started at a time that Katharina often took her daughter to children's and youth performances. She was asked if she would be interested in making performances for this target group. In the season of 2001/2002 the contact with the Lab/ Berenkuil was laid during the Marathon, professional dance for a children's audience. Her work had been well received due to artistic choices and a strong physically focused work, which connected well with the young audience. This first collaboration with the Lab/Berenkuil was the performance Nu!. It played eight times during the annual youth theatre festival Tweetakt in June 2002. A new collaboration followed for a full production in collaboration with the Lab: Kom dichter… This performance played in the Krakeling, for Tweetakt and at different schools throughout the Netherlands. In 2005 she teamed up with Sharon Varekamp for the opening performance for Tweetakt G.E:H/E?I,M! with children of two primary schools: De Fakkel and Dr. Bosschool in Utrecht. This was her first production with children as performers. In 2008, her concept for a performance about courage, Leeuwenhart, was awarded by Jonge Klei. In 2010 Leeuwenhart could be realized with a grant from the city of Amsterdam. The premiere took place in the Krakeling in Amsterdam and then played throughout the Netherlands.
Kom dichter…(Come Closer…) shows what happens if everything is turned around and nothing is normal. A girl who is good at playing the drums, two boys who become intimate with each other. The rhythm of the drummer excites them, supports them and triggers them. A dance performance with feminine and masculine aspects that go out of control.


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Immigrating to Canada? Better stock up on allergy medication in addition to the maple syrup.
New research from the University of B.C. suggests that non-food allergy rates for immigrants increase the longer they live in Canada.
Among immigrants who have lived in Canada for less than a decade, only 14.3 per cent reported non-food allergies. That rate rose to 23.9 per cent among immigrants who had been in Canada for longer than 10 years. For non-immigrants, 29.6 per cent reported dealing with allergies.
UBC public health researchers Hind Sbihi and Jiayun Angela Yao had heard anecdotal evidence of the phenomenon, but wanted to know what it looked like among Canadian immigrants.
Previously, there have been studies on immigrant populations and dietary allergies, but many of them focus on children. The new study, which deals predominantly with hay fever, is among the first to focus its research on adults.
The pair found that environmental factors were largely to blame for the increasing rates of allergies among immigrants. Those include things such as air pollution, levels of sanitization and dietary choices, though more research is needed to pinpoint more specific factors.
Sbihi and Yao's findings came from analyzing the data of 116,232 respondents in the Canadian Community Health Survey, which asked people to self-report any doctor-diagnosed non-food allergies.
"The findings highlight the potential of environmental determinants of allergy development that warrant further investigation, and demonstrate the need for multicultural strategies to manage the public health burden of allergic conditions," the pair wrote in the conclusion to their study, which was recently published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health.
According to Yao, it's important to examine how these allergies affect quality of life, and the costs of managing and controlling symptoms. If left ignored, allergic conditions can also lead to asthma, respiratory infections, or breathing difficulties during sleep.
Yao notes it is possible that many new immigrants may be dealing with new allergy symptoms but have mistaken them for colds or flus, not realizing that the environment has contributed to their sniffling and dry eyes. As well, this research will pave the way for further study how environmental sensitization develops into allergies.


Thanks to a partnership between the City of Alexandria and Arlington County, residents of the Crystal City/Potomac Yard (CCPY) Corridor will benefit from new transit service this summer. Called "Metroway," in recognition of the premium service that has unique customer amenities, the new service will move riders between the Braddock Road and Crystal City Metrorail stations in bus-only lanes for the most congested portions of the route.
"The City is very excited about Metroway, and we can't wait for service to start in Alexandria later this summer," said Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille. "The Route 1 corridor was designated as a priority transit corridor in Alexandria's Transportation Master Plan, and it's rewarding to see this innovative project come to fruition. Not only does this project represent our continued investment in regional infrastructure, but it also encourages transit as an essential mode of transportation by providing a high-quality option for travel within the corridor."
Metroway service will be phased in over the next year. When the service begins in August, it will feature separate dedicated bus lanes -- or a "transitway" -- many new stations, greater bus frequency, later night service, and seven-day a week service to riders in Alexandria and Arlington. The new stations include weather protection, bench seating, lighting, comprehensive passenger information and are fully ADA compliant.
In subsequent phases of Metroway's service introduction, the stations will house real-time passenger information displays and fare collection machines—allowing customers to pay their fares prior to boarding. A first for the Metrobus system and the region, this will speed boarding and improve service reliability.
At the start of service, customers will see Metroway buses operating every 12 minutes along the full route. During rush hour, customers will enjoy service every six minutes between the Crystal City Metro station and South Glebe. During weekday off-peak hours, buses will run every 12 minutes and on weekends, every 20 minutes.
With many features similar to bus rapid transit service found in other cities, Alexandria and Arlington are jointly constructing the transitway for the new Metroway service. This project is the Washington metropolitan area's first right-of-way dedicated to premium bus operations, designed to encourage transit use along the heavily travelled CCPY corridor as well as support residential and job growth in the area.
News release issued at 12:08 pm, July 1, 2014.


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Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, letterlijk: "Alchemist van Staal"), vaak door fans afgekort als "FMA" of "Hagaren", is een manga uit 2001 geschreven door Hiromu Arakawa. Van het verhaal zijn twee populaire anime-televisieseries gemaakt, waarvan de tweede ('Brotherhood') letterlijk het verhaal van de manga volgt. Ook bestaan er diverse spin-off videospellen. Zowel de originele mangaserie als 'Brotherhood' werden in juni/juli 2010 afgerond.

De serie is in Japan en Noord-Amerika erg populair. In 2005 en 2006 werd Fullmetal Alchemist bij peilingen door TV Asahi verkozen tot nummer 1 in de top 100 van beste anime aller tijden. In februari 2007 won de anime diverse prijzen bij de American Anime Awards.

De animeserie heeft een doorlopend script met zowel komische als dramatische momenten. Daarnaast vormen ook serieuzere zaken een thema, zoals oorlogen en dictators. Verder werpt de serie vragen op over existentialisme (wat is een ziel, wat is geheugen) en humanisme: in hoeverre heeft het doen van dingen (voor anderen) een beloning tot gevolg?

Op 5 april 2009 startte op het Japanse tv-kanaal TBS Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, de tweede reeks anime-afleveringen. De serie is weer van voren af aan begonnen; kijkers hebben dus geen voorkennis uit de eerste reeks nodig, die met een aparte film werd afgerond ('The Conqueror of Shambala'). De Amerikaanse distributeur Funimation kondigde aan elke aflevering in het Engels ondertiteld aan te bieden, vier dagen na elke Japanse uitzending. De laatste episode 64 werd in Japan vertoond op 4 juli 2010.

Verhaal

Het verhaal speelt in het begin van de twintigste eeuw in en om een fictief land genaamd Amestris (dat sterk lijkt op Europa). De hoofdpersonen zijn twee jongens, Edward Elric (Ed) en zijn jongere broer Alphonse Elric (Al). Hun vader Van Hohenheim (die vier jaar na de geboorte van Alphonse vertrekt) was een alchemist. Beide kinderen zijn dan ook al vroeg bezig met alchemie, de gave om de structuur van materie te begrijpen, af te breken en dan te reconstrueren in iets anders. In de alchemie in deze wereld volgen ze de wet van 'equivalent exchange', of gelijkwaardige ruil. Dat betekent om iets te krijgen moet je iets van gelijke waarde opgeven. In Amestris is alchemie een zeldzame maar gewilde wetenschap, die zelfs in het leger gebruikt wordt door zogenaamde State Alchemists.

Als hun moeder sterft aan een ziekte, proberen de broers naïef - Edward is 11 en Alphonse is 10 - om haar met alchemie weer tot leven te wekken. Menselijke transmutatie is in de wereld van alchemie echter een onvergeeflijke zonde. Er bestaat niets met dezelfde waarde als de ziel van hun moeder, omdat ziel en lichaam nu eenmaal los van elkaar staan. Dat ervaren Edward en Al op tragische wijze: als 'tol' verliest Al zijn hele lichaam en Ed zijn linkerbeen. Om de ziel van Al nog te redden, offert Ed ook nog zijn rechterarm op, zodat Als ziel zich kan huisvesten in een toevallig aanwezig stuk meubilair: een harnas. De ontbrekende ledematen van Ed worden later met metalen prothesen uitgerust (zogenaamde 'automail').

Op dit punt beginnen zowel de manga- als de animeserie; het voorgaande wordt via flashbacks uitgelegd. De broers horen over de Philosopher's Stone, een steen die ervoor kan zorgen dat alchemie ook werkt zonder gelijkwaardige ruil. Deze kan ervoor zorgen dat de broers hun eigen lichaam terugkrijgen, en ze gaan op reis om de steen te vinden. De staat doet al een tijdje onderzoek naar de Philosopher's Stone, maar je moet een State Alchemist zijn om bij die gegevens te komen. Ed besluit in dienst van het leger te treden als de jongste State Alchemist ooit, waarbij hem zijn bijnaam 'Fullmetal Alchemist' wordt toegekend. Maar er zijn meer mensen op zoek naar de steen.
De positie van 'State Alchemist' brengt Ed helaas ook nieuwe problemen: zo heeft een seriemoordenaar het specifiek op State Alchemists gemunt. Kennelijk zijn zijn collega's niet altijd even zuiver geweest. Binnen het leger, waar iedereen zo zijn eigen motieven en belangen heeft, is dat geen makkelijk bespreekbare zaak. Ed ontdekt geheimen die teruggaan tot het ontstaan van het land Amestris zelf. Daarnaast wordt hij gevolgd door enkele van de raadselachtige zeven Homunculi, die zijn vernoemd naar de zeven hoofdzonden.

De term 'fullmetal' is overigens ambigu. Hij is te associëren met Eds 'automail' en Als ijzeren lichaam, zoals ook diverse personages in de serie doen, maar in het Japans en Engels heeft de zegswijze 'full metal' ook de onvertaalbare tweede betekenis 'koppig'.

Hoofdpersonen
Edward Elric
Edward Elric(エドワード・エルリック, Edowādo Erurikku), de 'Fullmetal Alchemist', is de jongste State Alchemist ooit en de hoofdpersoon van het verhaal. Hij en zijn jongere broer, Alphonse Elric, reizen de wereld af op zoek naar de Philosopher´s Stone (de Steen der Wijzen) in de hoop dat ze hiermee kunnen terugkeren naar hun oorspronkelijke lichamen. In hun mislukte poging om hun moeder tot leven te wekken, verloor Edward zijn linkerbeen. Zijn jongere broer verloor zijn hele lichaam. Om Al terug te krijgen ruilde Ed zijn rechterarm en kreeg daarvoor Al zijn ziel en heeft hem in een harnas weten te stoppen. Zo kreeg hij metalen protheses voor zijn arm en been, ook wel 'auto-mail' genoemd. Hij haat zijn vader omdat die de familie verlaten heeft in hun jeugd. Hij heeft een hekel aan melk en haat het om klein genoemd te worden, en als dat gebeurt wordt hij ook echt woest. In de Japanse versie wordt zijn stem gesproken door Romi Paku, en in de Engelstalige versie door Vic Mignogna.

Alphonse Elric
Alphonse Elric(アルフォンス・エルリック, Arufonsu Erurikku), Edwards jongere broer, is geen State Alchemist geworden. Samen reizen Ed en Al over de wereld op zoek naar de Philosopher's stone in de hoop dat ze hun oorspronkelijke lichamen terugkrijgen. Bij de transmutatie van hun moeder verloor Ed zijn linkerbeen en rechterarm, maar Alphonse verloor zijn hele lichaam. Alles wat Alphonse nog in deze wereld houdt is zijn ziel gevangen in een harnas. Maar hij kan niet voelen of ruiken, geen pijn en geen tranen. Alphonse is in tegenstelling tot zijn broer erg kalm en maakt geen ondoordachte beslissingen. Ook kalmeert hij zijn broer vaak als die weer woedend wordt. In de Japanse versie wordt zijn stem gesproken door Rie Kugimuya, en in de Engelstalige versie wordt zijn stem gesproken door Aaron Dismuke, en bij Brotherhood door Maxey Whitehead.

Roy Mustang
Roy Mustang(ロイ・マスタング, Roi Masutangu), de 'Flame Alchemist', Is een Lieutenant Colonel, wanneer wij hem voor het eerst in de serie zien. Maar wanneer Ed en Al hem voor het eerst in levenden lijve ontmoeten is hij net gepromoveerd tot Colonel. Aan het einde van de serie is hij gepromoveerd naar Brigadier General. Zijn droom is om ooit Führer (Generaal van het hele leger) te worden, en hij gebruikt daarbij zijn vele ondergeschikte officieren die hem daarbij graag helpen. Hoewel hij trouw is aan het leger, na de dood van zijn beste vriend, Maes Hughes, begint hij te zoeken naar de moordenaar, zelfs als dat betekent dat hij zijn rang in het leger moet opgeven. In de Japanse versie wordt zijn stem door Toru Okawa ingesproken, en in de Engelstalige versie wordt zijn stem ingesproken door Travis Willingham.

Winry Rockbell
Winry Rockbell(ウィンリィ・ロックベル, Uinrī Rokkuberu), is van kinds af aan al bevriend met Edward en Alphonse. Winry is een auto-mail monteur. Zij heeft samen met haar oma, die ook auto-mail monteur is, Edwards arm en been in elkaar gezet. Dat is helaas niet zonder pijn, voor Edward dan. Een auto-mail doet heel veel pijn voor degene die hem gebruikt, omdat alle zenuwen aan het mechanisme bevestigd moeten worden. Winry en Edward en Alphonse zijn erg goede vrienden van elkaar. In de Japanse versie wordt zij ingesproken door Megumi Toyoguchi, en in de Engelstalige versie wordt zij ingesproken door Caitlin Glass.

Manga
Van juli 2001 tot juli 2010 is er elke maand een nieuw hoofdstuk van de Fullmetal Alchemist-manga gepubliceerd in het Japanse stripblad Monthly Shonen Gangan van uitgeverij Square Enix. In totaal zijn het er 108, al variëren ze in lengte (het allerlaatste hoofdstuk beslaat 113 pagina's en is daarmee ongeveer drie keer zo dik als 'normaal' - niettemin was de bijbehorende Monthly Shonen Gangan die op 12 juni 2010 uitkwam binnen een week in heel Japan totaal uitverkocht). De hoofdstukken zijn gebundeld in 27 pocketboeken (ook volumes of zogenaamde 'tankōbon' genoemd), die bij verschillende uitgevers in vertaling zijn verschenen. In Nederland en België is de Engelstalige versie van de Amerikaanse uitgever Viz Media populair. Op internet circuleren daarnaast Engelstalige 'scanlations' door fans die niet op de officiële vertaling wilden wachten.

Al in 2001 was in een groot plan de conclusie van het verhaal bedacht.

Anime

Eerste anime
De productie van de eerste 51-delige animeserie, die in Japan wekelijks op tv kwam van 4 oktober 2003 tot 2 oktober 2004 terwijl de manga nog niet af was, was in handen van Studio BONES. Het script houdt zich tot de helft (aflevering 26) qua plot dan ook redelijk trouw aan de manga, maar vanaf dat punt niet meer. Dat valt vooral op bij de rollen en motieven van de Homunculi en de functie van de Gate of Alchemy. Zelfs niet alle personages zijn gelijk.

Studio BONES had uitgebreid contact met de mangaka (originele manga-auteur) Arakawa, maar die wilde zich uitdrukkelijk niet bemoeien met de aanpassingen voor de anime. Wel eiste ze expliciet een ander einde dan zij voor de manga gepland had. "Manga en anime zijn verschillende soorten expressie. Het slaat nergens op om een verhaal op twee manieren te gaan vertellen als het in beide vormen toch hetzelfde zou moeten zijn."

De onderstaande 51 episodes uit de eerste reeks zijn gebundeld in een 13-delige dvd-serie (die sinds eind 2007 verkrijgbaar is als vier losse dvd-boxsets met dvd-regio 1).

De eerste serie is internationaal op diverse televisiezenders uitgezonden, maar (nog) niet in Nederland of België.

Film als vervolg op de eerste anime
Omdat de eerste animeserie een open einde had, vormt de film Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie; The Conqueror of Shambala (Gekijo Ban Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) hierop het (controversiële) slot. De film kwam in Japan uit op 23 juli 2005 en werd net als de anime gemaakt door Studio BONES. Er bestaat zelfs een Nederlandse release van, hoewel de animeserie zelf tot nu toe nooit officieel in het Nederlands is vertaald en de film dus niets bevat uit de originele manga. De twee bij de dvd gevoegde OVA's "Chibi Party" en "Kids" leveren een humoristisch commentaar op de plot.

Edward en Alphonse zijn in twee verschillende werelden terechtgekomen en zoeken een manier om weer bij elkaar te komen. Edward zit in München in 1923, waar de nazi's langzaam macht beginnen te verwerven. Omdat alchemie in deze wereld niet bestaat, moet hij een andere manier vinden om terug te komen. Via zijn vader Hohenheim en een zigeunermeisje komt hij op een politiek beladen spoor.

In de andere wereld - het land Amestris, waarvan sommigen in München denken dat dit het hemelse 'Shambala' is - leert Edwards broer Alphonse meer alchemie om een manier te vinden om zijn broer terug te krijgen. Maar dan wordt zijn stad opeens aangevallen door robotachtige wezens uit de andere wereld.

Tweede anime: Brotherhood
Zoals aangekondigd in de 20e tankobon, is er sinds april 2009 in Japan een tweede serie afleveringen van de Fullmetal Alchemist-anime uitgezonden, dit keer genaamd 'Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'. Ook deze reeks is geproduceerd door BONES. De regie was in handen van Yasuhiro Irie. De serie begint weer van voren af aan, maar houdt zich dit keer volledig aan de plot in de manga, zonder eigen zijsprongen. Per aflevering werden ongeveer twee manga-hoofdstukken behandeld. De eerste 13 afleveringen van Brotherhood beslaan hetzelfde verhaal als de eerste 26 van de eerste anime, wat betekent dat veel details van het verhaal daar overgeslagen zijn.

Ook de tweede reeks episodes is vanaf augustus 2009 op dvd uitgebracht, inclusief eigen extra's, zoals anime-versies van de verschillende losse 'gaidens' (extra verhalen), bijvoorbeeld 'The Blind Alchemist'. Van 'Brotherhood' bestaan verder drie Original Soundtrack-cd's.

Beide animereeksen zijn niet in Nederland en België op tv geweest, maar wel gelicenseerd aan Netflix.

Tweede film: The Sacred Star of Milos
Op 2 juli 2011 verscheen in Japan de film Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - The Sacred Stars of Milos). Deze animatiefilm onder regie van Kazuya Murata is als los verhaal te bekijken en speelt qua tijd ongeveer halverwege Brotherhood. De originele mangaka Hiromu Arakawa was niet bij het scenario betrokken. De film werd tamelijk gemiddeld ontvangen; op Metacritic scoort hij 54 uit 100.

Computerspellen

PlayStation 2
 Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Tobenai Tenshi)
Uitgekomen op: 25-12-03 (in Japan) en 18-01-05 (in de VS)

 Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival
Uitgekomen op: 26-08-04 (Japan)

 Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir (Akaki Elixir no Akuma)
Uitgekomen op: 22-09-04 (in Japan) en 12-07-05 (in de VS)

 Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami o Tsugu Shoujo
Uitgekomen op: 21-07-05 (in Japan)

PlayStation Portable
 Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood game

Gameboy Advance
 Fullmetal Alchemist: Omoide no Soumeikyoku
Uitgekomen op: 22-07-04 (in Japan)

Nintendo DS
 Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy
Uitgekomen op: 21-07-05 (in Japan) en 24-10-06 (in de VS)

PC
 Bluebird's Illusion
Dit is een Chineestalige 'doujin game' (fangame) door het 'OceanX'-team uit 2004, die echter zonder officiële toestemming was gemaakt en daarom weer van de markt verdween. Naar het spel wordt echter op fora soms verwezen wegens de niet-canonieke karakters in enkele van de vier mogelijke eindes. Zo verandert bij een daarvan Ed in de homunculus 'Pride!Ed', een soort kruising van Ed en Envy.

Boeken
 Volume 1: The Land of Sand
 Volume 2: The Abducted Alchemist
 Volume 3: The Valley of White Petals

Verder bestaan er twee 'Perfect Guidebooks' met illustraties en drie 'artbooks' met stills uit de anime en de film.

Externe links
 Officiële FMA Website
 Fullmetal Alchemist manga op Anime News Network
 Fullmetal Alchemist anime op Anime News Network
 Fullmetal Alchemist: De film - Conqueror of Shamballa op News Network
 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime op Anime News Network

Shonen
Japanse stripreeks

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Juan Mata breaks silence on David de Gea's future, says he selfishly wants him in his team
Manchester United's Spanish midfielder Juan Mata admits he 'selfishly' wants David de Gea to remain at the club.
De Gea is widely expected to depart United in the summer for Real Madrid in order to return to his home town, even though United are desperate for him to sign a new deal.
Already one of the world's best goalkeepers at the age of 24, De Gea is getting better every season and Mata is keen for him to still call Old Trafford home next year.
"Lots of people ask me about him," he said.
"He's a friend and I want him to be happy."
"He's currently one of the best goalkeepers in the world. From a selfish point of view, I would want to have him in my team."
It was reported yesterday that De Gea had told his United team-mates that he wanted to leave, with the Spanish giants expected to table an opening £13m offer for United's No.1.
United have been linked with moves for several of Real's big-name stars as part of a deal to take De Gea to the Bernabeu, including Gareth Bale (of whom Dwight Yorke is a huge fan).
With De Gea remaining silent and him no closer to signing a new deal with United, it seems an inevitability that he will leave this summer but up until the point he is pictured holding a Madrid shirt, fans and players alike will continue to hope he stays.
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FIA post-race press conference – Germany
1. Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), 2. Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull), 3. Daniel RICCIARDO (Renault)
TRACK INTERVIEWS
(Conducted by David Coulthard)
Q: Max, second place but crucially that fastest lap right at the end there. It was tight with you and Lewis, the Safety Car played a part, but they were just too quick today?
Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I think overall it was a good race. I was just trying to follow Lewis, once Valtteri of course dropped out. I think the pace was good. We were just trying to do our own race a little bit. They were just a little bit too fast. But last lap, I thought "I'm just going to give it a go" and see what happens and we just managed to get that fastest lap but also that one extra point. So yeah, I was pretty about that.
Q: Now we did hear you quite vocal on the radio behind that last Safety Car. You really struggled with the launch at that re-start, running wide in the last corner. Just talk us through that?
MV: Yeah, the track is very cold and the tyres are already cold when you leave from the box. I just didn't understand why the Safety Car was out for so long. The car was cleared. I understand they want to bunch up the field, but it's pretty dangerous with these cars when the tyres are so cold. We'll look into that but anyway we finished second, where I think we belong today, and that's the most important thing.
Q: Daniel Ricciardo, welcome back, 2018 was your last podium. You had to work for that one?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, it's been a while. To be honest it feels like the first podium all over again. It's been two and a half years or something. The feeling is really nice. It's fresh, so, wow! So happy and obviously to see everyone as well – we have all waited a long time for this, so I think everyone is going to soak it up.
Q: Yeah, over my shoulder we had the entire Renault team celebrating and I see your team-mate Ocon just to the left as well. This is a big moment for the team as they build towards to the future. Also a big moment for Cyril. We've got to talk about the tattoo. Apparently there is this agreement where if you get a podium he has to get a tattoo. Is that real and what are you going for?
DR: Yeah, so it's real. It's going to happen. We'll have to do some thinking now. Probably something to do with me but I think with a German flavour. This is obviously the place we did it so a little tip of the hat to something traditional in Germany as well.
Q: Excellent, go and enjoy that moment Daniel and welcome back. Lewis, congratulations. Before we get into what a record equalling victory this has been, let's talk about the race itself. You didn't make it easy for yourself did you, down at Turn 1. You didn't expect Valtteri to come back at your as hard? Can you talk about the start?
Lewis HAMILTON: I had a good start and got up alongside Valtteri and we both like understeered into the corner. So I tried to give as much room as possible and then he was in my blind spot so I didn't know where he was after that. I moved as wide to the outside but he came back and he did an amazing job and I remember coming out of that corner thinking: "Good on you, man. I'm impressed. That was good." After that I just had to make sure… I tried to hang on to him as far as that was possible. I managed to look after my tyres really well, and I could see he was graining his front tyres and I knew those next couple of laps were the time for me to push and then he had his lock-up. But it was not an easy race at all. The Red Bulls are so fast. Max drove extremely well. I think the one place and chance he had was at the re-start but I managed to pull away and pull a nice gap. But you can say their pace at the end. We've got a serious fight on our hands.
Q: You wouldn't want it any other way though, would you?
LH: No, absolutely. I'm telling you, I'm knackered.
Q: Well, Lewis, we have to recognise that this is your 91st victory, you equal Michael Schumacher in that achievement and we have something that will be fitting to recognise this special moment. If you look to your left, Mick Schumacher, Michael's son is going to present you with one of Michael's helmets?
Mick SCHUMACHER: Congratulations and this is for you from all of us. It's a great achievement really.
LH: I'm honoured man.
MS: It's a race helmet from 2012.
LH: Thank you. It's such an honour. I totally appreciate that, thank you.
Q: That's one of Michael's Mercedes race helmets. What does that make you feel Lewis?
LH: I don't know even what to say. You know, when you grow up watching someone and you idolise them, not just in terms of the quality of driver they are but that they are able to continuously do [it] year on year, race on race, week on week, with their team. I remember playing [as] Michael on a game called Grand Prix 2 I think it was. I think there was a time I was playing you at one stage too. Just seeing his dominance for so long I don't think anyone, and especially me, could imagine that I'd be anywhere near Michael in terms of records. It's going to take me some time to get used to it. Honestly as I came into the pit lane it was only then that I realised that I had equalled it. I hadn't even computed it. I mean I couldn't have done it without this incredible team, everyone continuing to push behind me and giving it their everything. So a big, big thank you and huge respect to Michael.
Q: Lewis, many congratulations. That was a tight fight with Max but in the end an emphatic victory, drawing you level on 91 wins with Michael Schumacher. You've had a few minutes for it to sink it. Can you describe your emotions please?
LH: It's definitely not sunk in, that's for sure. I don't know how it is for other drivers when they have these wins but it takes some time for you to analyse it and for it to sink in, to realise what it actually means. But like all of us, I grew up watching Michael win all of those grands prix and I couldn't have fathomed equalling him. I think getting to Formula 1 was the first step of the dream and obviously emulating Ayrton. But Michael was just so far ahead. It's beyond my wildest dreams to think that I'm here today having equalled him and I just feel really humbled by the moment and the opportunity I was given when I was 13 by Mercedes to join this team and I feel really proud to continue to represent them and to have brought this record to Mercedes. Hopefully we have got more records to break and to make. Hopefully they know it was a good investment!
Q: You've been given one of Michael's race helmets from 2012. Can you give us some thoughts on him as a driver and on his place in the sport?
LH: Naturally everyone knows that he is a legend and an icon of the sport. I think what he achieved in so many areas but your know pushing the limit in terms of the physicality side, he really was a pioneer in being the fittest driver at the time, and what he did at both the teams he was at, particularly Ferrari, was just remarkable. I think for me, that number is so big it's hard for people to, when it's so far away, it's hard for people to perhaps fully understand how hard it was for him to have got those 91 wins, to deliver weekend in weekend out, year on year on year, and stay so physically in shape and so precise. I understand that now more than ever. I can only tell you that it doesn't get easier. From you first win to your 91st I'm telling you it's been a long hard run. I've got great drivers around me who I'm enjoying racing. I'm hope that it's closer between us moving… Daniel did a great job, but Max drove exceptionally well also today and applied so much pressure. But Michael is and always will be a legend of the sport and I feel very humbled to have one of his helmets and honoured.
Q: Thank you Lewis. Max, your fifth second place of the season, just how pleased are you with the performance today?
MV: Yeah, it was good. I tried to follow Lewis around the whole race. I think he was a bit faster the whole race but from our side overall it was a positive weekend, so very pleased with that. You just keep on working to try to close the gap further.
Q: Do you feel Red Bull are closer to Mercedes now?
MV: It felt… yeah we brought new parts to the car so the car definitely improved. So yeah, we'll try and keep learning more about it because, of course, the weekend was a bit shorter than expected and we'll try to improve further and, of course, the next race we can try it all over again.
Q: Daniel, welcome back, we haven't had you in one of these post-race press conferences for a while – first one since 2018. Can you just describe what it feels like and how special it is?
DR: It honestly feels like the first podium. I'll say it all over again. These emotions. There's like that feeling when you get out of the car and go and hug the team, getting slapped on the helmet, getting a nice headache, it's a bit of a shock happiness but we know we did it. I think as well, it's the first one with Renault, so the first podium with a new crew but, as you touched on, it's been two-and-a-half years since I was in one of these post race press conferences, so it's been a while. It's a feeling I've missed. I feel we've been knocking on the door, particularly the last four-five races we've been so close and finally had the opportunity and we took it. I felt it was coming and it's nice to have made it happen, so very, very happy for everyone. To see Renault there down below the podium, I know it's a big day for everyone.
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NUERBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 11: Race winner Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP celebrates after being presented with a helmet of Michael Schumacher for matching his record of 91 race wins during the F1 Eifel Grand Prix at Nuerburgring on October 11, 2020 in Nuerburg, Germany. (Photo by Clive Mason - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
NUERBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 11: Second placed Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing celebrates after the F1 Eifel Grand Prix at Nuerburgring on October 11, 2020 in Nuerburg, Germany. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
NUERBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 11: Third placed Daniel Ricciardo of Australia and Renault Sport F1 celebrates with team members in parc ferme during the F1 Eifel Grand Prix at Nuerburgring on October 11, 2020 in Nuerburg, Germany. (Photo by Dan Istitene - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
NUERBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 11: Race winner Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP and second placed Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing celebrate on the podium during the F1 Eifel Grand Prix at Nuerburgring on October 11, 2020 in Nuerburg, Germany. (Photo by Ronald Wittek - Pool/Getty Images)
Race Winner Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 and Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing in the press conference
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Q: (Ben Hunt – The Sun) Lewis, when we all spoke the other day, said you weren't thinking about the record. I don't know if you were putting a brave face on it or not – but can you just explain your relief now that you have got this record and indeed is it now time to start focussing on the other thing: the Championship. You do have a healthy lead. Obviously Red Bull are pushing you but you do have such a commanding lead it must be tempting to get carried away with thoughts about that now.
LH: Hopefully you know me well enough by now to know that I never do. I think it definitely doesn't feel like a relief. I think… I don't know why. It doesn't feel that way at all. I think I just feel very… I'm just thinking about all the people that have helped me get to this place. If you see on the podium with me, Stevo [Stephen Lord – Race Team Coordinator] had been with me every single race in Formula 1. He moved with me from McLaren to Mercedes and he's been with me through every single one of those 91 wins, which is… the journey that you go on with so many people is what really matters and what really counts. Of course the number is great but I think what we collectively have done, I'm just unbelievably grateful to Mercedes for giving a young black boy a chance when I was 13 years old and supporting me all the way. Of course we still have many races to go. I think Red Bull as well as Renault have really picked-up their game and closed the gap so we've got to continue to keep our heads down. I definitely didn't think coming into this weekend that I would have the lead that I now have. Valtteri was incredibly unlucky today – I don't know exactly what happened. I'm grateful that I got to have that bit of a fight with him on the track but I know that he will… so many different things in this crazy pandemic can still happen so I've got to focus on staying healthy and continue to try to deliver weekends like this one.
Q: (Alex Kalinauckas – Autosport) Daniel, how were you finding your pace on the worn Mediums before the Safety Car came out. Do you think you could have held off Pérez anyway, or would you have needed another stop to make sure of getting to the finish? Thanks.
DR: It was going to be tight. I was trying to manage a little bit the tyres to have something at the end but he started to catch me, on some laps a second a lap. So, I was then trying to pick up the pace and not to be vulnerable too early. There was a discussion: do we pit or not? But, I think if there wasn't a Safety Car, I think we would have stayed out and tried to have held on – at least put up a fight. I think, you know, if you pit and then don't… if the tyres don't have much of an advantage and we don't get on the back of Pérez, then some could say you had the track position and you gave it up. So, I think in that position we would have taken the risk. And it would have been very close. I was a little bit mixed to see the Safety Car because I knew it was going to bunch us up – but obviously it put us all on the same tyre, so obviously it maybe helped us hang on at the end. Something like that!
Q: (Christian Menath – motorsport-magazin.com) Question for Daniel. I think it was a few races ago in Spa when you said you hit that sweet spot and the car is much better now. Do you think this is the only reason why Renault is so much more competitive now – or is it through upgrades and so on? Second part of the question about the tattoo for Cyril. People who go on the Nordschleife put a tattoo of the Nordschleife on the car. You've been on the Nordschleife this weekend, Cyril as well. What do you think of a tattoo of the Nordschleife for Cyril?
DR: Yeah. It's a good point. I think there's going to be a lot of brainstorming to do for Cyril's tattoo. I'm sure he's going to be excited. The first one is always a fun one. We'll think of some things – but yeah, could be this! The car. It's certainly, I think, from the start of the year, it's been a new car from last year in terms of it's been a lot better. The rear of the car has picked up a lot of downforce, so that's given us drivers confidence to nail the throttle and get off the corner better. It was around Silverstone I think we had a few updates and that really just felt like we were able to basically find a bit more ease in setting the car up and it wasn't so hit-or-miss. Last year I felt we, at times, could be very fast or well outside the top ten. I think now we're just able to sit in that sweet spot and obviously the performance is there. It's proven now: we've done it on low downforce, high downforce circuits. So, yeah, I think it's a good package and we should have confidence now for the remainder of the season.
Q: (Andrew Benson – BBC) This question's for Max and Daniel. What do you think about the achievement Lewis has made today and where do you think he stands in the roll call of greatest drivers of all time?
MV: Simply lovely!
LH: That's an awkward question to ask!
MV: It's an incredible achievement because I think, like Lewis already said, 91 wins, everyone thought that was almost impossible to reach, right? To be there now, himself, it's incredible and very impressive. And I'm pretty sure there will be some more victories coming his way – and probably also Championships. So, yep, just very impressive. And hard to beat.
DR: Yeah, absolutely. Tip of the hat at the very least. I don't think that's enough. Ninety-one is like… I don't know… it's just… even 91 years, you're talking nearly five years worth of races, four and a half. That gives perspective. How much success Lewis has now had. Obviously Michael as well. To do it, week-in, week-out as well, and year-on. His career now has been well over a decade in the sport and to keep coming back and to show that level of consistency at the front. That's also not easy. I think us up here I think we understand that. You can have a package and a car to do it, but it's doing it every weekend when the lights go out. It's easier said than done. Certainly big respect. I think also the gift that he received: one of Michael's helmets, that's one of the coolest gifts I've ever seen in the sport, so, it's really nice to see that today.
Q: (Sandor Meszaros – Autosport es Formula Magazine) Congratulations to Lewis, it's an amazing journey as you've just said, with so many highs. When you look back, can you please tell us what was the hardest moment for you on this journey to the 91st?
LH: It's been every decade in this sport. I think it's pretty impossible to say what is the hardest moment because like all of us, all of us as individuals, we all go through multiple difficult moments, particularly when it comes to making big decisions. I think that whilst it looks great now, when choosing to move to Mercedes, everyone spoke so negatively about the decision to move and I don't know how, but not for a moment did I ever think… I knew that it was the right decision for me and I wanted to be a part of that journey. I've grown with a team that's hungry for success but I would say that's one of the most difficult moments, because I'd been a very loyal person, I think. I was with McLaren-Mercedes since I was 13 so to decide to leave a team that's given me a place in the sport was very, very difficult for me and to call your boss and tell him that you're leaving, it was damaging and just emotionally difficult. But then I'm still with Mercedes, every win and every race that I've done has been powered by Mercedes and for that I'm incredibly grateful.
Q: (Rebecca Clancy – The Times) Lewis, many congratulations on your victory. I just wanted to ask about Michael's helmet. Do you think you'll find a pride of place for it in your apartment, in your house?
LH: Yes, of course. I actually already have one of Michael's helmets. He and I… one of the really, really special moments for me was in Abu Dhabi 2012. I went over to the Mercedes hospitality and met with Michael and we exchanged helmets and that for me was a moment that I will never forget, to stand with someone who I grow up watching on TV and having the honour of exchanging jerseys or helmets, it's what us sportsmen do and it's the highest sign of respect that I can think you can really show. So to have the legend of the sport do that with me was really special. But to have his family honour me today, I'm just incredibly humbled. You know his son is such a great bright talent and just a really genuine human being so Michael's obviously raised a great man in him and I look forward to seeing how his career will look moving forwards. Yeah, but now I have two special helmets from Michael in my small living room.
Q: (Phil Duncan – PA) Congrats again, Lewis. I just want to know how you've been able to come back, year after year, to keep winning, winning now in 14 seasons and how much further do you think you can go? Can you get to 100 and go beyond and set a record that actually cannot be beaten?
LH: Ah, that's a good question. Ultimately I think you just have to be grateful for all that you… to this point, what I have of course I can set goals and I'll continue to charge on and try to see what is possible. I think I've got the best team behind me, who continuously inspire me. Each year I come back to the factory and see these guys pumped up and focused and being incredibly smart and innovative every year. And also just so welcoming to me you know. You would have thought that after all this time we'd get fed up with each other but we don't, there's a real love within this team and I'm grateful for that. I think for me, like everyone here, I love doing what I do. I love the challenge. It is so hard and I think I would be willing to say there's potentially not enough respect that is probably given to all these drivers who dedicate their lives in terms of preparation, the amount of work that goes on n the background to be able to do what all of us do in this sport, past and present, is really remarkable and I love being a part of that. I love that challenge, I love the challenge that Max gave me today. I love seeing him behind me, seeing the challenge that Daniel gave Max also, the sport, the smell of it, the whole aura and atmosphere it creates is going to be difficult to let it go. But I do feel, whilst I'm older than these guys, I feel as young as them, at least, in spirit. I'm still very much a kid when I'm off the camera. That will probably change when I start seeing grey hairs and stuff but I'm good for now.
MV: You can dye it.
LH: Yeah, exactly.
TC: Lewis, of the 91 wins, do you have a favourite?
LH: I think my first will always be a stand-out moment for me because really just… again, I always try to relate it to everyone because I think we can all understand what it's like when you're a kid dreaming to be there and my Dad sacrificed so much to… and my Mum and my step-Mum… sacrificed so much to get me to Formula 1 so to be on top of the podium, I felt like I'd finally reached the top of the mountain, but all the different slides and things and adversity we faced, I just will never forget that moment, looking down at my Dad and to get finally… I've made him proud, perhaps today, so I will always remember that moment, and also it solidifies the amazing support and belief that McLaren and Ron and Mercedes had in me from the get-go.
Q: (Alex Kalinauckas – Autosport) A question for all three drivers: I just wondered how did you find the race today in the cold conditions and without the usual amount of practice? Was there anything unexpected with your cars or with tyres?
MV: The race itself, in general, was fine. You had to get the tyres to work, was a bit more difficult initially but the rest was fine. For once we had a cold drink while driving. That's nice. Normally it's quite warm. Besides that, I have to say it actually went quite smooth. Of course we didn't really have a lot of information about the tyres but I never really had a lot of issues throughout the race, in terms of feedback or that there was something weird going on with the tyres so it was pretty straightforward.
LH: Well, I think the lack of practice, I think, made it more challenging, I think, for all of us, every single one of us. I'm quite happy to not do a Friday. I love driving but there are lots of positives that come from it. One, there's 22 days less of 20 cars bombing around the track and polluting the air, the planet, so that's a positive but secondly, I think it just made it so much harder for us. We had to really… normally you have two sessions on the Friday, you get time to make tons of different set-up changes and if you're on the back foot you've got time to catch up, you've got so much analysis to do and watching videos and all this stuff. When you start on a Saturday, you've got no time. You've got that one session to really get on top of it and the set-up between practice and qualifying. It made it so hard but the race was… for me, the race was incredibly difficult, I think, today, with conditions being so cold, the restarts. The tyres were not working for me, particularly when I came out after the pit stops. I had a good gap to you (Max) but then you nearly had me, you were catching me and I was struggling so much on the newer tyres. And then we got the safety car; I don't know why it goes so slow but maybe it's because everyone's got to catch up, whatever it was. And then they let everyone by, and I'm jeez, I'm going to be here a long time…
MV: Did they have the advantage of having warm tyres?
LH: Yeah, it was definitely difficult but we're all in the same boat so I'm not complaining but it definitely made it harder, these conditions and temperatures we had today.
DR: I agree on everything. I'm wearing two pairs of socks.
MV: Two?
DR: Yeah, I put two pairs of socks on today.
MV: Daniel's not made for the cold.
DR: So I've got two pairs of socks on.
LH: Well, they're pretty thin anyway.
DR: Yeah, they're thin, so I kept my feet warm, but I think having the challenge of two day weekends, I like that. So happy, obviously, to do it again in Imola.
MV: You must have a hole in your nose box or something.
DR: I just feel the cold.
MV: There might be a trick somewhere there in the nose.
DR: Please don't protest! Not today!
LH: Are you allowed to wear two socks?
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Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha will be speaking at Brown University on March 1.
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician in Flint, Mich., whose research and advocacy helped force state authorities to take action, will be speaking at Brown on March 1. Her message: there are Flints everywhere.
Why has the House legislative commission to study lead contamination in drinking water in Rhode Island never met? Why is the Governor's budget proposing to waive lead safety standards for placing at-risk kids by DCYF in the homes of relatives? What will propel stronger enforcement of lead safety laws in rental properties in Rhode Island municipalities? What is the connection between childhood lead poisoning and violence by adults? Would removing lead from housing in Rhode Island prove to be the most productive way to improve third-grade reading levels and reduce chronic absenteeism?
In thinking about all the news coverage about Flint, Mich., too often what gets left out of the story are things such as the connection between Lois Gibbs and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. The story of Love Canal and Flint may have occurred five decades apart, but they are very much part of the same narrative: how children and families in poor communities are considered disposable commodities when calculating the economic bottom line. Regulations are seen as an impediment to business growth, rather than an important part of protecting public health and building sustainable communities. The lead poisoning of a generation of children in Flint was caused by the attempt by state managers to save money.
Changing the narrative may require the academic community to change how it sees its role: as a champion of public health advocacy, not just as objective source of data, or a willing collaborator with corporate benefactors underwriting research studies.
PROVIDENCE – The tragic story of what happened in Flint, Mich., is no longer in the headlines, but the health equity consequences continue to reverberate. More than two years after a state of emergency was declared in January of 2016, the residents of Flint still do not have access to safe drinking water through their pipes.
The entire drinking water pipe infrastructure is in the process of being totally rebuilt, at a cost of billions, with about one-third of the project completed. The damage was caused as the direct result of the decision in 2014 by state managers to use corrosive water from the Flint River, which destroyed the pipes, as an alleged cost-saving measure, a cheaper source of drinking water.
There are some 300 lawsuits pending and the court battles continue, but the families and children who live in Flint are still dependent on filtered water and bottled water for their water needs, as they wrestle with the long-term health and economic impacts.
On Thursday evening, March 1, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society at 85 Waterman St., Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, program director for pediatric residency at Hurley Children's Hospital, will be speaking.
Her talk is sponsored by Brown's School of Public Health and the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, as part of the "Building Health Equity in an Unequal World" lecture series.
Hanna-Attisha played a pivotal role in forcing Michigan state officials to take action to address the ongoing crisis in Flint.
• On Sept. 24, 2015, a study led by Hanna-Attisha found that the proportion of infants and children in Flint with elevated levels of lead in their blood had nearly doubled since the city had switched from using water from Lake Huron through the Detroit water system to using the Flint River as its water source.
• The switch to use the Flint River as a water source in April of 2014 had been made as a cost-saving decision, ordered by the state's emergency manager, Darnell Early, in order to save $5 million in costs over two years. In October of 2014, General Motors complained about the corrosive nature of the treated Flint River, asking to switch its water source back to Lake Huron, which was approved by state officials.
However, the residents, despite making numerous complaints, were still being forced to drink treated water from the Flint River. The residents' complaints were discounted and dismissed by state authorities that kept claiming that the water was safe to drink.
• Hanna-Attisha's study, along with research conducted by Marc Edwards, a professor from Virginia Tech University, who had been contacted by Flint resident Lee-Anne Walters, helped turn the tide to force state officials to take action.
Initially, Hanna-Attisha's research findings had been dismissed by Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials, but she did not back down; Hanna-Attisha persisted.
Last week, ConvergenceRI spoke by phone with Hanna-Attisha, interviewing her in advance of her talk at Brown. As Hanna-Attisha described how much of her focus has shifted toward an emphasis on healthy interventions for children and families, her resolute tone of voice struck a reminiscent chord, reminding ConvergenceRI of another community activist who had spoken out and helped her community confront a toxic nightmare some 50 years earlier: Lois Gibbs.
In 1978, Gibbs uncovered that her son's school as well as her entire neighborhood, known as Love Canal in Niagara Falls, N.Y., had been built atop a toxic waste dump; Gibbs led the community-based campaign that resulted in the creation of the Superfund program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
In his days as an editor of Environmental Action magazine in Washington, D.C., in the mid-1980s, ConvergenceRI had spoken with Gibbs on a number of occasions, always impressed by her ability to keep the focus on community needs of residents confronting toxic contamination.
Are you familiar with Lois Gibbs, the woman who led the fight against Love Canal, and who later founded the Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste? ConvergenceRI asked.
"She's awesome," Hanna-Attisha replied. "I met her a few months ago," explaining that they first met at a group meeting and had continued their conversations. Gibbs no longer manages her citizens' group, Hanna-Attisha continued, but she is still deeply involved with the work.
The connection between Gibbs and Hanna-Attisha is exactly the kind of relationship that often gets lost in translation when public health crises are recounted: the focus is on the crisis, on facts and figures, on the legal and political battles, not on the future health of the families and children involved, and the courage shown by citizens in confronting the authorities who at first discounted the complaints.
Swept under the legislative rug?
Before getting to the interview with Hanna-Attaiha, there is a problem here in Rhode Island that needs to be addressed: the story of why a legislative commission to study lead contamination in drinking water in Rhode Island, first enacted by the state House of Representatives in 2016, and reauthorized in 2017, has never met.
The initial legislation to establish a commission to study the presence and treatment of lead in drinking water had been championed in 2016 by former Rep. Eileen Naughton, in the wake of the Flint disaster. The bill to create the study commission was enacted, but after Naughton lost her primary election in September of 2016, the commission, which she was to chair, appeared to fall off the cliff of the House legislative agenda.
In 2017, a bill to re-authorize the House legislative commission was introduced and was passed by the House. Still, the legislative study commission was never convened.
Berman's explanation, however, does not square with the explanation of what the R.I. Department of Health said, in response to questions from ConvergenceRI.
In addition, the R.I. Department of Health requested to be added as a member of the commission, which has yet to happen, according to Wendelken.
•The legislative history of 2017-H6035 shows the following timeline: The bill was sponsored by Reps. Mia Ackerman, Joseph McNamara, Chris Blazejewski, David Bennett and Gregg Amore, and it was passed by the House on May 3, 2017, two days after the R.I. Department of Health completed its evaluation and sent it to the House and Senate leaders.
The legislation was introduced and referred to the House HEW Committee on March 30, 2017. On April 7, it was scheduled for a hearing and/or consideration to be held on April 12, 2017; on April 12, the committee recommended passage. On April 28, 2017, it was placed on the House Calendar for May 3, 2017, and on May 3, 2017, the House read and passed the legislation.
Translated, the House passed the legislation on May 3, 2017, two days after it had received the completed evaluation from the R.I. Department of Health. There was no impediment for the commission to be convened because of lack of information from the agency.
The question is: Will anyone invite the House members who sponsored the legislation in 2017 to the talk by Hanna-Attisha as a convenient, kick-in-the-rear reminder?
Here is the ConvergenceRI interview with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, in advance of her talk this week at Brown, sharing the details of how the community is responding to the affliction of lead poisoning in Flint.
ConvegenceRI: What is the current situation on the ground in Flint?
HANNA-ATTISHA: Obviously, there has been a lot of progress, but there is a lot that hasn't changed. The people are still dependent on filtered and bottled water, and they do not have access to drinkable water to this day [from their taps].
The corrosive water [from the Flint River] ate up our pipes. They all have to be replaced. We're a third of the way through this massive infrastructure project.
ConvergenceRI: Moving forward, how has the experience changed the equation on the ground, in response to the crisis?
HANNA-ATTISHA: People have been frustrated by the water situation and the risk of increased lead exposure. It has been an awful imposition.
At the same time, we have been able to implement a lot of evidence-based programming to mitigate some of the impact: universal preschool, Medicaid expansion, and mobile grocery stores.
One of our first asks, after the crisis, in the things we needed for the kids was the capability to building a registry to conduct long-term monitoring.
That work has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through Congressional appropriations. We received a $15 million, four-year grant in August of 2017 to build the registry.
The registry will allow us to follow the children over time, with long-term tracking. We see this not as a passive research tool, but as a service registry, to help get people connected to resources, to mental health care, to school services, to nutrition.
With this kind of monitoring program, it was not just about sharing the consequences [of lead poisoning], but we're hoping to do something that's more proactive, with positive interventions.
These kids are owed everything.
ConvergenceRI: Do you have any results you can share?
HANNA-ATTISHA: We don't have any results to share. A lot of these interventions are about to get started. We will be really learning on what the science has demonstrated.
For example, maternal-infant home-based programs, where nurses go into the homes. We are doubling enrollment for preschool Head Start programs, which has a huge evidence base. Universal kindergarten.
We are creating a massive expansion of early literacy programs, with books mailed out to children and families on a regular basis, with an expansion of Reach Out and Read programs.
At my [pediatric] clinic, we are providing nutrition prescriptions, so families can shop on the second floor, where there is a farmers market, buying healthy fruits and vegetables.
Also, there are prescriptions for yoga and meditation programs, to help with stress.
The registry will allow us to a do a big picture assessment of what is working.
ConvergenceRI: What are the lessons that can be learned from what happened in Flint, from a medical perspective as well as a public health perspective?
HANNA-ATTISHA: What we've seen in Flint is a terrible story, because of what happened. But it has had incredible ripple effects around the medical and public health community, for the better.
Many [clinicians] thought that lead was a problem of yesterday, before Flint. Doctors believed that they didn't need to worry about lead.
Now, because of Flint, it has awakened a national consciousness about the dangers of lead. States are mandating universal screening. It's been an amazing, positive ripple.
Before Flint, lead in drinking water was often unrecognized in the public health community, or minimized.
Now, many other communities are increasing monitoring of lead in water in school districts.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker just signed a bill that would help homeowners cover the cost of replacing lead pipes. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is proposing a federal strategy to reduce childhood lead exposure. Before Flint, that would not have happened.
ConvergenceRI: What is the message that you want to share with your audiences, when you speak?
HANNA-ATTISHA: My charge, my work these days, is to share the message: there are Flints everywhere.
Children [in Flint] are disproportionately affected by some kind of poverty and violence. Lead poisoning is an added source of toxic stress.
What needs to be put in place is not rocket science, it is the same things that are needed everywhere: access to parenting support, early education, and child care. We want to share our playbook with cities across the nation.
I have a book that is coming out in a few months [the publication date is June 19], What the Eyes Don't See, that I hope will keep the story alive.
Many people have forgotten about Flint; my goal is to make sure that the lessons we have learned are shared.
Unfortunately, we are often really good at repeating our mistakes.
At Brown, I will share our story and share our lessons about environmental injustices that affect the most vulnerable populations, lessons we can take [to heart] wherever we live. You don't have to come to Flint; they are right in our backyards.
ConvergenceRI: How important is the community voice of an engaged community in battling against these kinds of environmental injustices?
HANNA-ATTISHA: The Flint community is amazing. There were incredible mom activists that brought in Marc Edwards [from Virginia Tech]. It was truly a partnership between citizens and academics.
The backdrop is that for 18 months, the complaints by citizens were dismissed: my water is brown, my kids are sick. It never should have gotten to my level.
There was a denial of citizens' voices, a loss of democracy under the state-appointed managers. That's the negative part of the story.
The positive story is that how citizens were able to [change the equation], parents and moms and schoolchildren were all participants.
The children with elevated blood levels, they advise, they are partners in our work, we have a youth advisory council, kids are telling us what to do, and we learn the most from them.


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Slow down and go fast.
That's my advice for rookies at Martinsville. The race track will sucker you into driving too hard into the corner, wearing out your brakes, sliding up the race track and getting yourself in trouble. It's a timing track. More than anything else, you've got to have finesse and respect the fact that having your foot off the brake and letting the car roll in the corner is so important.
A veteran like Rusty Wallace, who has been so successful on short tracks like Martinsville and Bristol, is one of the kings of knowing how to back off and letting the car roll down in the corner. Jeff Gordon is another great driver with car control who knows how to save his equipment. If you don't save your brakes, you can forget winning at Martinsville.
Wallace's Penske Racing teammate and Nextel Cup rookie, Brendan Gaughan, could easily be a factor this week. He did really well at Bristol after working closely with Wallace, and the 77 and 2 teams tested together again at Martinsville. Gaughan has raced at this track before in the truck series, and he understands a little more about it than he did Bristol before his Cup debut there last month.
It'll be interesting to see how Gaughan adapts with more horsepower because that gets a lot of kids in trouble. Even at a short track like Martinsville, a truck is like a natural air brake. It slows down and handles differently. A Cup car has more horsepower, and if you launch off of those corners, you find yourself at the end of those straightaways rather quickly. If he doesn't learn how to hit his marks, by backing off and understanding why a rev limiter is there, he'll wind up using up his piece before he gets through the race. In one of his first Martinsville races, Ryan Newman didn't back off and burned off his brakes pretty quickly.
At Martinsville, you've got to get enough rubber on the race track to really make a difference. When you test or practice up there, you're just trying to develop a rhythm. The people who win there always manage to get their cars to turn in the middle of the corner so they can run straight off the corner and take advantage of both of those rear tires. If you're running off the right rear tire, before long, you wear it out. If you're too tight, the left rear tire won't turn off the corner so you really have to hook up both rear tires off the corner.


Read about a hapless deli owner who takes Santa's place on Christmas Eve. Learn about the history and the observance of Kwanzaa. Join a young girl as she discovers for herself what Hanukkah is all about. Follow the exploits of two naughty trolls who try to have Christmas -- by stealing it. This week's books explore the true meanings behind the holidays.
December is the last month of the year and quite probably the busiest, with a variety of different holidays that people celebrate. The following new books will help you make a comparative study of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa; provide lessons on the value of kindness, friendship, and other virtues; or just give you and your class a different take on the holidays.
For a hilarious send-up on 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, by Clement Clarke Moore, check out How Murray Saved Christmas (Price Stern Sloan), written by Mike Reiss and illustrated by David Catrow. When Santa is incapacitated on Christmas Eve, his assistant, Edison Elf, frantically recruits deli owner Murray Kleiner to take Santa's place. Murray is at first reluctant and demands to know why he should undertake such a monumental task, but Edison wins him over by simply stating, "Because it's Christmas."
"The cheapest of cheapskates will spend all his money.
And people make fruitcakes from concrete and honey.
Christmas works magic, and Edison knew it.
"'There's Dumbo and Jumbo and Mason and Dixon, Cosmo and Kramer and Richard M. Nixon.'"
With Edison's help, Murray not only finishes the job in record time but actually carries the Christmas spirit one step further when he decides to deliver toys to the naughty children as well as the nice!
How Murray Saved Christmas is the first book for author Mike Reiss, who previously served as the executive producer of the television show The Simpsons during its first seven years. The pictures, by children's book illustrator and syndicated columnist David Catrow, practically explode with detail and color. In particular, the characters, with their disproportionately large heads, miniscule legs, and exaggerated facial features, reinforce the cartoon-like quality of the book and remind the reader that it is all in good, clean fun.
The book's humor, although often irreverent, is never condescending or mean-spirited. Although the publisher's information suggests that How Murray Saved Christmas is appropriate for children ages four through eight, it is unlikely that youngsters under age nine or ten will appreciate the zaniness. This book would be particularly appropriate when paired with a reading of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" as an example of the use of parody.
Kwanzaa (Children's Press), written by David F. Marx, is part of the Rookie Read-About Holidays series geared toward children ages four through eight. This 32-page book introduces youngsters to Kwanzaa, an African American holiday.
The book covers many facets of the holiday, from its inception in 1966 to various details of its observance. For example, children will learn that Kwanzaa begins on December 26 and lasts for seven days, that it honors African culture, and that it celebrates seven important principles. The book presents words that may be new -- such as kinara, the unique candleholder for Kwanzaa, and kikombe, the large unity cup shared by members of a family -- with simple definitions and pronunciations.
With one or two sentences per page in large print and large, full-color photographs, Kwanzaa is easy for first or second graders to read and is visually interesting. The photographs are colorful and mainly depict families and children engaged in the preparation for or celebration of Kwanzaa.
" ... when the sub put a piece of blue paper and a piece of white paper on my desk, my giggles quit. I glanced down at the Hanukkah colors and watched the sub hand out red and green paper to everyone else. My cheeks got hot.
"Mrs. Guyer must have left a note for the sub saying there was one Jew in the class and I was it. A few days ago, before she abandoned us to this sub, Mrs. Guyer had me make a blue-and-white candle when the rest of the class made red-and-green ones. She talked about how everyone is different and that's what makes the world interesting. But everyone isn't different -- just ME."
Marla Feinstein is the fourth-grade narrator in How I Saved Hanukkah (Puffin Books), written by Amy Goldman Koss and illustrated by Diane deGroat. The only Jewish child in her class, Marla has come to dread December. Her parents not only do not have a Christmas tree but also are mainly indifferent to their own Jewish holidays, including Hanukkah. Other kids open presents and sing carols, but Marla can only hope for a few lackluster gifts -- unwrapped -- and at least a few nights of lighting the menorah -- the special candleholder used during Hanukkah -- before her family loses interest and forgets to light the candles during the last days of Hanukkah. As Marla tells her mother, "If we can't have Christmas because we are so Jewish, then let's at least be Jewish!"
This year promises to be worse than usual, with Marla's father out of town on business. However, little by little, Marla takes it upon herself to learn what she can about Hanukkah. She discovers how to properly play dreidel -- a game in which players spin a top-like toy. She teaches her younger brother and her mother, who find that they enjoy spending time as a family playing a simple game together. Marla's mother -- who describes herself as "cooking-impaired" -- is even inspired to try her hand at cooking latkes -- potato pancakes -- for the first time. By the eighth night, Marla and her family are enjoying the holiday so much that they invite everyone they know -- Jews and non-Jews -- to a big Hanukkah party.
Koss skillfully makes Marla's voice sound authentic. The fourth grader has concerns that will be familiar to many readers. Her best friend, Lucy, has two cool older sisters, and Marla has only a somewhat annoying younger brother. Lucy's house is decorated in warm colors with old furniture; all the rooms in Marla's home are the same antiseptic white. Lucy, like the rest of her family, has beautiful short curly blond hair in contrast to Marla's long dark hair. As the story progresses, Marla discovers that many of the things that she disdains in her own life are the very things that Lucy wants: Lucy is tired of being the youngest and thinks it's neat that Marla's little brother looks up to Marla so. She loves Marla's long dark hair. She would gladly trade in her big sisters to have her own room like Marla, and she even likes the modern, white decor!
How I Saved Hanukkah works on more than one level. It provides a great introduction to Hanukkah -- its history, observance, and traditions. And the realistic friendship between Marla and Lucy will feel familiar to children who know what is like to be deliriously happy with their best friends, then jealous, then angry, and finally best friends again -- all in less than a day!
Where How I Saved Hanukkah works best, however, is in exploring the feeling that many "different" children experience all too often: that being different is not, as adults always say, about being "special"; it's about standing out. It can be uncomfortable for a child, who may, like Marla, also feel vaguely guilty about that discomfort.
Christmas Trolls (Puffin Books), written and illustrated by Jan Brett, continues the story of a young girl named Treva, who first appeared in Brett's earlier book The Trouble With Trolls. Treva and her family are preparing for Christmas, when their holiday decorations, presents, even food begin to disappear. When she spies a hedgehog running off with the Christmas pudding, Treva follows him, and discovers two mischievous trolls who are hoarding all the stolen goods in the hope that these holiday trappings will bring them Christmas.
"I looked at them and had to smile. Their shirttails were hanging out. Their pants were torn and patched. Their cheeks were bright red and their hair was standing straight up from all the pulling and tugging at each other."
"'Christmas!' they wailed. 'We want Christmas!'"
So Treva sets about teaching the trolls -- whom she discovers are named Mig and Tig -- how to have Christmas. She helps them clean their messy home and decorate it for Christmas. She shows them how to play together and demonstrates the spirit of giving by presenting them with her own favorite toy horse. Her faith in Mig and Tig is rewarded on Christmas morning when she finds a surprise present that could only have been left by her two new friends.
The story is sweet and told in a straightforward way, but the real charm of Christmas Trolls lies in the artwork. Brett, an award-winning author and illustrator, derived the look of Christmas Trolls from a trip to Norway. Brett's breathtaking drawings of snow-covered hills densely punctuated with the deep green of the evergreen trees were inspired by a trip to Norway. The rosy-cheeked children -- blond Treva in her blue outfits and her darker-haired little brother -- are drawn realistically and stand out against backgrounds. The trolls resemble funny-looking children, with their big heads, oversized ears, and hair sticking straight up from their heads.
For coloring pages, activities, and other ideas to enhance the reading of Christmas Trolls, take a look at Welcome to Jan Brett's Home Page.
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China Now Overtakes US And France To Become Germany's Most Important Trading Partner
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German imports from and exports to China rose to €170 billion (£143billion) last year, Federal Statistics Office figures reviewed by Reuters showed.
The development is good news for the German government, which has made it a goal to safeguard global free trade after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on imports and his top adviser on trade accused Germany of exploiting a weak euro to boost exports.
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has suggested that the European Union should refocus its economic policy toward Asia, should the Trump administration pursue protectionism.
Anton Boerner, head of the BGA trade association, said: "Given the protectionist plans of the new US president one would expect that the trade ties between Germany and China will be further strengthened."
The main reason for the reduced trade volume with the US was a drop in American exports to Germany, Mr Boerner added.
Neighbouring France remained the second-most important business partner with a combined trade volume of €167 billion (£141 billion).
The United States came in third with €165 billion (£139 billion).
In 2015, the United States had climbed to the top of the list of Germany's most important trading partners, overtaking France for the first time since 1961.
Separately, Germany's Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations said on Friday it expected exports to Russia will probably rise at least 5 percent this year, their first increase in years given Western sanctions.
Clemens Fuest, head of the Ifo economic institute, said: "Optimism among German exporters is rising further."
He said export expectations increased in February, pointing to overall strong trade figures in the first quarter of 2017.
Looking at exports alone, the United States remained the biggest client for products "Made in Germany" in 2016, importing goods from Europe's biggest economy worth some €107 billion (£90 billion).
France remained the second-most important single export destination for German goods with a sum of €101 billion (£85 billion), the data showed.
Britain came in third, importing German goods worth €86 billion (£72 billion).
Britain accounted also for the biggest bi-lateral trade surplus: Exports surpassed imports from Britain by more than €50 billion (£42 billion), the figures showed.
The United States came in second with a bi-lateral trade deficit: German exports to the US surpassed imports from there by €49 billion (£41 billion).
This means that Britain and the US together accounted for roughly 40 per cent of Germany's record trade surplus of €252.9 billion (£213 billion) in 2016.
The figures are likely to fuel the debate about Germany's export performance, its trade surplus and global economic imbalances ahead of a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Baden-Baden mid-March.
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2018 ARMS REGIONAL AUTOSLALOM SERIES, EVENT #6 – Atlantic Region Motor Sports Inc.
General: This will be the sixth event in the 2018 ARMS AutoSlalom Championship. It is held under the ARMS SoloSport General Competition Rules. Copies of the ARMS SoloSport GCRs, entry and self tech forms are available at http://www.armsinc.ca/solosport/documents/. Any amendments to these Supplementary Regulations will be posted on the notice board at Registration on the day of the event. It is the responsibility of each competitor to check for and adhere to posted changes. There will be a minimum of four (4) timed runs offered to each entrant for each event. If time and weather permits the organizers may add extra runs, to be discussed at each Driver's meeting. The Organizers reserve the right to refuse any entry, modify the schedule, or cancel the event.
Sanction: These events are sanctioned by Atlantic Region Motor Sports Inc. (ARMS) and ASN Canada FIA Inc.
Organizing Club: Atlantic Sports Car Club.
Drivers: Must have a valid Provincial driver's license and a valid Club membership card from an ARMS-affiliated Club. Entrants who are not a member of an ARMS-affiliated Club, require a temporary membership for a fee of $5 CDN.
All drivers MUST attend the driver's meeting at the scheduled time.
Vehicles: Must conform to the vehicle eligibility requirements of the ARMS SoloSport GCRs. All vehicles (and driver's personal safety equipment) must be submitted to the Scrutineer and must successfully pass any and all inspections before registration is complete. It is the entrant's responsibility to properly classify the vehicle and declare all modifications.
Insurance Waiver Form: All drivers and crew must sign the Organizer's Insurance Waiver Form at Registration.
Self Tech Waiver Form: Must be completed onsite.
Registration is not complete until this is done! Minors must have a properly signed and filed Parental Consent Form (forms are available at http://www.asncanada.com/).
Results: Official results will be posted on the ARMS web site.
-All competitors are required to work the event. Qualified replacements may be used as substitutes in worker assignments. However, workers must notify the Chief of Course prior to the substitution. Failure to comply or properly perform assigned duties will result in additional work assignments or disqualification, as executed by the organizers.
-Course workers must be on their feet at all times while cars are competing.
-While on course, all competition vehicles MUST BE identified by a car number and appropriate car class which must be visible from the timing and scoring area. Cars not meeting this requirement will not be allowed to leave the line.
-Upon successfully completing scrutineering inspection, the Scrutineer will provide a mark to be fixed to the exterior of the car for the duration of the event in a place visible to the Starter (upper left corner of the windshield is recommended). Cars must show the Scrutineers official mark or they will not be allowed to enter the course.
-Items that fail scrutineering inspection (eg. old helmets) may be impounded, and will be returned after the completion of the event.
-Regardless of the results of the scrutineering inspection, the entrant/owner is fully responsible for the safety and soundness of the vehicle and equipment, for full and complete disclosure of all modifications, and for properly classifying the vehicle.
-Cars will run in numerical order as determined at the Driver's Meeting. For cars with two drivers there will be a minimum spacing of 5 minutes or 5 spaces.
-Cars must be presented to the starter in order and prior to starting time or forfeit that run (DNS). Exception: Drivers of cars with mechanical difficulty shall have 10 minutes after the car is scheduled to start, to present the car at the start line. Grid personnel will verify the mechanical difficulty, and will refer the request for a mechanical delay to the Chief Steward in cases where the competitor may gain an unfair advantage by delaying a run, for example changing weather conditions.
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-Refueling of cars on site may be permitted only when accompanied by an assistant and suitable fire extinguisher. Clean up any spills.
-All incidents involving injury and/or property damage occurring on the event site, or felt associated to the event will be reported as soon as possible to the Organizers.
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Strammer Max és un nom tradicional alemany que s'aplica a diversos sandvitxs a Alemanya.

Etimologia
El terme Strammer Max (literalment "Max erecte") es va originar a la dècada de 1920 a la parla informal de Saxònia, on originàriament es referia a l'erecció masculina "Max" sovint fa referència al penis i aquest terme va ser adoptat a Berlín suposant que aquest tipus d'aliments eren una mena d'afrodisíac.

Plat original
L'original Strammer Max és una llesca de pa, de vegades fregit amb mantega, cobert amb pernil i un ou ferrat. També és possible substituir el pernil per un tros de vedella rostida i aleshores s'anomena, Strammer Otto. De vegades es fan servir també el formatge i el tomàquet.

Variacions
Fora de la regió de Berlín, aquest terme es fa servir per altres plats.
 A Baviera, un Strammer Max normalment és una llesca de Leberkäse acompanyada d'ou ferrat i amanida de patata.
 Als Països Baixos, el plat equivalent es diu uitsmijter

Referències

 Heinz Küpper, Illustriertes Lexikon der deutschen Umgangssprache (Stuttgart 1982), Vol. 5
 Wörterbuch der obersächsischen Mundarten (Leipzig 1994), Vol. 3

Enllaços externs
 Strammer Max  entry in the Duden dictionary
 A traditional recipe

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At age 86, French photographer Marc Riboud loads film into a Canon EOS 300 every morning and hangs it around his neck. The camera acts as a counterweight, pulling him forward through the doorway of the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley.
The morning light coming through the courtyard windows is throwing a "fascinating" pattern on some steps in the hallway, he notes. This is of more immediate interest to Riboud than are the 22 Riboud prints lining the walls of North Gate Hall. The images were chosen from 55 years of work for Magnum Photos, the famed photographer-owned agency.
The pictures on display until May 1 are digital chromegenic prints, donated by Pictopia in Emeryville. Some are poster-size and held up with pushpins. The others are behind two panes of glass, which creates enough reflection to make Riboud laugh. To see the original silver prints, you'll have to go to China, a trip that Riboud highly recommends. This month a major retrospective of his work opened at the Shanghai Museum of Art.
Riboud and his wife, Catherine, left the opening and were on their way home to Paris when they stopped over in Berkeley at the invitation of Ken Light, director, Center for Photography at the Graduate School of Journalism.
"He's one of the great photojournalists of the 20th century, and he photographed in the age that we like to call 'the golden era,' " says Light. "It was a time when photographers traveled the world and their pictures really told the stories of humanity that most of us weren't seeing."
According to Riboud's gallery representative, Barry Singer of Petaluma, a vintage Riboud can run to $15,000 a print, which isn't bad for a guy who studied engineering and worked at a factory after the war. While taking some pictures on holiday, Riboud forgot about the factory and became a photographer. In 1953, he joined Magnum at the invitation of its founders, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa. He became an apprentice to Cartier-Bresson but it was Capa who advised him to go to London.
"You will learn English, you will see girls and you will be less shy," Riboud recalls being told. "So I said OK and I went to London. But I did not see girls. I did not learn English. But I took many pictures which are still important to me."
Riboud is reticent to go on at length about his artwork and even less so in English. Still, he agreed to give a free public lecture last weekend at the journalism school.
Asked beforehand what would be the topic of his lecture, he answered, "You will ask questions." With that in mind, we decided to warm him up by asking him what he remembers about making five of his most important pictures.
Marc Riboud Photographs: Through May 1 at North Gate Hall, UC Berkeley. Closed Sundays. (510) 642-3383. www.journalism.berkeley.edu.
I walked up the tower, maybe one hour of walking. Some people ask me, "Did you ask the painter for permission?" I said, "My goodness, no. To talk with them was to risk slipping and falling down." I've always been shy and I've always been trying to ignore the people I was photographing, so that they ignore me. I'm trying always to take a better picture than the one before but I was not sure of this one.
I didn't think after I shot the picture that I shot something interesting. I learned from Cartier-Bresson what's called "geometry in photography." It's not dependent on what you'd call a good photograph, but good geometry.
Walking around the bridge I saw this young guy who kept looking through the hole. This boy is dreaming to go abroad, to go to the other side of the boat, which means it is the key to opening the world for him. It is travel, leaving home. That's the key to looking through the hole. It is freedom.
I walked around this place for several days and tried to get inside small places where people are working with their tools. We had no common language so the only attitude is a smile. I smiled and he understood that I was not going to make any trouble. So I took two pictures.
What makes it a good picture is the idea of the eye. I think it's because of the way this boy is trying to make a very good tool.
This was on the cover of one of my books. I remember thinking, "This is not a good thing to put on the cover." This was for the French edition. I told my friend in New York, "I think it is no good for the American edition." They had the freedom to look for another cover but they chose this one. Nobody blamed me for it.
This is in front of the Great Hall of the People. I was going to have an interview with Chou En-lai, a great man of China. I was with a French journalist. We were waiting to be admitted and there was this guard. This soldier is unknown, one of thousands. You see that he doesn't look at me. He is not supposed to. There is something deep in his look.
This turned out to be my best icon. As a print it has been put at the highest price. It was in 1965 with my first wife who was American. She wanted to visit this antiques shop. Maybe I spent 25 minutes with her there. She was interested in buying some seals to put on letters. I kept saying, "Don't buy. It's too expensive." I wasn't pleased that we spent so much time there. She left after buying nearly half a dozen of these antique seals. We divorced. She got the seals. I got the pictures.