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B.C. government gives millions to remote communities to switch from diesel to renewable energy
By David Carrigg
Vancouver Sun
Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy
Josie Osborne
The provincial government is giving $7.1 million to 12 remote First Nations to help them convert from diesel to renewable energy to power their communities. That money will come from the $29 million community energy diesel reduction program set up to spend that amount over three years to help B.C.'s 44 remote communities develop alternative-energy projects and advance energy efficiency. The majority of those communities are First Nations. She said the 12 communities getting the first round of funding includes the Lhoozk'uz Dene Nation near Quesnel — which will receive $350,000 to build a biomass-powered system for heat and power — and the Haida Nation, which that will receive $2 million to develop and build a two-megawatt solar farm on Haida Gwaii's Northern grid.


Tap your heels together three times, and you just might find a missing piece of movie memorabilia.
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — A pair of ruby slippers used in "The Wizard of Oz" and later stolen from a Minnesota museum were recovered in a sting operation after a man approached the shoes' insurer and said he could help get them back, the FBI said Tuesday.
The slippers were on loan to the Judy Garland Museum in the late actress' hometown of Grand Rapids when they were taken in 2005 by someone who climbed through a window and broke into a small display case. The shoes were insured for $1 million.
The FBI said a man approached the insurer in summer 2017 and said he could help get them back. Grand Rapids police asked for the FBI's help and after a nearly yearlong investigation, the slippers were recovered in July during a sting operation in Minneapolis.
The ruby slippers have been called "the Holy Grail of Hollywood memorabilia." The shoes were stolen in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn.
Myers said he would handle any prosecution. The North Dakota link to the case wasn't evident, and authorities declined to explain it.
The slippers had been on loan to the Garland museum from Hollywood memorabilia collector Michael Shaw. Three other pairs that Garland wore in the movie are held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Smithsonian and a private collector.
Can the success of 'Crazy Rich Asians' help Warner Bros. stop relying on summer superheroes?
The ruby slippers are key in the 1939 movie. After mysteriously landing in the colorful Land of Oz after a tornado hits her farm in Kansas, Garland's character, Dorothy, has to click the heels of her slippers three times and repeat "there's no place like home" to return.
"They are maybe the most iconic cinematic prop or costume in movie history, and in fact, in cultural history," Thomas said.
Steve Karnowski is an Associated Press writer.


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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by Lorne Balfe [Themes By Hans Zimmer] (Review)
So, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was poised to be the most anticipated game of all time. Was it? Pretty much, yeah. It blew away sales records and pre-order records. The fact that it was a muti-system game definitely helped. So, music-wise the first Modern Warfare was a huge iconic success. Stephen Barton and Harry Gregson-Williams delivered a hard electronic sound that followed in the Hans Zimmer tradition of the "modern warfare" sound. This "sound" was established in 2001 when Hans Zimmer scored Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down. A score that would forever change how we would expect "modern warfare" to sound. In that time many composers have tried to mimic that sound that Zimmer set as the standard (Newman's score to Jarhead / Elfman's score to The Kingdom).
The big question was who could fill the shoes of the one-two punch combo of Barton and Gregson-Williams? How about the master and owner of the "modern warfare" sound himself? Yes, it was revealed very late in the game that Hans was indeed doing the score. What boggled me was how he was going to fit it into his busy schedule then of course we learned once the game came out that in the credits Hans Zimmer was only credited with doing the main themes, very much like Harry Gregson-Williams did on the first Modern Warfare. Hans' collaborator Lorne Balfe was the head composer as he lead a team of half a dozen other composers who all helped finish this massive project in a short amount of time.
The score is pure vintage Hans simply put. It meshes his sound that he created with Black Hawk Down with the good ol' action music of the 90's that he pioneered. Yes, it's synthesizer heavy but so was Black Hawk Down. It's thematic and melodic and carries the action and the gameplay. Some elements will stand out as being familiar. The airport massacre is very reminiscent of Hans' work for The Joker in The Dark Knight being it's more of an exercise in sound design in an overall soundscape to hone in on a certain emotion of terror and uneasiness.
The weaknesses? The score fails to be a cohesive whole. With so many composers working on the game in such a short time that was bound to happen. There is nearly 7 hours of music in this game. The themes get muddled and we get more or less themes for certain levels rather than a "main" theme for the entire game like Harry did for the last one. Yet, Zimmer shows us yet again that scoring is a collaborative process just like every other aspect of filmmaking. I asked Atli Örvarsson who worked on the score what the scoring process was like and he said "MW 2 was really a team effort but I'd say Lorne pulled it all together and definitely deserves the credit. I did mostly the Favela stuff." As of now Lorne Balfe and Hans Zimmer have confirmed that an official iTunes release of the score is planned, but as of this writing there is no release date set.
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The Kerryman Newspaper Won't Change Name To Appease The Woke
Richie Allen
Siobhán Murphy, the manageress of The Kerryman newspaper, said this morning that the paper would not change its name to something more gender-neutral. Speaking on RTE radio, Murphy said the brand is a well recognised one and would be destroyed if it was changed.
Ireland's Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion, Josepha Madigan (pictured), recently called for an end to gendered titles and language, such as "spokesman" and "chairman."
Appearing on the same show as Murphy, Madigan said that The Kerryman is a "great independent newspaper." She went on to say that while it is not up to her to tell media what to do, we should interrogate the words we use in our daily lives and see if they create an unconscious bias.
Siobahán Murphy countered that by saying that The Kerryman has been around since 1904 and is well recognised locally, nationally and internationally. She said, "if something is working and does what it needs to do" it should not be changed."
Madigan said that if it's good enough for Kleenex, it should be good enough for The Kerryman. Kleenex has committed to changing its man-sized tissue product to instead read extra-large tissues.
Will women get more out of using a Kleenex after the wording "man-size" is removed? Will it feel different? Will they feel more included? Fecked if I know.
Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae gets the last word. Speaking to RTE he said;
"Where are we going to stop with this political correctness and nonsense?" Mr Healy-Rae asked. He also questioned if "manholes need to be called a personhole" and how far language will need to be changed to be gender-neutral.
He said the debate around gender-neutral language would mean every word would need to be examined to make sure that "we are not insulting anybody."
Richie Allen is the host of The Richie Allen Radio show, Europe's most listened to independent radio show and is a passionate supporter of free speech. He lives in Salford with the future Mrs Allen and their two dogs.
Robert(@quidnunk)
Hang on a feckin minute! The first part of the newspaper title is also a name usually given to girls. What more do they want? Kerryman……very transgender friendly too!
sven(@silent1)
What about the The Isle of Man, I dread to think what gender neutral*ollocks that'll be put forward to rename it. The Isle of 'Moi' , that should keep the Snowflakes happy, seeing it is always about them.
Any suggestions for the place where I live, Isle of WIGHT, lol
Wes Baker(@dubs325)
AND….. the Irish civilization which has produced legend writers and singers beyond almost any other country per capita….
Is officially on its death bed.
When they come for the language, the revolution is almost complete.
Herb(@olibur)
Sting should rename his song "I am EnglishMAN in New York" to make it gender-neutral and woke compliant.
Urban fox(@theurbanfox)
I'm not keen on the words political correctness. Or nanny state that is often used. Why? Because the meaning of words and there usage is very important. And those pushing this agenda know that. There is nothing correct about.politicaly correct. And nothing nanny about the state. After all a nanny is ment to look after us not abuse and enslave us. Language effects us psychologicaly. Each word is connected to pictures And concepts in the mind. So we have to be very wary whenever laǹguage is changed. Because it is yet another way, They are attempting to change us, And the way we think. Rewriting the language comes from the same Orwellion place as Rewriting history. Or should that be resetting history.And that reminds me. There's nothing great ,about the great reset. But at least we can inject hope into our arms. Which makes my heart sing.
Gerry(@gerry)
Reply to Urban fox
Or even take the jab up the ar.. 😁
(Haven't they already recommended this for the pcr scam??)
Nah I won't say it though!!
Gotta be PC and honest!!
Tis a family show!!
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Jennie(@jennie)
These people need to educate themselves. The word man has always been used to mean mankind, the whole of humanity. When they talked about the ascent of man it didn't just mean the male sex.
I can't really understand why they are so bothered anyway. What does it matter if someone uses the word chairman? I'm a woman and I could care less.
Languages like Spanish and Italian and loads of others use gender for everything, not just people but inanimate objects too. So are they going to be expected to change their entire languages because of virtue signallers who get their knickers in a twist over nothing?
Kafla(@kafla)
Reply to Jennie
Exactly signora 😊
Kay(@kathy)
Will place names also have to become gender neutral… personchester, isle of person, personhattan?
Craig(@topper)
Reply to Kay
Of course; but not in the way you suggest. The names will have to change completely, much as the names of buildings and streets are being changed because of the historic links to slavery.
After all, one of the best ways of conquering a people is to cut them off from their past.
Most languages around the world are structured around the masculine and feminine: from French to Mandarin.
To suggest, therefore, that language needs to become more 'gender neutral' is to apply a uni-cultural aspect to language – and culture overall.
In essence, it has something of bigotry about it – one born of long years of the erosion and corruption of the English language (many of the words in our dictionary come from other languages and no longer mean what they once meant) and the ever progressing tracks of the bulldozer of Postmodern thought.
Reply to Craig
Sorry I've just repeated part of what you said because I hadn't seen your comment when I posted.
Not to worry, Jennie. It needs repeating as much as possible.
They want gender-neutral post humans decanted in state hatcheries so for starters they are changing language to eradicate sexes from it.
Reply to Herb
I agree. Mice have just been grown outside the womb. In artificial wombs. In Israel. Article on David Icke website.
That's too fringe – even for me.
I suspect the trans activists have a more definitive goal: the erasure of women's and gay rights.
In other words, the opposite of progressivism.
With groups like BLM advocating separate spaces for black and ethnic people (again, the opposite of progressivism), the trend does seem obvious.
Likewise, the WEF are now advocating a move away from the concepts of Equality and Diversity and are encouraging a focus on Belonging, Dignity and Justice.
That sounds like different spaces for different identity groups, which was one of the ideas of the NSDAP.
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Vigil call sfor an end to hate crimes
(10/14/98 9:00am)
Over 150 Penn students rallied to express disgust at the savage murder of a gay college student. Although none of them knew Matthew Shepard, something about the way he died struck a chord with the hundreds of students who gathered for a vigil in his honor last night on College Green. In a ceremony that was rife with anger, sadness and fear, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance held a candlelight vigil to remember Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming who was found beaten and pistol whipped outside Laramie, Wyo., last week. Although police say the main motive behind the crime was robbery, the two perpetrators allegedly targeted Shepard because he flirted with one of them in a bar. On Monday, Shepard died in a Fort Collins, Colo., hospital. Many students at the event said they were surprised and disturbed by the savage nature of the crime, with several saying the attack forced them to worry about the safety of gay students, both at Penn and across the country. "It hits me in the sense that I have fear now," said third-year Medical student Chris Nguyen, who is gay. "It brings an element of fear that I thought I had exorcised." Other students stressed the fact that Penn is not safe from gay-bashing. "I have sat at gay coffeehouses and had epithets hurled at me from passersby," said second-year MBA student Mark Kehoe, a member of Wharton Out for Business, a club which aims to spread awareness about homosexuality. "The three places I have lived, I can recall hate crimes and acts of violence." Shepard's death has spurred a national debate over the issue of hate-crime legislation. Earlier this week, President Clinton came out in favor of such a law, saying that "Congress needs to pass our tough hate-crimes legislation." Current federal laws do not call for added penalties for the perpetrators of attacks based on the victim's sexual-orientation. Penn students at the event were divided over the need for such legislation. "I think for any discrimination there should be hate crime legislation," College and Wharton junior Michael Rogan said. "It prevents people from venting their prejudices." But others disagreed, saying assaults and other crimes are already illegal. "Crime is crime whether it's hate or not," Wharton sophomore Peter Margetis said. "I don't think we need separate legislation for it." The vigil began with several speakers, including City Councilman Angel Ortiz, Bob Schoenberg, the director of Penn's Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Center and Penn Director of Police Operations Maureen Rush. An open-mic speak-out followed the speeches. During his speech, Ortiz discussed the struggles to pass domestic-partnership laws in Philadelphia, and the necessity of passing hate-crime legislation. Last spring, after a decade of debate, City Council passed legislation extending benefits to allow gay partners to enjoy certain city benefits. It was passed over the objection of religious leaders. Ortiz encouraged the crowd to channel their reactions to Shepard's death into a refusal to accept hate crimes. "Do not react," he exhorted the crowd. "Get angry and say 'No More'." In addition, Rush gave a speech encouraging students to contact the police whenever incidents such as hate crimes occur.
https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/10/vigil_call_sfor_an_end_to_hate_crimes
Students mark Nat'l Coming Out Days
The yearly event is intended to raise awareness of and show support for gays and lesbians on campus. Gay and lesbian groups across the country are trying to get across the message this week that it's OK to be gay. At Penn, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance is celebrating the 11th annual "National Coming Out Days." The celebration is intended to raise awareness about gays and lesbians on campus and to show support for people who are coming "out of the closet." Events scheduled include a candlelight vigil, a movie screening and a session where students and others may share their "coming out" stories. "Gay people are somewhat of a hidden minority," said second-year Wharton MBA student Mark Kehoe, a member of the group Wharton Out for Business. "That makes our situation different than other minority groups. People don't know who we are until we come out, and that is the purpose of coming out days." The celebration is also intended to lend support to fellow gays and lesbians who haven't revealed their true sexual orientation, according to LGBA member Andrew Byala, a College junior. "This is an opportunity for people who are in the closet, that whatever stage they're in coming out, to see that we're here to support them," Byala said. As part of the celebration, Wharton Out for Business, the gay, lesbian and bisexual association for Wharton School students, placed "National Coming Out Day" stickers in Wharton student mail folders on Sunday. All faculty and students at Wharton received a flier describing the history of the event and the importance of supporting gay or lesbian colleagues. According to second-year Wharton MBA student and Wharton Out for Business director Troy Senter, awareness of gays and lesbians in the workplace is very important. "Gay and lesbian employees that perceive an unfriendly environment at a company aren't going to be happy and they're going to leave, and that affects the bottom line," he explained. He added that although there is some intolerance in the workplace, the situation is getting better. "When I talk to gay and lesbian alumni from a few years ago, I get the impression that it's become more accepting than it was," he said. In addition, a candlelight vigil will be held tomorrow at 9 p.m. on College Green in memory of Matthew Shepard, the gay University of Wyoming student who died yesterday from injuries sustained in a beating last week. Some students emphasized that this should not cast a shadow over the week. "I think it's not something to brush aside," Byala said. "But we have much to be thankful for, and that's what the point of coming out week is." In addition to the candlelight vigil, a screening of the film Out of the Past will be shown tomorrow, along with a talk from Kevin Jennings, executive director of the Gay Straight Education Network. On Thursday at 7:30 p.m., students are invited to share their coming out stories at the LGBA office in the Rotunda at 4012 Walnut Street.
https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/10/students_mark_natl_coming_out_days
Latino groups seek to get voices heard
They may be out, but they aren't down. Even though La Asociacion Cultural de Estudiantes Latino Americanos and El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan pulled out of the United Minorities Council last semester, they are still fighting to have their voice heard on important issues affecting Latino students on Penn's campus. The split with the UMC, an umbrella organization of minority groups, occurred last April during a UMC meeting on the same day the organization was to vote on whether to make its agenda more political. All of the Latino members of the UMC walked out of the meeting, and then-Vice Chairperson Tania Castro, now a College senior, resigned her newly elected seat. According to the Latino Coalition, which consists of ACELA and MeChA, this split took place because the UMC was not political enough and the University did not take the groups seriously. Although the UMC will not represent Latino interests, it will continue to support the Latino groups, according to its leaders. "We are all still in the battle, we're all still in the fight," said UMC Chairperson Charles Howard, a College junior. In fact, Howard said the split had a positive impact on the University by serving as "a wake-up call" to the needs of its Latino members. Although MeChA and ACELA still have the UMC's support, they are struggling to have their demands met while having to deal with problems of their own, such as low membership. Among these demands are more extensive and effective recruitment for Latino students and faculty. Latino students currently make up about 3 percent of Penn's undergraduates. According to MeChA President and College junior Milady Nazir, the University doesn't do enough of the recruiting itself, and groups like MeChA are forced to sponsor recruitment efforts using their own resources. "We want to get to the point where that's not necessary, where we ourselves don't just have to rely on our own resources as students to go out and recruit," said ACELA President David Villafana, an Engineering senior. Admissions officials, however, say they have stepped up minority recruitment over the past few years as part of University President Judith Rodin's Minority Permanence Plan, which calls for increased recruitment and retention of minority students and faculty. Rodin, meanwhile, said she would not comment on any of the Latino groups' specific complaints because they have not yet brought them to her. And recruiting Latino students isn't the only problem; making sure they graduate is another. Latino students still face low graduation rates because of financial and academic problems, Latino leaders say. According to Nazir, a Latino resource center -- which was one of the demands MeChA made -- would be one way of addressing the problem. "If we have teachers be more accessible to us, have like a one-on-one mentoring program, that would be really beneficial," she said. Meanwhile, these groups are facing their own set of internal problems, which include low membership and a lack of funding for events. For example, MeChA currently has only 10 members, two of whom are Medical School students. According to Nazir, this has partly to do with a lack of funding for events. "I think that if we don't have activities? then it's difficult to attract members, because people just don't want to go to meetings; they want to get something out of it," she explained. Some Latinos don't want to focus exclusively on their ethnic group in a diverse setting like Penn. For example, Nursing senior Jimmy Rodriguez said he came from a highly concentrated area of Mexican-Americans and went to Penn "for the diversity." Despite these problems, the groups have won greater recognition from the University. According to Nazir, administrators are more accessible to them now since their split from the UMC and are taking them more seriously. "I think they're sincerely trying to attempt to meet our goals," Villafana said. "I don't think they're attempting hard either, but they're doing something."
https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/10/latino_groups_seek_to_get_voices_heard
Women's Studies marks 25 years
Though the program has faced challenges, it continues to grow. As the Women's Studies Program prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary today, students and faculty will commemorate a program which has fought for acceptance while struggling to cope with changing times. The battle for acceptance has been a difficult one, but one that many Women's Studies faculty say has largely been won. Faculty and organizers cite the popularity of the program as an example. Currently, the program offers more than 50 courses a year with a total enrollment of 1,600. That figure, though, does not make note of the fact that many Women's Studies majors take more than one of the program's classes per semesters, likely reducing the total number of individual students in the program. "The [Women's Studies] Program is just another indicator of how timely and important women's studies are," Women's Studies Program Co-Director Demie Kurz said. And according to many professors and administrators, the future looks even brighter. "I think personally, there will be for a long time a place for Women's Studies along with Gender Studies," said the program's Acting Director Ann Matter, a Religious Studies Professor. Several Women's Studies majors, meanwhile, said they find the program to be of significant academic value. "We learn critical thinking, and I think those skills are second to none in the job markets and in one's personal life," said College senior Melissa Holsinger. But the program is not without its share of controversy. Some women's studies majors, for example, say they are still forced to defend their course of study. "People generally raise their eyebrows, not in a negative way, just in surprise," Holsinger said, adding that a friend once sarcastically remarked, "'Oh you're a Women's Studies major? Would you like fries with that?'" Other students say they are reluctant to take the classes because they believe they would feature an overly feminist agenda. "I think it would be a little biased," said David Franklin Smith, a Wharton graduate student. "People in the class would want to have that [feminist] bias." Engineering senior Wade Bennett added that a Women's Studies class "would probably be pretty feminist. It would probably be a great place to meet girls." The program has also had to adapt to changing interests and changing times. One major change in the program has been a shift to an examination of issues facing men, as well as Third World cultures. According to History Professor Kathleen Brown, who is currently teaching a course cross-listed with the Women's Studies Program, such a transformation was a matter of course. "I think one reason is that if you treat women as if they're the only ones with gender, you kind of lost the story, so people have realized that men have gender too," she said. Kurz stressed that while the program's name hasn't changed, the scope of its study has. "Gender issues are what is studied now? for the time being, the name of our program is Women's Studies, but it is the study of gender," she said. But while the program may still have more work to do before it gains the acceptance of the entire Penn community, program organizers say it has come along way since students first fought to establish a Women's Studies program a quarter of a century ago. In the spring of 1972, two undergraduate members of Women for Equal Opportunity at the University of Pennsylvania, an early campus feminist group, sent a proposal to then-President Martin Meyerson asking for the creation of a Department of Female Studies. Meyerson responded to the proposal by urging the petitioners to undertake survey of Women's Studies work being done elsewhere in the country. A subgroup of WEOUP, known as the Penn Women's Studies Planners, wrote the report Meyerson had requested that summer. The report, now hailed as a classic by Women's Studies scholars across the country, claimed that under traditional curricula, women were not being taught necessary information about other women. Such a deficiency deterred women from seeking advanced training in the work place, the report noted. Then, after a rash of campus rapes, WEOUP staged a sit-in at College Hall in April 1973 to protest the University's inaction. Although the creation of a Women's Studies program wasn't included in their demands, it ultimately was a direct outgrowth of the protests. According to Executive Director of Women's Law Project Carol Tracy, "It wasn't a direct demand, but it was an outcome to be sure." Shortly thereafter, PWSP organized a dozen undergraduate seminars through the College of Thematic Studies focusing on the study of women. "It was a revelation, because we had never really talked about this stuff," said History Professor Drew Faust, who sat in on the first women's history seminar. Later that fall, PWSP convinced the College for Women to set up a Women's Studies Governing board and to fund two full-time positions devoted entirely to Women's Studies. That same year, PWSP and the Penn administration elected Elsa Greene as the program's first director. During her tenure, Greene created new courses and enabled undergraduates to earn a degree in the field. By 1977, Women's Studies had over 40 distinct courses as part of the program. Despite these advances, it took time for the established academic community in the U.S. to take Women's Studies seriously. "Scholarly fields had their established ways of looking at things? that tends to happen when new information comes into a field.? Some embraced it, and some rejected it," Kurz said. In 1976, the Women's Studies program received a year-long grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This grant allowed the program to design interdisciplinary undergraduate concentrations linking the study of women in the humanities with preparation for non-academic careers in medicine, law, communications and government. This grant also funded workshops for faculty, graduate students and community members. In addition, the money allowed for the creation of an experimental one-semester visiting professorship in Women's Studies. During this period, the Women's Studies Program sought to reach out into the surrounding community. In conjunction with the College of General Studies and the Graduate School of Education, a summer institute for high school teachers was founded. The institute helped the teachers to present the latest Women's Studies material to their students. By the close of the 1970s, the Women's Studies Program had an established place in the University. The next decade brought several significant changes to the structure, scope and mission of the Women's Studies Program. The rapid growth of the program led to a split in two distinct areas, curriculum and research. It was then decided that the director of the program would focus on research, while the associate director would concentrate on curricular issues. As a result, the Alice Paul Research Center was established in 1984 to encourage scholarship on how society affects the lives of men and women. During the 1983-1984 academic year, the Individualized Major committees decided that the Women's Studies Program could supervise its own majors. Although the program has changed over time, many said its importance has not diminished. "I feel that we should keep it around. It's hard to argue with success," Brown said.
https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/09/womens_studies_marks_25_years
Asian Pacific Student Assoc. host volunteer fair, info session
The event was intended to introduce students to Penn's Asian American resources. While some freshmen watched TV or went out to parties Friday night, others studied topics ranging from campus rape to tutoring at an event sponsored by the Asian Pacific community. The annual Asian Pacific Community Fair, sponsored by the Asian Pacific Student Coalition, is intended to encourage volunteerism among Asian American freshmen and to introduce them to the clubs and resources available to Asian Americans on campus. About 150 people attended the event, which was held in Logan Hall. During the fair, Asian American sororities and fraternities like Lambda Phi Epsilon and Alpha Kappa Delta presented information to freshmen about what they have to offer. "I think it's a good opportunity to see the clubs and find out what they're about," Lambda Phi Epsilon President and Engineering Junior Thomas Peng said, noting that freshmen frequently sign up for activities without first finding out what they are. The fair also included information about community service opportunities available to students. Organizations such as Philadelphia's Women Organized Against Rape and AIDS Service in Asian Communities encouraged freshmen to join. According to Hai Cao, a member of the AIDS group, Asian Americans face special challenges in preventing the often sexually transmitted disease. "There is a cultural and generational barrier between parents and their offspring, and this barrier prevents them from talking about sex and safe sex in general," he said. Mai Huynh, an organizer of the rape organization, stressed the importance of her group, which provides counseling and support to rape victims. "They should be aware of the services we provide, and they should be aware that there is help out there and they don't have to deal with it alone," she said. The event also served as a forum to introduce the students to various community service programs, a priority for College sophomore and APSC Vice Chairperson of Community Affairs Hoa Duong. Duong explained that Penn students have an obligation to reach out to the surrounding community. "I want Penn students to realize that we are living in West Philly and we should give back to the community and leave it a little better than how we found it," she said. Some groups, such as the Chinese Students Association, offered opportunities for freshmen to tutor Asian immigrants in Philadelphia. College sophomore Nancy King explained that since Penn's Asian American students have already learned to fit into American society, they could serve as ideal role models for new Asian immigrants. "I feel that we should? help with the assimilation process, since we are assimilated," she said. Freshmen were also told of opportunities to study Asian-American culture. Members of the Asian American Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board gave out information on how freshmen could integrate Asian American studies into their schedules. "It's important to know about your culture," said Wharton sophomore Stephanie Hwang, who distributed the information. "It's important to know that there is an Asian American culture that is not fully Asian or American but both." Event organizers termed the program a success. "Historically, it's been very effective," said APSC President and College senior Seung Lee. "It shows that there are many facets to the Asian American experience." Lee added that the event is popular because it capitalizes on the Asian Pacific Student Coalition's ability to bring together all of the different Asian ethnic groups on campus. Students reacted positively to the event, which they felt helped introduce them to both new activities and new people. "It's a good way to find out about things here on campus," said College sophomore Christine Chang. "It's a good way to meet people and to reunite with friends I haven't seen yet."
https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/09/asian-pacific-student-assoc-host-volunteer-fair-info-session
Noted poet Koch speaks at U.
College Senior David Salarskey loved Kenneth Koch's poetry so much that he did more than just write a term paper about him -- he brought him to Penn. Salarskey, a member of the Kelly Writers House planning committee, organized Koch's poetry reading at the house last night. More than 30 students and poetry enthusiasts attended the event. Salarskey chose Koch, 73, because he "occupies a pivotal position in post-war American poetry." "I think his work is something that people can relate to on an everyday level while maintaining an artistic integrity," Salarskey explained. Koch -- a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia -- is the author of more than 15 books of poetry, including One Train, Seasons on Earth and Days and Nights. In addition to poetry, Koch has also written works of fiction, essays and plays. Koch is known for having founded the so-called New York school of poets, a movement which tried to rid poetry of its dullness and pompousness. He was influenced by such poets as Shelley and the surrealists. In 1995, Koch won Yale University's Bollingen Prize in poetry. The $25,000 award -- given to the best poetry collection in the previous two years, or in recognition of one's lifetime achievement -- is considered one of the nation's most prestigious literary honors. Besides writing poetry, the New York City resident has also taught it in nursing homes and public schools. Koch explained that he sees himself as an advocate for presenting poetry to a wider audience. "I think people should enjoy and understand life as much as possible, and poetry is a way of enjoying it," he said. Koch began the presentation with selections from Straits, a new collection of poems and songs that will soon be published. The poems cover themes ranging from history to politics. In addition to poetry, Koch also read some songs he had written, including "This Dancing Man was Once the Pope," a satirical piece about the pontiff. His works occasionally aroused chuckles and bursts of laughter from the audience. Koch concluded the presentation with readings from some of his plays, many of which are unusually short. "The problem with short plays is that no one wants to get dressed up, take a taxi to the theater and pay $10 to see a one-minute play," he joked. After the reading, the audience had the opportunity to question the poet about his works. When asked about why he decided to become a poet, Koch said, "I loved doing it, I got praised for it and I couldn't think of anything else to do." As to the role of poetry in academia, Koch expressed a concern that many English departments put too much of an emphasis on literary theory and not appreciation of the craft itself. Several members of the audience said they enjoyed the presentation. "I think he is very funny and very smart," Kelly Writers House coordinator Kerry Sherrin said. "It's like I can hear the whole literary tradition in English, and yet he speaks casually and uses colloquial language."
https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/04/noted-poet-koch-speaks-at-u
'Diaries' author discusses drugs
Jim Carroll, author of 'The Basketball Diaries,' read poetry and other writings. He's nothing like Leonardo DiCaprio, who played him in the movie version of his autobiographical novel, The Basketball Diaries, but at least Jim Carroll's clean and sober. Carroll -- a noted author, poet and musician -- gave a spoken word presentation Tuesday night at Meyerson Hall as part of Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week. The week -- which is sponsored by the Drug and Alcohol Resource Team, Connaissance and the Kelly Writers House -- is designed to draw attention to the issues of drug and alcohol abuse on campus. Health educator Kate Ward-Gaus, who serves as DART's adviser, said she chose Carroll to speak because he "is a person who talks about his own experiences in a very honest, graphic way." Carroll, a resident of New York City, is best known for his autobiographical work, The Basketball Diaries, which describe his experiences with heroin addiction as a teenager in 1963. The book was made into a movie starring DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg in 1995. Carroll began his presentation to the crowd of over 100 people with selections from another autobiographical work, Forced Entries, which detail his struggles with drug addiction during his early 20s. He also read selections from his new book of poems, entitled Void of Course. The poems deal with various topics, ranging from sex to drug abuse. Carroll noted that this new collection has no central theme. "It's hard to say what a book of poetry is about," he said. "I try to make the poems abstract enough so different people can interpret them in different ways." He also read a poem entitled "Eight Fragments for Curt Cobain," which he wrote in honor of the deceased lead singer of the band Nirvana. Carroll has been a rock star himself. During the 1980s he performed with his rock group called the Jim Carroll Band. According to Carroll, drugs -- especially cocaine -- were prevalent in the music industry at that time. "[Cocaine] is a good musician's drug," he said. "It keeps you going." "But the crash isn't worth the high," he added. "Of all the drugs I did, cocaine was the most demonic." Although he has struggled with drug problems in the past, Carroll said he has beaten the addiction. "I'd like to smoke weed, but the pace of New York is so speedy, you know, and you have to do pot at your own pace," he said. Following the presentation, students had the opportunity to attend a book signing and talk more intimately with the author. Carroll's works -- which were at times interspersed with humorous anecdotes -- were received with bursts of laughter from the students. At one point, Carroll told a story in which he went to a poetry reading with a live cockroach, only to kill the bug with a spritz of Raid moments later before a surprised but delighted audience. Several students said they found Carroll's reading impressive. "His presentation didn't have the focus that I wanted, but I thought his poems were very intriguing," College senior Jordie Hannum said of the presentation.
https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/04/diaries_author_discusses_drugs
Jamieson speaks on women in the media
Annenberg School for Communication Dean Kathleen Hall Jamieson, one of the country's leading media experts, is living proof that is possible to overcome the pitfalls that threaten women's success. More than 150 Penn students and media representatives were present to hear Jamieson address the role of women in media Thursday night in Meyerson Hall. The speech was part of the Women in Leadership Series, a lecture series featuring successful women in a variety of leadership positions designed to promote awareness of women's difficulty in acquiring such roles. The series is sponsored by the Spring Conference of the Trustees Council of Penn Women, a national network of Penn alumnae who attempt to promote the advancement of women's issues within the University. Jamieson, a political commentator who often appears on CNN and PBS' Newshour with Jim Lehrer, began her speech with a video analysis of the media's coverage of the Clinton sex scandals. She displayed a CNN segment entitled "Media Madness?" -- which she helped to edit -- that highlighted the ambiguity of sources surrounding the Monica Lewinsky matter and the changing relationship between the media and presidential privacy over the decades. The segment also illuminated the "echo effect" of rumors that spread throughout the media, Jamieson said. She also used the segment to stress the importance of using accurate sources. "The problem with these patterns of disclosure is that the sources are often unreliable and this information is filtered into the media," she said. "The media has not carried on its responsibility in the last 71 days.? It has replaced substance with sex." In addition, Jamieson -- a distinguished author whose works include Beyond the Double Bind: Women and Leadership -- discussed the bias in media reporting with regard to the Paula Jones scandal. She showed an MSNBC segment which dwelled on the dismissal of Jones' case rather than an important speech Clinton gave in Africa. After the presentation, Jamieson fielded questions from Penn students and reporters, including one from the Washington Post. When asked how to create a disincentive for the media to be controlled by profit motives, Jamieson advocated the use of the "V-chip" so that viewers can block out unwanted programs. The event was followed by a dinner at La Terrasse with Jamieson and 12 undergraduates selected on the basis of their diverse interests. Jamieson's speech elicited a positive response from many students. "I think it was fantastic," College sophomore Sara Shenkan said. "It really helped me to understand the media better." College sophomore Debra Kurshan, a founder of the lecture series, added that there is much to be done regarding the public portrayal of women. "I think that it's going to take a lot of work to change the media's portrayal of women," she said. "It will take an overhaul of the public's attitudes toward women." Some students were doubtful, however, of the prospects of ever achieving true gender equality. "I think the University works to provide everyone with equal opportunities," College freshman Leigh Miseils said. "But when we graduate, society doesn't work to provide everyone with equal opportunities."
https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/04/jamieson_speaks_on_women_in_the_media
Researcher speaks on Swiss 'neutrality' during Holocaust
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Miriam Kleiman doesn't think anything is neutral about Switzerland. A senior researcher at the law firm of Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld and Toll in Washington, D.C., Kleiman was the first person dispatched to Washington's National Archives to research the controversial issue of Jewish money held by Swiss banks during World War II -- money which many accuse the Swiss of failing to return to families of Holocaust survivors. "If money is the root of all evil, then Hitler was the greatest evil, and Swiss banks were the root," Kleiman noted during a speech, "Shattering the Neutrality Myth: The Inside Story of the Swiss Banks Investigation," at the Annenberg School for Communication last Thursday. More than 30 people attended the address, which was sponsored by the University's Holocaust Education Committee. Kleiman began her speech by discussing the history of Swiss involvement with Nazi Germany. During the war, Germany gave Jewish loot to Swiss banks in return for currency to finance the war. In her speech, Kleiman passed around copies of documents she uncovered, which she said revealed the extent of Swiss involvement in the war. According to Kleiman, Swiss cooperation included funds funneled directly to the Nazi war-machine. In addition, the Swiss government returned some Jewish refugees to the Nazis. Documents uncovered at the National Archives in Washington also revealed that Swiss bankers knew the real sources of Nazi loot. It is estimated that more than $6 billion -- not including the value of personal possessions taken from Holocaust victims -- was funneled into Swiss banks during the war. Kleiman also discussed the difficulty of going through the National Archives records. The records are not computerized and can't be scanned into a computer system, she said, describing the process as "tedious." Despite pressure from Congress and various Jewish organizations, Kleiman said the Swiss have actually done little to return the lost funds of Holocaust survivors. "It's tokenism," said Kleiman. "It's almost offensive." Kleiman also stressed the importance of Holocaust education. She urged members of the audience to talk to Holocaust survivors about their experiences. Engineering senior Shira Neustein described Kleiman's speech as "incredible." "I never knew something so small could turn into something so big," Neustein said. Kleiman concluded by expressing doubts as to whether the issue would ever fully be resolved to both sides' satisfaction. "The Holocaust survivors are getting older? it's a closing window of opportunity," she said. "I hope something is done. "It's not about money, its about justice," Kleiman added.
https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/03/researcher_speaks_on_swiss_neutrality_during_holocaust
U. lauds African culture
While some Penn students did their chemistry and English homework this weekend, hundreds of other people learned about Youruban tribal cosmology and an African game called Mancala at the University Museum Saturday afternoon. The ninth annual celebration of African cultures featured dancing, storytelling and children's workshops in an effort to educate the public about the lifestyles and beliefs of West African tribes. One of the main attractions of the event was the Women's Sekere Ensemble, which performed traditional Nigerian music in the Museum's Pepper Gallery. "The performance is intended to keep the preservation of African music alive," said Valerie Sims, a member of the ensemble. "African music isn't written down like European music. It has to be heard and felt." She described the crowd's reaction to the performance as "excellent." Other events included a workshop in which children learned how to create 18th century Nigerian masks. It was directed by Jean Wilson, an artist who works with children's multicultural programs throughout the city. "My table is usually the most crowded table," Wilson said. "The kids love the workshop so much they want to continue even after closing time." To teach the public more about the diversity of African cultures, a tour was held in the Museum's African Gallery which focused on the everyday life of an African village. Esther Gushner, a volunteer guide and 1959 College for Women graduate, noted that it "is important to acquaint people with their history and teach them respect for cultural diversity. "We must understand the cultural contributions of Africa to American culture, such as blues and rap [music]," she said. In the Egyptian Gallery, the Fair Hill dance club performed traditional dances from Ghana. They were accompanied by Van Williams, a veteran artist and dancer from the Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble. "Audience participation is an important part of the presentation," Williams said. "The audience was very open and responsive." Darryl Pierce, who attended the event, called the dances "beautiful." "I'm learning things I never knew about [the dances]," he said. Fifth-year College senior Shweta Parmer said that "the demonstration was a nice getaway from campus events." "At campus events, it's mostly Penn students, but here there were a lot of people from the community," she said. In the morning, Shawnnea Lance gave a lecture on Youruban deities. Karen Abdul-Malik, co-founder and director of Duinsity Storytelling, introduced people to African and African American folk tales. To top off the celebration, dance troupe Children of Shango gave a demonstration of African dance. It featured traditional dances from Mali, Senegal and Guinea. "It is always fun [dancing] here at the the Museum," troupe director Hodari Banks said. "We always get a really good crowd."
https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/02/u-lauds-african-culture
Pledges attend 'Greek Life 101'
Filling Houston Hall's Bodek Lounge to full capacity, hundreds of new fraternity and sorority pledges attended the University's second annual "Greek Life 101" program Saturday. Started last year as an educational forum for the InterFraternity and Panhellenic councils' pledges, "Greek Life 101" featured speakers such as Dave Westol, executive director of the Theta Chi fraternity, and Arlene Stevens, founder of CHUCK -- the Committee to Halt Useless College Killings. The event, which was mandatory for all pledges, began with a speech by Stevens, whose son Chuck died during a hazing-related incident in 1978. She founded CHUCK and has given hundreds of speeches across the country in an effort to stop fraternities and sororities from hazing new pledges. Stevens recalled the horrifying experience of her son's death and warned students about the dangers of hazing. She praised the University for its strong Greek support system, but urged students not to let hazing tarnish the University's reputation. Next to speak was Westol, who covered the legal aspects of hazing. Although he admitted hazing is a problem on college campuses, he gave examples of students who resisted participating in such activities. "You are the future of the fraternities and sororities," he told the pledges. "You are the change agents." After the speeches, Westol conducted a mock trial emphasizing the legal measures that can be taken against fraternities or sororities who haze members. OFSA Assistant Director Tom Carroll noted that the presentation was "a wonderful opportunity to teach the students about hazing. "The only complaint I have is about the facilities," he added, referring to the lack of space for the event. "Last year we had about 300 pledges attend, but this year it's over 460." This year's program differed slightly from the one offered last year. Time-management seminars for new Greek members offered last year were dropped from the program because the number of students attending made them impractical. Overall, there was optimism about the program's efficacy. "I'm impressed with the fact that the programs are becoming stronger," Stevens said. "I think that people are fed up with hazing." OFSA Director Scott Reikofski said the program "really gets new members looking at hazing and mistreatment in a new way."
https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/02/pledges_attend_greek_life_101


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Becoming a YouTuber is now young people's number one career aspiration. According to a survey by The Sun, over three quarters of the participants were considering some sort of career in online video. It's pretty amazing, considering it wasn't even a career option until recently.
But exactly how professional YouTubers operate remains a mystery to most. How do they make money? Do they do it all by themselves? Do you need to have millions of subscribers to make a living?
I sat down with professional YouTubers, Marissa Rachel and Shanna Lisa, and tried to answer the most common questions.
Myth: YouTubers make all of their money from views.
Truth: Branded content, merch, and licensing deals are all far more lucrative than YouTube ad revenue.
Myth: You get paid based on subscriber number.
Truth: Subscriber number doesn't affect your pay.
"When we hit a million subscribers, and people saw us unboxing that beautiful shiny gold play button from YouTube, we had loads of people asking us if it meant we got a bonus or if we started earning more money. I wish! There is no monetary bonus associated with achieving more subscribers. It always shocks me that so many people think that's how it works," said Rachel.
Myth: You need huge numbers to be successful in this industry.
Truth: There are tons of opportunities for micro-influencers.
Lisa continued, "I always tell people, who want to break into the influencer industry but feel intimidated by how much competition is already out there, that there are way more opportunities now than ever before!
Myth: Influencers do everything themselves.
Truth: They often have teams of people working around them, such as: an editor, a manager, a lawyer, etc.
Rachel said, "Those Instagram photos won't take themselves! Almost everyone uses some form of outside help, whether it's the resources provided by a manager, a network, an agency, an editor, a lawyer, etc. This is something that really varies depending on the influencer. Some influencers require a lot of assistance with their day-to-day activities, whereas other influencers are more independent and may only bring on outside help for special projects.


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Man buried in Alaska mountain avalanche saved by other hiker
ANCHORAGE, Alaska —
An Alaska hiker is lucky to be alive after he was buried during an avalanche and another hiker saw his feet and freed him, officials said.
The hiker was alone on Flattop Mountain around 1 p.m. Saturday when an avalanche buried him, the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center said.
The hiker kicked his legs free. But his head and upper body were trapped in the snow, and he was pinned under large blocks of frozen debris, the center said.
Alex Kuprienko of Anchorage was hiking past the area around 2:30 p.m. and saw moving feet sticking out of the snow, he said.
Kuprienko dug through the hard debris and was able to free the victim in about five minutes, he said.
"Honestly, at first I thought it was a kid playing around in the snow, didn't think much of it," Kuprienko said, adding that because no other people were there he decided to look closer. "I went up, and sure enough, there was a guy buried in the snow with his legs sticking up. So he was on his back, face up, but obviously head down into the snow."
The trapped hiker, who was not named, was cold and showed signs of hypothermia but was conscious. Kuprienko called 911, and medics had arrived when they reached a parking lot below the trail.
The avalanche occurred when heavy winds caused a slab of 2 to 3 feet (61 to 91 centimeters) to become unstable and fall in the short but steep terrain, said Wendy Wagner, director of the avalanche information center.
The avalanche fell in large blocks, which allowed air pockets to form within the debris. The victim's head was 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 centimeters) below the ice and snow, and he was likely able to breathe because he was near a pocket of air, Wagner said.
"It's unbelievably lucky," Wagner said. "It's really rare that someone has a positive outcome after being trapped under the snow for over an hour."
"This was a remarkable success story in so many ways," Wagner said.
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Biden says duty of all Americans, especially elected leaders, is 'to defend the truth and defeat the lies'
Biden calls on Americans to overcome divisions, declaring that 'without unity, there is no peace'
Biden in first remarks as president says 'This is America's day' and 'Democracy has prevailed'
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Kamala Harris sworn in as vice president, breaking historic gender and racial barriers in American politics


On July 12, Showtime launched a new streaming service. This comes on the heels of its competitor HBO launching HBO Now, its own streaming service. This is in addition to the already popular Netflix and Hulu. With all these streaming services available it might be hard to pick which one to purchase (maybe all of them come winter…) and to figure out all of their similarities and/or differences, so I'm here to help you out.
Netflix has a plethora of movies and shows to watch but not many new releases. If you want to get caught up on the previous seasons of a show, then Netflix is the one for you. But, if you missed last night's episode Hulu might be your best choice. They do offer a wide variety of original content, like "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black" that is exclusive to Netflix subscribers. The streaming king is available on a number of devices through apps you can easily download. Netflix starts at $7.99 a month, this is SD-quality and only one screen at a time, and depending on the type of plan you want, the prices vary drastically. If you want HD-quality, content available on multiple devices, and/or you want DVDs shipped to your house, expect to fork out a bit more.
Hulu is the only streaming service that offers current content. If you missed your favorite show, it'll likely show up on Hulu 24 hours later. Hulu streams shows from a number of networks, such as ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Comedy Central, MTV and many more. Shows such as "Family Guy," "Empire," "Once Upon a Time," "Scandal" and "The Voice" are just a few that they currently stream. They even offer some full seasons of shows like "American Horror Story," "Sons of Anarchy" and "The Good Wife" but for the most part, they don't offer much when it comes to watching full seasons. Hulu, much like Netflix, is $7.99 a month and is available on a number of devices. Unlike Netflix, Hulu will require you to watch a few ads, unfortunately.
For $14.99 a month you can get HBO Now, not to be confused with HBO Go. The only difference between the two is that HBO Now is independent from a cable subscription. You would be able to live stream big premieres as they air, and even have access to all HBO programming, such as their series, movies, documentaries, sports and specials. To subscribe, you need to purchase it through the app on any supported device, of which there are many. You have unlimited streaming, so go ahead and share your password. As an added bonus, all the content is ad free, so you can catch up on "Game of Thrones" hassle free.
Showtime is a bit cheaper than HBO Now, at only $11 a month, but is more limiting in other areas. Similar to HBO Now and HBO Go, the difference between Showtime Anytime and Showtime Streaming is that Showtime Anytime comes with a subscription through a cable provider. You will have access to all of Showtimes' movies and original programming and thankfully all the content is ad free. Showtime is almost exclusive to Apple users with apps available on Apple TV, iPhone and iPad. You can also get a subscription through Roku streaming services as an add-on to your Hulu subscription (at an additional $9 a month), or through Sony's PlayStation Vue app and you can only get a subscription through these supporting devices/apps. If you add it on to your Hulu account, all the content will be ad free and all the Showtime content will also be available through the Hulu app, which broadens the amount of supporting devices. However, according to TechHive, subscribing through the PlayStation does not grant access to Showtime's Apple apps, Roku channel or website. Aside from PlayStation consoles, the only other way to watch is through the PlayStation Vue iPad app. Similar to HBO Now, you can live-stream big premieres as they air, unless you're using the Hulu app, however Showtime is a little more strict about password sharing. You can activate up to five devices at a time, and they can stream from up to three devices at once.
If you still aren't sure which one is right for you, they all offer 30-day free trials before you take the final plunge. So, between Netflix, Hulu, HBO Now and Showtime you have plenty of shows and movies to binge watch this weekend. Is it cuffing season yet?


An enthusiastic group of Transition Year students took part in the Solicitors of the Future programme at Blackhall Place this month.
This immersive programme for Transition Year (TY) students is open to schools around the country and places are highly-sought after.
The week-long programme encourages young people to consider a career in law and offers an insight into the role of a solicitor in practice.
Activities last week included a visit to the Criminal Courts of Justice, a tour of a large commercial firm, expert-led workshops, guest speakers, courtroom activities, a careers seminar and a mock trial.
Solicitors of the Future is led by the Diploma Centre team at Blackhall Place, but staff from all around the Society – along with members and other experts – contribute to the success of the programme.


Blessed by Buddha - the Zeal point chakra, the ascension chakra is opened. This chakra, located in the back of the head, at the base of the skull (the medulla oblongata) is also called the Mouth of God. The kundalini is assisted and is gentle and graceful. There is very strong protection associated with this essence. It also strengthens the heart and hormones are addressed. It is good to have this chakra open when leaving the earth plane.
The Chakra Gemstone Collection There is an abundance of magic and marvelousness surrounding these gemstone essences (affectionately nicknamed gemmies). They are made co-creatively with the mineral kingdom, the guardians of the stones (comparable to the devas of the flower essences and Nature). These gemstone essences are made with the finest quality therapeutic spherical and rounded gemstones available on the planet. The sphere represents wholeness and love and infinite potential. Circles unify energy. The rounded crystals teach us of worlds within worlds, and catalyze our consciousness to grow and expand (some more!) These special essences made from the beautiful brilliant spheres carry the color radiance which provides color therapy as well as the specific vibration of each stone. They nourish, purify, strengthen, balance and stabilize our subtle and physical bodies. They will open, activate and balance the chakras. Chakra means wheel in Sanskrit. Chakras are vortices, revolving or rotating wheels of energy located in our body, through which we draw energy from our environment. Many Angels, Archangels and Ascended Masters infused their energy into these essences that were also infused with the energy of the Wesak full moon. There is much to learn about the infinite gifts from the mineral kingdom. Please refer to the many books on the subject for more extensive information and the physical qualities and uses of each stone. Bring these essences into your life with gratitude and you will see even greater benefits. As with all of the essences, these gemmies are true treasures lovingly bottled into a base of sacred activated healing water.


As financial, technical analysts and derivative strategist we speculate on whether a currency price will rise or fall, using the rates offered by a broker.
The Slow Trader fund is for friends and family. It allows them the opportunity to access an intraday traded (hedge) fund, held in trust.
Firstly, such traded funds are not readily available. Moreover, expert (and hopefully successful) short-term traders charge a lot in fees.
Secondly, this form of trading is a difficult skill to master. It takes several years for a trader to graduate from the 'beginner' level, through 'intermediate', to 'expert'. And, 'expert' is where we find all the capitalised reward. In other words, short-term trading, in contradiction to its name, takes a long time to learn.
Finally, learning the intraday and day trading skills is often, through the beginner and intermediate stages, financially penalising.
From the intraday charts the fund trades long and short the currency pairings of GBP/USD, EUR/USD, AUD/USD and GBP/JPY.
We aim to trade any viable breakout signal that satisfies our requirements for a trade entry. Our strategy regarding risk is somewhat cautious.
Although we use the 5-minute chart in preference this still only provides but a few trade entry opportunities per day. Moreover, we do not hold trades unobserved or certainly not overnight.
Our goal is, firstly, the protection of the fund and, secondly, its compounded increase.
As of 8/12/2108. The fund alters when we get an increase. The level of the fund once posted is guaranteed by Buzz.


My 3 and half year old daughter seem to be getting thrush constantly. She also seem to run to the toilet more often that usual todlers. If it was a baldder infection surely she would get a fever of some sort. Can it be thrush that is causing her to think she needs to go to the toilet. She also complaints that it burns quite a bit.
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Graduate Spotlight: Andrew Navarro
Andrew Navarro has always been self-motivated. "Whenever I do anything, I try to go at it with all my heart," he says. A first-generation college student, Navarro was born in Miami, Florida, to parents who immigrated to the United States from Colombia and Mexico. "Both my mother and father had to quit school by the equivalent of the fifth grade in their countries," he says. "Although they had difficult lives, they were always very supportive of my goals."
Navarro completed his undergraduate degree in history at Harvard University and worked as the head Spanish translator for the Romney for President campaign in 2012. He later worked as a financial systems analyst in the San Francisco Bay Area. Feeling like he could do more to help people, Navarro accepted a position as senior program director for Humanitarian Experience Inc., a faith-based organization dedicated to building infrastructure in developing countries through youth service projects. "It was amazing to see the self-sufficiency and the entrepreneurial spirit of people. I hope to use my law degree to empower people to live better lives," he says.
At BYU Law, Navarro has been involved with the Minority Law Student Association, a forum for law students interested in sharing the values of different cultures and heritages. "A lot of minority students are immigrants or the children of immigrants. It can be hard to march to the beat of the same drum as everyone else because we've had distinct types of experiences," he says. "Law school can help you become more conscientious of others, more empathetic, less judgmental. It helped me overcome preconceived notions about myself and my life."
After graduation, Navarro will join Ballard Spahr in Salt Lake City, a firm that encourages associates to devote significant time to pro bono work. Navarro says, "With my business and legal background, I would love to be able to help nonprofits by creating a business model to help them establish themselves legally." Navarro also hopes to continue working with BYU Law's Community Legal Clinic. "There are many ways to help people with a law degree," he says.
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Tyree Chambers commits to Providence
The Class of 2014 guard made his commitment to Providence College.
By Christopher Novak@ChrisMNovak Aug 29, 2014, 9:42pm EDT
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Ed Cooley's Providence Friars bolstered their 2014 roster with a commitment from Tyree Chambers, a guard from Germany, on Friday morning.
Chambers, a 6-foot-2 point guard, has played in his native country for the Cybex Bayreuth U19 team as well as medi bayreuth since 2012. He averaged just 1.1 point per game in 10 games in Beko BBL.
Chambers will be joining a backcourt that features the likes of Kris Dunn and could be a decent contributor for a team that lost its most valuable guard in Bryce Cotton, who logged almost 40 minutes per game in the 2013-14 season.


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Getting the U.S. off the bench and in the game
The United States has been coasting on its reputation as an excellent destination for too long. While countries like Australia and Canada have been making themselves more attractive to talented immigrants, the U.S. has walled itself off. H-1B visa requests, visas that go to high-skilled immigrants, have been denied more often in recent years. And while the total number of international students hit an all-time high in 2019, fewer new international students have been enrolling in the U.S. each year since 2016, citing visa difficulties and the political climate.
On top of this, the 2020 Census results reveal that the U.S. population is growing at slow rates not seen since 1940. As the working-age population shrinks and people retire from working, businesses struggle to find employees. That makes basic business operations difficult but also fundamentally undermines the provision of public services. You need people to pay into those systems more than is being taken out. With a large elderly population and a small working-age population, governments face tough questions between cutting services or raising taxes.
Source: Calculations from the Census.
Even as more foreign talent is either turned away or decides to never come to the U.S., countries like Canada are poaching the talent that is already here. In July of 2020, a report from Georgetown University showed a 75 percent increase in the number of non-citizen U.S. residents entering Canada's merit-based immigration system between 2017 and 2019.
Our restrictive immigration policies mean the U.S. is losing out on high-skilled workers who are sorely needed here. Congress needs to make it easier to come and stay in the United States by expanding merit-based immigration.
There are two big policy ideas that the U.S. should implement on this front. First, a college degree should be a pathway to permanent residency. Second, we should double the H-1B cap, which hasn't kept pace with the U.S. economy's growth. Both of these measures will make it easier for immigrants to find work in the country. They'll stay to help reverse the declining population and boost economic growth through invention and entrepreneurship. All of these benefits will keep the U.S. an enviable world power economically and usher in new waves of economic growth that will benefit the entire country.
Highly educated immigrants are gold mines
If you peer into the dusty tomes of research that come out of academic journals, one of the most common findings is the value of foreign students to U.S. industry and economy. Charles Jones, an economist studying economic growth, attributes half of the increase in the U.S. economy's productivity between 1950 and 1993 to the growing ranks of scientists and engineers. Four out of five of those engineers and scientists, or about 80 percent, were immigrants.
It's not difficult to find out why immigrants might drive greater economic growth. Economists Jennifer Hunt and Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle showed that U.S. immigrants with a four-year degree were twice as likely to hold a patent than similar natives. They conclude that a one percentage point increase in immigrant college graduates' population increases patents per capita by between nine and 18 percent.
Another study published in May of 2017 looks at the history of innovation in different industries. It shows that fields with more foreign born experts working in them between 1880 and 1940 had more patents and citations in the following 60 years from 1940 to 2000. To put that in simple terms, immigration today seeds future growth.
Immigrants also seem to be more productive than natives when you look over their careers. One paper shows that immigrants produce more patents and those patents are more valuable than those held by natives.
Just because immigrants are more productive than natives doesn't imply that immigrants are harming natives. Often the same research documenting how immigrants are more productive shows that innovation on the part of immigrants spills over and also spurs innovation by native researchers. That is, immigration makes natives more productive as well. We're better together than apart.
This finding that natives become more productive because of immigration turns out to be a somewhat common result in immigration research. Another research project looks at the effects of Jewish immigrants from Nazi Germany and finds that the Jewish emigrants increased innovation among natives as well. Rather than put natives out of a job, immigrant workers expand the entire pie.
Adding more foreign talent to the country is also good for America's place in the world. For example, foreign policy experts worry that China will surpass America in its Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities. Following a two-year investigation, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence report concludes, "China possesses the might, talent, and ambition to surpass the United States as the world's leader in AI in the next decade if current trends do not change."
It's clear from the report that foreign AI experts should be fast-tracked into the country to accelerate the United States' AI programs. In recommending more skilled immigration as a solution, the Commission joined a chorus of immigration researchers who have proposed giving expedited processing of one kind or another to immigrants who have a specialty in AI.
For example, outside of the Commission, immigration wonks Lindsay Milliken and Doug Rand point to the increasing rate of H-1B visa denials as a contributor to our stagnating AI field. Their proposal is to offer a national security waiver and make AI experience evidence of extraordinary ability so that researchers with AI experience can apply for a wider variety of visas. These are good ideas that the U.S. should pursue. But we should do even more to open up to the global pools of talent.
How to create new pathways for more merit-based immigration
Creating pathways for foreign talent should happen on at least two fronts. First, the U.S. needs to make it easier for U.S.-trained immigrants to remain in the country once they complete their college education. Second, the U.S. needs to make it easier for its own companies to hire foreign talent so that they can hire the best people for the job.
College degrees should be visas
A college education from a U.S.-based college should be a permanent visa. At very least this should be true for graduate degree programs. And certainly for PhDs! Yet the U.S. has historically struggled to find a way to keep U.S.-trained talent in the country.
Consider the Stopping Trained in America PhDs From Leaving the Economy (STAPLE) Act from 2011. The bill would have given all PhD students a ticket to stay in the country. At the time, it was a bipartisan effort. The bill was proposed by Arizona's Republican Representative Jeff Flake and President Obama mentioned it favorably in a State of the Union address. But it never moved far.
From an economic point of view, giving PhD graduates an easy road to staying in the U.S. is a promising policy. They are likely to start new businesses, or bring new ideas to existing U.S. businesses. In fact, a 2019 survey of both native and foreign STEM PhD students revealed that many foreign students are nervous about working for startups because of visa concerns. The rules might actually be preventing some would-be entrepreneurs from creating their own businesses.
The Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, for example, was built from the lifetime work of the Hungarian immigrant Katalin Karikó. She ultimately came to the University of Pennsylvania to teach and research. Then she joined the vaccine industry in 2014. With the help of Karikó, Pfizer built, tested, and released the COVID-19 vaccine in only a few months.
So the question is, how many other ideas like mRNA vaccines are either lost or developed outside of the country because visas are easier to receive outside of the country? Pause for a second and imagine that the mRNA research had even been a few years delayed from where it was at the onset of COVID-19. Would vaccines be ready in that world? The research on how innovative foreign students are makes it likely that the U.S. is losing many opportunities for similar breakthroughs or at least delaying them.
The STAPLE Act is a good step to let immigrant students and their ideas take root in the U.S. rather than outside of it. We should consider how to take it one step further. One option is creating a pathway for all foreign students on F-1 visas who successfully complete a college degree in the U.S. to stay in the country. The visa could be conditioned on the student either starting their own company or working for existing U.S. companies. The fiscal costs of expanding immigration might concern some people. If there are serious concerns, then a simple solution is that immigrant students working in the U.S. could be barred from public programs for five or ten years while they get established in the country. Though research shows that college-educated immigrants tend to pay much more into public funds than they take out.
In the current system it's common for foreign students to run into problems getting a job after college because of the bureaucracy involved. They sometimes receive job offers that are later rescinded because they will require some kind of employer sponsorship in the future. That is, a company will choose a person as the best fit, but be unable to hire them. Our current immigration system is not a promising way to keep U.S. companies competitive against their international peers.
Policies that expand the number of highly trained immigrants in the U.S., whether a limited version like the STAPLE Act or a more expansive version like creating an easy pathway from F-1 to permanent residency, lay the groundwork for the future success of the American economy. U.S. universities are the envy of the world. Giving them more foreign talent to educate and prepare for work in U.S. industry will power economic growth for decades to come.
If this casts too wide of a net, then adjustments are relatively simple. For one, policymakers could create a pathway to permanent residency for select groups of foreign students. Those with graduate degrees, as reflected in the STAPLE Act, are an obvious group to invite into the country. Or the policy could offer legal residency after completing a degree within targeted fields of study, like STEM fields.
We should also consider broadly increasing our country's openness to those who complete college in whatever form it ultimately takes. For one, four years at a U.S. university (or more in the case of graduate programs), is a fast-track to integrating into American culture. Second, research makes clear that foreign-educated college workers aren't displacing natives. They command a sizable wage premium against their native counterparts. On average foreign-born college graduates are paid around 29 percent more than natives. That premium is in addition to the research showing that immigrants often expand the abilities of natives. If, as research shows, skilled immigration makes natives more productive, then we can expect higher wages for natives with increased skilled immigration.
If there are still concerns that immigrants displace natives, reforms could be accompanied by programs to protect natives from any potential negative labor market effects. But two factors make it unlikely that such programs will be necessary at all. First, fields that require a college degree are much more likely to exhibit complementarities between skilled workers such that two workers cooperating are more productive than either alone. Second, since foreign students already pay much more in tuition than natives, effectively subsidizing the education of native students, more foreign students are likely to help natives once again. The nature of the university system makes letting more educated immigrants into the country a winning bet. Of course, just because there aren't immigration-related reasons to expand access to higher education or specialized training doesn't mean that policymakers shouldn't be pursuing those options anyways.
Double the H-1B Visa Cap (at least)
Giving college-educated immigrants a new pathway into the U.S. workforce makes it easy to keep what we already have. But what about attracting new talent trained abroad? Or those who, like several tech giants, drop out of college to pursue their business ideas? The best pathway for pulling these skilled people into the U.S. is by adding more slots to the H-1B visa program. Policymakers should at a minimum double the number of H-1B visas granted.
It's strange, but the number of H-1B visas available to American businesses has not changed permanently since 1990. In 1990, Congress set the number at 65,000 visas each year. For 1999 through 2003, Congress temporarily added extra visas via legislation because of the dot-com boom. Then in 2004 an additional 20,000 visas were added and available only for those with graduate degrees. So during the three decades when the U.S. economy more than tripled, the number of H-1B visas stagnated. The 20,000 additional visas added in 2004 are only a drop in the bucket in comparison to the growth of the U.S. economy's size.
Source: The World Bank and Cato.
A related way to solve this problem is to index it to the size of the U.S. economy so that the visa program naturally grows as the economy and country grow. For example, economist Daniel Griswold proposed connecting the number of H-1B visas and green cards to the growth of sectors that use them. This could ensure that the number of available visas expands as the industries that use it expand.
The 30 years since 1990 have brought a variety of changes in more than just size. As Griswold quips in his proposal, "When Congress set the still‐binding caps almost three decades ago, there was no World Wide Web available to the general public. Smartphones, social media, video and music streaming, and online gaming didn't exist. Nor did Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, eBay, Uber, Lyft, and Twitter."
The world has moved on from 1990, and it's time that U.S. immigration policy caught up. Doubling the number of visas available, from 85,000 to 170,000 is one solution. Given that the economy has tripled in size, however, doubling the current cap may be the lower end of what is necessary to give U.S. companies access to global talent that keeps them at the top of the food chain.
People bring prosperity
Each new person is a wealth of ideas and represents the potential of the future. In a phrase, people bring prosperity. That's certainly true for the highly educated and skilled professionals that expanding merit-based immigration can bring to America. These are the students who will build the next wave of innovative companies and power the U.S. economy. That might be starting a human outpost on Mars, the next medical innovation like mRNA vaccines, or the next technology company like Google. Or it could be something completely different.
The U.S. that creates new ways for immigrant students to stay in the country will be significantly wealthier and more powerful than the U.S. that chooses not to. Both the flagging population growth in the U.S. and the drop in new international students enrollments signals that the U.S. is a few steps down the wrong path.
What the U.S. immigration system desperately needs is reform that opens the country to promising people. As other countries wake up to the fact that the real challenge of today is competing for people, we will fall behind if it doesn't start today. Failing to reform our immigration system opens opportunities for countries like China to dethrone the U.S. as the central hub of innovation and take the crown for themselves. In other words, the time is up on our system's complacency and stagnation.
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Christmas-Tide at St. Thomas Church
December 17, 1939 - January 1, 1940
St. Thomas's Church Easter Festival of the Sunday School
Announcing the Opening of the 33 Club at its New and Luxurious Quarters
48 East 53rd Street. Wednesday, July 6, 1932. You and your friends are cordially invited.
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Villa D'Este Club, Inc.
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Jimmy's
54 East 53rd Street, New York.
Chateau Bruno
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The Simplon Club, Inc.
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