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School Begins Rat Abatement Plan
Briana Warsing
Roosevelt Island's public school, PS/IS 217, made headlines last week. On Monday, crews from two local news channels showed up to film rats romping around the back of the school, where the rodents have built a sizable colony and raised alarm among Island residents. The story was even picked up by the British news site Daily Mail.
Officials from the Department of Education (DOE) and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) say that efforts to eliminate the rat population at PS/IS 217 are already under way, but warn that it may take as long as six to eight weeks to see significant improvement.
On Thursday DOE crews began digging up planters behind the school where the rats had built nests, the first step in a process that they hope will deter the furry residents.
On June 1, the school hosted a closed-door, multiagency meeting that included a walk-through of the infested area. Attendees included a representative from Ben Kallos' office, a director and rat expert at the DOHMH, DOE Director of Facilities Tim George, as well as representatives from the Department of Sanitation (DSNY), the DOE Office of Sustainability, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, Public Safety, school staff, the school's Parent-Teacher Association, and others.
At the walk-through, rat expert, Caroline Bragdon from the DOHMH, estimated there are 100 rats at the site. "It takes a long time for infestation to develop," she said.
Bait boxes had already been positioned around the exterior of the school, but Bragdon said they were improperly placed. She also said she'd observed one dead rat behind the school and expressed confidence about resolution of the issue. "I have seen other cases like this. That's why I know Kevin O'Sullivan [from DSNY] so well. We just go borough to borough and school to school."
Despite the sizable colony, DOE Deputy Press Secretary Michael Aciman confirms that the school has been inspected. "We did not find any infestation in the building."
At the June 1 meeting, the DOHMH recommended a plan that they say will reduce the rat activity at the school by 80 to 90 percent within six to eight weeks.
The plan is threefold: extermination, sanitation, and habitat removal.
Extermination involves the use of the bait boxes. Bragdon said that, to do it right, there should be weekly treatments and two methods should be used: burrow baiting, as well as secure baiting. Burrow baiting is the practice of treating the rat burrows with rodenticides and attacking the rats where they live. According to PTA President Erin Olavesen, a DOE exterminator has been coming at least weekly to monitor the bait stations.
Although not required for bait-box use, Bragdon also recommended placing signage around the treated areas informing the community that rodenticide had been applied.
The second piece of the solution is to eliminate the rats' access to garbage. "Rats won't eat the bait unless the garbage problem is solved," said Bragdon. The day of the walk-through, Bragdon described the area as "clean, neat, and organized." But, as community members have noted, trash is often left out for long periods of time.
"I think the biggest thing is not leaving refuse out all day and overnight and identifying storage solutions for trash," said Kevin O'Sullivan from DSNY. "It sounds like the school has not been storing [the trash] right."
As to what other schools do, he said there isn't a one-size-fits-all approach. Some schools have refrigerated storage for refuse inside their buildings, while others work with the Department of Transportation to have external storage on the sidewalk.
Just this week, PS/IS 217 received new closed-lid containers for storing the cafeteria's waste in between trash pickups from the DSNY. According to Olavesen, this should reduce the amount of time that the trash sits exposed at the curb. (The school is still required by DSNY to remove the trash from the bins and leave bags on the curb in the alley before it can be picked up by DSNY trucks.)
O'Sullivan also said that, "From DSNY there have not been any issues, we have a good relationship with the [school] custodian."
Other Manhattan public schools have organics recycling that diverts food waste from the trash. However, Joy Rifkin, a zero waste coordinator from the DOE Division of School Facilities, said that PS/IS 217 is not currently eligible for the program. "It's expanding, so eventually you'll have it."
The DOE did recently supply the school with a new recycling sorting station and students are now asked to sort out recyclables, liquids, and trash at breakfast and lunch.
Finally, to completely get rid of rats, it is necessary to take away their home. Norway rats, like the ones at the school, live in the ground and make their nests under buildings, in basements, on creek banks, and in sewers or piles of garbage. It is therefore necessary to remove any piles of wood, throw away all trash and debris, and cut down or thin out any dense plant growth.
DOE contractors arrived on Thursday to remove raised planters along the school wall where the rats had built a network of tunnels.
And according to Principal Beckman, a long-term solution is in the works. Contractors have already come out to the school as part of the required open-bidding process. The plan going forward is to lay cement directly outside the school cafeteria, and then put a layer of mesh with gravel on top beyond that, so the rats are unable to nest there.
The DOHMH says that, as long as the garbage area is kept clean and garbage is sealed in containers, additional widespread paving should be unnecessary.
RIOC President Susan Rosenthal described it as a productive meeting. "The only question is speed...This is a really serious problem that has gotten too big, but I think we are all committed to solving it."
There is a threefold plan, things are in the works, and people need to bid," said Principal Beckman. "First, kill the rats, and do that forever so they disintegrate and so they don't migrate. The bed has to come out. The weekly bait thing has to happen. And we will build the sidewalk."
Beckman expressed resignation with the way the system works, saying, "You know, different agencies, they move at their own pace. Think about the bins, we asked for them three weeks ago. You can't speed that up." She then added, "I feel good that we have no infestation inside and no violations."
Pamela Stark, executive director of the neighboring Roosevelt Island Day Nursery, who has found two dead rats inside their walls said, "I am grateful to the community members that helped draw much-needed attention to this issue. I'm also grateful to the team at RIOC which was the one public entity that mobilized quickly to help the community."
Before leaving, Bragdon expressed confidence in the plan and advised the DOE to return to their important work, "You know, the actual education of the children."
DOHMH is offering a rodent academy for Roosevelt Island residents on June 29. No RSVP is necessary, and it will take place at the Good Shepherd Center from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
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People Living in Fear of Deportation Can't Be Left to Fight Alone
Sofia Arias,
Janice Hoseine is co-chair of the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York City, which describes itself as "an interfaith network of congregations, organizations and individuals, standing publicly in solidarity with families and communities resisting detention and deportation in order to stay together." Janice has been fighting for two years, along with New Sanctuary, to stop the deportation of her husband, Ramesh Palaniandi. She spoke with Sofia Arias about her personal battle and the wider struggle to stop ICE's war on the undocumented.
Sofia Arias: Could you tell us more about how you decided to become an organizer?
Janice Hoseine: For the past two years, my husband has been fighting his deportation. I started off thinking that I could do it by myself. I reached out to a friend of mine who told me that I should contact the New Sanctuary Coalition. Her friend was also facing deportation, and the New Sanctuary Coalition was able to stop his deportation.
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So I figured this is where I needed to go. I met with the executive director, Ravi, and we spoke about my husband's situation, and how I wanted him home and didn't feel that he should be in detention. We spoke about the strategies, and how the New Sanctuary Coalition could build support around me so that I wouldn't have to be doing the fight by myself.
My husband was in detention from March 2, 2015, to September 9, 2016. We had two attorneys who tried to get him released, and they couldn't get him out. With organizing and building the support system, I was able to get him home on September 9, 2016.
He was "on order of supervision" for about six months, and he had a check-in on March 9, 2017, when he was detained again. Because I was already involved in the New Sanctuary Coalition, I didn't give up. It was tough, but at the same time, I knew that I had that support. I was able to get him home on April 7.
So your husband was detained under the Obama administration. What was it like to fight for your husband's release then?
Immigration wasn't as publicized as it is now under the Trump administration. So for me to find out what was going on with my husband, why he was detained, why he was facing deportation — I had to Google search. And that's when I found out about Operation Cross Check.
I just had to go digging to find out information. I reached out to the media — just explaining my story, asking for help. I kind of got rejected because my husband has a criminal conviction from 2007, and I didn't get as much help as I did when he was taken under the Trump administration.
Now it's all over the news about deportation and immigration, so a lot more people were interested to know what's going on. That's why I emphasize that this is something that's been going on for a while. But Trump is the enforcer. He's enforcing everything, and he's not backing down. If he says he's going to do something, he's doing it. So we have to gear up and prepare.
The first time I ever protested, there was a protest at 201 Varick Street [at an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Center]. I had friends who said they were going to go out, but they weren't able to get the time off. And I decided that I was going to do it myself, because I really need to get my husband home. I need to know what it is that I'm getting involved in. I went to Varick Street and walked around chanting and making noise.
I realized that this was just the beginning of my fight, and also that what the court, the jail and anyone who's involved in my husband's case — everything that they're seeing is on paper. So I have to fight on paper as well to show that he isn't a threat to the community, only an asset. I don't feel threatened by him.
I basically had to keep on pushing that in documentation — that he deserves to be home. He's served his time for his conviction. Every time I would send something out, I'd send it out to different departments. If I had to send it out to a different court, I did that.
One of Ramesh's paid attorneys said to me, "You did the impossible," when Ramesh was released. That made me feel like he had no hope that Ramesh would be released. That didn't sit well. We put a lot of money and trust into two attorneys who didn't do what they told us they would do. Our fight is not over, but I'm happy to have my husband home to have somewhat of a normal life and fight this fight together.
Could you tell us more about the work of the New Sanctuary Coalition here in New York City?
We have an asylum clinic. We have the accompaniment program. We started the Sanctuary Hood, where we're getting more people throughout the tri-state area and outside of New York who have been reaching out to get involved.
Houses of worship are getting involved, taking the pledge to become a sanctuary. There are also places that are not houses of worship, such as businesses, people's residential areas, which want to be part of the Sanctuary Hood, meaning that they are all in for protecting immigrants in our community.
Where they can't provide long-term or short-term sanctuary, they can at least provide information — whether it's literature or further information as to where the closest houses of worship are that are sanctuary where immigrants can go to for a safe place. Right now, we have Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and New Jersey as well.
What does the accompaniment program look like?
My husband went [to an ICE hearing] last month, and he was accompanied by about 18 people. Just having that comfort, that confidence, is important for someone who has an ICE check-in or who has to go to court — to have a support group for them, so they show up at court or their check-in, but not by themselves. They have the support system there.
Usually they try to have a minister, a pastor or another faith leader involved in the accompaniment. When my husband stepped out — it was like the shortest visit he's ever had — when he stepped out and everyone rose, you could just see the impact it had among the people that were sitting there as well. It's definitely comforting.
I knew what it felt like for me personally. I felt confident. I felt that this time my husband can go in and come back out. Just constantly building that support system is important to have. I don't think a lot of people understand the impact of it, even if it's the person on the outside trying to figure out what's going on here?
It's just being quiet, just being there, just being present. We've also had other friends who requested to have their family members accompanied at a family court or criminal court. I accompanied someone to the precinct to file a police report, because undocumented people or people who are afraid of being picked up by ICE need that.
Many organizers have noted the deep fear in immigrant communities right now. What do you see as the next steps?
What I've been saying is that Trump doesn't have much support right now. All I can say is that his actions have definitely brought a lot of people together.
There are so many groups — and every day, it's a protest, every day it's someone lifting their voice and saying, "We're here for immigrants." Trump thought that by having the title of president, he was going to be unstoppable, but the people are definitely showing that they're not backing down.
American citizens are standing up and fighting for an immigrant, but they still have to understand that the approach they're going to take is the right approach. Because at the end of the day, the immigrant is the one who's going through this, and it's important that the citizens who are fighting for immigrants present it the right way.
Those who are fighting against us are going to say, "Look, this is what I mean, the immigrants are really causing a ruckus here." I'm a US citizen, but if my husband has to leave, I'm leaving with him.
During the Obama administration, you would hear that Obama deported more people, but you wouldn't see much action in protest. Now you see so much more action, and the action is so much more positive. I feel like we're getting so many people who are undocumented coming out and fighting for themselves.
It's still terrifying, because you'll hear that undocumented people or people who are scared of being arrested by ICE are afraid to come out. When there's a forum or a meeting to help support them, there are rumors that ICE is going to be there.
But because of this new administration, there's so much media coverage, and the word is getting out about how to protect yourself from being deported. New Sanctuary Coalition has an immigration clinic. We have volunteer attorneys who you can consult with. And remember, you are your own greatest defender.
What would you recommend people do to get involved right now?
My husband said it at the Seder [in the Streets]: Without support, there's nothing. And that's the truth.
Like I said in the beginning, I felt like I had to do it myself, because I'm from Trinidad. Whether it's an arrest or facing deportation, it's shameful to say something. A lot of people look at it as embarrassing to say that my family member is facing deportation or they're in jail.
But there are groups out there that are willing to step up and fight for them, and I found that in the New Sanctuary Coalition. And it's only growing. Those who are in fear have to understand that they're not fighting alone. There is support. No one's going to know if you need it unless you say it.
The support is there. We just have to continue doing what we're doing, and make it public.
Sofia Arias
Sofia Arias is an activist and member of the International Socialist Organization in Boston.
Immigrants in Detention Centers Are Often Hundreds of Miles From Legal Help
Only a tiny percentage of detained immigrants have attorneys, leaving even those with solid cases to stay in the US to fend for themselves.
Patrick G. Lee,

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30 Reasons to Travel to the Bahamas
by Frank | Jan 10, 2022 | Interesting Articles About SW Florida, Interesting Articles of Naples and Southwest Florida | 0 comments
One of the main reasons why so many visitors travel to the Bahamas is of course for its wonderful warm weather, beautiful turquoise waters and friendly faces. But with these 700 islands and cays off the coast of Florida can give you 30 more reasons (and counting) of what you're missing if you choose to just sit on the beach or stay at a resort for your entire vacation.
1. Clifton Heritage Site – If you travel to the Bahamas and visit this place you'll find that it is filled with wonderful nature trials where you can bird watch and learn about our environment. This place is also filled with history dating back from the slave era, where many ruins of old the slave homes still stand today.
2. Garden Groves – The Garden Groves of Grand Bahama is another wildlife Oasis where you can Kayak, bird walk and learn more about the natural vegetation of the island of Grand Bahama.
3. Bimini- Sapona "Ruins of the 1920's" – If you ever travel to the Bahamas off the coast of South Bimini and Cat Cay is an old barge that was commissioned by Henry Ford in the late 1920's during the era of prohibition. Back then it was known as a "speakeasy"/ private club at sea that was accessible by boat yet shallow enough for snorkelers to get to as well. It was blown closer to the Bahamas during a hurricane back in 1929.
4. Bimini Road – The Bimini road legend has been around for decades. The legend talks about the road leading to the acclaimed lost city of Atlantis. Underwater archeologists from all over the world travel to the Bahamas to study the underwater wonder.
5. Myths of Bimini – One of our smallest islands off the coast of Florida carries lots of history and even bigger legendary myths. It is known that the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon explored this island for the notably acclaimed fountain of youth. Tour guides on the island would be happy to guide you to the point of where this spring once flourished.
6. Hemingway's Fishing Lodge – One cannot travel to the Bahamas and not hear about Ernest Hemingway's favourite fishing spot and lodge on the island of Bimini. A noted and acclaimed sports fisherman, the author was known to spend a lot of time here fishing, writing and getting to know the locals here in Bimini.
7. Joulter Cays – The Joulter Cays in Andros Island is a unique spot for those interested in "bone fishing", bird watching, snorkeling, swimming you name it. Such a rare and unique spot in all of the Bahamas, because of its particular powder like sand and several endangered species of animals that live there. It is being petitioned to become another protected wild life area in the Bahamas by the Bahamas National Trust.
8. Androsia Batik – Known as the national fabric of the Bahamas. The Androsia factor is home to the original Androsia design. They come in many colours and patterns and if you get a chance to visit them one day, they'll show you exactly how it's made.
9. Red Bay Village – One of the best kept Bahamian secrets… even I didn't know about this one despite my travel to the Bahamas. Red Bay Village is a remote village in Northern Andros that was inhabited by an African tribe that lived like the Seminole Indians over 50 years ago. The descendants of this tribe still exist and maintain to their traditions till this day.
10. Mount Alvernia – Mount Alvernia is the highest point above sea level in the Bahamas. Located on Cat Island, its highest peak will give you great panoramic views of the island.
11. Hermitage – Located on Mount Alvernia Cat Island, the Hermitage was the first Catholic Church and monastery in the Bahamas dating back to Columbus' time. This is one of the oldest relics ever found in the Bahamas.
12. Deveaux Mansion- The ruins of the Deveaux mansion are more than just another slave plantation property. Deveaux was a naval officer that helped to capture Nassau from the Spanish back in 1783.
13. First Land Fall Monuments – The island of San Salvador is known as the place of discovery and the initial birth of the Bahamas to as we know it today. The first land fall monuments includes the stone cross which is suppose to replicate the first (wooden) cross that Christopher Columbus placed on the beach the day he landed on the island and claimed her for Spain.
14. Dixon Hill Lighthouse – The Dixon Lighthouse is one of the last hand operated lighthouses in the Bahamas. Built by John Dixon on his plantation estate, the lighthouse uses over 400,000 kerosene oil lit candles to guard the ships at night.
15. HMS Conqueror – HMS was an English vessel that was built in 1855 in Devon England and served in the Crimean War. After its ship wreck in 1861 the vessel continues to lay 30 feet in a Staghorn gully near Rum Cay off the breaking reef barriers. It's seen as an underwater museum and is property of the Bahamas government.
16. Fortune Island – Sometimes confusingly called Long Cay where experts believe that this was the island that Columbus named after Queen Isabella of Spain for funding his exhibition. There is only one settlement called Albert Town which is seen as a ghost town and is rumored to be occupied by the lost souls that once lived there. But what gives this island its acclaimed name is the Fortune Hill itself which is visible from 19km (12 miles) away at sea. The legend has it that hundreds of Bahamians came here waiting to be picked up by oceangoing freighters, who would take them to their fortune and new life in Central America.
17. French Wells Bay – If you ever travel to the Bahamas you'll see that one of the Jewels of Crooked Island is the French Wells Bay. It's a beautiful wetland area that's filled with dense mangrove bush is home to many wild birds that come from North America to hibernate in the Bahamas during the winter months.
18. Marine Farms Fortress – Come and see the abandon British Fort that defended Crooked Island and the southern Bahamas in the war of 1812.
19. US Military Base – Over the years there have been several US military bases on various islands of the Bahamas. At least two were set up on the islands of Eleuthera and another in Andros Island. This base however is located in Mayaguana and it was built in the 1950's. It is the only base that can be accessed with a tour guide. Many of these bases were used for training sessions for the United States military.
20. Southwest Point – The Southwest Point in Inagua is popular for its clear view of the island of Cuba from the hand operated lighthouse.
21. Inagua Lands & Sea Park – Home to the largest Flamingo reserves in the Caribbean located in Great Inagua Island outside Matthew Town.
22. Preachers Cay – Known as a safe haven for the Eleutheran Adventures during the 1600's when they first made land fall. Preachers Cave was used back then as a church meeting ground by the Adventurers. The cave is located of the northern coast of the island of Eleuthera.
23. Glass Window Bridge – Several miles from Preachers Cave in Eleuthera lays one of the many wonders of the world known as Glass Window Bridge. What's so special about this spot is the coming together of the serene turquoise water on one side and the rough dark blue Atlantic waters on the other. Even though the bridge itself (which transports persons North to South of the island) has been damaged from past weather surges and hurricanes over the years, the freak of nature is truly something to marvel at.
24. Deans Blue Hole – There are many blue holes located on various islands of the Bahamas. But Deans Blue Hole located in Deadman's Cay, Long Island is not only one of the deepest, its one of the pretties and easier blue holes to access in the Bahamas. Right off the beach and tucked away under a cave like cliff you'll find it in plain sight.
25. The Pink Sands – If you ever plan to travel to the Bahamas you must check out our Pink Sand beaches in Harbour Island, Long Island and various parts of the island of Eleuthera. Check out the science behind this on our Harbour Island page (refer to the reference points after this article)
26. Hope Town Lighthouse – The Hope Town Lighthouse in Hope Town Abaco is one of the oldest hand operated lighthouses in the Bahamas. It stands out from any other lighthouse in the Bahamas with its red and white horizontal strips.
27. Loyalist Memorial – The Loyalist Memorial is a small art space of various bust figures of several members of the Loyalist community that travel to the Bahamas to avoid political persecution during the American War of Independence. The memorial is a tribute to those who helped build the community not only in Abaco but several other islands in the Bahamas as well.
28. Albury Boat Builders – A generation ship building company that's committed to building the finest quality boats and ships in the region. If you stop by you can learn how it's all done and get to know the family.
29. Darby Castle – Darby Castle is an old ruin mansion located on Big Darby Island which is one of the five islands owned by the late plantation owner Sir Baxter (known as a Nazi sympathizer). Back in the 1800's the Darby Islands were one of the biggest employers in the Southern Bahamas and produced everything from Cotton to food production.
30. Pretty Molly Bay & The Hermitage In Exuma – Great Exuma is an island filled with history and relics of old slave plantations, and stories of where you can learn more about our country and its past. One of these most popular stories can be found around the Pretty Molly Bay named after the slave Pretty Molly who lived in Exuma and took her own life by walking into the water. Some say that they have seen her ghost entering the water at night. You'll find similar stories around the Williamstown area where many slave plantations were established.
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Michael Whiting
Crime: poison
Source: http://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng528.htm
Methodist Preacher, sentenced to Death for poisoning his Two Brothers-in-Law, with an Intent to possess himself of their Property, 1811
AT the Isle of Ely Assizes in 1811, Michael Whiting, a shopkeeper in Downham, near Ely, and a dissenting preacher, was indicted, under Lord Ellenborough's Act, on a charge of administering poison to George Langman and to Joseph Langman, his brothers-in-law.
It appeared in evidence that the Langmans resided together at Downham, and were small farmers; and that their family consisted of themselves, a sister named Sarah about ten years of age, and a female domestic, of the name of Catharine Carter, who acted as their housekeeper and servant. They had another sister, who was married to the prisoner. On the morning of Tuesday, the 12th of March, 1811, they sent their sister to the prisoner's house to borrow a loaf. The prisoner returned with her, and brought a loaf with him, and told the Langmans that, as he understood their housekeeper was going on a visit to her friends for a day or two, he would bring them some flour and pork to make a pudding for their dinner. He went away, and shortly afterwards returned with a basin of flour, and pork. Addressing himself to the housekeeper he said: "Catharine, be sure you make the boys a pudding before you go." He then took the young child home with him to dinner. The housekeeper made two puddings, but observed the flour would not properly adhere; she left them in a kneading trough, and the Langmans boiled one of them for dinner. The diners had hardly swallowed two or three mouthfuls before they were taken exceedingly ill, and seized with violent vomiting. Suspecting the pudding had been poisoned, one of the Langmans gave a small piece to a sow in the yard, which swallowed it, and was immediately taken sick and, after lingering some time, died. The elder brother soon recovered, but the younger one continued in a precarious state for several days. The remnants of the pudding were analysed by Mr Woolaston, professor of chemistry at the University of Cambridge, and found to contain a considerable quantity of corrosive sublimate of mercury. The prisoner, who it appeared was a dealer in flour, attempted to account for the pudding being poisoned by stating that he had lately laid some nux vomica to poison some vermin, and that some of it must accidentally have been carried into his flour-bin. Mr Woolaston, however, positively stated that the pudding contained no other poisonous ingredient than corrosive sublimate; and it came out in evidence that the prisoner, who sold drugs, had purchased of the person whom he succeeded in business a considerable quantity of that poison. It also appeared that the flourbins belonging to the prisoner had been searched, and that immediately upon its being discovered that the Langmans had taken poison the prisoner had emptied his bins and washed them out.
Mr Alley, from London, conducted the prisoner's defence. The trial lasted till six o'clock at night; and the jury, after deliberating about ten minutes, found the prisoner guilty. The judge immediately passed sentence of death, and he was left for execution.


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admin.site.register(ProtectedURL, ProtectedURLAdmin)

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A new report says more efficient agricultural productivity – one that uses less land, water and labor – is vital to meeting the global food demand projected for 2050. Otherwise, the world's growing population might not be able to stay sustainably fed.
The report begins with an overview of climate change's ever-continuing stress on agricultural and food production systems. As agriculture is the largest consumer of the world's water supply, protecting water resources in the face of rising temperatures and populations will become increasingly paramount. With limited resources, producers will have to deal with growing urban populations – expected to reach 5 billion by 2030 – and the ensuing encroachment of urban areas on farms. And as for effects of the temperature itself, average hours of agricultural work could decrease 66 percent by 2030 due to heat exhaustion.
The key to addressing such issues, the report says, is efficiency. The report uses a metric called Total Factor Productivity (TFP) to draw its conclusions, measuring agricultural productivity through lenses of innovation and efficiency. In cognizance that the food supply system is inherently resource-intense – reliant on use of water, land, labor, machinery, energy, livestock and fertilizer – the TFP approach looks at how to grow more with less.
Such productivity is especially critical in low-income countries and developing countries – where 12.9 percent of the collective population is undernourished – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Low-income countries experienced a downward trend in agricultural productivity from 1.31 percent in 2016 to 1.24 percent in 2017, the report found.
"[This way] we can see over time how the food and agriculture sector is doing with respect to producing the food we need with less environmental impact," says Margaret Zeigler, executive director of the Global Harvest Initiative, who co-authored the report with the Initiative's deputy director Ann Steensland.
Ziegler points to the example of India, which requires millions of animals to meet consumer dairy demand. In the United States, however, fewer animals produce significantly more milk through strategic livestock feeding, management and genetics. This also results in fewer greenhouse gas emissions per unit of milk.
The report makes clear that systemic optimization is key for sustainable supply growth, but low-income countries often lack the resources and expertise needed to achieve this. As such, Zeigler stresses the importance of partnerships and collaborations between farmers and local producers and the private sector, non-governmental organizations and international agencies that can aid in this arena.
The private sector should further help in developing more and better infrastructure, while policymakers should be advancing agricultural trade agreements and supportive public policies.
All of this aims to keep costs down for farmers and consumers, improve sustainable and green growth, and enhance public health. The challenge of accomplishing this agenda is a daunting one, but the costs of not doing so are also high.


I love lakes. I love them for their settings, for their water activities, for their unsalted water, for how they provide beautiful scenery to landlocked areas, for their geological history. I grew up surrounded by thousands of lakes in Minnesota, so naturally, lakes are some of my favorite settings. I even have a bucket list of lakes I hope to see someday.
But there's one lake that beats all other lakes that I've visited to date. It's Lac d'Annecy.
Located an easy 45-minute drive from Geneva, Switzerland, a little over an hour from Grenoble, France, and about two hours from Lyon, France, it is easy to access and well worth carving out a day or more to visit.
Annecy – the lake and the town – has the kind of setting that would be perfect for one of those throwback hand-illustrated posters that evoke images of bygone eras when vacations were spent leisurely paddling canoes and playing croquet in big poofy dresses.
Wandering around Annecy feels like being on a movie set. Towering Alps in the distance, expansive parks along the shoreline, narrow streets bustling with outdoor markets, flower-lined canals cutting through historic buildings. It is quite simply the most picturesque place I have ever visited.
Which is why words won't do it justice.
Instead, I'll share a curated selection of the dozens of photos I took during our visit. We didn't have a set itinerary, except to rent bikes and dip our toes in the lake. That gave us the freedom to wander, take photos, eat gelato, and soak in every moment and breathtaking view of the day.
View from the Jardins de l'Europe inside of town.
Paddle boats, for the leisurely lake-goer.
The million-dollar view. Taken from the bike and walking path that stretches for miles along the lake between Annecy and Annecy-le-Vieux.
How I want to spend my summers.
The view of Annecy along the last stretch of biking & walking path in Annecy-le-Vieux. From there you bike on roads with many hills. Don't say I didn't warn you!
Jardins de l'Europe, right in the middle of town.
Jardins de l'Europe. I call this one "dream sequence" because, come on.
A canal with boats near the Pont des Amours (The Love Bridge). Someday I'll have a wooden boat.
A girl looks at the lake from Pont des Amours.
A park along the lakeshore and bike path.
Plage d'Albigny in Annecy-le-Vieux, about a five minute bike ride from Annecy.
The final stop on our brief bike tour – a little snack shop across the lake. Admittedly we only biked the equivalent of a 20-25-minute ride, but you can bike around the full lake. You'll want to rent bikes for a full day if you do that.
Dipping my toes in the water.
I always have my favorite sunscreen handy!
I could stay here forever!
Aurélien and Nara (our day trip buddies) strolling in the city.
We happened upon this buzzing street market.
It had everything – vegetables, fruit, cheese, meat, honey and jams, ice cream, prepared food, flowers, you name it.
Historic houses keep watch over the market.
A flower-filled balcony as seen through a medieval arch.
The signature view in Annecy: looking along le Thiou past the Old Jail. Too bad they were refurbishing it, but there were plenty of other beautiful sight lines for pictures.
Cafes line le Thiou river.
Deux boules (two scoops) of honey lavender and cassis ice cream/sorbet. So good!
The view down le Thiou from the other side of the Old Jail.
Perfect reflections in the water.
One of many bright flowers lining the river.
A plant gets some sun.
Again looking down le Thiou. I could have stood there all day. Look at the mountain in the background! What a setting.
Another part of the river further in the city. As always, lined with beautiful greenery and flowers.
A pedestrian street in the main shopping district. I love the overhead lamps!
I could have spent a week here – it's the perfect place for a retreat, to get away from life and recharge among the breathtaking natural scenery. I will definitely be back!
The following resources provide more information about the history of Annecy and what you can do when you visit.
Have you been to Annecy? Let me know what you thought about it in the comments!
Sign. Me. Up! This place is definitely on the top of my bucket list now! Beautiful!
I want to go! (Like I need more places on my travel bucket list) ?
This looks like such a beautiful place! I definitely think I should pick this for my day trip from Lyon! Thanks!
I hope you do! Annecy is without a doubt the most beautiful place I've visited in France.
Thanks for sharing this amazing gorgeous blog, it was fun reading it. It has been a great help. Keep sharing and caring.


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"Cancel culture", a rhetorical construction
Thibault Rabouin
This article examines the phenomenon of "cancel culture", which has been the subject of intense media attention for several years. Never being clearly defined, the expression refers to very heterogeneous practices, actions and movements, which often have no other link between them than the diffused discomfort they inspire in a vast fringe of society. A close examination of this notion, its origin and its (mis)uses reveal a rhetorical construction that is more of a political slogan than any societal reality. The debate on "cancel culture" illustrates both the growing political polarisation in the West, the questioning of age-old values and social structures, and the strong reactionary opposition to them.
Imported straight from the United States, the "cancel culture" controversy has continued to grow and spread in recent years, to the extent that in 2020, the term was one of the top "words of the year" selected by the British Oxford Dictionary – competing with "Covid-19" and the "Black Lives Matter" and "QAnon" movements1. The ranking is subjective, admittedly, nonetheless indicative of the main societal concerns of the moment.
It must be said that the polemics follow one another with constancy: in July 2020, the tribune on "Justice and open debate", signed by 153 personalities and published in Harper's Magazine, aroused an important echo and was translated into several languages2. In January of this year, American teachers caused a scandal after launching the #DisruptTexts movement, aimed at tracking down anything in classical works that might "offend the sensibilities of young readers"3. Then, when a few weeks later a Dutch publisher declined to choose a white author to translate Amanda Gorman's poem, which was declared at Joe Biden's inauguration, many voices were again raised to denounce the supposed dictate of cancel culture. More recently, it was Barack Obama's turn to strongly criticize the "wokeness"4 and the cancel culture while, at the same time, the small world of American ornithology was being turned upside down by a campaign to decolonise bird names (mean "insult" in French). And these are just a handful of examples of the micro-polemics that have become almost daily occurrences, especially across the Atlantic: debunking of statues, renaming of streets and schools, public humiliation of public figures, etc. France, less affected, is not spared. The scandal caused by the cancellation, in March 2019, of Aeschylus' Suppliantes under pressure from anti-racist activists, or the one that followed, in August 2020, the new edition of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Niggers, renamed They Were Ten, is testimony to this.
Does multiplying the examples suffice to conclude that a new form of "euphemistic censorship"5 has been introduced? The emergence of a "left-wing McCarthyism"6? There are reasons to be sceptical. Firstly, because the examples in question are not that numerous. The symbolic importance given to them far outweighs their statistical importance, and they are often taken up and hyped by right-wing media. Moreover, the term cancel culture is used in a particularly extensive way: invoked to denounce facts of very different natures, it easily serves as a scarecrow to reject any form of evolution and progressive struggle. Of course, this does not mean that the criticisms levelled against it, on the right and the left, are necessarily unfounded. But in a context of strong political polarisation, the range of nuances diminishes drastically: either one is for it (but who is defending it?), or one is against it. So let's try to see things a little more clearly.
The sources of "cancel culture": American tradition or media invention?
In its most common meaning, the term cancel culture refers to a militant practice of mass denunciation and boycott of a public figure. It is said to have originated on American social networks and campuses, with the aim of damaging the reputation, image, and private and professional life of the person targeted. The #MeToo movement and its variants (such as #BalanceTonPorc, #balancetonagresseur or #agresseurluiaussi in France) were, for example, some of the most striking translations. The expression is also used more broadly to denounce any form of popular censorship – real or perceived – against a brand, a work or a practice deemed offensive by its detractors. But before passing judgement on this phenomenon, it is worth trying to understand its origin.
A culture of public denunciation?
For some, cancel culture is the result of a specifically American cultural and religious heritage, which encourages denunciation. This is a hypothesis defended by Fabien Jobard, a researcher at the CNRS, in the pages of Le Figaro7. And it is true that citizen denunciation appears to be a virtue in the United States; witness the system of rewards that the State and individuals use to encourage citizens to denounce crimes and report any useful information. This is an ancient practice – popularised by the famous "Wanted" signs in Westerns – which dates back to the Puritan origins of the American nation. In the same article, Jean-Éric Branaa, a specialist in the United States and lecturer at the Université Panthéon-Assas, recalls how the first Puritans made denunciation a virtue, creating assemblies, "caucuses", during which citizens had to denounce any behaviour deemed deviant, starting with adultery. This political and religious tradition is said to have inspired certain episodes in American history, such as the "Salem Witch Trials" in 1692 and McCarthyism in the early 1950s.
This culture of citizen whistleblowing, perfectly authorised and accepted by public opinion, is said to persist in various forms in the United States, particularly with regard to paedo criminality. As Jean-Éric Branaa reports: "When a person convicted of paedophilia moves into a neighbourhood, his neighbours sometimes put up posters in the streets with his name and the facts for which he was convicted. This is not considered harassment at all. The person is forced to move until the day when new neighbours discover his past, and so on"8. Here in France, where the memory of Vichy left a bitter taste, this very American conception of civic responsibility has no equivalent. In America, however, this mentality is internalised from kindergarten onwards, "children are encouraged to report to their parents or to the authorities if they observe something strange, it is part of their education" explains sociologist Robert Sampson, a researcher at Harvard9.
However, this political and religious tradition cannot really tell us anything about the origins of cancel culture. Especially since the Puritan values, inherited from the WASP way of thinking and living10, are above all maintained by a certain fringe of the Republican and conservative right11. They cannot therefore satisfactorily explain the origin of activist practices that are said to originate from the radical left. A second, more convincing explanation would be to look to American law and the relationship to freedom of expression.
The consequence of (too much) freedom of expression?
Thus, for the sociologist Nathalie Heinich, a researcher at the CNRS, "the anchoring [of cancel culture] in North American society is not the effect of the prevalence in their countries of the evils against which these activists are fighting – often quite rightly -; it is above all the product of a specific legal system: the First Amendment of the American Constitution [which] makes freedom of expression a fundamentally positive right"12. In France, freedom of expression is limited by law – which prohibits, for example, incitement to racial hatred, calls for murder, encouragement of discrimination on the grounds of gender or sexual orientation, or Holocaust denial – but in the United States, it is almost impossible to incriminate a person for his or her comments or positions, however outrageous. Mass mobilisations to "cancel" a particular artist, teacher or politician would fill this legal vacuum.
On the other hand, American defamation law considers that, in the event of a lawsuit, the duty to prove one's innocence lies with the plaintiff and not, as in France, with the accuser to prove the truth of his or her assertions (it should be noted that it is much more difficult to prove one's innocence than to substantiate a fact). The corollary is that journalists and other opinion leaders are freer to relay accusations against public figures. The Weinstein affair, which began on 5 October 2017, was triggered by a New York Times article13, reporting on the testimonies of several victims of sexual assault, which led to a cascade of denunciations, often without proof and without legal proceedings – despite the accusations of defamation made by Harvey Weinstein's lawyers. In Europe, where press law is somewhat more restrictive, this is less likely to happen.
The media factory of cancel culture
Finally, it remains to mention the decisive role of Black Twitter in the birth of what is now called cancel culture. Born out of the encounter between two major social facts – the systemic discrimination suffered by African-American communities and the formidable tool of expression provided by social networks – Black Twitter is "a network of people who share the same cultural experience, who discuss [in particular] what it is to be black and everything related to black life"14. A very dynamic and militant cultural group, Black Twitter has revealed its political strength on several occasions, in particular following the murder of Trayvon Martin, the murder of Eric Garner, and the "Black Lives Matter" movement.
It is also within this network, which is often prone to humorous diversions, that the expression "being cancelled" has been popularised into an internet meme15. As Meredith D. Clark, an expert on Black Twitter and cancel culture, explains, this marginal phenomenon has subsequently been dissected by outside observers, particularly journalists, who have greatly exaggerated and amplified its importance16. The term "cancelled" then replaced "call-out", which was itself a common practice on Black Twitter – initiated by African-American women17: publicly criticising a person, place, brand or object, not so much to denounce specific individual behaviour as to 'point the finger' at systemic inequalities and demand change.
The fact is, however, that the two expressions that the media have made interposable, both through ignorance and convenience, do not have the same meaning. For the minority behind these practices, "cancelling" a person or thing – a punishment that amounts to a form of ostracism and/or censorship – comes only as a last resort, when the "call-out" is ineffective or the affront too great. In principle, the "call-out" acts as a warning: it gives the person the opportunity to change and revise their speech or practices. Talking about cancel culture is therefore meaningless, because although there is indeed a practice of call-out in African-American communities, the fact of cancelling is much more the exception than the norm.
Above all, the idea of cancel culture (intrinsically pejorative since it elevates censorship to the rank of a cultural practice) completely obscures the notion of power relations, which is essential for understanding the origin of these practices. The "call-out" appeared with the "Black Power" movement in the 1960s: faced with insurmountable structural inequalities, the African-American minority had little other instrument than its voice to raise public awareness of its cause. Since then, the practice has been perpetuated and has gained weight thanks to social networks. It is therefore important to remember that the "call-out" serves above all to influence otherwise unreachable figures (artists, public figures, brands, etc.) and to draw attention to subjects that are not visible in the "mainstream" media18.
In the end, if we can admit the existence of North American predispositions for public denunciation, both in terms of law and tradition, the fact remains that the expression "cancel culture" is nothing more than the media extrapolation of a marginal practice, itself the result of a social struggle. To be fair, however, it must be emphasised that the dubious origin of the concept does not in any way prevent the existence of aberrations, or even that an effective form of "culture of cancelling" may have emerged a posteriori. It should nevertheless alert us to the fact that the notion of cancel culture is not neutral; it is even deeply political.
Behind the "cancel culture", the challenge to a moral and cultural order
Those who are now alarmed by "left-wing censorship" should perhaps remember that they are not the first. As far back as the 1990s, the conservative right in the United States was protesting against the progressive offensive of minorities and feminists, which was seen as a dictatorship of political correctness. Interestingly, the term – which had previously circulated quietly in the narrow circles of the academic radical left – was popularised by a series of articles in the New York Times19. It became a pejorative term and entered the lexicon of conservatives. The media of the time (which are, incidentally, the same as today) were full of micro-polemics and examples, often exaggerated, sometimes invented, of the intolerance of a left that was quick to denounce sexism, homophobia and racism20. The counter-offensive of the American conservative right was quickly exported, and soon made the headlines in the French press and magazines.
Two quotes sum up the fears of the time quite accurately. One, from President George W. Bush, was delivered at a graduation ceremony at the University of Michigan: "The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and sexism and hatred, it replaces old prejudice with new ones. It declares certain topics off-limits, certain expressions off-limits, even certain gestures off-limits"21. The second, by political scientist Philippe Raynaud, complements the first: "This liberal inflection of American democracy would not be so significant if it were not accompanied by another major phenomenon: the segmentation of society into a heterogeneous set of minorities, the protection of which has become the sole political project of American liberals. The result of these two forces is easy to understand: the democracy of rights is above all a democracy of minorities"22. Any resemblance to an existing controversy is obviously not accidental.
The question of the balance of power: who "cancels" whom?
Whether it's about political correctness or cancel culture, the criticism is basically the same: censorship, thought police… In short, "we can't say anything more!". But what the self-proclaimed defenders of public debate often forget, sometimes deliberately, is once again the importance of the balance of power. Who is really being "cancelled"? Who is invisibilized? Who is "cancelling" whom?
As the sociologist Éric Fassin rightly points out, "in the United States, D. Trump's sexism and racism clearly did not prevent his election in 2016; and accusations of sexual assault did not block the confirmation of two of the nine justices who sit on the Supreme Court. On the other hand, as Thomas Chatterton Williams himself [the author of the column on 'Justice and open debate', mentioned in the introduction] acknowledges in an interview with the New Yorker, no one has been more 'nullified' than Colin Kaepernick."23 A remark that also applies to France: "Gérald Darmanin, under the shadow of a rape accusation, was appointed Minister of the Interior at the very moment when the courts ordered the resumption of investigations, while the television channel CNews hired the far-right polemicist Éric Zemmour just after his conviction for inciting Islamophobic discrimination was confirmed. In both cases, this is the opposite of a sanction. […] Despite the protests, Roman Polanski was rewarded by the Académie des César, and it is to the book by his victim Vanessa Springora that we owe the re-launch of the investigation against Gabriel Matzneff: the latter had been claiming his taste for teenage girls (and even children) in his work for decades. The two men are still evading justice today. As for Woody Allen, accused of sexual assault by his adopted daughter for nearly thirty years, he continues to make films that are celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic"24.
Of course, the french polemicists on CNews – Éric Zemmour, Pascal Praud, etc. – are the first to complain about the deleterious effects of cancel culture and to declare themselves victims of it… in front of nearly one million daily viewers. Brandishing the spectre of a threat of censorship against public and media speech is a very convenient rhetorical strategy to stifle any form of criticism. And it does not matter that one expresses oneself without real contradiction on a medium with a large audience. It should also be noted that in "cancel culture", there is… "culture". As the sociologist James Davison Hunter wrote in the 1990s, "the power of culture is the power to define reality, the power to frame debate, and this power resides among the elites". To place culture on the side of those who supposedly censor, boycott and cancel is to implicitly reverse the balance of power.
It is true, however, that social networks now allow hundreds of thousands (or even millions) of people to collectively put pressure on individuals, institutions or brands that would otherwise be out of reach. They allow those who were previously unheard to express themselves. Elite circles, whether media, intellectual, artistic or other, see their power – that of shaping the debate, of controlling the public space – challenged by the emergence of these minority counter-publics. And it is precisely this loss of power, the object of a kind of moral panic, that explains the extent of the controversy. What lies behind the "cancel culture" is therefore a struggle, a power struggle, the issue of which is the (re)definition of social values: what should society value? And which practices, on the contrary, should be discredited? The fact that minorities now have the power to take up this issue is not a threat to debate and freedom of expression. On the contrary, it is a sign of a more open reconfiguration of the public space.
Misconduct does not make the norm, let alone a "culture"
The idea of "cancel culture", as we have seen, is primarily a media and political construct. Public denunciation, boycotts and other related practices are not part of a culture; they are political instruments used to counterbalance an overwhelming power relationship. That said, it would be dishonest to dismiss all criticism as an expression of conservative fears. After all, many of them come from reputedly left-wing figures: Barack Obama, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Noam Chomsky, Gloria Steinem, etc. They denounce, for example, "a climate of fear, contrary to freedom of expression" which would make social relations "more brutal"25 and would lead to self-censorship for fear of "reprisals" and "disastrous professional consequences"26.
Some cases are frequently cited as examples, such as that of Justine Sacco, director of a public relations company, who, before boarding a plane from London to Soweto (South Africa), had the brilliant idea of writing on Twitter that she would not catch AIDS because she was white. A (bad) joke – which, according to her, mocked the complete disconnection of Americans from African realities – unfortunately interpreted in the first degree by her 170 or so subscribers. As a result of this clumsiness, she lost her job, the support of her family, and was subjected to a traumatic public lynching27. Also, often mentioned is the case of Bret Weinstein, a university professor who was forced to resign after refusing to participate in a day when white people had to stay off campus in order to leave it completely open to people from minorities28. In France, the cancellation of the performance of Aeschylus' Suppliantes at the Sorbonne, under pressure from anti-racist activists, is also regularly cited29.
However, the question is not whether these examples are problematic. They undoubtedly are. But there is nothing to suggest that they are symptomatic of a fundamental trend. The fact that there are radical groups and excesses on the fringes of social struggles is not in itself surprising. It is even a constant regardless of political affiliation. What is more, the number of significant examples, although difficult to quantify, seems to be fairly limited. This is shown, for example, by a study conducted by the sociologist Renaud Maes on teacher 'cancellations' in the United States. Of the 172 cases listed by the National Association of Scholars (as of June 2021), he concludes that only 32, at most, are actually dismissals linked to a controversy over a social issue – 32 out of the 638,702 full-time teaching staff in the United States30. Finally, it should be remembered, as we mentioned earlier, that many examples of abuses considered scandalous are in fact only media exaggerations31.
As a conclusion
At the end of these reflections – obviously far from being exhaustive – it is at least possible to draw some conclusions. Firstly, it is clear that the debate on cancel culture and the practices with which it is associated are closely linked to American culture. It is part of a centuries-old political tradition, a particular conception of freedom of expression, and the very strong polarisation of American opinions on moral and cultural issues (the famous "culture wars"32). Consequently, the export of this controversy raises questions: does it really make sense in Europe? Is it relevant to transpose the collective action repertoire of American activists to the French context? This is what the sociologist Nathalie Heinich contests, for example, when she says that cancel culture "has no place in France, where freedom of expression is regulated and protected by law"33.
On the other hand, the very expression "cancel culture" is both a media construct, which responds to market logics (arousing indignation in order to gain an audience), and a political and ideological product. It is a caricature of the practices developed by the progressive left, which are far more complex and nuanced than what it implies. In fact, the expression certainly says more about the people who coined it than about the object it designates. This is reminiscent of the recent polemic on "Islamo-leftism"…
Finally, the practices to which it refers are the result of a balance of power: denunciation, massive boycott, or, in more extreme cases, "cancellation", are all political tactics aimed at bridging the huge inequalities in access to public space. That there are extreme behaviours, unfortunate consequences or questionable actions is an undeniable fact. But the radicalism of a few does not make the norm, let alone a "culture". As for the "we cannot say anything more", regularly chanted by some, it is the expression of an understandable unease when faced with the often brutal questioning of the values and models that have dominated the West for centuries. Yes, the ongoing process of deconstruction can be destabilising, upsetting and frightening. And yes, sometimes it undoubtedly goes astray, searching for its way at random. But it is no less legitimate.
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N.D. (2005). Aux États-Unis, dénoncer ou surveiller ses voisins fait partie de la culture du pays Le mouchardage, un sport américain érigé en vertu civique. L'orient le jour.com. [online] 16 Jul. Available at: https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/506886/Societe_-_Aux_Etats-Unis%252C_denoncer_ou_surveiller_ses_voisins_fait_partie_de_la_culture_du_pays_Le_mouchardage%252C_un_sport_americainerige_en_vertu_ci.html [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
N.D. (2020). A Letter on Justice and Open Debate. Harpers.org. [online] 07 Jul. Available at: https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/ [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
N.D. (2020). Mark Lilla, Margaret Atwood, Wynton Marsalis… : « Notre résistance à Donald Trump ne doit pas conduire au dogmatisme ou à la coercition ». Le Monde.fr. [online] 08 Jul. Available at: https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/07/08/mark-lilla-margaret-atwood-wynton-marsalis-notre-resistance-a-donald-trump-ne-doit-pas-conduire-au-dogmatisme-ou-a-la-coercition_6045547_3232.html [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
To quote the article:
RABOUIN, T. (2021). "Cancel culture", a rhetorical construction. Generation for Rights Over the World. growthinktank.org. [online] Aug. 2021.
We thank Marion Sanchez and Camille Cottais for their proofreading.
Translated by Clémentine Gallot.
©Photo "Cancel culture", by Gordon Johnson, licensed under Pixabay Licence.
N.A. (2020). A Letter on Justice and Open Debate. Harpers.org. [online] 07 Jul. Available at: https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/ [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
For the French translation, see: N.A. (2020). Mark Lilla, Margaret Atwood, Wynton Marsalis… : « Notre résistance à Donald Trump ne doit pas conduire au dogmatisme ou à la coercition ». Le Monde.fr. [online] 08 Jul. Available at: https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/07/08/mark-lilla-margaret-atwood-wynton-marsalis-notre-resistance-a-donald-trump-ne-doit-pas-conduire-au-dogmatisme-ou-a-la-coercition_6045547_3232.html [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
The controversy was provoked, as is often the case, by a misinterpretation (and bad faith) of the movement's intentions. Several right-wing media outlets (such as Fox News, The American Conservative and, in France, RT and Valeurs Actuelles) reported on an article published in the Wall Street Journal by literary critic Meghan Cox Gurdon, in which she claimed that Homer's Odyssey had been banned by a high school in Massachusetts, although this was later denied.
The term "woke", derived from African-American slang, became widespread in the 2010s with the Black Lives Matter movement. Originally, the term was used to describe a state of alertness to the oppression of people from ethnic, sexual, religious and other minorities. The conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks has popularised the term in a more offensive sense, using it in the way that some French-speaking columnists use the term "bobo". The term "wokeness" refers by extension to the (alleged) ideological trend of "wokes", perceived by the conservative right as a monolithic movement.
The expression is used by the lawyer Agnès Tricoire and the philosophers Jacinto Lageira and Christian Ruby in an article published on AOC: TRICOIRE A., LAGEIRA J. and RUBY C. (2021). Cancel Culture: la censure euphémisée. aoc.media. [online] 21 Apr. Available at: https://aoc.media/opinion/2021/04/20/cancel-culture-la-censure-euphemisee/[Accessed 23 Jul. 2021]). Moreover, the parallel between censorship and cancel culture is often drawn.
This expression, which likens "cancel culture" to the hunt for communists launched by Senator McCarthy in the 1950s, was coined by the French writer Marc Weitzmann, before being taken up by many media.
Comments collected and published by Le Figaro in an article dated 08 April 2018. The researcher states that "for Americans, [public denunciation] is not denunciation, it is a civic gesture": DESCOURS, G. (2018). Les récompenses aux renseignements, une tradition américaine. Le Figaro.fr. [online] 08 Apr. Available at: https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2018/04/08/01003-20180408ARTFIG00023-les-recompenses-aux-renseignements-une-tradition-americaine.php [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
N.A. (2005). Aux États-Unis, dénoncer ou surveiller ses voisins fait partie de la culture du pays Le mouchardage, un sport américain érigé en vertu civique. L'orient le jour.com. [online] 16 Jul. Available at: https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/506886/Societe_-_Aux_Etats-Unis%252C_denoncer_ou_surveiller_ses_voisins_fait_partie_de_la_culture_du_pays_Le_mouchardage%252C_un_sport_americainerige_en_vertu_ci.html [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
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The acronym WASP, which stands for White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, refers to the descendants of Protestant immigrants from Northern and Western Europe whose way of life and thinking has long been a dominant model.
On the links between puritanical ideology and the conservative right, see for example: TOINET, M.-F. (1995). Aux sources puritaines des Etats-Unis. Le Monde Diplomatique.fr. [online] May. Available at: https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/1995/05/TOINET/6262 [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
Tribune published in the newspaper Le Monde: HEINICH, N. (2020). La "cancel culture" est la conséquence du sous-développement juridique nord-américain. Le Monde.fr. [online] 07 Aug. Available at: https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/08/07/la-cancel-culture-est-la-consequence-du-sous-developpement-juridique-nord-americain_6048344_3232.html [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
Definition proposed by Meredith D. Clark, in her thesis on Black Twitter: CLARK, M. (2014). To tweet our own cause: A mixed-methods study of the online phenomenon "Black Twitter". Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School.
SHIFMAN, L. (2013). Memes in a digital world: Reconciling with a conceptual troublemaker. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 18(3), p. 362–377.
CLARK, M. (2020). DRAG THEM: A brief etymology of so-called "cancel culture." Communication and the Public, 5(3–4), 88–92.
The article of Richard Bernstein, « IDEAS & TRENDS; The Rising Hegemony of the Politically Correct », published on 28 October 1990, was the first of many (and the most influential in the public debate). BERNSTEIN, R. (1990). IDEAS & TRENDS; The Rising Hegemony of the Politically Correct. The New York Times.com. [online] 28 Oct. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/28/weekinreview/ideas-trends-the-rising-hegemony-of-the-politically-correct.html?pagewanted=all [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
FASSIN, E. (2020). Cancel culture (l'importation d'une polémique), Publictionnaire.huma-num.fr. [online] 17 May. Available at: http://publictionnaire.huma-num.fr/notice/cancel-culture-limportation-dune-polemique/ [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
For the transcript of the speech: BUSH, G. W. (1991). Remarks at the University of Michigan Commencement Ceremony in Ann Arbor. [online] 04 May. George W.H. Bush Presidential Library & Museum. Available at: https://bush41library.tamu.edu/archives/public-papers/2949 [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
RAYNAUD, P. (1992). De la tyrannie de la majorité à la tyrannie des minorités. Le débat, 2(69), pp. 48-56.
Colin Rand Kaepernick is an American football player whose career was abruptly cut short in 2016 for choosing to take a knee to the ground during the national anthem in support of victims of police violence.
Comments by Thomas Chatterton Williams, the main initiator of the Harper's Magazine column, collected and published by Le Monde on 26 July 2020: BHERER, M.-O. (2020). Thomas Chatterton Williams : « Un espace public corseté par la "cancel culture" ne sert pas les intérêts des minorités ». Le Monde.fr. [online] 26 Jul. Available at: https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/07/26/thomas-chatterton-williams-un-espace-public-corsete-par-la-cancel-culture-ne-sert-pas-les-interets-des-minorites_6047306_3232.html [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
N.A. (2020). Mark Lilla, Margaret Atwood, Wynton Marsalis… : « Notre résistance à Donald Trump ne doit pas conduire au dogmatisme ou à la coercition ». Le Monde.fr. [online] 08 Jul. Available at: https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/07/08/mark-lilla-margaret-atwood-wynton-marsalis-notre-resistance-a-donald-trump-ne-doit-pas-conduire-au-dogmatisme-ou-a-la-coercition_6045547_3232.html [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
See for example: RONSON, J. (2015). How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco's Life. The New York Times.com. [online] 12 Feb. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
See for example: WEISS, B. (2017). When the Left Turns on Its Own. The New York Times.com. [online] 01 Jun. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opinion/when-the-left-turns-on-its-own.html [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].
See for example: WEITZMANN, M. "Les Suppliantes" et le blackface : les nouvelles censures au théâtre. Signes des temps. France culture. 07 avril 2019. 45mn.
The case of the alleged banning of the Odyssey in an American high school comes to mind. Another example is the forced resignation of New York Times reporter James Bennett, who was portrayed by many as a victim of cancel culture, but the paper actually had strong reasons for demanding his departure. Another example is the case of a San Francisco Gate article in which two journalists questioned whether the Snow White story was problematic in the context of consent education. The story was then blown out of proportion by Fox News, under the headline "Feminists want to cancel Snow White", and spread widely in France.
The concept of "culture wars" was developed by sociologist James Davison Hunter in his landmark book Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America (1991). He notes the polarisation of the American population around certain moral and cultural issues: minority rights, positive discrimination, public education, etc.
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Very interesting concept. Plays well, but it's somewhat complicated to find mana. I also found the UI layout somewhat confusing.
I was never able to earn enough mana to make it very far. Maybe I'm missing something.
Grats on finishing it. I like the retro style.


All schools are closed for the winter break December 22 through January 8. Students return to school on January 9, 2018.
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Discussion in 'Projectors, Screens & Video Processors' started by windfall, Mar 12, 2004.
Is there a service menu on the AE100? If so is there anything worth looking into?
Also is there any info on cleaning the unit out - I was particularly keen on anything related to dust intake into the unit where the fan is.
I have no probs with mine but just wondered if I need to clear any crap out before something does go pop or weep!
Thanks mate been around here a short while but still not figured it all out.
Found what I needed and then some more - like using the Hoyo FL Day filter!!


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The Duchy of Persiceta (or Persiceto) in the Kingdom of the Lombards was created on territory taken from the Byzantine Empire by King Liutprand in 728. It comprised two pagi ("counties"): Monteveglio south of the Via Aemilia and Persiceto to the north. The pagus of Persiceto and the duchy as a whole were named for its chief fortress, the Castrum Persiceta. In this region in 752, King Aistulf granted his brother-in-law Anselm land on which to build a monastery, Nonantola. The dukes of Persiceta were early patrons of Nonantola, and along with the kings gave it vast tracts of land amounting to about 400 square kilometres. Persiceta and Nonantola formed a common bulwark against Byzantine Italy, which Liutprand made no further attempt to occupy.

The earliest recorded duke was a Friulian, Ursus I, around 750. His son John was duke between 772 and 776, during which period the Franks conquered the kingdom. John's son, Ursus II, was sent as a child to Nonantola, tonsured as a monk and in 789 gave all his earthly goods to the monastery his father had already well endowed. This land was later leased back to the townsfolk and serves as the basis for the Partecipanza, a form of agricultural cooperative. Under the Franks the duchy became a pagus ruled by a gastald, eventually attached to Modena and ultimately, in 908, to Bologna.

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References
Brown, T. S. "Byzantine Italy, c. 680–c. 876". In Rosamond McKitterick (ed.), The New Cambridge Medieval History, II. Cambridge: 1995.
Everett, Nicholas. Literacy and Lombard Italy, c. 568–774. Cambridge: 2003.
Forni, Guglielmo. Persiceto e S. Giovanni in Persiceto. Bologna: 1921.
Gaudenzi, Augusto. "Il monastero di Nonantola, il ducato di Persiceta, e la chiesa di Bologna". Bullettino dell'Istituto Storico Italiano 22 (1901), 77–214.
Santos Salazar, Igor. "Castrum Persiceta: Potere e territorio in uno spazio di frontiera dal secolo VI al IX" Reti Medievali Rivista 7, 1 (2006): 1–20.

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00:30 We didn't win a Webby, but Hubspot did.
02:33 John Blue heads South of the Border, and reports back on the billboards, John regrets that the fireworks aren't what they used to be. Digital billboards and billboard strategy.
12:46 Using Google's Website Optimizer for conversions, leading with a bold question.
21:51 Upcoming Event Watch: We have a free ticket for the for the Inbound Marketing Summit, April 28 and 29 if you promise to report back. Learn from Chris Brogan, David Meerman Scott, Paul Gillin (Dallas and Boston coming up too). Also coming up: PRSA in NYC, Podcasters Across Borders, MarketingProfs in June, NEDMA.
24:51 Question of the Week: What are you doing in website optimization?
I'm interested in the ticket to the Inbound Marketing Summit. I'm not new to new media. I'm a podcaster and very active on twitter, @PodcastJunky.
I am however very new to using New Media in marketing. I'm currently in the first month of my first job in marketing where I am the Community and New Media Liaison for our clients. I'm sure this conference will add many valuable tools to my tool box.
I am a big fan of Marketing Over Coffee. It helps me get through my daily commute from CT to NYC. I was hoping to attend the Inbound Marketing Summit in Boston and thought I would offer up my services to report back for the ticket to attend. I am a novice Federal government blogger, Twitterer, and Facebook user. We use them to champion our international search and rescue program while fostering a better relationship with our constituents. I also have a Morantz recorder if that helps!
Thank you for helping me become a better member of the social community!
I graduated from the marketing program from the University of Washington 2 1/2 years ago. The curriculum was heavily based on traditional marketing thinking established decades ago. We learned nothing about SEO and little about internet marketing. I have learned about 90% of what I know about marketing after I graduated from reading Seth Godin, listening to podcasts like Marketing Over Coffee, and reading blogs.
Great podcast on digital signage and timely too! My last 4 blog posts focused exclusively on digital signage and leveraging the mobile phone to capture marketing responses on-the-go (i.e. SMS short codes, RFID, QR codes, StarStar service…etc.). If you get the chance, check out the posts, as you may find some of the info. interesting.
Not sure if this was the podcast talking about what uni's are teaching these days but I can definitely fill you in!
I found out that he runs a marketing podcast and is completely in the online/social space that I wanted to learn more about.
Before going to Uni, I thought that I would learn about the history of big businesses with lots of boring case studies. It is true that there are lots of these in my commercial law subject, however not at all any where else!
I am basically being taught the fundamentals, or as i like to call it the skeleton of running a successful business. Knowing that the content that you put in your skeleton is what will set you aside from others. Monash uni in Melbourne, Aus is creating an environment where everything is a possibility, an environment where you can have amazing ideas and socialise with amazing people. Zac Martin @zacmartin and Simon Oboler are two of these people. Both my age and so involved in the online world.
Going to Uni was a great decision. I am involved in the MMSS (Monash Marketing Students Society) and are already making contacts in big marketing agencys in Aus.
Of course, there are some times where I know my lecturers have no clue about where marketing channels are going in the future. But it always makes me feel good when my class mates come up and tell me how good they are. I just smile and think 'one less person to compete with in the corporate world'.
Finally, I know it all comes down to what you know on paper and what degrees you have. But you can never go past results, I recently achieved a 40% click thorough rate on an email campaign i did to over 10,000 people!
Nothing I learnt at Uni helped me get this, probably my other lecturers like Chris and John who I listen to every week.
Thanks guys for the show (and the past mentions)!
How can I get on the list for the Dallas Inbound Marketing Summitt. Be happy to do my part for the free ticket!


i'm still running off of last night's high - the best live show i've been to in a very, very long time.
i'm not really sure how to explain patrick wolf (and my photos do him no justice). for one, the boy is only 23. and he is unbelievably talented. i was utterly in awe of him when i first discovered his latest album, the magic position. when i read that he was giving up live performance, i was really upset because this was one guy i wanted to see. badly. well, he must have something of a tumultuous (or fickle?) soul, because shortly after, he announced a US tour. and he played the el ray last night in good 'ole downtown los angeles.
the performance was amazing. i thought his albums had tremendous energy - but they're nothing to his live show. he somehow seemed to keep eye contact with everyone in the room. his outfits were fantastic. and the crowd was so into him. no half-paying-attention chatting with neighbors. just dancing, dancing, dancing and singing.
if and when he comes back? i'm there.
TJ's tiramisu ice cream with cinnamon-cooked bosc pears. i kind of made that one up after reading a couple of recipes. it involved spiced cider, white and brown sugar, red wine, and of course cinnamon and pears!
time to wind down. 'night!
oh yeah, that's six skeins of berroco ultra alpaca light and seven of misti alpaca worsted. oh, they're both gorgeous. the misti alpaca is 100% baby alpaca and just unbelievably soft. i can't wait to work with them! i have a cute, form-fitting cardi planned in my head for the berroco and plan to spend some time with my vogue stitchionary soon!
valpuri's doing well - i'm just about to split for the neck on the front. maybe i'll actually finish this weekend? i don't want to jinx myself!
now let's all go take a nap with maeve and as always, KNIT ON!
as i suspected (oh, i know myself far too well), i spent a good chunk of time on saturday playing around on ravelry. but first i had to photograph all of my older knits.
these are some of my favorite pieces. teva durham's loop-d-loop book is absolutely beautiful. so many of the designs are simple, intuitive, and fun to knit!
the back is finished! i've cast on and am about 15 rows into the front. look at me all being a one-track, blinders-on knitter! when did that happen?
it's so colorful and full of wonderful books and plants. makes me happy!
look, mom, i can keep some plants alive!
one day, maybe i will actually possess these things. in the meantime, i'll just lust after them!
that's right, folk. only 1850 people ahead of me in the waitlist for ravelry. that means i should get my invitation in four days. FOUR DAYS, PEOPLE! oh, after all this waiting... and by the end of the week to be up and running? please, everyone, excuse me if i disappear from all known subliminalrabbit activity while i get my first fill!
in other knitting news, i am continuing to work away on valpuri. i have two knit nights coming up - tuesday craft night with beige and hopefully the burbank SnB on wednesday - so i'm hoping to be done with the back panel this week! ahh, if only i had more time to knit.
also, i've uploaded the pattern for the laura sweater. right now it's only available in a size 34" bust but i've promised to do the maths for a size 38" soon.
honestly i didn't get a whole lot of knitting done this weekend because we had big! events! on saturday b and i trekked down to the beverly hills public library (not part of the los angeles public library system) for a george saunders reading. with the price of admission we each received a copy of his new book of collected nonfiction/essays, the braindead megaphone. i love his fiction so immediately started reading while we waited for the event to start. this man is just brilliant. in fact, he's a certified genius! first up saunders read from his new book. then he brought up miranda july to read one of his short stories. that was less fun; she tried to hold the microphone while turning the pages of the book. and read bits in a really odd voice. overall clunky and completely unprepared.
but better than what was to come - some silly radio interview. the host asked so many leading questions - too many about saunder's mcarthur prize - and it just wasn't the intimate Q&A forum we had expected. ah well. saunders answered all of the radio host's questions beautifully, at least.


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Volleyball / November 6, 2018
Hawkeyes Host No. 6 Nebraska, Travel to Michigan State
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SERVE IT UP
The University of Iowa volleyball team hosts No. 6 Nebraska inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Wednesday at 7 p.m. (CT). The match will air live on the Big Ten Network. Iowa will travel to East Lansing, Michigan, for a matchup against the Spartans on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 6 p.m.
Live stats for each contest can be found on the Iowa volleyball schedule page at hawkeyesports.com/vblive.
A live stream of both matches are available on BTN2Go (subscription required).
Wednesday's match against Nebraska will serve as Military Appreciation Night. Military veterans and members can use the promo code: VETERANSDAY for a free ticket to the match.
KELLY CLOSING IN ON 1,000 DIGS
Senior Molly Kelly is closing in on 1,000 career digs.
The West Liberty, Iowa, native has 985 career digs after notching 36 last weekend against Rutgers and Penn State.
Kelly would become the 16th Hawkeye in program history to eclipse 1,000 career digs.
Kelly's 985 digs are 18th in school history.
FOLLOW THE HAWKEYES
For an inside look at the Iowa Volleyball program and access to exclusive coverage, "like" University of Iowa Volleyball on Facebook and follow @IowaVolleyball on Twitter and Instagram.
KELLY LEADING THE B1G
Senior Molly Kelly ranks among the best liberos in the conference.
Overall, Kelly leads the Big Ten with 470 total digs and 5.10 digs per set.
Kelly's 5.10 digs per set are the highest in program history since the 25-point scoring format was implemented in 2008.
Kelly's 25 digs against Rutgers on Nov. 2 are the third most digs in a three-set match by a Big Ten player this season.
Her 29 digs against No. 18 Michigan on Sept. 23 set a new career high.
ORR MOVES INTO 8TH ALL-TIME
Sophomore setter Brie Orr moved into eight in program history after recording 30 assists in a loss against No. 7 Penn State on Nov. 3.
Orr now has 2,160 career assists – one ahead of Jitka Stehnova.
On Oct. 21, Orr became the ninth player in program history to eclipse 2,000 career assists with her 19th assist in the third set against Wisconsin.
She leads Iowa with 959 assists through 25 matches.
Orr averages 10.20 assists per set, which is seventh in the Big Ten.
Orr returns to Iowa as the team's premier setter after recording 1,201 assists in 2017 – the second most assists in single-season program history since the 25-point scoring format was implemented in 2008.
Orr now trails Loxley Keala by 299 assists for seventh all-time.
HOYE JOINS ELITE COMPANY
Junior Cali Hoye recorded her second 30-kill performance against Northwestern on Oct. 24. The other was in a win over then-No.6 Wisconsin on Oct. 6
Hoye reached the milestone thanks to a 13-kill second set, where she notched a .500 attack percentage (13-3-20).
Hoye was the first player in the Big Ten this season to record a 30-kill game.
Senior Taylor Louis continues to lead the country in active career kills. Louis' 1,881 career kills leads the NCAA by 104 (Carlisa May, Arkansas State) and is 134 kills ahead of the country's third leading player (Jaali Winters; Creighton).
In her career, Louis has 1,859 total kills, with 711 kills coming in a Hawkeye uniform.
JONES' STEADY PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE
Freshman Amiya Jones has proven to be a staple in the middle of Iowa's lineup.
Jones is the only freshman to have started in all 25 matches for the Hawkeyes this season.
Jones holds a .296 hitting percentage with 126 kills and 78 total blocks through her first season at Iowa.
In 2018, Iowa has played six matches that have lasted five sets, going 3-3 with wins over Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Syracuse, and dropping 3-2 losses to Lipscomb, Purdue, and Northwestern.
The Hawkeyes have played in a fifth set in four of their last nine matches.
In Iowa's six five-set matches, the team first to score eight points has won each match.
Iowa's 94 total sets played are the fourth most in the Big Ten this year.
IT'S STILL A HAWKEYE STATE
The Hawkeyes broke a 21-year old road drought Sept. 14, defeating Iowa State in four sets (25-20, 25-21, 23-25, 25-20) at the Cyclone Classic in Ames, Iowa.
It is the first time Iowa has won in Ames since Sept. 13, 1997.
HAWKEYES TAKE DOWN NO. 6 WISCONSIN
The Hawkeyes defeated No. 6 Wisconsin in five sets on Oct. 6 for the team's first win over a ranked opponent this season.
It is Iowa's first win over Wisconsin since Nov. 11, 2009.
Junior Cali Hoye led Iowa with a career-high 30 kills and sophomore Brie Orr tied a career-high with 59 assists.
THESE HAWKEYES ARE HANDY WITH BROOMS
The Hawkeyes are 7-5 this season in games that have gone three sets.
Iowa has swept Belmont, South Dakota State, Drake, Eastern Illinois, Michigan State, and Rutgers twice.
Iowa recorded two sweeps at the Drake Invitational on Sept. 8, defeating South Dakota State and Drake before sweeping Eastern Illinois in its home opener on Sept. 9. The last time Iowa swept three different teams in the span of two days was Sept. 19-20, 2008 (Portland, DePaul, Tulsa).
SCOUTING NO. 6 NEBRASKA
Nebraska enters Wednesday's match at 18-6 (9-5 Big Ten).
Nebraska leads the Big Ten in opponent hitting percentage, limiting opponents to .131.
Nebraska is much more vulnerable on the road this season. The Cornhuskers hold a 4-3 record in opponents buildings, while boasting a 14-3 record at home.
Iowa fell to Nebraska 3-1 on Oct. 3.
Iowa's second set victory was the first set Iowa has taken from Nebraska since 1987.
Overall, Iowa is 0-29 against Nebraska.
SCOUTING MICHIGAN STATE
Michigan State is 15-12 on the season and 3-11 in conference play.
The Spartans rank fourth in the Big Ten this season with 142 service aces and 1.48 service aces per set.
Iowa defeated Michigan State, 3-0, in their first matchup of the season on Sept. 21 in Iowa City.
Overall, Iowa is 25-49 against Michigan State.
SHYMANSKY MILESTONE WATCH
Head coach Bond Shymansky's 76 wins at Iowa is third in program history. He passed former head coach Sharon Dingman earlier this season (66).
Shymansky passed Rita Buck-Crockett for third on Iowa's all-time Big Ten wins list with his 26th victory over Northwestern on Sept. 30.
Shymansky trails Linda Shoenstedt for second in Iowa history with 85 wins and trails Sandy Stewart's 136 wins for most in program history.
FACING THE BEST
Iowa faces seven teams currently ranked in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) week 10 poll – Minnesota (3), Illinois (4), Nebraska (6), Penn State (7), Wisconsin (8), Purdue (12), Michigan (15), and Washington (25)
The Hawkeyes' schedule features 11 teams that reached the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
The nonconference schedule included three teams that competed at the 2017 NCAA Tournament, including Iowa State, Colorado, and Washington.
Iowa will play all eight Big Ten NCAA Tournament teams from a year ago. Those teams combined to go 206-64 in 2017.
TRUE MENTAL TOUGHNESS
The Hawkeyes continue their True Mental Toughness mantra in 2018. Bond Shymansky's squad defines true mental toughness as having a great attitude, treating others really, really well, being unconditionally grateful regardless of your circumstances, and giving your very, very best.
THE PREMIER CONFERENCE
The Big Ten Conference has had an NCAA champion in nine of the last 14 years.
Eight teams – Penn State, Michigan, Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Purdue, and Michigan State – appeared in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
BIG TEN NETWORK
Iowa will play on the Big Ten Network for a third time this season. Iowa's match against Nebraska on Nov. 7 will air live on the Big Ten Network.
SEASON TICKETS ON SALE
Season tickets and general admission tickets for Iowa's home matches are on sale at the UI athletics ticket office and online at hawkeyesports.com/tickets. Season tickets for reserved seating is $45 and general admission season tickets are $30.
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