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Graduate sues Anglia Ruskin University for £60,000 because degree didn't help land a job
Pok Wong claims the Cambridge university's qualification is a 'Mickey Mouse degree'
A young graduate is taking Cambridge's Anglia Ruskin University to court because she says her first-class degree hasn't got her a job.
Pok Wong, 29, graduated from ARU with a degree in International Business Strategy Management, but claims it has not been of any use to her.
She has branded it a 'Mickey Mouse degree' and accuses the university of misrepresenting itself.
In legal documents lodged before London County Court, in which she is suing for £60,000, she claims "since graduating, it has been proven that the degree does not play a role to help secure a rewarding job with prospects".
She said in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph: "Although I graduated with a first class degree in 2013, it is a Mickey Mouse degree.
Student bitten by dog that chased her bike - and she fears next victim could be a child
"I hope that bringing this case will set a precedent so that students can get value for money, and if they don't they get compensated."
Miss Wong, who hails from Hong Kong, says the ARU prospectus misrepresented the university as a "renowned centre of excellence" when university guides in 2010 and 2011 ranked the centre low compared with other universities.
She also claims she was "locked" in a room during her graduation ceremony where she tried to protest about the quality of the course.
The Lord Ashcroft International Business School, at Anglia Ruskin University (Image: Keith Jones)
Anglia Ruskin has rejected her claims and says the university did not misrepresent the quality of education.
A spokeman said: "We are well aware of the claims made by this former student and we are robustly defending the current litigation.
"Despite being awarded a first class degree she attempted to disrupt her own graduation ceremony in 2013 as part of her dispute with the university, an action which would have damaged the experience for many other graduating students.
"The student was asked to leave the stage and sat in a room adjacent to it. She was free to leave at any time and got up and left, of her own accord, once the ceremony was over.
'Universities must work with schools in disadvantaged areas to raise standards', says higher education 'tsar'
"Her complaints have been through the full Office of the Independent Adjudicator process.
"She then made a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office which was rejected after a thorough investigation.
"Subsequently she has launched legal action against us and has been required to pay our costs at an earlier hearing.
"As this case is before the court we will not be saying anything further at this stage."
A version of this story first appeared on the Mirror online.


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Glenn Donald Pugmire, 90, passed away peacefully on 2 April 2014 in Gilbert, AZ. Glenn was born on 19 August 1923 as the son of Justin and Clara Pugmire in Midvale, UT. Glenn grew up in typical Depression era circumstances with little material wealth. Family, faith and industry, however, more than compensated for financial challenges. Glenn grew up with seven siblings, Gerald, DeVearl, Farrell, LaVon, Theora, Glenn and June. Glenn met June Leitzell at Jordan High School and married her before leaving for WWII military service in the Air Corps. When he returned from Pacific theater service, Glenn and June raised six children, Donald Glenn (Jolene), Robyn June Stone (Ron), Mark Dee (Laurel), Brent Justin (Terri), Julee Ann Brady (Pat), and Marcee Jo Alston (Steve). Glenn's love for construction and building not only provided for his family as a construction engineer for Amoco Oil but building was also his happiest hobby. During Glenn's and June's life together, Glenn and June were unusually happy and devoted. Their most enduring legacy is their exceptionally strong romance. Glenn was also devoted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in many church callings, including bishop in Portland, OR and Overland Park, KS, an ordained patriarch, a temple ordinance worker, and a full time mission in Bermuda. Glenn cared for June until her death on 25 April 2011. He later married June's best friend, Martha Barton and loved his time with her. Glenn is grandfather to 33 grandchildren and great grandfather to 97 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Monday, 7 April 2014 at the Queen Creek North Stake Center, 22035 East Ocotillo Road, Queen Creek, AZ at 10 AM. The family will greet visitors at a viewing that begins at 9 AM. Arrangements by Bunker's Garden Chapel.

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About the OfficeMessage from the Vice ProvostBio of the Vice ProvostPeople
The UCLA Office of International Studies and Global Engagement, or the UCLA International Office, has a dual mandate: it champions the study of the world at UCLA and represents UCLA to the world.
Headed by the Vice Provost for International Studies and Global Engagement, the office is responsible for UCLA's global strategy and engagement. The office manages UCLA's partnership agreements with foreign institutions, represents UCLA to international constituencies and organizations, hosts foreign delegations and dignitaries, promotes international education and exchange on campus and oversees the UCLA International Institute.
Global Engagement. The Vice Provost for International Studies and Global Engagement functions as UCLA's unofficial "secretary of state," with a "diplomatic portfolio" that encompasses the many ways in which UCLA engages with the world. In consultation with faculty, departments and schools across campus, her office develops and implements UCLA's global strategy and plays an important role in promoting and maintaining the UCLA global brand.
The International Office plans international trips for senior university leaders to strengthen and/or create research and education partnerships, recruit top-ranked students and faculty, cultivate supporters, strengthen and expand the UCLA global alumni community and fundraise on behalf of all UCLA divisions and professional schools. The Vice Provost works closely with the UCLA Europe Office (London), the UCLA Asia Office (Hong Kong) and the newly established UCLA Japan Center (Tokyo).
In addition, the office actively builds UCLA's global presence by supporting overseas networks of alumni and creating new strategic international programs. Among its innovations are the UCLA Global Forums, networking and educational events that bring together Bruins and friends, university partners and local leaders in countries around the world to discuss issues of local, regional and global concern.
The International Office also manages the university's more than 350 research, teaching and student exchange agreements with 200 institutions in 50 countries and regions. It also represents UCLA in major global associations, such as the Association of International Education Administrators and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, as well as at major international educational conferences.
The office facilitates requests to participate in international partnerships and initiatives and provides regional expertise and contacts to UC administrators and UCLA faculty upon request. And as a service to the university community, the International Office maintains the UCLA Global website: a one-stop online resource about the university's international activities, faculty and students.
On campus, the International Office serves as UCLA's gateway to the world, arranging campus visits of educational, cultural and political delegations. It regularly hosts senior foreign representatives, including heads of states, ambassadors and consuls general.
International Education. Given the increasingly interconnected nature of the world, international education is more important than ever. The UCLA International Office has a campus-wide vision to enable all UCLA students to graduate as globally proficient citizens. It works with the leadership of UCLA's schools, divisions and professional schools to internationalize the UCLA curriculum to prepare our students to be successful global citizens in today's complex world.
A major priority of the Vice Provost is to help as many UCLA students as possible gain international experience and a global perspective in their field of study. As part of the UCLA Centennial Campaign, she is actively involved in fundraising for study abroad scholarships and graduate fellowships.
Undergraduates may study abroad for a semester or an academic year, attend a summer travel study program or pursue an internationally oriented internship (for credit) with a business or nonprofit organization. They may also become fluent in a foreign language, learn about the cultures and histories of nations worldwide, forge friendships with international peers and participate in student organizations focused on global engagement.
Graduate students must frequently achieve proficiency in foreign languages and conduct research in those languages in countries and regions worldwide. They may also participate in summer research exchanges in another country or take courses that give them the intercultural communication skills needed to work in global teams.
The Vice Provost promotes study abroad and international internship programs and appoints the faculty director of the UCLA International Education Office (IEO). She also champions graduate fellowships, as well as the participation of international scholars in the activities of UCLA schools and divisions and campus life as a whole. The International Office, for example, hosts the Visiting Fulbright Scholar Enrichment Program for the Los Angeles metropolitan region and works closely with the UCLA Study Abroad/IEO and the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars.
Each November, the Vice Provost organizes a high-profile, campus-wide event at UCLA: International Education Week (IEW). Held on college campuses nationwide throughout the United States, IEW is a weeklong celebration of international education and exchange. From student performances to an information fair to an evening lecture by a leading international scholar, the week showcases UCLA's considerable international education resources. It brings together study abroad and international students from across campus, as well as student groups, to learn more about UCLA's degree programs in international studies and internationally oriented centers.
Under the Vice Provost's leadership, IEW creates partnerships among the International Institute, IEO, Dashew Center, Office of Residential Life and UCLA Library; the week is cosponsored by more than 18 schools, divisions and administrative offices at UCLA.
UCLA International Institute
The UCLA International Institute is the "jewel in the crown" of international education at UCLA. Managed by a Director/ Senior Associate Vice Provost who works closely with the Vice Provost, the Institute offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in international studies and global topics such as international development, promotes scholarship on the world's diverse regions and serves as a campus and community resource.
With a history dating back to 1958, the Institute houses more than 28 centers and programs that support innovative multidisciplinary research on specific world areas, as well as pressing global issues. Its rigorous academic programs in global studies, international development, global health, international migration, and country and regional studies consistently attract top-notch students.
The Institute's public events program — which offers roughly 500 public lectures, symposia, conferences and cultural events each academic year — gives both the UCLA campus and the global city of Los Angeles direct access to the latest research on global developments and regions. The breadth and depth of its research interests make the International Institute a valuable partner to its home city. The Institute has numerous links to Los Angeles, including close relationships with international organizations, businesses, Hollywood content creators and the many consulates general located in the city. The Vice Provost, for example, serves as an adviser to the nonprofit organization, Sister Cities of Los Angeles.
For more detailed information about the UCLA International Institute, please visit its website.
Message from the Vice Provost
I am committed to UCLA's global mission and humbled to be the first woman and person of color to serve as the university's chief international officer.
My appreciation for a global perspective began in childhood. Raised by parents who were farmers in rural China, I was born in Hong Kong and received a British colonial education. I feel incredibly fortunate to be the first in my family to have gone to college. Undergraduate geography field trips to the Philippines and Japan, followed by the culture shock of being a Ph.D. student in Ohio, allowed me to experience the transformative power of study abroad. My education and the benefits of international study have enabled me to become a Vice Provost at one of the world's great public universities.
At a time when nations throughout the western world are reacting to the forces of globalization, migration and technological change by strengthening barriers to immigration and travel, it is imperative to re-affirm the commitment of U.S. universities to international collaboration in service of the common good.
International research and academic exchanges are vital to the intellectual vibrancy of universities in the U.S., long held to be the world leader in higher education. At UCLA, an important aspect of our global vision is to be a university where all Current VP Newsletter students have an opportunity to become globally proficient through study abroad and international experiences on campus. For UCLA students to become effective leaders and productive citizens — and to work with their peers from other countries to address the complex challenges that require global solutions — it is critical that they have an informed understanding of the world and its contemporary concerns and controversies.
April 2020. The global novel coronavirus pandemic is adversely impacting public health systems, economies and the social fabric of countries worldwide. Universities were among the very first institutions to close down day-to-day operations in the United States to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 infections. At the same time, UCLA's commitment to international collaboration and exchange remains steadfast.
Our faculty and researchers are collaborating with colleagues worldwide on Covid-19 analyses, while developing programs to share cutting-edge research on the pandemic. (See, for example, LABEST Covid-19 Spotlight Series, Fielding School of Public Health lectures and UCLA Center for Global Management events.) Never has it been more important to educate culturally competent global citizens able to work with their peers worldwide. I sincerely hope that our partners and friends around the world are staying safe and healthy and that you will stay connected.
International exchanges also greatly enrich faculty, staff and communities. Scholars and students from abroad are among the top talents in this country — individuals who have contributed to advancing science, the humanities, arts, social sciences and above all, a global perspective that is essential for the U.S. to remain competitive in the world.
Located in the global city of Los Angeles and at the gateway to Latin America and the Asia Pacific, UCLA's global mission enriches and is in turn enriched by the diverse diaspora communities in our city, region and state, for whom my office and the UCLA International Institute are a natural first point of contact on campus. Together, we champion international education and facilitate international exchange and civic engagement in our classrooms, the greater Los Angeles community and the world.
I invite you to join me and my team in advancing research on burning questions of the world, inspiring our students to gain global experience and providing them the means to do so, and continuing to forge partnerships across disciplines, borders and continents.
Cindy Fan
Vice Provost for International Studies and Global Engagement
Vice Provost Cindy Fan recognized for her work as a geographer
Vice Provost Cindy Fan is a geographer — a field that took her on her first trips abroad from Hong Kong during her undergraduate studies. She was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bristol in the U.K.
Cindy Fan writes on "Global Citizenship through Study Abroad"
"It is the university's responsibility to ensure that international education — via, for example, classes with a global focus — is part and parcel of the college experience."
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C. Cindy Fan
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As Vice Provost, Professor Cindy Fan is UCLA's senior international officer (SIO) and responsible for the university's global strategy, international partnerships and global engagement. She is the first woman and Asian American to hold that position, and she works closely with the UCLA Chancellor's Office to strengthen the university's relationships and partnerships with institutions all over the world.
As part of the UCLA Global Initiative that Vice Provost Fan created, she has spearheaded UCLA Global Forums, worldwide events that forge meaningful links among countries, foster UCLA's international ties and networks, and address issues of global and local relevance. In addition, she provides strategic leadership for UCLA's international programs, promotes international education and oversees the UCLA International Institute. The Institute, comprised of 26 interdisciplinary research centers and eight academic programs (M.A.s, B.A.s, and Minors) on world regions and global issues, advances multidisciplinary research, education and outreach on global and area studies at UCLA.
Prior to her Vice Provost appointment, Cindy Fan served as Associate Dean of Social Sciences, Chair of the East Asian Studies Interdepartmental Program, and Chair of the Asian American Studies Department. She was born in Hong Kong, received her B.A. from the University of Hong Kong in 1981, her M.Phil. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1984, and her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1989, after which she joined the UCLA Department of Geography as a faculty member.
Professor Fan is internationally known for her research on migration, regional development and gender in China and has published numerous articles. Her book China on the Move: Migration, the State, and the Household (Routledge, 2008) is a pioneering study on rural-urban migration and split households in China. She has co-edited two international, interdisciplinary journals: Regional Studies and Eurasian Geography and Economics. Her work was recognized with a Distinguished Scholar Award from the Asian Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers in 2017 and an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Bristol in 2019.
A regular commentator for the New York Times, Professor Fan is also frequently interviewed by the media, including the BBC, China Radio International, National Public Radio, Tavis Smiley, and Bloomberg News. She has delivered numerous keynotes in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the U.S. She is a recipient of the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award, a Distinguished Scholar Award from the Asian Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers, an American Council on Education Fellowship, an Andrew W. Mellon grant to innovate area and international studies, and major research grants from the Henry Luce Foundation and National Science Foundation.
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La Piazza delle Erbe, llamada antiguamente Piazza delle Biade, Piazza del Vino y Piazza della Giustizia, es una de las numerosas plazas que caracterizan el centro histórico de Padua, Italia. Fue durante siglos el centro comercial de la ciudad, junto con la Piazza della Frutta. En las dos plazas se realiza uno de los mercados más grandes de Italia. A diferencia de la Piazza dei Signori, teatro de las celebraciones cívicas, la Piazza delle Erbe era sede de los festejos populares. La plaza está dominada por el enorme Palazzo della Ragione, parte del Palazzo Comunale.

Historia

La zona era bulliciosa ya en la época prerromana, como testimonian los numerosos hallazgos arqueológicos. Según algunos era sede de comercios ya en el Imperio Romano, pero debe su conformación actual a los siglos X y XI. Este espacio fue ocupado por numerosas tiendas y puestos que vendían todo género de mercancías, desde comestibles hasta productos de lujo. Fue con la construcción del Palazzo della Ragione a principios del siglo XIII cuando se organizaron los varios puntos de venta: bajo el salón se instalaron los vendedores de tejidos y de pieles, mientras que a los pies de los escalones del palacio se instalaron los toldos de los vendedores de hierro forjado (la Scala dei Feri, al este) y de vino (la Scala del Vin, al oeste), y en la plaza se instalaron los puestos semimóviles de los vendedores de cereales y de cuero. Bajo el Palazzo del Podestà se abrieron las tiendas de los orfebres.

En 1302 se amplió la plaza con la demolición del fondaco dei giubbettieri (lugar donde se encuentra ahora la fuente), conformando la plaza como la vemos en la actualidad, con la particular posición prominente del Palazzo del Podestà. Giovanni da Nono testimonió con gran precisión en su Visio Egidii la ampliación del Palazzo della Ragione en 1309 y la disposición de las tiendas en aquel tiempo. En el siglo XVIII se remodelaron las casas medievales al sur, con la rettifica de los pórticos. En 1874, en lugar de las prisiones al oeste se construyó el Palazzo delle Debite, mientras que a principios del siglo XX se concluyó el ala Moschini en lugar del Fondaco delle Biade, del siglo XIV.

En la plaza, debajo del Palazzo del Podestà, se encontraba un antiguo pozo. En agosto de 1785 se adornó con el brocal del pozo que estaba en la Piazza dei Signori, cerrado y pavimentado en ese mes por decoro de la plaza. En el curso del siglo XIX el pozo fue objeto de ásperas críticas, sobre todo sobre el descuido higiénico en el uso de las cubetas para sacar el agua. Fue pavimentado definitivamente y cubierto con un pozo de visita (visible en el pavimento) en 1930, cuando se construyó la actual fuente monumental. La plaza, pavimentada en la Edad Media, fue pavimentada de nuevo en varias ocasiones en el siglo XVIII y de manera radical en 1867.

El día de san Jaime de cada año, la plaza albergaba suntuosamente la llegada de la carrera del palio Ludi Carraresi instituido por la ciudadanía en 1382 para festejar la signoria de Carrara y conmemorar la subida al poder de Giacomo I da Carrara, producida el 28 de junio de 1318, día de San Jaime. El caballero que llegaba primero a la plaza en la carrera, que partía de Voltabarozzo, ganaba el pallio, una pieza de preciado tejido sedoso, mientras que el segundo ganaba una oca joven y el tercero un búho.

Hasta 1864, en la logia del Palazzo della Ragione se extraían los números del juego del lotto y allí eran declamados a la multitud congregada en la plaza.

Las ejecuciones capitales
La plaza fue teatro de las ejecuciones capitales de la ciudad desde la Edad Media, junto con la Piazza Castello. Era llamada precisamente Piazza della Giustizia y una estatua de la Justicia con la espada y la balanza, colocada sobre la Torre degli Anziani, miraba hacia el lugar donde se montaba el palco para las ejecuciones, bajo las ventanas del Palazzo del Podestà. También fueron lugares de pena capital las logias del Palazzo della Ragione y la escalera dei Feri o della Giustizia, donde miraba otra estatua de la Justicia. Para ayudar a los condenados estaban los hermanos de la Scuola di San Giovanni della morte.

Algunas ejecuciones históricas:
El 13 de enero de 1374 fueron decapitados acusados de traición Alvise Forzatè y su hijo Filippo.
Albertino da Peraga fue decapitado públicamente en 1387 «en el balcón del palacio hacia la Piazza delle Biade» por haber apoyado a Gian Galeazzo Visconti.
En 1615 Giulio da Napoli, condenado por robo sacrílego cometido en Anguillara, fue llevado en un carro desde el Palazzo della Ragione hasta la Porta Santa Croce, donde se le cortó la mano derecha. Tras volver a la plaza con la mano cortada colgando del cuello, fue colgado y quemado vivo.

Descripción

La plaza tiene forma trapezoidal irregular. Todos los días laborables alberga por la mañana los puestos del mercado hortofrutícola. Por la tarde numerosos bares ocupan la plaza con sillas y mesas y son ocupados por paduanos y turistas para el ritual del aperitivo que anima la plaza hasta avanzada la noche.
 Al oeste domina el Palazzo delle Debite y la entrada de la antigua Contrà delle Beccherie Vecchie (actual Via Daniele Manin), que conduce a la Piazza Duomo.
 Al este domina el ala Moschini y la entrada de la Contrà San Canziano hacia el Cantón del Gallo.
 Al sur hay altas casas paralelas a la calzada. Son de edad medieval, pero muestran pórticos de varias épocas y estilos. Son monumentales las de la esquina suroeste, cerca de la iglesia de San Canziano. Se abren hacia el gueto la Via dei Fabbri (llamada antiguamente Ebrerie) y la antigua strada delle Caneve (actual Via Squarcione), donde se encontraban numerosas tabernas.
 Al norte se sitúa el monumental Palazzo della Ragione con las numerosas logias y el Palazzo del Podestà, del siglo XVI.

Véase también
Palazzo della Ragione (Padua)
Prato della Valle
Padua

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Erbe
Padua

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The Onion, "Nancy Pelosi Calls Jamaal Bowman To Scold Him For Winning Primary: WASHINGTON—Following the progressive challenger's victory over 16-term incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi phoned Jamaal Bowman to scold him for winning his primary race, sources confirmed Wednesday. 'I just wanted to call and personally reprimand you for your victory,' said Pelosi, extending her sincerest indignation to the former Bronx middle school educator, who is expected to easily win the general election in his heavily Democratic congressional district. 'I understand there are some mail-in ballots that still need to be counted, but it appears you won big last night and energized a lot of first-time voters and young people we absolutely did not want voting in this primary. So allow me to extend my sincerest fuck-you for everything you've done. Obviously, we're going to be working together soon, so I look forward to crushing you the first chance I get.' Pelosi added that when things became official in November, she would call again to express how frustrated she was to welcome Bowman to Congress."
Photo: Heroic MA Senator protects his constituents: "This is my favorite photo of Senator Ed Markey. He's the guy in the middle of the photo in the dorky shirt. This United States Senator showed up at the #SayHerName BLM protest in Boston yesterday to bear witness and be an ally. See how he's standing alone, listening respectfully to the speakers? He did that *the entire event*. Markey did not take a mic. He only spoke to reporters when they approached him. He did not have an entourage. None of the marshals were assigned to keep an eye on him. He just showed up, took a knee, and marched behind the POC who organized the event. What he did do, was use his presence to keep the people at that event safe. You better believe Boston Police knew a United States Senator was walking in the noisy, unruly mob that was our protest yesterday. And not one cop hassled us. Not one White Supremist made a run at us. Markey quietly used his presence to protect his constituents. And THAT, ladies and gentlemen is how a true public servant behaves. Vote to re-elect Senator Ed Markey on September 1."
"In Colorado, Progressives Had A Chance At Real Power. They Let It Go.: John Hickenlooper swept the Democratic Senate nomination with little fight from the left. [...] Hickenlooper, the popular former governor and failed 2020 presidential candidate, routed Andrew Romanoff, the former state House speaker who ran firmly to Hickenlooper's left, in the race to take on Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in November's election. Gardner is among this cycle's most vulnerable GOP incumbents, meaning the Democratic primary presented the opportunity for progressives to place an ally in the Senate. But in letting Hickenlooper claim the nomination with a margin of close to 20 percentage points, they lost any hope of having a candidate who might actually rally around some of their biggest policy ideas, including the Green New Deal and Medicare for All."
Supreme Court hands big win to Trump on expelling immigrants seeking asylum: The 7-2 ruling allows people to be deported without judicial review of their cases. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a victory to the Trump administration on the president's signature issue of immigration, ruling that some people seeking asylum in the U.S. can be deported without additional court hearings. In a 7-2 vote, the court said people who fail to make a valid case for asylum in their initial screenings, by credibly claiming that they fear persecution at home, can be fast-tracked for deportation and cannot challenge that decision in federal court. [...] Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that form of relief is intended to be used for those seeking release from detention, not as an avenue to get into federal court. And other constitutional rights of due process do not automatically apply to migrants simply because they set foot on U.S. soil and have not been legally admitted. In their dissent, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan said the court was wrong to rule that constitutional protections don't apply to asylum-seekers "who challenge the procedures used to determine whether they may seek shelter in this country or whether they may be cast to an unknown fate." The decision 'increases the risk of erroneous immigration decisions.'"
"Supreme Court Rules Taxpayers Must Subsidize Religious Schools [...] In other words, the Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue decision means that public dollars will go to private religious schools, in a clear violation of the separation of church and state, and a direct attack on public education."
"The Supreme Court Just Gave Corporations A License To Steal: The courthouse door was just slammed shut on workers and retirees whose pension plans get bilked. [...] Now here's the punchline: Rather than weighing in on the allegations of theft, Kavanaugh and the other conservative justices slammed the courthouse door on the plaintiffs and every other plaintiff like them, thereby creating the conditions for an undeterrable crime spree."
"Supreme Court Lifts Limits on Trump's Power to Fire Consumer Watchdog: The case concerning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was part of a politically charged battle over presidential authority. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the president is free to fire the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without cause. The decision, rejecting a federal law that sought to place limits on presidential oversight of independent agencies, was a victory for the conservative movement to curb the administrative state. The ruling puts to rest a decade of doubt over whether the bureau and its leadership structure, in which the director is appointed by the president to a five-year term and cannot be dismissed without a substantial reason, were constitutional. While the narrow decision validates the agency's existence, it could also open it to greater politicization, effectively turning its director into something akin to a cabinet member who serves at the pleasure of a president."
"'Monumental Victory': Tribes and Climate Activists Celebrate Court-Ordered Shutdown of Dakota Access Pipeline: 'If the events of 2020 have taught us anything, it's that health and justice must be prioritized early on in any decision-making process if we want to avoid a crisis later on.'"
"'Vindication': Bayer Reaches $10 Billion Settlement Over Roundup Cancer Lawsuits: The deal includes $1.25 billion to cover potential future settlements. Agribusiness giant Bayer announced Wednesday that it reached a more than $10 billion deal to settle thousands of lawsuits that claimed exposure to Monsanto's Roundup caused cancer. A statement from Bayer, which acquired Monsanto in 2018—and thus inherited lawsuits targeting the widely used weedkiller—said the settlement affects "75% of the current Roundup litigation involving approximately 125,000 filed and unfiled claims overall."
"A Federal Judge Is Really Tired Of GM And Fiat Chrysler's Shit: GM sued Fiat Chrysler in November, accusing it of corrupt contract negotiations, which led to higher labor costs for GM. In light of events since then, a federal judge is extremely tired of the suit already. The judge's order—for GM CEO Mary Barra and FCA CEO Mike Manley to meet in person and alone—is a good reminder that legal disputes are often only about five or ten percent of actual law and in fact more like regular disputes in real life. Lawsuits are cloaked in legal language—95 pages of it, in GM's original civil complaint—but it doesn't follow that resolutions have to be especially complex. That, of course, doesn't stop some civil proceedings from going on for years at a time, seemingly only to the benefit of the lawyers getting paid to argue them. Which is just the kind of proceeding Judge Paul Borman foresees happening in the GM-FCA case. On Tuesday, he ordered Barra and Manley to meet in person before July 1 to resolve things, explicitly tying the case to the coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement."
"SEC Regulators: Private Equity Is on a Crime Spree: Securities and Exchange Commission regulators recently issued a scathing report that reads like a last-ditch plea for help in reeling in private equity billionaires, who have all but free rein to fleece whoever they want, whenever they want. [...] In a little-noticed ruling last week, the Supreme Court restricted the SEC's power to punish private equity firms. With the agency successfully neutered, Trump is now trying to move Clayton into the job of US Attorney, overseeing Wall Street."
"An Entire Pro Softball Team Quit After Their GM Tried to Use Them as Racist, Pro-Trump Propaganda: A few weeks ahead of the slated return of most U.S. sports, pro women's softball held its first game in Melbourne, Florida this week. Shortly after the game ended, every member of the Texas-based Scrap Yard Fast Pitch quit the team. Every single one. At some point during the game, the team's general manager Connie May tweeted a picture of the players standing during the national anthem. The tweet tagged Donald Trump, declaring, 'Everyone respecting the FLAG!' According to the New York Times, the team returned to their locker room after the game to find a bunch of texts and notifications about the picture, which was posted without their knowledge or consent to promote a political message they say was not their intention. May's implication is that by standing for the anthem, the team is showing opposition (or at the very least, indifference) to the Black Lives Matter movement, making it a sort of anti-protest protest in itself. And the team made it clear they were not okay with that message."
"The Marijuana Superweapon Biden Refuses to Use: Legalizing marijuana is extremely popular. So why won't Joe Biden embrace the idea? Democratic political consultants dream of issues like marijuana legalization. Democrats are overwhelmingly in favor of it, polls show. So are independents. A majority of Republicans favor it now too. It motivates progressives, young people, and Black Americans to vote. Put it on the ballot, and it's proved a sure way to boost turnout for supportive politicians. It's popular in key presidential-election states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Florida, Arizona, and Virginia. There's no clear political downside— although marijuana legalization motivates its supporters, it doesn't motivate its opponents. For the Democratic presidential nominee, the upsides of supporting it would include energizing a very committed group of single-issue voters and making a major move toward criminal-justice reform and the Bernie Sanders agenda. Joe Biden won't inhale."
"Chelsea Manning's Jailer Is Running For Congress -- As A Democrat: James Averhart confined the Iraq War whistleblower to a tiny cell 23 hours a day -- and now could end up as the Democratic Party's nominee in Alabama [...] James Averhart, who is competing in a July 14 run-off election for an Alabama congressional seat, also oversaw a Bush-era military push to track down and punish veterans who deserted the Vietnam War -- an initiative seen as an attempt to discourage soldiers from deserting during the Iraq War."
"Who To Believe on Afghan Intelligence: CIA, NSA, or Pentagon?: Digging below the bombshell headlines and MSM chyrons on the current Russian-bounty-on-US-soldiers-in-Afghanistan allegations, it seems three separate US government (USG) agencies — the CIA, the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Pentagon — have different assessments as to the veracity of this story. [...] I can easily see this Russian-bounty story — to the extent the CIA's intelligence is creditable — being concocted by corrupt local officials and/or USG employed Afghans to keep their gravy train going in an effort along with Deep State operative to derail Trump's troop-withdrawal plans. Thus, I place very little credence in the CIA's in-country human intelligent sources who supposedly are the source of the CIA's Russian-bounty story. [...] Contrarily, the NSA — which strongly disagrees with the CIA's assessment on the Russian-bounty story — relies on so-called signal intelligence for making its intelligence assessments. [...] It is also important to note the Pentagon's statement on Tuesday: '... the Department of Defense [DoD] has no corroborating evidence at this time to validate recent allegations regarding malign activity by Russian personnel against US forces in Afghanistan ....' [...] Getting back to reality, the real rationale behind the MSM's and the Washington War State's latest Russia-gate story can be explained in two words: Bagram Airbase. As I cover in an article I wrote in September 2019 ("The Real Reason the US is Staying in Afghanistan"), the pushback Trump has gotten throughout his presidency on removing all US troops in Afghanistan as he campaigned he would do as president has nothing to do with keeping Americans safe from jihadi terrorism, installing a democratic government in Kabul, or advance human (particularly women's) rights in Afghanistan. As I state in this article: The real reason for the pushback by the Washington national security establishment against getting all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan is the guiding maxim of our post-World War II "War State" (the military-industrial complex and pro-war political establishment President Eisenhower warned about) that has grown into a $1-trillion/year enterprise with a worldwide empire of over 800 foreign military installations: never give up a military base in a strategic location."
In Consortium News, "LEE CAMP: Connecting the Dates — US Media Used To Stop The 'Threat' of Peace [...] Now, I'm not implying Trump is some kind of hippy peacenik. (He would look atrocious with no bra and flowers in his hair.) No, the military under Trump has dropped more bombs than under Obama, and that's impressive since Obama dropped more bombs than ever before. However, in certain areas of the world, Trump has threatened to create peace. Sure, he's doing it for his own ego and because he thinks his base wants it, but whatever the reason, he has put forward plans or policies that go against the military industrial complex and the establishment war-hawks (which is 95 percent of the establishment). And each time this has happened, he is quickly thwarted, usually with hilarious propaganda. (Well, hilarious to you and me. Apparently believable to people at The New York Times and former CIA intern Anderson Cooper.) I know four things for sure in life. Paper beats rock. Rock beats scissors. Scissors beat paper. And propaganda beats peace. All one has to do is look at a calendar."
I found this clip from The Michael Brooks Show pretty scary since it confirms all my worst fears, "Pentagon's 'Zoomer Rebellion' War Games ft. Joshua Kahn Russell.
"On Stonewall anniversary, the NYPD launched a brutal unprovoked attack on LGBTQ people: The NYPD may have apologized last year for raiding the Stonewall Inn, spawning days of riots and police brutality, but they apparently haven't decided to stop the behavior. As Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted about honoring Stonewall, the cops were unleashing pepper spray on LGBTQ people dancing in celebration. Yesterday, as the Queer Liberation March wound down and participants celebrated in nearby Washington Square Park, police charged into the crowd, swinging batons, shoving people to the ground, and arresting a handful of participants. The officers kept their badge numbers covered."
"I'm Black and Afraid of 'White Fragility' [...] White Fragility also reinforces the belief that the responsibility for racism lies with individual workers' attitudes and invisible phenomena including implicit bias rather than the policies and practices authorized by employers. If I were an employer, why wouldn't I want to hire a specialist to train workers to believe that their own identities and unconscious biases are the main sources of inequality, instead of exploitative workplace practices? Simply put, DiAngelo continues to be paid by schools and firms across the country for the same reason that employers pay any professional or manager: it advances their material interests as opposed to the interests of their personnel."
Matt Taibbi wrote about the subject and later discussed it with Katie Halper on their podcast, ""White Fragility," Plus Adolph Reed on Identity Politics | Useful Idiots."
"How to Be an Anti-Intellectual: A lauded book about antiracism is wrong on its facts and in its assumptions. [...] Kendi's goals are openly totalitarian. The DOA would be tasked with 'investigating' private businesses and 'monitoring' the speech of public officials; it would have the power to reject any local, state, or federal policy before it's implemented; it would be made up of 'experts' who could not be fired, even by the president; and it would wield 'disciplinary tools' over public officials who did not 'voluntarily' change their 'racist ideas'—as defined, presumably, by people like Kendi. What could possibly go wrong? [...] For one thing, he doesn't believe that people can be persuaded out of racism. 'People are racist out of self-interest, not out of ignorance,' Kendi writes. Thus, racists can't be educated out of their racism. 'Educational and moral suasion is not only a failed strategy,' he laments, it's a 'suicidal' one. This is a tough claim to square with the rest of the book, which contains story after story in which Kendi gets persuaded out of his racist beliefs—including one where a friend named Clarence reasons him out of believing that white people are extraterrestrials. Indeed, what makes Kendi's personal story so compelling is precisely the fact that he's constantly changing. That said, when reflecting on his college days, Kendi describes his former self as 'a believer more than a thinker,' so perhaps not everything about him has changed."
"It Wouldn't Be 'The Chicks' If Their Comeback Didn't Piss Off Some People" — They dropped the "Dixie" part and have a new album, Gaslighter.
In which Nathan Robinson totally disagrees with Matt Taibbi: "Has The American Left Lost Its Mind?: No. Once again critics of the left are misstating the facts and distracting us from consequential issues."
This is Ted Rall in WSJ, which is surprising enough, but he's right. "Police Brutality Affects Us All: Advocates for police reform have emphasized brutality's unique burden on black Americans. A better approach might be to emphasize that police officers rough whites up, too. The point isn't to diminish the black experience but to convince everyone they're in the same boat. More whites would join the struggle against police brutality if they believed the police were dangerous to them as well. Support for funding AIDS research expanded after activist groups convinced Americans in the 1980s that the 'gay plague' threatened straight people. It was oversold: A 2015 study found homosexuals were more than 20 times as likely to be infected as heterosexuals. But 1/20th isn't zero. Anyone can contract the virus. Similarly, there's no dispute that black Americans bear more than their share of police violence. In 2019, according to Statista, officers killed1,004 civilians nationwide: 370 whites, 235 blacks, 158 Latinos and 241 of other or unknown ethnic origin. Adjusting for population, the odds of an African-American dying at the hands of police is about 2.5 times as high as for a white person. Even so, 370 is far from zero. [...] If you're white, you should know you may get shot and brutalized by cops. That knowledge could save your life—and it will help you empathize with black victims of police violence."
Dean Baker, "NYT Argues Workers Should Get More, but Gets Some Important Facts Wrong I hate to be nitpicky when the NYT writes a very strong editorial arguing that we need more money going to ordinary workers and less to the rich, but it is important to get the story right. Unfortunately, the editorial misses much of it. First and foremost, there has not been a major shift from wages to profits during the period of wage stagnation. [...] The piece also implies that stock returns have been extraordinarily high through the last four decades. This is clearly wrong. While returns were very high in the 1980s and 1990s, they actually have been well below long-term averages for the last two decades. In this vein, the piece also proposes banning share buybacks as a way to reduce returns to shareholders. It is not clear what it hopes this would accomplish. It is hardly better for workers or anyone else if companies pay out money to shareholders through dividends rather than share buybacks. [...] The piece also is very modest in suggesting that the minimum wage should be raised to $15 an hour. While this is a good near-term target, if the minimum wage had kept pace with productivity growth since 1968, it would be over $24 an hour today. [...] In order to be able to raise the minimum wage back to its productivity-adjusted level from 1968, and not see excessive inflation, we would have to take steps to reduce high-end wages. This would mean things like fixing the corporate governance structures so CEOs could not ripoff the companies for which they work. This would mean they might get $2 million to $3 million a year, instead of $20 million. We would have to eliminate the waste in the financial sector, thereby ending the exorbitant pay in this sector. We would also have to weaken the importance of patent and copyright monopolies, making it less likely that Bill Gates types could get $100 billion. And, we would have to subject doctors and other highly paid professionals to competition, bringing their pay in line with their counterparts in other wealthy countries."
RIP: "Carl Reiner, Actor, Director, Writer, Producer And Mensch, Dies At 98. In 1950, comic actor Sid Caesar hired Reiner for the pioneering live TV sketch comedy program, Your Show of Shows. Reiner was a writer alongside Woody Allen, Neil Simon and Mel Brooks. He also acted as a supporting player. 'Being a second banana to such a massive first banana ... wasn't a comedown at all for me,' said Reiner. 'I realized I was working with the best.'" I can't even imagine my life without Carl Reiner. Especially, I can't imagine my life without The Dick Van Dyke Show and moments like this. But, as Alan Sepinwall said in Rolling Stone, "The Dick Van Dyke Show would be Carl Reiner's one inarguable masterpiece, if it weren't for all the others."
Some fascinating history of the south's Black Belt from Jacobin's podcast series: "Robin D. G. Kelley: How Depression-era Communists Fought to Organize Alabama.
"Mapping Paramilitary and Far-Right Threats to Racial Justice: We have been tracking reports of paramilitary and other far-right actors who are showing up at or adjacent to protests demanding an end to racist policing and a transformation of our carceral state. This map seeks to right-size the threat of paramilitaries to our social justice movements, neither exaggerating nor minimizing. We have confirmed 136 reported incidents since the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020, and with new reports daily there are dozens more as of yet unconfirmed incidents to review. Given the variety of groups and factions involved and types of incidents, we have divided the data into a few broad categories of actors/ideologies on the one hand and actions and tactics on the other. In most cases, the underlying data preserves more nuance and can be used to make finer distinctions. "
From Harper's in 2008, Thomas Frank, "The Wrecking Crew: How a gang of right-wing con men destroyed Washington and made a killing Republicans and Democrats may fight over how big government should be and exactly what it should do, we tell ourselves, but surely everyone shares those baseline good intentions, that simple devotion to the public interest. [...] But the truth is almost exactly the opposite, whether we are discussing Abramoff or the wider tsunami of corruption that has washed over the capital in recent years. It is just this: Fantastic misgovernment is not an accident, nor is it the work of a few bad individuals. It is the consequence of triumph by a particular philosophy of government, by a movement that understands the liberal state as a perversion and considers the market the ideal nexus of human society."
Rolling Stone interviews Ringo Starr for his 80th birthday.
"Lord of the Rings Director Peter Jackson Pens Moving Tribute to Ian Holm: Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit director Peter Jackson penned a moving tribute to the late Ian Holm." There are a few interesting behind-the-scenes touches in here.
"Meet The Real Mrs. Maisel: Jean Carroll [...] Although she was revered as the top 'comedienne' (the quaint term for a woman comic) of her day, had her own sitcom on ABC, appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' nearly 30 times and headlined at every major theater in the United States and London, she is notably absent from most histories of comedy."
Someone from the Draft Jesse Ventura movement is appealing to my love of Legos.
David Gilmour has a new song, "Yes, I Have Ghosts".
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Q: Sacar el ultimo registro de cada group by en mysql Tengo que mostrar en un filtro, los ultimos registros, en este caso de cada maquina y cada útil.
Y no me funciona correctamente porque depende en el filtro del util que le ponga, es decir si cambio y busco por otro util a lo mejor me salen fechas de 2018 cuando el ultimo es de 2021.
Mi query es esta:
    SELECT  * FROM  AM_MONTAJE T1
    WHERE util like '%3824%' AND prueba=0 AND obsoleto=0 AND antiguo=0 and alertCalibrada=0 AND
                (T1.fecha in (SELECT MAX(fecha)
                FROM AM_MONTAJE
                WHERE util like '%3824%' group by util,maquina )
                ) group by util,maquina order by fecha desc;

La cosa esta en que en la maquina MTWEL370 no sale el ultimo registro si no uno de 2018
Cualquier ayuda es bienvenida, gracias de antemano

A: Una opción puede ser:
SELECT
  MAX(`AM_MONTAJE`.`id`) `id`,
  `AM_MONTAJE`.`util`,
  `AM_MONTAJE`.`maquina`,
  `der`.`max_fecha` `fecha`
FROM
  `AM_MONTAJE`
  INNER JOIN (
    SELECT
      `maquina`,
      MAX(`fecha`) `max_fecha`
    FROM
      `AM_MONTAJE`
    WHERE
      `util` LIKE '%3824%'
    GROUP BY
      `maquina`
  ) `der` ON
  `AM_MONTAJE`.`maquina` = `der`.`maquina` AND
  `AM_MONTAJE`.`fecha` = `der`.`max_fecha`
GROUP BY
  `AM_MONTAJE`.`util`,
  `AM_MONTAJE`.`maquina`,
  `der`.`max_fecha`;

Ver ejemplo dbfiddle.
Al no disponer de la estructura real de la tabla AM_MONTAJE, asumí una estructura ajustada a la consulta mostrada, pero podrá ajustarla según necesite.


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Q: Can someone explain the structure of "It's what we were all worried we'd do"? The following sentence is from a test (answer 42) (pdf)

It's what we were all worried we'd do

and this is the problem 42 (pdf)
I don't understand the grammatical structure, could some explain it? Thanks

A: The passage is expressing a worry about something which might happen in the hypothetical future and so "do" is your only option.
Actually, there are two possible answers

I'd do
  It's what we were all worried I'd do
all of us were worried about something I might do
we'd do
  It's what we were all worried we'd do
all of us were worried about something each of us might do

"I'd do" is possible since the passage is written in first person and it is possible that everyone was worried about something the speaker, in particular, would do.  One might also say

It's what we were all worried what each of us would do

Another possible answer might be

we would have done
It's what we were all worried we would have done

however this possibility is not an option.

A: The question is:
It's what we were all worried _____, but I actually did it.
A we'd done
B I'd do
C we'd do
D we did
E we'll do
The answer key says:
C — This is the correct tense to use to complete the clause 'it's what we were all worried we'd do'.  It must be 'we'd do' to agree with 'we were all worried'.
This is a fairly poor explanation for why C is the most natural choice.   There is a reason to eliminate choice B, but that reason is not to agree with "we were all worried".   The word "but" indicates a contrast.   The best answer contrasts with "I actually did it".
If everyone had been worried about what I alone would do, "and" would be a more natural conjunction: It's what we all worried I'd do, and I actually did it.
Choices A, D and E are indicative.   In the context of the story, we were worried about a possibility, not a fact.   The answer key suggests that you need to choose the right tense.   Actually, you need to choose the right mode.   Both B and C are subjunctive.   Since we can eliminate B for its lack of contrast, we're left with C as our answer.
C — This is the correct mode to use to complete the clause "it's what we were all worried we'd do".  It should be "we'd do" to contrast with "but I actually did it."

A: Non past:

It is what we are all worried we will do,  but....

For the past tense,   change the verbs to past tense.

It is what we were all worried we would do, but...

Easy!


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You can check out our new Source Sprays section by heading this way, or read below for adding/removal instructions.
This is quite a painless and easy process. Simply place your downloaded sprays into whatever folder you wish (I prefer mine in a nice neutral folder at the base of my Valve directory for easy access by all Source games). Then boot up your game, select Options, head to the Multiplayer tab, and click on the Import Spray... button.
Then just head to whatever folder you have your sprays stashed in, select your new spray, then click Open. Select OK when back to the Multiplayer tab, and you're good to go! To select a spray that has been already loaded in this fashion, simply click on the named window directly above the Import Spray button and select it from the list therein. Easy as pie.
Then delete the spray's .vmt and .vmf files in that folder. Then go into the UI folder in the same directory, and delete the spray's other .vmt and you're done.
Then enter the custom folder, and delete the spray's .vmt and .vmf files. Then go back to logos and enter the UI directory. In there, delete the .vmt and it'll be wiped away.
Some games have different layouts for their sprays, but the basics are pretty much covered under the directory styles above.


President Edgar Lungu has sent a message of condolences to the family of religious affairs Minister Godfridah Sumaili following the demise of her young brother in Luwingu district yesterday.
President Lungu says he has learnt with deep sorrow the untimely death of Felix Nsenduluka after an illness.
Speaking on behalf of the President Lungu at Mwando village graveyard in Lunte District, Works and Supply Minister, Mutotwe Kafwaya said the President was disturbed by untimely death of Mr. Nsenduluka.
Mr. Kafwaya who is also Lunte Member of parliament was accompanied by reverend Sumaili and several other heads of government departments from Luwingu district.
The burial took place at Mwando village grave yard in chief Chitoshi situated in Lunte district.
Meanwhile Luwingu District Commissioner Patrick Chanda thanked the public for attending the burial of the late Nsenduluka.


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MASCULINITIES EXHIBITION TO OPEN AT NATIONAL GALLERY WEST IN MONTEGO BAY ON MAY 1
April 21, 2016 by nationalgalleryofjamaica	in Exhibitions, Masculinities, National Gallery West and tagged Masculinities, National Gallery West	| Leave a comment
Isaac Mendez Belisario – Koo-Koo, or Actor Boy, Sketches of Character (1837-38), Collection: Hon. Maurice and Valerie Facey
National Gallery West
The National Gallery of Jamaica is pleased to present a new exhibition, titled Masculinities, at National Gallery West, its branch at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre, Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay. The exhibition will be on view at National Gallery West from May 1 to July 17, 2016. The opening reception will be on Sunday, May 1 at 4 pm, with entertainment by Joshua Clarke.
Masculinities explores how masculinities – and the use of the plural is deliberate – have been represented in Jamaican art and visual culture. In doing so, the exhibition also explores how various masculine roles and identities, and the perceptions that surround them, have evolved in the Jamaican context. The exhibition includes work by artists from the nineteenth century to the present, such as Isaac Mendes Belisario, Albert Huie, Osmond Watson, Barrington Watson, Rose Murray, Mallica "Kapo" Reynolds, Ebony G. Patterson, Leasho Johnson, Wade Rhoden…
Special Sunday Programme on April 3, 2016
March 21, 2016 by nationalgalleryofjamaica	in Masculinities, Sunday opening hours, Sunday Openings and tagged Last Sundays, Masculinities, Sunday opening hours	| Leave a comment
Since the last Sunday of March 2016 is Easter, and a public holiday, there will be no Last Sundays on that day. We will instead offer a special Sunday programme on April 3, the first Sunday in April. The programme for April 3 features a musical performance by Sherieta and four exhibitions. This includes Selections from the Permanent Collection, Recent Acquisitions and a small tribute exhibition to Barrington Watson. April 3 will also be the last chance to view the critically acclaimed Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition, which has been held over and closes on that day.
A passionate performer with a powerhouse voice, Sherieta was a semi-finalist in the BBC's 2007 The Next Big Thing competition. Sherieta tells vivid and deep stories through her songs. This she attributes to, "trying to figure out the answers to life's most challenging questions." Sherieta is a proficient songwriter who not only writes her own songs, but has penned lyrics for a number of Jamaican artistes including Etana (Warrior Love, Trigger), Tarrus Riley (Let Peace Reign), Marcia Griffiths (Beer and a Girl), and Romain Virgo (Beautiful).
Panel Discussion on Masculinities @March 17, 1:30 pm
March 11, 2016 by nationalgalleryofjamaica	in Education, Masculinities and tagged Masculinities	| Leave a comment
The National Gallery of Jamaica is staging a panel discussion to accompany its Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition. This panel discussion will take place on Thursday, March 17, starting at 1:30 pm, at the National Gallery of Jamaica, and will be followed by a curatorial tour of the exhibition.
Moderated by Senior Curator O'Neil Lawrence, the panel will include Lecturer in Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, Dr Moji Anderson; Gender and Social Research Specialist, Suzanne Charles-Watson; Lecturer in Anthropology (Qualitative research), Dr Herbert Gayle; and dancer and choreographer Kevin Ormsby. Using the various themes presented in the Masculinities exhibition as their contextual framework, the panellists will engage with the social and cultural issues explored within the exhibition, particularly with how masculinities are understood, enacted and contested in Jamaican society.
The Masculinities exhibition is part of the National Gallery's Explorations series, which explores major themes in Jamaican art and the critical issues in Jamaican society these themes represent. The series also creates a dialogue between contemporary, modern and historical art produced in and about Jamaica, yielding new insights about Jamaican art and society in the process. Its current edition Explorations IV: Masculinities looks at the varied ways in which the concept of Jamaican masculinities have been represented, and at times challenged, within the visual arts.
The Masculinities panel discussion on March 17 is free and open to the public, as is the curatorial tour which follows after. The Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition was originally scheduled to close on March 5 but has been extended until March 26.
Last Sundays of February 28 to Feature Tribe Sankofa
February 13, 2016 by nationalgalleryofjamaica	in Barrington Watson, Last Sundays, Masculinities, Tribe Sankofa and tagged Barrington Watson, Last Sundays, Masculinities, Tribe Sankofa	| Leave a comment
The National Gallery's programme for Last Sundays on February 28, 2016 will feature Tribe Sankofa with Black Bodies and two exhibitions, Explorations IV: Masculinities and Tribute to Barrington Watson.
Black Bodies is a performance ritual that tells the stories and honours the memories of four Jamaicans (Vanessa Kirkland, Jhaneel Goulbourne, Michael Gayle and Mario Deane) killed by the Police or while in Police custody, combined with a tribute to several African-Americans who have died under similar circumstances in the US. The second half of Black Bodies will be a staged interpretation of an excerpt from Toni Morrison's novel Beloved.
Tribe Sankofa performs Black Bodies
Black Bodies, the brainchild of Fabian Thomas, who also directed it, features Tribe Sankofa. Tribe Sankofa is a performing arts collective comprised of a vibrant and eclectic cadre of multi-talented performers who are combining their artistry to add an exciting new dimension to the performing arts landscape of Jamaica and the rest of the world. Thomas, who is the Founder/Artistic Director of the collective, describes their niche as "spoken word/poetry, soulful song-styling uniquely blended with other visual and performing arts".
Sankofa performs Black Bodies
The National Gallery's Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition is part of an open-ended series of exhibitions that examine major themes and issues in Jamaica's art and visual culture. Masculinities explores how masculinities, and the use of the plural is deliberate, have been enacted and represented in works of art from the 18th century to the present, which are presented in dialogue with each other. Masculinities will close on March 5.
Barrington Watson – Athlete's Nightmare II (1966), A.D. Scott Collection, NGJ
Visitors will also be able to view a special tribute exhibition to Barrington Watson, who passed away on January 26. This tribute, which was recently expanded and includes masterworks from the National Gallery Collection and loans from various private collections, will be on view until March 5.
Doors will be open from 11 am to 4 pm for Last Sundays on February 28 and the performance by Tribe Sankofa will start at 1:30 pm. As is customary, admission will be free and free tours and children's activities will be offered. The gift and coffee shop will be open for business and contributions to the donations box are gratefully accepted. Revenues from our shops and donations help to fund programmes such as the Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition and our Last Sundays events.
January 31 Last Sundays to Feature Emerging Singer Shae
January 25, 2016 by nationalgalleryofjamaica	in Last Sundays, Masculinities, Shae and tagged Last Sundays, Masculinities, Shae	| Leave a comment
The National Gallery of Jamaica's Last Sunday programme for January 2016 is scheduled for Sunday, January 31, 2016, from 11 am to 4 pm.
Visitors will have the opportunity to view the Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition which opened in December. The exhibition explores the various ways in which concepts of masculinity have been represented and articulated in Jamaican art. The exhibition, which was curated by Senior Curator O'Neil Lawrence, features works of art from the colonial era up to the present and in a variety of media, by Isaac Mendes Belisario, Harry Johnston, Edna Manley, Barrington Watson, Archie Lindo, Marcia Biggs, Leasho Johnson, Phillip Thomas, Peter-Dean Rickards and many others. Also on view is a selection of Recent Acquisitions from the last few years and most sections of the permanent exhibitions will also be open, providing a wide-ranging overview of Jamaica's artistic and cultural history.
The National Gallery is pleased to welcome another emerging young songstress to its Last Sundays programme. Shenae Amoye Wright, who is better known as Shae, started her musical journey at the tender age of 6 singing in church. Since then she has grown musically and since 2011, has found a creative outlet performing background vocals for reggae artists such as Junior Kelly, Cocoa Tea and now performs regularly on tour with Protoje and Indiggnation. Her very own blend of soulful reggae music can be found in her recently released a single Give Love a Try and the mix of covers and original music she will perform on January 31. Shae will soon be launching her solo career.
Admission on Sunday, January 31 will be free and free guided tours will be offered. The gift and coffee shop will be open for business and contributions to the donations box are welcomed. Revenues from our shops and donations help to fund programmes such as the Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition and our Last Sunday programming.
Last Sundays on December 27, Featuring Nexus and Masculinities
December 18, 2015 by nationalgalleryofjamaica	in Exhibitions, Explorations, Last Sundays, Masculinities, Nexus and tagged Explorations, Last Sundays, Masculinities, Nexus	| Leave a comment
The National Gallery of Jamaica's Last Sundays programme for December 2015 is scheduled for Sunday, December 27, from 11 am to 4 pm.
Visitors will have the opportunity to view the recently opened Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition, which explores how concepts of masculinity have been represented and articulated in Jamaican art. The exhibition, which was curated by Senior Curator O'Neil Lawrence, features works of art from the colonial era up to the present and in a variety of media, by Isaac Mendes Belisario, A. Duperley and Sons, Edna Manley, Albert Huie, Archie Lindo, Osmond Watson, Ebony G. Patterson, Phillip Thomas, Marlon James and many others. Also on view is a selection of Recent Acquisitions and most sections of the permanent exhibitions will also be open, and provide a wide-ranging overview of Jamaica's artistic and cultural history.
In what is now an established Holiday Season tradition, the featured performance on Sunday, December 27 will be by the award-winning Nexus Performing Arts Company and will start at 1:30 pm. The Nexus Performing Arts Company was formed in 2001 by Hugh Douse, Artistic Director, voice tutor, singer, actor, conductor, songwriter, and a former Director of Culture in Education. The group has a broad musical repertoire that draws on Gospel, Negro Spirituals, Semi-classical, Popular music including Reggae and show tunes, African and Classical music of the European and African traditions. The performance by Nexus will take place in the exhibition galleries, presented as a musical tour, with selections inspired by specific works in the Masculinities exhibition.
Admission on Sunday, December 27 will be free and free guided tours will be offered. The gift and coffee shop will be open for business and contributions to the donations box are welcomed. Revenues from our shops and donations help to fund programmes such as the Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition and our Last Sundays programming.


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The gun control debate has been at fever pitch for several years now, and as things fail to change the stats get grimmer. The New York Times reports that there have been 239 school shootings nationwide since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre, where 20 first graders and six adults were killed. Six years later, 438 more people have been shot in schools, and for 138 of them it was fatal. Here, journalist and author Kurt Andersen reads the Second Amendment, and explains its history from 1791 all the way to now. "What people need to know is that the Second Amendment only recently became such a salient amendment," says Andersen. It's only in the last 50 years that the gun debate has gone haywire, and it was the moment the NRA went from reasonable to absolutist. So what does the "right to bear arms" really mean? What was a firearm in the 1790s, and what is a firearm now? "Compared to [the] many, many, many rounds-per-second firearms that we have today, it's the same word but virtually a different machine." Kurt Andersen is the author of Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire.
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