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In Box Review of Esci 1/9th Scale
VW Type 82 Kubelwagen
MSRP: $44.99 back in the 70's
Ray Mehlberger
During WWII, a wide variety of all sorts and kinds of vehicles were developed and used. All of them were designed in an attempt to satisfy the various technical and tactical requirements of the belligerent nations. However, only a few of these vehicles were as popular and as widely used as the little "kubelwagen". Which, thanks to its reliability and versatility soon became an unreplaceable part of the German Army.
The Volkswagen Type 82 Kubelwagen, derived from the economic car designed in the thirties by Engineer Porsche (actually the forerunner of today's Volkswagen "Beetle") was born, under the impetus of war, as a transformation of the more peaceable civilian version.
The biggest change was the bodywork, which was simplified to the maximum, to the disadvantages of its appearance, but obviously to the advantage of production requirements, took on the typical "box" shape in stamped plate.
The second basic change involved the engine which was increased from 995 cc to 1134 cc in order to give more power, particularly necessary for off-road performance.
At the same time, the chassis and the suspensions were strengthened. Thus, by 1940 the first Kubelwagen reached the various units and made a name for themselves thanks to their excellent characteristics and performance.
Operating ceaselessly under the most difficult conditions, from the hot African deserts, to the snow-covered wastes of Russia until the end of the war.
TECH DATA:
Height (to roof): 1650 mm
Wheel base: 2400 mm
Empty weight: 725 kgs
Useful weight: 1160 kgs
Load capacity: 400 kgs
Tires: 5.25-16
Max speed: 80 km/h
Fuel distance: 450 km
Average consumption: 8 L x 100 km
Tank capacity: 30 L
Max gradient exceed able: 40%
Fording capacity: 450 mm
Esci was a prolific model company based in Italy. They produced all manner of model subjects in the popular scales. In later years some of their molds went to Ertl in Dyresville , Iowa and even later some went to DML Dragon and Revell of Germany. I think that Esci went out of business.
THE KIT:
This kit came in a huge box. At 25 ½" in length, 16" in width and 4" deep, it really is the largest kit box in my stash of kits.
It came shrink wrapped in a tray and lid type box.
The box art shows a Kubelwagen posed against a background that is blue and white stripes. It is in overall Panzer-grey with a license plate no,. WH-621373. It has a white tactical mark on the left front fender that is a circle with a X on it and a pennant at the end of one of the arms of the X.
This is marking for a motorcycle unit. The markings shown in the instructions for this vehicle includes a white German helmet mark on the right front fender that is the division mark for "Grossdeutschland" division.
There is a circle in one corner of the box art that says the kit has 500 parts in it.
One side panel has two color cut-away drawings of the Kubelwagen showing it's side and rear. Moving parts in the kit are listed here as: steering wheel, suspensions, folding canvas roof, folding windscreen. Doors, bonnet, boot, and moveable machine gun.
The other side panel has color illustrations of other 1/9th scale AFV kits that Esci marketed: kit no. 7001 of a B.M.W. R-75 motorcycle with side car, kit no. 7004 a Trumph 3=HW motorcycle, kit no. 7005 a NSU HK-101 Kettenkrad tacked motorcycle and kit no. 7008 a B.M.W. R-75/A1 solo motorcycle. This is said in multiple languages including English.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX:
This kit contains 10 tan trees, a brown vinyl tree, a clear tree, 2 steel colored trees in 9 sealed cello bags.
There is a stapled-shut paper envelope that contains 2 steel springs, 2 steel rods and 2 rods twisted into loops. The decal sheet and the instructions complete the kit's contents.
The instructions consist of a bound booklet of 20 pages in 8 ¼" x 11 ½" page format.
Page 1 of the instructions begins with a black and white grainy photograph of a real Kubelwagen. It looks to be all Panzer-grey, but no marks are visible on it. This is followed by the history of the Kubelwagen in French, English and Italian.
Page 2 through page 17 give a grand total of 25 assembly steps.
At the bottom of page 13 there is a black and white photo of a Kubelwagen parked next to an apartment building. I'm assuming this is a post war shot of a restored one.
The bottoms of pages 15 and 16 have a total of 3 walk around photos of parts of the MG-42 machine gun of which there is one with it's pedestal mount in the kit.
Pages 18 and 19 have the parts trees illustrations. Some parts are X'd out, meaning they are excess and not needed to complete the model.
Page 20 has a 3-view line drawing with arrows pointing to where you place the decals you choose from the ones listed below the drawings. No color for the Kubelwagen are given, but I KNOW it was at least in overall Panzer-grey in the European Theatre and sand colored for North Africa. I have also seen it in some multicolor schemes. So, check your references to see what you like.
The fist marking option is for a Kubelwagen with the 15th Panzer Div., reconnaissance unit. The license no. is WH-163436. The division sign is a white triangle with a vertical bar dividing it. The tactical sign is a white rectangle on wheels with a diagonal line through it and a letter A in the upper left corner, a white pennant is on it's roof.
The second marking option is for a Kubelwagen that is the box art subject, already described above, that is with the Grossdeutchland Div.
The third marking option is for a Kubelwagen with a Afrika Korps field postal service unit. Unit not given. It has the license no. FP-15386, the white Afrika Korps palm tree with a swastika on it and a white rectangle with a X inside it on wheels and with a small FP on the roof and a number 2 to the right of it.
The fourth marking option for a Kubelwagen is with the SS 3d Panzer Div. "Totenkopf" It has the license no. SS 51443, a white death's-head insignia and a unit marking of a white triangle with an X inside it on wheels and a white number 3 to the right of it.
The fifth and last marking option for a Kubelwagen is with the 2nd Fallshirmjager parachute Div. "Ramcke" Brigade. It has the license no. WL-407823 and the division mark of a white diamond outlined in black with a black R in the center.
At the bottom of the page is 2 black and white wartime photos of Kubelwagens.
On is shown from the rear it is in the markings of the second marking option Grossdeutchland Div. However, the license no. on it is different. It is WH-621377, the last digit different.
The other picture shows a German office standing next to a Kubelwagen and talking to somebody unseen inside. On the other side of it a second soldier is also talking to whoever is inside too. Behind him is a young girl sitting in a doorway. The license no on this car is WH-637471. Not one on the decal sheet.
Tan letter A parts tree holds: engine parts, engine room fire wall, exhaust pipes and mufflers etc. (77 parts).
The tubing is for plumbing in the engine.
Tan letter B parts tree holds: transmission parts, axles, suspension parts, wheel centers, shift lever etc. (102 parts).
Tan letter C parts tree holds: the floor, front stamped side panels, underside panels (10 parts).
Tan letter D parts tree holds wheel rims (10 parts).
This is one of the 5 tires that mounts onto the rims.
Tan letter E parts tree holds: the hood, steering wheel, dashboard, headlight housings, taillight housing, seat frame parts, dashboard support columns etc. (68 parts).
Tan letter F parts tree holds: stamped metal doors, side panels, shovel, etc. (37 parts)
Tan letter G parts tree holds the fenders, notek lamp etc. (12 parts).
Tan letter H parts tree holds: rear seat side frames, lower rear body panel, engine compartment door and entry frame, engine room rear wall etc. (24 parts).
There are no letter I, J or K parts trees.
Brown vinyl letter L parts tree holds the seat and backrest cushions, etc. (15 parts).
A sheet of cloth is included for the canvas roof. There is pattern to cut it the right shapes in the instructions.
Clear letter M parts tree holds the windows, headlight and tail light lenses (10 parts).
Metal colored Letter N parts tree holds: the canvas roof supports, the MG-42 machine gun parts, a jerry can, a gas mask canister, a steel helmet with its inner shell part etc. (80 parts).
The 2 steel springs, 2 metal rods and the coiled rods are in a stapled paper envelope.
The decal sheet, already described completes the kit's contents. It includes instrument faces for the dashboard.
This is one neat large AFV model. It is very complex and has a lot of working features too. Detail is excellent.
I bought this kit from a vendor at a IPMS contest. I think it was back in the 70's ?? The kit included a metal colored extra letter A parts tree. I don't know where it came from??
Perhaps this guy has a second kit they came from. He had removed 90% of the parts on this metal colored tree and they were inside a zip locked bag in the kit. He had even glued some of the parts together that had 2 halves to them.
However, going over what is there shows that not all the parts that are loose are from the A tree and some of them are from some other model kit. Oh well, parts for the spares box.


FleetBroadband has been chosen to provide essential voice and data connectivity for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 as well as sending high-definition television (HDTV) and rich multimedia content from the Volvo Open 70s while they race across the world's oceans.
Inmarsat returns again to the event as official satellite communications provider; Stratos Global is official sponsor of mobile satellite services; and Thrane & Thrane is official sponsor of satellite and radio communications equipment to Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009.
Inmarsat's new maritime broadband service, FleetBroadband, will be delivered to the yachts by Stratos mobile satellite services via Thrane & Thrane SAILOR satellite equipment, and will allow an expected global audience of more than 1.8 billion people to follow the race on high definition television (HDTV), radio and the internet.
FleetBroadband, supplemented by Inmarsat Fleet 33 and Inmarsat C services, will not only be used to deliver navigational and weather updates, position reports and course headings, but will also provide the essential safety communications for the crews as they compete in a 37,000 nautical mile race which lasts over nine months.
"The clarity of HDTV is about as close as you can get to the race action without being on a competing yacht. It's what the international broadcasters want, it's essential for raising the profile of the race and the sponsors globally, and it can only be sent by FleetBroadband," said Knut FROSTAD, CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race. "By choosing FleetBroadband, we have made this the most connected Volvo Ocean Race in its history".
"It's a huge reassurance for the crews to know that with FleetBroadband they are never alone. Their progress will be closely monitored and their stories will reach the teams, sponsors, spectators, and most importantly for them, their families," said FROSTAD. "We welcome the involvement of Inmarsat, Stratos and Thrane & Thrane - three names that every sailor will know well - as official sponsors of the Volvo Ocean Race, and look forward to a very successful partnership."
Andrew SUKAWATY, Chairman and CEO of Inmarsat, said, "The Volvo Ocean Race reflects Inmarsat's values - global, leading from the front, pushing technology to its limits and always striving for excellence. We're building on the success of our previous sponsorship of the race, and are excited that FleetBroadband will have a global platform to demonstrate its power".
Stratos President and CEO Jim PARM added, "We are fortunate to be part of the team that will enable the Volvo Ocean Race to benefit from an amazing leap forward in maritime communications technology. The performance and reliability of FleetBroadband is far superior to communications services used in past ocean races. We expect it to help bring the excitement and action of this important race to a global audience."
"The Volvo Ocean Race reflects our philosophy of overcoming the challenges of communication in extreme environments, so we are proud that Thrane & Thrane has been chosen once again as the communications equipment provider", said Walther THYGESEN, CEO, Thrane & Thrane A/S. "We will play an important part in the organisation of the race and the safety of the crew and boats. It is the ultimate showcase for SAILOR."
All 39 weekly half-hour TV shows and all nine one-hour summary programmes will be shot in HDTV. It is estimated that 90Gb - the equivalent of 20 DVDs - will be sent from the boats to race headquarters over FleetBroadband. This will be supplemented, as with previous races, by radio interviews, still photographs and text written by the crews - also sent via FleetBroadband and other Inmarsat services.
Launched in November 2007, FleetBroadband provides high-quality voice and broadband data connectivity, accessible simultaneously, through compact domes and below-deck equipment. Inmarsat's first fully IP-based service for maritime use, FleetBroadband supports up to 432kbps of standard IP connectivity, up to 256kbps of guaranteed or 'streaming' IP data, and high-quality voice.
Thrane & Thrane will supply a complete range of SAILOR satellite and radio communication products. Each yacht will be equipped with a FleetBroadband 500, Fleet 33, Inmarsat-C, and additional radio equipment.
Among other value-added services, Volvo Ocean Race crews will have the opportunity to utilize Stratos' popular maritime services AmosConnect and AmosConnect Crew. AmosConnect from Stratos is an easy-to-use, yet highly sophisticated email service that seamlessly integrates email, fax, telex, GSM text, interoffice communication and access for mobile personnel into a single messaging system. AmosConnect Crew is an all-in-one communication solution that enhances crew satisfaction and welfare onboard the vessel.


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HomeBlu-Ray Movies The United States Military - A History of Heroes Blu-Ray (Free Shipping)
The United States Military - A History of Heroes Blu-Ray (Free Shipping)
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Vendor: Mill Creek Entertainment
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"Heroic History in High Definition! A Tradition of Honor, A Legacy of Valor!"
The United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps have for more than two centuries proven themselves to be proud and honored defenders of America s freedoms and liberties. Experience the long and proud tradition of the men and women who served our nation s interest and advance the national cause in this dynamic 7-Part Documentary series. With new and impressive historical recreations and museum level attention to detail, this series gives viewers an exclusive look into the legendary stories of both tragedy and triumph that created A History of Heroes.
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The evolution of America s Navy 1775 to 1914, from non-existent to one of the greatest sea powers in the world
The U.S. Navy: 1915 - Today
The technological advances propelled by the U.S. Navy from 1915 to present day have ensured that our sailors are an unparalleled nautical force
The U.S. Marine Corps: 1775 - 1916
The origins and creation of our nation s stopgap military force from 1775 1916
The U.S. Marine Corps: 1917 - Today
The colorful history and evolution of the men and women of our nation s Marine Corps from 1917 to today
The U.S. Air Force: 1903 - Today
The evolution of our nation s superiority in the skies, from 1903 to today
The U.S. Army: 1775 - 1899
The proud history and traditions of the soldiers who stood against our nations enemies to defended our freedoms, from 1775 to 1899
The U.S. Army: 1900 - Today
The advancement and reform of our nations Army, from 1900 to today
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Arthur Sullivan: His Music Without Gilbert
Cynthia Collins
The Victorian-era composer, Arthur Sullivan, is most famous as part of the British opera writing team of Gilbert and Sullivan who collaborated on 14 comic operas in the late 19th century. The popularity of their operettas, such as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado, is due to the music as well as W. S. Gilbert's librettos and lyrics that often spoofed traditional pomp and pageantry. In addition, Sullivan wrote numerous compositions outside of his professional partnership that ranged from hymns to large choral and orchestral works.
Sullivan (1842-1900) was born in London and surrounded by music at an early age. His father was the military band conductor at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and supplemented his income by giving private music lessons. Arthur quickly learned how to play many of the band instruments and composed his first anthem by the time he was eight years old. He was accepted in the choir of the Chapel Royal at age 11 and was soon a soloist as well as composing and arranging hymns.
He received the first Mendelssohn scholarship offered by the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 14 while remaining as a soloist with the Chapel Royal. His education continued in Germany at the Leipzig Conservatory, studying styles and techniques of Mendelssohn and other composers such as Bach, Verdi, and Wagner. His graduation piece of incidental music based on Shakespeare's The Tempest was performed the following year, in 1862, at London's Crystal Palace. The success of this work received high praise from author Charles Dickens who attended one of the performances.
Over the next few years, Sullivan juggled composing with his position as principal of the Royal College of Music, formerly called the National Training School for Music, and also as organist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He had two major works performed in 1864: a ballet, L'Île Enchantée, and a concert work, Kenilworth, for chorus and orchestra. In between writing large-scale religious and symphonic works such as In Memoriam (1866) after his father's death, and The Prodigal Son (1869), an oratorio, he collaborated with librettist Francis Cowley Burnand for his first comic operas, Box and Cox (1866) and The Contrabandista (1867).
Sullivan's well-rounded success in religious, concert, and comic opera works provided plenty of opportunities and commissions. In 1871, he composed the famous hymn, Onward Christian Soldiers, before writing his large work, Festival Te Deum (1872), to celebrate the Prince of Wales' recovery from typhoid. He continued writing incidental music for the theater during this time.
The impresario, Richard D'Oyly Carte, introduced Gilbert to Sullivan in 1875 and the two collaborated on new operas through 1889 and later in the mid-1890s. They enjoyed tremendous financial success as a result and D'Oyly Carte built the Savoy Theatre specifically for their operas. He also built a theater for English grand opera which opened with Sullivan's opera, Ivanhoe (1891).
When Queen Victoria opened the Imperial Institute in South Kensington in 1893, Sullivan composed the Imperial March for the occasion. For the Queen's diamond jubilee in 1897, he wrote the music for the Jubilee Hymn and composed a ballet, Victoria and Merrie England, as part of the jubilee festivities. He set Rudyard Kipling's poem, "The Absent-Minded Beggar," to music in 1899 to raise money for families with members serving in the Boer War. His last complete composition, Te Deum Laudamus (1900), was also relevant to the Boer War, commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral in honor of future British victory.
Arthur Sullivan Memorial, Victoria Embankment Gardens – London (Photo: yizhivika.com)
Sullivan died November 22, 1900, on the feast day of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. He was buried at St. Paul's per royal command. When he died, he was writing an opera, The Emerald Isle, which was completed by Edward German and premiered in 1901 at the Savoy. The Te Deum Laudamus had its first performance at St. Paul's in 1902.
In recognition of his contribution to music, he was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1883. A monument to Sullivan stands in the Victoria Embankment Gardens, in London.
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On September 19, 2016, Tsippi Yacobian was working as a policewoman at Herod's Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem when she was stabbed several times by terrorist Ayman Al-Kurd.
That's the slogan of a crowdfunding campaign that has raised more than NIS 220,000 in less than a week. But border policewoman Tsippi Yacobian's place of internment isn't a prison or a foreign state; it's Hadassah-University Medical Center on Jerusalem's Mount Scopus.
Shortly after 7 a.m. on September 19, 2016, Yacobian was on duty outside Herod's Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem when terrorist Ayman al-Kurd, from the city's Ras al-Amud neighborhood, stabbed her several times in the back of the neck. Her spinal cord was severed and her family was told that she would probably die. A male officer sustained moderate-to-serious stab wounds, also to the back of the neck.
Ten month later, the wheelchair- bound mother of two is ready to go home. The problem is, she has no home to which she can go.
Because of her medical condition, Yacobian's house in Almon (also known as Anatot), north of Jerusalem, is no longer suitable. She needs complete wheelchair accessibility, specialized equipment and 24-hour assistance. She can't live in a house with an elevator because she is not strong enough to press the button.
"I have no feeling in my legs, my back and my chest. My hands are very weak," she said in her June 3 testimony against her assailant.
Additionally, Yacobian's life is at risk every time she travels for a lengthy period. She needs to live in Jerusalem, near Hadassah Medical Center and Beit Halochem (Soldier's House), where she will continue her rehabilitation.
As a victim of a terrorist attack and as a police officer, Yacobian is eligible for NIS 1.9 million from the Defense Ministry for her family's new home. Even with this stipend, all suitable apartments in the area are too expensive for the Yacobian family. Dozens of real estate agents have been searching, but every option they have found costs between NIS 5 million and NIS 6m.
The family is willing to sell its Almon home and take out the maximum allowed mortgage, but it remains NIS 1m. short and cannot buy a suitable apartment.
Uri Schechter, a social entrepreneur who got to know Yacobian and her family during their time at Hadassah, started a "Give Back" campaign. The online initiative, launched last Sunday evening, aims to raise the requisite sum for Yacobian's family to purchase a home that meets her needs.
"I have no words that can express my expectation, my longing to be released from this 'jail' that is called a hospital," Yacobian said in a Facebook post. While she is nothing but grateful for the care she received at Hadassah, she could have been discharged two or three months ago and is eager to leave. In her court testimony, she compared herself to a prisoner of war, counting the days of incarceration.
Yacobian's husband, Benny, quit his job in the clothing business in order to take care of his wife in the hospital and of their children. Yacobian's parents have taken charge of the children's logistics, bringing them to and from school each day.
To donate to the 'Free Tsippi' campaign, click here.


Voices cheered and music filled the dance floor as New York City came out to celebrate national marriage equality on MEUSA's annual Sea Tea on the Hudson River. Enjoy our gallery of photos from the event!
PHOTOS taken and curated by Multimedia Director Paul Carey.
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I had quite a lot of interest in my previous post which dissected a lesson and the planning process behind it. So here's another - this time on Hitler's aims for Germany.
Lesson enquiry: What kind of Germany did Hitler want to build?
Next up, I share the aims with students. I'm dividing this into what I want students to KNOW and what I want them to be able to DO.
Then we're into the first task. I use some brief teacher exposition to identify Hitler's key aims and engage students' interest. To make effective use of time here, I then allocate students one of these three areas to read on in this textbook. I ask them to think about "What did Hitler mean by this?" We then feedback as a class and unpack each aim. Here, I'm also thinking about the poster analysis activity which is coming next, so I need to make sure I've laid the groundwork in terms of knowledge in order for the students to analyse the posters in a meaningful way.
Now students are put into differentiated groups and each is allocated with a large copy of one of the posters to look at. There are six groups in total, each doing a different image. This is strictly time-limited, after which each group's annotated poster is displayed around the room. Students then do a one minute silent museum tour, in which they look at all the other groups' annotations. This is a time-effective way of exposing them to a range of different sources.
Finally, I want to see what students are capable of and whether or not my objectives have been achieved. This time, it's a written task with differentiated success criteria tailored to the specific class. Written responses are collected at the end, marked and then returned to students for improvement the following session.


So I'm working on a project with a lot of animations, and therefore a lot of animator transitions. For most of these I want hasExitTime to be false, but by default it is true. So is there any way to change its default value?
Might have something to do with AnimatorStateTransition but not sure where or when to change that.
Thanks for asking this. This frustrates me too, I almost never use Exit time and it usually messes me up because I have forgotten to turn one off.
I see why it is the default in the comments of the answer below - but I just wanted to add my voice to the amount of frustration this causes me. I maybe need Exit Time = true possibly 1% of the time. Even if I want it to play at the end of the animation I usually use a trigger because I have found issues with using Exit Time.
@Fanttum, of course you can! You just have to click on the check box within the transition between 2 animation states. This is done within the Animator Controller. You will need to provide another condition seeing as hasExitTime is a condition that gets met for the transition to know when to change to the new state. I hope this helps, feel free to ask more questions and I will try to help out as much as possible.
I know how to change it manually, but every time I make a new transition I would like the actions I already do manually to be done for me, or set by default.
That just changes the exit time condition of the selected transition. I believe the OP is asking how to change the default value, so that any new transitions are created with false, for example. Unfortunately, I don't know of any way to override those default parameters, so I think it must be done manually on each transition.
My apologies for misunderstanding. There isn't nor could there be a way to change it by default. The reason it is there is to be the default condition to change the animations. Without it, the animation would never change unless manually stating that there is another condition. This of course wouldn't cut down your workload at all. Grant it, it's a pain in the neck, but it's a fail-safe to make sure that the animator functions properly. In most cases you wouldn't think it would be a problem, but when 10+ animations are chained together to occur one after the other, it would be quite an annoyance if you had to go in and change every transition to have the default "has exit time" when you just want to test the animations. Now if you don't, I can see why you would want that to be the case, but even then, you would just have to create a default Boolean value that you will probably end up getting rid of anyway? You could be conditionless, like I stated earlier, but the Animator controller was designed to animate and any moment where there is a transition without conditions is much less than ideal! So unfortunately, no, but there's good reason for it being there! A new way of creating transitions where it automatically popped up with a conditions list would be cool, I just don't foresee that happening!
That can make sense to have Exit Time enabled by default, but there are a lot of less critical parameters one could want to change. For instance, I wished I could set the default Exit time to 1 (instead of the default 0.7) and set the default Interruption Source to "Next State"
Maybe you can find a way to re-purpose it?


The body as subject: The transference of socio-political conflict from land to body.
How far can choreography can be used a as a social method to investigate cultural practices through embodied spatial use.
• To explore the parameters and various extensions of the limitations of choreography as a social practice.
• To develop a knowledge contribution which interrogates the use of choreography as form of social dialog?
• To generate a means to explore varying social consciousness as to the position of the body through performance based tasks in the context of conflict and reconciliation.
• To develop a mode of choreographic practice to explore choreography as social conduit through developing a series of workshops and performances as means to create extended social dialog.
This paper presented for my PhD viva explores the expanding definition of choreography as a social practice. Stemming from practices in 1960's USA choreography, as a creative practice, has grown to enable practioners to function as social catalysts in environments where the body can become powerful symbol as to the conditions which it endures as either a process of socio-political conflict or a process of reconciliation. My empirical research will focus on a series of choreographic 'workshops' which enable participants to reflect upon the social situation which they live through.
Choreography within this research becomes essentially a technique of life world embodiment; relying on physical action as a schema for essential expression as to the endurance of the body in situations of mild to extreme social conflict. The social context of each research location is explored through movement; essentially interpreting the social context through the apparatus of choreographic practice. Working with trained and non trained dancers is an important issue within this research; and one which has not been overlooked; rather I assume the stance of neutrality towards codified technique; seeking to promote practices of authentic movement which means ultimately any formal dance training becomes of less significant as I am seeking test choreography as tool of universal expression; which extends beyond the codified dance training; that may in some ways lead to the curbing of authentic embodied expression.
My research root stems from a personal desire to expand the field of choreography to become a social medium; beyond the field of dance; whilst utilising traditional choreographic concepts to engage a choreographic discourse; this research borrows key aspects of qualitative research method to expand the nature of the enquiry to a more social field of understanding.
How can the act and practice of an application of choreographic frame be utilised as spatial and social research methodology; how far does the process by which choreographic data and process is collected and re-presented enable sociological understanding to be cultivated?


Navigating the transitions of life can be overwhelming and lonely.
Change and life transitions are inevitable. Some changes are exciting, such as becoming a parent or experiencing career growth and change. Other transitions are not as welcome—loss of relationship due to death or divorce, a chronic or terminal medical diagnosis or a period of growth in midlife that creates confusion.
These situations can cause an enormous amount of anxiety, feelings of depression and/or hopelessness.
Working together, through a research-based, meaning-centered approach, we will work to increase confidence and clarity while decreasing anxiety and depressive thoughts and feelings.
Making meaning of difficulties and stressors while recognizing the choices within the transition can decrease anxiety and increase positive thoughts and feelings.


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MATT LUCAS TO HOST INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS GALA IN NEW YORK, ON NOVEMBER 24
British Comedian & Writer's Credits Include Hit TV Comedy Series Come Fly With Me and Little Britain & Blockbuster Films Alice In Wonderland and Bridesmaids
NEW YORK, October 23, 2014 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that Matt Lucas, who has been entertaining audiences worldwide both as an actor and writer on television (Come Fly with Me, Little Britain) and film (Alice in Wonderland, Bridesmaids) will host the International Emmy® Awards Gala, on November 24, 2014 at the Hilton New York Hotel.
"Matt Lucas is one of the most talented comedic performers and writers of his generation and we're delighted to have him headlining the International Emmy® Awards this year as our host." said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Matt Lucas reaped massive success in Shooting Stars, Come Fly With Me and, of course, the smash hit series Little Britain. He went on to play Tweedledum and Tweedledee in Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland (and the forthcoming Alice Through The Looking Glass) and Kristen Wiig's flatmate in the award-winning film Bridesmaids. He also played the lead role of Franklyn in Jonas Åkerlund's Small Apartments. In 2011 he fulfilled a lifetime ambition to appear in Les Miserables at London's Queens Theatre. The same year he set up John Stanley Productions to make shows including The Matt Lucas Awards and his brand new 6-part visual comedy series Pompidou.
Over 1,000 international media and entertainment executives convene in New York each year for the International Emmy® Awards Gala. In addition to the presentation of Emmy® Awards for programming, the Academy will present two special awards. Mad Men Creator and Writer Matthew Weiner will receive the 2014 International Emmy® Founders Award. Roberto Irineu Marinho, CEO & President, Globo Organization will receive the 2014 International Emmy® Directorate Award.
This year's Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, Globo, Microsoft, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Mipcom, Sofitel Luxury Hotels and Variety.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy's yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US primetime programming, with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.
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Factors affecting mode choice for the work journey: A Manchester/Sheffield comparison
Dasgupta, M,Frost, M,Spence, N
This report presents results from a pilot study of Manchester and Sheffield which have adopted contrasting transport policies in recent years. Sheffield's low fares policy (introduced in 1975) has resulted in much lower bus fares than those in Manchester. The report is based on 1971 and 1981 census data. Results show that there are a range of factors which influence mode choice including the spatial distribution of population and employment, the segregation of socio-economic groups, the patterns of residential tenure, the level of female employment (particularly in part-time jobs) and, above all, the level of car ownership. The two cities show marked contrasts in car ownership and modal share for the work journey. Car ownership and car use were similar for the two cities in 1966, but the growth in car ownership and car use has been faster in Manchester than in Sheffield over the period 1966 to 1981. In 1981, bus use was nearly twice as high in Sheffield as in Manchester even when the mode choice data was disaggregated by sex, socio-economic group and car ownership category. However, Sheffield had a higher level of bus use in 1966 and 1971 before the low fares policy was introduced. The main impact of Sheffield's low fares policy seems to have been to reduce the decline of public transport use for the work journey but mainly at the expense of car sharing and the use of minor modes (such as foot and two-wheelers). For a given level of car ownership, the proportions driving to work remain similar for the two cities. (A)


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So how goes the preparations for the battle Novikov? Do you have all you need to give us a smashing victory?
Yes we have over 7000 aircraft at our disposal. Combined with the knowledge of how the Germans were defeated in the original battle it should be smashing victory indeed comrade Stalin.
What will we be doing to avoid the errors of the Luftwaffe? I know we have much larger numbers as do the British. I do not want to hear any news of failure Novikov. You have the finest equipped and trained forces that have ever been assembled. I understand that our engineers have increased the range of certain models?
Yes comrade many of our fighters have been fitted with auxiliary tanks attached to the wing. This gives them an additional 600 liters of fuel. More than enough to reach all of southern England and beyond with time for the fight once they get there. In the case of the Yak 9 a new model has been developed called the Yak 9 DD and it has a longer range than the Yankee Mustang. Yes with all of these developments there is no part of the British Isles that is beyond our reach.
We will not make the same mistakes the Germans did. Their radar will be our first targets. The Sturmovics will make short work of them along with any anti aircraft guns that may be protecting them. We can detect where the radar is emanating from and can use it to discover their location. The only way to disguise themselves is to shut their radar down which serves the purpose anyway. With our numerical superiority we will cover their airbases at all hours. We will hover over their bases day and night. So even if their Meteor or Vampire models are pitted against our piston aircraft it will be similar to what they did to the early German jets. You shoot them down when they are landing or taking off. Even a P3 or Tu2 can destroy a Meteor when it is on the ground or clawing for altitude. It will be a continuous effort both day and night and we will not be lured into attacking their cities and factories. We will only concentrate on their fighters until they are destroyed and we gain absolute mastery of the air.
Doesn't their radar and organization give them an advantage over ours comrade? We all have seen the movies with the women in uniform pushing the wooden blocks here and there and by doing so defeating the hun.
Until we destroy their radar sites yes, but we counter this by overwhelming concentrations. Concentrations they cannot match even with a maximum effort. We can concentrate on up to 4 areas with more power than they can produce in one. Unlike the propeller driven fighters of times past the new jets need concrete runways. They cannot take off from any cow pasture and all of these facilities are known through our agents. Like us they have a limited number of jets. Once they are destroyed on the ground or while landing or taking off our conventional planes are more than a match for the best equipment they have in greater numbers. Our jets fly air superiority while the fighters seek out their fighters and the ground attack aircraft destroy anything that is on the ground. We know that the Germans were very close to winning the last Battle of Britain when they were diverted from their task. We shall not be diverted away from our main goal of destroying their Fighter Command.
What do you estimate the losses and time involved till we reach air superiority over the English?
We will lose two pilots for every Englishmen comrade. The battle will be fought over enemy territory and many of our wounded planes will not make it back while the English will be able to land in friendly territory and possibly rejoin the fight. Because of this it will take 3 months to subdue them if they continue to fight till the bitter end.
Well we are committing over 4 pilots per English pilot so be victorious in the finish, no?
Yes comrade your math is correct as always.
Still no sign of the US joining in the fight so now is the time to strike.
But you have given them a deadline sir?
Pah. How soon can we begin operations in earnest?
The first blows can fall in three weeks comrade.
Da. That will be a good time to start. We can fly better in bad weather than they can. After all we have had much practice in the Ukraine.


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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
2011 Asian American and Pacific Islander Summit
Start: May 24, 2011 1:00 pm
End: May 25, 2011 12:00 pm
Confirmed Congressional Speakers Include:
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Rep. Judy Chu (CA-32), CAPAC Chair
Senator Daniel K. Akaka (HI)
Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA-31)
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (GU)
Rep. Hansen Clarke (MI-13)
Rep. John Conyers (MI-14)
Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (AS)
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (HI-1)
Rep. Mazie Hirono (HI-2)
Rep. Al Green (TX-9)
Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15)
Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-9)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-16)
Rep. Laura Richardson (CA-37)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-3)
Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-12)
Rep. David Wu (OR-1)
Education Panel
Neil Horikoshi President and Executive Director, Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
Neil Horikoshi joined the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) in 2008 as the President & Executive Director. APIASF is the country's largest non-profit organization devoted to providing college scholarships to Asian American and Pacific Islanders. APIASF manages two scholarship programs: APIASF's general scholarship and the Gates Millennium Scholars/Asian Pacific Islander Americans and has distributed more than $40 million to help deserving students pursue higher education. APIASF strives to ensure that all Asian American and Pacific Islanders have access to higher education and resources that cultivate their academic, personal and professional success regardless of their ethnicity, national origin or financial means. Prior to joining APIASF, Neil completed a distinguished 30-year career at International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), where he served in a variety of legal and executive management positions in the United States and Asia Pacific.
Ryan Edgar Advisor on Education Policy and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Affairs, White House Inititiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Ryan Edgar joins the Initiative from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA), where he is a Policy Analyst. At OIA, Edgar works on special projects in the areas of education, youth, and health and serves as an Emergency Coordinator responsible for liaising between Federal agencies and local governments in the insular areas. At the Initiative, Edgar is responsible for education policy and developing an outreach strategy for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Prior to the Initiative, Edgar was a Legislative Assistant for Headquarters Air Force and later a National Outreach Coordinator for the Gates Millennium Scholars, a $1 billion scholarship program funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is also privileged to be selected as a Gates Millennium Scholar during the program's second year. Edgar received a M.S. degree in Engineering Management, Environmental and Energy Management from The George Washington University and a B.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice with two minors in Mathematics and Environmental Science from Chaminade University of Honolulu.
Larry Shinagawa Associate Professor and Director of Asian American Studies, University of Maryland Asian American Studies
Larry Hajime Shinagawa is an Associate Professor of American Studies and the Director of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland. For the past 30 years, he has been involved in the fields of sociology, American Studies, multicultural education, ethnic studies, and Asian American Studies. Most recently he received the Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Prior to coming to the University of Maryland, he was the Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity and Associate Professor of the Sociology Department of Ithaca College.
Roberto Rodriguez Special Assistant to President Obama for Education, White House Domestic Policy Council
Roberto was Chief Education Counsel to United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. In this capacity, he managed the Democratic education agenda for the Committee and led policy development and strategy for legislation addressing early childhood education, elementary and secondary education, higher education, and adult education. Roberto began his tenure on Capitol Hill working for the Senate HELP Committee on the development of the No Child Left Behind Act. He has worked on various reauthorizations of federal legislation, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Head Start, Child Care, Higher Education, and the America COMPETES Act. Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Roberto worked as Senior Education Specialist at the National Council of La Raza, where he conducted research and analysis of federal and state education reform issues, as well as the development and evaluation of community-based education programs. He is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a graduate of the University of Michigan and of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Robert Teranishi Associate Professor of Higher Education, New York University and National Commission on AAPI Research in Education
Robert Teranishi is associate professor of higher education and co-director for the Institute for Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings at New York University. Teranishi's research on racial inequality and the stratification of college opportunities has been influential to federal, state, and institution policy. He has a new book published by Teachers College Press titled, Asians in the Ivory Tower: Dilemmas of Racial Inequality in American Higher Education. Teranishi is the recipient of the 2010 Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Award from NYU and was named one of the nation's top "up-and-coming" leaders by Diverse Issues in Higher Education. He was recently appointed by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to serve on the U.S. Department of Education's Equity and Excellence Commission.
Corinna Dan Hepatitis B Policy Fellow, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Corinna Dan, RN, MPH, is the Hepatitis B Policy Fellow at the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations in Washington DC where she educates policymakers and their staff, builds community consensus and capacity, and develops materials and presentations on hepatitis advocacy and policy. Ms. Dan was the Adult Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator for the City of Chicago where she developed a city-wide hepatitis program under a cooperative agreement with the CDC Division of Viral Hepatitis. As a community health nurse at an FQHC, Ms Dan supervised outpatient clinic activities and provided direct care for family planning, obstetric, and pediatric patients. Ms Dan received a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as a B.S. in Nursing from Rush University, also in Chicago. She lived and studied in Japan, at a program at Doshisha University, and received a B.A. in Asian and Japanese Studies from Connecticut College.
Priscilla Huan Associate Policy Director, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Priscilla Huang, JD, is the associate policy director for the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), a national health justice organization which influences policy, mobilizes communities, and strengthens programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Priscilla directs the organization's policy work on expanding access to health care, improving quality of care, increasing data on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander health, and increasing investments in community-driven health strategies. She also works to develop and build the organization's national network of community based organizations and health leaders. Prior to APIAHF, Priscilla served as the policy and programs director at the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum where she oversaw the federal policy advocacy and government relations for their immigrant rights, anti-trafficking and reproductive justice programs. She has also worked with women and children in domestic violence and emergency homeless shelters. Priscilla holds a law degree from American University, Washington College of Law, where she was one of ten Public Interest/Public Service Scholars. She received a BA in English and Philosophy from Boston College.
Sadena Thevarajah Office of External Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services
Sadena Thevarajah works in the Office of External Affairs, Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this position, she helps educate constituencies about provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Her portfolio includes Women and Families, AAPI, Consumers, and Public Health and Prevention communities. She came to HHS from an internship in the White House Office of Public Engagement, working with AAPI, young adult and arts constituencies. She previously worked with the American Cancer Society, where she assisted newly diagnosed cancer patients navigate the health care system and worked on public health programming for their South Atlantic Division, focusing on health disparities. She earned her B.A. in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.
Dr. Dale Hu, MD MPH Epidemiology Research Team Leader, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC
Dr. Dale Hu is the Epidemiology Research Team Leader in the Division of Viral Hepatitis at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where he has worked for over 19 years. Prior to joining CDC, he worked on hepatitis B vaccine implementation at the World Health Organization. Dr. Hu was the principal investigator on a collaborative prospective vaccine-preparedness cohort study of HIV seroconvertors in Thailand and was involved with the first two HIV vaccine efficacy trials. He has authored over 95 scientific publications and is the past President of the Association of Asian Pacific Islander Employees at CDC.
DJ Ida, Ph.D. Executive Director, National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
Dr. D.J. Ida received her doctorate in clinical psychology and currently serves as the Executive Director of the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association, NAAPIMHA. She served as a peer reviewer for the 2001 Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity and was a contributing author for the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Transforming the Mental Health System subcommittee chapter on Cultural Competency and Reducing Disparities. She served on the U.S. Dept HHS, SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services' National Advisory Council, Mental Health America, the Annapolis Coalition on Behavioral Health Workforce Education, the National Alliance of Multi-ethnic Behavioral Health Associations, the Hogg Foundation, the UC Davis School of Medicine Center for Eliminating Health Disparities and the Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health at the University of South Florida. As a member of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), she works closely with other national organizations to address key issues facing AANHPI communities with the primary focus on integrating mental health into the broader health agenda. She served as the Principal Investigator to develop the first national curriculum to train clinicians on how to provide culturally and linguistically competent mental health services to AANHPIs, wrote the follow up curriculum on children, youth and families, and will be working with consumers to develop leadership training and advocacy for AANHPI consumers. She works closely with API serving organizations around the country including the Khmer Health Advocates, Inc. and other Cambodian serving agencies and the Vietnamese community in New Orleans and was asked to facilitate the statewide network for the API California Reducing Disparities project. Like others, she understands the importance of language access and helped develop a curriculum to train interpreters to work specifically in the mental health setting.
Economic Development and Housing Panel
Jamie Borromeo President, The E&J Commission, LLC
Ms. Jamie Borromeo is President of The E & J Commission LLC (www.eandjcommission.com), a federal contract marketing & strategies firm based in Washington D.C. She is also co-founder and CEO of GenerationDrive Entrepreneurs Network--a national non-profit that mentors young adult start-up firms.
As an established business woman and community advocate, Borromeo has consulted over a dozen Fortune 500 senior executives, CEOs and community-based organizations on issues of economic development, public contracting, supplier diversity and public policy. Ms. Borromeo is the former Executive Director of the National Council of Asian American Business Associations (NCAABA) in Silicon Valley. She also has extensive knowledge in public policy, with her background as former aide to San Jose Councilwoman Madison Nguyen and former intern to Congressman Michael M. Honda (CA-15), where she drafted Hurricane Katrina legislation on Capitol Hill. She was recently named one of "America's Top Women Mentoring Leaders" in the 2011 issue of Women of Wealth Magazine. Borromeo graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and is a graduate of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, Management Development for Entrepreneur's Program. Borromeo was born and raised in Los Angeles and currently resides on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
Lisa Hasegawa Executive Director, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
Lisa Hasegawa is the Executive Director of the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD). National CAPACD is the first national advocacy organization dedicated to meeting the housing and community development needs of low income Asian American and Pacific Islander communities across the country. They focus on four key community development areas: affordable housing development; economic development - including workforce and business development; community empowerment and cultural preservation; and neighborhood revitalization. Most recently, National CAPACD has partnered with the National Council of La Raza, the National Urban League and other housing advocacy and civil rights organizations to respond to the foreclosure crisis and ensure that the voices of civil rights advocates are heard as the nation considers sweeping housing and financial services reforms. She currently serves on the boards of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, and the American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation and has provided leadership for the National Council for Asian Pacific Americans for over a decade, serving as the Chair from 2006 through 2007. Prior to joining National CAPACD, Ms. Hasegawa was the Community Liaison for the White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). While at National CAPACD, as one extension of her work at the White House Initiative on AAPIs, she spearheaded efforts to introduce and eventually pass legislation in 2008 creating the newest designation for a minority serving institution of higher education: Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions. Prior to joining National CAPACD, Lisa was the Community Liaison for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. She is a fourth generation Japanese American from California, and is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Francey Youngberg Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Relations, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Francey Lim Youngberg is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Engagement for the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She is responsible for strategic engagement between the Secretary of HUD and state, local and regional governmental constituencies as well as stakeholders. Her office helps build support for HUD's departmental priorities and ensures that the public's input is taken into account in the public policy making process. Prior to joining HUD, Francey Lim Youngberg advised clients on cultural competency, research into Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues, diversity management, minority recruitment, grant writing, grant management, and fundraising. Ms. Youngberg has been named as one of the "25 Influential Minority Women in Business" by the Minority Business and Professional Network, "25 Most Influential Asians in America" by A. Magazine: Inside Asian America and the "15 Washingtonians of the Year" by Washingtonian magazine. She graduated from Wellesley College and Harvard Law School.
Ronnie Chatterji Senior Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisers
Ronnie Chatterji works on small business, entrepreneurship, and innovation policy at the Council. He is on leave from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business where he is an Assistant Professor.
Nicole Woo Director of Domestic Policy, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Nicole has worked on domestic hunger policy as the Associate Director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger and as a Senior Policy Analyst at the Food Research and Action Center, as well as on international hunger policy for an Indian non-governmental organization based in Bangalore. She has also worked as a fundraiser and director of finance and administration for several non-profit organizations in New York City and Washington, DC. She received her B.A. from Harvard University, where she concentrated in Government.
Civil Rights Panel
Floyd Mori National Executive Director, Japanese American Citizens League
S. Floyd Mori was born in Murray, Utah, and grew up in the Salt Lake Valley. He attended Brigham Young University from which he received a Bachelors Degree with a duo major in Economics and Asian Studies and a Masters Degree in Economics and Political Science. Mori then taught Economics at Chabot College in Hayward, California, for ten years. In 1972, he was elected City Councilman for the City of Pleasanton, California, and became Mayor Pro Tem and later Mayor of Pleasanton. Mori was then elected to the California State Assembly in 1975 and served for six years in the Assembly. He worked on civil rights, agricultural, and business issues, working with many Asian American and government organizations. Mori is currently National Executive Director of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). He also has served eight years on the National JACL Board with four of those years as National JACL President.
Talat Hamdani Mother of a New York Police Department cadet and EMT, Mohammad Salman Amdani
Talat G. Hamdani is the mother of Mohammad Salman Hamdani, a 23-year-old New York Police Department cadet and EMT who sacrificed his life trying to save others on 9/11. She speaks in a variety of public forums about the need for Americans of all faiths to reject Islamophobia. Like other American Muslims, Ms. Hamdani fearlessly criticized the fundamental unfairness of hearings by Rep. Peter King of New York, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, which targeted adherents of only one faith tradition: Islam. On March 10, she sat in the front row throughout the one-day hearing. Its emotional high point was the testimony of Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the first Muslim elected to the House of Representatives. He wept openly as he told the story of the suspicion and innuendo that the media published, hinting that Salman was somehow involved in the attacks, even as his family endured the unspeakable pain of a fruitless search for him. His remains were found in the rubble of the World Trade Center, and his heroism was later recognized officially in the USA Patriot Act. His mother, an educator, tells his story wherever she speaks in public, as a difficult but essential lesson about valor, sacrifice, fear and intolerance. Ms. Hamdani, an activist for human rights and interfaith understanding, is a SC member of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and New York Neighbors for American Values.
Rajdeep Singh Director of Law and Policy, Sikh Coalition
Rajdeep joined The Sikh Coalition in December 2009. As Director of Law and Policy, he focuses on developing and promoting policy solutions for civil rights issues through an interdisciplinary combination of government affairs, media relations, and interfaith coalition building. Rajdeep has a background in bank regulation and is the author of The Application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to Appearance Regulations that Presumptively Prohibit Observant Sikh Lawyers from Joining the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, which was published by the Chapman Law Review in 2007, and contributes articles to several online publications, including the Washington Post. He received his law degree in 2006 from William & Mary Law School and his undergraduate degree in philosophy in 2003 from the University of Miami.
Curtis Chin Producer, "Vincent Who?"
Curtis Chin is an award-winning writer and producer based in Los Angeles. A member of the Writers Guild, he has written for ABC, Fox, the Disney Channel and more. In 2009, he wrote and produced "Vincent Who?", a documentary that looks back at the historic hate crime murder of Vincent Chin and the current state of Asian American political empowerment. Since then, he has personally toured the film to over 200 colleges, corporations and federal agencies around the country. Chin is on the board of Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, a national network of progressive Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and allies, and served on the Obama campaign's Asian American and Pacific Islander Leadership Council. He has also appeared on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, the Washington Post, Newsweek and more.
Immigration Panel
Victoria W. Lai Counselor to the Director, U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security
Victoria Lai is Counselor to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the Department of Homeland Security. Previously, she clerked for the Honorable Denny Chin in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, and in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and worked as an associate at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Victoria graduated from Wellesley College and received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. Before attending law school, Victoria served as the National Director of Asian & Pacific Islander American Outreach for the Democratic National Committee and John Kerry's presidential campaign.
David Shahoulian Democratic Chief Council, National Immigration Policy and Enforcement
David Shahoulian serves as Democratic Chief Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. As Chief Counsel, he advises Democratic Committee Members and the larger Democratic caucus on general immigration policy issues, including employment- and family-based immigration, temporary visa programs, border and interior enforcement, and asylum and refugee resettlement. Prior to joining the Committee, David was an attorney at the law firm of Holland & Knight, where he practiced in the immigration and white collar criminal defense fields. He has a law degree from Yale University, a Masters in creative writing from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelors in film from Florida State University.
Emily Tulli Policy Attorney, National Immigration Law Center
Ms. Tulli's advocacy focuses on maintaining and expanding the rights of low-wage immigrant workers; she monitors and analyzes federal legislative developments affecting immigrants in the workplace. Prior to joining NILC, Ms. Tulli served as a staff attorney at Change to Win in Washington, DC, and, prior to that, at Legal Services of New Jersey in Bridgeton, NJ. While at Legal Services, she represented low-wage immigrant clients in a variety of wage and hour cases, including a class action, and participated in a significant amount of farm labor camp outreach and community education. Ms. Tulli holds a juris doctorate from The College of William and Mary.
Erin Oshiro Staff Attorney, Asian American Justice Center
Erin Oshiro is the Staff Attorney for the Immigration and Immigrant's Rights Program at the Asian American Justice Center, a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice. Ms. Oshiro's work focuses on federal immigration policy. After graduating law school, Ms. Oshiro was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Welfare Law Center in New York, where she worked to protect language access for Limited English Proficient individuals receiving public assistance. Previously she did clerkships with the Southern Center for Human Rights and the ACLU. Immediately prior to joining
AAJC, Ms. Oshiro was in private practice in New York. Ms. Oshiro holds a juris doctorate and bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from UCLA. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the United States District Court, Southern District of New York.
Mohammed Abdollahi Activist, National Immigrant Youth Alliance
Mohammad is an undocumented youth organizer, his family moved here from Iran when he was three years old. Mohammad is co-founder of DreamActivist.org - a growing network of undocumented student organizers and allies across the United States who are working on the passage of the DREAM Act and immigration reform. DreamActivist.org is an active member of the newly formed National Immigrant Youth Alliance.


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Max H. Aronson (1880 - 1971) American actor-director-writer-producer Gilbert Maxwell Aronson, father of the movie cowboy and the first Western star, was a native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He had worked as a photographer's model and newspaper vendor before drifting into acting. He performed in vaudeville before joining forces with Edwin S. Porter as an actor and occasional script collaborator. In Porter's startling early film The Great Train Robbery (1903), Anderson played several roles (among them, the train passenger shot by bandits as he tries to escape). The success of that film prompted Anderson to begin writing, directing and starring in his own series of Westerns. In 1907 he and George K. Spoor founded Essanay Film Manufacturing Co., destined to be one of the predominant early film studios. Anderson gained enormous popularity in hundreds of Western shorts, playing the first real cowboy hero, "Broncho Billy." Writing and directing most of the films, Anderson also found time to direct a series of "Alkali Ike" comedy Westerns starring Augustus Carney. In 1916 Anderson sold his ownership in Essanay and retired from acting. He returned to New York and bought the Longacre Theatre and produced plays there, though not achieving the same kind of success he enjoyed in films. He made a brief comeback as a producer with a series of shorts starring Stan Laurel for Metro Pictures. However, a series of conflicts with the studio led him retire again after 1920. He continued to produce films as owner of Progressive Pictures into the 1950s. In his 70s, he came out of retirement for a cameo role in The Bounty Killer (1965). He had been presented with an honorary Oscar in 1957 as a "motion picture pioneer, for his contributions to the development of motion pictures as entertainment." Anderson died in 1971 at the age of 88. He rode a horse named "Ranger".
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Appreciating Giles' Bat
By Satchel Price Mar 12, 2010, 1:55pm EST
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The past two days have seen a lot of nice retrospectives on the impressive careers of Nomar Garciaparra and Brian Giles, as they've each announced their retirements this week. Now, I already looked at Nomar's impressive peak years, and Matthew Pouliot of HardballTalk took the time to acknowledge Giles' brilliance while playing in the relative obscurity of Pittsburgh.
But I had so much fun reflecting on Nomar's greatness that I thought that it would be prudent to delve deeper into what made Giles "an unappreciated superstar", as Pouliot called him. I'm not so much going to look into why he wasn't properly acknowledged for his greatness, the reasons for that are fairly simple, it would seem. Namely, he was the best player on consistently awful teams, and his impressive numbers were overshadowed by the power boom of the era. Why pay attention to Giles when Sosa and Bonds were doing their thing?
But for a while there, Brian Giles wasn't just a good hitter. Hell, he wasn't even a very good hitter. During his prime, Brian Giles was a freaking awesome hitter. But what I want to look at is where he places among the great hitters of that period. There were so many brilliant offensive performances during that period that it's difficult to gauge which were most impressive. I'd like to see where Giles fits in.
After being dealt to the Pirates following the 1998 season by the Indians for Ricardo Rincon (yeah, Giles was already worth nearly four wins in 1998 according to Rally, but it's Ricardo Rincon!!), Giles immediately established himself as an elite power hitter.
For the next four seasons, Giles absolutely terrorized the NL Central in a way that only Sammy Sosa and Jeff Bagwell had been, and in a way that we haven't seen since with the exception of Albert Pujols and the occasional monster year from the likes of Lance Berkman or Derrek Lee, for example.
Over the course of that four-year period, Giles was 201 runs above average offensively. That's an average of over 50 runs above average (RAA) per season. To put that into perspective, remember Derrek Lee's huge 2006 season? Well, that was a 50 RAA season. Giles was doing that year after year.
(Note: the below graph is for RAA, and NOT Wins Above Replacement. I knew I would make that mistake somewhere. What a knucklehead.)
First off, let's marvel at what Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi did during that time period, even if it wasn't done the all-natural way. Posting 300 runs above average offensively over the course of a four-year period is unreal. Over the past four seasons, Albert Pujols has been 253 runs above average offensively. Bonds and Giambi easily outpaced that mark. If you consider Pujols to be a great hitter, and I can't imagine that anybody doesn't, then I'm not sure how to classify what those two did.
But really, if you were asked to name a hitter who posted better numbers than A-Rod, Gary Sheffield, Carlos Delgado and Jeff Bagwell from 1999 to 2002, would you have guessed that one of the names would be Brian Giles? Would you have guessed that Giles was just as productive a hitter as Jim Thome during that period?
Here's a bar graph look at how each hitter did, going year-to-year, with WAR on the y-axis:
Bonds saw a massive climb after 1999, posting some of the greatest offensive numbers in the history of games involving sticks and balls. You'll also notice that other players, such as Thome and Rodriguez, had some relatively underwhelming offensive years.
But Giles doesn't have any peaks or valleys really during this period. He never had one of those seasons where you would look at the numbers and think, "What the hell happened there?" (Ahem, Luis Gonzalez, ahem). His lowest RAA total was +44, his highest at +58. Only Giambi and Giles posted RAA's of 44+ in every season from 1999 to 2002.
So what exactly does all this mean? I'm not really sure, but to me, it means that next time we delve into the great sluggers of the steroid era, it would be silly to exclude one of its most prolific producers, and that's exactly what Giles is. Giles may not have been particularly good in the field (TotalZone has him at -20 for his career), and he wasn't anything special on the bases. So nobody is going to confuse Giles with any of the greatest players of his generation.
But when we're talking about hitters, I think that it's time to give Giles his due. Because for a few years there, he was absolutely tearing up the league.


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Australia's COVID vaccine rollout will now begin in mid- to late February. Vaccination will commence with workers dealing with international arrivals or quarantine facilities, frontline health workers and those living in aged care or with a disability.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government "optimistically" aims to vaccinate 80,000 Australians a week, and four million by the end of March.
The first vaccine doses were initially planned for March, but the rollout has now been brought forward, pending the Therapeutic Goods Administration's approval of the Pfizer vaccine, anticipated by the end of January. Morrison said it would take a further two weeks for the first shipments of vaccine to arrive after that.
The government envisages delivering the vaccine via 1000 distribution points, including general practitioners and possibly pharmacists.
Department of Health Secretary Brendan Murphy described the rollout as "the most complex logistical exercise in our country's history".
If the government's ultimate target is to still vaccinate a minimum 80% of Australians (widely viewed as the threshold for herd immunity) by October, time will be tight to give 21 million people the requisite two doses.
The biggest threat to this timetable will be continued COVID outbreaks that take up health workers' valuable expertise and time.
NASA-like logistics
Executing the plan to vaccinate frontline workers, the vulnerable and then everyone else, will require NASA-like logistics. Intact delivery of Pfizer's vaccine famously requires an ultra-cold chain of -70℃. Each "shipper box" holds 975 vials, each containing five doses.
According to Pfizer, once opened, a box requires dry ice every five days, delivered within 60 seconds of lifting the lid, to maintain its temperature. From the first opening of a box, the full contents of 4,875 doses must be injected within 30 days.
The next challenge is to have the right number of recipients at each vaccination session, arriving at the right time. Each vial takes between 30 minutes and 2 hours to defrost at room temperature, or 2-3 hours at normal refrigeration temperatures of 2-8℃. Defrosted vials must be used within 84 hours. The vaccine must be diluted with sodium chloride and then injected within 6 hours.
Before receiving the vaccine, each person must be pre-screened to rule out serious adverse reactions, medications, food allergies or other medical indications that might preclude them from receiving the injection. Pfizer also requires patients to give informed consent, having been advised of any risks, however small, associated with the vaccine.
For the vaccine to be effective, each recipient needs a second dose at the correct interval, 21 days according to Pfizer and Moderna, and 28 days for AstraZeneca Oxford and the same vaccine for the first and second dose in accordance with the protocols.
Getting better with practice
Logistical lessons learned will presumably make the subsequent rollout of the Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines potentially easier. We should certainly hope so, given the government's target will necessitate vaccinating 21 million Australians within little more than 240 days.
The United Kingdom has vaccinated 944,539 people (1.4% of the population) since December 13, at a daily average rate of 67,467. Even at its peak daily rate of 87,174, it will take well over three years to vaccine 80% of the population.
The United States has vaccinated 5,306,797 people (1.6% of the population) since December 23. With its peak daily rate of 358,887, it will take 4 years to vaccinate 80% of people.
Israel has so far had the fastest rollout in relative terms, having vaccinated 1,482,307 people (16% of the population) since December 26, an average of 87,195 people per day. At its peak daily rate of 150,000, Israel will have vaccinated 80% of its population in just 39 days, and the entire population in 51 days.
Australia has a longer time frame for hitting 80%, but a population three times the size of Israel's. Overall, an average of about 170,000 injections per day will be needed to deliver the necessary 42 million doses to 21 million Australians over 245 days (March to October).
Extrapolating from Israel's 325 injecting sites we would need more of them. The Australian government has identified 1,000 injecting sites. One recipient injected every 15 minutes seems to be the standard.
To achieve 80% injection coverage (two injections for 21 million people) every 15 minutes, would require each injecting site to have at least eight injectors per day, or 8,000 across the 1,000 distribution sites nationwide.
In Israel, the strategy of using the care network, called kupot cholim, enables local branches to manage 75% of their local rollout.
Australia's government plans to use GPs and pharmacies as injecting sites. Staff at each location will need to be trained for the logistics about timing and keeping record of the type of vaccination each recipient receives.
How do we protect frontline workers?
Protecting frontline workers by vaccinating them first is understandable, although evidence currently available indicates vaccines prevent symptomatic and severe infection. We need to wait to see if they also prevent asymptomatic infection.
Addressing the weaknesses in the return traveller program to suppress the virus circulating is our main threat to the vaccination rollout; this would mean fewer community clusters and less time spent by health workers attending COVID cases and outbreak management. Indeed, Israel's speed of vaccination may be derailed by its third wave necessitating a protracted lockdown.
To prevent the vaccination rollout from derailing we must also quickly eliminate or at least severely suppress the current outbreaks in Greater Sydney and Melbourne. Eliminating the current spread rapidly as possible will deprive the virus of hosts and protect everyone.
Even with the best-laid plans, the vaccine rollout could still be derailed if resources are drained by having to respond to new COVID clusters.
Ultimately, success hinges not just on vaccine logistics but also on tightening the remaining weaknesses in our processes for quarantine and handling returned travellers. Removing the distraction of outbreaks will give us the best chance of getting enough people successfully vaccinated.
Written by Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW
Disclosure statement: Mary-Louise McLaws is a member of the World Health Organization Health Emergencies Ad-hoc COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Guidance Discussion Group
This article also appears in The Conversation, which publishes news and views sourced from the academic and research community: theconversation.com


The May/June issue of Composites Manufacturing magazine features a marketing article – Meaningful Marketing Messages – that explains how composites companies can stand out in a crowded marketplace. In keeping with the theme of the article, we asked ACMA board members two business management questions: What is the best business management advice you ever received? What business management strategy have you successfully implemented at your company? The responses were very informative and refreshing.
We featured some their answers in the article but we could not fit them all. As an added bonus for our online audience, we've included the remaining answers from the board in this online exclusive.
Q: What is the best business management advice you ever received?
"The best management advice I have received is: Never be in a hurry to build a bad or defective part." – Gary Beck, president at Global Composites, Inc.
"Get to know the personality styles and see your communications improve and teamwork soar. It takes a bit of work but it acts like a super catalyst to the organization." – Dirk De Vuyst, president at International Marble Industries, Inc.
"Remember who you are – we are the high touch supplier offering the best product and service. We cannot "out-do" the competition by trying to be the low cost supplier." – Robby Dunnagan, president at BGF Industries Inc.
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Census: Islanders marry later, live longer
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Hawaii households are among the largest in the nation, more commonly include married couples, and have the second highest percentage of people 65 years of age or older, according to new statistics released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The data are part of the bureau's American Community Survey, which assembles updates every year instead of every ten years. According to the survey, Hawaii has the third-largest average household size (2.88 people), behind Utah (3.07) and California (2.6), likely attributed to the high number of multi-generational households prompted by cultural or financial reasons. "Married-Couple Families" account for 53 percent of Hawaii households, the fourth highest in the nation. But islanders tend to wait longer to get hitched — the median age of first marriage for women in Hawaii is 27 and 28.6 for men, ranking the state sixth and seventh nationally. Marriage-minded men in Hawaii, however, have it tougher than women: Hawaii ranks fourth in both the ratio of unmarried men to unmarried women and in the percent of men who have never been married.
Hawaii is second only to Florida when it comes to households with at least one person over 65 years of age, and is tied for second with Florida in the total number of people who are 85 years of age or older, behind only North Dakota. Hawaii ranked seventh in the percentage of the total population that is age 65 or older.
As to the racial make up of Hawaii's population, Hawaii ranked first in several categories: percent of the total population who are Asian alone (42 percent, far ahead of second-ranked California's 12.4 percent and several times the national average of 4.3 percent); percent of the total popuatlion who are "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander" alone (7.4 percent, versus second-ranked Utah's 0.6 percent and the national average of 0.1 percent); and the percent of the total population who are of two or more races (21 percent versus second-ranked Alaska's 6.9 percent and the national average of 1.9 percent). Yet when it comes to people who identify as white alone, Hawaii ranked last, with 24.9 percent (versus the national average of 74.7 percent). The survey figures largely affirm recently released estimates of Hawaii's racial mix.
When it comes to Hawaii residents born outside the United States, Hawaii ranks sixth with 17.2 percent (versus the national avarage of 12.4 percent). Among them, people born in Asia dominate, accounting for over 82 percent of foreign-born residents, ranking the islands first and far ahead of second-ranked Alaska (47.6 percent). By contrast, Hawaii ranked last in foreign-born residents hailing from Latin America, second-to-last for those from Europe (ahead of only Texas), and 47th for those from Mexico. Hawaii ranked ninth in the percent of people who speak a language other than English at home.
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Q: Line width in legend? I want to change the width of the line in the legend. Currently I have:
legend(-0.145, 25, c("(Gaussian) Kernel density","fitted normal distribution"),lwd=1.8, cex=0.8,
   col=c("black","black"), lty=1:2)

lwd seems to change the text, but not the width of the line and of the dotted line, how can I do this?

A: I think you're wrong, lwd sets the line widths in your legend :
Compare this (top plot) :
plot(rnorm(100)*13)
legend(-0.145, 25, c("(Gaussian) Kernel density","fitted normal distribution"),lwd=0.1, cex=0.8,
   col=c("black","black"), lty=1:2)

With this (bottom plot) :
plot(rnorm(100)*13)
legend(-0.145, 25, c("(Gaussian) Kernel density","fitted normal distribution"),lwd=3, cex=0.8,
   col=c("black","black"), lty=1:2)

A: You can use the argument of legend function seg.len for reduce the size of the legend.
Here an example:
    set.seed(55) # Set the seed of R's random number generator
    x <- runif(10, min=0, max=100) # Generating random numbers
    plot(x, type="l") # plot x as line
    legend("topright", "x", lty="solid") # add legend

And same code modifiying the legend function:
    plot(x, type="l")
    legend("topright", "x", lty="solid",seg.len=0.5) # modify length of the line in the legend

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