Investors in Zhongjin, a wealth-management company that collapsed this month, demonstrate outside a police office in Shanghai's Hongkou district, demanding repayment of their funds. Police later detained one of the demonstrators for distributing protest T-shirts.
A pedestrian walks past the building on the Bund, Shanghai's colonial waterfront, that until recently held Zhongjin Capital Management. Police raided the firm earlier this month and arrested more than 20 company officials. The company signs have been torn down.
Remy Xu put more than $150,000 of his family's savings into Zhongjin Capital Management, which police raided this month. Xu thinks the government shut down the company to protect state banks. "I've absolutely stopped trusting the government," he says.
One recent afternoon, I was walking up Nanjing West Road, Shanghai's traditional shopping street, when I ran into a crowd of protesters being chased off by a plainclothes cop wielding a bullhorn and a line of uniformed police. Demonstrations like this in the heart of the city are rare and sensitive for the government, which fears political unrest as China's economic growth continues to slow.
I asked a fleeing protester what had happened.
"Don't walk alongside me," pleaded the woman, named Zhao, staring straight ahead. "The police will detain me."
I slipped her my business card and, as I turned back toward the NPR bureau, I saw why she was frightened: a plainclothes cop was tailing her. He wore a black baseball cap and a black pollution mask that revealed only his eyes.
Zhao and several dozen others were protesting the collapse of Zhongjin Capital Management, a wealth management company that police raided earlier this month, arresting more than 20 company officials, according to state media. The firm had amassed more than $5 billion in investment, much of it from ordinary citizens. More than 11,000 investors had poured their savings into the firm.
"Zhongjin used fake businesses and exaggerated performances to gain investors' trust, promising high annualized returns and illegally raising money from the public," Shanghai police said in a statement.
Zhao and the other protesters were targeting state-run Shanghai TV on the day I first met her. The station had given Zhongjin prime advertising space on one of its most popular shows, which led investors to believe the local government implicitly backed the company.
Police detained a handful of demonstrators, including one who was grabbed by the throat, as captured on a cellphone video that protesters shared inside their chat group on Chinese social media.
"The police are just like thugs," Zhao told me later. "They hit us. How can they treat us — who are real victims — like that?"
Zhao, who'd sunk her life savings into Zhongjin, did not want her full name used for fear the government would retaliate against her for criticizing it.
Zhongjin is one of three Chinese financial firms to collapse in the past year. In February, Ezubao, a peer-to-peer lending company, was exposed as a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Police took over the headquarters of the Fanya Metal Exchange, a trading platform for nonferrous metals, late in 2015 and are investigating an alleged multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme involving more than 200,000 investors.
Wealth management firms like Zhongjin emerged in China in the mid-2000s to provide more financing to private businesses and better returns for Chinese investors frustrated by low interest rates at government banks. But as China's economy has weakened in recent years, lending has continued to boom.
Logan Wright, who oversees China markets research for the Rhodium Group in New York, says that's a recipe for trouble.
"You have a slowing real economy, growing financial services sector and as a result, there's an increasing use of speculative strategies and riskier and riskier instruments and in some cases, outright Ponzi" schemes, Wright says.
Shanghai now has more than 100,000 wealth management companies and the country has more than a million, says Iris Pang, a senior economist for greater China with Natixis, a French investment bank. She says China's government hasn't been able to keep up with the explosion in the number of firms.
"The wealth management sector is very new in China," she says. "The regulations are loose and not very well defined."
Customers say they invested in Zhongjin because there weren't better options, given last year's collapse of China's stock markets, a real estate property bubble and capital controls that severely limit how much money Chinese can move overseas.
Zhongjin's investors say police have told them that only 10 percent of their deposits remain. The company's collapse has wrought havoc on families who benefited from China's three decades of extraordinary growth, but now are at risk of losing most of their savings.
One investor, who asked not to be named, said her family is furious with her for persuading them to invest. She has since offered to divorce her husband. She has no money and is down to eating one meal a day.
"I have a family problem, a financial problem and survival problem," she says, weeping. "Every time I take a bite of food, I feel very guilty. I feel I am wasting money."
Zhao, the protester I met, is retired from a state-run factory that repaired clothing. She was drawn to Zhongjin's promise of 15 percent returns. At first, she made small investments. When they paid off, she put her life savings into the company and persuaded family members to invest as well. Now, she fears their money — more than $150,000 — is gone for good.
Zhao blames the government for sanctioning the company, which maintained offices in prestigious locations here — including the Bund, Shanghai's colonial-era riverfront, and the Jinmao Tower, one of Shanghai's tallest skyscrapers.
If they were illegally fundraising, Zhao wonders, why would the government have given them so many licenses to operate?
"The government was backing them," she says. "That's why we trusted the company and invested the money. When we were signing investment contracts, we saw celebrities and local police officers also signing them."
Beyond accusations of fraud, the government has said little about what led to Zhongjin's collapse. Remy Xu, another of Zhongjin's investors, has his own theory. He thinks the government shut Zhongjin down because firms like it are drawing away customers from state-run banks.
"Initially, the government supported this industry because it wanted financial innovation," says Xu, sitting outside a Starbucks in Xintiandi, a pedestrian shopping area in downtown Shanghai. "Financial companies like this sprung up like flowers all over the place. What's the result? Banks don't get as much money."
Xu blames his family's financial losses on Chinese officials and is frustrated he can't do anything about it. His family sank more than $150,000 into the firm.
"I've absolutely stopped trusting the government," says Xu. "I don't even trust the RMB [China's currency] now. I'm going to convert my future earnings into U.S. dollars or precious metals."
Now let's report on a country Donald Trump often criticizes. China is stumbling through economic trouble, and here's a symptom. In recent months, Chinese police have raided three financial firms. Together, all three companies took billions from small investors. And now they're all accused of fraud. When one firm collapsed in Shanghai, the investors did not take the news quietly. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports on their protests.
UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Yelling in foreign language).
FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: The protesters descended on Shanghai TV, the city's government-run station, demanding compensation and answers. They said Shanghai TV provided the financial firm, known as Zhongjin Capital Management, its stamp of approval by giving it plumb advertising space on one of its most popular shows.
As seen in this cell phone video, police responded by detaining five protesters, grabbing one by the throat and chasing off the rest. Among them was a 65-year-old investor named Zhao, who fears she's lost her life savings.
ZHAO: (Through interpreter) The police are just like thugs. They hit us. We are all human beings. How can they treat us, who are real victims, like that?
LANGFITT: Police have accused Zhongjin of illegal fundraising. In interrogations, they've also told low-level employees it was a massive Ponzi scheme. But Zhao, a retired state-owned factory worker, says she put more than $150,000 into the company because the state sanctioned it. She asked NPR not to use her full name. She's afraid the government will punish her for criticizing it.
ZHAO: (Through interpreter) If they were illegally fundraising, why would you give them so many licenses? The government was backing them. That's why we trusted the company and invested the money. When we were signing investment contracts, we saw celebrities and local police officers also signing them.
LANGFITT: Wealth management firms like Zhongjin emerged in China to provide more financing for private businesses and better returns for Chinese investors, who were frustrated by the low interest rates at government banks. But as China's economy has weakened in recent years, lending has continue to boom. And Logan Wright says that's a dangerous formula. Wright oversees China markets research for Rhodium Group in New York.
LANGFITT: Ponzi schemes. Zhongjin lured in investors with the promises of whopping 15 percent returns. But police say Zhongjin was just a shell company, and money was siphoned off. Iris Pang says Shanghai now has more than 100,000 wealth management companies, and the country more than a million.
Pang is senior economist for Greater China with Natixis, a French investment bank. She says China's government hasn't been able to keep up with the explosion in the number of firms.
IRIS PANG: The wealth management sectors is very new in China. They are kind of regulated. But the regulations are quite loose and not very well-defined.
LANGFITT: Pang says if the government doesn't step in, she doubts the firm's more than 11,000 investors will get much money back. Remy Xu is another one of those investors. He's sitting outside a Starbucks across from a fountain in Xintiandi, a pedestrian shopping area in Shanghai.
Xu and his family poured more than $150,000 others into Zhongjin. He offers another explanation for why the government shut it down. He thinks it's because firms like it were drawing away customers from state-run banks.
REMY XU: (Through interpreter) Initially, the government supported this industry because it wanted financial innovation. Financial companies like this sprung up like flowers all over the place. What's the result? Banks don't get as much money.
LANGFITT: Xu blames his family's financial losses on Chinese officials.
XU: (Through interpreter) From the time this happened, I have absolutely stopped trusting the government. I don't even trust the renminbi. Now I'm going to convert my future earnings into U.S. dollars or precious metals.
LANGFITT: Xu says there's little else he can do.
XU: (Through interpreter) Ordinary Chinese people aren't like you Americans. If you're dissatisfied with the government, you can sue it or even ask the mayor to talk with you about it. That doesn't work in China.
LANGFITT: As China's economic growth continues to slow, pressure could mount on more wealth management companies, legitimate or otherwise. And as the year unfolds, Iris Pang expects more firms to collapse. Frank Langfitt, NPR News, Shanghai. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Q: Gaussian approximation Consider the following function of a variable $\theta\in[0,\frac{\pi}{2}]$
$$f(\theta)=\frac{A}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma\sin\theta\sin\theta_{\mu}}\exp(-\frac{(\sin\theta-\sin\theta_{\mu})^{2}}{2\sigma^{2}})$$
Numerically it seems that for small $\sigma$ this can be approximated by a Gaussian
$$f(\theta)\approx\frac{A'}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma'}\exp(-\frac{(\theta-\theta_{\mu}')^{2}}{2\sigma'^{2}})$$
How do $\theta_{\mu}'$, $A'$ and $\sigma'$ relate to $\theta_{\mu}$, $A$ and $\sigma$? Trail and error suggests
$$\theta_{\mu}'=\theta_{\mu}$$
$$\sigma'=\frac{\sigma}{\cos\theta_{\mu}}$$
$$A'=\frac{A}{\cos\theta_{\mu}\sin^{2}\theta_{\mu}}$$
Any idea on how to justify this approximation?
Edit: original question already assumed $\sin\theta\approx\sin\theta_{\mu}$ for small $\sigma$ in the factor before the exponent, thereby making $f(\theta)$ a Gaussian of $\sin\theta$

A: This approximation uses the first-order Taylor series approximation of the sine around x=0 (you can see it here Wikipedia).
Since you are just using the approximation for the sine function, I think the constants would remain the same. Please take into account that, in order to approximate this function for higher values, you could use more terms in the Taylor series.
Hope this helps.

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Security guards escorted Patti LaBelle offstage and authorities evacuated Milwaukee's Riverside Theater on Saturday after a bomb threat was reported at the musician's Christmas concert in Wisconsin.
All attendees were "safely evacuated" from the venue, Milwaukee Police Capt. Warren E. Allen Jr. said in a statement to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Allen later told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that "no explosive devices were discovered" at the scene, and "there is no threat to the public at this time."
In footage from the concert tweeted by @sunny_seokkie, LaBelle is abruptly rushed offstage while interacting with an audience member celebrating her 70th birthday. "Wait!" the singer exclaims as a team of security personnel ushers her to the wings.
Another video posted on Facebook by concertgoer Catherine Brunson shows attendees filing out of the theater and onto the street, which is surrounded and blocked off by police.
"We was in there chilling, listening to Patti. She sung her first song, then they came in and swarmed in and took her off the stage, and we thinking it's a part of the act," Brunson says in the video.
According to Brunson, the audience was then instructed to evacuate the building because of a bomb threat.
"Somebody get on the mic like … 'Police got to come in and check the building,'" Brunson says in the clip. "'Then when it's clear we can … go back in.' Who the hell's gonna go back in there?"
Pabst Theater Group, which operates the Riverside Theater, announced via Twitter that the concert had been postponed.
"We are thankful for the efforts of the Milwaukee Police Department and our customers and staff for their safe and orderly exit," the company said in a statement. "We are working with the artist to reschedule the show."
A representative for LaBelle did not immediately respond Sunday to The Times' request for comment.
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Tit for tat is an English saying meaning "equivalent retaliation". It developed from "tip for tap", first recorded in 1558.

It is also a highly effective strategy in game theory. An agent using this strategy will first cooperate, then subsequently replicate an opponent's previous action. If the opponent previously was cooperative, the agent is cooperative. If not, the agent is not.

Game theory
Tit-for-tat has been very successfully used as a strategy for the iterated prisoner's dilemma. The strategy was first introduced by Anatol Rapoport in Robert Axelrod's two tournaments, held around 1980. Notably, it was (on both occasions) both the simplest strategy and the most successful in direct competition.

An agent using this strategy will first cooperate, then subsequently replicate an opponent's previous action. If the opponent previously was cooperative, the agent is cooperative. If not, the agent is not. This is similar to reciprocal altruism in biology.

History
The term developed most concretely in Northern Ireland, to describe increasing eye for an eye mentality, amongst the Irish Republicans and Ulster Unionists. This can be seen with the Red Lion Pub bombing by the IRA being followed by the McGurk's Bar bombing, both targeting civilians. Specifically the attacks of massacres would be structured around the mutual killings of Protestant and Catholic communities, both communities being generally uninterested in the violence. This sectarian mentality led to the term "Tit for tat bombings" to enter the common lexicon of Northern Irish society.

Implications
The success of the tit-for-tat strategy, which is largely cooperative despite that its name emphasizes an adversarial nature, took many by surprise. Arrayed against strategies produced by various teams it won in two competitions. After the first competition, new strategies formulated specifically to combat tit-for-tat failed due to their negative interactions with each other; a successful strategy other than tit-for-tat would have had to be formulated with both tit-for-tat and itself in mind.

This result may give insight into how groups of animals (and particularly human societies) have come to live in largely (or entirely) cooperative societies, rather than the individualistic "red in tooth and claw" way that might be expected from individuals engaged in a Hobbesian state of nature. This, and particularly its application to human society and politics, is the subject of Robert Axelrod's book The Evolution of Cooperation.

Moreover, the tit-for-tat strategy has been of beneficial use to social psychologists and sociologists in studying effective techniques to reduce conflict. Research has indicated that when individuals who have been in competition for a period of time no longer trust one another, the most effective competition reverser is the use of the tit-for-tat strategy. Individuals commonly engage in behavioral assimilation, a process in which they tend to match their own behaviors to those displayed by cooperating or competing group members. Therefore, if the tit-for-tat strategy begins with cooperation, then cooperation ensues. On the other hand, if the other party competes, then the tit-for-tat strategy will lead the alternate party to compete as well. Ultimately, each action by the other member is countered with a matching response, competition with competition and cooperation with cooperation.

In the case of conflict resolution, the tit-for-tat strategy is effective for several reasons: the technique is recognized as clear, nice, provocable, and forgiving. Firstly, it is a clear and recognizable strategy. Those using it quickly recognize its contingencies and adjust their behavior accordingly. Moreover, it is considered to be nice as it begins with cooperation and only defects in response to competition. The strategy is also provocable because it provides immediate retaliation for those who compete. Finally, it is forgiving as it immediately produces cooperation should the competitor make a cooperative move.

The implications of the tit-for-tat strategy have been of relevance to conflict research, resolution and many aspects of applied social science.

Mathematics

Take for example the following infinitely repeated prisoners dilemma game:

The Tit for Tat strategy copies what the other player previously chose. If players cooperate by playing strategy (C,C) they cooperate forever.

Cooperation gives the following payoff (where  is the discount factor):

a geometric series summing to

If a player deviates to defecting (D), then the next round they get punished. Alternate between outcomes where p1 cooperates and p2 deviates, and vice versa.

Deviation gives the following payoff:

a sum of two geometric series that comes to

Expect collaboration if payoff of deviation is no better than cooperation.

Continue cooperating if,

Continue defecting if,

Problems
While Axelrod has empirically shown that the strategy is optimal in some cases of direct competition, two agents playing tit for tat remain vulnerable.  A one-time, single-bit error in either player's interpretation of events can lead to an unending "death spiral": if one agent defects and the opponent cooperates, then both agents will end up alternating cooperate and defect, yielding a lower payoff than if both agents were to continually cooperate. This situation frequently arises in real world conflicts, ranging from schoolyard fights to civil and regional wars. The reason for these issues is that tit for tat is not a subgame perfect equilibrium, except under knife-edge conditions on the discount rate.
While this sub-game is not directly reachable by two agents playing tit for tat strategies, a strategy must be a Nash equilibrium in all sub-games to be sub-game perfect.  Further, this sub-game may be reached if any noise is allowed in the agents' signaling.  A sub-game perfect variant of tit for tat known as "contrite tit for tat" may be created by employing a basic reputation mechanism.

Knife-edge is "equilibrium that exists only for exact values of the exogenous variables. If you vary the variables in even the slightest way, knife-edge equilibrium disappear."

Can be both Nash equilibrium and knife-edge equilibrium. Known as knife-edge equilibrium because the equilibrium "rests precariously on" the exact value.

Example:

Suppose X = 0. There is no profitable deviation from (Down, Left) or from (Up, Right). However, if the value of X deviates by any amount, no matter how small, then the equilibrium no longer stands. It becomes profitable to deviate to up, for example, if X has a value of 0.000001 instead of 0. Thus, the equilibrium is very precarious. In its usage in the Wikipedia article, knife-edge conditions is referring to the fact that very rarely, only when a specific condition is met and, for instance, X, equals a specific value is there an equilibrium.

Tit for two tats could be used to mitigate this problem; see the description below. "Tit for tat with forgiveness" is a similar attempt to escape the death spiral. When the opponent defects, a player employing this strategy will occasionally cooperate on the next move anyway. The exact probability that a player will respond with cooperation depends on the line-up of opponents.

Furthermore, the tit-for-tat strategy is not proved optimal in situations short of total competition.  For example, when the parties are friends it may be best for the friendship when a player cooperates at every step despite occasional deviations by the other player.  Most situations in the real world are less competitive than the total competition in which the tit-for-tat strategy won its competition.

Tit for tat is very different from grim trigger, in that it is forgiving in nature, as it immediately produces cooperation, should the competitor chooses to cooperate. Grim trigger on the other hand is the most unforgiving strategy, in the sense even a single defect would the make the player playing using grim trigger defect for the remainder of the game.

Tit for two tats
Tit for two tats is similar to tit for tat, but allows the opponent to defect from the agreed upon strategy twice before the player retaliates.  This aspect makes the player using the tit for tat strategy appear more "forgiving" to the opponent.

In a tit for tat strategy, once an opponent defects, the tit for tat player immediately responds by defecting on the next move.  This has the unfortunate consequence of causing two retaliatory strategies to continuously defect against each other resulting in a poor outcome for both players.  A tit for two tats player will let the first defection go unchallenged as a means to avoid the "death spiral" of the previous example.  If the opponent defects twice in a row, the tit for two tats player will respond by defecting.

This strategy was put forward by Robert Axelrod during his second round of computer simulations at RAND.  After analyzing the results of the first experiment, he determined that had a participant entered the tit for two tats strategy it would have emerged with a higher cumulative score than any other program.  As a result, he himself entered it with high expectations in the second tournament.  Unfortunately, owing to the more aggressive nature of the programs entered in the second round, which were able to take advantage of its highly forgiving nature, tit for two tats did significantly worse (in the game-theory sense) than tit for tat.

Real-world use

Peer-to-peer file sharing

BitTorrent peers use tit-for-tat strategy to optimize their download speed. More specifically, most BitTorrent peers use a variant of tit for two tats which is called regular unchoking in BitTorrent terminology. BitTorrent peers have a limited number of upload slots to allocate to other peers. Consequently, when a peer's upload bandwidth is saturated, it will use a tit-for-tat strategy. Cooperation is achieved when upload bandwidth is exchanged for download bandwidth. Therefore, when a peer is not uploading in return to our own peer uploading, the BitTorrent program will choke the connection with the uncooperative peer and allocate this upload slot to a hopefully more cooperating peer. Regular unchoking correlates to always cooperating on the first move in prisoner's dilemma. Periodically, a peer will allocate an upload slot to a randomly chosen uncooperative peer (unchoke). This is called optimistic unchoking. This behavior allows searching for more cooperating peers and gives a second chance to previously non-cooperating peers. The optimal threshold values of this strategy are still the subject of research.

Explaining reciprocal altruism in animal communities

Studies in the prosocial behaviour of animals have led many ethologists and evolutionary psychologists to apply tit-for-tat strategies to explain why altruism evolves in many animal communities.  Evolutionary game theory, derived from the mathematical theories formalised by von Neumann and Morgenstern (1953), was first devised by Maynard Smith (1972) and explored further in bird behaviour by Robert Hinde. Their application of game theory to the evolution of animal strategies launched an entirely new way of analysing animal behaviour.

Reciprocal altruism works in animal communities where the cost to the benefactor in any transaction of food, mating rights, nesting or territory is less than the gains to the beneficiary. The theory also holds that the act of altruism should be reciprocated if the balance of needs reverse. Mechanisms to identify and punish "cheaters" who fail to reciprocate, in effect a form of tit for tat, are important to regulate reciprocal altruism. For example, tit-for-tat is suggested to be the mechanism of cooperative predator inspection behavior in guppies.

War
The tit-for-tat inability of either side to back away from conflict, for fear of being perceived as weak or as cooperating with the enemy, has been the cause of many prolonged conflicts throughout history.

However, the tit for tat strategy has also been detected by analysts in the spontaneous non-violent behaviour, called "live and let live" that arose during trench warfare in the First World War. Troops dug in only a few hundred feet from each other would evolve an unspoken understanding. If a sniper killed a soldier on one side, the other  expected an equal retaliation. Conversely, if no one was killed for a time, the other side would acknowledge this implied "truce" and act accordingly. This created a "separate peace" between the trenches.

See also

 Attitude polarization
 Chicken (game)
 Christmas truce
 Deterrence theory
 Eye for an eye
 Golden Rule
 Mutual assured destruction
 Nice Guys Finish First, a documentary by Richard Dawkins that discusses tit for tat.
 Peace war game
 Quid pro quo
 Trigger strategy, a set of strategies of which tit for tat is a member.
 Virtuous circle and vicious circle
 Zero-sum game

References

External links

 Wired magazine story about tit for tat being 'defeated' by a group of collaborating programs
 Explanation of Tit for tat on Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Non-cooperative games
Altruism
Justice
Punishment

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NanoH2O wins prestigious Patrick Soon-Shiong Innovation Award for membrane technology
NanoH2O, Inc. announced that it has been awarded the prestigious Patrick Soon-Shiong Innovation Award by the Los Angeles Business Journal for its innovative membrane technology.
EL SEGUNDO, CA, Nov. 26, 2012 -- NanoH2O, Inc., manufacturer of the most efficient and cost effective reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for desalination, announced that it has been awarded the prestigious Patrick Soon-Shiong Innovation Award by the Los Angeles Business Journal. The company was selected from among twelve other finalists for playing an important role in enhancing the economic competitiveness of the Los Angeles region.
"This special award program was created with the vision to honor and acknowledge the people and organizations that continue to stretch the boundaries," said Matthew Toledo, Publisher and CEO of Los Angeles Business Journal. "[The award is named after] Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a local example of a passionate entrepreneur who is emblematic of how the innovative spirit drives economic value. Congratulations to this year's thirteen finalists -- each of whom continues to inspire us and provide invaluable contributions to keeping Los Angeles at the forefront of innovation."
"It is an honor to be included in this year's group of leading Los Angeles-based innovators who continue to push the envelope. NanoH2O is certainly an L.A. story with its roots from University of California, Los Angeles, research and the team filled with many talented scientists and engineers from the local community," said Jeff Green, CEO of NanoH2O. "Our nanocomposite membrane technology is the first significant change to reverse osmosis membrane chemistry in over twenty years. Over the last eighteen months, we have demonstrated the ability to significantly lower energy consumption, increase water production and reduce plant footprint in more than fifty desalination plants across six continents. By making desalination more efficient, we are delivering on our company's mission to combat global water scarcity."
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A Eulogy for Corneliu Mateescu
My father-in-law, the little boy in the late-1930s picture below, died last week. Here is the eulogy I just delivered for this courageous and determined family man.
Today we come together to honor the memory of Corneliu Dumitru Mateescu. He was the husband of the loving and devoted Maria Mateescu, and the father of my wife, Corina Caplan. Cornel and Maria have four grandchildren, all of them here with us today: grandsons Aidan, Tristan, and Simon, and granddaughter Valeria – named for Cornel's dear mother. Last January, Cornel and Maria celebrated their Golden Anniversary. Many of you were there to celebrate that happy day with us, and we're honored that you joinus on this sad day just three months later.
Cornel was born in the mid-1930s. He enjoyed an idyllic childhood with his loving parents… until the war came. Before long, young Cornel became a refugee for the first – but not the last – time in his life, as his family fled Bucharest to escape the bombing. When the war ended, Cornel endured the tyranny and privation of Communist rule for decades. But he made the best life an honest man could make for himself in such a system, working as an electrician, marrying in 1968, and becoming a father in 1971.
The defining period in Cornel's life began just three years later. Maria received permission from the Communist government to travel outside the Eastern Bloc, leaving herhusband and daughter behind as hostages. When Maria reached the United States, Cornel requested permission for the whole family to join her. As usual in such cases, he was not merely refused, but insulted and threatened for his counter-revolutionary request. Unlike most people in his position, however, Cornel stood firm. He asked again. Again he was insulted and threatened, but he wouldn't take no for an answer. Year after year, he demanded freedom for himself, his daughter, and his parents. In the end, his amazing courage and determination paid off. In 1978, Cornel left Communist Romania with his daughter – and never returned until their dictatorship was no more.
At this point, Cornel became a refugee for the second time in his life. After reaching the way station of Italy, the American government didn't feel ready to grant him permission to rejoin his wife, so they kept him waiting in bureaucratic limbo. Cornel and Corina had to make a temporary home in an special building for Italy's refugees. Cornel, speaking no Italian, found a job in a bottling factory to support himself and his daughter. I still remember Cornel telling me that they ate so much macaroni during those months that he never wanted to eat pasta
again as long as he lived.
About six months later, the U.S. bureaucracy finally gave Cornel and Corina a green light to rejoin Maria in Los Angeles. It was a joyous reunion, but another hard chapter in Cornel's life. Almost as old as I am today, he had to learn a new language and start over. In Romania, he was a managing electrician. In America, he became ajanitor. But over the years, with his
famous determination, Cornel's English improved – and he was able to return to his chosen occupation, working for JPL for many years. In time, Cornel brought his beloved parents
to join the family. With faith and hard work, the Mateescus carved out their slice of the American dream, buying a house right here in sunny California and sending their daughter to the top public university in the country, UC Berkeley. Cornel and Maria found the time and money to travel to Europe, and even revisit Romania.
The highlight of Cornel's golden years, though, were his grandchildren. Cornel was an only child, and Romanians have grown used to small families. Imagine his delight, then, when he learned that he would soon be the grandfather of two twin boys! Cornel and Maria spent many months with us during Aidan and Tristan's early years – and our sons spent many months in California in their grandparents' loving care. I'm not sure if Cornel ever changed a diaper, but he fed them, watched them, joked with them, told them stories, played with them, and put endless batteries into their toys. When Simon came along, Opapa (as he liked to be called) was eager to do it all over again. By the time that Cornel met his first granddaughter, he was already slowing down, but whenever they were together, little Valeria was the center of his world.
All of us who knew Cornel know that he could be stubborn. But when you reflect on his long life, it's clear that his stubbornness is the root of all he accomplished. Almost anyone else would have accepted the hopelessness of reuniting his family, of trying to give his daughter a better and freer life. Almost anyone else would have cowered at the insults, and caved in to the threats. But Cornel endured his staring match with the Communists year after year until they blinked. How many of us would have made it as refugees? Cornel did it twice. Imagine trying to learn a new language and find a job – any job – in your forties. Cornel did it. Twice. We can all use some of his stubbornness to help us through the adversities of life.
But the greater lesson of Cornel's life is the value of family. Cornel was a truly devoted son, husband, father, and grandfather. He loved them all – and was not afraid to show his feelings with hugs, kisses, and tears. When they needed him, he gave them his all. Without his love and determination, my wife probably wouldn't even be in this country, much less in my life. Our children never would have been born. We owe Cornel all that we have, and we will never forget him.
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David R Henderson
Fabio Rojas
Tasteful, touching, and informative. I will remember him well. Thank you for sharing this.
Scott Sumner
This is lovely. Thanks for letting us see it.
Mr. Butter Passing Robot
That was excellent.
I've been fortunate that I have never had to deliver a eulogy, though I've heard a few. It seems to be the most difficult speech one can be called upon to give, and also the most rewarding.
I hope that you and all that heard you found solace in your words.
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Bill Workman
Beautiful tribute.
"Unfairness" is much overused. But it does describe the accident of birth. The only known corrective is generous terms for letting people into the U.S.
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The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) was established in 1998 to create a continental free trade area.
Rabat – King Mohammed VI addressed a message to the participants of the extraordinary session of the conference of heads of state and government of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States held on Saturday in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad.
King Mohammed VI expressed Morocco's support to provide fresh momentum to CEN-SAD, emphasizing that he supports the strengthening of the group's activities for the promotion of peace, stability, and development in the region.
The Sahel region has been experiencing several challenges in recent years, including terrorism and drug trafficking.
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Moroccan security services have been calling on joint security cooperation in the Maghreb to counter the challenges facing the region.
The Head of Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) Abdelhak El Khiame warned of security issues in the Sahel region.
Khiame said that trafficking circles clearly finance terrorism in the Sahel, which is a "fertile ground for terrorism, posing a threat in the entire region."
In his recent message, King Mohammed VI reiterated Morocco's commitment to giving a"fresh momentum to the CEN-SAD as a Regional Economic Community of the African Union. To this end, I am in favor of strengthening CEN-SAD's action for the promotion of peace, stability, and development in the Sahel-Saharan region."
The King also said that Morocco sought to ensure the emergence of the Sahel-Saharan region through maintaining fraternal relations with all member countries.
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Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Company
Red Canyon No. 5 Mine Explosion
Red Canyon, Fremont County, Wyoming
The Daily Star, Mar. 21, 1895
The Clinton Weekly Age, Mar. 22, 1895
Death to Sixty Miners
The New York Times, New York
Evanston, Wyoming, March 21. -- Sixty men lost their lives by an explosion in Coal Mine No. 5 of the Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Company at Red Canyon last evening:
The explosion demolished the power house at the mouth of the shaft. About twenty men were in the house at the time, and only one or two escaped with their lives.
The explosion filled the mouth of the shaft with wreckage of the power house and prevented egress. Subsequent developments showed that it also caused several cave-ins, thus hampering attempts at rescue.
Many of the miners had quit for the day and left the mine, and to this is due the fact that the death list is not longer. Rescue parties were organized immediately after the explosion. About three hours later one of the parties which had entered the main slope returned with two bodies, bringing also the bad news that cave-ins barred further progress. This necessitated laborious work removing the obstructions, as the main passage is some 2,000 feet in length, and has lateral galleries or drifts on nine different levels, each of which is from a mile to a mile and a half long. To reach this and discover if any victims were entombed therein will require days.
The work of recovering the bodies has gone steadily on night and day, rushed forward by volunteer squads of miners and other citizens, who have relieved each other from time to time. The work is attended with grave peril, and the first group of miners which ventured to brave the perils of gas, fire-damp, and crumbling walls were overcome, and had to be rescued by others.
The terrific force of the explosion in finding vent at the mouth of the slope blew the heavily timbered shed over the mouth of the slope and over the passageway leading out to the tipple clear into space, mowing down the tops of the power house, tipple shed, and other buildings at the mouth of the slope, more effectually than chain shot could have done.
A little boy, who had come to the mine with a horse and buggy to take his grandfather, Henry Burton, home at the close of the day's work was driving over the slope near its mouth on the public highway at the moment of the explosion. He and the horse and buggy were thrown almost perpendicularly in the air, fully twenty-five feet, and all fell in a heap into the mouth of the slope, where the buggy was demolished. The boy was picked up unhurt, and the horse, an hour later, was rescued from the first level, down to which he had tumbled, and was not much hurt, apparently, although badly singed and stunned.
The shock of the explosion was felt for miles around, and was distinctly heard at Evanston, seven miles away.
The Rocky Mountain Company, generally designated as the Central Pacific Mines, has two mines, Nos. 5 and 6, with one-mile face, making two separate mines with 150-foot pillars separating them. The explosino leaves No. 6 unharmed, but deprives the company of one-half of its capacity.
This is the third disastrous explosion in this vicinity. In 1881 No. 2 Mine, Rocky Mountain, exploded, killing thirty-six Chinese and four white men. In the Spring of 1886, in Union Pacific Mine No. 4, thirty-six men were killed.
The slope penetrates the earth at an angle of about 30 degrees, and the full force of the explosion found vent at its mouth, blowing the heaviest timbers into splinters and through the air like chain shot from a mortar. Pieces of boards and scantling cut their way like steel bullets through the roofing and rafters of the power house and everything in their way.
The air was filled with the screams of 50 widows and 250 orphans as they gather about and see the distorted features and mangled remains of father or husband, son or brother, or realize at last that there is no hope to see their loved ones rescued alive from the mine's depths. The mules that were in the mine were killed, as were the men, evidently by the force of the concussion, and are being removed today as they are reached on account of the odor of their charred flesh.
The explosion blew out or loosened all the timbering and supports and cracked and shattered the walls and roof of the mine, so that the search for the dead is attended with great peril. The work of recovering the dead becomes more difficult as the working parties advance toward the seventh level, where it is thought the thirty-eight men whose bodies have not been found, were gathered to await the coming of the "last man" trip of the day, which was to take them to the surface.
A few lives were saved because of the time of the explosion. The miners quit work at 6 o'clock, and it is customary for them to be near the entrance and come out just as the whistle blows. A number of men had come out, and some had just left the entrance to the mine slope, away from the working tunnel, when the explosion occurred, thus escaping death.
John Hanna, a carpenter, had just come out, and was talking to Cox and Bruce when they were killed, he being burned slightly.
The dead are:
Booth, Thomas
Brown, Willard
Bruce, James B.
Butler, Aaron
Burton, Henry
Clark, Albert
Clark, Charles S.
Clark, James W.
Clark, James T.
Clarke, John T.
Clay, Samuel
Coles, Daniel
Cox, W. Edwin
Crawford, Jerry
Critchley, John
Dermodi, Angel
Dexter, John
Feebee, John
Gernely, James
Graham, Jr., William
Grieves, W. H. Halston, Samuel
Hardy, George
Highton, Joseph
Hutchinson, James
Hutchinson, Thomas
Hutchinson, Samuel
Hybarn, H. A.
Hyde, George
Hyden, James
Johnson, Isaac
Johnson, Matt
Julian, Baptiste
Kasola, Charles
Kasola, Gus
Lamb, James
La Par, John
Langdon, Marshall
Langdon, Sr., William
Laurie, David W.
Lehte, John.
Lester, John Lloyd, David
Locke, John G.
Maltby, O. B.
Martin, Jr., John G.
Mason, Andrew
Miller, Walter
Morgan, Fred
Morriss, James
Morriss, John
Morriss, William
Pope, William
Sellers, Jr., William
Silta, Matt
Sloan, Hugh
Southern, Henry
Tellers, Sr., William
Tellers, Jr., William
Theby, John
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Some surveys showed that despite the huge presence that social media has in consumers' lives, millennials are most likely to engage with marketing emails. 51 percent of millennials surveyed said they prefer to use email to interact with the brands. On the other hand, only 24 percent of all four generations said they prefer the social media when interacting with the brand. Marketers should learn from this and try not to attack the consumer, by selling the product by all means, but to engage customers with their campaign.
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There is one problem, and that is a number of emails that brands are sending to consumers. 49 percent have said that they just receive too many emails. That is why marketers must pay attention to the generation they are trying to reach and the number of emails. For example, Baby Boomers and millennials are more likely to buy the product, or just become interested in it if there is less contact. About 27 percent think that ideal scenario would be receiving one email per week. Audience segmentation is probably the best method that can be used to reach out to every generation by using proper techniques, in this case, the number of emails.
By trying to reach the millennials and the generation z, traditionalists and baby boomers cannot be missed. They still have a big role in spending power and prefer unique ways of interacting with the brands. According to the survey, baby boomers and traditionalists prefer physical interaction in stores. 67 percent of baby boomers and 73 percent of traditionalists claimed that they would most likely walk to the store to interact, in the overall group percentage was 65.
So, the marketers who are targeting traditionalists and baby boomers should offer online deals that should proceed to be closed in their stores. Content marketing should be used when targeting the traditionalists because they like short reads and helpful tips, 28 percent of them claimed that, and 13 percent overall.
Marketers should take these tips into account when planning their campaign because it is always better to use the proper kind of campaign for each generation that to try and target all the groups at once. Those attempts will inevitably fail, or at least have much, much less impact than separate ones.


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Applications for the 2022 Nelson Youth Council have closed.
We aim to have representatives in every secondary school in the Nelson region, as well as NMIT and community representatives. We meet monthly in the Council Chamber to discuss youth issues, actions and projects we have on the go.
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Give Nelson youth a real voice
Discuss and work towards solutions with the Nelson City Council and Nelson youth on issues and projects that concern young people in Nelson
Bring the needs and concerns of young people to the attention of local and central government
Assist with Nelson City Council's planning processes to ensure a youth voice is heard by the Council
Identify local youth needs and resources (and bring these to attention)
Provide experience of local government to youth
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Review: Goldstone
July 8, 2016 by DM Bradley
Though Ivan Sen's follow–up to Mystery Road (2013) doesn't quite have the, ahem, mystery of its predecessor, Goldstone is nevertheless one of the key Aussie films of the year with a tough cast, fine playing and a vivid sense of time and dusty, dangerous place.
Detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen) arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone (somewhere in outback Queensland) to investigate a missing person case. He's now boozy and messy after the events of the first film (Mystery Road), so it's no wonder that young cop Josh (Alex Russell) sees him as trouble from the outset. Jay refuses to be sent home, however, and is soon opening up a can of worms with uncomfortable ease. While he's at first oblivious to the extent of the local rottenness, Sen's script shows us all we need to know very early on. There's the mine where boss Johnny (David Wenham) regularly offers bribes for silence; the ruthless mayor (Jacki Weaver), whose cheery smile and baking skills mask ugliness; and the effect this is having upon the indigenous community, where old–timer Jimmy (David Gulpilil) and others live in fear. Apparently intended as more satirical than Mystery Road, this not only follows Swan's relentless quest for answers (and perhaps redemption after the previous pic) but also depicts Josh's slow realisation of what he's choosing not to see on his watch – as, just possibly, we are too. And while Sen's ensemble is strong, this is held together by Pedersen's performance, which is less funny than his current best–known role (in TV's Jack Irish) and quietly powerful enough to have you looking forward to a whole series of potential adventures for Jay Swan, as he goes up against one corrupt small town after another. Rated M. Goldstone is in cinemas now.
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Climate Crisis: International court should play key role in delivering climate justice
Amnesty International is backing a call for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an opinion on states' responsibilities and obligations surrounding the climate crisis.
A group of 18 countries, led by Vanuatu, is formally presenting a resolution to the UN General Assembly on 9 December asking that the UN Court issue an advisory opinion on the rights and obligations of countries under international law in relation to climate change. The resolution is due to be voted on in coming weeks, with a majority required to pass it.
Marta Schaaf, Amnesty International's Director of Climate, Economic and Social Justice, and Corporate Accountability Programme said:
"The initiative to request an International Court of Justice advisory opinion on state obligations regarding climate change will clarify and strengthen the international legal framework and foster the ambitious action required to match the urgency and gravity of the climate crisis. The past year has been wracked by extreme weather events made much more likely by climate change, and reports from the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and others show immediate action is imperative.
"A robust advisory opinion from the ICJ can guide this action. The court will not make new legislation but will examine existing international law, particularly environmental law and human rights law, in the light of the scientific consensus on the causes and consequences of climate change.
By backing the resolution in the UN General Assembly, governments can show their support for tackling the climate crisis and for protecting the human rights of current and future generations. An overwhelming majority of states voting for this resolution would signal international determination to tackle the existential threat of climate change and advance a human rights-based approach to the climate crisis."
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Volleys in F# Major
A new CD of "op-ed pieces with key signatures"
by Susan Hodara [1]
John Forster (at keyboard, right) with Tom Chapin (center) and his band, playing at the Turning Point in Piermont, New York.
Photograph courtesy of John Forster and Tom Chapin
The Broadsides CD
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Listen to tracks from Broadsides:
"Broadside"
[video:http://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/media/Broadsides-Broadside.mp3]
"Econo-Me-Oh-My"
[video:http://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/media/Broadsides-Econo-Me-Oh-My.mp3]
"When Bad Things Happen to Good Mice"
[video:http://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/media/Broadsides-Bad-Things.mp3]
The musical guns are blasting on Broadsides: A Miscellany of Musical Opinion, the new CD from singer-songwriters John Forster '69 and Tom Chapin. In ragtime, rock, and reggae, the pair explore a gamut of social ills, from the specter of a "Zombie Bank" to the outsourcing of wars to private corporations ("Total Security Solutions, Inc.") to white-collar crime, in "The Chief Executive Chain Gang."
The album began in 1999, when National Public Radio (NPR) invited Forster, an accomplished songwriter and shrewd satirist, and Chapin, a singer known for his music for kids, to submit songs to accompany segments of NPR's "Morning Edition" news program. The radio network laid down two strict guidelines: the songs couldn't be partisan or one-sided, and there had to be a news hook. (The latter was a given, but to a satirist, the former is a tight rein indeed.) "After we wrote the first few songs," Forster says, "we realized that the invitation provided us an opportunity to create a very rare kind of album, one composed entirely of topical songs." They went on to write dozens, 14 of which are on Broadsides.
The new CD, Forster and Chapin's first collaboration for adults (they have recorded 10 children's CDs), follows a tradition of populist storytelling and commentary that dates back to sixteenth-century England, where such ballads, printed on single-sided long sheets called "broadsides," took root. These songs were played and sung in public. "Some were romantic," says Forster, "but many were satirical or just plain critical, reaming anyone from the hat-checker to the king."
Their twentieth-century equivalents are protest songs from folk masters like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger '40, and later Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, and others who served as paradigms for Forster and Chapin. The CD's eponymous opening number salutes these artists and the broadside form itself, calling it "A tough, melodic weapon/Packed with values we affirm." Another muse is legendary satirist-songwriter Tom Lehrer '47, A.M. '47. "What Lehrer was doing, and what we've done here," says Forster, "is what I call, 'op-ed pieces with key signatures.' "
The two men sought subjects that were timely but not ephemeral. "You try to get some perspective," Forster says, "and write something big enough that it won't be out of date a year from now." Consider the track "Econo-Me-Oh-My," a wry take on the business cycle, with spoken asides, which the songwriters presented to their NPR editor while the economy was thriving. "She told us to hang on to it, and about six months later, AT&T announced they'd laid off 10,000 people," Forster says. "We called her and said, 'Remember that song?' And it aired the next day."
In a career that encompasses humor, children's music, and theater, with Grammy nominations and compositions recorded by artists ranging from Faith Hill to Judy Collins to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Forster remains hooked on songwriting. "A song is an amazing thing," he says. "By combining an idea with the emotion of music, you can feel a thought. It's a magical process."
But can it make a difference? Though Broadsides [6] will keep listeners chuckling and mulling, Forster and Chapin hope for more. "When you write topical stuff," says Forster, "you always come across that underlying question: can a song change the world? Yeah, right. There's a problem in Rwanda--we'll write a song about it and everything will be great. No! But what part did 'La Marseillaise' play in the French Revolution? And think about 'We Shall Overcome.'"
In the track "Broadside," Forster and Chapin toast that song: "'We Shall Overcome' finally overcame," they write, "'cause everybody sang along." Forster explains: "The song became a component of the zeitgeist. It really can happen."
Source URL: https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2011/03/volleys-in-f-major
[1] https://www.harvardmagazine.com/profile/Susan-Hodara
[6] http://www.johnforster.com/


The lower margin reads: London Printed & Published, 21 Dec. 1785 by W. Hinton N.o 5 Sweetings Alley Royal Exchange./ Two PATRIOTS (in the self same (Age was Born.)/ And both alike have gain'd the Public scorn,/ This to America did much pretend./ The other was to Ireland a Friend./ Yet SWORD or ORATORY, would not do,/ As each had different Plans in Veiw [sic],/ AMERICA lost! ARNOLD & Alass!/ To loose our EDEN now is come to pass."
William Eden had a proclivity to alter his political thinking to correspond to popular opinion. Rowlandson comments on one such change that suggested similarities to Benedict Arnold's treasonous actions during the Revolution. This was not the first time that Eden had come under satiric attack. Having held a number of official positions and having been highly successful in solving the Irish economic problems, Eden chose to leave the government, in opposition to many policies. When William Pitt, the younger, needed a qualified minister to negotiate an important but highly controversial commercial treaty with France, he solicited Eden's aid. Eden's former associates immediately criticized his capitulation to the "enemy", and Rowlandson was provided material for his satire.
Holding a pen in one hand and a paper inscribed "liberty" in the other, Eden approaches Arnold, who, sword outstretched behind him, is saying "liberty". From his coat Eden trails papers labeled "commissn to America: (lb symbol) 6,000 pr Annum" and "Commercl Negotiator to France". The subtitle notes, "NB every Man has his Price Sr Robt Walpole's Politicks" and the verse in the lower margin comments on the comparison of Eden and Arnold.


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Otto Siffling (Waldhof, Mannheim, 12 augustus 1912 – 20 oktober 1939) was een Duits voetballer. Hij speelde voor SV Waldhof Mannheim en het nationaal elftal, waarmee hij op het WK van 1934 de bronzen medaille behaalde. In 1937 scoorde hij vijf keer in een vriendschappelijke interland tegen Denemarken, hiermee staat hij op de derde plaats van Duitse spelers die het meeste doelpunten maakten in één wedstrijd.

Biografie
Siffling speelde al vanaf zijn jeugd bij Waldhof Mannheim en werd op 18-jarige leeftijd in het eerste elftal opgenomen. Vanaf 1931 tot 1933 haalde hij met zijn team de Rijntitel binnen en in 1934, 1936 en 1937 de Gauliga Baden. Een van de grootste successen uit zijn carrière was in 1934 toen Waldhof voor het eerst schitterde op nationaal niveau in de eindronde om de landstitel. De club behaalde de halve finale waarin ze verloren tegen latere kampioen FC Schalke 04. In de beker behaalde Waldhof in 1935 en 1937 de halve finale.

Hij was de eerste speler van Waldhof die opgenomen werd in het nationaal elftal, waar hij van 1934 tot 1938 31 wedstrijden speelde. Op het WK van 1934 werd hij door trainer Otto Nerz bij de eerste wedstrijd tegen België ingezet, die de Duitsers met 5:2 wonnen en waar Siffling één keer scoorde. Ook in de volgende wedstrijden tegen Zweden, Tsjecho-Slowakije en Oostenrijk was hij van de partij. Bij de Olympische Spelen in Berlijn werd hij in de eerste wedstrijd niet ingezet, maar wel bij de kwartfinales tegen Noorwegen, die de Duitsers verrassend uitschakelden.

In 1937 was hij de sterspeler van het legendarische Breslau-Elf team tegen Denemarken. Duitsland scoorde acht keer, waarvan Siffling vijf keer scoorde op 32 minuten. Zijn laatste interland was op 24 april 1938 tegen Portugal dat op 1:1 eindigde. Er is geen andere speler van Waldhof die vaker opgeroepen werd voor het nationaal elftal.

Siffling overleed op 27-jarige leeftijd aan de pleuris. Zijn thuisstad Mannheim benoemde in 1977 een straat in het stadsdeel Waldhof naar hem. Op zijn honderdste geboortedag werd de oosttribune van het Carl-Benz-Stadion naar hem genoemd.

Duits olympisch deelnemer
Duits voetballer


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Today's News & Commentary — July 6, 2018
by Matthew Carrieri | Jul 6, 2018 | News & Commentary
Yesterday, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board requesting that a group of housekeepers at a Seattle Embassy Suites hotel be permitted vote on decertifying Unite Here as their collective bargaining representative. Right to Work alleges that Unite Here and the hotel pressured the housekeepers into signing union authorization cards. If the NLRB rejects the workers' decertification bid, Right to Work has stated that they will ask the Board to overturn Lamons Gasket, a 2011 decision in which the Board overturned Dana Corp. and reinstated a "recognition bar" that protects unions from decertification challenges within six months to a year after they have been voluntarily recognized. Right to Work also filed unfair labor practice charges against Unite Here and Seattle Embassy Suites for their alleged coercion and accused the two of colluding to get the union in. In response, Unite Here spokeperson Rachel Gumpert called Right to Work a "right-wing special interest organization with a long record of dishonesty."
On that note, The Nation has published an article by Moshe Marvit tracing the long history and impact of the National Right to Work Committee and its offshoot Legal Defense Foundation. Drawing on a large volume of legal documents obtained from the UAW, Marvit traces the roots of the organization, and of the contemporary "right-to-work" movement more generally, back to 1953, when a small group of anti-labor businessmen banded together to "break labor from within" and established the Committee. Over the next sixty-odd years, the organization waged a multi-pronged campaign against the labor movement, including by lobbying state legislatures to pass right-to-work laws, mass mailing anti-union leaflets during major strikes, and filing countless lawsuits against unions on behalf of workers. The most recent battle in that long legal campaign was Janus, in which the Supreme Court held 5-4 that agency fees violate the First Amendment. Marvit warns that future Right to Work campaigns will likely include challenges to private sector union dues and efforts to claw back agency fees already collected by public sector unions.
In addition to previously reported action by the Irish Airline Pilots' Association, Ryanair cabin crew based in Italy, Spain, Belgium, and Portugal have pledged to strike on July 25 and 26. The cabin crewmembers are seeking improved working conditions, the right to appoint union representatives, and equal treatment of direct employees and contract workers. They are also demanding that all cabin crew contracts be governed by local law rather than the law of Ireland, where Ryanair is incorporated. Union representatives expected around 4,000 crewmembers to participate.
Last week, economists from Stanford University and the University of Chicago released a study finding that there is a 7% hourly earnings gap between men and women who drive for Uber. While about half of that disparity was accounted for by men driving faster than women, men were also more likely to drive in areas that tend to command higher rates, including high crime areas, and to have more experience on the platform. The study noted that "[e]ven in the absence of discrimination and in flexible labor markets, women's relatively high opportunity cost of non-paid-work time and gender-based differences in preferences could sustain a gender pay gap." Other studies, such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics's Contingent Worker Survey, have found similar earnings gaps between men and women working in contract positions.
Matthew Carrieri


re: 2 unlikely runners let on by Sabathia, the second a routine double play turned askew when the ball hit the pitcher's foot.
I see it is no longer just the listeners who cannot predict this game (as in, "You can't predict baseball"). This is sounding serious, John! And, it is.
We've all heard it said, but for the record (meaning, my memory), sinkerballers need to "get the ball down." If balls are flying off the bat, chances are the sinker isn't sinking. That's from Suzyn Waldman, confirmed by John Sterling today as Yankee replacement starter Sergio Mitre gets hit for 2 in the 1st at the Stadium.
A lefty will throw a change-up to right-handed batters because it will drop away. It's hard to execute to a lefty without going too far inside. That's John.