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Pluralistic: 16 Nov 2020
Jeremy Meyer's typewriter assemblages: Symmetry is everything.
HHS to pharma: stop bribing writing docs: No more cash-for-Rx.
The Attack Surface Lectures: Part 1, Politics and Protest.
Youtube-dl is back: EFF to the rescue!
Someone Comes to Town Part 23: The latest in my podcast.
Jeremy Meyer's typewriter assemblages (permalink)
It's been a decade since I started writing about Jeremy Meyer's assemblage sculptures: incredible, intricate pieces made from the disassembled parts of old typewriters.
https://jeremymayer.com
These pieces speak to me, recapturing the incredible fascination of the old Underwood Noiseless I tinkered with in my parents' basement when I was growing up. In fact, I am so taken with Meyer's work that I bought one of his handmade octopuses.
Today, Colossal features new work by Meyer, a series of massive symmetrical, abstract sculptures with wingspans up to 65 inches.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/jeremy-mayer-typewriter-sculptures
Meyer consumes 12-15 broken typewriters (he seeks out bargains on unsalvageable machines) per year. He's in the midst of a ten-part series of covid-lockdown pieces.
HHS to pharma: stop bribing writing docs (permalink)
With its US body count around the 200k mark, the opioid epidemic may seem like small potatoes next to the vast slaughter of the bungled covid pandemic, but it's a still-suppurating wound on the body politic, a ghastly reminder of America's regulatory forbearance for plutocratic mass murderers.
How did the opioid epidemic burn through the country so ferociously? Blame Big Pharma, who have perfected the art of throwing gas on fires, bribing doctors with ruses so transparent and obviously harmful that they constitute existence-proof of the complicity of US regulators.
Maybe it's finally changing. The Department of Health and Human Service's Office of the Inspector General has issued a "special fraud alert" on "Speaker Programs." Maybe 'speaker program" and "fraud" don't suggest an obvious connection, but hoo-BOY.
https://freepdfhosting.com/42d39ff305.pdf
If you're a pharma giant, your profit margin is largely dependent on the willingness of doctors to prescribe – and overprescribe – your products. Doctors often don't want to do this, so you need to "align incentives" to make the magic happen.
Lucky for Big Pharma, docs have a "continuing education" requirement to keep their licenses current. This creates a vacuum. Pharma companies pay the expenses of docs who write a lot of scrips for their dope to attend "seminars" in fancy resorts, flying in their families.
For the writin' doc whales who top the overprescription charts, pharma companies have an even sweeter deal: they get to PRESENT at these "seminars" and pull down six-figure "speaking fees" on top of the all-expense-paid family junket to a luxury tropical resort.
The memo details the results of OIG and DOJ investigations into these practices and concludes that they are exactly what they appear to be: potentially lethal scams.
They find that
docs who'd been tapped to speak at events were told that their slot (and fee) was contingent on meeting a prescribing quota for a given kind of dope
the events were held at entertainment venues or during recreational events or otherwise in a manner not conducive to an educational presentation (e.g., wineries, sports stadiums, fishing trips, golf clubs, and adult entertainment facilities)
or at $500/plate restaurants
And that the attendees were the same docs, over and over again, all getting the same "educational seminar" while their spouses and kids played in the pool, got spa treatments, etc.
The memo reminds doctors and pharma companies that the US has an anti-kickback statute that creates civil and criminal liability for this behavior, with both the briber and the bribee facing fines of up to $100k and 10 years in prison.
They call out junkets as scams, a means of "inducing or rewarding" prescriptions. They say that if a doc wants to learn more about a med or a device, they can attend a webinar, read the paper packaging insert, or subscribe to a medical journal.
They warn that future junkets will invite scrutiny under the anti-kickback statute, especially:
if "little or no substantive info is presented"
there's free booze or expensive food
the same seminars are offered repeatedly
companies hold seminars for products that haven't been updated or where there has been no new research of note
the same docs go to the same seminars repeatedly
pharma companies comp family members, lovers, etc
the speaking fee is excessive
All this follows on the heels of this summer's massive bribery scandal involving Novartis:
https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/07/tired-of-winning/#novartis
though it's not clear whether that's the inciting event.
One thing is clear, though: none of this corrupt behavior is new. For more than a decade, it's been clear that pharma companies bribe docs to do things that hurt or even kill their patients. As always, Propublica's work on this is indispensable:
https://www.propublica.org/series/dollars-for-docs
The best part of their coverage is the Dollars For Docs search-engine, that lets you see how much money your doctor has taken from pharma reps:
https://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/
The Attack Surface Lectures (permalink)
Last month saw the publication of my novel ATTACK SURFACE, the third book in the multi-bestselling Little Brother series. For the launch, Tor Books and I threw an eight-part seminar series in collaboration with eight outstanding indie bookstores.
https://read.macmillan.com/torforge/cory-doctorow-virtual-lecture-series/
Each event featured me and two guest co-hosts discussing themes from the book, ranging from politics and protest to cyberpunk to information security to intersectionalism, race and surveillance.
Now, the booksellers involved have begun to post their recordings, and I'm pleased to present them to you! I'll be doing one a day for the next eight days (assuming the stores' posting schedule keeps up!).
First up is "Politics and Protest," featuring the amazing Ron Deibert (Citizen Lab) and Eva Galperin (EFF), hosted by Strand Bookstore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlORdWC3g3E
If you'd prefer to watch without subjecting yourself to Youtube's surveillance, you can also view it on The Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/asl-politics
Or listen to it as an MP3:
https://ia601507.us.archive.org/25/items/asl-politics/Politics%20and%20Protest%20with%20Eva%20Galperin%20and%20Ron%20Deibert.mp3
I'm also folding these daily releases into my podcast feed. If you'd prefer that, use your podcatcher to subscribe to The Cory Doctorow Podcast, or sign up through the RSS feed:
https://feeds.feedburner.com/doctorow_podcast
Youtube-dl is back (permalink)
The RIAA threw an October Surprise late last month when it sent a takedown demand to Github over Youtube-dl, a general purpose, lawful tool that allowed people to download Youtube videos.
https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/28/trumpcicles/#yt-dl
The RIAA's position on this was downright bizarre. First, it asserted that the kind of obfuscation that Youtube uses to hide the download URLs for its videos were a form of DRM, illegal to bypass under Section 1201 of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Second, it asserted that it had the right to demand the removal of this tool because some RIAA members' works were available on Youtube, so bypassing Youtube's access controls gives the RIAA standing to shut the tool down.
These are both extreme legal positions, untested in court, but DMCA 1201 carries stiff penalties: a five-year prison sentence and a $500k fine. So Github (a division of Microsoft, itself a member of the RIAA) (!) removed youtube-dl.
But in the weeks since, and behind the scenes, Github's legal team have been working with EFF to reinstate youtube-dl, and today, that's just what they did:
https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/
In their letter to their users, Github points to a letter from EFF's Mitch Stoltz that explained why the RIAA's legal threat was baseless, saying that this was a key factor in reinstating youtube-dl
https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-16-RIAA-reversal-effletter.pdf
Github closes out with a series of promises for handling future DMCA 1201 claims: detailed legal and technical reviews before taking any action; erring on the side of developers; giving devs a chance to dispute claims; and allowing devs to download their code after takedowns.
They are also creating a $1m defense fund for "developers who want to push back against unwarranted takedowns" and committing to lobbying for reform of DMCA 1201.
This is basically the best possible outcome and it can't have been easy for Github.
Someone Comes to Town Part 23 (permalink)
This week on my podcast: part 23 of my serial reading of my 2006 novel "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town," a book Gene Wolfe called "a glorious book unlike any book you've ever read."
https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/11/16/someone-comes-to-town-someone-leaves-town-part-23/
You can catch up on the other installments here:
https://craphound.com/podcast/?s=%22someone%20comes%22
and subscribe to my podcast feed here:
Here's a direct link to the MP3 (hosting courtesy of the Internet Archive; they'll host your stuff for free, forever, too!):
https://archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_368/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_368_-_Someone_Comes_to_Town_Someone_Leaves_Town_023.mp3
#15yrsago Sony's spyware "remover" creates huge security hole https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2005/11/15/sonys-web-based-uninstaller-opens-big-security-hole-sony-recall-discs/
#15yrsago Sony issues non-apology for compromising your PC https://web.archive.org/web/20051124053248/http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/
#15yrsago Sory Electronics: Will Sony make amends for infecting our computers? https://web.archive.org/web/20051125005137/http://www.soryelectronics.com/
#15yrsago Sony infects more than 500k networks, including military and govt https://web.archive.org/web/20060614050935/http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69573,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2
#15yrsago Sony's rootkit uninstaller is really dangerous https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2005/11/14/dont-use-sonys-web-based-xcp-uninstaller/
#10yrsago New Calgary mayor sets bar for transparency with searchable vids and realtime audio streams of council meetings http://gordonmcdowell.com/20101108-yyc-city-council/
#10yrsago Copyfraud: Anne Frank Foundation claims father was "co-author," extends copyright by decades https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/books/anne-frank-has-a-co-as-diary-gains-co-author-in-legal-move.html
#1yrago Banned from Youtube, Chinese propagandists are using Pornhub to publish anti-Hong Kong videos https://qz.com/1747617/chinese-users-go-to-pornhub-to-spread-hong-kong-propaganda/
#1yrago Why are we still treating economics as if it were an empirical science that makes reliable predictions? https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/12/05/against-economics/
#1yrago "Hope literacy," "functional denial" and other ways to keep going in this difficult time https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/despairing-about-climate-crisis
#1yrago Uber pretended its drivers were contractors, and now it owes New Jersey $650m in employment tax https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/uber-hit-with-650-million-employment-tax-bill-in-new-jersey
#1yrago Thanks to an article about why science fiction great John M Ford's books are out of print, they're coming back https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/john-ford-science-fiction-fantasy-books.html
#1yrago Hong Kong protesters' little stonehenges impede police cars https://twitter.com/rhokilpatrick/status/1195350548062654465
#1yrago The poorest half of Americans have nothing left, so now the 1%'s growth comes from the upper middle class https://wolfstreet.com/2019/11/13/how-the-fed-boosts-the-1-even-the-upper-middle-class-loses-share-of-household-wealth-to-the-1-the-bottom-half-gets-screwed/
#1yrago American health care's life-destroying "surprise bills" are the fault of local, private-equity monopolies https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/gougers-r-us-how-private-equity-is-gobbling-up-medical-care/
#1yrago Big Tech's CEOs can't possibly fix Big Tech https://medium.com/bloomberg-opinion/mark-zuckerberg-is-totally-out-of-his-depth-887682ba70b9
#1yrago Trump's signature tax break for poor people went to subsidize a superyacht marina in Florida https://www.propublica.org/article/superyacht-marina-west-palm-beach-opportunity-zone-trump-tax-break-to-help-the-poor-went-to-a-rich-gop-donor
#1yrago Activists target Facebookers over "Gold Tier" sponsorship of Kavanaugh event https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/14/20963865/facebook-ads-brett-kavanaugh-federalist-society-employees
#1yrago Hong Kong protests: "Might as well go down fighting" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/11/escalating-violence-hong-kong-protests/601804/
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Currently writing: My next novel, "The Lost Cause," a post-GND novel about truth and reconciliation. Friday's progress: 515 words (84217 total).
Currently reading: The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson
Latest podcast: Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (part 23) https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/11/16/someone-comes-to-town-someone-leaves-town-part-23/
Shaping the Digital Future Summit/Kaspersky, Nov 17, https://transparency.kaspersky.com/home
Misinformation and Disinformation in Science Fiction and Fantasy/LITA, Nov 17, details TBD
Keynote, Data Natives, Nov 18, https://datanatives.io/tickets/
Keynote, Cybersummit 2020, Nov 26 https://www.cybera.ca/cyber-summit-2020/
Keynote, Cologne Futures, Nov 27, details TBD
Beaverbrook Lecture: How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism, Nov 30, https://www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/channels/event/2020-beaverbrook-annual-lecture-part-ii-cory-doctorow-325538
Teach-In Against Surveillance, Dec 1, https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/teach-in-against-surveillance-tickets-128926228821
Keynote, NISO Plus, Feb 22-25, https://niso.plus/cory-doctorow-to-keynote-at-niso-plus-2021/
Recent appearances:
Fully Charged: The future of energy over the next 300 years
https://fullycharged.show/podcasts/podcast-84-the-future-of-energy-over-the-next-300-years-cory-doctorow/
Allen School Distinguished Lecture "Early Onset Oppenheimers"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep78A-jtcrE
Author Stories Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxSPZn8EGTE
"Attack Surface": The third Little Brother novel, a standalone technothriller for adults. The Washington Post called it "a political cyberthriller, vigorous, bold and savvy about the limits of revolution and resistance." Order signed, personalized copies from Dark Delicacies
"How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism": an anti-monopoly pamphlet analyzing the true harms of surveillance capitalism and proposing a solution. https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59
"Little Brother/Homeland": A reissue omnibus edition with a new introduction by Edward Snowden: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250774583; personalized/signed copies here: https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1750/July%3A__Little_Brother_%26_Homeland.html
"Poesy the Monster Slayer" a picture book about monsters, bedtime, gender, and kicking ass. Order here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781626723627. Get a personalized, signed copy here: https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1562/_Poesy_the_Monster_Slayer.html.
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Natixis Investment Managers announces Senior Appointments
Paris, France, July 26, 2021
Natixis Investment Managers announces the following appointments, effective immediately:
Joseph Pinto is appointed Head of Distribution for Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Asia Pacific for Natixis Investment Managers, overseeing client-related activities and support functions for these regions. He was previously Chief Operating Officer at Natixis Investment Managers.
Christophe Lanne is appointed Chief Administration Officer for Natixis Investment Managers, overseeing global operations and technology as well as human resources and corporate social responsibility strategy. He was previously Chief Talent & Transformation Officer for Natixis Investment Managers.
Joseph Pinto and Christophe Lanne will both continue to report to Tim Ryan, member of the Natixis
Senior Management Committee, Global CEO Asset & Wealth Management within Groupe BPCE's Global Financial Services division, and to serve on the Management Committee of Natixis Investment Managers. They are also members of the Natixis Executive Committee.
"These appointments reinforce our ambition to progress among the top fifteen largest asset managers in the world and become the most client centric asset manager," said Tim Ryan, member of the Natixis senior management committee in charge of Asset & Wealth Management and CEO of Natixis Investment Managers. "With our affiliates' distinctive investment capabilities: Active Management, Real Asset Liability Driven Investments, and Quantitative Management, and a more client-centric organization, we remain committed to delivering the best investment outcomes and the best experience for our clients."
Nicolas Namias, CEO of Natixis and Chairman of the board of directors of Natixis Investment Managers said: "The appointments of Joseph and Christophe to these newly-created roles will support our pursuit of the ambitious goals we have set for Natixis Investment Managers under our strategic plan, BPCE 2024, notably the ongoing diversification of our activity as we bolster our commercial momentum and reinforce our position as a global leader in asset management."
Joseph Pinto began his career in 1992 with Crédit Lyonnais, working in the securitization business in New York before moving to Lehman Brothers in London in the Corporate Finance division. From 1998 to 2001, Joseph was Project Manager at McKinsey & Cie in Paris. From 2001 to 2006, he was Deputy CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Banque Privée Fideuram Wargny. He joined AXA IM in January 2007 as Head of Business Development for France, South Europe and Middle East. He then took the leadership of the Markets and Investment Strategy department in 2011 and became Chief Operating Officer in 2014, also serving as a member of AXA IM's Management Board. Joseph joined Natixis Investment Managers in 2019 as Chief Operating Officer.
Christophe Lanne began his career in 1990 with Banque Indosuez (now Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank) in the General Inspection department. In 1995, he became General Secretary for capital market activities, based in Paris, and in 1998 he was named Head of Forex/Treasury/Fixed Income, based in London. In 1999, Christophe was appointed Head of Budget and Strategy and then COO for Global Markets, and in 2002 he became Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole Indosuez Securities Japan and Head of Global Markets, based in Tokyo. Christophe joined Credit Suisse in 2005 as COO for France. He joined Natixis in 2010 as COO for Corporate & Investment Banking, and was appointed Head of Global Portfolio Management, Global Transaction Banking in 2012. He became Chief Risk Officer for Natixis in 2015, and was appointed Chief Transformation & Talent Officer for Natixis Investment Managers in 2017.
About Natixis Investment Managers
Natixis Investment Managers' multi-affiliate approach connects clients to the independent thinking and focused expertise of more than 20 active managers. Ranked among the world's largest asset managers1 (€1,152.8 billion AUM), Natixis Investment Managers delivers a diverse range of solutions across asset classes, styles, and vehicles. The firm is dedicated to advancing sustainable finance and developing innovative Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) products. Natixis Investment Managers consults and partners with its clients and offers insight on markets and assumptions to better align strategies with long-term goals. Headquartered in Paris and Boston, Natixis Investment Managers is wholly-owned by Natixis. Natixis is a subsidiary of BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France. Natixis Investment Managers' affiliated investment management firms include AEW; Alliance Entreprendre;AlphaSimplex Group; DNCA Investments;2 Dorval Asset Management; Flexstone Partners; Gateway Investment Advisers; Harris Associates; Investors Mutual Limited; Loomis, Sayles & Company; Mirova; MV Credit; Naxicap Partners; Ossiam; Ostrum Asset Management; Seeyond; Seventure Partners; Thematics Asset Management; Vauban Infrastructure Partners; Vaughan Nelson Investment Management; VegaInvestment Managers;3 and WCM Investment Management. Additionally, investment solutions are offered through Natixis Investment Managers Solutions, and Natixis Advisors offers other investment services through its AIA and MPA division. Not all offerings available in all jurisdictions. For additional information, please visit Natixis Investment Managers' website at im.natixis.com | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/natixis-investment-managers. Natixis Investment Managers' distribution and service groups include Natixis Distribution, L.P., a limited purpose broker-dealer and the distributor of various U.S. registered investment companies for which advisory services are provided by affiliated firms of Natixis Investment Managers, Natixis Investment Managers S.A. (Luxembourg), Natixis Investment Managers International (France), and their affiliated distribution and service entities in Europe and Asia.
1 Cerulli Quantitative Update: Global Markets 2020 ranked Natixis Investment Managers as the 17th largest asset manager in the world based on assets under management as of December 31, 2019. Assets under management are provided as of 31 March 2021.
2 A brand of DNCA Finance.
3 A wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Wealth Management.
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Benedict Cumberbatch to play Richard III in "The Hollow Crown: The War of Roses"
Ayushi April 22, 2016, 4:41 am
Being the most versatile actor we have had a chance to watch, Benedict Cumberbatch never fails to surprise us with his performance. From Sherlock Holmes to Doctor Strange, he's done it all.
Everyone is aware of Cumberbatch's history prior to coming into movies as an actor. He's been a theater performer and has voiced over for documentaries (the infamous Penguin pronunciation). Well, it seems he's gonna take us back to his BBC days once more.
The actor is set to play Richard III in "The Hollow Crown: The War of Roses". The Hollow Crown is part of a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. As reported by Mashable India,
"Back in 2012, BBC Two presented the first installment of The Hollow Crown — a splashy adaptation of Shakespeare's second series of history-based plays. Now the network is following that up with another cycle of TV movies based on Shakespeare's first series of histories: The War of the Roses, which covers everything from Henry VI to Richard III. Benedict Cumberbatch is set to play the latter."
The installment's premier date still hasn't been revealed.
In the teaser video, Cumberbatch can be seen portraying a shrewd king who is keen on power. There is no one category under which we can posit the actor – the reason why it would be interesting to see him play yet another different role.
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John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us." But Jesus said, "Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us. For truly I tell you, whoever gives a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward.
This is an interesting insertion – it seems to be unrelated to what has gone before or comes after – or is it? The disciples had been talking among themselves, arguing about who was greater among them, now they do not like that someone else is infringing on their status as Jesus disciples. They had been unable to cast out the demon causing the boy's convulsions; now this stranger is successfully casting out demons in Jesus' name. It was not uncommon for magicians and sorcerers in that day to invoke the names of foreign gods to cast out demons – part of a "magical incantation". The disciples are not only jealous of the man's success, they are likely also genuinely concerned that he is passing on a message that is not true to Jesus' message – that he is somehow using Jesus' name in vain.
But Jesus says, don't worry about it! If he does a deed of power in my name today, he cannot turn around and say something bad about me tomorrow! If he is not against us, he is for us. And then Jesus goes on to say, "Whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you have the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward." Whatever is done for Christ's sake – teaching, preaching, casting out demons, or even offering a cup of cold water – is a good thing, Jesus says. He casts the net wide – but are there things that would be offensive to Jesus when done in his name? Does he weep to hear judgement, misogyny, cruelty and exclusion proclaimed in his name? Did he cry out at the crusades and the inquisition?
On the other hand, putting ourselves in the disciples position, do we sometimes work against one another? Are we sometimes worried that someone else has more people in their church? Or is doing something different in Jesus' name? Yes, as the pastor, I find it difficult not to be jealous, or to feel wounded, when people go to other churches on the island, but shouldn't I be glad they are going to church somewhere? The other churches are not our competition – there is lots of other competition for us to be concerned about here in the Lower Keys! Could we not work together more? Ecumenical efforts mean that we are all working together in Jesus' name.


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Javier Collado Ruano along Former Director-General of UNESCO and Foundation Culture of Peace President, Federico Mayor Zaragoza in Madrid, July 2015.
Federico Mayor Zaragoza was born in Barcelona in 1934. He holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacy from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1958). In 1963, he became a Professor of Biochemistry at the Facultad de Farmacia of the Universidad de Granada. In 1968, he became Rector of that institution, a job he held until 1972. The following year, he was named Professor in his specialty at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In these years it started up the National Plan of Prevention of Mental Handicap, to avoid, by means of precocious diagnosis, diseases that can evolve with serious mental deterioration. In 1974, he was co-founder of the Molecular Biology Centre Severo Ochoa at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (High Council for Scientific Research, or CSIC). Among his other political responsibilities, Professor Mayor has been Undersecretary of Education and Science for the Spanish Government (1974-75), Member of the Spanish Parliament (1977-78), Adviser to the Prime Minister (1977-78), Minister of Education and Science (1981-82) and Member of the European Parliament (1987). In 1978, he became Assistant Director-General of the UNESCO. In 1987, he was elected Director-General of UNESCO, and was reelected for a second term in 1993. In 1999, he decided not to run for a third term and, upon returning to Spain, created the Fundación Cultura de Paz, of which he is Chairman.
During the twelve years he spent as head of UNESCO (1987-1999), Professor Mayor Zaragoza gave new momentum to the Organization's mission, "to build the bastions of peace in the minds of men". It became an institution at the service of peace, tolerance, human rights and peaceful coexistence, by working within its areas of authority and remaining faithful to its original mission. Following Professor Mayor's guidelines, UNESCO created the Culture of Peace Program, whose work falls into four main categories: education for peace, human rights and democracy, the fight against exclusion and poverty, the defense of cultural pluralism and cross-cultural dialogue, and conflict prevention and the consolidation of peace.
Within the framework of this strategy, many international meetings and conferences were held on education for non-violence, eradicating discrimination and promoting pluralism and international cooperation. These meetings resulted in a considerable number of Declarations (thirty), expressing a will to promote education, science, culture, research and teaching, as well as justice and "intellectual and moral solidarity", referred to the Constitution of the UNESCO. On September 13, 1999, the United Nations General Assembly approved the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, which constitutes, from a conceptual and practical standpoint, the greatest aspirations of Professor Mayor Zaragoza.
With the Fundación para una Cultura de Paz, founded in Madrid in March, 2000, Professor Mayor continues with the work he started as Director-General of UNESCO: to promote, in every area of human life, the transition from a culture of violence and imposition to one of peace and tolerance. In December, 2000, he organized an International Meeting, which was attended by well-known personalities who have fought for justice, freedom and peace. At the end of that meeting, the Madrid Declaration was unanimously approved and it was published, with the interventions, the book "El Contrato Global".
In December of 2002, the Danish Presidency of the European Union named him Chaiman of ERCEG (European Research Council Expert Group) for the "knowledge-based economy" that Europe would reach the leadership in 2010. In October 2005 be was appointed by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan co-chair of the High-Level Group for the "Alliance of Civilizations". The Report of the HLG was presented in Istambul in November 2006. Chairman of "Initiative for Science in Europe" (ISE), January 2007. In June of 2008, Federico Mayor has been named Chairman of the Agency of News "Inter Press Service (IPS)". Among other activities of national and international cooperation, it emphasizes the creation, in the Univesidad Politécnica de Cataluña, of the World-wide Forum of the Civil Society, "UBUNTU", intended as a network of networks, an organisation of organisations to combine official notices, positionings and proposals, since 2001 concentrates its dedication to the Reform of International Institutions.
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Cecile Guidote-Alvarez
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Tay Yoo (Seoul Institute of the Arts Director), Cecile Guidote-Alvarez (UNESCO DREAM Center Director), and Javier Collado Ruano (Global Education Magazine Director), May 23, 2015.
Cecile Guidote-Alvarez born on 13 November 1943 and she founded the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), a pioneering theater group that honed creative artists and audiences through children's, college, and community theater. She was recognized as National Artist for Theater in 2009.
Cecile Guidote Alvarez graduated AB-BSE – summa cum laude at St. Paul's College in 1962 and in the first select group of Ten Outstanding Students. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Theater and took special Communications Arts Studies in the State University of New York in Albany, on a Fulbright-Hays and John D. Rockefeller III Fund Scholarship at the Dallas Theatre Center. She then proceeded to Trinity College in Texas where she finished an M.A. with honors.
She is married to former senator and secretary of Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Heherson Alvarez.
Form her experiences as drama and English teacher at St. Paul's College in Manila and her broad background in the theater, she conceived a practical program for a natioanl theater and organized it in 1967. This became the Philippine Educational Theater Association, better known as PETA. For 38 years, PETA has depicted social issues through original Filipino plays, using the language of the masses and alternative theater spaces. Today, as Executive Director of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Cecile has been described as a "cultural caregiver".
Aside from being the chairperson of the Central Institute of Theater Arts in the Philippines (CITAP), she was also the producer-director of the Kalinangan Ensemble primarily devoted to the development and presentation of Filipino plays and the setting up of people's theater program popularized by peso tickets and even free performances. She also produced Balintataw (Pupil of the Eye), a television drama which serves as a valuable laboratory and training ground for students and young talents in various areas of TV, stage, and movie production. She is also the founder of Earthsavers DREAMS Ensemble, a performing group composed of disadvantaged youth recognized as UNESCO Artists for Peace.
Cecile Guidote-Alvarez has received many awards and citations, as for example: Balagtas Awardee for the significant contribution of PETA in promoting he national language and the cultural heritage, Ramon Magsaysay Public Service Awardee for the Arts in 1972, Patnubay ng Kalinangan and TOWNS Award, UN Human Rights Day Award from the Fund for Free Expression, Bantayog Awardee-Hall of Fame in 1997, Ninoy Aquino Awardee for nationalism, Carlos P. Romulo Award for international understanding, and the Outstanding Women in the Nation's Services for her numerous contributions in promoting Philippine art and culture.
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Irina Bokova
In recognition of her life commitment on Education, Peace, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development
Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova and Javier Collado Ruano in Paris (France), January 29, 2015.
Irina Bokova, born on 12 July 1952 in Sofia (Bulgaria) has been the Director-General of UNESCO since 15 November 2009, and reelected for a second term in 2013. She is the first woman to lead the Organization.
Having graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and studied at the University of Maryland (Washington) and the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University), Irina Bokova joined the United Nations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria in 1977. Appointed in charge of political and legal affairs at the Permanent Mission of Bulgaria to the United Nations in New York, she was also a member of the Bulgarian Delegation at the United Nations conferences on the equality of women in Copenhagen (1980), Nairobi (1985) and Beijing (1995). As Member of Parliament (1990-1991 and 2001-2005), she participated in the drafting of Bulgaria's new Constitution, which contributed significantly to the country's accession to the European Union.
Irina Bokova was Minister for Foreign Affairs, Coordinator of Bulgaria-European Union relations and Ambassador of Bulgaria to France, Monaco and UNESCO and Personal Representative of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria to the "Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie" (OIF). As Secretary of State for European integration and as Foreign Minister, Irina Bokova has always advocated for European integration. Active member of many international experts networks, active in civil society and especially President and founding member of the European Policy Forum, she has worked to overcome European divisions and to foster the values of dialogue, diversity, human dignity and human rights.
As Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova is actively engaged in international efforts to advance quality education for all, gender equality, cultural dialogue and scientific cooperation for sustainable development and is leading UNESCO as a global advocate for safety of journalists and freedom of expression.
Irina Bokova is Executive Secretary of the Steering Committee of the UN Secretary-General's Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) and co-Vice-Chair of the Broadband Commission.
Irina Bokova has received state distinctions from countries across the world and is Doctor honoris causa of leading universities.
In addition to her mother tongue, she speaks English, French, Spanish and Russian.
In recognition of his preeminence in the Theory and Practice of Transdisciplinarity and Complexity
Dr. Basarab Nicolescu, Dr. Cristina Núñez-Madrazo and Javier Collado Ruano in Taichung (Taiwan), June 9, 2014.
Basarab Nicolescu (born March 25, 1942 in Ploieti, Romania) is a theoretical physicist at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. He is also Professor in Babe-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Doctor in Physical Sciences (Ph.D.), 1972, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. He was appointed Professor Extraordinary at Stellenbosch University, South Africa for the period 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2013 and was elected as Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) Fellow in 2011.
He is president and founder of CIRET (International Center for Transdisciplinary Research), a nonprofit organization (163 members from 26 countries).
He co-founded, with René Berger, the Study Group on Transdisciplinarity at UNESCO (1992) and the founder and Director of the Series "Transdisciplinarity" Rocher Editions, Monaco and "Romanians of Paris" Oxus Editions, Paris.
He also specializes in the theory of elementary particles. Basarab Nicolescu is the author of over eighty articles in leading international journals; He has made numerous contributions to science anthologies, and has participated in several dozen French radio and multimedia documentaries on science.
Basarab Nicolescu is a major advocate of the transdisciplinary reconciliation between science and the humanities. He has published many articles on the role of science in contemporary culture magazine from France, Romania, Italy, UK, Brazil, Argentina, Japan and the United States.
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Federik Willem de Klerk
In recognition of his preeminence in the ending of apartheid and the democratization of South Africa
Peace Nobel Award 1993, Frederik Willem de Klerk, along with Javier Collado Ruano and Bradly Ryan Lawrence, Cape Town (South Africa), November 2013.
Frederik Willem de Klerk (born 18 March 1936) is a South African politician who served as the country's State President from September 1989 to May 1994. He was the seventh and last head of state of South Africa under the apartheid era. De Klerk was also leader of the National Party (which later became the New National Party) from February 1989 to September 1997.
De Klerk brokered the end of apartheid, South Africa's racial segregation policy, and supported the transformation of South Africa into a multi-racial democracy by entering into the negotiations that resulted in all citizens, including the country's black majority, having equal voting and other rights.
In 1990, de Klerk gave orders to end South Africa's nuclear weapons programme; the process of nuclear disarmament was essentially completed in 1991.
He won the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize in 1991, the Prince of Asturias Award in 1992 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 along with Nelson Mandela for his role in the ending of apartheid.
After the first universal elections in 1994, de Klerk became deputy president in the government of national unity under Nelson Mandela, a post he kept until 1996. In 1997 he resigned the leadership of the National Party and retired from politics.
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Elaine Thompson runs 10.71w in Kingston
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By Anthony Foster in Kingston, Jamaica
Elaine Thompson ran a fast 10.71 seconds to win the women's 100m at the Jamaica Invitational here on Saturday night
Thompson, who got a fairly good start, but trailed American English Gardner for the first 40 metres, dominated the final part of the race to take an easy win.
The time, however, will not be considered a world leading because it was done with the help of a +2.4m/s wind.
Gardner was second in 10.85 while Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad and Tobago ended third in 10.98.
Jamaicans Jura Levy, 11.11, Christania Williams, 11.22 and Gayon Evans, 11.33 were fifth, seventh and eighth respectively.
In the men's event, Kemar Bailey-Cole, finished very strong to win a very close race in 10.01, just ahead of American Mike Rodgers, 10.03.
Jamaican Julian Forte finished third in 10.06, Andrew Fisher, fourth in 10.07 and Tyson Gay, fifth in 10.08.
St. Kitts and Nevis' Kim Collins, who led them from the blocks, was sixth in 10.09.
Oshane Bailey, the other Jamaican in the event, finished seventh in 10.13.
Americans Brianna Rollins, 12.52 and Queen Harrison, 12.54 took the top two spots in the women's 100m hurdles ahead of Jamaica's World champion, Danielle Williams, 12.55 (+2.9m/s wind).
Shermaine Williams, 13.16 and Kimberly Laing, 13.30 were sixth and seventh respectively while Megan Simmons did not finish.
American Jarred Eaton topped the men's 110m hurdles in 13.45 ahead of Jamaican Deuce Carter 13.55 and Jeff Porter, also of the USA, 13.59.
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Liverpool's Ducking Stool
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Every town had its own ducking-stool (also known as a cuck or cucking-stool). It was an instrument of punishment meted out by the town court for the offense of scolding or back biting - - normally women were the accused, but not always. Brewers, who watered-down ale could also find themselves in the seat for a dunking. Humiliation was also part of the deterrence, similar to the use of stocks.
In Liverpool the cucking-stool is mentioned across several sources, but mostly in the town's records. James Stonehouse, writing in his book Recollections of Old Liverpool... refers to a cucking stool being situated in a pond called the "Flashes" by St Patrick's Cross, close to where Marybone is.
"At the top of Marybone, there was once a large pond, called the Flashes, where there was a ducking-post and this was a favourite place of punishment when the Lynch Law of that time was carried out. I once saw a woman ducked there She might have said with Queen Catherine : — you Do with me what you will, For any change must better my condition'
There was a terrible row caused once by the rescue of a woman from the Cuckstool. At one time it threatened to be serious. The mayor was dining at my father's, and I recollect he was sent for in a great hurry, and my father and his guests all went with him to the pond. The woman was nearly killed, and her life for long despaired of. She was taken to the Infirmary, on the top of Shaw's Brow, where St. George's Hall now stands.
The way they ducked was this. A long pole, which acted as a lever, was placed on a post ; at the end of the pole was a chair, in which the culprit was seated ; and by ropes at the other end of the lever or pole, the culprit was elevated or dipped in the water at the mercy of the wretches who had taken upon themselves the task of executing punishment. The screams of the poor women who were ducked were frightful. There was a ducking tub in the House of Correction, which was in use in Mr. Howard's time. I once went with him through the prison (as I shall describe presently) and saw it there. It was not till 1804 or 1805 that it was done away with."
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Map, 1769. Dale Street is running vertically in the centre. St Patrick's Cross (close to the Superlambanana today) is highlighted in the red circle, as is the pond the "Flashes" that Stonehouse mentioned above.
1848 map with the approximate location of the "Flashes" pond laid over it.
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Post-Secondary Educational Institutions and COVID-19 Considerations – Updated 5-12-2020
Date12 May 2020
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This article is dedicated to resources for post-secondary educational institutions. We have summarized and provided additional information to help institutions of higher education navigate some of the issues they are facing in their industry. If you have any questions not listed here, or need more detailed information relating to any of these topics, please reach out to us, we're here to help you.
Please check this page regularly as we will be updating it with new information as it becomes available.
In addition to the below content, please visit our page covering issues relating to the impact on financial statements and reporting considerations that will be helpful to understand for your annual audit: Financial Statement Impacts of COVID-19.
Department of Education has a resource page that contains a lot of useful information: https://www.ed.gov/coronavirus
April 21, 2020: The Department of Education has released institutional-level funding amounts for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/allocationsforsection18004a1ofcaresact.pdf) along with guidance on how to use the funds. 50% of the funds are designated as emergency grants to students and must be applied for first. Institutions cannot use this 50% of funds to reimburse themselves for costs or expenses (like the cost of delivering instruction as a result of COVID-19, or for previously issued refunds to students, etc.). They are simply cash grants to students. After getting approved for the students' portion, then the institution can apply for the other 50% to help cover their own costs incurred as a result of COVID-19. In order to get the funding, an institution will need to sign a certification form attesting that they will use the funds in accordance with the law. The funds will be drawn down through G5. The certification forms have the requirements in them:
Certification form for emergency aid to students: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/caresheerfcertificationandagreementfinalombapprovedforissuance.pdf
Certification form for emergency aid available to the institution: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/heerfInstitutionalcertificationagreement42020v2.pdf
Guide for submitting those certification forms: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/grantsgovsubmittipsheerf.pdf
Resources and guidance on how those funds can be used:
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https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-delivers-6-billion-additional-grant-funding-support-continued-education-americas-colleges-universities
IFAP's COVID-19 resources:
May 6, 2020: HEERF Reporting Requirements: https://ifap.ed.gov/electronic-announcements/050620HigherEdEmergencyReliefFundRptg
April 3, 2020: Guidance on administering HEERF funds: https://ifap.ed.gov/electronic-announcements/040320UPDATEDGuidanceInterruptStudyRelCOVID19
Federal Student Aid has information on the Coronavirus and Forbearance Info for Students, Borrowers, and Parents (March 27, 2020): https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/coronavirus
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has a COVID-19 resource page: https://www.nasfaa.org/covid19
May 6, 2020: The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is taking steps to inspect and scrutinize how institutions are using the students' portion of HEERF funds and how the Department of Education implements the CARES Act: https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/21822/ED_s_Internal_Watchdog_Releases_Plan_to_Oversee_Billions_in_COVID-19_Relief_Funding
April 30, 2020: 1098-T reporting requirements for HEERF/FSEOG funds: https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/21770/Trending_AskRegs_Q_A_Are_Emergency_FSEOG_Awards_Reported_On_IRS_Form_1098-T
April 29, 2020: Verification under the COVID-19 flexibilities do not apply to the summer crossover that is a header to the 2020-21 award year: https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/21747/Trending_AskRegs_Q_A_Do_the_COVID-19_Verification_Flexibilities_Apply_To_a_Summer_Crossover_That_Is_a_Header_To_the_2020-21_Award_Year
April 22, 2020: Students who were enrolled exclusively in online programs on March 13 are not eligible to receive the emergency grants. Also, institutions may not use the student portion of funding to reimburse themselves for tuition or room and board refunds, and that the student grants may not be used to cover outstanding balances on a student account. Only Title IV eligible students would be able to receive emergency grants, the guidance also excluded international students and those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from receiving emergency funding.
April 21, 2020: NASFAA addresses the Department of Education's additional guidance on use of the emergency funding for students and institutions from the CARES Act: https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/21646/ED_Releases_Further_Guidance_on_Use_of_CARES_Act_Emergency_Funding_for_Students_Institutions
April 9, 2020: NASFAA discussion on the Department of Ed's briefing on emergency funding for students https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/21501/ED_Provides_Details_on_Institutional_Allocation_for_6_Billion_in_Emergency_Funds_for_Students
Guidance addressing verification, needs analysis, and distance education: https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/21445/ED_Releases_Updated_COVID-19_Guidance_A
March 20, 2020: Adjusting Direct Loan periods end dates if the terms are extended or shortened due to COVID-19: https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/21273/Trending_AskRegs_Q_A_Are_We_Required_To_Adjust_Loan_Period_End_Dates_If_We_Extend_Our_Terms_Due_To_Coronavirus
The Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) has also put out a resource page: https://www.career.org/coronavirus.html
May 11, 2020: Template to assist in meeting the reporting requirements of HEERF funds: https://cecu.informz.net/cecu/data/images/Template%20for%20Higher%20Education%20Emergency%20Relief%20Fund%20Reporting.pdf
April 15, 2020: CECU's Grant Guide for use of funds designated for students under the CARES Act, with an ongoing Q&A: https://www.career.org/grant-guide.html
April 9, 2020: CECU's discussion on the Department of Ed's briefing on emergency funding for students: https://www.career.org/uploads/7/8/1/1/78110552/4.10_gr_update_-_cecu_readout_of_the_u.s._department_of_education%E2%80%99s_briefing_on_covid-19_and_cares_act_2020-4-9.pdf
Cooley law firm discusses the CARES Act and how it relates to higher-education:
April 9, 2020: Guidance on issues related to implementation: https://ed.cooley.com/2020/04/09/managing-covid-19-disruption-ed-updates-and-consolidates-guidance/
Verification;
Leave of absences;
Audit submission;
Cash management;
Needs analysis;
Academic year reduction notice requirements;
Federal work study community service;
April 3, 2020: Institutional and student relief efforts: https://ed.cooley.com/2020/04/03/institutional-relief-under-the-cares-act
Approved leave of absence;
R2T4 and overpayments;
FSEOG and FWS under the CARES Act;
Student emergency aid;
National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) resources can be found here: https://www.nacubo.org/Topics/COVID-19
The NACUBO also had a telephone town hall on March 31, 2020. A recording can be listened to here: https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Advocacy/2020/33120TelephoneTownHallWashingtonUpdate.ashx?la=en&hash=5D96A7AAEA00BF9A7F382A42301D8AACCEA4F760
Some of the topics discussed on this call were:
Efforts to postpone implementation of the new lease and revenue recognition standards, as well as all major new standards by a year. This is currently only being considered, and not in effect as of March 31, 2020;
Grants for Emergency Support for Educational Institutions;
Campus based aid considerations (SEOG, FWS, etc.);
Waiving of certain R2T4 requirements;
Aid that goes directly to students and what it includes;
Employer and tax issues that schools might face;
Small Business Administration loans (SBA), Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL);
Payroll credits, and who is eligible;
Employer student loan repayment benefits;
Efforts made relating to Composite Score compliance requirements for fiscal year-ends 2020.
The American Council on Education has provided a resource page to assist schools: https://www.acenet.edu/pages/covid-19-information.aspx
Cornell Law School outlines what the legal requirements are for student eligibility which should be considered when determining how to allocate HEERF funds to students: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/1091
Congress's CARES Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/748/text
Some highlights from the CARES Act above relating to your higher educational institution:
Sec 3501 Short Title;
Sec 3502 Definitions;
Sec 3503 Campus-Based Waivers;
Sec 3504 Use of Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) for Emergency Aid;
Sec 3505 Federal Work-Study During a Qualifying Emergency;
Sec 3506 Adjustment of Subsidized Loan Usage Limits;
Sec 3507 Exclusion from Federal Pell Grant Duration Limit;
Sec 3508 Institutional Refunds and Federal Student Loan Flexibility;
Sec 3509 Satisfactory Academic Progress;
Sec 3510 Continuing Education at Affected Foreign Institutions;
Sec 3511 National Emergency Educational Waivers;
Sec 3512 HBCU Capital Financing;
Sec 3513 Temporary Relief for Federal Student Loan Borrowers;
Sec 3514 Provisions Related to the Corporation for National and Community Service;
Sec 3515 Workforce Response Activities;
Sec 3516 Technical Amendments;
Sec 3517 Waiver Authority and Reporting Requirement for Institutional Aid;
Sec 3518 Authorized Uses and Other Modifications for Grants;
Sec 3519 Service Obligations for Teachers.


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Four institutions are to join the 1994 group of research-intensive universities, bringing its total membership to 19. They are Leicester, Loughborough, the School of Oriental and African Studies and Queen Mary, University of London.
The 1994 group, including such universities as St Andrews and Sussex, represents smaller institutions than the Russell group, which lobbies for Oxbridge and the large civic "redbricks" such as Leeds and Bristol. The 1994 institutions stress their teaching as well as research prowess.
The announcement is a sign of the increasing division of the higher education sector into competing factions that lobby for their interests in Westminster and to government funding bodies.
Universities UK, the body that represents all British universities, is finding it increasingly difficult to present a united front to the government as the interests of different types of university diverge.
There are now four factions. The formation of the Russell group - at first an informal gathering that met in London's Russell Hotel to coordinate tactics - was followed by the Coalition of Modern Universities (CMU) to protect the interests of the former polytechnics, which felt they were being excluded from research funding.
Then came the 1994 group, and this year 18 middle-ranking institutions announced they were setting up a non-aligned group that hopes to attract up to 30 universities.
Welcoming the four newcomers to the 1994 group, its chairman, David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia, said: "Along with other member universities they share a commitment to research excellence, high quality teaching and an outstanding student experience. This shared ethos means the group is able to engage in a coherent and positive manner with key stakeholders and play an increasingly pivotal role in shaping policy in the higher education sector."
The group members have a combined total of 190,000 students, research income of £453m and 18,000 academic staff.
Current members of the 1994 group are Bath, Birkbeck, Durham, East Anglia, Essex, Exeter, Goldsmiths University of London, Lancaster, London School of Economics and Political Science, Reading, Royal Holloway University of London, St Andrews, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick and York.
Warwick and LSE are also in the Russell group, whose other members are Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Imperial College, King's College London, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton, University College London.
The CMU consists of: Anglia Ruskin (England); Bolton; UCE (Central England); UCLan (Central Lancashire); Coventry; Derby; UEL (East London); Gloucestershire; Greenwich; Kingston; Leeds Metropolitan; London Metropolitan; London South Bank; Luton; Middlesex; Roehampton; Southampton Institute; Staffordshire; Sunderland; Teesside; Thames Valley; Westminster, Wolverhampton; (Scotland) Abertay, Dundee; Glasgow Caledonian; Napier, Paisley. (Wales) Glamorgan and University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC).
In the non-aligned group are Aston, Bournemouth, Cranfield, De Montfort, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lincoln, Manchester Metropolitan, Newport, Nottingham Trent, Open University, Oxford Brookes, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Salford, Sheffield Hallam, and the University of Wales.


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Q: Function in cython changes numpy array type I am working with Cython and numpy, and have a strange issue to do with a cython function changing the dtype of the elements of a numpy array. Strangely, the dtype is only changed when the input type of the array is actually specified.
I am using Cython==0.29.11, numpy==1.15.4, python 3.6, on Ubuntu 18.04.
# cyth.pyx
cimport numpy as np

def test(x):
    print(type(x[0]))

def test_np(np.ndarray[np.uint32_t, ndim=1] x):
    print(type(x[0]))

Now cythonising this file and using the functions:
>>> from cyth import test, test_np
>>> import numpy as np
>>> a = np.array([1, 2], dtype=np.uint32)
>>> test(a)
<class 'numpy.uint32'>
>>> test_np(a)
<class 'int'>

So test works as expected, printing the type of the first element in the input array - a uint32. But test_np, which actually ensures that the type of the incoming array is uint32, now shows a regular Python int as the type of the first element.
Even trying to force the element to to be of the right type does not work, i.e. using:
def test_np(np.ndarray[np.uint32_t, ndim=1] x):
    cdef np.uint32_t el
    el = x[0]
    print(type(el))

still results in
>>> test_np(a)
<class 'int'>

Any help in understanding this discrepancy would be greatly appreciated.

A: Cython doesn't change the type of the array, but returns an element of a slightly different type.
The data in numpy-array is stored as contiguous field of 32bit unsigned integers. Accessing x[0] means creating a Python-object (because Python interpreter cannot handle raw C-ints) - numpy has a dedicated wrapper class for every numpy-dtype and returns an np.uint32-object.
Cython on the other hand, maps all C integer types (e.g. long, int and so on) simple onto Python-integer (which make sense).
Now, when numpy is cimported, x[0] no longer means using __getitem__() of the numpy-array (which would return np.uint32-object) but a C-integer (in this case unsigned 4byte), which is converted to a Python-integer, because "return XXX" means in a def function means the result must be a Python-object.
Which does mean, that the array has a different type - the types are mapped differently when converted to Python-object by Cython.

If you want to access data as np.uint32-objects, you could call __getitem__ instead of [..] ([..]  is translated by Cython as access to raw-C-data):
%%cython
cimport numpy as np

def test_np(np.ndarray[np.uint32_t, ndim=1] x):
    print(type(x[0]))                     # int
    print(type(x.__getitem__(0)))         # numpy.uint32

When you use typed memory views rather than ndarray, then calling __getitem__ directly will return a Python-integer __getitem__ of the memory view doesn't call __getitem__ of the underlying ndarray but accesses the data on the C-level. To call __getitem__ of the underlying object for memory view:
def test_np(np.uint32_t[:] x):
    print(type(x[0]))
    print(type(x.base.__getitem__(0))) # instead of x.__getitem__(0)

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Take Her Look [For Less]
February 25, 2016 March 25, 2016 / takeherlead	/ Leave a comment
Although Fashion Week wrapped up in New York City last week, the parade of this year's newest fashions is continuing across the pond in London, and the shows are shaping up to be just as much about as those in attendance as the styles making their way down the runway.
According to InStyle, one such fashionable guest was Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who attended the Burberry fall/winter 2016 show on Feb. 22. Dressed in head-to-toe Burberry, the model wore a military-inspired coat over a pintuck blouse, which she paired with wide-legged trousers. She completed her look with a cool chain-link bag.
Huntington-Whiteley's military-inspired look may seem fairly simple with its monochromatic color scheme, but don't let that fool you. With military-style coats starting from the new collection starting at a cool $2,595, this entire Burberry look is sure to cost you a pretty penny. Although the price might be high, don't give up hope yet — we've found all the pieces necessary to recreate her entire look for under $200. Read on for the results!
Finding a military-inspired coat to rival Huntington-Whiteley's Burberry number was no easy task, but the Military Faux Wool Coat in navy from Missguided offers a good alternative at a fraction of the price. Done in a darker navy, this coat features a similar double-breasted button style in a shorter length. Available for $85, this coat will form the basis of our look for less.
The Military Faux Wool Coat in Navy, found on MissguidedUS.com
You'll have to wear your new wool coat over a pintuck blouse, and this LC by Lauren Conrad number from Kohl's is just the shirt for the job. This look-alike style will perfectly pair with your military-inspired coat for only $33.60.
The LC by Lauren Conrad Pintuck Blouse, found on Kohls.com.
Completing our look for less is a pair of navy trousers, and the AB Studio Milan Straight-Leg Dress Pants from Kohl's make great pants to finish off the look. These neutral trousers will easily become a wardrobe staple, finding their way into a number of going-out and work outfits alike. For only $29.99, these trousers will be well worth the small investment.
The AB Studio Milan Straight-Leg Dress Pants, found on Kohls.com.
While Huntington-Whiteley's head-to-toe Burberry look may cost upwards of $2,595, our look-alike ensemble will only set you back $148.59. With all the extra money we saved you, you can go out and buy some cute heels and a cool chain-link purse to accessorize your look.
She Leads, You Follow: British Fashion Awards Edition
November 27, 2015 March 25, 2016 / takeherlead	/ Leave a comment
The boldest and the best of British fashion took to the red carpet on Nov. 23 for the British Fashion Awards of 2015. The annual event, which began in 1989 to honor prominent figures in British fashion whose contributions have transcended far beyond the UK, was held at the London Coliseum and saw the likes of Anna Wintour and Victoria Beckham in attendance. But some attendees stood out among the rest for their impeccable style.
First to catch our eye in a sophisticated white ensemble was model Arizona Muse. She floated down the red carpet in this ethereal two-piece gown, featuring a beaded elbow-length crop top and a cascading solid white skirt. A silver frame clutch, a red lip and a classic updo completed her stunning look.
Black and white was far from boring when model Jourdan Dunn walked the red carpet of the British Fashion Awards in this striking number. Featuring a mock-neck and cutouts at her waist and back, this gown revamped the classic combination. Dunn paired her look with a simple silver strappy heel and a few bold rings.
Actress Kate Beckinsale opted for an all-black ensemble for the evening's festivities, wearing an open-back dress with black heels and a black clutch. She completed her look with her signature high ponytail updo.
Capping off our favorite looks of the night was model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who stunned in a silver encrusted Burberry gown with a plunging neckline. Chandelier earrings and tousled hair completed her stylish ensemble.
Although these lovely ladies are dressed for a night to celebrate British fashion's elite, there are some things we can take away from their style to apply to the way we dress every day:
Simplicity is key – One of the unifying factors among all four of these looks is that they are all fairly simple; while they may have beading, cutouts or interesting necklines, they don't feature overwhelming prints or over-the-top accessories. Each look has one interesting focal point, to which all other things play a supporting role: for Muse, it's the beaded crop top; for Dunn, it's the cutouts; for Beckinsale, it's the back detail; for Huntington-Whiteley, it's the plunging neckline. All of the other details of their outfits — from their hair to their jewelry to their shoes and accessories — enhance instead of detract from the focal points of their looks.
Neutrals are interesting – Another common theme among these looks is their color: they are all done in neutral colors. From black and white, to all white, to all black, to silver, these looks are all neutral, but still so appealing. Why? Because of the shape of the gowns and their intricate details. While some have interesting cutouts, others have elaborate beading either at the bodice of the gown or all the way through. These gowns also have inherent shape-creating structures; Muse's crop top accentuates her waist, while Dunn's and Beckinsale's cutouts do the same. Huntingon-Whiteley's plunging neckline not only frames her face, it also acts as a pointing device to her waist, making it appear even smaller. Details like these are small, but they make all the difference.


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