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On March 15, a group of students from the National University of Malaysia visited SolBridge. The university is hosting a program called "Knowing Asean+3" in which a group of students and faculty members are required to visit a foreign country to observe and learn about the education and business system to give them an exposure of the international knowledge and thus making them a "first class graduate".
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It was beside the point, but she was also a renowned poet. Writing and performing under the name Zyinat, she would compete in contests with others. She even won a seven-day-long contest at a wedding.
Hudojar Khan, the keader under whom Kurmanjan had to work after becoming datka, was a real piece of work. The Kyrgyz sources relate stories of him overtaxing them, poisoning people, impaling them, kidnapping, drowning – you name it, he did it.
Legend tells of her, after becoming datka, being approached by a manap (tribal chief) named Shabdan to be his wife, so he could rule. As the story goes, Shabdan got flustered and messed up his proposal, so she dodged it by calling him "brother," thus putting him down gently, and saving face for everyone. It's unlikely this happened. In reality, Shabdan was working with the Russians, and helped set up a meeting between Kurmanjan and them (through capturing her).
After her son was executed, Kurmanjan went on to prevent a number of other threats to peace. When a local Islamic extremist known as the Spindle Man began stirring up anti-Russian sentiment, she shut him down, exclaiming that life under the Russians wasn't perfect, but it was more peaceful than they'd ever had it.
There are very few English-language sources on Kurmanjan – so, as with so many historical figures, the tales of her life should be taken with a grain of salt. Especially as Kyrgyzstan works to solidify and promote itself, fiction can get swept in with fact. Regardless, though, Kurmanjan Datka was a heck of a woman, who kept the peace when any number of other leaders would have let all their gains crumble away to nothing.
The setting is based off the hilly region in which she lived. The tents, the cooking pot, her horse whip, her outfit, and her jewelry are all taken from photo reference.
In the background, you can see some of the Khan's people (blue) rounding up the Kyrgyz (red), as Kurmanjan's horseback archers ready an ambush.


China Southern , the country's largest airline by fleet size, expects its net profit to have more than doubled in 2015 due to increased overseas travel by the Chinese, weak oil prices and lower forex losses as the yuan depreciated.
Chinese airlines, such as Air China , China Southern and Spring Airlines, have given positive guidance on profit this week ahead of final annual results due to be announced in March.
China Southern Airlines Co Ltd expects its net profit to rise by between 110-130 percent in 2015 from 1.77 billion yuan ($268.9 million) a year ago, it said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Tuesday.
A rise in outbound tourism helped boost its business on international routes, while a fall in jet fuel prices reduced overall costs, the airline said.
"The company took the initiative to deal with the sharp depreciation of renminbi and substantially reduced debt ratio denominated in U.S. dollars, (and) therefore reduced the exchange losses from the depreciation of renminbi," it said. China's yuan currency is also known as the renminbi.
Earlier on Tuesday, Spring Airlines Co Ltd, China's largest budget carrier, said it also expected to deliver strong 2015 results, with net profit seen rising 50-60 percent from 884.2 million yuan a year ago.


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It's an old cliche that Hollywood takes the hard work of creative people and squeezes all of the originality and innovation and intelligence out of it, to dumb it down for the mass market. I never really believed it, though: instead of this big, faceless, creativity-sucking entity, isn't it easier just to assume that some people just aren't as talented as others? If a movie like National Treasure is all Hollywood's fault, then how do movies like The Life Aquatic and Adaptation and Miller's Crossing get made?
But I'm starting to think that cliche might have something to it, the more movies I see from Guillermo del Toro. This weekend I watched The Devil's Backbone. Like Pan's Labyrinth, it was made in Spain. And unlike Mimic, Blade II, and Hellboy, it was very good. Original, innovative, intelligent, and above all, uncompromising. So either del Toro's talent has been wasted by Hollywood, or he only knows how to make movies set around the Spanish Civil War.
The movie's weird, not even so much for what it shows but for how it kept turning into something other than what I'd expected. Before it started, I'd thought it was going to be like The Orphanage, another Spanish movie set in a haunted orphanage. But it's much more interesting than The Orphanage, and it's a period piece, and it's not really a ghost story. Except it kind of is, except for when it veers off into melodrama, or character study, or coming-of-age tale. Plus, there's an explosion.
You can tell that del Toro's a fan of Mike Mignola, or at least why he's a fan if he weren't already before making this movie, because there's that same feeling of simple stories interwoven with the gothic and gruesome and just plain strange. If I were to describe just the plot, it wouldn't sound all that compelling, but then you watch the movie and there's something interesting going on in just about every scene.
The new kid at the orphanage meets the principal — who's got a half-wooden, half-metal prosthetic leg. He finds a father figure in the kindly old science teacher — who keeps fetuses in glass jars and drinks the liquid when no one's looking. And he runs into the orphanage's spooky ghost — who's called "the one who sighs" by the other kids, and who has a constantly-bleeding wound from the crack in his skull, and is always surrounded by particulate matter as if he were still underwater.
The Devil's Backbone turned me into a bona fide fan of Guillermo del Toro, and I wish I'd seen it sooner, and now I'm really, really looking forward to Hellboy II this summer. The best I can say about the first Hellboy movie is that it was clear del Toro was a big fan, and while the movie didn't add much to the character or even really capture the spirit of the comics, it had some good ideas and didn't do anything awful. But the trailers for the sequel seem to have a better feel for what it is that makes Hellboy cool.
Plus, del Toro's riding on the success of Pan's Labyrinth, so I'm thinking he's got enough clout that he can stand up to the nefarious Hollywood talent-suppression field, and make an American Big Summer Blockbuster that's as cool as the ones he's made in Spanish.
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Q: Python requests login Glassdoor I'm trying to use Python 2.7 and Requests 2.7.0 to login Glassdoor and get html response. However, we I was running following code, it always return 403 forbidden response. How can I login correctly?
s = requests.session()
login_data = {'username': 'myemailaddress', 'password': 'mypassword'}
s.post('https://www.glassdoor.com/profile/login_input.htm', data=login_data)
r = s.get('http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/us-reviews-SRCH_IL.0,2_IN1.htm')
print r

Thanks!

A: You could take a slightly different approach and use a framework like Scrapy: http://scrapy.org/
That way you can manipulate the DOM directly and invoke the click events that will trigger the (most likely) javascript that will trigger the login process appropriately on the site.

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Lee Buck Trevino, född 1 december 1939 i Dallas, Texas, är en professionell amerikansk golfspelare.

Uppväxt

Trevino upptäckte golfen när han fick några gamla golfbollar och en rostig golfklubba av sin morbror. Efter det var Trevino fast i sporten och han tillbringade det mesta av sin fritid på närliggande golfklubbar för att träna på sitt nyfunna intresse. Vid åtta års ålder började han att gå caddie och några år senare blev det en heltidssysselsättning för honom, för att tjäna pengar. Han fick sluta skolan efter åttonde klass för att jobba istället och resultatet av det blev inte så dåligt till slut. Som caddie och skoputsare tjänade han 30 dollar i veckan och dessutom fick han som caddie spela gratis på tre övningshål vid sidan av banan där han jobbade. Det var där Trevino utvecklade sitt golfspel. Under flera år, varje dag efter jobbet utvecklade han sina kunskaper genom att slå minst 300 bollar per träningstillfälle. Vid 17 års ålder tog Trevino värvning och var i marinen i fyra år. Den största delen av de sista arton månaderna inom militären tillbringade han med att spela golf med sina överordnade.

Professionell karriär

1967 kom Trevino med på PGA-touren och 1968 på Oak Hill Country Club nådde hann ett stort mål när han vann US Open. Från den dagen fanns det ingen återvändo. Trevino vann därefter 29 gånger på PGA-touren, bland annat sex majors. Han hade sin bästa period tidigt på 1970-talet när han under en tid var Jack Nicklaus största rival. Han vann penningligan 1970, och tio segrar 1971 och 1972. Han tillhörde de bästa spelarna i ytterligare ett decennium och vann sin sista major i 1984 års PGA Championship vid 44 års ålder. När han drog sig tillbaka 1985 var han den spelare som hade tjänat tredje mest i PGA-historien.

Trevino vann också mer än 20 internationella och inofficiella proffstävlingar. I 50-årsåldern var han en av nyckelpersonerna som hjälpte till att starta PGA Senior Tour, numera Champions Tour som blev en kommersiell framgång. Precis som på PGA-touren vann han 29 tävlingar på seniortouren, bland annat fyra senior majors. Han toppade penningligan på seniortouren 1990 och 1992.

Trevino har representerat USA i Ryder Cup sex gånger och hade ett imponerande 17-7-6-vinst-förlust-delat rekord. 1971 blev han belönad med Hickok Belt som årets bäste professionelle idrottsman och han vann även tidningen Sports Illustrateds pris "Sportsman of the Year".

Under sin karriär har Trevino setts som en av de mer humoristiska och tillgängliga PGA-spelarna och han citerades ofta i media. Hans självlärda golfspel ledde till många spännande slag och skins game-segrar. Han vann Vardon Trophy fem gånger mellan 1970 och 1980.

Övrigt
Trevino har grundat flera stipendier och erbjuder hjälp för mexikanska invandrare i USA. Med anledning av detta uttalade han sig i The New Yorker 1980.

Trevino ägnar sig åt banarkitektur i det egna bolaget Trevino Enterprises.

Trevino besökte Sverige i samband med Svenska PGA:s 50-årsjubileum 1982. Han spelade uppvisningstävlingar på Ullna GC och Barsebäck GCC där han bland annat vann över Jan Sonnevi och Anders Forsbrand.

Meriter

Majorsegrar
1968 US Open
1971 US Open, The Open Championship
1972 The Open Championship
1974 PGA Championship
1984 PGA Championship

Segrar på PGA-touren
1968 Hawaiian Open
1969 Tucson Open Invitational
1970 Tucson Open Invitational, National Airlines Open Invitational
1971 Tallahassee Open Invitational, Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, Canadian Open, Sahara Invitational
1972 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, Greater Hartford Open Invitational, Greater St. Louis Golf Classic
1973 Jackie Gleason Inverrary-National Airlines Classic, Doral-Eastern Open
1974 Greater New Orleans Open
1975 Florida Citrus Open
1976 Colonial National Invitation
1977 Canadian Open
1978 Colonial National Invitation
1979 Canadian Open
1980 Tournament Players Championship, Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, San Antonio Texas Open
1981 MONY Tournament of Champions

Segrar på Champions Tour

1990 Royal Caribbean Classic,  Aetna Challenge,  Vintage Chrysler Invitational,  Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic,  NYNEX Commemorative,  U.S. Senior Open,  Transamerica Senior Golf Championship
1991 Aetna Challenge,  Vantage At The Dominion,  Charley Pride Classic
1992 Vantage At The Dominion,  The Tradition,  PGA Seniors' Championship,  Las Vegas Senior Classic,  Bell Atlantic Classic
1993 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic,  Nationwide Championship,  Vantage Championship
1994 Royal Caribbean Classic,  PGA Seniors' Championship,  PaineWebber Invitational,  Bell Atlantic Classic,  BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland,  Northville Long Island Classic
1995 Northville Long Island Classic,  The Transamerica
1996 Emerald Coast Classic
1998 Southwestern Bell Dominion
2000 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic

Senior majors visas i fet stil.

Övriga segrar

1969 World Cup (med Orville Moody)
1971 World Cup (med Jack Nicklaus)
1974 World Series of Golf
1975 Mexican Open
1977 Morocco Grand Prix
1978 Benson & Hedges Lancome Trophy, International Open
1979 Canadian PGA Championship
1980 Lancome Trophy
1981 Sun City Classic
1983 Canadian PGA Championship
1985 Dunhill British Masters
1987 Skins Game
1991 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (med Mike Hill)
1992 Mitsukoshi Classic, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (med Mike Hill)
1993 American Express Grandslam
1994 American Express Grandslam
1995 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (med Mike Hill)
1996 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (med Mike Hill), Australian PGA Seniors' Championship
2003 ConAgra Foods Champions Skins Game

Utmärkelser
World Golf Hall of Fame 1981

Källor
Lee Trevino på About.com
Lee Trevino på Golf Stars Online
Golflexikon, Bokförlaget Bra Böcker AB, Höganäs 1995

Födda 1939
Amerikanska golfspelare
Män
Levande personer

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This entry was posted on February 13, 2012 by Ault Park Sunrise. It was filed under ault park, clear skies, sunrise and was tagged with ault park, cincinnati, mike the turtle, silhouettes, sunrise, winter.
Great to see you back again Blaine and recovering from the moving. Love the light peeking in on the first image.
Great blurry picture of Mike in the tank. Unfortunately your prediction of the feeder fish lasting a while was wrong! They didn't even last a week…Little Buddy and Gizmo didn't stand a chance against Mike!


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When I perform in another country. The local people there sing along to my song in Korean.
— Taeyang
I dance a lot and keep dancing and keep moving.
I can show my characteristics and musical colors both as a member of Bigbang and as a solo artist.
I didn't have many romantic relationships, and the romantic scent inside me was beginning to disappear.
I think I am a pretty good at understanding each character of each person I meet.
When I look at the life of those artists I admire, I believe that age isn't a big factor. As long as I have the capacity to accept a wide range of music, and have the ability to produce and make new music, I think I'd be okay as an older K-pop artist.
Personally, if I like someone I'm pretty earnest with that one person. So I've dated only a few over the years.
I don't really hype myself up with fancy things.
I feel like people can be united under music no matter what country you go to.
I never thought of myself as successful. I have just done what I love to do. I appreciate that I can continue working as a musician every day.
The musical style and sound of 'Love You to Death' is something I wanted to do from the moment I started working on this album. It's a very masculine track with dramatic lyrics.
Honestly, I think people change after meeting someone you love.
I searched the good music that I loved and found out that was all by Miguel! What a strange coincidence! I'm a massive fan of 'Sure Thing' by Miguel.
Even myself, I believe that as an artist I should pursue more independent activities. If more artists believe in this and are active about it, they will be able to accomplish more on their own, without the influence of entertainment labels.
But while I was working with my team to conceptualize 'White Night', we hit writer's block and couldn't come up with a single that I felt would resonate with listeners.
I would describe myself as a very plain but very honest person.
What I felt as a singer is that music and cultural contents are the biggest strengths that go beyond language and go to any country in the world.
It's just that as a solo artist, I have more burden and responsibilities on my shoulders.
I think fans acknowledged the effort I have made as a solo artist and as a member of Bigbang throughout the years. It is a very humbling yet gratifying achievement for me.
I like the universe and nature. I am inspired a lot by the beauties of nature. I named myself as the sun because the sun is the brightest star from the incalculable stars in the universe.
Rise' gave me an idea for the rest of the music's concepts. I really thought of the sun when I listened it. So I imagined nature, and the jungle, because the soundtrack is wild. It was a real vision of the sun from the universe and of nature!
I'm actually a big fan of Zion T and Crush. I think they're very impressive. They're very clear about their artistic identities.
I just want the audience to see that the performances are a real representation of myself.


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Q: Proving that a function on a $\sigma$-finite measure space is continuous
Let $(Y,\mu)$ be a $\sigma$-finite measure space, $U \subseteq
\mathbb{R}$ open and $g \in \mathcal{L}^1(Y)$. Let $f: U \times Y \to
\mathbb{R}$ be such that $f^y(x) := f(x,y)$ is continuous $\mu$-a.e.
  and that $\int_Yf(x,y)d\mu(y)$ exists for any $x \in U$. Now define
  $h:U \to \mathbb{R}$ by $$h(x) := \int_Yf(x,y)d\mu(y)$$ and show that
  $h$ is continuous.

My idea was to use the definition of continuity. Since $f^y$ is continuous $\mu$-a.e. we have for any $x_0 \in U$ and $\varepsilon > 0$ that there exists $\delta > 0$ such that $$|x - x_0| < \delta \Rightarrow |f^y(x) - f^y(x_0)| < \varepsilon$$ holds $\mu$-a.e.
Let $Y = \bigcup_{n \in \mathbb{N}} Y_n$ with $Y_n$ increasing and $\mu(Y_n) < \infty$. Then we have for any $n \in \mathbb{N}$ and $|x - x_0| < \delta/\mu(Y_n)$ $$|h(x)\chi_{Y_n} - h(x_0)\chi_{Y_n}| \leq \int_Y|f(x,y) - f(x_0,y)|\chi_{Y_n}d \mu(y) < \varepsilon $$ By $\lim_{n \to \infty}h\chi_{Y_n} = h$ we get that $$|h(x) - h(x_0)| < \varepsilon$$ whenever $|x - x_0| < \lim_{n \to \infty} \varepsilon/\mu(Y_n)$. Now my problem is, that $\delta = 0$ might occur which is really bad. Is there any way to fix the proof?
Remark. I want to use $\delta-\epsilon$-definition of continuity.

A: It's simpler to work with sequences. Let $x$ be a fixed point in $U$, and $x_n$ be a sequence that converges to $x$. Let us prove that $h(x_n)$ converges to $h(x)$.
Let $f_n: y\mapsto f(x_n,y)$ and $f':y\mapsto f(x,y)$. The hypothesis "$|f(x,y)| \leq g(y)$ for $\mu$-a.e $y$ and all $x\in U$" translates to $|f_n(y)|\leq g(y)$ for $\mu$-a.e $y$.
Moreover, note that since $f^y(x) := f(x,y)$ is continuous $\mu$-a.e, $f_n$ converges pointwise to $f'$ $\mu$-a.e.
Lebesgue dominated convergence applies and yields: $$\lim_n\int f_n d\mu = \int f' d\mu$$ which rewrites as $\lim_n h(x_n) = h(x)$. Hence continuity.


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La visitación  es una obra de El Greco, realizada en 1609 durante su último período toledano. Se conserva en Dumbarton Oaks de Washington D. C..

Análisis

Isabel de Oballe fundó la capilla de la iglesia de San Vicente de Toledo que lleva su nombre. Al cretense se le encargó realizar «una ystoria de la uisitación de santa Isabel por ser el nombre de la fundadora, para lo que se a de fixar un zírculo adornado con su cornisa a la manera que está en Illescas». Se culminó en 1613.

La Virgen María y su prima santa Isabel se encuentran frente a una puerta manierista, simple y monumental. A la derecha se presagia el destino de sus hijos: Cristo crucificado y san Juan Bautista degollado. La pincelada es muy fuerte, según el canon tradicional de la Escuela veneciana, mientras que las tonalidades convierten esta obra en un conjunto de sublime delicadeza.

Bibliografía

 ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-955503-44-1
 SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.

Enlaces externos

ArteHistoria.com. «La visitación». [Consulta: 07.01.2011].

Obras y cuadros del Greco
Cuadros de 1608
Pinturas representando a la Virgen María
Pinturas representando a Santa Isabel


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If change is necessary, or even desirable, that change must be internally driven. No matter how real the lack of time, resources, energy, or constituent support for such change, change, if it is to happen, can only be generated from within. The fact that elements of the art world do not like this reality and would prefer not to deal with it does not obviate the necessity, for them and for the arts community as a whole, of doing so.
A graduating theatre student, child of Mexican immigrants, was speaking (in Spanish) with a stranger in a Latino grocery store. He was asked what he was studying.
The stranger's lack of awareness of contemporary theatre in the U.S. was, no doubt, exacerbated by a language barrier. But his disconnection from live theatre is far more typical of the general populace than not. It reflects a small difference in degree, not a substantial one in kind.
The arts are simply not a vital fact of life in the U.S. for any but the truest of true believers. If it were otherwise, funding, attendance, perceived relevance, and visibility (to name a few issues) would not be the challenges they are.
The arts community can choose to decry what it identifies as the sources of this disconnection–poor public schools and arts education, societal focus on trivia, lack of reflective capacity, a grossly materialistic culture, etc., but gnashing of teeth serves no constructive purpose. It can also advocate vociferously for change in those other sectors as solutions to the arts world's problems. But, there is no force or constituency external to the arts community that can or will apply its influence or resources to make the arts more relevant to life as lived in this country. Nor, upon honest reflection, can any be expected to do so. The responsibility for that rests solely with the arts community.
If change must come from within, it is important to understand the nature of and players in the arts industry. The arts infrastructure as it exists in the U.S. today has essentially two halves. One is the "front lines:" producing and presenting organizations and artists. The other is the support structure that serves direct arts providers. The thoughts that follow are designed to stimulate thinking about steps to be taken in organizing and implementing an enhanced focus on community engagement.
Of the two halves, the support structures–arts service organizations, arts training and education programs, and funders (private foundations and government agencies primarily)–have the advantage of not being "in the trenches." They have the luxury of a longer and broader view of their respective areas of interest and time, in comparison to those on the front line of the arts, to digest trends and insights in the field. By virtue of their connections with multiple arts providers, they have the capacity to reach numerous organizations at once, and, to one extent or another, they have standing with their constituents to advocate for change. At the same time, since they are all constituent driven, there is sometimes a countervailing tendency for them to be beholden to the habits and opinions of their members–a relationship that has occasionally had the result of stifling or delaying change.
On the national, regional, and state levels, arts service organizations can best support change in arts organizations. They can do so through the information disseminating vehicles at their disposal–print publications, electronic media, workshops, and conferences. Those that have funding mechanisms can redirect current or channel new financial support to training opportunities for members (e.g., externally run workshops) and projects for direct transformation of individual organizations.
Local arts agencies, with their immediate connections with artists and arts organizations may well be the most productive vehicle through which to effect change. The best mechanisms for reaching LAA's would be through their specific state and national service organizations.
Artists need training in how to be in community at the same time they develop their requisite arts-specific skills. Not all artists pursue a degree in higher education, but those that do would benefit from the type of instruction suggested here. While a few undergraduate and graduate artist programs in higher education have made great strides in preparing their students for engaging with communities (the Eastman School of Music, New England Conservatory, and the Rhode Island School of Design are but three examples) and others are beginning to add engagement and entrepreneurship to their curricula, broader efforts would be helpful. In particular, working with the principal arts program accrediting bodies (e.g., National Association of Schools of Dance) and the discipline-specific support organizations (e.g., College Music Society) would assist in raising awareness about this category of training and in providing recommendations on how to include it in curricula.
Similarly, arts administration students need exposure to the principles and practices of community engagement. As with artist education programs, some arts administration programs place heavy emphasis on community engagement. As mentioned earlier, the Association of Arts Administration Educators has developed a curriculum standard for community engagement education, though addressing the standard is not a requirement for membership.
While very few foundations exist exclusively as arts infrastructure, the Catch-22 issue referred to earlier, where neither arts nor social service funders view community-focused arts projects as falling within their mandate, needs to be addressed. In addition, foundations and government funding agencies need to be made more generally aware of the potential for community improvement that the arts represent. As but one idea in practice, the NEA under Rocco Landesman has partnered with numerous other federal agencies (e.g., Education, HUD, Veterans Affairs) on arts-related projects, gaining access to funds otherwise unavailable. The foundation service world can provide an access point for educating foundation leadership just as arts service organizations can serve that role for their constituents.
It is on the front lines of the arts world where the community is actually engaged. As has been described earlier, the path to engagement begins with the artist or arts organization committing to engagement as an essential role. Artists and arts organizations have two basic modes through which they can do this work. The most obvious is participation in community-focused arts projects; programming is central to engagement. The other is simple community citizenship–providing neighborly service as resources allow and participating in community-betterment projects even when they are not arts related.
Arts producers are those who directly create art or curate and organize arts events: art museums, performing arts organizations, and artists. Each category presents its own opportunities for connecting with the community. Reaching them through arts service organizations has been discussed immediately above. Another vehicle for change, not unrelated, is through the experience of peers. Awareness of successful examples that enhance viability provides inspiration and legitimizes engagement as a viable option.
As discussed earlier, art museums engage communities through education, historically one of their three core functions. Exhibits designed around community issues and interests are a beginning. Related educational programming draws visitors, encourages discussion, and enhances a sense that the museum is interested in the community. Such work positions a museum to be seen as a valued member of the community. In addition, the 4C self-image articulated by the Walker Art Center (Container, Convener, Connector, Catalyst) or the Queens Museum's view of itself as a Community Hub add depth to engagement.
It is in the immediacy of performance, direct contact with performers, and shared experience (with other attendees) that performing arts organizations have their power. Performances gather groups of people together, groups that can be encouraged to participate in discussions, presentations, and follow-up events related to the performance. As performing arts organizations become more adept at collaboration and at programming that is responsive to community interests, they will reap the benefits associated with being valued by an ever-increasing percentage of the population.
Artists are crucial to community arts activities. They are often the face of community engagement, so it is essential that they be trained in and adept at this work. The current lack of training for artists in this skill has been discussed before. Yet even simple non-arts human interactions (e.g., mundane tasks as simple as picking up the dry cleaning) can be powerful in establishing connections that support more substantive work. Being seen as a member of the community goes a long way toward breaking down the "heroic artist" barrier that prevents some from seeking out the benefits of the arts. The experience of the NEA's rural residency program attests to the power of this element of engagement. In 1992, the Ying Quartet lived and worked in Jesup, Iowa, a farm town with a population of about 2000. Their presence and work in the community electrified Jesup and transformed notions about what being a musician meant. Artists who add in-depth training in engagement to the rich dynamic of personal presence can be powerful change agents.
Presenters take artistic product created by others and make it available to the public. Performing arts series, museums and galleries that mount traveling exhibitions, and concert/theatrical venues that do not produce their own programming fall into this category. Presenters are uniquely positioned for community engagement work. Functioning as curators (choosing the art work to present) they select from a vast array of options available regionally or nationally. Choices can be made that are particularly suited to their locale's interests or issues without the burden of mounting the production or exhibition. Since their missions are often even more directly tied to community support than that of others cited here, a community engagement agenda can be particularly valuable to their sustainability.
In what direct, tangible ways are the lives of specific people in your community outside of the arts world made better by your programming and other activities?
Does your work look substantially different from your peers' and is it perceived as such by your community?
These questions highlight the intense involvement in community engagement that is required to be effective in it. Meaningful answers take an organization far beyond and much deeper than traditional outreach programming that has as its principal intent increasing audience size.
Colleagues whom I deeply respect challenge me as to whether I believe all arts organizations should adopt community engagement as central to their mission, whether excellence is not enough of itself. I am a product of the established arts infrastructure, so it has taken me a long time to sort through what I think about this question. I now believe that, in the abstract, excellence alone may be sufficient justification for the existence of an arts organization. But there are important questions that organizations citing excellence as their raison d'etre should answer, and, to my mind, there are few that, as a result of those answers, can reasonably eschew a heavy emphasis on community engagement.
Before addressing those questions, however, some observations need to be made about the limitations that can be imposed by "excellence only" or "excellence primarily" missions. Excellence in this context often implies (but need not be limited to) a single genre of a single culture. At the 2011 Conference of Americans for the Arts, Felicia Filer–Director, Public Art Division, City of Los Angeles–observed that, "Any arts organization that is culturally specific in art or audience is not sustainable." While that is a broad generalization subject to many caveats and exceptions, the essential point is a valuable one. Inclusiveness in programming as well as in relationship building is vital to the health of arts organizations in the U.S. of the future. (And, arguably, the present.) It is especially important to acknowledge that many mainline arts organizations are culturally specific in their offerings without realizing it. Eurocentric programming can no longer be monolithically normative.
A majority culture has the luxury of not thinking of itself as a culture, just as whites in the U.S. have not in the past been required to think of themselves as "white," a luxury not generally enjoyed by other populations–blacks and Hispanics for example. European culture has been the unexamined template for the arts. In its light all alternatives have been "other." Filer's observation highlights the fact that Eurocentric programming is and will be increasingly subject to the same pressures and limitations as the artistic expression of any other culture. The first step in addressing the issue is acknowledging the cultural specificity of much programming by established arts organizations.
Of course, Ms. Filer's comment applies equally to culturally specific arts organizations focused on non-European cultures. And the practical issue remains the same. As a means of refining the point and opening more breathing room for each culture's art, perhaps it would be valid to say that "Any arts organization that is culturally specific in art or audience and that does not actively connect with individuals and communities not directly part of its culture–making that art meaningful to them, is not sustainable." This, then, is a direct path back to the questions presented above highlighting the seriousness of an arts organization's commitment to being a member of its community.
So here are further questions, both practical and values-based, to be considered by arts organizations with a mission focused exclusively or primarily on excellence, organizations that do not choose community engagement as a significant part of their mission.
Is the cultural expression at which you excel one that is sustainable for the foreseeable future? Excellence in the performance of Gesualdo's music or John Heywood's plays does not undergird entire industries today. How long will it be before your work is considered historic reenactment rather than living art?
Can the expense of your excellence be covered through fundraising if you are not widely seen as a community resource interested in and touching the lives of all?
Given demographic trends in this country, for how long will the resources (human and financial) required to support this culturally-specific work be socially and politically acceptable?
And even if the art is sustainable, is your level of excellence so unique that it is justifies focus on that excellence without significant attention being paid to community involvement?
Why are you resisting community engagement? Is it really a concern about losing focus on excellence or is it about attachments to a familiar medium, genre, or cultural heritage? Varieties of perspective and cultural influence have always been beneficial to the development of the arts. Community engagement is a direct path to that variety. It is arguably the road to on-going excellence.
In general, then, it would appear that community engagement is an essential core value that should be central to the mission of almost all arts organizations. At the same time, some few orchids of culturally-specific excellence not substantively engaged with their communities may continue; they should be cherished as long as they can be viable. However, they should choose their course with eyes wide open.
Change on the scale envisioned here can only be accomplished if every element of the arts organization is committed to the change and to maintaining the process of implementing it over a very long period. Board, administrative and artistic staff, and volunteers must understand the importance of pursuing a new direction and be ready to articulate the reasons to a curious or skeptical public.
To develop the social, economic, and political support that will be required for survival, artists and arts organizations must learn how to work with the members of their communities in exploring the meaning of the arts and the role they should play in all of our lives. The goal is to become vital members of our communities, partners in all that is important to those communities. In explaining the significance of community roots in securing audiences and support for arts activities, I tell my students, "All the arts are local" (with apologies to the late Tip O'Neill). This is not just a statement about making our product viable; it is also a statement about where we are most able to be an agent of change in people's lives. It is in understanding ourselves as community builders that we can find the key to our future and fulfill the call that led us into this profession in the first place.
What we are facing in the next generation or two is only a crisis if we believe that the continued existence of established arts organizations is important. As stated in the beginning, the arts will always exist. It's only the organizations about which there is any doubt. If their survival is important, those organizations, for structural and, in some cases, philosophical reasons, are in serious jeopardy. It is a crisis. If their survival is not important, why worry?
My primary reason for urging change in the established arts community is that the arts have so much to offer to every member of our communities and the benefits the arts can represent are not now reaching very far into those communities. Also, we as a society have invested much in an arts infrastructure that could and should be turned to a far broader public good. Finally, the arts that the established institutions present are powerful and meaningful. They have much to offer everyone. If established arts institutions gradually fade from the scene as a result of social irrelevancy, then the arts they present will also be lost. That would be tragic.
Perhaps the most critical transformation necessary is a re-imagining of the arts world's understanding of and relationship with the community in which it exists. Our communities should not be seen as a collection of market segments to be tapped in an effort to sell tickets or extend "reach." Communities are not resources to be exploited in the interest of furthering the health of the organization or even the arts as a sector. It is from community that the arts developed and it is in serving communities that the arts will thrive. It is not the arts that are central here. It is the community. Even the self-focused artist in the "heroic" mold is subject to this truth. Their work will only endure if it enriches the community over time. It will otherwise fade to oblivion with Ozymandias. The same is true of arts organizations.
It is the creation and support of healthy, vital communities that provides the justification for the expenditures of human and financial resources that the arts require. Communities do not exist to serve the arts; the arts exist to serve communities.


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China has reached parity with US on this year's Fortune Global 500 list
Washington Post Daily Dot: "China has reached parity with the United States on this year's Fortune Global 500 list, which dropped this morning. "As the Chinese Century nears its third decade, Fortune's Global 500 shows how profoundly the world's balance of power is shifting," Geoff Colvin writes in the magazine. "American companies account for 121 of the world's largest corporations by revenue. Chinese companies account for 129 (including 10 Taiwanese companies). For the first time since the debut of the Global 500 in 1990, and arguably for the first time since World War II, a nation other than the U.S. is at the top of the ranks of global big business. That shift is transforming not just the business world but the whole world. … The No. 1 nationality among the top 50 companies in this year's Global 500 is American; among the bottom 50, it's Chinese. Those companies near the bottom are rising quickly, and like their country, they're burning with ambition."
Also via the Washington Post Daily Dot – "The New York Times reports that Chinese investment in the United States has plummeted by nearly 90 percent since Trump took office: "The falloff, which is being felt broadly across the economy, stems from tougher regulatory scrutiny in the United States and a less hospitable climate toward Chinese investment, as well Beijing's tightened limits on foreign spending. It is affecting a range of industries including Silicon Valley start-ups, the Manhattan real estate market and state governments that spent years wooing Chinese investment, underscoring how the world's two largest economies are beginning to decouple after years of increasing integration."
Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research
Reconciling Social Media and Professional Norms for Lawyers, Judges, and Law Professors
McPeak, Agnieszka, The Internet Made Me Do It: Reconciling Social Media and Professional Norms for Lawyers, Judges, and Law Professors (May 1, 2019). Idaho Law Review, Vol. 55, No. 2, 2019. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3418088 "Social media platforms operate under their own social order. Design decisions and policies set by platforms steer user behavior. Additionally,… Continue Reading
Subjects: Courts, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media
Birnhack, Michael D. and Perez, Oren and Perry, Ronen and Teichman, Doron, Ranking Legal Publications: The Israeli Inter-University Committee Report (July 18, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3422168 "The Report offers a global ranking of academic legal publications, covering more than 900 outlets, and using a four-tier categorization. The ranking is based on a combined quantitative… Continue Reading
The Law and Accessible Texts: Reconciling Civil Rights and Copyrights
"On July 22, 2019, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the University of Virginia (UVA) Library released this white paper, The Law and Accessible Texts: Reconciling Civil Rights and Copyrights, authored by Brandon Butler (UVA), Prue Adler (ARL), and Krista Cox (ARL). This white paper, part of a project supported by a grant from… Continue Reading
Subjects: Civil Liberties, Copyright, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research
Law Librarians: The Missing Link As Solo & Small Firm Lawyers Adapt to Artificial Intelligence
MyShingle – Nicole Black: "Earlier this week, I lead a roundtable discussion on Artificial Intelligence in Legal Research and Law Practice at the American Association of Law Librarians (AALL) which took place in Washington D.C. I was grateful for the invitation from @robtruman, the law librarian at the Lewis & Clark Law School because the… Continue Reading
Subjects: AI, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries
The internet is surprisingly fragile, crashes thousands of times a year, and no one is making it stronger
Phys.org: "How could a small internet service provider (ISP) in Pennsylvania cause millions of websites worldwide to go offline? That's what happened on June 24, 2019 when users across the world were left unable to access a large fraction of the web. The root cause was an outage suffered by Cloudflare, one of the internet's… Continue Reading
Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Knowledge Management
CRS – Bankruptcy and Student Loans
Library of Congress CRS Reports – Bankruptcy and Student Loans, July 1, 2019. "As overall student loan indebtedness in the United States has increased over the years, many borrowers have found themselves unable to repay their student loans. Ordinarily, declaring bankruptcy is a means by which a debtor may discharge—that is, obtain relief from—debts he… Continue Reading
Subjects: Courts, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation
One Thing You Can Do: Know Your Tree Facts
The New York Times Climate Newsletter – July 19, 2019: "We recently told you about a study that looked at how many more trees could grow on Earth and how much carbon they could absorb from the atmosphere. The answer: The planet has room for about 2.5 billion acres of forest, and all those trees… Continue Reading
Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Knowledge Management
All school and no work becoming the norm for American teens
Brookings – "From 2000 to 2018, the labor force participation rate of 16- to 64-year-olds fell 3.6 percentage points. In previous work, we have shown that declining labor force participation among young people contributed substantially to this decline. In this analysis, we describe how teenagers (16–19-year-olds) have shifted away from working or seeking work and… Continue Reading
Subjects: Economy, Education
The Issue with Tissue: How Americans Are Flushing Forests Down the Toilet
NRDC: "Tissue products such as toilet paper, paper towels, and facial tissue are cheap and convenient—but they cost the planet a great deal. The vast majority of these tissue products are made from wood pulp, and in the United States that wood pulp comes largely from the boreal forest of Canada. Our demand for tissue… Continue Reading
Subjects: Environmental Law


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Turkey's FM urges 'all' to display respect for Al-Aqsa mosque
Palestinian leaders have issued dire warnings in the past week after attempts by Jewish extremists to raid the holy site.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday his ministry was closely following the developments at the Al-Haram Al-Sharif.
Palestinian leaders have issued dire warnings in the past week after police attaks on Palestinian protesters at al-Aqsa mosque in Quds' Old City, over attempts by Jewish extremists to raid the holy site.
Speaking in a joint press conference with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Balazs in Ankara, Davutoglu said that Turkey's Consul General in Jerusalem Ambassador Ercan Ozer went to the region and met with the representatives of the Al-Haram Al-Sharif Foundation.
Answering a question on the blockade at Al-Haram Al-Sharif, Anadolu news agency quoted Davutoglu as saying that his ministry sent the "warning messages" on the issue to all sides.
Turkey's stand on the Palestinian issue is clear. Eastern Jerusalem is part of Palestinian territory. Al-Haram Al-Sharif is a location given high importance by the Muslims and Christians. It is an obligation for everyone to display respect for Al-Haram Al-Sharif. As such, we are closely monitoring the developments there, Davutoglu stressed.
Israel captured Al-Quds in the 1967 six-day war and later annexed the city, in a move not recognized by the international community.
The city is home to Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Muslims' first Qiblah [direction Muslims take during prayers] and the third holiest shrine after Al Ka'bah in Makkah and Prophet Muhammad's Mosque in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Its significance has been reinforced by the incident of Al Isra'a and Al Mi'raj — the night journey from Makkah to Al-Quds and the ascent to the Heavens by Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
Al-Quds is also home to some of the holiest Christian worship places, including the Jerusalem Church and the Greek Orthodox Church.
Israel has been imposed to force the Palestinians out, including systematic demolition of their homes.
The second Palestinian intifada began there in September 2000 after an attempt by Ariel Sharon to enter the mosque, the right-wing politician who became Israeli prime minister the following year.
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December 29 News Round Up
Posted on December 29, 2022 by Terry M. Jarrett
Grid News explores recent grid failures in the U.S. noting, "America runs on gas, and when it gets cold, that can be a challenge."
AIER reports on the new-normaling of blackouts in the US.
The Financial Times reports that some of the largest coal mining companies tripled their profits in 2022 to reach a total of more than $97bn, defying expectations for an industry that was thought to be "in terminal decline."
Canada's Globe and Mail ran an editorial noting that, while Canadian politicians and industry representatives "scored a big win by convincing U.S. President Joe Biden's administration to turn made-in-America provisions for new EV purchase rebates into made-in-North America ones," they need to turn the same degree of focus to capitalizing on Canada's reserves of raw materials for batteries, such as lithium, cobalt and graphite.
The Wall Street Journal ran an editorial, "The Cold Reality of Buffalo," opining that the storm death toll is a reminder that reliable energy saves lives.
The Hill examines grid reliability challenges due to the recent cold weather.
The Washington Post reports on grid challenges in France.
The Washington Examiner reports on coal's 2022 rebound.
The Navajo-Hopi Observer reports that NTEC has sued BNSF over coal transportation issues, alleging it breached a contract to transport coal from Montana for use overseas.
In the news today and from the long weekend…
Wall Street Journal reports that the strain caused by climate policies left too many Americans shivering over the weekend, and worse is coming.
The Idaho Statesman reports on the promise and perils of cobalt mining in Idaho, and Jervois Global's plans for a new cobalt mine northwest of Challis.
CleanTechnica reports that Albemarle is going to invest $180 million or more to create the Albemarle Technology Park (ATP) in Charlotte, North Carolina.
A Joe Rogan podcast went viral after his guest, a Harvard visiting professor and modern slavery activist, discussed the "appalling" cobalt mining industry in the Congo and how virtually all EV batteries contain materials mined there.
Mining.com reports on the comments of California Congressman Tom McClintock on the flaws of mining policy in the U.S. saying, in part, "Mr Chairman I simply want to implore you and your democratic colleagues to reconsider the policies you have been pursuing. On the one hand you want to mandate not only electric cars but industrial scale backup batteries for wind and solar farms all in the name of saving the planet. Yet on the other hand you want to radically restrict mining; also in the name of saving the planet. Well you can't do both."
NBC News reports on the impacts to the local community of an underground coal mine in rural Utah that has been on fire since September.
The Tuscaloosa Patch reports that three Warrior Met Coal employees were injured on Christmas when a large piece of ice fell on them in an elevator shaft.
National Journal reports Rep. Bruce Westerman is set to be perched atop the Natural Resources Committee. He'll have to navigate Democratic opposition, firebrand Republicans, and the politics of divided government to advance his agenda.
U.S. News reports one of the largest coal producers in the United States has sued a major freight railroad, alleging it breached a contract to transport coal from Montana for use overseas.
Washington Examiner reports Germany is slated to boost its coal imports next year, becoming one of the few nations to do so as it races to replace Russian supplies and prepare for the 2022-2023 winter.
Washington Post reports a company that plans to make batteries for the U.S. energy grid will locate its first full-scale manufacturing plant in a former steel town in West Virginia, creating at least 750 jobs in a $760 million investment, Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday.
Bloomberg reports that Texas Governor Greg Abbott and state officials are confident the power grid will continue running as a potent winter storm delivering sub-freezing temperatures makes its way to the state this week.
E&E News reports that as California focuses on electrifying residential and commercial buildings as part of its goal of becoming a zero-carbon economy by 2045, the state is facing questions about its ability to handle rising electricity demand.
Mining.com reports researchers at Utah State University are mapping out strategies that allow balancing the emerging demand for mining and energy development projects on the Colorado Plateau and the survival of the area's rare plant populations.
Washington Post reports an Alaska Native group on Thursday will announce that more than 44,000 acres of land near Bristol Bay, the site of the world's largest wild salmon fishery, are off limits to future development.
Utility Dive reports that U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois leads a group of lawmakers calling for $2.1 billion in federal funding to address a shortage of electrical transformers that are slowing grid distribution projects and making them more expensive.
Bloomberg reports that the Texas grid operator expects power use to surge above what officials forecast to be the system's winter peak this week as a cold front grips the region.
WyoFile reports Union Pacific Railway, one of two railroad companies that haul coal out of the Powder River Basin, is under fire for curtailing shipments to customers, including power plants.
E&E Energywire reports some of the largest coal-burning power plants in the nation are being fast-tracked for retirement and replaced in part by cheaper, cleaner renewable energy — a trend that should accelerate following enactment of landmark federal climate legislation.
The Hill reports global coal usage has reached an all-time high in 2022 amid the disruption of traditional trade flows, soaring costs and increased demand, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Washington Examiner reports U.S. lithium supplier Ioneer said Monday that its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron mining project in Nevada has advanced to the final stages of federal permitting, a milestone that puts it on track to begin production in 2026 amid soaring demand for the critical mineral stoked by the Democratic climate law.
Axios reports federal regulators began reviewing the Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, which is located close to an endangered flower.
E&E Greenwire reports the Biden administration will formally analyze a proposed lithium-boron mine in southwest Nevada that would be located near a rare wildflower the Fish and Wildlife Service listed last week as an endangered species.
Utility Dive reports that the North American Electric Reliability Corp. forecasts a high risk of resource shortfalls throughout California and parts of the Midwest grid through 2027.
Bloomberg reports that the Texas grid operator said it anticipates having enough power supplies to meet demand next week when a polar blast is forecast to grip the Lone Star State.
WFIN reports from Fox News reports the Biden administration opened the door to financing mining projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia to bolster the global green energy supply chain as it pushes ahead with its climate agenda, despite the DRC's documented issues with child laborers being used in such mines.
Mining.com reports from Bloomberg world coal consumption is set to rise to the highest level ever this year despite ambitious global goals aimed at weaning nations off burning the dirty fossil fuel.
Argus reports global coal production and consumption reached "an all-time high" in 2022 as geopolitical turmoil prompted a return to coal-fired power generation, according to the Paris-based IEA's annual global coal report.
Argus reports US coal mining fatalities are on track to be flat with 2021 despite increased production and mine employment.
Permitting:
Argus reports the US Senate has rejected a last-ditch attempt by senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) to expedite energy project permitting through an amendment to an annual defense policy bill.
WFAE reports that the shootings at two North Carolina electrical substations prompt federal regulators to order a nationwide review of security standards around the electricity transmission network.
Casper Star Tribune reports the Biden administration chose not to appeal a judge's August suspension of most federal coal leasing.
E&E News PM reports EPA Administrator Michael Regan has scrapped a Trump-era permitting policy whose development ensnared a top appointee in allegations of ethical overstepping.
Washington Examiner reports Biden said he wants Congress to pass Sen. Joe Manchin's permitting bill to help bring down inflation, public enemy no. 1 during his tenure.
E&E Daily reports Sen. Joe Manchin's attempt to overhaul environmental rules for energy projects failed in the Senate on Thursday, ending a months-long effort from the West Virginia Democrat.
Axios reports global consumption of coal is rising slightly to a fresh all-time record this year, per new International Energy Agency data.
Utility Dive report that a consulting firm defends its analysis of Texas' electric grid against criticism that its weather data did not include the 2021 winter storm that devastated the state's grid.
The Washington Free Beacon reports President Joe Biden pledged on the campaign trail to support domestic mining projects to power a green energy revolution. Two years later, the Democrat is killing those projects as he works to fund foreign mines instead.
The Washington Post reports a Nevada wildflower was declared endangered at the only place it's known to exist — on a high-desert ridge where a lithium mine is planned to help meet growing demand for electric car batteries, U.S. wildlife officials announced Wednesday.
E&E Greenwire reports the Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday announced it will protect the Tiehm's buckwheat plant as an endangered species, putting a wrinkle into plans for a big lithium mine in Nevada.
Fusion:
Politico reports that the Department of Energy announced a recent breakthrough in fusion technology as "one of the most impressive scientific feats in the 21st century," although scientists say it will take decades and hundreds of billions of dollars to reach commercial deployment. Scientists optimistic about the potential for fusion energy say the technology will allow for cheap, abundant and emissions-free power without radioactive waste.
E&E News reports that the Department of Energy on Tuesday celebrated a major fusion energy milestone, outlining how scientists for the first time were able to produce more energy from a reaction than was consumed.
E&E News reports that the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on Sen. Joe Manchin's energy permitting bill as an amendment to a defense spending bill, though observers say it faces slim chances of passing.
E&E Greenwire reports the White House announced today the U.S. is joining an international critical minerals alliance to bolster the clean energy transition.
E&E Daily reports Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Joe Manchin is cautioning the Treasury Department against taking a lenient view on the strict domestic sourcing requirements for electric vehicles included in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Politico Pro reports Mountain Pass sits at the center of America's plan to rival China's iron grip on critical rare earth elements used in advanced commercial and military technology.
Argus reports a Q&A with Paul Vining, chairman of Westmoreland Mining and former vice president of Peabody Energy. In this Q&A, edited for length and clarity, he talks about why transitioning from coal is likely to be more challenging than many perceive.
Argus reports coal-fired generation in the PJM Interconnection rose last month from the historically low levels set in November 2021.
E&E Climatewire reports the European Union's climate import tax could galvanize a congressional conversation about enacting a similar policy in the United States.
Utility Dive reports that Transmission as a reliability and affordability strategy drives CAISO and SPP regional market ambitions. SPP and CAISO utilities' collaborations could lead to new national seams connections, analysts say.
Grist reports a deadline is looming for the Senate to take action to stop new uranium mines adjacent to the Grand Canyon, conservation experts and Indigenous tribal leaders warned this week.
Climatewire reports New England faces an expensive decision in the coming years over the future of a liquefied natural gas import terminal near Boston, an industry analyst and the regional grid operator told a conference here Monday.
Washington Examiner reports European cities recorded another day of freezing temperatures today as a cold front tightened its grip across the continent, increasing demand for stored gas and on France's nuclear power sector, with saw demand rise to its highest point all winter.
E&E Energywire reports National Grid PLC canceled a request to prepare two of the United Kingdom's standby coal-fired units to run Monday amid signs of a relief from a blast of winter weather.
Good Monday morning!
Utility Dive reports that shifting all vehicles to battery electric vehicles would demand more than 40% of the country's electricity production, the American Transportation Research Institute said in a report.
Axios reports the Biden administration is looking to fund roughly a dozen mineral projects overseas in a bid for more resources used in lower-carbon tech.
Argus report dozens of US port and river infrastructure projects are closer to approval following a US House of Representatives vote earlier this week on a revised biennial Water Resources Development Act of 2022.
Politico Pro reports Canada released a much-anticipated strategy Friday to back a C$3.8 billion budget promise to charge up its burgeoning critical minerals sector.
December 9 News Round Up
Posted on December 9, 2022 by Terry M. Jarrett
Happy Friday!!
E&E News reports that shootings at two electric substations in North Carolina last weekend are among the numerous threats posed to U.S. electric infrastructure since mid-October, raising questions about whether such incidents are on the rise.
E&E Greenwire reports Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is calling on the state of Georgia to hold off on approving a controversial proposed titanium mine near the fabled Okefenokee refuge in Georgia, the nation's largest blackwater swamp.
Washington Examiner reports Sen. Joe Manchin's Building American Energy Security Act of 2022 is meant to make his permitting reform effort more palatable to lawmakers who've so far pretty widely opposed it.
Politico Pro reports Sen. Joe Manchin on Thursday called the lack of Republican support for his permitting reform push "payback" for his role in passing the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act, which included billions in funding for climate and clean energy initiatives.
Washington Examiner reports the U.S. and its allies must avoid trading historical dependencies on foreign sources of fossil fuels for one on Chinese-produced and processed critical minerals, a senior State Department official said.
CNN reports that investigators are zeroing in on two possible motives centered around extremist behavior in NC power stations attacks, sources say.
E&E Greenwire reports West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday released his latest infrastructure permitting proposal, confirming fears among environmentalists that the plan goes further than an earlier draft.
Washington Examiner reports Sen. Manchin faced a second defeat last night with release of a defense bill agreement excluding his permitting reform bill.
E&E Daily reports Sen. Joe Manchin isn't giving up on trying to pass his overhaul of federal environmental rules, but the changes he's made to the bill may have further alienated Democrats while doing little to assuage skeptical Republicans.
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December 7, 1941–a date which will live in infamy. Today we remember and honor our gallant servicemembers who lost their lives in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Heroes all. RIP.
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Railway:
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Good Monday Morning!!
Thanks to the Houston Chronicle (Texas) and Lincoln Journal (W.Va.) for carrying my op-ed where I argue that rather than race to dismantle more coal plants, the U.S. must recognize the essential utility of its remaining coal fleet as a reliability and affordability backstop.
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National Anthropological Archives
Guide to the Robert I. Levy papers, 1947-2001, undated
NAA.2014-11
Levy, Robert I. (Robert Isaac), 1924-
1947-2001, undated
Collection is primarily in
. Field sound recordings and some of the accompanying transcripts are in
262 Sound recordings
37.4 Linear feet
71 boxes, 5 map-folders
The Robert I. Levy papers document his field work, research and professional activities from 1949-2001 and primarily deal with his work studying social organization, culture, and their psychological effects in Tahiti and Nepal. The collection consists of correspondence, field notes, sound recordings of interviews with informants in Tahiti and Nepal, interview transcripts and analyses, language and culture research materials, maps, and color slides. Also included are files about his books, articles, essays, and lectures; course materials from his time as a professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD); and conference files.
The Robert I. Levy papers document his field work, research and professional activities from 1949-2001 and primarily deal with his work studying social organization, culture and their psychological effects in Tahiti and Nepal. The collection consists of correspondence, field notes, sound recordings of interviews with informants in Tahiti and Nepal, interview transcripts and analyses, language and culture research materials, maps, and color slides.
The correspondence includes Levy's thoughts on his first field work experience in Tahiti from 1961-1964 along with extensive correspondence with Levy's cousin, anthropologist Roy Rappaport, in the same time period. Interview transcripts from Tahiti are written in Tahitian with Levy's notes in English. Transcripts from Nepal are in Newar (Devanagari script) with English translations. Full transcripts in both languages are not always present. Research materials comprise documents Levy gathered before and after his periods of field work and include extensive analyses of psychological terms in Tahitian and Newar. The color slides depict adults, children, daily activities, rituals, and some landscapes in Tahiti and Nepal.
Also included in this collection are files about his books, articles, essays, and lectures; course materials from his time as a professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD); and conference files.
This collection is arranged in 4 series: Series 1. Tahiti, 1959-1964, 1970, undated; Series 2. Nepal, 1959-1990, undated; Series 3. Professional activities, 1949-2001, undated; Series 4. Slides, 1961, 1973-1978, undated.
Robert I. Levy was born on June 1st in New York, New York.
M.D. Degree, New York University, College of Medicine.
Army Medical Corps, Neuropsychiatric and Psychiatric Services, Germany.
Specialty certification in psychiatry. American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Private psychiatry practice.
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, School of Medicine.
Attending Psychiatrist, Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, San Francisco, California.
Adjunct in psychiatry, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, California.
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association.
From July-August 1961 and July 1962-June 1964, field work in French Polynesia. Grants from the National Institute for Mental Health and the National Science Foundation.
Research Associate, Anthropology, Bishop Museum, Honolulu.
Senior Scholar, Institute of Advanced Projects, East-West Center;
Visiting Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Hawaii.
Research Professor, Social Science Research Institute of Hawaii;
Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii.
Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego.
Field work in Nepal. National Science Foundation grant.
Honorary Senior Fulbright-Hays Grant, Nepal.
Fellow, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC.
Research Professor of Anthropology, Duke University.
Research Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego;
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died August 29th in Asolo, Italy.
Robert I. Levy was a professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) from 1969 until his retirement in 1991 who was known for his ground breaking work in psychological anthropology. Born in 1924 in New York, New York, he originally trained in medicine and psychiatry (M.D. Degree, New York University, 1947). Levy was lured into anthropology in the early 1960s by Douglas Oliver to work on a field project in Tahiti. Levy spent a total of 26 months from 1961-1964 conducting research in Tahiti focused on aspects of Tahitian culture and psychological organization. The resulting book
Tahitians: Mind and Experience in the Society Islands
(1973) was selected as a finalist for the National Book Award. Levy went on to complete field work in Nepal in the traditional Hindu city of Bhaktapur, from 1973-1976 conducting research on social organization, culture, and their psychological correlates. The culmination of his research,
Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal
, was published in 1990.
Prior to joining the faculty at UCSD, Levy was a senior scholar at the East-West Center, a research associate at the Bishop Museum, and a professor at the University of Hawaii, all in Honolulu. He was also the associate editor of ETHOS from 1971-1979 and received fellowships at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, CA (1985-1986) and the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, NC (1990-1991). After his retirement from UCSD in 1991 Levy was appointed a Research Professor of Anthropology at both the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Duke University. He died in 2003 in Asolo, Italy.
Source consulted: Hollan, Douglas 2005 "Mind and Experience in Tahiti, Nepal, and Beyond." ETHOS. Vol. 33, No. 4, Special Section in Honor of Robert I. Levy (Dec., 2005), pp. 430-432.
Katie Duvall
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Wenner-Gren Foundation.
The series delineated in this collection are based on the original order and groupings of the materials upon their arrival at this institution. Original folder titles were used where appropriate. Please note that Levy was not consistent in his spelling of informant names across all materials. The archivist picked the spelling that was most prevalent to describe the materials within this finding aid and attempted to note spelling variations and abbreviations where applicable.
Processed and encoded by Katie Duvall, 2015.
These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Robert Levy's wife, Nerys Levy, in 2014.
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Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
The Robert I. Levy papers are open for research.
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Robert I. Levy papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
1966 "Ma'ohi Drinking Patterns in the Society Islands." Journal of the Polynesian Society 75: 304-320. Reprinted in Polynesia, Readings of a Culture Area, A. Howard., ed. Scranton: Chandler, 1971.
1968 "Child Management Structure and its Implications in a Tahitian Family." In A Modern Introduction to the Family. Revised ed., Vogel and Bell, eds. New York, Free Press.
1971 "The Community Function of Tahitian Male Transvestitism: A Hypothesis." Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 1, January. The Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C. March. Reprinted in the Substance of Social Deviance, V. Swigert and R.A. Farrell, eds. Sherman Oaks: Alfred, 1979. Reprinted in Ethnographic Studies of Homosexuality, W. Dynes and S. Donaldson, eds. Hamden, Connecticut: Garland Publishers. 1992.
. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
1982 "On the Nature and Functions of the emotions: An Anthropological Perspective," in Social Science Information 21, 4/5 (1982), pp. 511-528.
1984 "The Emotions in Comparative Perspective," in Approaches to Emotion, K.R. Scherer and Paul Ekman, eds. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
1987 "An Anthropological Perspective on the Newars," in Nepal, Perspectives on Development Issues, Leo Rose, ed.
1989 with Jane Wellenkamp. "Methodology in the Anthropological Study of Emotion" in The Measurement of Emotion, R. Plutchick and H. Kellerman, eds. Academic Press.
Mesocosm: The Organization of a Hindu Newar City in Nepal
. University of California Press.
1994 "Person Centered Anthropology." In Assessing Cultural Anthropology, Robert Borowsky, ed. McGraw Hill.
1998 with Douglas Hollan. "Person-Centered Interviewing and Observation." In Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology. H. Russell Bernard, ed. Walnut Creek: Alta Mira Press.
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