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LA Lakers' Kobe Bryant misses second…
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LA Lakers' Kobe Bryant misses second consecutive game with back soreness
Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant watches his team huddle during a timeout in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Orlando Magic, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
By Mark Medina | mmedina@scng.com | Daily News
PUBLISHED: November 12, 2015 at 1:15 a.m. | UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 6:40 a.m.
ORLANDO >> The legions of fans waited outside of the Lakers' locker room eager to catch a glimpse. Once Kobe Bryant emerged, screams reached a fever pitch. The volume level increased as Bryant walked out of the entrance tunnel.
Just imagine the fanfare Bryant would have received if he played in the Lakers' 101-99 loss to the Orlando Magic on Wednesday at Amway Center. Instead, Bryant sat on the bench sporting a blue, pin-striped suit. That marked the second contest in consecutive days the 37-year-old Bryant remained on the sideline because of back soreness.
"It's still too tight," Bryant said. "I stretched it down as much as I can and iced it down as much as I can."
Lakers coach Byron Scott and Bryant still expressed optimism he would return when the Lakers (1-7) play in Dallas on Friday. But Bryant stressed that the "back pain has to go away" after admitting he "had trouble walking" prior to Tuesday's loss in Miami.
Scott conceded, "I don't know how this will play out," mindful that Bryant suffered three season-ending injuries in consecutive seasons. Bryant also missed two weeks of training camp after bruising his lower left leg.
"In the games he's ready to play, he'll play," Scott said. "If he has some ailments that are bothering him, we'll give him the day off."
Bryant reported his back injury "comes and goes" after first feeling pain at the beginning of training camp through normal "wear and tear" of a 20-year NBA career. Bryant also admitted the ailment affected his play. Through six games, Bryant has averaged 16.5 points per game on a career-low 32 percent mark from the field and a 20.8 percent clip from 3-point range.
But Scott said he did not become aware of Bryant's back issue until he reported feeling "a little stiff" following last Saturday's practice in New York.
Even when admitting Bryant's competitive nature, Scott has noted that Bryant remains open with him on how his body feels through both good and bad days. Will Scott become more skeptical about Bryant's self-evaluations?
"He's still been honest," said Scott, who said he shared a similar mentality during his 14-year NBA career. "If I had a back that was a little sore, if I knew I could play, I didn't tell nobody. I just played. When it got to the point where you can't play, that's when you have to tell people."
That explains why Bryant said he likely will not change how he reports injuries to Scott and Lakers trainer Gary Vitti.
"I'll talk to Gary and talk to Byron about it when I can't physically be out there to play," Bryant said. "When it's something minor and it's not going to keep me off the court, probably not."
Bryant stayed off the court in Orlando for the third consecutive season because of an injury. But that did not stop fans from posing for pictures with Bryant in a hallway once the game ended. One fan pleaded to Bryant to play for "one more year" considering his $25 million expires following the 2015-16 season.
Bryant will try to play another game first.
Bryant gushed about Lakers rookie forward Larry Nance Jr. posting 13 points on a 6-of-6 clip in 20 minutes off the bench against Orlando.
"Larry played really well," Bryant said. "He played with a lot of energy, was active and all over the place. Defensively he did some really good things. Offensively he showed some range."
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Former Lakers guard Jabari Brown signed a contract to play for the Foshan Long Lion in China, according to a league source familiar with the situation.
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A bill permitting police in Rhode Island to rig cameras on roadways as a deterrent to red-light runners is dead for the year.
H5451, written by Rep. Peter T. Ginaitt, D-Warwick, would have allowed state and local authorities to use cameras for enforcement of traffic signals.
Under the proposal, a red-light running vehicle's license plate number would be captured on camera and a ticket mailed to the registered owner, Ginaitt wrote. Violators could be fined $100.
The bill was still in the House Judiciary Committee when the regular session ended last month.


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The Frozen Shoulder: What's Diabetes Got to Do With It?
Written by Ilene Raymond Rush
Adhesive casulitis, also known as frozen should, is a rheumatic condition which can leave you unable to reach above your head or behind your back. It results from inflammatory changes in the connective tissue of an area called the shoulder capsule. Over time, the tissue can thicken and become tight. Stiff bands of tissue called adhesions develop, making movement of the joint painful and even blocking the shoulder joint's normal range of motion.
Eventually the shoulder becomes extremely stiff and extremely painful to move, as if it's "frozen" in place. If you wear an insulin pump, this condition can be especially challenging.
DiabeticLifestyle Editorial Board Member Amy Hess Fischl, MS, RD, LDN, BC-ADM, CDE says she's worked with several type 1 women diagnosed with frozen shoulder. "One of my patients who had long used an insulin pump, had to switch back to insulin injections until her shoulder issue resolved since inserting infusion sets was too difficult," Hess Fischl explained. "Fortunately, she was able to resume her insulin pump after several months of regular physical therapy but in the interim more frequent communication was required between us to help her adjust her insulin doses to account for the pain, reduced sleep and less activity."
There are two types of adhesive capsulitis.In the first, there is no direct explanation for the condition and pain and stiffness come on so gradually that you may not notice it until it interferes with your daily activities. The second type is caused by some kind of trauma, such as a fall, where pain and stiffness does not disappear over time.
About three percent of the general population get frozen shoulder, compared to about 20% of people with insulin-dependent and non-insulin dependent diabetes and in those with prediabetes. Women are more likely to develop the condition than men, and it mainly affects people between the ages of 40-65.
Although there is no conclusive link to high sugars or insulin use, long-term complications of diabetes may include changes in the connective tissue that occur as a result of high glucose levels.
People who have a history of adhesive capsulitis are at an increased risk to develop the condition on the other side of the body. Recurrence on the affected side is also possible, particularly in patients with diabetes.
Other risk factors include:
Changes in your hormones, such as during menopause
Cervical disk disease of the neck
Cardiac disease or surgery.
According to Dr. John M. Vasudevan, MD, assistant professor of clinical physical medicine and rehabilitation and assistant professor of orthopedic surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, there may be a genetic predisposition for the condition, but evidence for this is unclear.
The condition causes progressive pain, stiffness, limited activity and passive range of motion of the shoulder joints, and night pain. The pain is often described as a poorly localized, dull ache or if localized, in the area of the shoulder capsule. Pain can radiate down the biceps, and be significant enough to disturb sleep.
Adhesive capsulitis is often described as having three stages: a painful stage, a frozen stage, and a thawing stage. But the American Family Physicians' guide to treating adhesive capsulitis notes that there is little evidence for this sequential progression. Pain and loss of range of motion can occur throughout the condition, and often lasts for one to two years.
How Is It Diagnosed?
Your doctor will take a thorough shoulder history to determine if there has been an injury and perform a physical exam. Because the diagnosis is often one of exclusion, she may also order x-rays of the shoulder to determine that there is no other problem, such as osteoarthritis.
An MRI exam is better for soft tissue problems such as a rotator cuff issue and may reveal inflammation, but imaging tests do not show specific signs to diagnose frozen shoulder.
There are a number of treatments for adhesive capsulitis.
Early and active treatment is recommended by the American Family Physicians. Care should be taken to prevent the shoulder from remaining immobile.
Over 90 to 95 % of patients improve with nonsurgical treatments, including physical therapy, heat, corticosteroid injections and anti-inflammatory medications (NAISIDS).
"Even if there is a small remaining difference in range of motion, it is rarely enough to hinder activity of daily living," says Dr. Vasudevan. "The bad news is that it can take from 6 months to two years to achieve complete recovery."
Since corticosteroids can raise glucose levels, injections may be limited for people with diabetes.
"For people with diabetes, particularly those who are insulin dependent or with poor glycemic control, a cortisone shot can potentially cause a spike in blood sugar in the first several days after injection," says Dr. Vasudevan. "I would strongly recommend that an injection be performed with image guidance—ultrasound or fluoroscopy—to accurately deliver the medication into the deep shoulder joint. This not only maximizes the amount of steroid distributed to the painful region, but minimizes the amount that can be absorbed into the bloodstream and cause elevation in blood glucose."
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If there has been no improvement with nonsurgical treatment after two months, surgery may be recommended.
One surgical approach involves manipulation of the shoulder while a patient is under anesthesia, where the surgeon forces the shoulder to move and causes the joint capsule to tear or stretch.
"Manipulation Under Anesthesia (MUA) is used for difficult cases and not required for most people who suffer the condition," says Dr. Vasudevan. "Anesthesia is required for the pain, and to allow muscles to adequately relax, which allows for greater range of motion during the manipulation."
While forcing the joint through and beyond its range of motion can temporarily exacerbate inflammatory pain in the shoulder "this is acceptable if the shoulder range of motion can be increased as a result," the doctor explains.
A second surgical option is arthroscopic surgery, where several small incisions are made in and around the shoulder. A small camera helps the surgeon to see instruments inserted through the incisions. The instruments cut through the joint capsule's tight portions, allowing the shoulder to move. In many cases, both types of surgery are used to obtain the best results.
After surgery you may receive pain blocks or shots so physical therapy can be performed.
What Is The Prognosis?
Treatment with physical therapy and NAISDs often restores motion and function of the shoulder within a year. Left untreated, the shoulder may heal in two years. For about 10% of patients, however, the condition never fully disappears.
After surgery restores range of motion, you must continue physical therapy for several weeks or months to prevent frozen shoulder from returning.
How You Can Prevent Frozen Shoulder?
"Unfortunately, there is very little information on how to prevent frozen shoulder," said Dr. Vasudevan. "Many cases are without cause. People with diabetes may have an elevated risk, but there are so many known causes that it is definitely hard to pin the problem to diabetes itself."
One risk factor, however, is to avoid the temptation to reduce use of the shoulder after sustaining an injury. "If you sustain an injury keep moving and using the shoulder as much as much as you can tolerate: use it or lose it!" says Dr. Vasudevan.
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Vivek has some crazy ideas, and I don't care
4-on-5 basketball? Why not.
By Greg@gwiss Oct 28, 2014, 11:00am PDT
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In his season preview, Grantland's Zach Lowe included the following eyebrow-raising nugget:
Owner Vivek Ranadivé has pitched the idea to the team's brain trust of playing 4-on-5 defense and leaving one player to cherry-pick, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Slightly less fun is the immediate follow up, but it's also important (emphasis mine):
The Kings aren't actually going to do that, but their D-League might, and it shows Ranadivé is committed to pushing boundaries in his search for an offbeat brand of "position-less" ball.
So how should we feel about this? At first glance, this seems insane. 4-on-5 basketball isn't the norm, and there's a reason for that. Ball movement could decimate such a defense. The only situation where it might make sense would be against a team with no outside shooting, and you could run a zone. The Kings have good defensive rebounders in DeMarcus Cousins and Reggie Evans, which would be key to the strategy. Even still, it's probably a bad idea.
But does any of that actually matter? I don't think it does. Vivek isn't instructing Michael Malone to run this strategy. He's pitched the idea to the team's brain trust. A brain trust that consists of Pete D'Alessandro, Chris Mullin, Mitch Richmond, Michael Malone, and many others. Those folks are going to explain to Vivek why that may not be a good strategy.
What I take from this is that Vivek remains committed to seeking out any and every opportunity to exploit the game. Remember, Vivek's first exposure to basketball was coaching his daughter's rec league team, where Vivek implemented a full court press and took an untalented team to the league's championship. This is what Vivek does.
Vivek can toss out ideas. He's the owner. It's his prerogative. Personally, I'll start to worry if he begins meddling to the point of overruling the brain trust. Until then, we can sit back as the league laughs at the ideas Vivek throws out.
Besides, on the scale of "crazy ideas from Kings owners", this barely registers.


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using Google.Api.Ads.Dfp.Lib;
using Google.Api.Ads.Dfp.v201505;

using NUnit.Framework;

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Threading;

namespace Google.Api.Ads.Dfp.Tests.v201505 {
  /// <summary>
  /// UnitTests for <see cref="CompanyService"/> class.
  /// </summary>
  [TestFixture]
  public class CompanyServiceTests : BaseTests {
    /// <summary>
    /// UnitTests for <see cref="CompanyService"/> class.
    /// </summary>
    private CompanyService companyService;

    /// <summary>
    /// The company to be used for further tests.
    /// </summary>
    private Company testCompany1 = null;

    /// <summary>
    /// The company to be used for further tests.
    /// </summary>
    private Company testCompany2 = null;

    /// <summary>
    /// Default public constructor.
    /// </summary>
    public CompanyServiceTests() : base() {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initialize the test case.
    /// </summary>
    [SetUp]
    public void Init() {
      TestUtils utils = new TestUtils();
      companyService = (CompanyService) user.GetService(DfpService.v201505.CompanyService);
      testCompany1 = utils.CreateCompany(user, CompanyType.ADVERTISER);
      testCompany2 = utils.CreateCompany(user, CompanyType.ADVERTISER);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Test whether we can create a list of companies.
    /// </summary>
    [Test]
    public void TestCreateCompanies() {
      Company company1 = new Company();
      company1.name = string.Format("Company #{0}", new TestUtils().GetTimeStamp());
      company1.type = CompanyType.ADVERTISER;

      Company company2 = new Company();
      company2.name = string.Format("Company #{0}", new TestUtils().GetTimeStamp());
      company2.type = CompanyType.ADVERTISER;

      Company[] newCompanies = null;
      Assert.DoesNotThrow(delegate() {
        newCompanies = companyService.createCompanies(new Company[] {company1, company2});
      });

      Assert.NotNull(newCompanies);
      Assert.AreEqual(newCompanies.Length, 2);

      Assert.AreEqual(company1.name, newCompanies[0].name);
      Assert.AreEqual(company1.type, newCompanies[0].type);
      Assert.AreEqual(company2.name, newCompanies[1].name);
      Assert.AreEqual(company2.type, newCompanies[1].type);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Test whether we can fetch a list of existing companies that match given
    /// statement.
    /// </summary>
    [Test]
    public void TestGetCompaniesByStatement() {
      Statement statement = new Statement();
      statement.query = string.Format("WHERE id = {0} ORDER BY name LIMIT 1", testCompany1.id);
      CompanyPage page = null;

      Assert.DoesNotThrow(delegate() {
        page = companyService.getCompaniesByStatement(statement);
      });

      Assert.NotNull(page);
      Assert.NotNull(page.results);
      Assert.AreEqual(page.results.Length, 1);
      Assert.NotNull(page.results[0]);
      Assert.AreEqual(page.results[0].id, testCompany1.id);
      Assert.AreEqual(page.results[0].name, testCompany1.name);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Test whether we can update a list of companies.
    /// </summary>
    [Test]
    public void TestUpdateCompanies() {
      testCompany1.name = "Corp " + testCompany1.name;
      testCompany2.name = "Corp " + testCompany2.name;

      Company[] newCompanies = null;

      Assert.DoesNotThrow(delegate() {
        newCompanies = companyService.updateCompanies(new Company[] {testCompany1, testCompany2});
      });

      Assert.NotNull(newCompanies);
      Assert.AreEqual(newCompanies.Length, 2);

      Assert.AreEqual(testCompany1.name, newCompanies[0].name);
      Assert.AreEqual(testCompany1.type, newCompanies[0].type);
      Assert.AreEqual(testCompany2.name, newCompanies[1].name);
      Assert.AreEqual(testCompany2.type, newCompanies[1].type);
    }
  }
}

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by Marilee Spanjian (June 12, 2002)
By anyone's standards, June has been quite a month for local builder David Crane. Recently, the Williamson County resident accepted the "Big 50" award from Remodeling Magazine as one of the top remodeling companies in the nation. He also received the remodeling industry's prestigious Chrysalis Award as the Tennessee Remodeler of the Year for 2002. And he was awarded first prize by Qualified Remodeler Magazine for a sunroom he built in Otterwood, an exclusive community just inside the Davidson County line.
As the first in an occasional series that will feature a local builder, Williamson A.M. spoke to Crane about his background, his accomplishments and his goals.
Q: How would you describe your company's business focus?
A: "I consider myself more of a remodeler who happens to build a few houses."
Q: Do you ever build outside the Nashville area?
A: "Our business is concentrated between the center of Nashville to the center of Franklin, the east side of Belleview to Interstate 65, with the exception of Brentwood."
Q: What do you specialize in?
A: "Large projects, the ones that most people toss their hands in the air over. We take on a lot of things that a lot of people aren't willing to do."
Q: Do you ever suggest to homeowners not to do a project?
A: "Yes, if I think the changes to a house won't fit in the neighborhood, or the project will price the house out of the neighborhood."
Q: How did you get interested in building? Was your father a builder?
A: "No, he died when I was 13 years old. I have two brothers and two sisters and I'm the second to the youngest. My dad thought all of his boys should be handy. When I was about 4 years old, my parents bought an old house that was built in the early 1900's. Nothing had been done to it in 30 years so there were always ongoing projects."
Q: Did you graduate from college and what was your major?
A: "I graduated from Louisiana State University with a bachelor of science in construction. I chose that major because I liked not sitting in the office and I liked seeing what my hands could create. I loved seeing it come together and seeing someone's vision come to fruition."
Q: Did you start as a carpenter in the field?
A: "Every summer and during Christmas vacations while I was in college, I worked. I started as a laborer then became a carpenter's helper and finally an assistant superintendent."
Q: You are a native of New Orleans. Why did you move to Tennessee?
A: "To raise a family."
Q: Do you have any advice for someone who's considering a remodeling project?
A: "Have a good idea of what you want to accomplish and get a reasonable budget. Then, find someone who you can work with who's honest and has an interest in your project. The more definition you can have on the front end, the less confusion and questions there will be later on."
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David Crane, a Franklin resident and president of Crane Builders based in Nashville, was named the National Association of Home Builders Remodeler of the Month. Crane has been extremely active in the Middle Tennessee home building community, serving as an officer for the Home Builders Association of Middle Tennessee for nine years, as president of…
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Williamson County is home to a remodeling star that keeps shining, year after year. This June, Qualified Remodeler magazine and several corporate sponsors held the 10th annual Chrysalis Awards for Remodeling Excellence during the Southern Building Show in Atlanta. There, Franklin resident David Crane of Crane Builders was honored for the second year in a…
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Crane Builders, recognized earlier this year as the 2002 Tennessee Remodeler of the Year, has won a Master Design Award presented by Qualified Remodeler Magazine. Crane was awarded first place in the category of Conservatories & Sunrooms for a project completed in the Otterwood subdivision of Nashville. "This year has certainly been a great year…
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David Crane grew up as an entrepreneur-in-training. His brother, Jimmy, did, too. They spent their summers and Christmases in New Orleans working at their father's shoe store. And under the watchful eye of the late Judson Crane, they were taught to appreciate working for oneself. They took it to heart, moving from selling soles to…
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COMPANY RECEIVES TOP INDUSTRY AWARDS Nashville, TN (June 12, 2002) When asked what his number-one accomplishment has been this year, David Crane, a fifteen year resident of Franklin, Tennessee and President of Crane Builders, doesn't hesitate in his answer: "Spending more time with my family," he proudly proclaims. And, Crane is a man who has…
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Q: for loop in insertion sort This is about the analysis of insertion sort in the book 'Introduction to Algorithms'. It says that following for loop executes n(=A.length) times:
for j = 2 to A.length
....

Can anyone tell me why this loop executes n times rather than n-1 times?
Thanks,
Ganesh

A: While analysing running times for algorithms it is a general practise to round things up. The 1 is not going to make a difference if N is much much larger. Algorithms' analysis are done only for problems whose sample space is huge. What if you want to sort an array that has 2 million integers. Would that one make any difference if the loop runs 1,999,999 times? So be it if the loop runs N-1 times or N+1 times it is N.I hope I make it clear.

A: Your book probably says that it executes in O(n) time, not n times. It probably also contains a chapter (that you may have skipped) on algorithm run-time analysis and on O-notation.
Long story short, in asymptotic analysis constants don't matter: O(cn+k) = O(n), where c and k are constants.

A: Do you mean O(N) or does it say it will be only n times. When you get to very large amounts, running one million times or one million minus one can be generalized the same way when estimating running time. Thus something that runs in n-1 times will take roughly as long as something that runs n times.

A: Assuming the array index is 1-based (AFAIR that book uses this convention) then the loop does execute in n - 1 times. However, in algorithm complexity, for worst case analysis (big-oh) then things are usually rounded up (constant multiplier/adder removed). I believe the book states O(n) instead of n.

A: I found the answer my self:
For the loop for j = 2 to 5
1st iteration: j is set to 2 and the loop condition evaluates to true.
2nd iteration: j is incremented to 3 and the loop condition evaluates to true.
3rd iteration: j is incremented to 4 and the loop condition evaluates to true.
4th iteration: j is incremented to 5 and the loop condition evaluates to true.
5th iteration: j is incremented to 6 and the loop condition evaluates to false and the loop is exited.
So the for statement is executed 5 times although the statements inside the loop are executed 4 times.

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Let me add the visual: I did this in stereotypical angry black woman fashion complete with neck roll and hand on my hip, just short of the snap. The look on his face went from shock to anger in a matter of seconds. He clutched his jaw and said, "you are also the best writer I have on my team." In the silence I desperately tried to figure out how I could undo my 'sista girl' pose and save face. There was no way out with dignity.
I never considered he was giving me those writing assignments because I was a good writer. I took several writing courses in school because I liked to write, but I didn't have enough sense to know it was one of the talents he hired me for. My insecurity convinced me that he had the problem. Any decent leader is going to use the gifts and talent of their team to achieve goals and objectives and my manager was no exception.
Insecurity blinds you! The conclusions and decisions you make will always be that of a victim.
Knowing who you are is the foundation to humility.
Confidence is rooted in humility.
Candor without humility leads to the confrontation I did that day. Humility and candor are powerful allies.
Insecurity is a leadership killer. Fortunately, I had a manager who saw enough talent in me to work with me. I had a valid point. He agreed that being that giving me all the writing assignments especially when assigned in front of the 'guys' did slight me. But my approach to the situation could have been the end of the relationship I had with my manager. Nearly 20 years from the incident, I would have approached it with gratefulness that he recognized the talent, dealt with the issue of me being the group secretary and left the diva-tude at home!


Trade speculation never goes away. It merely dissipates until the appropriate time.
NFL general managers are always taking calls and listening to offers. While professional football's dealings lack the same panache as Major League Baseball's hot-stove league, the NFL's free-agency period and draft are can't-miss events, and a handful of ongoing trade discussions usually accompany the league's biggest movement periods.
A few trades have been percolating since before April's draft. Some went by the wayside, while a couple still make sense and may happen before 2017 campaign gets underway September 7. The Seattle Seahawks' Richard Sherman, New York Jets' Sheldon Richardson and New England Patriots' Malcolm Butler headline these potential trades.
For a swap to be consummated, it must make sense for both sides.
Nine significant deals still exist where those on the trade block should don new uniforms before another NFL regular-season game is played.


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Carlo Maria Cipolla (aunque según diversas fuentes, su auténtico nombre era simplemente Carlo Cipolla), (1922 - 2000) fue un historiador económico italiano. Nació en Pavía, y se graduó en la Universidad de esa misma ciudad en 1944, con una tesis sobre la historia de las explotaciones agrarias en el valle del Po.

A través de la historia económica, con un enfoque humanista y en ocasiones humorístico, mostró un mayor interés en las causas que han provocado determinadas situaciones económicas y sociales a lo largo de la historia, que por hechos materiales y cifras concretas. Fue también conocido por sus artículos sobre la superpoblación y un ensayo satírico sobre la estupidez humana.

Biografía
Nació el año 1922 en Pavía, hijo de Manlio Cipolla y de Bianca Bernardi. En su juventud, Cipolla quería ser profesor de historia y filosofía, y debido a esto ingresó a la facultad de ciencias políticas de la Universidad de Pavía en la que terminó siendo catedrático. Mientras estudiaba ahí, gracias al profesor Franco Borlandi, un especialista en historia económica medieval, descubrió su pasión por la historia de la economía. Consecuentemente amplió sus estudios en la Universidad de París para licenciarse más tarde en la London School of Economics, en 1948.

Obtuvo su primer puesto de profesor de historia económica en Catania a la edad de 27 años, dando inicio a una larga carrera académica en Italia (Venecia, Turín, Pavía, Pisa y Fiesole) y en el extranjero. En 1953 Cipolla viajó a los Estados Unidos por el Programa Fulbright y en 1957 se convirtió en profesor visitante en la Universidad de California en Berkeley, de la que dos años más tarde pasó a ser catedrático. Cipolla fue recibido como miembro en varias academias prestigiosas y en 1995 recibió el premio Balzan.

Teoría de la estupidez
Cipolla exploró el controvertido tema de la estupidez formulando su famosa Teoría de la Estupidez, expresada por primera vez en su ingenioso ensayo breve de 1988 titulado Allegro ma non troppo.

En este escrito Cipolla desarrolla una visión de la gente estúpida como un grupo más poderoso que grandes organizaciones como la Mafia, el Complejo Militar Industrial (MIC), o la Internacional Comunista. El grupo de los estúpidos, sin reglamentaciones, líderes o manifiestos, consigue ejercer un gran efecto con una coordinación increíble.

En el mismo libro pueden encontrarse las leyes fundamentales de la estupidez:

 Siempre e inevitablemente cualquiera de nosotros subestima el número de individuos estúpidos en circulación.
 La probabilidad de que una persona dada sea estúpida es independiente de cualquier otra característica propia de dicha persona.
 Una persona es estúpida si causa daño a otras personas o grupo de personas sin obtener ella ganancia personal alguna, o, incluso peor, provocándose daño a sí misma en el proceso.
 Las personas no-estúpidas siempre subestiman el potencial dañino de la gente estúpida; constantemente olvidan que en cualquier momento, en cualquier lugar y en cualquier circunstancia, asociarse con individuos estúpidos constituye invariablemente un error costoso.
 Una persona estúpida es el tipo de persona más peligrosa que puede existir.

Por deducción, de la tercera ley, Cipolla identifica dos factores a considerar cuando se explora la conducta humana:
 Beneficios y pérdidas que un individuo se causa a sí mismo
 Beneficios y pérdidas que un individuo causa a los otros

Creando un gráfico en el que se coloca el primer factor en el eje x y el segundo en el eje y se pueden obtener cuatro grupos de individuos:

(1)-INTELIGENTES: benefician a los demás y a sí mismos.
(2)-INCAUTOS o desgraciados: benefician a los demás y se perjudican a sí mismos.
(3)-ESTÚPIDOS: perjudican a los demás y a sí mismos.
(4)-MALVADOS o bandidos: perjudican a los demás y se benefician a sí mismos.

Para Cipolla, desde el punto de vista estrictamente económico y utilitarista, un Malvado es preferible a un Estúpido, puesto que las actividades del malvado a la postre significan que algunos bienes cambian de manos, mientras que las actividades de los estúpidos no presuponen beneficio para nadie.

Esta línea de pensamiento está relacionada con las reflexiones del economista británico del siglo XIX Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), el primero en intentar cuantificar la utilidad que reportan a la sociedad las acciones de los gobiernos que la dirigen.

Obras
 Studi di Storia della Moneta (1948)
 Mouvements monétaires dans l'Etat de Milan (1951)
 Money, Prices and Civilization (1956)
 L' avventura della lira (1958)
 Storia dell'economia italiana: Saggi di storia economica (1959)
 Historia Económica de la Población Mundial (Economic History of World Population) (1962)
 Guns and Sails in the Early Phase of European Expansion (1965)
 Clocks and Culture (1967)
 Literary and Development in the West (1969)
 The economic decline of empires (1970)
 European culture and overseas expansion (1970)
 Economic History of Europe (1979)
 The technology of man: A visual history (1980)
 Fighting the Plague in Seventeenth Century Italy (1981)
 The Monetary Policy of Fourteenth Century Florence (1982)
 Allegro ma non troppo (1988)
(Edición en español: ISBN 84-253-2958-2. Depósito legal: B. 5.575-1996. Traducción: María Pons)
 Between Two Cultures: An Introduction to Economic History (1992)
 Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy, 1000-1700 (1994)
 Tres historias extravagantes (1994) (Tre storie extravaganti)

Véase también
 Utilitarismo
 Jeremy Bentham

Enlaces externos
 Biografía y teoría sobre la estupidez humana

Referencias

Historiadores de Italia del siglo XX
Premio Balzan
Nacidos en Pavía
Fallecidos en Pavía

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Thanks For Risking All Of Those Extra Pounds On My Account!
never imagined that one of my pizzas might ever actually kill someone, even if it had been tainted by someone else's hand. But that's what happened when my sister, Maddy, and I tried to win twenty-five-thousand dollars in a competition that quickly turned into a deadly struggle to learn who our allies were, and exactly who the enemy was trying to ruin our lives forever.
"Eleanor Swift, it's so good to see you again," the man known as Laughing Luigi said as he walked into my pizzeria, A Slice of Delight, one winter day in Timber Ridge, North Carolina. Funny, I wasn't happy at all to see the middle-aged, heavyset man with bushy black eyebrows and thinning hair visiting me. We had a history, and it wasn't a good one. At least it was a slow time for us, just before our afternoon break, so thankfully the restaurant was deserted. Maddy was in back working in the kitchen, and I was out front. It wasn't our usual arrangement, but I thought that it was good for us to shake things up every now and then.
I studied the man with the dark complexion and wondered what he was up to. The buoyancy he was portraying was certainly against his nature. Despite his name, I'd never heard him chuckle once, let alone laugh out loud. The feeling of joy in seeing him again was most emphatically not mutual, given the fact that the last time our paths had crossed, I'd been doing my best to break his nose with a green pepper. Of course, I hadn't been trying to inflict any real damage on the man; I'd just been trying to tell him what I thought of his offer for my pizzeria. He'd been trying to buy me out for months, wanting everything from my conveyor oven to the tables out front, and I was tired of him not taking no for an answer. One day he pushed me too far, and that explained the impromptu attack of the killer green pepper.
His face tightened slightly at my dig, if only for a flickering moment, but I knew that I'd scored a direct hit. Luigi, well-known throughout the South these days for his frozen pizza dough, tried his best to ignore the fact that I refused to use his product, Laughing Luigi's Pizza Dough, in my pizzeria. Funny, but he wasn't laughing at all when I'd reminded him that I still made my dough the old-fashioned way, from scratch.
I shook my head. "Some people just don't get it, do they? No means no, Luigi. I wouldn't sell A Slice of Delight to you years ago, and I'm not going to do it now. What's it going to take to get my point across? Do I have to upgrade my weapon choice and use a metal napkin holder this time?" I picked one up from a nearby table, and pretended to test the heft of it in my hand. I probably wouldn't throw it, but it felt good being armed nonetheless.
"Go on. I'm listening," I said. I had to give him credit; he sure knew how to get a girl's attention. As I waited for him to explain himself, Maddy Spencer, my sister and number one employee, came out of the kitchen. She stayed back there as little as she could get away with, and was always eager for any excuse to cut her shift as our chef in back. I couldn't really blame her, though. My rightful place was in the kitchen, and my sister thrived on her contact with our customers, but every now and then, it was good for folks to see the owner out front.
"Maddy, I see that you are as delightfully refreshing and direct as ever," Luigi said.
I glanced at my watch and saw that in three minutes we'd be set to close, but I wasn't going to throw him out, not if what he was saying was true.
"What's the catch?" Maddy asked as I started imagining what I could do to the pizzeria with that kind of money. The dreams were alluring, but I wasn't sure I wanted to put my pizza up against such stiff competition. It wasn't that I didn't believe in the food I offered my customers, but I had no delusions of grandeur. I wasn't classically trained in any aspect of pizza making. As a matter of fact, my late husband, Joe, and I had pretty much learned how to make pizzas in the restored Craftsman-style cottage we'd rehabbed together. Did I stand a chance against other pizza makers, and was I willing to find out just where I stood when my pizza was compared to theirs?
"Why are you having it here in our town?" I asked, suddenly wondering why Luigi had settled on Timber Ridge when he could have just as easily picked one of our state's large cities instead. I knew that the publicity and media coverage would be much better in Charlotte or Raleigh. Even Asheville or Greensboro would offer more access to television cameras and newspaper reporters.
I hadn't even thought about that, but now that I had a chance to consider it, I realized that I had a real decision to make here. It would be prudent to balance out the odds of winning against the risk of public humiliation if I lost. Timber Ridge was a small town, and if I made a poor showing of it, I knew that I'd be hearing about it for the rest of my life. Still, when it came right down to it, it was a small stick and a pretty wonderful carrot. Was it really that tough a decision to make? "We'll do it," I said quickly.
"And the rules are the same for all the contestants, right?" I asked Luigi.
"They are. I can assure you of that," he answered.
"With that amount of money, you could gut the entire place and start over," Luigi said.
"We happen to love our pizzeria just the way it is," Maddy told him.
I accepted the papers as Luigi magically produced a pen. Before I could take it from him though, my sister snatched it from his hand and looked hard at me. "Eleanor, Bob needs to look this over before you agree to anything in writing," Maddy said. Bob Lemon was the town's best attorney, and he also happened to be Maddy's fiancé.
"Sure, why not?" Luigi said as he patted his pockets. What he was looking for I had no idea, but when he came up empty, he added, "On second thought, I'll have to pass. Thanks for the offer, but I'm afraid I've left my medication back at the complex, and I can't eat without it. I'll leave you both to enjoy it, and to start making plans for what you'll do with the money if you win. Until tomorrow, ladies," he said with a smile as he left the pizzeria.
I just shrugged, since we both knew the answer to her question. I'd been blinded by the lure of the prize, and I was very glad that Maddy had been there to step in.
"I would hope that you have more reasons for your engagement than just the odd free bit of legal work." My sister was getting married again, something that wasn't all that foreign to her, given her previous trips down the aisle in the past, but I knew that she was a firm believer in the institution. Why else would she have participated in it so many times, given the ultimate results? I hadn't cared for several of the men she'd married before, but I was a huge fan of Bob's. Though they hadn't even discussed a date for the wedding yet, the two of them had already fallen into a state of premarital comfort with each other that suited them.


Having zeros in the ID1a and ID2a spots causes a bad draw (red line). This is to keep things from being constructed which don't look right, but still conform to all the other Rules.
The RuleOverrides RUL is used to fix bugs and replace intersections/junctions and/or set-ups for whatever reason. They are also used to enforce, and/or follow on from, a set of rules from another RUL file (like the IntersectionSolutions RUL) to enhance a junction. One such example of this is the Avenue-to-Highway Transition. Note that the RulOverrides rul can make impossible junctions possible, but doing so may require quite the number of rules.
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Die Capanna Brogoldone ist eine Schutzhütte in den Adula-Alpen auf  (meistens werden  angegeben). Sie steht auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde Lumino im Schweizer Kanton Tessin. Nach der SOIUSA-Einteilung gehört das Gebiet zu den Lepontinischen Alpen.

Geschichte
Sie wurde 1937 eingeweiht und 1997 renoviert.

Merkmale und Informationen
Von der Hütte aus geniesst man einen schönen Blick ins Riviera, wie der Talabschnitt des Ticino zwischen Biasca und Bellinzona genannt wird.

Die Hütte besteht aus zwei Gebäuden. In einem befinden sich die Schlafräume sowie zwei Aufenthaltsräume. In dem anderen befindet sich die Küche und der Speisesaal. Die Toiletten und Duschen mit heißem Wasser befinden sich im Gebäude. Die Heizung wird mit Holz befeuert. Der Strom für die Beleuchtung wird durch Sonnenkollektoren erzeugt.

Die Hütte ist in der Sommersaison (etwa Mitte Mai bis Ende Oktober) bewartet. Es stehen dann 57 Schlafplätze, verteilt auf sechs Räume und den Dachboden, zur Verfügung. In dieser Zeit werden für die Hüttengäste auch verpflegt. In der Wintersaison stehen acht Schlafplätze ohne Verpflegung zur Verfügung.

Zugänge
 Monti Savorù  – von Lumino mit der Seilbahn erreichbar – Fahrzeit: 1 Stunde und 30 Minuten (über steile Abkürzung) oder 2 Stunden (über Sentiero delle Sculture) – Höhenunterschied: 576 m – Schwierigkeitsgrad: T2
 Lumino  – auch mit dem Bus erreichbar – Dauer: 4 Stunden und 30 Minuten (über steile Abkürzung) oder 5 Stunden (über Sentiero delle Sculture) – Höhenunterschied: 1636 m – Schwierigkeit: T2
 Giova  – ohne Schnee mit dem Auto erreichbar – Fahrzeit: 2 Stunden und 30 Minuten – Höhenunterschied:  – Schwierigkeitsgrad: T2
 Claro  – auch mit dem Bus erreichbar – Fahrzeit: 5 Stunden – Höhenunterschied: 1597 m – Schwierigkeitsgrad: T2
 Monti di Maruso  – mautpflichtig und schneefrei erreichbar – Fahrzeit: 2 Stunden – Höhenunterschied: 505 m – Schwierigkeitsgrad: T2

Besteigungen
 Pizzo di Claro  – Reisezeit: 3 Stunden – Höhenunterschied: 800 m
 Pizzo di Molinera  – Reisezeit: 1 Stunde – Höhenunterschied: 400 m
 Lago di Canee   – Reisezeit: 2 Stunden und 30 Minuten – Höhenunterschied: 500 m – Schwierigkeit: T3

Übergänge
 Rifugio Domàs 30 min
 Capanna Cava 7 Stunden

Weblinks
 Webseite der Hütte
 Capanna Brogoldone
 Lage auf Karte Hütten im Tessin
 Brogoldone auf alpi-ticinesi.ch

Einzelnachweise

Schutzhütte der Federazione Alpinistica Ticinese
Alpenhütte im Kanton Tessin
Lumino TI


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ABC Virginia Tells MWAA Phase 2 Metro Rail Construction Project Labor Agreement Scheme Will Increase Costs and Hurt Virginia's Construction Workforce
0 April 26, 2011 State & Local Construction, Transportation & Infrastructure, Uncategorized
The Virginia Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC VA) continues to raise objections to the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority's (MWAA) resolution mandating a union-favoring project labor agreement (PLA) on $3.5 billion worth of Phase 2 construction for the Dulles Metro Rail Project.
On Friday, ABC VA sent a letter (pdf) to MWAA chair Charles Snelling warning MWAA board members about specific provisions in the draft PLA mandate that will reduce competition, increase costs, harm Virginia's construction industry and result in out-of-state union members receiving what amounts to a discriminatory monopoly supplying labor to build the Phase 2 project.
ABC VA requested meetings with MWAA board members and committees to educate them about the negative aspects of the proposed Phase 2 PLA and learn about solutions that can help "MWAA deliver the best possible product at the best possible price to Virginia taxpayers," without an anti-competitive and costly PLA mandate.
The letter pointed out that that MWAA's Phase 2 PLA mandate is different from the Phase 1 PLA voluntarily entered into by Dulles Transit Partners after they were awarded the Phase 1 contract:
"Because the PLA resolution passed quickly without an opportunity for public comment, I suspect MWAA board members have not been properly educated about the negative aspects of PLA mandates and the subtle, yet critical, differences between a Phase 2 PLA mandate and the Phase 1 PLA voluntarily entered into by Dulles Transit Partners (DTP) after they were awarded the contract.
The Phase 1 PLA specifically exempted merit shop subcontractors from signing the agreement. As a result, a number of quality merit shop subcontractors and their skilled employees contributed to the success of Phase 1.
Even if subcontractors are exempted from signing a similar Phase 2 agreement, a pre-award PLA mandate will discourage competition from Phase 1 subcontractors, as well as new teams of merit shop prime contractors and their subcontractors, that may be interested in competing for Phase 2 construction contracts. Simply exempting merit shop subcontractors from signing the PLA will not create conditions for full and open competition because prime contractors that self-perform work with their own employees will be discouraged from competing for contracts because of the anti-competitive and costly terms in typical PLAs."
The letter raised questions about fees, dues and other direct financial benefits that Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) — the employer of MWAA board member Dennis Martire, who is the Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager of LIUNA — will receive as a result of this union-favoring PLA. Evidence suggests that Martire, LIUNA and other construction labor unions will financially benefit from this PLA scheme, which raises a number of critical questions about the ethical behavior of MWAA and MWAA board members engaged in self-dealing and steering lucrative construction contracts to the political supporters (unions) of public officials that appointed MWAA board members via this PLA.
Earlier posts by TheTruthAboutPLAs.com and links to media accounts summarizing this controversy, including an April 18 incident where out-of-state LIUNA protestors crashed a press conference held by U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf and other local stakeholders (in opposition to the special-interest PLA mandate and other fiscally irresponsible actions by MWAA), can be found here.
Yesterday, ABC VA issued this press release (pdf) in opposition to MWAA's PLA mandate, which echoes many points raised in the letter to MWAA:
VIRGINIA CONTRACTORS DENOUNCE MWAA PLA ON DULLES PHASE 2
DULLES, VA – On behalf of its 660 Virginia merit shop employers, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC-VA) is deeply concerned by the resolution passed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) on April 6 mandating a project labor agreement (PLA) in procurement documents for Phase 2 of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project.
Phase 2 Mandated PLA Significantly Different from Voluntary Phase 1 PLA
The PLA resolution passed quickly, without an opportunity for public comment. Consequently, subtle yet critical nuances have gone unnoticed. Dulles Transit Partners voluntarily entered into the PLA on Phase 1 after they were awarded the contract and merit shop subcontractors were exempted from signing the agreement.
Specific Areas of Concern
After reviewing the National Heavy & Highway Coalition's Heavy and Highway Construction Project Agreement recently circulated to MWAA board members, we are concerned that this Phase 2 anti-competitive PLA will harm taxpayers, increase costs for Dulles Toll Road users, and discourage Virginia's qualified construction firms and their skilled employees from bidding on the job.
• Because 96 percent of Virginia's private construction workforce does not belong to a union, mandating a PLA will ensure that the majority of construction jobs created by Phase 2 will go to out-of-state union members.
• Merit shop companies will be prevented from using their own workforce and/or be limited on the number of existing employees they can use.
• Participants in federal and state-approved merit shop apprenticeship programs will be disqualified from working on the job because these programs are not union apprenticeship programs.
• Merit shop companies will be required to pay into a union benefits trust; however, because their employees will never see those benefits unless they decide to join a union and stay until vested, employers will also have to continue paying into their own existing company plans to ensure that their employees have health and retirement benefits.
• Depending on the health of the union-managed multi-employer pension plan affiliated with the local trade unions dispatching labor to Phase 2 of the project, signing a PLA could prevent companies from qualifying for construction bonds needed to build future projects for MWAA or other customers.
• This specific PLA requires contractors to pay a Construction Industry Labor-Management Trust (CILM) $375 for every $1 million of the projects' award amount, with a contribution cap of $50,000 per project. This PLA specifies the payments made to the CILM must be sent to an address that also is the address of MWAA board member Dennis Martire's employer, Laborer's International Union of North America (LiUNA).
Added Burden to Taxpayers and Toll Road Users with No Added Benefit
Provisions in this PLA related to safety, drug testing, scheduling, strike prohibitions, and wage and benefit rates are already standard practice in most construction contracts. MWAA can require all of these provisions and federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage and benefit rates without the anti-competitive and costly provisions of a PLA.
Studies of public works projects (in prevailing wage states where wage and benefit rates are uniform) indicate PLAs increase the cost of construction between 12 percent and 18 percent compared to similar non-PLA projects. Can MWAA and the local financial stakeholders really afford to risk adding an additional $250 million to $500 million in unplanned construction costs because of a special-interest PLA mandate?
Discrimination Has No Place in a Virginia Public Works Project
Merit shop and union workers should have a chance to build this important project free of a discriminatory PLA mandate. The rights of employees to work regardless of race, color, creed, age, gender, national origin, or membership in a labor organization must be protected in Virginia.
About ABC-VA — The Virginia Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors is a statewide, pro-business association representing construction and construction-related firms, with offices in Chantilly, Richmond, and Hampton Roads.
Founded in 1972, ABC-VA is the only association in Virginia that is dedicated to representing the interests of merit shop contractors. The Virginia Chapter is the leading provider of networking, education, political advocacy, and service to the commercial construction industry.
ABC-VA represents all firms in the commercial construction industry equally. Our membership represents the full range of contractors from the hometown local contractor to the large, global construction firm. ABC-VA equally represents the general contractor, subcontractor, materials supplier, and industry professional. Each member has an equal voice and an equal vote.
ABC-VA is an association that was created by contractors and is driven by its members. The playing field is level and the emphasis is on helping every contractor grow and succeed.
Contact: Angie Gutenson
Associated Builders and Contractors, Virginia Chapter
email Angie Gutenson
Contact: Patrick Dean
email Pat Dean
This post was written by Ben Brubeck and tagged Tags:Dennis Martire, Dulles Corridor Committee, Dulles Transit Partners, LIUNA, local hire, Metro Washington Airport Authority, MWAA, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Rep. Wolf, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, VA, Virginia


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Opinion: The danger facing journalists in Hong Kong is a threat to press freedom everywhere
Protesters clash with police in Hong Kong on Aug. 5, 2019. During more than six months of unrest, reporters have been attacked while covering the protests and the police response.
(Miguel Candela / EPA/Shutterstock )
By Jodi Schneider
HONG KONG —
Two deaths. Hundreds injured. More than 10,000 rounds of tear gas and half as many rubber bullets fired. More than six months of unrest. People and businesses are leaving Hong Kong as anti-government protests disrupt a city long praised for efficiency, ease of doing business and its retention of basic freedoms — including press freedom — that are nonexistent across the border in mainland China.
Amplifying this city's deep-seated tensions is a surge of conspiracy theories and disinformation, which fuel the escalating violence. Public trust in the semiautonomous Chinese territory's leaders, police and public institutions has been ruptured possibly beyond repair — as shown by the record-high turnout of voters in recent local elections supporting pro-democracy candidates. The vote was widely considered a referendum on the government's handling of the protests.
Journalists have often worked under enormous pressure and in difficult conditions to cover these rapidly unfolding events. Yet rather than being respected as impartial witnesses attempting to bring light to facts, reporters have found themselves under attack while covering the protests and the police response.
The media have become part of the story as Hong Kong's once-vaunted press freedom has been severely impaired.
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong has sought to keep track of multiple incidents in recent months in which reporters were injured or obstructed by police while covering the unrest.
Veby Mega Indah, a reporter for an Indonesian-language newspaper, lost sight in one eye after police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet while she was covering a protest. Police forced May James, a prominent photojournalist, to remove a gas mask and jailed her overnight after she did not show her local ID — to a policeman whose identity was obscured. A driver working for Hong Kong's largest pay-TV operator was hit by a police projectile, detained and left with a broken jaw after being beaten by police. A journalist with the online site Stand News has been diagnosed with a skin condition that has been linked to tear gas.
Tear gas is often fired close to — or directly at — journalists. Press access was restricted at a major university where protesters were in a standoff with police. And police have taken to deliberately shining flashlights and flashing strobe lights at journalists to obstruct them from taking pictures and video.
The attacks on the press have occurred even though journalists are clearly identified. They wear helmets and bright yellow vests emblazoned with "PRESS" and present press identification to police officers.
These events, many of them documented via video or livestreamed, have made it clear that journalists — including student reporters — are being targeted. There have been too many instances for them to be accidental or coincidence. It appears that a deliberate effort is being made to prevent independent reporting of events, and police in Hong Kong increasingly do not want their actions seen or recorded.
Amid the escalating violence, the Foreign Correspondents' Club has been trying to help journalists in the city, including local reporters and foreign correspondents. My fellow club members and I held a series of practical workshops on things that most journalists in Hong Kong probably have not encountered — how to use milk or a saline solution to douse their eyes after being exposed to tear gas or wash away the blue dye used to identify protesters, how to resist unlawful police demands and how to secure a digital footprint so sources won't be compromised. Videos of the workshop series have been made available online.
Board members of the correspondents' club met with Hong Kong police officials to discuss how to improve press-police relations. Our recommendations included making sure police officers are easily identifiable and asking police to refrain from shining lights directly at news photographers and camera operators.
The protests present unprecedented challenges to the Hong Kong media, which have not faced this level of violence since communist-led protests against British colonial rule in the 1960s. The media are simply trying to do their job, which they have a right to do under Hong Kong law.
Pro-democracy demonstrators raise their hands to signify the five demands, as they rally in Tsuen Wan in response to the aftermath of the police's use of live ammunition during clashes with demonstrators.
(Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)
The United Nations provides a framework for maintaining good relations between the police and the press, which says the public has a right to observe and examine police actions. Journalists are the public's witnesses. The police have a duty to maintain public order, yet also to be subject to public scrutiny. They should expect the media to take photographs and video, and not interfere with reporting. Security forces have neither the authority nor the legitimacy to impose limits on freedom of the press, according to U.N. protocols.
As U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said this year in defense of the world's press: "Informing is not a crime."
Hong Kong press freedom has been additionally challenged in recent years since more outlets have been bought by media owners with ties to mainland China, where the press is heavily censored and controlled by the Chinese government. Still, most foreign and local media outlets maintain their independence. Historically, they have helped keep public authorities and business figures accountable without fear for their safety or interference by authorities.
If that spirit slips away in Hong Kong, it could embolden other authoritarian-minded governments and world leaders to discredit the crucial role the press plays in societies around the world. The increasing danger facing journalists here is a threat to press freedom everywhere.
Jodi Schneider is president of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong.
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