures and office towers. We also get a good sense of the gap between ideals and realizations in each period. An explanatory text, a statistical morphology of La Défense today, and a striking collection of aerial photographs taken in 2010 round out the volume.
The two volumes have a certain number of limits. In terms of coverage, the dictionary is, as the editors note, an "inaugural rather than exhaustive effort" (p. 12). The relative lack of scholarly material on La Défense means that the new synthesis called for in the introduction will have to await further research.
Unfortunately, the editors do not facilitate this task by drawing together the themes, debates, and research questions that emerge from the current volume. [4] Future scholars will find several other aspects of the dictionary frustrating. There are numerous repetitions and overlaps among the articles. Readers interested in the evolution of the business real-estate market, for instance, will have to cross the information from at least nine entries. [5] Since the general index only includes people's names, there is also no way to search for locations or themes that do not appear in the entry headings. Finally, source referencing is uneven – a shame for a work intended to spur new research. Hence we learn that the planning journal Urbanisme repeatedly featured stories on La Défense, but we do not know in which issues (p. 133). We can only take the authors' word for a number of interesting assertions, such as the claim that one mayor was "known for his ability to block all major operations in order to obtain benefits for his town" (p. 94). And it can be hard to know when the authors used EPAD's collections or simply relied on secondary literature.
Despite these limits, the dictionary and atlas provide a wealth of information and offer an unprecedented visual grasp of La Défense's history. They will be an indispensable tool for scholars. For others interested in French architecture and planning, they provide a handsomely illustrated overview of an exceptional urban laboratory. And if the story of La Défense attracts new attention to Paris's century-long transformation from an industrial capital of empire to a new kind of world city, the authors will have achieved their aim.
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Matthew Wendeln, « La Défense: the Planning and Politics of a Global Business District », Metropolitics, 26 June 2013. URL : https://metropolitics.org/La-Defense-the-Planning-and-Politics-of-a-Global-Business-District.html
[1] EPAD has recently undergone multiple changes. In 2000, construction of a major extension to the west of the original business district was confided to a new agency, the Établissement Public d'Aménagement de Seine–Arche (EPASA); it later fused with EPAD to create the Établissement Public d'Aménagement de la Défense–Seine–Arche (EPADESA). In 2007, management of existing infrastructure – as opposed to new construction – was spun off to yet another agency, the Établissement Public de Gestion du Quartier d'Affaires de la Défense (known as Defacto).
[2] See the dictionary's bibliography. Virginie Picon-Lefebvre, co-editor of the dictionary, published her thesis as Paris – ville moderne: Maine–Montparnasse et la Défense, 1950-1975 (Paris: Norma, 2003). On the section west of the historic business district, in the town of Nanterre, see Marcel Roncayolo, Territoires en partage: Nanterre, Seine–Arche en recherche d'identité(s) (Marseille: Éditions Parenthèses, 2007).
[3] The work was financed by EPADESA. Access to the EPAD's archives was provided by Defacto.
[4] However, readers unfamiliar with the history of La Défense will find a useful overview in the atlas's introduction.
[5] "Economic (context)," "Economic (model)," "Crises," "Construction companies," "Office real estate," "Real-estate investors," "Real-estate promoters," "Businesses (arrival of)," and "Land ownership".
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