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Not Every Vote For A Woman This Election Was A Win For Feminism
A number of recently elected female MPs — some even calling themselves "feminists" — back pro-life policies.
By Lauren Messervey, Special To HuffPost
One of my least-favourite buzzwords associated with Canadian politics is "feminism." As flashy as it sounds on the campaign trail, its meaning has been dismantled and reassembled so many times that it seems no more than a tool for mobilizing voters.
The "feminist" claim is an easy one to make. There have been many MPs who identify as female and have labelled themselves thus, as if it could single handedly put them in office. However, simply being a female MP doesn't automatically make one a feminist, nor does voting for a woman MP necessarily further gender equality.
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Although the definition of a "feminist" has become more nuanced as the conversation has evolved, the general defintion asserts that feminists work towards the socio-cultural and economical equality of the sexes. This includes one of the most heated debates, both at home and south of the border: abortion. A woman's right to choose has been called into question several times by the political powers that be and, dishearteningly, it hasn't only been questioned by men who are more concerned with their spray tans than they are about the health and safety of women.
At home, a number of female MPs in Canada have been elected in the recent federal election that have voiced a problematic stance on abortion. Rachael Harder, who won her seat in Lethbridge, decided to challenge the liberal definition of feminism by citing a problematic bias against Christian values, which, by the way, includes the pro-life agenda. When asked if she was a feminist, she responded, "How can you not be?" It seems that her specific definition does not include a woman's autonomy over her own body.
Other seats went to Manitoba's anti-abortion MP Candice Bergen, and Saskatchewan's MP Cathay Wagantall, who introduced Bill C-225, which would permit separate charges to be laid on behalf of the fetus when an expectant mother is murdered or loses her unborn child in an attack. Critics of the bill said it could provide legal backing for potential anti-abortion legislation.
Being a "feminist" has been regarded as a carte-blanche for deflecting criticism of their views.
Although the Green Party didn't come away with the highest volume of parliamentary seats, their leader, Elizabeth May, "a feminist all [her] life," recently had to clarify her personal views on abortion, after saying that she wouldn't attempt to control how her MPs vote on abortion. Regardless of the fact that May has insisted that she, as a federal leader for her party, would not allow for the abortion debate to be re-opened, her comment is concerning. As a feminist, and as a woman, alluding to giving the abortion debate any further credence is in direct conflict with everything she tells us she stands for. She may have offered some assurance, but the comment itself leaves room for skepticism.
Despite the outcome of any election, as a feminist leader, it's crucial for May to support all aspects of the feminist agenda, whether it wins popularity for her party or not. Withholding the principles of health, wellness and safety for all women is non-negotiable, especially considering the crisis that could occur, should the abortion debate be re-opened.
The magic is in the language. For many female MPs, particularly ones aligned with the right or centre, asserting the power of being a "feminist" has been regarded as a carte-blanche for deflecting criticism of their views. Harder is a prime example of using feminist rhetoric as a shield from criticism. This defence tactic, however flimsy, is often under the guise of "freedom of speech." Unfortunately, this only furthers the problematic nature of the abortion debate, as it lends unnecessary credence to the assertion that a woman's legal right to choose is merely a matter of opinion, as opposed to a fundamental aspect of their suffering.
Voting for a female MP who identifies as a feminist without upholding the agenda of equality is not the answer. As Canadian voters, it's our responsibility to research each of the platforms of our leaders and MPs, understand their values, and match their ideals with our own. As a feminist, it's even more important to understand exactly what each politician upholds, and whether or not their platform can be used as a basis for true gender equality. Although this may not have necessarily happened with some female MPs in the previous election, I have hopes that it can in the future.
No one candidate is here to embody feminism, even if they are female.
So, just how does the abortion debate influence future elections? Although Andrew Scheer has stated quite clearly that he's pro-life, the abortion debate won't be re-opened under a Conservative government, especially under the new minority government. Trudeau, despite some of his feminist platform being called into question, remains firm in his position to not re-open thee abortion debate. Does this mean that feminists are safe in future elections?
To me, appropriately enough, it all comes down to choice. As a feminist, you need to educate yourself on all platforms, and have a greater understanding of what your feminist values are in order to make a decision as a voter. Equality looks different to different people, and the only way to fully understand it is to be informed. However, it's important in that understanding to know that no one candidate is here to embody feminism, even if they are female. Feminism and equality is a process, and ultimately, it all comes down to who you think best embodies progress, regardless of their gender identity.
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The best possible weapon against ignorance is information. When it comes to the feminist vote, this is more prudent than any politician's stance on the tough issues.
CLARIFICATION: An earlier version of this Opinion piece stated bill C-225 was an anti-abortion bill. We have added details on the bill for context, and attributed the anti-abortion read of the bill to its critics.
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While the previous EU legislation (the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive) governs entities within the EU, the territorial scope of the GDPR is far wider in that it also applies to non-EU businesses who a) market their products to people in the EU or who b) monitor the behavior of people in the EU.
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In the midst of concern that the U.S. vaccination rates are too low and employers are grappling with whether or not to implement vaccination mandates for their employees, President Biden has unveiled an action plan to combat the onslaught of the COVID-19 surge driven by the new variants of the virus. It requires federal workers, contractors, certain health care workers, and employees at private companies with 100 or more employees to be vaccinated or, if not vaccinated, tested weekly. While the plan also lays out a foundation for a booster shot campaign and makes recommendations for schools, the following is most important for employers at the current time:
All federal workers and contractors, with limited exceptions, must be fully vaccinated or submit -to weekly COVID-19 testing.
Healthcare workers in facilities that accept Medicaid and Medicare must be vaccinated.
Certain early childhood education and federal education programs must be vaccinated.
Private employers with 100 or more employees must also require vaccinations or weekly testing. Employers must provide paid time off for employees who decide to get vaccinated or need time off to recover if experiencing post-vaccination symptoms. The following are questions that people are already posing to which we don't yet have answers:
How will the 100 threshold be counted? Will it be by location or include all locations? Will it include only W-2 employees or also contingent workers?
Will employers be required to pay employees who do not get vaccinated for the time it will take to get tested weekly?
Will employers have to pay for the cost of the weekly testing?
Will the vaccination and testing mandates apply to staff that work 100% remote?
On September 9, 2021 Biden issued an Executive Order putting in place some of these new requirements. With regard to the mandate for companies with more than 100 employees, Biden has directed OSHA to draft a new Emergency Temporary Standard. We believe we will see this from OSHA in the next couple of weeks. OSHA will apparently have the ability to fine businesses who don't comply $14,000 per violation.
While many are in strong support of the President's plan, there is and will be opposition. Several Republican governors and some union leaders have voiced outrage and are threatening lawsuits. As of now, the courts have consistently been ruling in favor of employer mandates. Some of the recent decisions have relied on a U.S. Supreme Court case from 1905 in which the court upheld states' authority to enforce vaccination mandates. In that decision the court expressed the view that individual liberty is not absolute and is subject to the power of the state.
The Federal EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) has opined earlier this year that vaccine mandates do not infringe on people's privacy of medical information rights, so long as an employer engages in the interactive process and provides reasonable accommodation to workers who are not able to get vaccinated due to medical reasons or based on sincerely held religious beliefs.
While we're confident that there will be on-going litigation, for now, employers should be advised to comply with the President's and OSHA's new directives subject to advice from their legal counsel.
At Vantaggio HR, we're here to help if you have questions, need help drafting vaccination policies and documents, or need assistance with the accommodation process.
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Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard has written to the Daily Mail after an article this week suggested that waiting times for GP appointments are to blame for the drop in the number of women having cervical screening tests.
The College has today revoked an honour given to the Sultan of Brunei, following the introduction of 'abhorrent' sanctions in his country.
Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, has responded to the launch of a new NICE patient aid, which encourages use of greener asthma inhalers.
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Rep. Lauren Boebert caught redhanded on the House floor lying about why she arms her waitstaff
by Vinnie Longobardo
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Trump's latest legal battle against the Republican Party could really come back to bite him
Poor Congresswoman Lauren Boebert.
The Colorado freshman GOP legislator seemed destined to be the most notoriously disruptive right-wing gun-nut elected to Congress in the 2020 election, only to see her shooting star eclipsed by the media attention funneled towards her Georgia Republican colleague Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Despite the lower profile that Rep. Boebert has displayed since being accused of possibly escorting members of the right-wing militias who later stormed the Capitol Building on tours of the complex in the days preceding the violent event, the gun-toting owner of the Shooter's Grill in Rifle, Colorado, is making moves to rectify her recent absence from the spotlight.
Boebert was fully in her element today as she participated in the debate over pending Democratic legislation that would enact the sensible gun regulations that Americans have been waiting for since the epidemic of mass public shootings began during the past decade.
As the Second Amendment devotee argued her case against legislation that would strengthen background checks for gun purchasers, she repeated a lie about the origins of her policy of arming all of the wait staff in her eating and drinking establishment that she owns, undermining any credibility she has as an advocate for her constituents' concerns about the bill.
So, on the House floor, Lauren Boebert just argued against gun background checks by telling a story about a man being beaten to death outside her restaurant in CO. But the story is a lie. The man actually died of a drug overdose: https://t.co/fjIRGZkqDP pic.twitter.com/UZn9swvdlQ
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The Colorado Sun, in a well-researched feature article last September on Boebert's rise to power in the face of multiple arrests and subsequent failures to appear in court, provided the true account of the man who was supposedly murdered outside her business.
"In a story Boebert has made an integral part of her personal lore in speeches and interviews, she has often repeated that she decided to arm herself and her waitresses because she feared for everyone's safety after a man was "murdered" in the alley behind her new restaurant," the newpaper wrote.
"'There was a violent altercation in our back alley where a man was physically beaten to death and it immediately prompted the question, 'How will I defend my people?' So, I began to carry that day,' Boebert told the Durango Herald last year."
"The Rifle Police Department has no record of such a murder. A man did die on the sidewalk down the street from Shooters in the early morning of Aug. 22, 2013. Initially, it was investigated as a possible homicide, but an autopsy determined the man died from a drug overdose," The Colorado Sun revealed.
Boebert's myth-making fable may play well with her militia acquaintances, but the use of an outright lie while making her case against legislation that she opposes does not help her credibility nor does it serve her constituents' interests.
Then again, when you've slipped from the top slot in the best Trump impersonation contest among Congressional newcomers — and have something to prove — adherence to the truth seems to matter little.
The sooner that either Boebert's fellow members of the House of Representatives or her Colorado constituents send her back to her job running her militarized bar and grill, the better.
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Original reporting by Nancy Lofholm at The Colorado Sun.
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All Berkeley Unified School District elementary schools provide a rich variety of visual and performing arts experiences for Kindergarten through fifth grade students. Students continue to develop artistic skills in middle school arts electives and after school classes. Berkeley High School offers a broad range of arts classes including Ceramics, Photography, Computer Art, AP Studio Art, Afro-Haitian Dance, Modern Dance, Drama, Advanced Theater Projects, Band, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Guitar, Chorus and AP Music Theory. One year of high school visual or performing arts is required by the UC and CSU systems.
Thank you to the voters of Berkeley for funding the Berkeley Schools Excellence Program and and the BUSD arts programs. BSEP provides $1.5 million annually to fund nearly all elementary and middle school music programs, as well as other visual and performing arts.
We also thank the Berkeley Public Education Foundation, the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Cazadero Music Camp and Cal Performances at Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley for their continuing support along with the UC Berkeley students who tutor music students in the schools through The Music Connection (TMC).
In addition to the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and Cazadero Music Camp, BUSD has a partnership with Cal Performances at Zellerbach Hall through the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Partners in Education Program. A Partners team since 2001, Cal Performances and BUSD annually present workshops for teachers as preparation for SchoolTime performances at Zellerbach Hall. Teachers attend a three hour workshop lead by a teaching artist whose expertise is close to the art form their students will see on stage. The teaching artist visits the teachers' classrooms with information and hands on experiences before the students see the live performance. More information.
The Berkeley Symphony Orchestra Music in the Schools program provides Meet the Symphony concerts at each elementary school in November. Centered on a theme such as rhythm, the instrument families in the orchestra or the science of sound, the concerts feature student friendly pieces. Musicians visit each K-5 classroom for a demonstration and personal interaction. In February students K-5 join the Symphony for the I Am a Performer concert; all students sing or play with the Symphony. Young musicians have the incredible experience of playing with professional musicians under the direction of Ming Luke, a gifted conductor. http://www.berkeleysymphony.org/education/mits/
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The Music Connection (TMC) is a UC Berkeley student run club which brings volunteer tutors into music classes grades 4-8. In addition TMC has set up an after school enrichment program as nearly all of the K-5 and Middle Schools. A team of tutors arrives at a school once a week for individual lessons, small ensemble work and music theory instruction. The TMC students also arrange College Music Days so that middle school and fifth grade students can experience rehearsing with a college band, string ensemble or chorus. Music is carefully selected so that students feel comfortable playing next to older students.
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Begun in 1998 by Berkeley Reparatory Theater Managing Director Susan Medak, BASEC is a collaboration between local arts organizations, parents, teachers and administrators. The goal is to bring a variety of strong arts programming to students in the Berkeley schools. In the early days of the committee members lobbied the Berkeley School Board successfully to adopt the California Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards. Reinvigorated after extensive surveys of arts offerings in the schools and parent and teacher feedback on the value of arts and creativity in the school day, BAESC will begin strategizing ways to ensure that all students in Berkeley schools regularly participate in the Arts. To receive BAESC meeting notices, email randerson@calperformances.org.
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A collaboration with the Alameda County Office of Education Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership and Berkeley Unified School District, the Arts Anchor Schools Project provides funding for schools to pursue professional development in arts integration techniques and strategies. A team of classroom teachers identifies a focus for arts integrated curriculum development and writes a proposal for their professional development work for the school year. Designed to be teacher led, Arts Anchor projects bring personal and teaching skills to teachers through modeling and coaching. While teams at several schools have identified an arts teacher on staff who can lead curriculum development and provide lesson modeling and coaching when the classroom teacher is teaching arts integrated lessons, other schools have found it beneficial to hire a teaching artist or arts organization such as the Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA) or Visual Thinking Strategies in Education (VTS).
Currently three elementary schools are focused on dance integration while teachers at four schools are becoming more skilled at integrating visual arts. In all cases learning in the art form is occurring along with learning in the other core curricular area (social studies, math, and language arts). One middle school is working with a teaching artist from VTS. Students are learning to observe works of art and discuss what they see, backing up their ideas with evidence. Such close observation of details is a springboard for writing.
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Mongabay Series: Great Apes
Click to like this: Is Instagram a hub for illegal ape deals?
by Christopher Haslett on 10 December 2015
A search on the photo-sharing site Instagram reveals a booming population of baby chimpanzees and orangutans in wealthy Arab Gulf nations.
Sellers offer endangered apes for sale on the site, apparently in violation of international law.
At press time, Instagram and its parent company Facebook had not responded to requests for comment on the discovery of this apparent market for endangered animals. Past crackdowns by online retailers eBay and Amazon appear to have effectively shut down illegal wildlife trade on those sites.
On September 9, I arrived back in Mombasa, Kenya, after an investigative mission to Dubai and Egypt for the independent conservationist Karl Ammann. No region of the world makes it easy for foreigners to document trade in endangered animals, but the Middle East is especially hard to work in. Karl's writings on his previous missions there are as informative for the stories of stonewalling bureaucrats and run-ins with threatening animal breeders and police as they are for the facts gathered.
As tough as the trip was, we did make some interesting finds. One is the possible existence of a super-smuggler of endangered chimpanzees and orangutans who remains completely unknown to the public, though not necessarily to law enforcers. We now know his real name, but on my return in September we had only a nickname for him, the first half of which — Gorge — I use here, and the second half of which is the name of a country home to wild chimpanzees.
Gorge would still be unknown to us if an Egyptian conservation friend hadn't mentioned him to me during our trip, at the end of August. She knew almost nothing about this man, but he was a foreigner and was stirring resentment among Egypt's well established exotic animal sellers, many of whom keep their breeding facilities in a village near the Giza pyramids. An elder of one of those families had called our friend repeatedly to complain about this Gorge.
Shady dealers complaining about another shady dealer. When that happens, you know it could be big. And it happens to be a major tool we use to make breakthroughs.
We asked our conservation ally to work her network to shed some light on this character. It was to little avail: as I write this, she still claims she is being stonewalled. People there were "afraid" of Gorge, she told us in an email.
Egyptians have been relaying exotic animals, including chimpanzees, from Africa to collectors worldwide for generations. They are experts at it, and have come to see this business niche as an entitlement.
What kind of man scares people like them?
I would eventually come back to Gorge, but in an unexpected place.
Online and out of control
In Mombasa I put away my hidden cameras and other investigative equipment and began tying up some loose ends with Internet research. At some point I drifted onto Instagram. To most people, this website needs no introduction. Launched as recently as 2010, it has become the world's largest photo sharing site. To most users it is a place to make their family, travel and social pictures look a little more attractive than on Facebook, which now happens to own Instagram. Thousands of shops also use the site to display their wares.
Smuggling gorillas is an even higher stakes venture than chimps and orangutans. It's far more expensive (in part because many of the babies die) and few people attempt it. Open evidence of it would be rare on the Internet, but I took a chance and typed in the #gorilla hashtag. I scrolled through a few linear feet of shots taken by tourists in Rwanda and Uganda, and then I saw a picture of a baby gorilla with an unusual caption. It was posted by a pet shop, and the caption read: "Coming soon."
The audacious post by a Dubai pet seller that launched our probe into Instagram. Note the high number of likes. The inset shows a baby gorilla actually in the possession of a Middle Eastern Instagram member. It appears to be in bad health and its fate is unknown. Photos are screenshots from Instagram.
Surely a joke, I thought. Smugglers wouldn't go on a huge site like Instagram and basically say: "Hey everyone, we'll be offering one of the world's rarest and most iconic rainforest mammals, just message us on this WhatsApp number!"
I clicked on the account name, Amazon Pet, and browsed the shop's other pictures. This was no gag. Amazon Pet is a serious business offering a wide range of exotic animals to people in the United Arab Emirates. Hyper-patriotic like many of their fellow citizens, the owners proudly tag their animal shots with #mydubai. More than 43,000 people follow Amazon Pet's posts. And yes, it's on WhatsApp, so if you have the bucks, your dream ape is only a few taps away. (This app, we learned, is the favored communication platform of wildlife sellers on Instagram, who must find that its privacy and cheapness override the inconvenience of typing out messages.)
Even more disturbing images followed. This same Dubai-based store had posted a truly haunting photo, reproduced here, of a young chimpanzee riding atop a luggage trolley at what appears to be an Arab Gulf airport.
This picture brought me up short. Was I actually looking at a chimp being flagrantly smuggled across international borders, the equivalent of a suitcase of cocaine or elephant ivory open wide in an airport lobby?
A baby chimpanzee in transit, apparently in a Middle Eastern airport, as posted by a Dubai-based pet shop. Instagram's endangered animal dealers seem to have no fear of being disciplined by the site's owner, Facebook. Photo is a screenshot from Instagram.
Skeptics might counter that it's just a picture. We acknowledge that an online photo of a pet chimpanzee or orangutan is not, in itself, proof that it was illegally acquired. However, veterans like Karl, who has been studying the trade for decades, know that legal avenues for acquiring these animals are extremely small.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES; see sidebar) is the legal framework governing international trade in wildlife. Under CITES it would be legal to buy and import a chimpanzee if it were at least a second-generation captive-bred animal, coming from an accredited breeding facility. However, only zoos or research institutes in good standing, of which there are none in the Arab countries, are allowed to make such purchases — never commercial clients.
Furthermore, our veterinary contacts in the Gulf have been unable to identify any accredited breeding facilities there, and we know that none exist in Africa. Egypt has at least one facility breeding chimps, but it isn't CITES-approved, at least in part because it refuses to allow legitimate foreign conservationists to inspect it. And its babies wouldn't be legal anyway since they aren't second generation. Breeding facilities in the Western nations are broadly compliant with CITES export rules, and even an unscrupulous Western breeder could not maintain the flow of young animals we were about to see.
Mindful that Amazon Pet is a widely followed account that takes itself rather seriously, we leaned toward taking this image at face value. And the usual questions swirled. Where had the baby chimp just come from? In what tropical African nation was it stolen, probably after seeing its mother cut down by gunfire as she tried to protect her baby? What are the precise routes and logistics now in use to move illegal animals like this out of Africa?
Those questions remain unanswered. But as investigators, Amazon Pet's Dubai location made sense to us. Long before Instagram and other social sites, we'd seen problems there. Middle Easterners have always loved keeping animals, with their taste tending toward the exotic. Tropical birds, monkeys, and cheetahs have long been fixtures in the homes of wealthy and royal Arabs. Pet apes have also shown up in the mix. "I would guess that almost every palace there has a least a chimp or an orangutan baby. Terrifying!" we were told by a foreign vet who has worked extensively in the Gulf.
What is changing now — and further threatens the survival of some of these species — is the rocketing number of millionaires in the Gulf. Many of them wish to emulate the lifestyles of their social betters. Often the first toys they will buy are a high-end 4×4 vehicle and a ridiculously expensive and impractical exotic pet, like a lion, chimpanzee, or orangutan, to drive around with. Instagram has no shortage of pet ape photos from the Middle East, notable either for the way the animals are treated or for the sheer number that some people own. We've assembled a few examples in the montage that accompanies this article. Note the junk food — and nicotine — added to the diets of some of them, and the baby chimp set loose among serval cats, which might well maul it.
Instagram is littered with images of apes in unnatural and sometimes abusive poses. It is unlikely that any of the apes were acquired legally. Account names that appear to be the owner's real name have been blurred. Photos are screenshots from Instagram.
While the iPhone cuddles and emoticon-laden captions seem to show real love on the owners' parts, the horrors that are committed so this privileged group can have their jungle pets can't be ignored. Karl has estimated that 10 chimpanzees must be killed to get one baby suitable for selling. Adult chimps are big and strong, and they aggressively protect their young. (It's reasonable to ask what the source nations of equatorial Africa are doing to stop the trade. But their enforcement is hobbled by underfunding, corruption, and in some places wars. On the other hand, the well paid, crisply uniformed customs inspectors in the Gulf countries don't face such structural challenges and seem well equipped to intercept a dodgy animal shipment.)
These babies also face a potentially dismal fate. Like the pythons that outgrow their owners' homes and are dumped in the Everglades swamps, apes lose their cute appeal as they grow out of childhood. Instagram is awash with snaps of diaper-clad baby chimpanzees and orangutans, showered with toys and treats by their proud owners. Yet chimps should live about 60 years in captivity, orangutans about 50. Where are the older ones? With the ape "baby boom" we're seeing now, it's questionable whether the likely surge of cast-offs could be housed in some of the world's biggest and best-funded zoos, much less the average-size facilities in the Middle East.
This Dubai animal collector has a lion-filled mansion and a whopping 850,000 Instagram fans. Here he poses with Dubai's most expensive house pet, a young chimpanzee. The account name appears to be the owner's real name and has been blurred. Photo is a screenshot from Instagram.
A bottomless pit
Back on Instagram, I was finding it hard to wind up my search. Probes into illegal animal trading have traditionally been a slow process involving plenty of hot, tiring legwork and tedious personal networking. From time to time we'd score a few "easy" finds via Internet searches.
Now, on Instagram, we were unearthing new owners, buyers, and sellers of endangered apes almost by the day. Though designed to show photographs, Instagram has enough elements of a social media site to allow communities to form. Account holders can follow other accounts, and going through these lists we began to trace a circle of pet-ape enthusiasts. Or perhaps a cluster of different circles would better describe it, since the diverse people involved aren't necessarily one big happy group. The Egyptians' reaction to the foreign interloper Gorge makes that clear.
Many of the Instagram accounts we reached via these networks are private, posing a further obstacle. We cannot check them for ape photos and any accompanying offers to sell without obtaining the account holders' permission, and our undercover requests have so far been rebuffed. (Gorge, who we'll say more about below, is one of those maintaining a private account.) We assume that the private accounts constitute a further reservoir of endangered animals in limbo, including but not necessarily limited to apes.
Since there is essentially no legal way for ordinary Gulf citizens to acquire apes, it's reasonable to conclude that the Gulf apes were illegally gotten. But how?
One back door method that Karl and others have documented in the past is to bribe CITES country officials to issue a bogus export or re-export permit stating falsely that the animal was captive bred. Yet even these permits, if they existed, should have been filed with CITES' Geneva office as the rules require. But when we went through the CITES database we found just a handful of ape exports to Gulf countries in the past decade. This could not explain the many baby chimpanzees showing up on Arabs' Instagram feeds. The data for orangutans is even more clear-cut: not a single orangutan has entered any Gulf state since 2005 with a CITES permit, whether honestly or falsely filled out. And there look to be a lot of orangutans there.
Stills from a video showing how a Gulf-based dealer smuggles his baby chimps in fake grain bags. Photos are screenshots from an Instagram video.
There has to be some other pipeline in use. We're forced to accept the likelihood that babies are being moved totally outside the CITES system. That is, smuggled. And possibly in the company of many other endangered, CITES Appendix I and II species. Tracing this pipeline is now an urgent priority for us.
And we may already have made a promising start.
Curious about Gorge
Gorge continued to tantalize us. As of August we knew his nickname, but still nothing else to flesh out this mystery man who was sowing fear among his competitors.
Then we had a breakthrough, and this one also came courtesy of Instagram. I spent over 50 hours on the site looking at ape pictures and videos and combing the captions and comments. I arrived at one video of two chimps (a screen capture of which is shown here) that stood out because the Qatari-based poster, another endangered animal supplier that has our attention, openly stated that they were for sale. Not only that, they mentioned the price, and for good measure the name of their supplier.
"For Sale Chimpanzee young age of about two months in collaboration with Gorge [last name], Kuwait 120 Negotiable" reads the Arabic caption. (120,000 Kuwaiti dinars equal about $36,000.)
The Instagram post that tied it all together: an offer of chimpanzees for sale, with interested buyers advised to call Gorge, the nickname of a shadowy Arab Gulf dealer. "Worthy of all the good," Gorge comments next to the video (underlined in orange). Some identities have been blurred out to protect our ongoing investigation. Photo is a screenshot from Instagram.
Gorge is a relatively rare name in the Arab world, though not unheard of given the Christian communities in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and neighboring countries. We can't rule out the possibility of multiple Gorges separately working this trade out of the Gulf. But top-level exotic animals like apes are a rather small niche. These aren't crates of tomatoes being imported and sold.
This video post also reinforced something I had suspected since finding a Facebook account that matched his full name: Gorge is a Kuwaiti, or at least describes himself as such. The Facebook page was fairly inactive and offered little additional detail about him. It did, however, feature some photos, such as the one shown here of a wheelbarrow full of baby orangutans, that support our theory about his line of business.
Gorge appears eager to promote what he evidently considers to be his superior live animal offerings. Next to the video of the baby chimps he comments, in Arabic, "Worthy of all the good."
Still another find, a most curious one, soon came. I dug further into the Instagram accounts, widening my search by looking at followers and followers of followers. It was another lucky accident, but a Kuwait pet dealer's account carried a curious graphic (shown here) that was a montage of exotic animal pictures, including rare cats and orangutans. Superimposed in large lettering was a by-now-familiar name.
A tribute to a man who seems almost godlike to his retailing partners. Boys put up posters of their sporting heroes. Now we had pet retailers who worshipped a man who could obtain virtually any forbidden animal.
An unusual tribute to the mysterious dealer Gorge, posted by another exotic-animal seller, possibly a trading partner. Photo is a screenshot from Instagram.
We found more Instagram pet "stores" posting similar tributes to Gorge. So far they are limited to Kuwait and Qatar. Could this upstart network be the source of the Egyptian dealers' frustrations? They would be unlikely to welcome new competition from a Gulf citizen, especially given the latter's greater access to wealth.
The extent of Gorge's role in the supply of apes to the Gulf countries, especially his supply routes and methods, still needs more light shed on it. However, that video posting with the two chimps for sale leaves little doubt that he's an active player. More evidence may lie undiscovered in the accounts that we haven't had the chance to look at yet. One factor, though, seems to be in our favor, and that is Gorge's own penchant for self-promotion, both through his Instagram comments and the idolizing graphics people post for this "Elvis" of animal dealing.
Another surprise — and an awkward question
The Facebook account that bears Gorge's full name and promotes his live animal pipeline in a notably unsubtle way. Identifying details have been blurred. Photo is a screenshot from Facebook.
Since I began probing its account, Amazon Pet, that purveyor of the most illegal of illegal animals, the baby gorilla, has announced that it will open its first mall outlet in Dubai. We don't expect diaper-clad baby chimps and orangutans to be romping in the front window of the shop in full view of everyone. But deals can be finalized in a back room after pictures have been shown and down payments handed over. We will obviously have someone checking this shop.
We will keep one good eye on that gorilla posting. As mentioned, baby gorillas still in need of their mothers are exceedingly difficult to transport legally, much less the smugglers' way in small and inadequate boxes. However, what we've learned about the Gulf's exotic pet people has taught us not to underestimate them. No one would try anything so crazy? The Gulf gang just might.
When we searched eBay and Amazon for terms like "chimpanzee" and "orangutan" we turned up videos and stuffed toys — no offers of live animals. Those two companies' past crackdowns seem to have got the message out to animal sellers that they should try elsewhere. Which the sellers have evidently done. Instagram, by contrast, appears to be a safe space for people who offer illegal pets for sale and post pictures of them being abused.
We sent messages to executives at both Instagram and Facebook, sharing our key findings and asking for comment. As of publication day, we'd received no reply.
CITES and great apes
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) was drawn up in the 1970s to regulate the cross-border movement of endangered species. Its rules prohibit all exports of wild-caught great apes, including gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans. Captive-bred apes can be exported subject to strict rules: the breeding facilities must be approved, and only second-or-greater-generation apes — grandchildren of the wild caught ones — can be eligible for export. However, if the original breeding stock was illegally acquired, its offspring are disqualified from export. (Sellers commonly reassure buyers by saying their captured animals were bred in captivity.)
CITES is a decentralized system that leaves enforcement and reporting to its member countries. Each country is supposed to have a Management Authority (MA) that issues export permits for animals that are legally exportable. But as my collaborator, the independent conservationist Karl Ammann, and others have shown, corrupt MAs in African countries with wild apes have allowed these animals to leave with improper permits, often after large bribes were paid. The importing countries, which are generally wealthier, also bear responsibility under CITES for catching these permit scams; Karl found that laxity at their end is just as great a problem.
Although CITES does not have its own police force with powers to seize or arrest, the secretariat in Geneva does have punitive powers which, according to Karl and others, are underutilized. Under Article 8 of its charter, member countries must arrange for the "confiscation and return" of animals whose method of acquisition violated the rules at any stage. The violation could have occurred even before the animal was born if, as noted above, its parents were obtained improperly.
CITES is as responsible for endangered animals smuggled without any CITES paperwork as it is for those moved with permits. That is because no-permit smuggling can be considered a violation of CITES rules. Article 8 binds its member countries to "prohibit trade in specimens in violation" of the rules.
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Ammann, K., Sparwasser, K., Cockayne, N., Schoene, C., Pax Animalis (2013). The Conakry Connection.
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The House Finance Committee this week will be coming up with a budget, which will probably be very different than the one proposed by Gov. Chris Sununu. It will include the trailer bill, which lawmakers may pack with some programs that may not survive on their own as bills. Then there is the capital budget, of much interest to the construction industry. Although crossover day hasn't officially been reached, committees from one chamber are starting to hold hearings on bills passed by the other. There will be a lot of energy bill hearings, including one seeking to expand net metering for large businesses and institutions. There will also be some bills limiting employers' authority over their employees.
Finally, the full House is expected to vote on legalizing and commercializing recreational marijuana, allowing municipalities to impose a local rooms and meals tax and increasing environmental fees.
At 1 p.m., the House Finance Committee will begin up to three days of deliberations to come up with and vote on the budget, House Bill 1, and the accompanied trailer bill, HB 2. Expect House lawmakers to either come up with their own versions of programs, included by Governor Sununu in his budget proposal – such as a paid family and medical leave insurance and allowing sports betting. Budget deliberations will continue Tuesday and Wednesday.
At 10 a.m., The House Public Works and Highway Committee will begin their deliberations on the capital budget, HB 25. That also should continue to Wednesday.
At 11 a.m., the House Science, Technology And Energy Committee will review Senate Bill 284, which would establish a statewide online energy data platform regulated by the Public Utilities Commission and operated by the state's electric and natural gas utilities.
will hear SB 193 , which would prohibit the sale of certain furniture and carpeting with flame-retardant chemicals.
hear SB 173, which would make it easier to make a criminal records check for employment and occupational licensing.
At 2:30 p.m., the Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hold a hearing on HB 692, which would require the Medicaid managed care program to provide dental benefits to covered persons.
At 1 p.m., the House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee will hold a hearing on SB 151, which would establish an administrative hearing procedure and penalty for an employer who fails to make payment of wages or who fails to secure workers' compensation coverage.
At 2 p.m., the same committee will review SB 197, which would outlaw noncompete agreements for workers who make less than twice the minimum wage.
HB 120, which would require licensure and inspections of establishments for tattooing, body piercing or branding, massage therapists and massage establishments.
HB 481, which would legalize and commercialize recreational marijuana. The amended bill levies a tax at two levels: a 5 percent tax on the wholesale/cultivator sales price; and a 9 percent tax on the retail cannabis store sales price. This method of taxation is similar to that used for existing taxes on other tobacco products, estimated to raise $20 to $30 million. The proceeds would roughly be split a third for substance abuse treatment and enforcement, a third to aid municipalities and a third for the general fund.
HB 641, which would allow municipalities to charge a local rooms and meals tax of no more than an extra $2 per room night.
HB 682, which would change the wetlands and shoreland review fund to the water resources fund and double many permit fees.


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The Return of Stephen Colbert
It seems like forever since Stephen Colbert was a regular fixture on my television; The Colbert Report aired its final episode way back in December of 2014, which seems like a lifetime ago. I've missed him as a part of my daily viewing and while he's been around in various forms on social media outlets, it hasn't been quite the same. So I'm excited about the fact that his tenure on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert begins tonight; I'm ready to once again have my daily dose of Colbert.
Of course, most of the world primarily knows Stephen Colbert as "Stephen Colbert," the character that he created who was a right-wing pundit that looked up to Bill O'Reilly. After doing that character for nearly a decade, he'll be hosting The Late Show as himself. That might be a change for some people, but I think that they will be delighted with who he really is. I've had limited exposure to Colbert out of character, but he's proven himself to be a charming, funny and delightful man and I think audiences will agree.
Ironically, when I saw Colbert "out of character" he was interviewing the man that he'll once again be in direct competition with – a man by the name of Jimmy Fallon. Colbert is involved with the Montpellier Film Festival and for the last four years has participated in their main fundraiser, where he sits down and talks one on one with a famous person (Jon Stewart was his guest the first year, Steve Carrell did it last year and this year's guest is J.J. Abrams). Even though going to Newark is never high on anyone's list, I made the drive to see Colbert and Fallon and had a fabulous time. It was the first glimpse that I had of Colbert when he wasn't being "Stephen Colbert" and he seemed to be warm and genuine and just a hell of a nice guy. I always liked the persona that he created for The Colbert Report, but seeing him just do his thing using his own identity was just as entertaining. When Colbert came out to speak with the audience before the taping of The Colbert Report that I attended, he only reinforced my good impression of him. So when it was announced that he'd be taking over for Letterman, I wasn't wringing my hands like some observers about America adjusting to him as himself. If America doesn't like Stephen Colbert when he isn't being "Stephen Colbert," then I weep for America. Because Stephen Colbert has proven to be nothing but awesome when I've seen him.
My concern, if you can even call it that, is that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is entering an already pretty saturated late night talk show field. Letterman has his own loyal audience that had been with him for years, but those people have had all summer to find other viewing options. The Tonight Show has become something of a ratings juggernaut, so I don't envy anyone having to go head to head with that. I think Colbert already understands that he's going to have to play the social media game to stay competitive; I don't know how many people actually watch The Tonight Show every night, but people share the YouTube videos of the show's funniest moments. The Tonight Show has totally figured out how to use social media to court younger viewers and keep people engaged with the show even if they don't stay up to watch it (or DVR it every night like I do). The Late Show with Stephen Colbert would be smart to take a similar approach. The fact that Colbert did a web series over the summer is a good indication that they have already embraced this strategy. Despite the apparent friendship between Fallon and Colbert – both appeared on each other's shows many times – The Tonight Show isn't pulling any punches the first week that Fallon and Colbert go head to head; The Tonight Show has booked Jimmy's BFF Justin Timberlake and everyone's "favorite" presidential candidate Donald Trump, both of whom are guaranteed to get a lot of attention. I just hope that people don't write off The Late Show if it doesn't do amazingly in the ratings from the very beginning.
Even though I've been a vocal supporter (that's probably an understatement) of Fallon and his various late night shows, I'm still planning to also DVR Colbert and The Late Show every night. I'm not sure how long I'll be able to do this, especially with The Daily Show returning at the end of the month, but I'm more than ready to give Colbert a fair shake. Best case scenario – The Late Show is fabulous and pushed The Tonight Show to be even better. That's a win/win for everyone, expect maybe Jimmy Kimmel. I've already snatched up my tickets to see The Late Show in October; hopefully I don't injure myself on the way to this taping. I'm pretty underwhelmed with the new crop of fall TV shows this year, so there may be more room on the DVR for multiple late night shows in my regular rotation. I love The Tonight Show, but if The Late Show dazzles me, I would consider switching my allegiance to team Late Show.
We'll have to see how this all plays out. I'm sure The Tonight Show is quaking in its boots over this.
Best of luck to Stephen Colbert and the rest of The Late Show crew tonight. I look forward to seeing what they have in store for us.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airs weeknights at 11:35 pm on CBS.
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"How Today's College Students Use Wikipedia": Journal Club Report by Helena Hollis
By Anne Welsh, on 13 November 2014
Head, A., & Eisenberg, M. (2010). How today's college students use Wikipedia for course-related research First Monday, 15 (3) DOI: 10.5210/fm.v15i3.2830
This article presents the focus group and survey data from on-going research by Head and Eisenberg in the US. It looks at the usage of Wikipedia by university level students, specifically addressing how much Wikipedia is used, when it is used, what it is used for, and what other information sources students also report consulting. Findings show that Wikipedia is not used alone, but with other sources also, and is predominantly used for early stages of searching as a familiarisation reference.
Discussion commenced with a comparison of how we ourselves use Wikipedia, with the main consensus being that it is used to look up definitions. In this respect, our own behaviours with Wikipedia use were similar to the findings of the paper. It was also noted that Wikipedia is used for fun, with the serendipity of following Wikipedia links to new information being desirable and enjoyable. It was also noted that Wikipedia is useful for looking at subject matter with which validity is not a high priority. The familiarity of the Wikipedia layout was identified as a key attraction.
Looking at the paper itself, the data gathering methodology was criticised. The sample size of the focus groups was very small, and these focus groups were used to formulate the wider questionnaire. No comment was made as to how focus groups were selected. The wider questionnaire itself had a more substantial sample size. However, this was a largely female and humanities-studying sample, and therefore is not generalizable to the wider university population. It is worth noting that the authors are aware of this constraint, and present their conclusions with this clearly stated.
Some specific findings of the survey were discussed and critiqued. For instance, the authors found that Google users were more likely to use Wikipedia. This could be due to Wikipedia typically ranking highly in Google search results. However, since Google users made up almost all of the respondents, and non-Google users were limited in number, this conclusion is not as clear as it may first appear. It was noted that 2 year institutions had better research methods training than 4 year institutions, which was a surprising finding.
Discussion moved on to comparing the findings of the study with experience of school librarians, thinking about how college students compare to children in their use of Wikipedia. The school librarians felt that children use Wikipedia, and they are aware that is not credible. It was pointed out that in the past, children would simply use a paper encyclopaedia – this may not be better than Wikipedia, and is still a single source, therefore is arguably as 'lazy' a research strategy as relying on Wikipedia today. It was noted that this is perhaps the main source of hostility from teachers and librarians towards Wikipedia; it is not necessarily the fact that it contains misinformation that can be the problem, but that it is treated as the only research source.
We then discussed the importance of Information Literacy (IL) training. It was agreed that IL could be taught early, leading to better searching behaviours, which would help curb the extent to which Wikipedia is used as the sole source of information. The observation was shared that students from different schools coming into a library can show different levels of preparedness, leading to very different searching methods. In the UK, the EPQ qualification was talked about as an example of a very good IL teaching programme. Some broader issues in IL were talked about, and it was noted that a good source can still be used badly, and therefore Wikipedia should not be treated as the epitome of bad research.
Overall, it was felt that this paper was interesting, and the findings were inline with our experiences. The authors' honesty about their limitations was commendable. Their conclusions seemed justified.
Helena Hollis is studying part-time for her MA LIS, while working in an academic library.
Journal Club takes place once a month, and is facilitated by Charlie Inskip and Anne Welsh, with organisational support from Laura Keshav. This year we are discussing three articles on the theme of Information Literacy and three on more general topics. Discussion is led by students, and covers the research methods of the article and its contents, which are then used as a springboard to students' experiences with regard to the topics raised by the article. The Club is open solely to students in the Department of Information Studies.
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University College School Visit by Joanne McPhie, Emily Delahaye and Catherine Ascough
By Anne Welsh, on 10 October 2014
Editorial Note: We are grateful to Rebecca Hemming and her colleagues for hosting this Induction Week visit to University College School. – Anne Welsh, Programme Director MA Library and Information Studies.
In the leafy streets of Hampstead nestles the University College Senior School, first conceived as a feeder school for the newly established University College in London in 1830. The school continues to be influenced by those early days, with an emphasis on a good liberal education and a tolerant approach. We chose to go on the University College School visit on Thursday of Induction Week as we knew very little about this kind of library. We weren't disappointed – the staff at the library answered all our questions and told us about their work, leaving us with no doubt that school libraries are a very interesting and dynamic sector to work in. Our visit was to see the well-appointed two floor library and we were welcomed by a team of dedicated librarians, led by Rebecca Hemming, the Head of the Library.
The collections of the library are a mix of fiction and non-fiction and their primary purpose is to support the curriculum. The main part of the library houses the non-fiction collection, compiled to compliment the school syllabus and provide extra resources. The main reading room area houses the fiction collection, split into sections for the younger and older pupils so that students can easily find books of an appropriate level. The library also has a wide selection of print journals as well as subscriptions to online access. While most of the journals where tailored to general study it was also good to see Private Eye and Le Monde on the stands.
We were particularly impressed by the different means the librarian and her team used to foster a love of reading in the pupils. Teenage boys can be reluctant readers, so at the UCS Library they have imaginative methods to overcome this. An example of this was a display shelf full of books covered in coloured paper, with intriguing sentences written on them about the stories they contained. This is to try and encourage the students to not be judgemental about a book's cover, as this is covered up, and instead take a gamble on a book that piques their interest from its description. The library is currently in the process of adding greater detail to the catalogue records for their literature collection, by adding the blurbs of the books, so that when students look up books online, before coming to the library, they can find something that appeals to them.
One of the many notable aspects of the role of the librarians at UCS is the extent to which teaching information literacy and providing subject support is a central part of the job. Two of the three full time staff are dual qualified with teaching and library qualifications and lead information skills sessions in the library teaching space dedicated to introducing the students to resources like JSTOR or coaching them on how to evaluate websites. The school has its own virtual learning environment includes a section for the library which has been modified by the library staff to create Subject Guides and modules on topics such as citation and referencing. There is also a certain amount of liaison with individual departments, working with the teachers to obtain resources that support the curriculum. It was interesting to see the services and support that UCS librarians provide is akin to Subject Liaison roles in a university context.
We really enjoyed the visit to UCS library – some of us were already planning on taking the Services to Children and Young People module next term, and this has definitely helped confirm that choice.
Emily Delahaye (@EmilyDelahaye), Joanne McPhie (@JoanneMcPhie) and Catherine Ascough are all studying for their MA LIS.
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"The Professional Divide": Journal Club Report by George Bray
By Anne Welsh, on 8 October 2014
Hill, C. (2014). The professional divide: examining workplace relationships between librarians and library technicians The Australian Library Journal, 63 (1), 23-34 DOI: 10.1080/00049670.2014.890020
Hill presents and analyses the results of a survey undertaken to assess workplace tensions between library technicians – who have a TAFE diploma – and librarians – who have a professional degree. From her findings, she suggests tensions can be resolved through more accurate understanding of skill sets and roles, which could be accomplished at a variety of stages, from the recruitment process, through continued professional development, to on-the-job building of good relations.
There was universal unease regarding the methodology used in both survey and analysis. Certain questions appeared biased – for example offering a different set of 'roles' when asking what the duties were of librarians and library technicians. There was also confusion about the sampling process, which the article described in rather vague terms, and method and terminology seemed to lack definition. This made certain aspects of the analysis feel potentially unreliable – for example, no consideration was given to the reasons why people responded to the survey in certain ways, or what other factors might be contributing to tensions.
We also explored the idea behind the article – i.e. tensions within workplace hierarchies – and whether this related to our own experiences. While it was generally agreed that professional or qualification-related inequalities were not a problem as long as good relationships were maintained, there was anecdotal evidence for certain divides. Examples included: academics or other professionals not appreciating library professionals' abilities and knowledge; cataloguers and systems staff lacking a connection to the front-end of the services (and vice versa); and the idea of qualified librarians doing the same tasks as unqualified paraprofessionals but with lower pay.
Various ideas were suggested for improving or maintaining workplace relations. The most popular was sharing duties in enquiry and reference roles, which was felt to improve communications and understanding across the hierarchy. All-staff meetings and open-plan offices were also seen as fostering a sense of unity. It was felt valuable for a librarian to have had experience of junior tasks at some point in their career, advocating the value of graduate traineeships prior to professional qualification. The importance of respect for colleagues and their skills was seen as paramount.
Related to this was discussion on whether it was right to assume that obtaining a different qualification (e.g. technician to librarian) was 'progress' or an 'upgrade', as assumed in the article. Shouldn't it be left to the choice of the individual as to what kind of work they were happier doing? It was felt that this reflected the broader societal issue of pressure to be ambitious and obtain 'top jobs', regardless of a person's other life concerns and interests.
Finally, the function and nature of professional bodies was addressed. How far should the continuing professional development (CPD) of the individual be a concern for the professional body? While it was agreed that CPD was certainly vital to being an effective librarian, questions were raised about whether organisational membership was a necessary part of this; particularly the case given the other bodies that exist beyond CILIP, such as the School Library Association and the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians. Was being a member of a 'specialised' body more beneficial than membership of the broader organisation?
The article provided a lot of interesting debate and we look forward to the next journal club.
George Bray (@NexGenGB) is studying for his MA LIS.
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Lambeth Palace Library Visit by Verity Parkinson
Lambeth Palace by Tavian Hunter
Editorial Note: We are grateful to Lambeth Palace Library for hosting this visit and also for allowing its Collections Librarian, Dr Naomi Percival, to attend our Open Day next Wednesday and share a placement host's view of the work placement process that forms such an important part of the MA LIS – Anne Welsh, Programme Director MA Library and Information Studies.
After talks and activities ranging from "what to expect from the dissertation process" to "design a poster about the Information Multiverse", the LIS Induction Week was rounded off with a choice of visits to libraries. I went to Lambeth Palace Library, home to the records of the Church of England and one of the oldest public libraries in the country. It certainly looks much more impressive than your average public library; we entered via Morton's Tower, a Tudor gatehouse. The Houses of Parliament are visible across the road, and we could hear Big Ben striking. Our visit, however, happened during a period of building work, so we may not have seen it in its full glory. The main part of the library is usually housed in the palace's great hall (a former feasting hall dating from the seventeenth century), but when we arrived the books had all been moved out, leaving only the bookcases that lined the walls. The cork tiles on the floor are going to be taken up, under-floor heating installed, and a new stone floor laid. This is mainly for the benefit of the books – the draughty hall and the proximity to the Thames mean mould and damp can be a problem – but will hopefully make it more bearable for the people as well.
Our hosts, Naomi Percival and Hugh Cahill, told us about the history of the library and its current function. Originally conceived as a "theological arsenal" – a collection of writings to help refute the religious arguments of opponents – its collections now focus on the history of the Church of England. This covers a very wide range of material: one item we were shown was a geometry textbook written by a polymath Archbishop. This diversity of material means the library's users aren't solely the researchers of Church History one might expect, but also people researching local and family history. A lot of users are studying the book as object, so the library also has a large collection of books on bibliographic subjects. When new acquisitions are catalogued, information on provenance is included in the record due to this interest among readers.
Photo by Tavian Hunter
Around five to ten readers use the reading room each day, a figure that has not decreased despite the recent growth of online resources made available by the library. Most of the outreach work done by the library is online, due to the security issues of holding events at the Palace. These include the library's blog, twitter (@lampallib)and facebook, and online exhibitions. The hall has been used as an exhibition space and hosted several popular exhibitions in recent years, such as the 2011 King James Bible Exhibition.
The archives are the fastest-growing part of the library. One current issue is how to handle the growing volume of material that is in digital form from the outset, such as emails, and how these should be integrated with the archive's systems. There is also the question of how much should be kept – should a copy of every email be retained? What about the Church of England's twitter feed? For this reason, the library is selective about donations, and reserves the right to weed collections or refuse parts. Archival donations are often archives of people or organisations connected to the church. It helps the library if money can be donated along with the material to cover the cost of processing it, which can be a very large task.
At the end of our visit, we were shown rare and interesting items from the library's collections: a book that had been in the great hall when two bombs came through the roof in 1941 (the cover and edges of the pages charred and flaking, but the text inside still legible), Bibles and Books of Common Prayer in languages from all around the world, and a beautiful, Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the books stolen from the library in the 1970s and returned in 2011. We were shown where the identifying marks had been scraped off to hide the book's provenance.
It was a great visit to a fascinating library, and Hugh and Naomi were very welcoming: we even got goody bags! An excellent way to kick off the year, and I look forward to whatever comes next.
Verity Parkinson is currently studying for her MA Library and Information Studies.
Images: Tavian Hunter (@rubytavian), also studying for her MA LIS this year.
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My First Week at UCL by Becky Scott
By Anne Welsh, on 26 September 2014
New beginnings are always a little daunting. Arriving at one of the world's best universities to study at Masters level can make you feel more than a little awed by the task. When you add to that the fact that I haven't studied in this way for ten years, you can imagine my nervousness as I waited in line to enrol in our department on the first day. But as I look back the end of Induction Week, I feel that anything is possible over the coming year.
My course tutors have both challenged me and supported me. Those first day nerves are gone now. I am already submerged in the language of Library and Information Studies. Reflecting on the Professional Knowledge and Skills Base, I know my strengths as well as the areas which I need to develop. Charlie has asked us simply "to read and to think" and as Librarians these are two things that are second nature to us. We love learning. We love helping others to learn. Reading and thinking are achievable tasks.
Of course I had fears that I wouldn't fit in. We come from a diverse range of disciplines and, as Anne said, a range of different 'cultural backgrounds'. But as each day passed, we got to know one and other and I have realised that we are all kind, welcoming and willing to help each other. Certainly, using the exercise to "find someone who…" stopped me being intimidated and helped me start conversations on Librarianship but many other topics too.
My classmates have guided me across campus to lecture theatres, helped me register with Senate House Library and even find the cash machine. They have made this week enjoyable and entertaining. Every day, I discover that I love studying at a London university. There are so many treasures to discover: museums, farmers' markets and of course, libraries. Visiting the Royal Astronomical Society Library was a wonderful opportunity to explore a special collection but also to learn from the day to day challenges of an experienced practitioner.
In just five days, I have gone from fearing the dissertation to being open to all ideas which may be sparked in my seminars. I felt inspired by Henry and Fiona – two recent Department of Information Studies graduates – who shared their experiences of writing the dissertation and how they shaped their ideas.
I write this as just one voice in the LIS class of 2014/2015 but we are all on our UCL learning journey. New beginnings may be a little daunting but they are also simulating, thought-provoking and full of potential.
Becky Scott (@the_bookette) is working as a school librarian while studying for her MA LIS.
Image: Dr Susan Greenberg. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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'Succession': Is Kendall Roy Dead?
By Meghan O'Keefe Twitter @megsokay Dec 6, 2021 at 10:37am
Succession Season 3 Episode 8 "Chiantishire" ends on a brutal cliffhanger. Number one depressed boy Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) appears to drown himself in an Italian pool. For weeks, Kendall has been struggling to make good on the promise of his Season 2 finale coup and his depression seems to have hit rock bottom. We watch as Kendall's bored kids excuse themselves from the pool and then a clearly drunk Kendall drops an empty beer bottle into the blue. He then lets his own face slip underwater. The camera lingers on him from below, showing a last exhalation of breath before cutting to the HBO show's credits.
So is Kendall Roy dead? Did the hit HBO show Succession actually pull a Game of Thrones-esque kill? There's no way Kendall can survive that, right? And Succession wouldn't tease such a major death like that and not deliver? That would be silly, no? But wouldn't it be sillier to kill off the show's leading man?
Here's all the reasons why Kendall Roy is obviously dead and all the reasons why Kendall is clearly not dead on HBO's Succession…
IS KENDALL ROY DEAD ON SUCCESSION? ALL THE CLUES THAT POINT TO YES
Ever since Succession Season 3 Episode 8 ended last night, my Twitter timeline has been full of fans mourning the loss of Kendall Roy. And with good reason. For weeks the show has been teasing that a) a big death might be coming and b) that Kendall is suffering from suicidal ideation. The former foreshadowing seems to mostly be focused on the Roy family patriarch Logan (Brian Cox), with Alexander Skarsgard's Matsson point blank asking Roman (Kieran Culkin) when Logan will die and with Kendall pointedly telling his father he'll be "broken" when he dies. However Logan's death might be too obvious a twist. And Kendall's sad longing stare at the Vessel last week along with his utter degradation lately points to self-harm.
Killing Kendall off wouldn't just fulfill a lot of the show's recent foreshadowing, but it would line up with what Succession star J. Smith-Cameron recently teased on Watch What Happens Live:
#Succession star @J_SmithCameron says the Season 3 finale is "shocking." #WWHL pic.twitter.com/s4yKhIWyEW
— WWHL (@BravoWWHL) December 1, 2021
Kendall's death by suicide is "upsetting" and it will radically change the future trajectory of the show.
The other reason why it seems that Kendall is donzo is that the camera pointedly lingers on the breath leaving his body. His kids are inside the house, meaning he is totally alone. All it would take is a short amount of time like this to put Kendall's life at risk. And it's a horribly poetic rhyme to how Kendall killed the kid in Season 1 by drowning.
HBO also released a teaser for Succession Season 3 Episode 9 in which Kendall doesn't appear at all. There's a comment that the family is dealing with something and that Logan's power is waning. All this seems to suggest that Kendall is dead, or is he? Has HBO released anything else to suggest that Kendall might survive? (Spoiler: they totally have.)
IS KENDALL ROY STILL ALIVE IN THE SUCCESSION SEASON 3 FINALE? EVERYTHING WE KNOW
Not to be the bearer of good (?) news, but I think HBO has already revealed that Kendall Roy will be alive and well in the Succession Season 3 finale.
On October 17, HBO unveiled a trailer teasing "the weeks ahead" on Succession. At approximately 1:40 in, Connor (Alan Ruck) very angrily confronts Kendall (sporting the close-cropped haircut he debuted this week) by saying, "Your spoon wasn't shiny enough!" Then immediately after that, there is a wide shot of Caroline's (Harriet Walter) wedding. As much as Caroline hates her kids, we find it hard to believe that she would go on with a sunsoaked Tuscan wedding in the immediate aftermath of her first born son's death. Furthermore, if you zoom in, it looks like Kendall is sitting with his siblings.
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Putting these two shots together, it seems that Kendall probably will survive, but the family will be reeling from his attempt on his own life. Connor's comments seem to suggest that the eldest Roy child will be furious with Kendall. (Perhaps Sophie or Iverson save their dad just in time?)
Now it's totally possible that these scenes in the earlier trailer were shot and then scrapped. Shows and films often insert misleading shots into trailers to save viewers from spoilers. However Succession isn't an MCU film, nor is it fond of killing characters off like Game of Thrones. While it does seem somebody's going to die, we're guessing it'll be another Roy and that it will happen during the finale.
Maybe Kendall is officially dead and these shots were cut from the final cut of the Succession Season 3 finale, but for now, we're betting that Jeremy Strong will show up (alive) next week. But we'll have to wait for Succession Season 3 Episode 9 to debut on December 12 to find out…
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It is exciting times here at CF360. Not only have we been running fantastic retreats, helping everyone take their health and fitness to the next level, but we've also been expanding our brand with features in Sports World Magazine, Muscle and Fitness UK, and our stand at the BodyPower Expo 2018.
These opportunities have allowed us to meet some fantastic people, companies and trainers – With this in mind, we have a very special surprise for those attending our Granada Fitness Retreat on 8th-13th July 2018.
For our Granada Fitness Retreat 8th-13th July 2018, we're delighted to announce Hayley Madigan will be attending as a guest personal trainer and coach. Hayley will be planning and running training sessions throughout the retreat and also sharing her vast knowledge as a trainer, fitness author and professional bikini competitor.
Hayley Madigan, 28 from Portsmouth, is a personal trainer and online diet and training coach for her brand 'Flexi-Life'. Hayley has competed in many Bodybuilding shows for several federations, gaining her Bikini Pro card in America with the WNBF within just 4 months of competing. She took home the PCA Overall Ladies title in June last year and since then she starred on the ITV2 reality show "Survival of the Fittest" showcasing her physical and mental ability.
Hayley has developed her own Online Coaching brand 'Flexi-Life', where she aims to encourage a healthy balance to enable fat loss and achieving results in a sustainable way. She doesn't advocate fad diets or over exercising and loves to educate her clients on how to achieve their dream body that becomes their lifestyle and not just a 'quick fix'.
Hayley studied Sports and Exercise Science at the University of Chichester and has used this knowledge to not only build her own brand but to also educate the younger generation where she taught Physical Education and Health and Social Care for 3.5 years in a Secondary School in Portsmouth. Teaching enabled her to develop a huge passion for empowering knowledge and encouraged her coaching skills to shine which gave her the confidence to start her own business.
When Hayley starred on the ITV2 Show 'Survival of the Fittest' she gained a huge amount of exposure and developed a wide variety of skills such as mental grit and determination. The show focused around head to head physically and mentally draining challenges with the opposing team (boys V girls), all in the South Africa Savannah. The show got great exposure towards encouraging females to be confident and believe that they too can train hard and compete with the boys. Hayley has used this exposure to drive her passion into educating females on how to increase their self-esteem and confidence by working with individuals across social media as well as 1-to-1 informal talks.
Hayley has also been a Fitness Expert writer for The Independent focusing on Motivation and Fitness articles for the public and is now starting another adventure writing for the new publication called Muscle and Fitness Hers – a new female fitness magazine just released.
Using her knowledge of competing, Hayley works closely with other individuals that want to compete and this allows her to drive her bodybuilding knowledge into achieving their dreams of stepping on stage. She also teaches posing workshops where she brings out the confidence that is needed to stand out on stage.
Hayley has been personal training on and off for over 6 years and here clients all have achieved incredible results whilst enjoying the training and lifestyle changes. Personal training is all about adhering to each individual goal and tailoring this to suit the individual, working together to achieve their desired outcome by giving the best motivation they can ask for. Hayley also works with many individuals across the world with her online training, she creates bespoke personalised diet plans and training programmes for anyone willing to put the hard work in. She creates an extensive nutrition plan that provides educational information on food and tailors this to suit the individual to include food they enjoy and are more likely to stick to.
Hayley also works as a fitness model and social media influencer, her Instagram @hayleymadiganfitness and YouTube allows her to show her fitness flare and create useful fitness and health content for her followers.
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Nel 1982 vinse il Premio Pulitzer per il dramma A Soldier's Play, poi trasposto da Fuller in una sceneggiatura per il film Storia di un soldato, diretto da Norman Jewison nel 1984, sceneggiatura che fu nominata all'Oscar nel 1985.

Filmografia

Cinema
Storia di un soldato (A Soldier's Play) di Norman Jewison (1984)
Tutti colpevoli (A Gathering of Old Men) di Volker Schlöndorff (1987)

Televisione

 The Sky Is Gray di Stan Lathan (1980)

Zooman di Leon Ichaso (1995)
The Wall di Joseph Sargent (1998)
Love Songs di Andre Braugher, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Townsend (1999)

Teatro
 Zooman and the Sign (1979)
A Soldier's Play (1981)

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Collegamenti esterni

Sceneggiatori afroamericani
Vincitori del Premio Pulitzer

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