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It's probably a good time to re-colonise Shakespeare
By Dinah Kolka — 3 weeks ago
The Renaissance was a spectacular time for literature, arts, and anatomy. The sheer wealth of geographical expansion reinvigorated Europe and invited it to explore, research, and discover. This period was crucial for the conflict between religion and knowledge, a subject thoroughly explored in Doctor Faustus. The Italian Renaissance especially brought forward many crucial questions about life and death, religion, exploration and other issues.
But this is no longer at the forefront of Renaissance studies. The calls for decolonisation have been sounding for quite a while and it's slowly becoming a subject mainly discussed by right-wing self-proclaimed pseudo-intellectual political commentators. Is it still worth talking about? It might be.
Many students join the English departments armed with an entire collection of Shakespeare's works and a copy of Doctor Faustus, anticipating learning all there is to know about Renaissance in literature.
Well, those students would be sorely disappointed. The loudest calls for decolonisation have been coming from The Globe, the first Shakespearian theatre. On the very front of their website, we can see 'Anti-Racist Shakespeare' in big red letters. When looking at their blog entry from August 2020, a completely innocuous and not totally coincidental date, the quote from Professor Farah Karim-Cooper sheds a lot of light on what's happening with Shakespeare:
As the custodians of Shakespeare's most iconic theatres, we have a responsibility to talk honestly about the period from which he emerged and challenge the racist structures that remain by providing greater access to the works and demonstrating how Shakespeare speaks powerfully to our moment.
This is fascinating, as this then led to many movements to decolonise the literary genius. Universities advise students to listen to a podcast about the importance of 'decolonising Shakespeare' and the first lecture is basically a lesson on why Shakespeare is not universal and must be redefined.
The lecture material encourages students to look out for 'colonial oppression' and invites students to not only decolonise Shakespeare but also the Renaissance. Put your Marlowe in the rubbish, the reading list is now filled with race-related, women-related plays, geared not at looking into the genuine literary wealth of Shakespeare, but at intersectionality. The anti-Semitism in The Merchant of Venice is barely visible under the colossal shadow of the potential 'queerness' within the novel. The patriarchy and the search for something that isn't there take precedence over trying to uncover important truths.
The lecturers may find it laughable that some people oppose decolonisation. They seem to be engaging in strawman 'oh does that mean that we're not going to teach Shakespeare? Of course not!' But that's not the point.
I think that if we're tearing down statues in Bristol and across the US, Shakespeare is potentially one of the cultural statues that could come down
Professor Ayanna Thompson, 'Shakespeare Teachers' Conversation'
If universities endorse the above message, what signal are they sending to their students? Of course, they may laugh trying to explain that it doesn't mean literally tearing down Shakespeare, but the point stands. What they are trying to do is to reconstruct the existing understanding of Shakespeare and re-create it in order to accommodate people who hate them.
Shakespeare was a white Anglo male and lived during the beautiful age of colonial expansion. No one should be worried about saying this one way or another. There's nothing wrong with it either. I personally believe that Doctor Faustus is a far more important novel than 'The Masque of Blackness' by Ben Jonson who wrote quite a dull play about black people searching for the land where they can become white and beautiful.
I understand that this is supposed to make the students uncomfortable and convince them to engage critically with the racism in the past; but don't we all already know this? Isn't it much more productive to focus on the plays that could relate better to contemporary issues? Apparently not.
Midsummer Night's Dream is apparently about patriarchy and The Merchant of Venice is gay. The problem with academia these days is not that there are modules that are ideological; no, the ideology very easily just seeps into everything. There is no way out anymore – most academics are left-wing so naturally their modules will be geared in that direction also. This wouldn't be an issue as this has been happening for aeons. The problem is that this then creates a whole army of impressionable young people whose main focus will be the discussion on intersectionality and race when there is so much more that Shakespeare can offer. The only way to circumvent it is to rediscover the truths that Renaissance literature has to offer. Reject intersectionality and race and embrace tradition.
Against Republicanism | Aidan Scott
Many Conservatives have noticed a worrying trend in polling recently. YouGov suggests that support for the Monarchy is falling, especially among younger people. For the first time in British history 19-24 year olds apparently support having an elected head of state instead of a hereditary one. When combined with His Highness the Prince of Wales's constantly mediocre approval ratings, a grim future seems to loom ahead of us. Many of my colleagues have dismissed these signs as unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Perhaps they are right, but I cannot help but be worried, and my worry has driven me to write this article in defence of Monarchy against the evil that haunts modern Britain: Republicanism.
In Britain, and I do not intend to comment on any other nation in this article, we have been ruled by Kings, Queens, and occasionally Emperors and Empresses, since written records began. Because of this it seems fair to regard Monarchy, in one form or another, as the native political system of the British peoples. Whilst our Monarchs have often been foriegn, the Throne has always been a native institution, never forced on us. The same cannot be said of Parliament, a Norman-French perversion of the Anglo-Saxon Witan. The only period where every part of Britain was not ruled by a Monarch was during Oliver Cromwell's brief stint as Lord Protector during the interregnum, where he established himself as a hereditary Absolutist ruler, a King in all but name and legitimacy. As we all know, this unprecedented period was so terrible that after Cromwell's death Charles Stuart, son of the previous King who Parliament murdered, was asked to come home from France and be Crowned King Charles II. The only time in history where Monarchy was abolished lasted a few short decades, and ended with Monarchy's restoration.
I believe one of the most important reasons to defend Monarchy in Britain is because it is one of the few fully domestic institutions left. Indeed, it is the domestic institution, it acts as an immaterial liferope stretching back thousands of years, on one end it is held by our ancestors, and on the other end it is held by us today. Whilst in the past we may have had more ropes strung between us, none were as important as the Throne, and all others have been cut in the name of reform and progress. If we choose to let go we lose our last real connection to our forefathers, forcing us to drift aimlessly into the future like a raft untethered from a larger ship. Some would argue, of course, that just because a system is native does not necessarily lead to its being good and worth protecting. I admit that this is true in some cases; to the Aztecs human sacrifice was native, and so too was widow-burning native to the Indians. However, a system being native almost always acts as a reason in favour of its preservation, as it is these unique elements that make each nation recognisable against one another, or connects lands far apart which share common heritage. The Throne simultaneously differentiates us from our neighbours, whilst also ties us together with our friends in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and many other nations who share the Queen as their Head of State. Until Monarchy is proven completely rotten it must stay, for our ancestors sake as much as ours.
Many have already written on the economic benefits the Monarchy brings for Britain. I find these arguments boring and unconvincing. For example, they often imply that we should support abolition if the Monarchy cost more than it brought in, an idea I find abhorrent. Instead an argument I find far more convincing, and one I hope Republicans will struggle to argue against, is the fact that the Monarchy acts as a foundation for every law in the country. Britain is well known for our unwritten "constitution". Instead of writing a single document to clarify everything from rights to how Parliament is to sit we simply use the laws that our fathers, grandfathers, great grandfathers and so on wrote to settle these issues. If we find these laws no longer suit us, we pass new ones that supersede and replace them. I love this system. It grants us both flexibility and structure. Even if at times it can be confusing, it is uniquely ours. However, unlike in America where their constitution essentially derives its authority from itself, our beautiful tangled mess of a constitution is built on the firm foundation of the Monarchy. It is the only institution that was not founded by some law, rather each law gains its force and legitimacy from the Monarch themself. When one keeps this in mind, it seems impossible for Abolition to occur without also requiring huge constitutional reform. Trying to get rid of the Monarchy without upsetting our delicate Constitutional arrangement, like trying to remove a house's foundations without causing the whole thing to collapse. It would not be enough to pass an amendment removing any mention of the Monarch from every law ever passed, the powers of the Monarch would have to be given to someone, and who does the general public trust with such immense power; Boris Johnson? Keir Starmer? The House of Commons? None of these people have proven themselves to be as prudent or farsighted as Her Majesty the Queen or any of her predecessors and none are worthy of the powers of State. Do you trust anyone to rewrite the entire British Constitution and not make a mess of it, or worse edit it in a way that benefits their party and their interests? You clearly shouldn't, and the safest way to ensure they don't is to fight to protect the Monarchy at all costs.
There are many points that I have failed to make in this article. Whether because I found them overdone or unconvincing, I have not written any argument that cannot in part explain my own personal devotion to our greatest institution, or why I will fight for its continuation until I draw my last breath. Such arguments can be found elsewhere, and perhaps I will write a more general 'Monarchist Manifesto' at a later date. I only hope to have contributed a few somewhat unique points in this extremely important debate.
God save the Queen.
The Whitewash – A Review of 'War on the West' by Douglas Murray
To begin, it's worth saying I owe something of a debt to Douglas Murray. He brought me to many of the positions I hold today, and while my overall impression of 'War on the West' was disinterest, it is only upon looking back at my own political journey I'm beginning to understand why I felt that way.
'War on the West' follows 'The Madness of Crowds' and the 'Strange Death of Europe' as Murray's third book discussing the state of political affairs in the Western world. Murray's thesis is best laid out by Murray himself:
"People began to talk of "equality", but they did not seem to care about equal rights. They talked of "anti-racism", but they appeared deeply racist. They spoke of "justice" but they seemed to mean revenge."
Herein lies the problem with 'War on the West', and why I moved away from Murray in my own life: there is no examination of what equality is to mean, what anti-racism is to look like, or what kind of justice is to be enacted, if any. The primary objection Murray has to the armies waging a war on the West is that their vision is not a classically liberal one. Explicitly antagonising white people with terms like 'white fragility', 'white tears', or 'white privilege' is bad because it racialises things Murray believes to have been deracialised by the Civil Rights Movement and other changes that occurred between the 1950's to early 2000s. In his previous work, Murray uses an analogy of a train of equality pulling into the station, only to careen off down the tracks at a greater speed than ever before without allowing its passengers to get off. Throughout Murray's work is an unexamined liberalism, that at best, is only ever criticised for being too pure. Liberalism, by its nature, criticises social orders for creating barriers for individuals. The many freedoms the West has provided have always come at the expense of the social orders liberalism eroded. Freedom for women came with the erosion of a patriarchal social order, and took with it the benefits such a system provided – such as the ability to raise a family on one income, a high degree of social trust, and a defined relationship between the sexes. It was inevitable that liberalism would eventually critique itself, and many of the authors Murray cites, from Kendi to DiAngelo, often build on those drawing on Herbert Marcuse and Theodore Adorno. The former was given money by the Rockefeller Foundation, and even worked for what would become the CIA. In many ways, it was Western liberalism with its free flow of capital and revolving door between the academy and influential roles of state that enabled these theories to promulgate.
In his interview with the Telegraph promoting the book, Murray states:
"As long as people are armed with the right facts and the right arguments, I just don't see how the cultural revolutionaries can win. I don't know about you, but I'm not spending the rest of my life cringing and being told I'm guilty of things I never did. Not doing it, not guilty."
This really begs the question of how exactly we got to this position to begin with. What's most striking about 'War on the West' is that it does read almost like a recap of a war. Battlefields are specified, different players and their decisions are named, and Lord knows there are a huge number of casualties in the culture wars Murray describes. But, were the people who permitted things to reach this stage simply incapable of posing arguments against it? In one chapter, Murray notes that claims that America is founded upon stolen land are self-refuting because the many tribes of America stole the land from one another. Are we to believe Americans are so ignorant of their own history that this argument has never been made? Murray himself notes in the conclusion that outlets such as MSNBC and the New York Times will deny that Critical Race Theory is taught in schools, but acknowledge that it exists when forced. There are no arguments that can be used against such a thing.
Left out of 'War on the West' is any truly systemic analysis of the problem. The aforementioned New York Times moved to a paywall model in 2011, and from that point forward, the focus on things like 'racism', 'sexism', 'homophobia', and 'transphobia' increased many times over. Around this time, legacy media was dying slowly. So newspapers moved from selling papers to many people to selling stories to a niche audience. The niche audience of the New York Times is the kind of cosmopolitan liberal who is very interested in niche identitarian trends, and in pitching themselves as radical while at the heart of the very system they claim to dislike. Despite this being a veritable War on the West, according to Murray, the emergency powers of war are never called upon. There are no calls to take decisive action to halt or prevent these systemic changes that led to this point. And in the conclusion, he defends the same economic system of capitalism that gave the New York Times its power, and forced it to change its business model to appeal to a niche audience of people hostile to Western people.
This attachment to a liberal historiography, in which individuals are given The Arguments and Make The Case, with spontaneous and emergent bottom-up change coming about as a consequence blinds Murray to the economic and legal realities that influence and shape this War on the West. Multiple universities are stated as battlegrounds for this war, but there is not a single mention of the fact universities are public authorities under the Equality Act (2010). That they have an 'equalities duty' to publish routine equalities reports, and must legally keep permanent members of staff dedicated to pushing this anti-Western message.
The only law Murray appears to mention in this vein is the Civil Right Act, which he defends as an example of the kind of good equality that he desires. Yet it was the Civil Rights Act which created the Civil Rights Commission, which in 1973 wrote to the Civil Service Commission and had them drop the standards for algebra in order to allow them to hire more non-white civil servants. Similar acts can be found in the UK. The Race Relations Act of 1973 (which performed the same anti-discrimination function as the Civil Rights Act he praises) created the Commission for Racial Equality. Today, the Race Relations Act has been assimilated into the aforementioned Equalities Act, and the Commission for Racial Equality has become the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which forces compliance with the Equalities Duty. There is a clear through-line from the civil rights legislation both in the USA and the UK, to the situation we are in now. The back of 'War on the West' reads as follows:
"The anti-Western revisionists have been out in force in recent years. It is high time we revise them in turn…"
Fundamentally however, there isn't much of a revision of dominant left-wing narratives within 'War on the West' at all. Instead, it seeks to remind leftists that their own heroes, from Marx, to Foucault are also not spotless figures. This can only go one of two ways: either they ignore this, and nothing changes, or they recognise this, and move away from those figures, and as a consequence have doubled down on their principles of removing any and all unsavoury figures from public life. Regardless, none of this is at all revisionary, nor does it fundamentally challenge the values and beliefs of the cultural revolutionaries. A truly revisionist view of things would challenge the dominant understanding of things like the Civil Rights Movement, which was not (as Murray describes) people 'making the case' for rights, that the American public was so blown away by that they accepted and endorsed. Academic studies like that done on Rosedale show the side of desegregation that was forced upon people, and came at the cost of schools, neighbourhoods, communities and lives. Rosedale was a segregated community, but desegregation and the tensions that came with it made it difficult for authorities to maintain peace. The result was that many of the former residents who didn't move out of their homes, found themselves the victims of racial violence by those who moved into the area, and had no regard for the police, who stopped policing the area out of fear of creating tensions. When Brown v. The Board of Education ended the desegregation of schools in America, and people protested, the national guard was sent in to disperse the crowd at gunpoint.
All of these changes were not the natural unfolding of human progress. They came today as they did in the civil rights movement, through force. Eisenhower and the national guard did not make the case for desegregation in light of Brown, they imposed it down the barrel of a gun. Whether that was right or wrong is irrelevant, that fact alone disproves the notion Murray insists upon in his recent public life – that the train of equality was chugging along gently, and only recently got out of hand. Equality is not a train chugging along set tracks, it is an amorphous blob that seeks to desacralise everything and dissolve all boundaries between all things. It does not progress in one direction alone, like a train, but expands in all directions and infects all things, including our supposedly right wing public figures.
In light of this, I still see some utility in Douglas Murray. Challenging double standards and hypocrisy is a cheap tactic which ultimately will not defeat those Murray opposes. Yet it is often the first chink in the armour for many people. I know I first came to move away from liberal beliefs because I found them to be contradictory, it was only in time I rooted out my own inherently liberal views, and ultimately moved to the political views and positions I hold now. In this respect, Murray is useful – he can confirm people's suspicions about the modern left, and give them comfort that there is a public figure who opposes these things. It's incumbent upon people with more bravery and introspection to take that one step further, and marry it with a systemic analysis of the situation, and propose and action a plan to undo these things and institute something new in its place.
Book Review: Ten Year Anniversary, The Demon in Democracy, by Ryszard Legutko | Ryan Anderson
A rarely remarked upon effect of Covid-19 has been the neglect of works that would have ordinarily garnered broader acclaim. Thus, as we've been distracted by the medical events, an assortment of commendable offerings have largely escaped public attention. One such work is 'The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies' by Polish academic and European Parliament member, Ryszard Legutko. Originally published in 2012 as Triumf Człowieka Pospolitego (Triumph of the Common Man), then edited and first appearing in English in 2016, Legutko's book is a rare recent work of real import. A decade on from its original publication, Legutko's book is still one of the best indictments yet of our liberal age
In a similar vein to the works of Christopher Lasch and John Gray, Legutko's is an account that is tepid towards the Thatcherite consensus that has come to define the right whilst resisting the easy overtures of our dominant left-liberalism. It's a book that illuminates the errors of the age as it rejects the pieties that our epoch demands.
Like Ed West, Michael Anton and Christopher Caldwell, Legutko is one of few contemporary writers willing to provide an honest account of the liberal status quo. By not succumbing to our assorted unrealities, Legutko is able to articulate the inadequacies of liberal democracy without the pusillanimous equivocation that's sadly all too prevalent. The book is thus a welcome addition to what is an otherwise bleak scene for the conservatively inclined, entrapped as we are in the all-pervasive mould of liberalism.
Such commendations aren't restricted to this reviewer, however. Figures such as Harvard's Adrian Vermeule and Notre Dame's Patrick Deneen have been equally effusive. For as Vermeule wrote: "Legutko has written the indispensable book about the current crisis of liberalism and the relationship of liberalism to democracy", while for Deneen the book is a "work of scintillating brilliance. [With] every page…brimming with insights."
High praise, undoubtedly, yet it's well vindicated upon reading. The central thesis is that despite an outward appearance of difference, communism and liberal democracy share a range of similarities. An observation that appears prima facie preposterous, yet after 180-odd pages of tightly-packed prose the reader is unable to avoid this unsettling insight.
The rationale for this claim is as such: both are inorganic systems that involve unnatural impositions and coercive zeal in their pursuit of illusory utopias. Utopias that are to be achieved practically through technology and 'modernisation' and buttressed theoretically by the purported fact of human equality. The two are thus historicist projects, seeking to ground human affairs in delusions of 'progress' in lieu of any underlying nature.
Both platforms are thus mere dogma. They are, as Legutko states:
"Nourished by the belief that the world cannot be tolerated as it is and that it should be changed: that the old should be replaced with the new. Both systems strongly and – so to speak – impatiently intrude into the social fabric and both justify their intrusion with the argument that it leads to the improvement of the state of affairs by 'modernizing' it."
The two systems are hence unable to accept human beings and political affairs as they actually are: man and the polis must be remoulded along the lines of each respective ideology. For the communists, this involves the denial of man's natural egotism and the subordination of his individual efforts towards an ostensible communal good. That this requires extreme coercion in implementation, unfathomable violence in practice, and has been deemed a delusion since at least Plato's Republic, is a tragedy that's all too commonly known.
So far, nothing new. Yet it's the author's elucidation of the unsavoury aspects of liberal democracy that is of particular note, especially for us here at the so-called 'end of history' and in light of the easy-going liberalism that permeates our societies, even as they slip further and further into evident decay. As Legutko suggests, liberal democracy shares a proselytising urge akin to that of Leninist communism, yet it's as equally blind to its theoretical errors and its evangelical impulses as was its communist forebear.
As Legutko sees it, a liberal-democratic man can't rest until the world has been vouched safe for liberal democracy. Never mind that this liberal-democratic delusion requires a tyranny over the individual soul – we're neither wholly liberal nor democratic – and entire groups of people. An emblematic example is the recent US-led failure to impose either democracy or liberalism (terms that Legutko fuses and distinguishes, as appropriate) on the largely tribal peoples of Afghanistan.
The justification for this liberal-democratic 'imperialism' is, of course, its final and glorious end. Once there's a left-liberal telos insight, then all means to its achievement are henceforth valid. For the communists, their failures are now common lore. Yet for our liberal-democrats, their – still largely unacknowledged – fantasies continue apace, aided as they are by their patina of 'enlightened improvement' and by the imperial patron that enables them.
That the effects of all this liberalising are unnatural, usually unwanted and often utterly repulsive to the recipients tends not to matter. Like all movements of 'true believers', there is no room for the heretic: forever onward one must plough.
The ideological spell cast by liberalism is thus as strong as any other. As Legutko observes:
"The liberal-democratic mind, just as the mind of a true communist, feels as inner compulsion to manifest its pious loyalty to the doctrine. Public life is [thus] full of mandatory rituals…[in which all] must prove that their liberal-democratic creed springs spontaneously from the depth of their hearts."
With the afflicted "expected to give one's approving opinion about the rights of homosexuals and women and to condemn the usual villains such as domestic violence, racism, xenophobia, or discrimination, or to find some other means of kowtowing to the ideological gods."
A stance that is not only evident in our rhetoric, but by material phenomena as well. One need only think of the now-ubiquitous rainbow flags, the cosmopolitan billboards and adverts, the 'opt-in' birth certificates, the gender-neutral bathrooms, the Pride parades, the gender-transition surgeries, the biological males in female events and so on to confirm the legitimacy of Legutko's claims and our outright denial of physiological reality.
Indeed, here's Legutko again: [the above] "has practically monopolized the public space and invaded schools, popular culture, academic life and advertising. Today it is no longer enough simply to advertise a product; the companies feel an irresistible need to attach it to a message that is ideologically correct. Even if this message does not have any commercial function – and it hardly ever does – any occasion is good to prove oneself to be a proponent of the brotherhood of races, a critic of the Church, and a supporter of homosexual marriage."
This sycophantic wheedling is practised by journalists, TV morons, pornographers, athletes, professors, artists, professional groups, and young people already infected with the ideological mass culture. Today's ideology is so powerful that almost everyone desires to join the great camp of progress".
Thus whilst the tenets of liberal democracy clearly differ from those of 20th Century communism, both systems are akin in their propagandistic essence, as he writes:
"To be sure, there are different actors in both cases, and yet they perform similar roles: a proletarian was replaced by a homosexual, a capitalist by a fundamentalist, exploitation by discrimination, a communist revolutionary by a feminist, and a red flag by a vagina".
Variations on this theme inform the entirety of the book and are developed throughout its five chapters: History, Utopia, Politics, Ideology, and Religion. Whilst there is some overlap, the book is written with a philosophical depth reflective of Legutko's status and which only a few contemporary writers can muster. As Deenen remarks:
"I underlined most of the book upon first reading, and have underlined nearly all the rest during several re-readings. It is the most insightful work of political philosophy during this still young, but troubled century".
Yet the book isn't exclusively an arcane tome. Aside from Legutko's evident learnings, what further enhances the work is the author's ability to draw upon his own experience. Born in the wake of the Second World War, raised in the ambit of Soviet communism, and employed in the European Parliament in adulthood, Legutko's is a life that has witnessed the workings of both regimes at first hand.
The author recalls that the transition from communism to liberal democracy was greeted with an early enthusiasm that soon devolved into disenchantment. As he states, any initial exuberance steadily subsided, with Legutko sensing early on that "liberal democracy significantly narrowed the area of what was permissible – [with the] sense of having many doors open and many possibilities to pursue [soon evaporating], subdued by the new rhetoric of necessity that the liberal democratic system brought with itself."
An insight which deepened the longer he worked within that most emblematic of our institutions of modern-day liberalism: the European Parliament. He writes:
"Whilst there, I saw up close what…escapes the attention of many observers. If the European Parliament is supposed to be the emanation of the spirit of today's liberal democracy, then this spirit is certainly neither good nor beautiful: it has many bad and ugly features, some of which, unfortunately, it shares with communism."
Even a preliminary contact…allows one to feel a stifling atmosphere typical of a political monopoly, to see the destruction of language turning into a new form of Newspeak, to observe the creation of a surreality, mostly ideological, that obfuscates the real world, to witness an uncompromising hostility against all dissidents, and to perceive many other things only too familiar to anyone who remembers the world governed by the Communist Party".
And it is this tyrannical aspect of liberal democracy to which Legutko ultimately inveighs. After some brief remarks on the eclipse of the old religion (Christianity) at the hands of the new, Legutko's parting words are an understandable lament that liberal-democratic man – "more stubborn, more narrow-minded, and…less willing to learn from others" – has vanquished all-comers. As he adds:
"With Christianity being driven out of the main tract, the liberal-democratic man – unchallenged and totally secure in his rule – will become a sole master of today's imagination, apodictically determining the boundaries of human nature and, at the very outset, disavowing everything that dares to reach beyond his narrow perspective." A sad state whereby "the liberal democrat will reign over human aspirations like a tyrant".
In this regard, Legutko's remarks echo the German proto-fascist-democratic-dissident, Ernst Junger, who 'hated democracy like the plague' and saw the triumph of America-led liberalism as an utter catastrophe. A posture which is also evident in Junger's compatriot and near contemporary, Martin Heidegger, and in his notion of the 'darkening of the world.'
Yet it's perhaps the most famous German theorist of all, Friedrich Nietzsche, to whom we should finally turn and in whose light Legutko ends the book. Largely accepting the popularised Hegelianism of Fukuyama – that there's no alternative to liberal democracy – Legutko nevertheless muses over whether our current status as Zaruthustrian 'Last Men' is a concession we must make to live in this best of all possible worlds or an indictment of our political and spiritual poverty.
As he concludes, the perpetuation of liberal democracy "would be, for some, a comforting testimony that man finally learned to live in sustainable harmony with his nature. For others, it will be a final confirmation that his mediocrity is inveterate."
A more accurate precis of our current situation I've yet to see, and one of many such reasons to read this most wonderful of books.


Pope Francis has told members of the Curia to tend to their flocks with generosity and mercy and has urged them to become a 'model' for all.
The Pope was speaking during his homily at Mass in St Peter's Basilica on Monday morning, as he celebrated the Feast of the Chair of Peter and the Jubilee of Mercy for the Roman Curia and all the Institutions related to the Holy See.
Before participating in the Mass, all those present gathered in the Paul VI Hall for a meditation on the theme "Mercy in our everyday life", and together with the Holy Father walked in procession through the Holy Door and into the Basilica.
He reminded them that God goes in search of the lost sheep, re-conducts them to the fold, cares for the wounded and heals the sick ones.
"This kind of behavior is the sign of love that knows no boundaries. It is faithful, constant, unconditional dedication, so that even the weakest may be reached by His mercy" he said.
And Pope Francis also urged those present to cultivate and practice a strong pastoral attitude within all Vatican work environments, "especially towards the people we meet every day".
"May no one – he said – feel neglected or mistreated, may everyone experience the loving care of the Good Shepherd".


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HAVING trouble with your iPhone signal? This simple step could change everything.
A new study has found that the answer to bad phone signal could be as simple as changing what hand you hold your device in.
Whether you hold your phone in your left or right hand, and even what direction the device is pointing, could all affect the quality and strength of your signal.
That's according to research from Danish scientists, who examined many of the world's leading smartphones to try and discover if this tiny change would affect your reception.
The discrepancy is due to the effect holding the device has on the phone's antenna, which is responsible for receiving the radio signals needed to make phone calls.
Apple's iPhone 6S Plus was found to be particularly susceptible to changes, as the signal improved by 300 per cent when held in the right hand rather than the left.
The iPhone 6S and iPhone SE also saw disparity, albeit on a lower scale.
However, Samsung devices appeared to perform better when held in the left hand, although again the difference in signal strength was extremely low.
The study, carried out by the Nordic Council of Ministers, examined a number of the most popular smartphones around today, including top Apple and Samsung devices.
This included the Apple iPhone 6, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge; the Sony Xperia Z3 and Z5 models; the LG G5; the Huawei P9, and the Nexus 6P and 5X.
The phones were tested in a laboratory on the common 900MHz frequency to see how they responded to a situation where only poor signal was available.
The findings echo the famous statement from Apple founder Steve Jobs, who in 2010 told users to "just avoid holding it this way" when faced with complaints that the iPhone 4 was suffering similar mobile reception issues.
The researchers concluded, "The performance variation between left hand and right hand usage is for several phones very large. This shows that for some phones the antenna design does not take body loss in different usage positions into account.
"It is recommended that a standard is set for the minimum accepted communication performance...the test results for each phone should be public available to guide the consumers when buying mobile phones."


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26 December, 2021 - 18:00 Sahir
Incredibly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside 72-Million-Year-Old Egg
An exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo was discovered inside a fossilized egg in China dating back 72 million years and is one of the most complete dinosaur embryos ever found. The amazing...
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30 November, 2021 - 13:57 Nathan Falde
Scientists in China May Have Found 125-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur DNA
The idea that scientists might be able to recover dinosaur DNA from fossilized remains seems absurd. But now, the concept has moved beyond the realms of the absurd to the absolutely possible, thanks...
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27 August, 2021 - 22:53 Nathan Falde
Four-Legged Whale Found in Egypt Named after Egyptian God Anubis
Egyptian paleontologists have identified a new four-legged whale species that walked on land more than 43 million years ago. The fossilized partial skeleton of this exotic creature was discovered in...
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Largest-ever Australian Pterosaur Reconstructed In Amazing New Study
A gigantic prehistoric jawbone recovered near the small Australian outback town of Richmond in Northwest Queensland belonged to a previously undiscovered type of Australian pterosaur, a University of...
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26 July, 2021 - 15:01 Nathan Falde
Pterosaurs, the First Flying Dinos, Could Fly as Babies, Says Research
A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports has revealed that baby pterosaurs could most likely fly almost as soon as they hatched from their eggs. Pterosaurs were flying reptiles that...
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25 May, 2021 - 18:55 Sahir
Dinosaur in Mexico: New "Talking" Species Used Low Frequency Sounds
The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Mexico, a part of the Ministry of Culture, along with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), launched a project in 2013, to "...
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Epic Jurassic Era Fossil Shows a Predator in Action Being Preyed Upon
The Jurassic was a geological epoch that is dated from 201.3 million years ago (from the end of the Triassic period) to 145 million years ago (till the Cretaceous period begins) that has a long...
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20 April, 2021 - 22:54 Nathan Falde
Tyrannosaurus Rex Likely Hunted in Packs - and There Were Billions of Them!
As the most ferocious dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex once prowled the lands that now comprise North America with impunity. And if the conclusions of a new research project are correct, their behavior...
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How Tanystropheus Dinosaurs Used Their Super Long Necks To Survive
Since the first fossils of a reptile species called Tanystropheus were discovered in 1852, paleontologists have been attempting to discern how and where this unusual species lived. Tanystropheus...
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7 November, 2020 - 00:47 Ed Whelan
New Duckbill Dinosaur Evidence Shows That Dinosaurs Crossed Oceans
An international team of scientists claims that dinosaurs were able to migrate across oceans. This remarkable claim was based on the discovery of new duckbill dinosaur fossils unearthed in Morocco...
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30 September, 2020 - 00:41 ashley cowie
Battle Of The Pterosaurs! Britain vs China In Dinosaur Wrangle
The word "pterosaur" translates to "winged lizard" and these creatures existed during most of the Mesozoic period : from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (228 to 66 million years ago)...
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29 May, 2020 - 02:02 ancient-origins
Dinosaur-dooming Asteroid Struck Earth at 'Deadliest Possible' Angle
New simulations from Imperial College London have revealed the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs struck Earth at the 'deadliest possible' angle. The simulations show that the asteroid hit Earth at...
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10 March, 2020 - 00:36 ancient-origins
Days Were Half An Hour Shorter 70 million Years Ago
Earth turned faster at the end of the time of the dinosaurs than it does today, rotating 372 times a year, compared to the current 365, according to a new study of fossil mollusk shells from the late...
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Scientists Finally Closing in on Nessie, The Loch Ness Monster
Ever since the Irish Missionary St. Columba confronted a ' great serpent ' in the River Ness in 565 AD, Loch Ness in Scotland has been the traditional home of the famous monster by the same name. But...
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2 April, 2019 - 13:59 ancient-origins
66-Million-year-old Deathbed Linked to Dinosaur-Annihilating Meteor
Fossilized fish piled one atop another, suggesting that they were flung ashore and died stranded together on a sand bar after the wave from the seiche withdrew. The beginning of the end started with...
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12 March, 2019 - 11:32 aprilholloway
Do the Ica Stones prove that mankind coexisted with dinosaurs and had advanced technology?
It is a rare object that stimulates the curiosity of archaeologists, ancient astronaut theorists, and creationists all at the same time, but the Ica stones have done just that. The Ica stones refer...
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Welcome to the new and improved Spear's magazine, Britain's wealth bible, which lands this week and comes with a fresh makeover and the very best exclusive content for HNWs.
As the May/June edition makes clear, Spear's believes that Brexit offers the City and the UK's £800 billion-a-year wealth management industry a historic opportunity to go global like never before. Our cover story – 'Big Bang 2.0 – Why Brexit is London's chance to go interstellar' – explains all.
This edition features our 2017 power index of the top 50 family lawyers in Britain, the legal high-flyers who deal with the biggest cases. This comes with an exclusive survey of their opinion on London's future as the divorce capital of the world – and their compelling verdict on the Lord Chancellor Liz Truss.
We also have an exclusive interview with the former Labour Foreign Secretary David Miliband, now head of the US-based International Rescue Committee. Miliband gives us his views on what's gone wrong with globalisation, explains why the rich need to give more, and tells us why he's not happy to be described as an 'ex-politician'.
Elsewhere we draw insight from the financial journalist and City historian Iain Martin in our new Liquid Lunch slot. 'Have you ever been to Frankfurt? The idea that it is going to be the new financial hub is complete nonsense,' insists Martin. At Spear's we couldn't agree more.
Finally, as well as offering a wealth of insight into investing, geopolitics, luxury lifestyle and our regular columnists – including Sam Leith, Clive Aslet, Ross Clark, Nick Foulkes and Lucia van der Post – we also hear from the bestselling author Joanna Trollope, who talks about wealth, work, life and her new book, City of Friends. 'Having enough money means, quite simply, freedom and choice,' Trollope announces.


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The University will host an international seminar which explores fairness in sport on Thursday 20 April.
A panel of professional and local sports leaders will debate whether professional sport is in crisis following widespread claims of cheating and a lack of role models for young people.
The seminar will also explore concerns over the treatment of officials in local sport and how much the behaviour of professionals influences amateurs and young people.
Exploring these issues and suggesting ways to ensure progress in sport, an expert panel of guests involved in an array of sports, including rugby, football, cricket and basketball, has been formed.
The panel includes:
Matt Elliott, former Leicester City and Scotland defender
Wasim Karim, CEO of Leicestershire County Cricket Club
George Chuter, former hooker for Leicester Tigers and England.
Rob Paternostro, head coach for Leicester Riders basketball team
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith, ex-400 metre runner and Olympic bronze medallist
Arun Kang, CEO of Sporting Equals, who actively promote greater involvement in sport and physical activity by disadvantaged communities particularly the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) population
The seminar is a free event organised under the European ERASMUS programme by the Unit for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement (DICE).
This free public event is open to all and will take place in Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 2, University of Leicester campus, between 6pm-7:30pm on Thursday 20 April 2017.
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Benjamin Robert Wheatley (29 September 1819 – 9 January 1884) was an English bibliographer.

Life
Wheatley was born on 29 September 1819, the eldest son of Benjamin Wheatley, an auctioneer in Piccadilly. He was educated at King's College School, London, and on leaving, took up the compilation of catalogues and indexes.

Cataloguer
In 1843 Wheatley catalogued a portion of the library of the Athenæum Club, under the supervision of C. J. Stewart, the bookseller. In 1844 he catalogued the library of Charles Shaw-Lefevre at Heckfield in Hampshire, and in 1845 the remains of the library at Hafod Uchtryd collected by Thomas Johnes In the same year he catalogued the library of the Geological Society, and in 1846 that of Charles Richard Fox in Addison Road, Kensington, and that collected by John Byrom at Kersal Cell, Manchester (catalogue printed in 1848).  Between 1847 and 1850 he catalogued the libraries of John Archer Houblon at Hallingbury Place in Essex, of the Alfred Club, of the Marquess of Lansdowne (at Bowood in Wiltshire, and in Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square), of the Royal College of Physicians, of Augustus Gostling at Whitton, of Lord Bolton at Hackwood Park, and of the Army and Navy Club.

In 1850 and 1851 Wheatley was engaged in compiling an index of subjects to supplement the catalogue of authors at the Athenæum Library. It was printed in 1851, and served as a model for subsequent indexes. In 1852 he catalogued the libraries of the Travellers' and the Oxford and Cambridge Club, and in 1853 that of the United Service Club and the Dugald Stewart collection, bequeathed to the club by his son, Colonel Matthew Stewart.

In the subsequent years Wheatly catalogued the libraries of Lady Charlotte Guest at Canford Manor in Dorset, of the Privy Council Office, of Lord Lilford, of Dr. Edward Moore, of the Junior United Service Club, and of the Earl of Romney. He also catalogued, with his friend Thomas Boone, the library of Lord Vernon. In 1854 he made an index to the first 15 volumes of the Statistical Society's Journal (London, 1854), and he continued to make the indexes of the annual volumes to the end of his life.

Librarian
In 1855 Wheatley was appointed resident librarian of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, for whom he had worked in 1841; and from that time he largely ceased to make library catalogues. He was one of the organising committee of the conference of librarians, and served on the first council. He occasionally acted as vice-president of the Library Association.

Wheatley died in London unmarried on 9 January 1884 at 53 Berners Street, the premises of the Medical and Chirurgical Society. He was buried in a family grave on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.

Works
At 17 years old, Wheatley made a catalogue for his father of the twelfth part of the Heber library, which appeared in 1841. He altered and adapted flexibly the French or "Paris" system of classification; and explained his principles in Desultory Thoughts on the Arrangement of a private Library, which appeared in 1878 in the Library Journal (iii. 211–16).

After 1855, Wheatley prepared some bibliographical notes for the Royal College of Physicians. In 1857 he completed an index to Thomas Tooke's History of Prices. He made two printed catalogues of the Medical and Chirurgical Society's library in 1856 and 1869, and two indexes of subjects in 1860 and 1879; the edition of 1879 was a guide to medical literature. He also made a manuscript catalogue of the collection of engraved portraits of medical men in the possession of the society, with short biographies of 900 of the persons portrayed.

Wheatley's other publications were:
General Index to the Transactions of the Pathological Society, vols. xvi–xxv., London, 1878.
General Index to the first twelve volumes of the Transactions of the Clinical Society of London, London, 1880.

He contributed articles on bibliographical subjects to the Transactions and Proceedings of the Conference of Librarians, the Monthly Notes of the Library Association of the United Kingdom, the Bibliographer, and the Library Journal. Wheatley printed poems privately, including Buds of Poesy, London, 1838.

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1819 births
1884 deaths
Burials at Highgate Cemetery

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APPA Staff Member Wins IAEE Rookie of the Year Award
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(PRESS RELEASE) STAMFORD, CT — Andy Darmohraj, executive vice president and COO of the American Pet Products Association, announced that Christopher Bonifati, attendee services coordinator at APPA, has received the 2017 International Association of Exhibitions and Events Rookie of the Year Award.
The Rookie of the Year Award recognizes excellent professional performance by an IAEE member with three or less years of full-time exhibitions and events industry experience.
"It's very rewarding to see one of our staff members honored by such a prestigious association in the trade show industry," said Darmohraj. "We're proud of Chris' contributions to the Global Pet Expo team and look forward to his continued growth and success in event management."
This year's award winners were selected after careful consideration and review by the IAEE Awards Committee and approval by the IAEE Board of Directors, following an open call for nominations earlier in the year.
"We continue to be impressed by the accomplishments of the many nominees and want to congratulate this year's honorees," said 2017 IAEE Awards Committee Chairperson Patricia Farias Barlow. "On behalf of the Awards Committee it's exciting to see our IAEE members continue to represent the the best that the exhibitions and events industry has to offer."
In his position, Bonifati assists new buyers with Global Pet Expo registration by reviewing proof of business and providing aid throughout the process. He also maintains the buyer database and contributes new ideas to help streamline the registration process. Bonifati earned his bachelor's degree from Boston College. He's an active member of Habitat for Humanity and the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign.
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A different kind of virus
The cyber security market and COVID-19
Aidan Murphy
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Through my time working in comms for cyber security companies and monitoring the news agenda, one trend that has persisted is that every major event in the "real world" has an equal reaction in the cyber security space. Trade wars, elections, and even protests, are reflected in mirror activity taking place online. So too has it been the case for COVID-19.
Coronavirus isn't the type of virus the security industry is experienced in fighting. However, the societal impacts of COVID-19 quickly brought the issue into the realm of cyber security. All of those years we spent talking about cloud and digital transformation, remote work forces, shadow IT, BYOD, and suddenly the world's workforce is sent home overnight.
Companies that had been stubbornly holding to their on-premise set up were thrown through the loop, but even the most forward-thinking organisations weren't ready for their entire workforce to be operating from home. Digital transformation projects usually measured in months or years had to happen yesterday and the cyber security community's advice on how to secure a remote workforce transformed from prescient to urgent.
As the good guys moved quickly to protect organisations facing a difficult time, the bad guys moved to exploit it. The crisis has led to a spree of campaigns using old tactics with a new COVID-19 twist:
Nation state attacks: National cyber defence bodies like the NCSC have been kept busy warning people of how hostile nation states are using offensive cyber techniques as a way of stealing information on COVID outbreaks and cures. Large-scale password spraying attacks are the latest way for nefarious actors to target pharma companies, laboratories and other healthcare organisations
Enterprise attacks: Cybercrime gangs have stepped up attempts to breach companies using COVID related phishing emails to social engineer employees
Consumer attacks: Threat actors are also using the fear around COVID-19 to trick people into clicking links and emails that steal their money and identities
The cyber security industry had to step up its game again, advising organisations on how to spot and protect their employees from these types of attacks, even as they are working from home.
All the while, the industry has had to find its own way to adapt to the crisis. The beginning of June is typically a very busy time for me and most other security professionals because of Infosecurity Europe. The UK's most important security event was instead held virtually last week, as was the "Oscars" of the security industry, the SC Awards.
You can only be impressed by the quick transition of these events to digital platforms, along with the countless podcasts, webinars, and panels our clients have been involved in or launched themselves. The cyber security industry is nothing if not adaptable. Although, I never thought I'd miss walking the floors of the Olympia. I also know a number of our SC Award winning clients were sorry to have missed the piss up after party.
It's the cyber security industry's adaptability and quickness to respond that has enabled it to become even more relevant. Thankfully, all of this means that this sector is likely to come through the crisis relatively unscathed.
The monumental shift to remote working won't be reversed after the crisis. At least, not fully. While employees might return to the workplace eventually, IT teams won't undo the progress in making their infrastructure more flexible, and securing this new reality will be a priority.
As a result, confidence in the market remains high, with a consensus that it will be an area of interest for many investors, with some commentators going so far as to call the industry "recession proof". Indeed, cybersecurity is being championed as a focus area for recovery, with both the UK Government and European Commission pledging funding packages to spur on the growth of the industry.
There has not been an industry untouched by COVID-19, but the cyber security sector is one that has managed to have a positive impact throughout the crisis and, I hope, will continue to do so through the recovery period we now face.
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Vancouver Coastal Health provides a vast range of existing health care programs and services in the community for residents of all ages, including Vancouver's West End/Downtown communities.
Current & future health services & supports in the West End/Downtown brochure
Current & future health services & supports in the West End/Downtown
VCH is working closely with Providence Health Care to ensure residents in the West End/Downtown continue to have access to the health care services they need after St. Paul's Hospital relocates to the new Station Street site in Vancouver's False Creek Flats. VCH will continue to serve the current needs of area residents through its existing services, while expanding, enhancing and improving access to primary, home and community services to meet future needs, and to help reduce demand for hospital and residential care services.
New Community Health Centre combines Three Bridges Community Health Centre & West End Mental Health Team Services
The new Community Health Centre, located at 1128 Hornby Street in Vancouver, replaces the services previously offered at the Three Bridges Community Health Centre. The larger space will allow health-care providers to see more clients and work side-by-side with other health-care teams to better coordinate care. The new Community Health Centre will also be the new home for the West End Mental Health Team, bringing even more services under one roof with a more integrated, team-based model of care. The new centre allows us to better meet the current and future needs of the community, especially the frail, elderly, chronically ill and those struggling with mental health and substance use challenges.
VCH existing health services and programs serving the West End/Downtown
Many VCH-Vancouver programs serve the West End and local neighbourhoods in the home, in schools, on the street, and in other settings. Some services are outreach rather than site-based to serve the entire city, so are also available to West End residents as needed. Important to note is that all existing services currently offered by VCH in the West End and Downtown will remain after St. Paul's Hospital relocates.
Future health service enhancements planned for the West End/Downtown
VCH is expanding, enhancing and improving access to primary, community and home-based care in the West End/Downtown area.
Planned enhancements to existing services in the West End/Downtown
Home Health:
Expanded hours to increase client access to services seven days a week
Expanding hours for VCH's Quick Response Team (supporting hospital discharges) to seven days a week
A new Home Health ambulatory clinic at the Three Bridges Community Health Centre
Home Hospice:
Expanded hours of shift care nursing in the home
Increased residential hospice beds city-wide
Outreach Nurse Practitioner visits for frail elderly (70+) without a family physician, or who are unable to access traditional services due to a health crisis
Adult Day Program:
Increased program capacity including support to mitigate caregiver distress
Addition of a Case Manager in the West End to support caregivers of complex clients
Primary Care:
A new integrated community health centre, the City Centre Community Health Access Centre, will bring together the services currently offered at the Three Bridges Community Health Centre and the West End Mental Health team. The future centre will be accessible seven days per week.
Electronic medical records to allow seamless care across VCH and PHC primary care teams
Working with the Vancouver Division of Family Practice, exploring how to increase capacity for residents living in the West End to have access to family doctors
New services being planned for the West End/Downtown
Seniors Services:
iCARE and Ideal Transitions Home: improved transitions from hospital to community care for seniors
Seniors Strategy: services to help seniors 70+ with complex health care needs remain in their homes, with increased home health capacity in the community
New palliative and end-of-life services including: an increased numbers of hospice beds, expanded care hours, new client-centred practices in residential care
Starting with seniors with complex care needs and then expanding to include all of Vancouver's population, VCH is partnering with the Vancouver Division of Family Practice to improve access to comprehensive primary care services, 24/7 for better health outcomes
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Airlines escalates virus response
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European carriers led by British Airways said they're quitting China as the deadly coronavirus spreads, though U.S. operators plan to retain some services for now.
BA took the most dramatic step, saying Thursday it will cease flights to Beijing and Shanghai until March 1 after acting on U.K. Foreign Office advice. Iberia, its Spanish sister carrier at IAG SA, is also suspending operations, while Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France and SAS AB said they'll exit China until Feb. 9.
Airlines are severing links as the virus death toll rises above 170 and confirmed cases soar past 7,700. A decline of 10% in Chinese traffic could clip global passenger growth by 2.8 percentage points, reducing it to 1.4%, according to Nick Cunningham, an analyst at Agency Partners in London.
"The slowdown is likely to extend beyond China and to impact elective travel more widely," Cunningham said. "Major corporations will limit travel, and if this goes on for a while, global traffic may not grow at all for the year."
Almost 11% of flights scheduled to or from China were scrapped between Jan. 23 and Jan. 28, based on research from Cirium, which analyzes air travel. Moves to abandon routes to Beijing and Shanghai indicate escalating levels of concern, with both cities hundreds of kilometers from the focus of the viral outbreak around Wuhan in the country's central Hubei province.
U.S. carriers are taking a more conservative approach to scrapping flights, with the three top operators paring timetables without exiting China completely, and citing lower demand due to the virus for the changes, rather than direct health concerns. The White House is leaving decisions on flights to airlines for now, Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump's economic adviser, said in Washington.
United Airlines Holdings Inc. will cut its 12 daily departures to China and Hong Kong to four, with the change to be implemented Feb. 9, running until March 27. It cited a significant drop in load factors for the move.
American Airlines Group Inc. is suspending flights from Los Angeles to Shanghai and Beijing over the same period, also citing lower demand, while continuing to serve the Chinese cities from its Dallas-Fort Worth base. Delta Air Lines Inc. will halve China flights to 21 a week from Feb. 6 through April 30.
The World Health Organization plans to provide an update later Thursday on whether it regards the outbreak as a "public health emergency of international concern." The designation would give it powers to recommend travel curbs for cities, regions and countries, which might affect airlines still serving China.
Among those are Gulf operators Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways, which provide vital links to the world's second largest economy via their vast transfer hubs, with 160 flights a week there, including Hong Kong.
Emirates, the largest long-haul airline, gets a third of sales from East Asia, including Australasia, and has been looking to add more China destinations to tap "extraordinary" demand growth, President Tim Clark said last year.
Air France pilot union SNPL advised members that they had the right to refuse to fly to China given the situation, and the carrier later announced services would cease. Dutch sister company KLM told Bloomberg that China remains part of its network, albeit with a reduced service.


Dr. Gulrajani is Adjunct Assistant Professor and Dr. Realmuto is Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Gulrajani is Psychiatrist, Department of Human Services, Minneapolis, MN.
Dr. Piel presents a model curriculum for elective legislative advocacy training of general psychiatry residents at the University of Washington. In this commentary, we discuss the role of the physician as a leader in legislative advocacy and emphasize the need for training in this neglected arena. We highlight the common ground between legislative advocacy and forensic psychiatry and make a case for increased involvement of forensic psychiatrists.
In her article,1 Jennifer Piel presents a model curriculum for elective training in legislative advocacy for residents and medical students. In doing so, she lays out the components of the legislative process and discusses various avenues for trainee involvement that hone specific aspects of advocacy competency. We commend Dr. Piel for her astute identification of gaps in present-day psychiatric training in an area of competence that we believe is vital to our profession. To this end, we welcome her pilot exploration of a solution to bridge this gap. We first begin with a discussion of the role of the physician in health care advocacy.
Should physicians be involved in health care advocacy at all? We believe it imperative that they lead the way. Among health professionals, physicians have the requisite leadership gained through the delivery of health services to understand the complexity of systems-based health care delivery. Increasingly important to the challenges to best practice are forces external to the physician–patient relationship. It is at the intersection of legislative oversight, health policy mandates, health economics, culture, service capacity, workforce limitations, and public health frameworks that access, timeliness, efficiency, and excellence play out. The place of leadership that physicians occupy in the health care system imparts unique perspectives, to which we must add the responsibility of systems change through legislative advocacy.
As Piel points out, both the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association encourage physicians to serve society by participating in the processes of legislative change. To foster this role, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) guidelines in both general psychiatry and forensic psychiatry training include milestones to measure competencies in professional advocacy. Yet, there are few programs teaching the subject. Some of those that teach advocacy seek only to improve the health of the individual patient and do not focus on broader public health sociopolitical change that can be achieved through legislative advocacy. To our knowledge, Piel's model curriculum is a novel example in the published literature reporting on efforts to train physicians in legislative advocacy.
So why do so few programs teach legislative advocacy as part of their curriculum at any level of training? Piel has enumerated various challenges to setting up a program of this nature. For us, the biggest obstacle is the absence of an institutional motivation or mandate to allocate program resources to this type of training. Simply put, compared with most of the clinical training directives, advocacy is not a reimbursed service. Is it then not in the purview of clinical training?
It is true that private and not-for-profit health systems invest in advocacy efforts. Physician leaders are confronted with threats and opportunities to their practice from legislative actions. Large health systems may retain lobbyists to protect themselves from scope-of-practice problems, threats to clinical practice standards, and governmental quality oversight. This advocacy is for the business interests of the profession. Physician leaders familiar with legislative advocacy are effective strategists within this sphere of advocacy.
What of advocacy for the human interest of our profession? Resource allocation, treatment capacity, workforce problems, best practices, pharmacy benefit restrictions, and fragmentation of the mental health safety net are all public health matters that are ripe for advocacy efforts. Where are they being addressed? We are concerned that when resources contract, clinical practice becomes the only foundation of training programs and opportunities for nonclinical training endeavors shrink. A committee at the Institute of Medicine designated to study obstacles to research training in psychiatry residency found that residents' clinical requirements are excessive and prevent tailored training.2 The committee also found that many small and mid-sized programs do not have sufficient resources to support research programs. Although training in legislative advocacy does not always entail patient-oriented research, it involves numerous activities that enhance competence in tasks related to medical research. From the point of view of allocation of program resources, it falls under the common umbrella of activities that are not billable.
If not monetarily sanctioned, then where does the energy for advocacy come from? We believe that there lies beyond conventionally delivered education something more. Pedagogical approaches, such as reading of landmark court cases, legislative research, and classroom instruction, are very important. It is, however, the passion for social justice shared by mentors that is absorbed by residents and launched though training and academic discipline. Not specifically delineated in Piel's monograph, but inherent in the advocacy training process, are the motivating relationships forged with mentors and senior faculty. Piel highlights the numerous benefits that residents derive from advocacy training. We additionally note the potential benefits to the program and our profession at large. Considering the widespread impact that advocacy at the legislative level can have on the regulation and expansion of psychiatric practice, we urge programs to allocate more of their energies to advocacy training and argue that fostering training and activism in legislative advocacy could result in dividends for patients, society, and training programs that would more than justify the small investments involved.
Finally, we turn to the interface of advocacy, training, and forensic psychiatry. The latter is a relatively young subspecialty of psychiatry. The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, the apical body that promotes scientific and educational activities in forensic psychiatry was founded in 1969. Earlier definitions of forensic psychiatry envisaged it as the narrow application of psychiatry to legal matters, though, as Piel notes, an expanded definition includes application of scientific and clinical knowledge to regulatory or legislative matters. Piel describes how training in legislative advocacy primes interested trainees to pursue careers in forensic psychiatry by imparting education about the legal system, statutory interpretation, consultation, and testimony; but isn't the converse equally true? There is little doubt that forensic psychiatrists, by their unique skill set in the legal arena, are suited to take on the mission of legislative advocacy. Indeed, the connection between forensic psychiatry and advocacy goes beyond mere overlapping of skills.
We have long held sacred the identity of the forensic psychiatrist as a consultant to the legal system. Thus, we have developed our own unique set of ethics derived from the ethics framework applicable to the medical dimensions of the profession. In contrast to a general psychiatrist, whose main ethics duty is to the patient, we have repeatedly asserted that the primary ethics duty of a forensic psychiatrist is to the court and not to the individuals we are asked to evaluate. How then do forensic psychiatrists fulfill their obligations toward professional advocacy if not through legislative advocacy? Of course, we are not the first to raise this question. In 2011, Joseph Bloom, MD3 accorded the responsibility of keeping up with legislative changes to forensic psychiatrists and went as far as proclaiming this as a duty that forensic psychiatrists owe to all other psychiatrists. Heeding his words, Piel leads the way by laying out a model curriculum in legislative advocacy that is truly worthy of widespread attention and replication. In a time where the burning social problems of the day (for example: gun violence, opioid epidemic, and prison reform) pertain to mental health and are demanding legislative change, we also look upon Jennifer Piel's program as a call to all forensic psychiatrists to meet the challenges of legislative reform and fulfill their ethics obligations to the profession.


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EDPB provides further insight into GDPR Codes of Conduct
The European Data Protection Board ("EDPB"), the body tasked with ensuring consistent application of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 ("GDPR") across Europe, recently published its 2019 Annual Report (the "Report"). The Report provides insight into guidelines on Codes of Conduct for the application of the GDPR ("Codes").
1. What are Codes of conduct?
The Report provides that Codes are a mechanism which can be used to assist organisations in demonstrating their GDPR compliance. They aim to establish a set of rules which contribute to the proper application of the GDPR in a practical and transparent manner, taking on board the nuances of a particular sector and its processing activities. Codes cover topics such as fair and transparent processing, legitimate interests pursued by controllers in specific contexts, the collection of personal data, the pseudonymisation of personal data, the information provided to individuals and the exercise of individuals' rights, the information provided to and the protection of children, technical and organisational measures, data protection by design and by default, security measures, breach notification, data transfers outside the EU and dispute resolution procedures.
2. Are there any Guidelines for Codes?
In 2019, the EDPB adopted Guideline 1/2019 on Codes of Conduct and Monitoring Bodies under Regulation 2016/679 (the "Guidelines"). The aim of the Guidelines is to provide practical guidance and interpretative assistance in relation to the application of GDPR Articles 40 and 41, which relate to Codes. The Guidelines clarify the procedures and rules involved in the submission, approval and publication of Codes at both national and European level. They set out the minimum criteria required by a Competent Supervisory Authority ("CompSA") before accepting to carry out a review and evaluation of a Code. They also set out the factors relating to the content to be taken into account when evaluating whether a particular Code provides and contributes to the proper and effective application of the GDPR.
3. How are Codes developed and approved?
The Guidelines refer to the appropriate procedures for how Codes should be developed and approved. The Guidelines provide that Codes should be a tool for trade, professional, representative, or non-for-profit bodies ("Code Owners") to support compliance with data protection issues specific to their sector.
3.1 Admissibility of a draft Code
There are a number of conditions to be met before a CompSA can fully assess and review a Code. The Report provides that the following criteria apply:
Every draft Code which is submitted for approval must contain an explanatory statement;
A Code must be submitted by a representative;
The draft Code must have a defined scope;
The draft Code must specify whether it is a national or transnational Code;
A draft Code which involves processing activities of private, non-public authorities or bodies must also identify a monitoring body;
The Code Owners should confirm and demonstrate that an appropriate level of consultation has taken place with the relevant stakeholders when submitting the Code for approval;
Code Owners must provide confirmation that the draft Code is in compliance with applicable national legislation; and
Code Owners should comply with the language requirements of the CompSA to whom they will submit their Code.
3.2 Criteria for approving Codes
Code Owners should be able to demonstrate that the draft Code:
meets a particular need of that sector or processing activity;
facilitates the application of the GDPR;
specifies the application of the GPDR;
provides sufficient safeguards; and
provides effective mechanisms for monitoring compliance with a Code.
3.3 Submission, approval and acceptance (national Codes)
The Report provides the following:
(i) Submission - Code Owners should formally submit their draft Code in either an electronic or written format to the CompSA.
(ii) Acceptance of a Code - If the Code is not accepted on the basis of failing to meet the criteria for admissibility, the CompSA will respond to the Code Owners in writing outlining the basis for their decision. If the draft Code meets the criteria, the CompSA should write to the Code Owners.
(iii) Approval - If the CompSA approves a draft Code, it will be necessary for them to register and publish the Code.
3.4 Submission, acceptance and approval (transnational Codes)
After submission and acceptance, the cooperation procedure takes place.
(i) Cooperation - The CompSA will seek a maximum of two co-reviewers to assist with assessing the draft Code.
(ii) Refusal - If the decision made by the CompSA is to refuse referring a draft Code to the EDPB the process will come to an end.
(iii) Preparation for submission to the EDPB - If the CompSA aim to approve the draft Code, before submission to the EDPB, the CompSA will circulate their draft approval to all concerned Supervisory Authorities ("SAs").
(iv) The EDPB - The CompSA will communicate the decision to all SAs as per the consistency mechanisms procedure. The CompSA will also refer the matter to the EDPB in line with their rules of procedure of the GDPR.
(v) Approval - The opinion of the EDPB will be communicated to the CompSA and it will be a matter for the CompSA as to whether it will maintain or amend its draft decision.
4. What are the accreditation requirements for a monitoring body?
The following are the accreditation requirements for a monitoring body:
independence;
expertise;
appropriate governance structures and procedures;
transparent complaints handling; and
review mechanisms.
5. When can we expect Irish Codes?
The Report noted that EEA national SAs must request an opinion from the EDPB before adopting any decision on subjects specified by the GDPR as having cross-border implications. This applies when a national SA intends to adopt a draft Code relating to processing activities.
The Report noted that the EDPB has already adopted two opinions on SA draft accreditation requirements for a Code monitoring body pursuant to GDPR Article 41. In July 2019, it adopted Opinion 9/2019 on the Austrian SA's draft. The EDPB agreed that all Codes covering non-public authorities and bodies are required to have accredited monitoring bodies in accordance with the GDPR.
In December 2019, the EDPB adopted Opinion 17/2019 on the UK SA's draft. In this Opinion, the EDPB proposed some changes to the draft accreditation requirements in order to ensure consistent application of the accreditation of monitoring bodies.
The Irish Data Protection Commission (the DPC) has also recently requested a formal opinion of the EDPB on its draft accreditation criteria for independent monitoring bodies for Codes and its draft additional accreditation requirements for Certification bodies. In a public statement on 7 February 2020, the DPC stated that it anticipated that this process would be concluded by early Q2 2020, from which point it would be encouraging applications for Certification schemes and Codes. Meanwhile the DPC is ready to engage with stakeholders during their design and specification of Codes and Certification schemes.
A draft or proposal for a Code may be sent to the DPC at the following email address: CodesOfConduct@dataprotection.ie. Codes can only be accepted from associations or other bodies representing categories of controllers or processors.
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Neasa Ní Ghráda, Senior Associate in IP, Technology & DP - neasanighrada@eversheds-sutherland.ie
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Mica joins as a new division of the British Independent Retailers Association
The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira), the UK's largest trade association for independent retail stores, has today confirmed an investment in Mica, which will see the co-operative group join the association as a new division.
Mica and it's 50+ hardware, DIY and garden stores across the UK have longstanding reputation for fierce independence and excellent local service.
Bira will become a major shareholder in Mica, cementing Bira's position as the UK's leading trade association representing the independent retail sector.
Andrew Goodacre, Bira CEO said "This is an exciting time for Bira and Mica employees, members and suppliers, as this new partnership not only increases our influence in the corridors of Westminster, but also forms the largest Hardware & DIY buying group available for independent store owners. The move also means Mica members will benefit from the wider range of support services that Bira has been providing to its members for over 120 years."
Jeff Moody, MD of Bira Direct said "We're excited to be joining forces with Mica, who bring 20 years of experience in consumer marketing. We expect both Mica and Bira members to benefit through wider access to more suppliers at preferential rates that allow independent retailers to compete with the retail giants."
Michael Ball, Mica CEO says "I am proud to have led Mica as an independent retailer group to our best ever year in 2018 but agree with our members that we are strongest working together, especially in these challenging times for the high street. Mica and Bira have the same vision, to ensure the high street can continue to thrive. Mica's continued co-operative status as a division of Bira, will retain its identity and heritage. It's a real win-win for members, suppliers and high-street consumers. The agreement, which was ratified at an EGM of Mica members yesterday, will see Mica relocate to new offices in Birmingham after a short transition.
Mica and Bira have both consulted with employees and members to provide assurance that there will be a continuity of management, and that this arrangement brings with it new, exciting opportunities for members, suppliers and the wider Bira family.


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Due to the Padma Bridge, people have been able to go home on Eid without any hindrance: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that people in the south-west have been able to go home on Eid without any hindrance due to the Padma Bridge.
Obaidul Quader made the remarks while exchanging post-Eid greetings at the meeting room of the Road Transport and Highways Department at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
The general secretary of Awami League said, this time the condition of roads was good everywhere during Eid. There was a problem with a route. That is the northern region. But that was not to be. What has happened is due to some management error or lack of coordination. However, due to the Padma Bridge, people in the south-west have been able to go home safely.
The Road Transport Minister said there were 43 accidents on the Bangabandhu Bridge in one day. As for the Padma Bridge, if there is a car accident, there is a place to move that car. But that place is not in Bangabandhu Bridge.
The bridge minister said, "Action will be taken in the future considering the places where there have been road defects this year." Where there has been traffic jam, it has been due to some management error. The problem has become more on one route, Uttar Janapada. It wasn't supposed to happen, because our six-lane road is already ready. '
Obaidul Quader said BGMEA-BKMEA had been repeatedly requested to give leave to the garment factories in phases. Traffic jam has occurred in Chandra-Nabinagar area next Thursday and Friday. The suffering is exacerbated by the sudden release of garment workers. Periodic holidays would not be a problem. They did not or could not do that.
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