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Undergraduate Courses BA Global Studies with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year)
BA Global Studies with Human Rights
(Including Foundation Year)
Course options 3 years + Foundation Year
Course: Global Studies with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year)
Based in: Essex Pathways
On our four-year BA Global Studies with Politics (including foundation year), we work with you to develop your subject-specific knowledge, and to improve your academic skills. You receive a thorough grounding in these areas during your foundation year (known as Year Zero) to prepare you for a further three years of undergraduate study at Essex.
You are an Essex student from day one, a member of our global community based at the most internationally diverse campus university in the UK.
How do individuals, communities and governments approach human rights differently across the globe? How do these differences in human rights laws impact relationships between states? How does globalisation affect international relations?
Our BA Global Studies with Human Rights course will deepen your knowledge of our increasingly interconnected world, whilst building expertise in human rights. You will develop your confidence to advocate for individual and community rights, social justice, and social change.
The defence of human rights is one of the most profound challenges we face across the globe. From asylum seekers, to prisoner welfare and political alignment – we teach you the principles and practices of human rights from a global perspective.
You will study topics including, but not limited to:
The promotion and protection of human rights
Society and modern revolutions
-Patterns of migration
Lessons from modern history
Based in our Interdisciplinary Studies Centre, you will be taught by experts from a range of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.
You will also be taught by academics from our School of Law and Human Rights.
At Essex we specialise in business law, public law, criminal justice, health law, law and technology, socio-legal studies and human rights law.
We are ranked 22nd in the UK for Law in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020 and we are top 20 in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014, mainstream universities, THE 2014).
If you spend a full year abroad you'll only pay 15% of your usual tuition fee to Essex for that year. You won't pay any tuition fees to your host university.
When you arrive at Essex, you can decide whether you would like to combine your course with a placement year. You will be responsible for finding your placement, but with support and guidance provided by both your department and our Employability and Careers Centre.
Members of our Human Rights Centre work closely with our alumni and extensive practitioner network to ensure that our research is focused on priority issues that are of direct relevance to beneficiaries such as victims of human rights violations, governments, NGOs, and international organisations such as the UN. Our staff are advising the UN, the UK government and foreign governments around the world.
On this course you'll be taught by staff from around the university, active researchers who study Latin America, North America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe, as well as issues that stretch across regions. Get to know us.
Our Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA) is the largest of its kind in Europe
Our Albert Sloman Library's collections of Latin American, Russian and Eastern European materials are of national significance
Our Human Rights Centre brings together a vibrant community of students, over 2000 alumni, more than 100 members from 11 disciplines, fellows and partners.
Our graduates are well-placed to address the complex issues which confront the modern world. You can gain a diverse set of skills as well as a wide-ranging knowledge of the world's most current and significant problems.
Our course provides you with an excellent basis for going onto a career in media, education, politics, the Civil Service, international organisations such as the UN and NATO or non-governmental organisations, and many other fields.
Our Interdisciplinary Centre's recent graduates have gone on to work in a wide range of desirable roles including an events co-ordinator for Age UK, a business provision manager for BT, an accountant in London, and an account executive for Bluesky PR.
We also work with our Student Development Team to help you find out about further work experience, internships, placements, and voluntary opportunities. Take a look at our dedicated careers pages for Law and Human Rights.
UK and EU applicants:
All applications for degree courses with a foundation year (Year Zero) will be considered individually, whether you
think you might not have the grades to enter the first year of a degree course;
have non-traditional qualifications or experience (e.g. you haven't studied A-levels or a BTEC);
are returning to university after some time away from education; or
are looking for more support during the transition into university study.
Standard offer:
Our standard offer is 72 UCAS tariff points from at least two full A-levels, or equivalent.
Examples of the above tariff may include:
A-levels: DDD
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: MMP
If you are unsure whether you meet the entry criteria, please get in touch for advice.
Mature applicants and non-traditional academic backgrounds:
We welcome applications from mature students (over 21) and students with non-traditional academic backgrounds (might not have gone on from school to take level 3 qualifications). We will consider your educational and employment history, along with your personal statement and reference, to gain a rounded view of your suitability for the course.
International applicants:
Essex Pathways Department is unable to accept applications from international students. Foundation pathways for international students are available at the University of Essex International College and are delivered and awarded by Kaplan, in partnership with the University of Essex. Successful completion will enable you to progress to the relevant degree course at the University of Essex.
English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS 5.5 overall. Specified component grades are also required for applicants who require a Student visa to study in the UK.
Other English language qualifications may be acceptable so please contact us for further details. If we accept the English component of an international qualification then it will be included in the information given about the academic levels required. Please note that date restrictions may apply to some English language qualifications
If you are an international student requiring a Student visa to study in the UK please see our immigration webpages for the latest Home Office guidance on English language qualifications.
Our Year 0 courses are only open to UK and EU applicants. If you're an international student, but do not meet the English language or academic requirements for direct admission to your chosen degree, you could prepare and gain entry through a pathway course. Find out more about opportunities available to you at the University of Essex International College.
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Becoming Enlightened Citizens: Foundations in Politics and Government
How did Plato and Aristotle influence Western political thought? How do you study class or gender today? What impact does globalisation have? Examine the history of social and political theory, critically analysing current issues. Understand key topics in politics and sociology for further study of the social sciences and humanities.
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Introduction to UK Human Rights
How do you construct legal arguments in human rights cases? Can you defend these arguments in a discussion? Understand the principles of the Human Rights Act 1998 and examine how rights are protected within the UK jurisdiction. Explore legal issues and identify abuses of human rights through real-life case studies.
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Research and Academic Development Skills
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1939–2019: Eighty Years in the Life of the United Kingdom
Britain has experienced unprecedented changes in the last 100 years. What has brought about these changes and how have they affected the Britain of today? This course will outline political, economic, social and cultural change in the UK during the Twentieth Century and beyond and offer an insight into Britain's place in the modern world.
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Modern Revolutions in Science, Politics, and Culture
Certain ideas shape the way we see ourselves and the world around us - ideas like democracy, free speech, individualism, free markets, and human rights. These ideas took their definitive modern form during a politically and intellectually revolutionary stretch of history known as the Enlightenment (ca. 1650-1800). This interdisciplinary module examines this period and thus serves as an essential prerequisite for students who want to understand the intellectual currents that run through the world they live in. Graduating students often rank it among the most useful modules they have taken.
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Skills for University Studies
Making the transition from school to University studies can be challenging. This module will introduce you to University life and enable you to acquire the study skills to make a success of your degree. It also orients you to work, volunteering and extra-curricular activities so that you can acquire additional skills and experience while you study.
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The Making of the Modern World since 1750 (optional)
Gain a deep insight into the origins of today's world. This module presents a chronological overview of the key events in western history from the last 200 years. Look at how ideas, cultures, and economies of different peoples intersected, and changed, through the conflicts brought on by capitalism, imperialism, war, and revolution. You develop a solid foundation to study modern history.
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Foundations of Human Rights
What are human rights? How do we protect them? And what challenges do we face when promoting human rights on an international level? Discover the fundamental principles and practices, including topics related to international law and philosophy, which underpin the protection and promotion of our human rights.
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Navigating the Digital World (optional)
What does it mean to be a "digital citizen"? How are digital technologies transforming society? To what extent do digital technologies curb or enhance our rights? Some say that we live in a "post-truth" era filled with "fake news" that traps us in a digital "bubble" or "echo chamber". Others see digital technologies as the key to unlocking social change and finding new ways to bring people together across geographical boundaries. Which view is right? What are the actual legal, ethical, social, political, creative, and economic implications of living in an increasingly digital world? This module gives you an opportunity to explore these important issues, and it also provides you with hands-on training from experts in the practical skills required to navigate the digital world.
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Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainability and Community Action
Did you know that the not-for-profit sector is expanding fast in the UK, and offers meaningful jobs that can contribute to positive social change and ecological sustainability? This module introduces you to this sector and the concept and practice of social entrepreneurship using case studies of initiatives that have helped local communities, disadvantaged people and the environment. It also gives you the opportunity to develop your skills and use your creativity and imagination to design your own project or enterprise.
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The World in Question: The Social, Cultural, Political & Environmental Legacies of the Enlightenment
How have contemporary societies been shaped by the legacies of the Enlightenment, colonialism, and the different phases of capitalism? This interdisciplinary module helps you to critically understand some of the key forces and processes that have shaped the challenges we face in the 20th and 21st century. It is divided into three broad themes; Empire, The Self, and Nature. We'll be examining processes of 'othering' that were intrinsic to colonialism; changing conceptions of the self; as well as both the causes of and potential solutions to the ecological crisis we are confronting today. The module is co-taught by academics from Art History, ISC, LiFTs, Philosophy, Psychoanalytic Studies and Sociology.
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Human Rights Organisations: International and Regional Institutions
While a lot of the emphasis in the study of human rights is placed on the normative dimensions of specific rights, in human rights practice, an understanding of the institutional machinery that provides for complaints procedures (including formal courts), monitoring of state obligations and the review of periodic reports is imperative. You'll be equipped with the skills and knowledge required to give meaningful effect of specific individual rights. Human rights institutions on the universal level (United Nations), as well as the regional level, are covered.
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Social Dimensions of Human Rights
You'll be introduced to sociology and human rights, and will learn how to research human rights in a sociological manner. You'll consider two competing contemporary attempts to formulate a sociology of rights, as well as the problem of universalism versus relativism. Study the concept of cosmopolitanism, as well as rights across borders, the position of trans-national migrants as compared with the citizens of host countries, and investigate how far universal human rights can over-come state sovereignty in the granting of rights to non-citizens. You'll also look at specific examples related to gender, immigration and asylum seekers, and what rich countries owe to poor ones.
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Art in Latin America
Come face-to-face with over 750 original artworks from 19 countries in the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA). This major, unique, and internationally recognised collection, with works dating from the 1960s to today, is yours to make the most of. Investigate the themes of landscape, revolution, human rights, and the environment, which permeate many of the works and reflect the historical and contemporary challenges faced by the region, and debate the role Latin American art has in the wider art world.
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Conflict Analysis
Understand the evolving field of conflict resolution through exploring the causes and effects of armed conflict across the world, and scrutinising the theory and practice of how this can be managed peacefully.
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Human Rights in Historical Perspective
Explore the historical grounding of human rights by examining its origins from the 15th to the 20th century. You'll study the practice and theory of torture, the definition of man and beast, slavery and the rights of the free man, the persecution and judicial treatment of deviance and witchcraft, the interference of Church and State in the freedom of expression, the international attempts at the definition and enforcement of rights, and much more.
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Selected Issues in Human Rights
How important are human rights today? What role do they play in contemporary society? And can you analyse their impact on topics like freedom of expression or global justice? Learn to identify and evaluate human rights issues in range of real-life situations, within a regional, national and international context.
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Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling Skills
The aim of this module is to provide you with comprehensive practical experience of translating different kinds of texts both from the source language into English and from English into a target language. You will look at a range of texts from news and business correspondence, to manuals, advertising and newspaper clips and develop your ability to reflect on context, purpose, target audience and style, analysing and discussing different alternatives, all relevant for making good choices on translation. It will also introduce you to interpreting and subtitling skills.
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Globalisation and Crime
What effect does globalisation have on crime and justice? How do we deal with global crime issues, like terrorism or illegal migration? Can we prevent large-scale crime, such as genocide? Study the changing nature of criminology, looking at contemporary developments, alongside the problem of balancing human rights with human security.
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War and Trauma in the Modern Age
What is 'trauma' and how is its history connected to that of war in the modern age? How have stories of trauma become a feature of contemporary society, and why? This module traces the history of trauma in the age of 'total war', from the two World Wars, through the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan conflicts, to the present, linking the history and sociology of medicine to the cultural and social history of modern warfare.
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Written by Contributor, 24th May 2017, 0 Comments
From DNA: Sagarmala is the Indian Government's Rs 10 lakh crore programme to build Coastal Economic Zones (CEZ) and industrial clusters around 14 key ports. But, the Sagarmala plan document lays out its goals as if the coast has been an empty or unproductive space, and is now poised to be a "gateway" to growth.
Of a frictionless development : Ports have the potential to endanger the environment
Manju Menon & Kanchi Kohli, Daily News & Analysis
Sagarmala is a flagship programme of the Government of India. Its contours were laid out in the April 2016 perspective plan of the Ministry of Shipping. The plan involves a four-pronged approach that includes port modernisation, port connectivity and port-led industrialisation. The plan views ports as a metaphor for development; just like erstwhile governments had done with dams, nuclear power or high-yielding crops.
The Sagarmala perspective plan is clearly worked out and looks neat on paper. It identifies Coastal Economic Zones (CEZ) and industrial clusters to be developed around port facilities. They are to mirror the Chinese or European port infrastructure. Rail and road connectivity for inland transportation to states like Odisha and Chhattisgarh are also on the anvil. The ambitious programmes spread across 14 ports is aimed to make domestic manufacturing and EXIM sector more competitive.
The fourth aspect of this plan is coastal community development. By "improving and matching the skills" of coastal communities, the plan seeks to ensure "sustainable development". The plan seeks to improve the lives of coastal communities, implying that there is no contradiction between these objectives of port-led development and that of enhancing the lives of coastal residents. This seemingly win-win agenda is also endorsed by NITI Aayog's mapping of schemes that are to help India achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sagarmala is one of the ways Goal 14 will be met by 2030. Goal 14 is to conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas and marine resources.
The Kutch coast of Gujarat tops the list of potential coastal economic zones in the 2016 perspective plan. The region is not unaccustomed to the consequences of this vision of port-centred development. Beginning in the Nineties and pushed forward after the Bhuj earthquake, industrialisation of this region has been officially justified both as overcoming backwardness as well as post-disaster rehabilitation. The environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a large port development project in Mundra, Kutch, described the lands on which the SEZ was to be set up as "non-agricultural, waste, barren or weed infested land."
But that was far from the truth. These statements have been contested by local residents through endless administrative complaints and court cases. The litigation challenging projects in coastal Gujarat have brought up elaborate arguments regarding the complex web of valuable land uses that were blotted out to make this transformation possible.
Notwithstanding the contestations over such plans for coastal land use transformation in several regions like in Kutch, the Sagarmala plan document lays out its goals as if the coast has been an empty or unproductive space, and is now poised to be a "gateway" to growth. India's coastline currently has about 3200 marine fishing villages. Nearly half of this population (over 1.6 million people) is engaged in active fishing and fishery-related activities. While such statistics may be quoted in the plan, the official proposal views these as mere numbers or as a population that will simply toe the line and play the role assigned to them in the plan.
Port expansions involve massive dredging into the sea that destroys large stretches of fertile fishing grounds and destabilises jetties. Fishing associations bring out a range of concerns. Over the years there is reduced parking space for small artisanal boats, curtailed access to fishing harbours, and unpredictable fish catch. These changes keep them in a state of permanent anxiety or turn them into cheap industrial and cargo handling labour. These families also suffer the impacts of living next to mineral handling facilities and groundwater exhaustion.
India has had laws to regulate environmental impacts, but these have been mostly on paper. So Minister Nitin Gadkari's assurances that all air and water pollution norms will be met in the implementation of the Sagarmala plan may not cut any ice with coastal dwellers. Can India afford such an imagination of 'frictionless development'? After all, we don't yet have a Chinese model of governance.
The authors are with the Centre for Policy Research-Namati Environmental Justice Program
Government to mobilise Rs 10 lakh crore investment under Sagarmala (2016 article)
Under its ambitious Sagarmala project, the government is looking to mobilise at least Rs 10 lakh crore investment, including Rs 4 lakh crore in the infrastructure sector alone. "Sagarmala NPP (national perspective plan) envisages viable infrastructure investment worth Rs 4 lakh crore and industrial investment worth 6 lakh crore," Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said. (Related: NDTV Files petition against Govenment on Sagarmala project)
Drafted in secrecy, India's new coastal rules enable more tourism, houses closer to shore
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On March 22, leading national dailies reported that the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2011 was being replaced with a new framework called the Marine Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2017. It was clear that a new law was on the anvil, but its contents were not publicly available. The draft notification proposes significant changes to the manner in which coastal zones are to be managed and regulated for a variety of activities. The proposed changes are not only a change in nomenclature with the word "marine" appended to the law, but have far-reaching social and ecological implications:
'If we go on like this, the entire mass of small fishers will be wiped out.'
Sayantan Bera, Down to Earth
The Indian coastline no longer belongs to its traditional custodians— the small fisher people. A jamboree of development —cities, SEZs, power plants, ports, sand mining— is eating up the coastline and eroding it beyond repair. Debasis Shyamal of the National Fishworkers' Forum speaks to Sayantan Bera on the present and future of India's traditional fishers.
Sagarmala Is A Noose Around Coastal Communities, Will Compromise Indian People's Security
National Fishworkers' Forum & National Alliance of People's Movements, Countercurrents.org
The Sagarmala project is primarily aimed at developing ports, transport through waterways and promote shipping, in other words it is just a port-based development model. However, a port-based development of multiple projects intended at bringing in foreign currency, should be understood differently from coastal development. Serious concerns are being raised about the environmental effects on the coasts with issues like coastal erosion, coastal accretion as well as severe problems of dredging and the effects on the sea bed due to this. It is a fact that construction of breakwaters is leading to such disturbance in the ocean current that fishworkers are not able to go into the sea to fish. Moreover, the massive increase in ports and coming in of huge projects under Sagarmala is not in coordination with the requirement and the feasibility of having a huge number of ports.
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Contenders: Clothing Line Looking for Bigger Forum
By Andrew Asch
As of Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Skateboarding and surfing have launched hundreds of brands, but for John Anderson, the inspiration for the new Contenders clothing line came from one of the oldest of sports: boxing.
In 2014, Anderson teamed up with his brother, Mike Anderson, and Rick Robles to start Contenders, a collection of men's underwear inspired by the trunks worn by professional boxers. The Anderson brothers were fight fans. That year they had designed swim trunks that looked like boxing trunks. A little brainstorming led them to think the look would make a great-looking pair of underwear, something between fashion underwear and a plain pair of boxers.
But Contenders kept a low profile. It was sold at 20 physical boutiques, including the Andersons' own Tankfarm & Co. boutique in Seal Beach, Calif. The brothers hoped to develop the brand's direct-to-consumer business. In the summer of 2015, a new group of financial and marketing partners joined the Contenders team to develop the underwear brand into a clothing collection and bring it to a bigger ring, said Jonathan Snyder, one of the new partners.
For one of its first acts, the new team unveiled a license. It is from one of the only media properties that could have made sense for a line of boxer briefs inspired by boxers.
It was the "Rocky" series of films, which follow the life of underdog boxer Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone. The seven-movie series launched in 1976 and made Stallone a star and an Academy Award nominee for best actor and best screenwriter. (The original film won the Oscar for best picture of the year.) The franchise recently returned to the headlines with the November premiere of "Creed," the seventh film in the series. The original "Rocky" will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2016.
In November, Contenders introduced a capsule collection called Creed by Contenders Limited Exclusive Collection. It offered trunks designed with the colors of the American flag, which were worn by the character Apollo Creed in "Rocky." An upcoming collection, called Rocky by Contenders Collection, includes boxer briefs reminiscent of the trunks worn by Stallone's Rocky Balboa character as well as other characters in the movie series.
Like a boxer's trunk, the brand's underwear features a contrast waistband and side stripes. Contenders' main collection comes in nine colorways, including heather gray, white and black. The shorts feature tailoring, which keeps the underwear from riding up. With the Creed capsule collection, new categories were added to the Contenders line, including T-shirts inspired by the styles of the mid-1970s. One T-shirt bears the logo of "Contenders Boxing 1976." Also available from the line are plain T-shirts the company calls the "Money Tee," which are made with soft fabric. Wholesale prices points range from $11 to $24 for the briefs. T-shirts will be sold exclusively at the brand's website (www.contendersclothing.com). The brand will be more active in wholesaling its goods in fall 2016.
The Contenders is one of the projects for the Anderson brothers. They also run the Tankfarm & Co. menswear collection and a multi-line boutique bearing the same name. The Andersons started their fashion business in 2003 by wholesaling graphic T-shirts. They expanded the brand to also sell button-up shirts, outerwear, denim and shorts. In 2010, a Tankfarm boutique was opened in the brand's former headquarters of Los Alamitos, Calif. More than a year ago, the headquarters moved a short drive away to Seal Beach, where it opened a 1,300-square-foot boutique. In 2014, it opened a store with a yearlong lease at the Americana at Brand retail center in Glendale, Calif. The shop is closing in January. In May, Tankfarm & Co. is scheduled to open another boutique at the high-end Pacific City retail center in Huntington Beach, Calif.
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Calif. Attorney General Xavier Becerra urges Latinos to vote in 2020 in Spanish-language SOTU rebuttal
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Xavier Becerra, California's top law enforcement official, struck an optimistic tone Tuesday night in his Spanish-language rebuttal to President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, leaning heavily on his family's immigration story as he urged U.S. Latinos to turn out to vote in 2020.
"Your vote in November changed the votes in Congress," said Becerra, the former 12-term U.S. House member who is also the state's first Latino attorney general. "Now that you see your power, are you ready to open new doors? Doesn't it seem to you that it's now time that we and our government build schools, not walls?"
Becerra in his brief address gave Democrats credit for blocking Trump's proposed border wall, which led in December to a 35-day partial government shutdown, the longest such closure in U.S. history. Becerra said the Trump administration has sowed confusion, hostility and disorder.
Becerra, 61, has quickly emerged as a top Trump administration adversary since being appointed in 2017. His office has filed at least 45 lawsuits against Trump policies related to immigration, energy policy and the controversial immigration-status question proposed for the 2020 U.S. Census.
Trump's State of the Union address came after a bitter showdown with congressional Democrats, which ended after Trump eventually relented as the costs of the government shutdown cascaded. He has threatened another shutdown, however, if Congress does not provide funding ahead of his Feb. 15 deadline.
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Trump on Tuesday again urged Congress to approve funding for the border wall, painting an ominous picture of the impact of illegal immigration. He warned that another migrant caravan is once again making the trek through Mexico to the U.S. border, calling it a "tremendous onslaught."
He also claimed illegal immigration was disproportionately affecting working-class Americans who "are left to pay the price" while "wealthy politicians and donors push for open borders while living their lives behind gates and walls and guards."
Becerra, who spoke from his alma mater, C.K. McClatchy High School in Sacramento, said Democrats are willing to debate comprehensive immigration reform, but he vowed that Democrats would fight any effort by the president to issue an emergency declaration to fund his wall, as Trump has threatened.
"Not only is it immoral, it's illegal," Becerra said. "We are prepared to reject this foolish proposal."
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tapped Becerra to give the Spanish-language response. The Democratic leaders also chose former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams to give the English-language response to Trump's national address.
In a statement, Schumer said Becerra "embodies the promise of America," while Pelosi praised him as "a towering champion of equal justice and a tireless fighter for every American's right to quality, affordable health care."
Becerra, who once was the highest-ranking Latino in Congress, left Congress to become the state's attorney general after Kamala Harris was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016. Becerra often touts his biography in explaining why he has made it his mission to defend the rights of immigrants. His mother is an immigrant from Guadalajara, Mexico, who married his father, a U.S. citizen, who often traveled between the U.S. and Mexico.
"I am the son of working-class immigrants," Becerra said Tuesday. "My parents started their lives here for the same reason many people come to this country."
In Congress, Becerra served as chair of the House Democratic Caucus and was also the first Latino to serve on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. He also served one term in the California Assembly from 1990 to 1992.
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Mum on Hunger Strike to Save Daughter from Pseudoscience
by Martine O'Callaghan
Seven year old, Melissa, is autistic and lives with her parents in France. Her mother, Jacqueline Tiarti has not eaten for eleven days. "Thank you, my country," writes Tiarti on Facebook, "for having pushed me into a hunger strike to claim the rights of my daughter and those of thousands of autistic children." The French government has failed to provide evidence based therapies or educational support for her daughter, insisting, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that the way to "treat" autism is with psychoanalysis.
Bruno Bettelheim's theory that autism is a child's response to detached, aloof parents - the refrigerator mother - spawned interventions devised to "thaw" the cold, autistic child. One such is holding therapy, also known as attachment therapy, whereby a child is held as tightly as possible by the parent/carer/therapist and fiercely resisted should the child struggle. Even at its most benign, this is akin to torture for hypersensitive individuals for whom even light touch can be perceived as pain. Holders and the held can and have been seriously injured in what is little more than a one-sided wrestling match. Children have been suffocated. Advocates for Children in Therapy details some of the children lost to this pseudoscience, which, is not restricted to autistics but also includes children deemed to have been suffering from attachment disorders (many of them neurotypical adopted children).
In mainstream practices in the majority of developed countries, such treatments are not used relying, as they do, on Bettleheim's post Freudian, psychogenic theories of the causes of autism. It is hard to believe that an even more barbaric and potentially dangerous variant of holding therapy, called packing, is practiced in more than 300 establishments including residential institutions to this very day in that most advanced and civilised of nations, France.
Packing, unpacked
During a packing session, children are stripped and wrapped very tightly in cold wet sheets (around 50 degrees F/10 degrees C). Some practitioners refrigerate the wet sheets to make them colder still. The sessions, of around 45 minutes, may be repeated daily. For a photographic breakdown of a packing session click here. Proponents of packing claim it can:
improve/restore child's body image;
improve relationships with parents especially in terms of physical contact;
reduce self-harming behaviour;
reduce repetitive behaviour and stimming;
There is not a shred of evidence in support of these claims beyond the fact that a child bound in cold wet sheets cannot use his or her hands and arms for the duration of a session to self injure or stim.
Opponents of packing, such as Support the Wall - Autism, have called for, but been refused, a moratorium on the practice. They cite many objections to this supposed therapy including that it may make autistic children more susceptible to sexual abuse as,
the child, accustomed to being in their underwear in front of adults for an activity they do not understand, loses the ability to distinguish between strangers and their carers and parents. At best, they might simply be confused. At worst they will find it normal to undress in front of adults who may wish to harm them. How can these children ever learn the basic social signposts to be able to protect themselves from sexual aggression?
Tragically, calls for change have gone unheard and somewhat unsupported. Parents of institutionalised children fear their children being returned should they object to the regime at what is their child's home. The numbers of children institutionalised in France was, in 2007, around 108,000 compared to just 2,245 children in the UK.
Indeed, France is certainly lagging when it comes to autism diagnosis and services. Fewer than 20% of autistic children regularly attend school of any kind and the vast majority of people with an ASD diagnosis receive it after the age of six. On the other hand, childhood schizophrenia and childhood depression are still relatively common diagnoses. The state, it seems, supports the use of packing and it is practiced in institutions it funds. In February 2010, France's High Council for Public Health declared,
"given the absence of notable risks identified to date, the practice of Packing presents no risk which would justify its prohibition."
The fact that it may cause suffering to a child upon whom this is inflicted seems entirely lost upon them. The same can be said for the French National Authority for Health who state:
"For psychoanalysts, autistic processes, whatever their cause, are linked to the archaic anguishes found in children presenting invasive developmental disorders. These anguishes lead them to react using defensive mechanisms which progressively isolate them. The different measures proposed aim at enabling the expression of these archaic elements in a relationship with a therapist."
The fact that the poor (even for the time) psychoanalytical model of autism has been dead and buried for decades has passed them by. in 2009 a statement from autism experts stated,
"We have reached the consensus that practitioners and families around the world should consider [packing] unethical. Furthermore, this "therapy" ignores current knowledge about autism spectrum disorders; goes against evidence-based practice [and] poses a risk of preventing these children and adolescents from accessing their basic human rights to health and education."
signatories include Michael Rutter, Simon Baron-Cohen and Eric Fombonne.
Packing has been in routine use on the continent for over thirty years and it's variants for much longer still. France, however is one of the few countries to still use it on such a routine basis. 2012 was the year that France declared autism its "National Cause of the Year." It kicked off with the banning of Sophie Robert's documentary, Le Mur, exploring the treatment of the nation's autistic children. Autism awareness, French style, does not extend to raising awareness of the state funded torture of autistic children.
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Q: Plot each Dask partition seperatly using python I'm using Dask to read 500 parquet files and it does it much faster than other methods that I have tested.
Each parquet file contains a time column and many other variable columns.
My goal is to create a single plot that will have 500 lines of variable vs time.
When I use the following code, it works very fast compared to all other methods that I have tested but it gives me a single "line" on the plot:
import dask.dataframe as dd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import time

start = time.time()

ddf = dd.read_parquet("results_parq/*.parquet")
plt.plot(ddf['t'].compute(),ddf['reg'].compute())
plt.show()
end = time.time()
print(end-start)

from my understanding, it happens because Dask just plots the following:
t
0
0.01
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100
0
0.01
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100
0

What I mean it plots a huge column instead of 500 columns.
One possible solution that I tried to do is to plot it in a for loop over the partitions:
import dask.dataframe as dd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import time

start = time.time()

ddf = dd.read_parquet("results_parq/*.parquet")
for p in ddf.partitions:
    plt.plot(p['t'].compute(),p['reg'].compute())
plt.show()
end = time.time()
print(end-start)

It does the job and the resulting plot looks like I want:

However, it results in much longer times.
Is there a way to do something like this but yet to use Dask multicore benefits? Like somehow use map_partitions for it?
Thank you

A: as a start, you cannot normally make matplotlib draw to the same figure from multiple processes, as the renderers aren't using shared memory. (neither should they from a programming point of view)
drawing 500 lines is a very simple task for matplotlib and the problem maybe not in matplotlib.
your dask workers are likely sending data sequentially to your main process, hence the slowdown. (each worker has to wait for master to request data then send it then wait for confirmation, then wait for next order to come, etc)
you can force them to send their data faster by prefetching all the data before you start plotting by matplotlib.
import numpy as np

ddf = dd.read_parquet("results_parq/*.parquet")

# compute length of each partition
lengths = ddf.map_partitions(len).compute()
# get all partitions at once
ddf2 = ddf.compute()

# calculate each parition start and end
lengths = list(lengths)
lengths.insert(0,0)
accumelated_lengths= np.cumsum(lengths)

# plot each partition
for i in range(len(accumelated_lengths)-1):
    plt.plot(ddf2['t'][accumelated_lengths[i]:accumelated_lengths[i+1]],
             ddf2['reg'][accumelated_lengths[i]:accumelated_lengths[i+1]])
plt.show()

Edit: making 500 calls to plt.plot is probably slowing you down too, you could use matplotlib.LineCollection instead, it takes 1/20 of the time for 500 lines.
# plot each partition
lines = []
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
for i in range(len(accumelated_lengths) - 1):
    lines.append(tuple(zip(ddf2['a'][accumelated_lengths[i]:accumelated_lengths[i + 1]],
                          ddf2['b'][accumelated_lengths[i]:accumelated_lengths[i + 1]])))
coll = LineCollection(lines,colors = np.random.random([len(lines),3]))
ax.add_collection(coll)
ax.autoscale_view()
plt.show()

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The Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally.
The award goes to solo artists, duos, or groups for releasing vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% of new recordings.

To date, the award has only been presented to artists originating from Colombia. It was first awarded to Los Hermanos Zuleta for the album Cien Días De Bohemia in 2006. Both Peter Manjarrés and Emiliano Zuleta are the biggest winners in this category with two awards out of three nominations each. The ensemble Binomio de Oro de América holds the record for most nominations without a win with four.

Winners and nominees

2000s

2010s

2020s

 Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.

See also
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References

General
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Specific

External links
Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards

Cumbia Vallenato Album
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In terms of durability, most phones don't quite cut it. If you work in construction, mining, and other blue collar jobs, chances are you are going to need something a little tougher than an iPhone. The CAT S41 is a rugged smartphone for those who work in more hazardous environments. The CAT S41 is built to military specifications that ensure it is able to work in any environment. The CAT S41 phone is designed to keep working no matter where you are working. It is only fitting that the tough and indestructible phones are made by the leading maker of construction machinery, Caterpillar, the name synonymous with toughness. Read on for more information about the CAT S41 phone. This isn't your average smartphone!
When it comes to toughness and durability, nothing beats CAT. There is a set of military specifications known as MIL SPEC 810G. These specs require, among other things, that phones are waterproof to a certain degree, can function in extreme temperature, can survive a fall from a higher point and the screens are dust and scratch resistant. While the military itself does not certify compliance, the manufacturers will. The CAT S41 phone is compliant with these specs. It can survive in up to two meters of water for an hour. It will also keep working after being dropped six feet onto concrete. Its screen is made from Corning Gorilla Glass and is scratch resistant. It can even handle thermal shocks.
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As things are now, chaos rules (but of course with enforced safety zones) but eventually as tribes create their homes they will want to ensure their own security. Leaving aside mechanisms for when people are offline I have been thinking what I personally would like to be able to do, as a good homesteader but this applies to tribes really) so here are some om my idea's.
Anyone who is not a tribe member or given access rights by the tribe (such as having an allies system) is tresspassing. Some tribes might welcome anyone while others might be a bit more secure. But essentially the basic law of tresspass would be a minor 'crime'.
Anything on tribal land is effectively the property of the tribe. Anyone not from the tribe who takes these items would be stealing. anything contained on a tribe members person is also considered the property of the tribe and so anyone removing such items from a member of the tribe unless through trade or picking the item up when outside tribal land is also stealing.
Any structure on tribal land belongs to the tribe. Anyone destroying a tribal owned structure is commiting an act of vandalism.
Hitting another person on tribal land (could be set up to be just tribal members or anyone) is an act of harm. Tribes you are at war with will probably be exempt but you could ahve it so anyone can be a victim.
Killing another person on tribal land is murder (again could be set up to be just tribal members or anyone). Tribes you are at war with will probably be exempt but you could have it so anyone can be a victim.
How can a crime be detected? Perhaps ANY crime commited within tribal lands is automatically detected or perhaps only if a tribal member is close enough to witness the act. You might need to have 'detecting towers' built to make it automatic.
You know the criminal but how to capture them?
This could be done a few ways. Perhaps you would need to hit them till they fall unconsious, perhaps you only need to hit them a few times, perhaps simply having a 'police station' structure does it automatically. But once you know WHO is a criminal you need to capture them.
Punishment could be done using various ways. It could be an automatic punishment such as being moved to the edge of tribal lands, having all possessions removed, put into a jail for x minutes depending on crime (for example you might set it up so someone harming a tribal member goes to you 'jail' structure' for 2 minutes but murder would mean 15 minutes or whatever would seem like a reasonable punishment without being too abusive).
Tribe A has a lookout tower built that covers their entire tribal lands so they can detect any crime. They don't mind anyone coming onto their lands but punish stealing with 2 mins (double for enemies) in jail plus all possessions are stripped from them. Anyone hurting a tribal member is locked up in their 'jail' structure for 5 mins (double for enemies) and their punishment for murder is 15 mins (double for enemies) in 'jail'. They have to hit a criminal on theri lands 2 times to effectively 'capture' them. They are at war with TRIBE B and see anyone from tribe B entering tribal lands as a crime and so anyone caught is sent to jail for 10 mins.
Tribe B is an Evil guild and has set up things so that all crimes are just against non tribal members and all jail time is 30 mins.
Tribe C does not have any laws and wishes to be chaotic and police themselves.
Of course, outside tribally owned lands there is no law so ffa pvp is totally open.
Thoughts on these idea's?(and appolgies for spelling).
Any jail time for crafting failure?
Didn't read it then I see.
Ridiculous reply to a ridiculous idea (jail time). The rest is alright, I guess.
Clarification. The rest is alright if there is something other than jail time. Very, very few people are going to play a game where sitting around doing nothing for 30 minutes is part of the "fun".
Well it takes about 4-5 mins from being killed till I am back at my totem. So I think it is a fair balance to expect the same if that killer gets caught. The owner of the land can decide if they are happy for them to res back at their totem or would rather put them into thei jail. Either way the murderer loeses time only the person who's land it is decideds what happens. This is all about given players the freedom to play how they want (sandbox and all).
And remember, it only applies if you are on someone elses land. Don't like it don't go there. You know the risks, if you feel the reward is worth it then go for it. But you can't complain if you get caught. Same as the argument for when someone gets killed in a FFA PvP game out in the open. "You know the risks, accept this is ffa pvp or leave".
When you get killed in this game, it's over. Jail time is not simply over and done with.
If it's taking you 4-5 minutes to respawn... Report it. Takes me about 30 seconds after the release.
Ask for some NPC guards to help fend off the criminal or something of that nature. There is a reason why most of the games with jails aren't very successful... A lot of them are simply revenue generators from the Asian market small-time games (cash shop get-out-of-jail tokens without serving time).
Did you read my post? You go to jail for a time balanced with the effect of killing someone. If the devs think 5 mins jail time is reasonable then jail is 5 mins, if they think 1 min is better then so be it. The point is, there is no point having a system of laws if there is no punishment to go hand in hand with the crime.
Well I have a crappy connection currently so my personal loading time is moot, the point is whatever is seen as a reasonable punishment is the time used.
Ask for some NPC guards to help fend off the criminal or something of that nature.
I thought the idea was NOT to have NPC's in the game? If there is no mechanism the devs can introduce to provide the same protection online as offline then something artificial does need to be used (such as attack windows) but I think NPC's will be bottom of the list.
There is a reason why most of the games with jails aren't very successful... A lot of them are simply revenue generators from the Asian market small-time games (cash shop get-out-of-jail tokens without serving time).
Not aware of any game that has a prison system. Would be interested in having a list to look at them. Only game I played with a prison system was a NWN privately owned server and people loved it because the servers had enforced roleplaying and GM supervision. I am thinking of a way to create a tool for the players to manage their own system.
Jail time is still a bad and boring idea. "Punishments", if any, should be quick and bloody.
Face of Mankind - Server regulated jailtime with crooked player police enforcement.
Those are two examples and they both are flawed, but they do exist and add a lot to both games.
Well, I guess I would still accept this system, however flawed, than have safe zones (for more than a month or 2).


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From all indications, the power crisis known in local parlance as dumsor that rocked the nation for close to four years might return in a couple of weeks.
This follows an announcement by Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) – the body mandated to transmit electricity - that the Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO) Kwame Nkrumah was shutting down for maintenance works.
The situation, according to GRIDCo, is going to affect power supply stability.
The release said gas flow from the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant to the Aboadze Thermal enclave had been curtailed and expected to commence upon the resumption of production from the FPSO.
The statement said "the conversion process which involves cleaning of fuel nozzles and other preparatory works is expected to take a few days to complete," adding "during this period, the power supply system may experience some challenges, thereby affecting power supply stability.
GRIDCo assured the public that engineers were working around the clock to bring supply to normalcy.


A pretty lazy and uneventful day generally. Slobbed about the flat in the morning and most of the afternoon, before eventually venturing out after 3 in the direction of Waitrose.
On the way back Chie decided she fancied something sweet, and so we popped into the little convenience store near where we live and perused Mr. Kipling's cake offerings. We settled on some mini Battenberg slices. I enjoyed the irony of getting out our best tea set to have these with.
Quite a nice dinner in the evening - particularly enjoyed the mozzarella and tomato salad. We pretty much always end up having fresh pasta after a visit to Waitrose.


The term is generally understood attraction as a synonym for a relationship of love with each other. No, refers to what is essential is that in sexual. They study whether men generally have a tendency towards these "love at first sight", and it seems that psychologists of the University of Texas discovered it. Literally, we are men attracted to women "dumb" or, for want of a less derogatory, "innocent".
This study found by asking a large number of men who enlistaran 88 factors that, according to them, producing a woman earn points on the scale of attractive or willing. After that, 76 men looked images exemplify the behaviors that previously wrote, asking them to nest in relation to the attraction aroused over them.
According to the results, the physical vulnerability (such as a tiny girl) was not particularly attractive to men, otherwise the psychological vulnerability, as it assumes when a woman is immature not very smart, which was much higher among men consider when rating attractive.


Congratulations to Shankar Balasubramanian who, along with Cambridge University Professor David Klenerman, has been awarded the Royal Medal in 2018 in recognition of their co-development of DNA sequencing techniques transforming biology and genomic medicine.
There are 3 Royal Medals awarded annually and each will receive a medal of silver gilt and a gift of £10,000 at the Premier Awards Dinner in October 2018.
Each year two medals are awarded for the most important contributions to the advancement of "Natural Knowledge" in the physical and biological sciences respectively. A third medal is awarded for distinguished contributions in the applied sciences.
The three Royal Medals, also known as the Queen's Medals, are awarded annually by the Sovereign on the recommendation of the Council of the Society. Frederick Sanger FRS, Max Perutz FRS and Francis Crick FRS are among those who have been awarded a Royal Medal.
The Royal Medals were founded by HM King George IV in 1825. Between 1826 and 1964 two medals were awarded each year. In 1965 the third medal, covering the applied sciences, was introduced on behalf of HM The Queen.


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First Nations Leadership Council demands justice for victims of B.C. social worker
Union of BC Indian Chiefs calls actions of Robert Saunders 'nothing short of complete depravity'
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The B.C. First Nations Leadership Council is speaking out against the alleged 'corrupt' actions of 'disgraced' former Kelowna social worker, Robert Saunders.
It's alleged Saunders stole money from foster children, the majority of which were Indigenous, leaving them homeless and subject to abuse and addiction.
"For over a decade, this man preyed upon and exploited some of the most vulnerable members of our society for personal profit and gain, while acting under the auspices of the Ministry of Children and Family Development – the branch of our government that is tasked with protecting these young people," said Cheryl Casimer of the First Nations Summit in a statement on Dec. 5.
This comes after news that an Okanagan-area social worker accused of stealing money from foster children is now facing criminal charges, approved Friday (Dec. 4) by the BC Prosecution Service.
The Capital News previously reported that Robert Riley Saunders was arrested in Alberta and will be brought back to B.C. to face charges.
READ MORE: Former Kelowna social worker arrested for allegedly stealing from foster children
Saunders is facing 13 charges including 10 counts of fraud over $5,000, one count of theft over $5,000, one count of breach of trust and one count of uttering a forged document. He is also facing a class-action lawsuit, led by former youth in care in B.C.
It's alleged he moved children in government care from stable homes in order to make them eligible for financial benefits from the province, before stealing those government funds.
The BC First Nations Leadership Council referenced an internal investigation completed by the Ministry of Children and Family Development found that Robert Saunders had victimized approximately 102 children and youth, over 90 of whom were Indigenous.
"We were outraged to learn of this disgusting situation and that it went undetected for so long. The individuals who were harmed by this man, along with their families, have been left with lifelong traumas as a direct result of his actions. We are grateful to see that charges have finally been laid and he has been arrested. May justice be served for his victims," said Casimer.
Regional Chief Terry Teegee of the BC Assembly of First Nations the actions of Saunders towards Indigenous youth 'is demonstrative' of the broader systemic issues that have placed less value upon their lives, needs and circumstances.
He quoted this as being a time of change and opportunity, and that they hope to see this change reflect in the prosecution of Saunders.
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Undermanned Blues face tough task against hot Stars
Jim Thomas
Blues center Ryan O'Reilly (left) and Stars defender Esa Lindell tangle for the puck on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, in the third period of a game in St. Louis. (Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com)
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DALLAS • Down several bodies, having already played the defending Central Division champ (Nashville) and reigning Presidents' Trophy winner (Tampa Bay) this week, the Blues close out a three-game road swing tonight against the hottest team in the league.
The Dallas Stars (15-9-2) came within an inch or two of ousting St. Louis from the Stanley Cup playoffs last season. Nothing they do tonight will change that but they'd definitely like to put the Blues (15-5-6) in their place in a 7:30 p.m. contest at American Airlines Center.
"They're a veteran team for sure through their lineup," Craig Berube said following the Blues' optional skate Friday. "They know how to play.
"They play a heavy game. They're very good at both ends of the ice. They're a 200-foot team, that's the way I look at it. They defend well. Their goaltending's strong and they've got good offensive players. They can put the puck in the net. They're a good-sized team, too."
Which sounds pretty much like the complete package for the Stars.
"It's gonna be a tough game," Berube said. "We gotta be highly competitive tonight. We gotta do a real good job with the puck. We gotta be patient. We're not gonna get a lot (of chances) playing these guys, we gotta be patient. Make the most of your chances."
GUNNARSSON OUT, POULIOT IN
After losing Oskar Sundqvist to a foot/ankle injury Wednesday, the Blues will be down another Swede tonight. Defenseman Carl Gunnarsson, who has been ill, won't play.
"He's under the weather still," Berube said.
Making his Blues debut in his place will be Derrick Pouliot who was called up Monday from San Antonio along with Nathan Walker.
"He's an experienced guy," Berbue said of Pouliot, who played 144 games over the past two seasons with the Vancouver Canucks. "Good puck mover. He can move the puck, make plays. He's an offensive-type defenseman. He can skate, too. So it's a good chance for him, too. He's played well down in the minors."
When he was called up, Pouliot had the most points of any AHL defenseman, with four goals and 14 assists for the Rampage.
WALKER'S DEBUT
With Sundqvist out, Nathan Walker will make his Blues debut tonight on the fourth line. Walker is from Sydney, Australia and his parents will be watching from Down Under in a game that starts at 12:30 p.m. Saturday -- Sydney time.
In terms of Blues experience, Mackenzie MacEachern is now the senior member of a fourth line that includes Jacob de la Rose – and now Walker.
"I played a couple games with (Walker) in preseason," MacEachern said. "He's small but he's still really physical, a really fast player. He obviously has the ability to score judging off his start in San Antonio.
"I liked playing with him the first couple games in preseason, so hopefully we can build off that."
ALLEN IN GOAL
Tonight marks the front end of the Blues' fourth set of back-to-back games this season. They play Pittsburgh at home on Saturday. Berube is going with Jake Allen in goal against the Stars.
"It's just the schedule we talked about, and planned it out," Berube said. "He was gonna play tonight. That was just the schedule. He's done a good job. He's played well for us this year and played well for us on the road."
Allen actually has better regular-season numbers against the Stars over his career than Binnington. He's 8-5, with a 2.25 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage. Binnington is 2-2-0 against the Stars in the regular season, with 2.56 GAA and .895 save percentage.
WHO'S MONTGOMERY?
Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery doesn't hide the fact that this is a big game for the red-hot Stars, who with 32 points trail the Blues by only four points in the Central Division.
"St. Louis ended our season last year," Montgomery said. "They're the defending Stanley Cup champs, they're a great team, and we want to see how we measure up.
"We want to be aggressive. We want to put them on their heels. And we want to spend a lot of time in their end. A big part of our game is transition offense. We gotta continue to play fast."
Montgomery sees the same style of play from the Blues that he saw in the Western Conference semifinals last season, when the Blues knocked out the Stars in seven games.
The Blues, Montgomery said, are "a team that is gonna put pucks to the goal line. They're gonna forecheck. They're gonna possess pucks. They're gonna use the whole offensive zone against you.
"So you have to be really good at breaking pucks out. You have to be really good at your own end. And you gotta make them defend."
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BLUES LINEUP
Schwartz-Schenn-Thomas
Sanford-O'Reilly-Perron
Barbashev-Bozak-Brouwer
MacEachern-de la Rose-Walker
Dunn-Pietrangelo
Bouwmeester-Parayko
Pouliot-Faulk
DALLAS PROJECTED LINEUP
(Per @MDeFranks, Dallas Morning News)
Benn-Dowling-Seguin
Radulov-Hintz-Pavelski
Cogliano-Faksa-Comeau
Gurianov-Dickinson-Perry
Lindell-Klingberg
Oleksiak-Heiskanen
Sekera-Polak
Five of Brayden Schenn's last seven goals have come on the power play. For the season, his six power play goals are tied for sixth in the NHL.
• The Blues were on target Wednesday in Tampa. They had only four shots blocked and four missed shots - the lowest combined total of errant shots (eight) this season. They had 33 shots on goal.
• Forward Austin Poganski, called up from San Antonio on Thanksgiving, skated with the Blues during Friday's optional practice.
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Kings are facing their fifth playoff elimination game of the spring.
Given the way Los Angeles handled this situation four times in the previous round, the Anaheim Ducks are understandably wary.
After three consecutive wins in the first Freeway Faceoff post-season series, the Ducks are one victory away from their first trip to the Western Conference finals since their only Stanley Cup season in 2007.
But the Ducks realize the Kings have a Stanley Cup pedigree and an uncommon post-season resilience.
After winning four consecutive games to escape an 0-3 hole in the first round against San Jose, they only need to win Game 6 at Staples Center — where the Ducks won twice earlier in the series — to force a seventh game back in Anaheim.
"They've got so much pride and championship blood that it's just going to take a perfect game," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said.
The Kings never even faced an elimination game during their 16-4 rampage to their only Stanley Cup title in 2012.
In the two seasons since, they've twice rallied out of 0-2 deficits in the first round and won five potential elimination games overall, losing only to Chicago in last summer's conference finals.
The Kings seem unshakably confident they can snap a three-game skid with a complete defensive effort in front of Jonathan Quick, who has been bested by Anaheim rookie goalie John Gibson in two straight outings.
Gibson has stopped 67 of 70 shots while winning his first two NHL playoff games, and he still hasn't lost in the big leagues after going 3-0 late in the Ducks' regular season.
"We know we can beat him," Doughty said.
Before they took a bus up the I-5 freeway to spend another night in downtown Los Angeles, the Ducks prepared for a defining moment of their season with both excitement and trepidation.
The Ducks clinched their last playoff series on the road in Game 6, but the experience didn't exactly fill them with confidence.
Anaheim started poorly at Dallas and fell behind by two goals, only to finish off the Stars with two late regulation goals and an overtime winner.
The Ducks also will draw from last season's playoff run, when they took a 3-2 series lead on Detroit and failed in two chances to close it out, losing Game 6 on the road.
"All the great teams, they have to go through some tough times together," Teemu Selanne said.
The Kings already excavated themselves from one bad position in this post-season with a six-game winning streak that ended in Game 3.
Los Angeles has been dominant and dismal in alternating stretches for much of this season, but always seemed to recover its mojo when it really mattered.
To even the series, the Kings likely must generate offence from somebody besides Marian Gaborik, whose NHL-best eight playoff goals are double the total of any teammate.
Los Angeles has 11 goals in five games in the series, including just five in its three straight losses.


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