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Farming, tech companies struggle with labor shortages, want immigration reform
They say they can't fill jobs with U.S. hires
Posted: 8:20 AM, Jul 15, 2016
By: Miranda Green
Matt Lutton

Help wanted signs dot the roads around farms north of Seattle. (Photo shot for Scripps News by Matt Lutton)

Dan Weeden looks out at 1,000 acres of planted blueberry, blackberry and strawberry fields, some that date back 26 years. "At the peak of the harvest we'll have 500 (employees) on the farm. But in our processing side we'll have another 250-300," he said. "So we'll have close to 800 and up to as many as 1,000 during the peak."
That is, if he can find the workers.
"During the recent strawberry season we were the only farm I know that got every worker they needed," said Weeden, who is the CEO of Sakuma Brothers Farms in Washington state. "In 2011 and 2012 we left a lot of our crop in the field and that's happened numerous times over the years."
A third-generation, family-owned berry farm, Sakuma Brothers is only one of many farms outside of Seattle and across the country that is experiencing a labor shortage, primarily because fewer Mexicans are now crossing the border illegally to fill the jobs, and farmers say not enough U.S. workers are available to make up the difference.
Drive 70 miles south of the Sakuma Brothers farm into the heart of Seattle and there's a different industry facing its own version of a labor crisis.
Major technology companies such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft with headquarters or major divisions in Seattle and its Redmond suburb have long lists of jobs that need to be filled posted on their websites. And because of rapid growth, they say they increasingly are having to look for qualified workers outside the country.
"The problem is in the U.S., the tech sector is growing topsy. And it's probably one of the fastest growing economic segments in the U.S. The problem is we don't … educate enough (science, technology, engineering and math) folks," said Dave Ware, an immigration lawyer in Seattle. "In the U.S. we don't have enough natives who are interested in going into those areas."
These two industries' labor challenges point to one of the hottest issues in the presidential and congressional elections this year: immigration. For some people, immigration is all about jobs – filling them with foreign workers or losing them to foreign workers. For others, attacks such as the one in San Bernardino have made it a topic about terrorism and keeping the country safe by clamping down on immigrants.
This year there have been a lot of speeches by a lot of politicians about immigration reform, but there hasn't been much progress on legislation in Washington, D.C., for a long time, and nobody is expecting anything to happen soon.
Where are the U.S. workers?
Burr Mosby, who owns an organic vegetable farm, says it's hard to find U.S. workers who want to do farm work. (Photo shot for Scripps News by Matt Lutton/Boreal Collective)
It's a common belief, if not a fear, that Mexican immigrants are flooding across the border and taking jobs away from Americans. Donald Trump has seized upon that belief and called for building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. His proposal gets cheers at rallies, despite statistics showing the number of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border is at an all time low.
A Pew Research Center r eport in November 2015 found that illegal immigrants from Mexico living in the U.S. has dropped by a million since 2007, and data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the number of new immigrants crossing the border is down by two thirds, at 240,000 annually. The number peaked in 2000 at 875,000.
The number has dropped because of stricter border enforcement that began under the George W. Bush administration, plus Mexico's economy is stronger and generating more jobs and there has been a decrease in births, said Jeanne Batalova, senior policy analyst at Migrant Policy Institute, an independent think tank.
Farmers across the country were some of the first to witness the reality of fewer illegal Mexicans. Between 2002 and 2012, the number of new field and crop workers crossing into the U.S. to work on farms fell by 75 percent, according to a 2015 report by the Partnership for a New American Economy titled "A Vanishing Breed." That's a huge problem when you consider that about 70 percent of the U.S. farm workforce is made up of Latino workers who are either undocumented or provide false documents to work, according to data provided by the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives .
In the short term, the tight labor often means lost profit from crops left to rot in the fields because they aren't picked in time. Sakuma Brothers left almost a million pounds of berries in the fields at its lowest point in 2011 and 2012. In the long term though, studies also have found that lacking labor can result in fewer crops planted and therefore less available produce and vegetables in supermarkets, which can mean higher retail prices for consumers, and less over-all capital flowing into the economy from the agriculture sector.
Many in the industry believe it could result in a major disruption for one of the country's most vital industries. On a daily basis U.S. farmers are weighing the benefits of shifting from labor-demanding fruits and vegetables to grains, which can be planted and harvested with machines. Both moves could have lasting effects by permanently cutting jobs in agriculture and possibly pushing the country to rely more heavily on foreign-grown produce.
Farmers say the biggest issue is that American workers have been unwilling to fill the open positions. Between 2002 and 2014, U.S.-born workers offset less than 3 percent of the decline in Mexican field and crop labor, the Partnership for a New American Economy study found.
"You'll always hear that argument, that it's taking away from American jobs. And I can tell you that at any farm in Washington State, if 20 people came in here and they were Americans, they would have a job tonight by 4:35. But they won't do it. In bad times, nobody came here," said Burr Mosby, a first generation farmer who owns a small family farm south of Seattle that grows vegetables such as squash, zucchini, rhubarb, leeks and beets.
Sakuma Brothers offers free housing to their pickers as an incentive to travel to work on their farm. Each comes with a bed and a mini kitchen. The farm's CEO believes the perk is one of the main reasons why Sakuma has been able to get all of the workers it needs in the past few years. (Photo shot for Scripps News by Matt Lutton/Boreal Collective)
Mosby, 57, currently has 60 open spots at his farm. He said Americans don't like farm work in part because of the schedule and time commitment. Pickers work seasonally when the crops need to be planted, which means they work through rain and hot temperatures. And when it's picking season—from dawn to dusk.
The pay might not be attractive either. The average hourly wage for a farm picker between 2009 and 2010 was $9.42, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report . However wages vary greatly depending on how long a worker has been with a farm, and many get paid by the pounds picked.
"When we were at the lowest point, when we were around 2008, 2009, 2010, I think we got maybe four Americans who came out and applied for jobs. Four," Mosby said. "Most of these people they would work from half a day to maybe a day or two and quit."
Instead, he says his U.S. workers eventually left to take mining jobs or positions at a local casino—jobs that offer benefits and a year-round schedule.
Most farmers have the opportunity to tap into an established seasonal worker visa called an H-2A if they can prove their labor shortages. Under H-2A, they must pay for getting the Mexican workers from the border to the farm and back, plus provide them with housing. Farmers also say that tight border security makes it difficult to get even approved H-2A workers into the U.S.
"I think tightening up on border security has hurt us because it's not as easy for workers to come in and out of the country. So, we definitely support border security, but it has its challenges," said Kathleen Heron Johnson, director of government affairs at the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. "We just need a program that works so that the border can be secure but we also have the workers we need."
Sakuma Brothers tried using the H-2A in 2011 at the height of its labor shortage but the company quickly experienced an unforeseen backlash.
"To some groups it looked like we were bringing in labor from the outside to replace labor that was already here," Weeden said. "And the fact of the matter is that there wasn't enough labor that was already here to deal with it."
Some U.S. workers who worked side by side with the immigrant laborers at Sakuma Brothers complained because they didn't receive the free housing that the H-2A workers were given. They also began efforts to form a union and pushed for higher wages, according to the Familias Unidas por la Justicia union website.
Sakuma Brothers responded by unveiling an opportunity for its U.S. workers to earn higher wages and built more housing for them, Weeden said. The company also stopped using the H-2A program entirely and now relies on the lure of free housing to recruit workers.
Remaining world players
Major technology companies in the Seattle area, such as Microsoft, have long lists of jobs that need to be filled. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
Tech companies in the United States say success is the result of innovation and hiring the right employees—regardless of citizenship.
For them immigration reform is a necessity and it starts with changing the current program that allows companies to hire high-skilled foreign workers under the H-1B visa program, says Todd Schulte, president of Fwd.us, a group started by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to push for changes in immigration laws.
The H-1B program currently allows 85,000 high-skilled workers into the U.S. on a lottery system every year. But compared to the growing tech industry that in 2015 added 200,000 jobs and now employs more than 6.7 million people, the number of workers who receive a visa is negligible, says Dave Ware, who frequently works with tech companies to bring in foreign workers with temporary H-1B visas.
"The H-1B program was started in 1990. In 1990, the Cold War was still going on," Schulte said. "Immigration is so critical for the tech sector, the idea that it's governed by something that pre-dates the World Wide Web is incredibly outdated."
Fwd.us helped introduce a bill to Congress in 2012 that aimed to boost border security, help immigrants in the U.S. illegally get citizenship, and increase the number of H-1B visas available to foreign workers . It passed in the Senate but never made it to the House floor for a vote.
Farmers are similarly trying to change the current H-2A program. They want a system that is more flexible with their growing seasons so they don't have to pay workers to be there when there's no work to be done. To fix that, many are calling for a transferable system, where workers are allowed to move freely from farm to farm, finding work when needed. Currently that isn't a legal option.
But both groups are experiencing stalemates and both blame politics.
"I think the ISIS thing has really changed everything right?" Weeden said. He said he doesn't think the concern about terrorism is irrational but that it does make the debate purely about immigration policy and "not about the economy."
Dan Weeden, CEO of Sakuma Brothers berry farm in Washington state, surveys a crop of blue berry bushes. In 2011 and 2012 the farm left crops in the field because of a labor shortage. (Photo shot for Scripps News by Matt Lutton/Boreal Collective)
He emphasized that the people he has employed posed no threat, "They're good people. I'm not worried about them. They're here to work and provide for their family. … They've got kids to raise. They've got dinner to keep on the table at night. "
Ware is more blunt when he discusses what he thinks is responsible for the resistance to H-1B reform. "There is a strong undercurrent in Congress, a general anti-immigrant undercurrent that really knows no bounds, that just doesn't want more immigrants period," he said.
Donald Trump says he is opposed to most visa programs, but has specifically targeted the H-1B program. He said in a statement released in March that "the H-1B program is neither high-skilled nor immigration: these are temporary foreign workers, imported from abroad, for the explicit purpose of substituting for American workers at lower pay."
In contrast, Hillary Clinton has proposed a plan to automatically grant Green Cards to foreign students who earn advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math in the U.S.
Trump isn't alone in his views. Hal Salzman, a professor of public policy at Rutgers University, argues that claims of labor shortages are hard to back up with any real numbers—pointing to the fact that many of the open jobs at tech companies don't require a computer science, mathematics or engineering background.
Salzman and others say that the real reason tech companies want to hire immigrants is because they can pay them less than they would have to pay U.S. workers.
"That's stated on the record (to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)," Salzman said. "Any number of studies have actually looked at pay rates and we cite them and we did our own analyses to show a substantial saving by hiring H-1B. But that's also what they say. They say [to the SEC] 'if we couldn't hire H-1B our labor costs would go up.'"
Schulte of Fwd.us says companies take advantage of H-1B savings because it's allowed under the law, which he says is archaic and allows for that loophole.
"When Congress can't update a program after nearly two decades, people are going to take advantage of it," Schulte said. "It's not a program that is meant to substitute the American workers."
Ware says he's not shocked that tech companies, which typically lean Democrat, are struggling to pass immigration reform in a Republican controlled Congress, but does find it telling that farmers have not had more success.
"Farms have probably the strongest lobby in favor of immigration reform of any group in the U.S. … the farmers of course are you know, salt of the earth. They tend to vote very conservatively and, you know, it's hard for people to question their need," he said. "But again just because of generalized gridlock in Congress it's been like, even getting farmers this little piece of almost nothing has been very, very difficult."
Stuck at a standstill
Neither farmers nor tech businesses have any illusions about change coming soon, yet both fear what will happen if one doesn't ultimately come in time.
"No longer is it a situation where the U.S. can be laissez faire knowing that good workers will come because now there are a lot more players in the global market," Batalova said. "We're losing workers to other countries, that clearly is happening."
On the farms, owners worry not only about their livelihood, but what Americans will do if they have to decrease their yields year after year.
"I'm a farmer. We need help. We feed America. That's what we do. So I mean our hands are tied because we don't have the hands to go out and help harvest and maintain those crops," said Mosby of Mosby Farms. "So when you get something in a can, a bag, a box or frozen, there's been some Hispanic worker or migratory worker that has picked that rather than an American."
Miranda Green is the DecodeDC.com politics reporter, and is based in the Scripps News Washington Bureau. You can contact her at miranda.green@scripps.com , and you can follow her on Twitter @Mirandacgreen .


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Friday Links — February 15, 2008
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Mohja Kahf discusses how Muslim women are viewed in U.S. media.
Alefia Hussain of the Daily Times looks at what Pakistani elections have to offer women.
The Dutch government decides not to enact an outright ban on the burqa, but seeks to discourage women from wearing it.
Sultan Qaboos University in Oman studies women's participation in sports.
Muslim women in Calgary, Canada, defend their mosque from complaints of gender-related breaches of human rights.
One woman's horrific battle with an abusive husband.
An Indonesian woman who was reported as executed turns up at the Indonesian embassy—alive.
Al-Qaeda sends death threats to Asala Nasri warning her not to perform in Yemen on Valentine's Day. But they didn't send any threats to her male stage partner.
Spain's Partido Popular (a conservative party) plans on banning head scarves (among other things) if they gain power in the March 9 elections.
U.S.-style universities in Qatar build bridges for women's education.
Maura J. Casey discusses the closure of Iranian feminist magazine Zanan.
Remember those awesome posts we wrote about veil fetish art? The Pinup Shop Blog has an interesting take on veil fetishes. Caution: maybe not safe for work.
Rajaa Alsanea describes what Valentine's Day means to her as a Saudi woman.
Malalai Joya speaks to The Independent about how men in Afghanistan are twisting Islam to take rights away from women.
Muslim women in India learn about the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act.
Saudi women look for jobs in Kuwait: brain drain or Gulf countries looking out for each other?
One young girl hopes to become Afghanistan's next singing superstar.
Alleged assault of women and girls who lived/worked at a Muslim-owned bakery went on for more than thirty years before anyone did anything about it.
Film director Hana Makhhmalbaf kicks ass at this year's film festival in Berlin, Germany.
MidEastYouth interviews Samira, an electronica artist.
A Saudi woman seeks a divorce from her French husband.
An Iranian woman who was convicted of murdering her husband's first wife is let off for "flaws in the original investigation."
The New York Times profiles Turkish lawyer Fatma Benli.
Mona Eltahawy and Ayesha Khan discuss exactly why Sharia in the U.K. isn't a good idea for Muslim women.
The emirate of Sharjah, UAE, bans female mannequins.
A Saudi woman who was accused of practicing witchcraft will be executed. Human Rights Watch has appealed to the king to stop her execution. I wasn't able to find anything on the site that describes how we can help, so if you have any links to information or petitions, post 'em!
Bilkis Bano, a woman who endured serious attacks during the Gujarat rampage a few years ago, still fights for her justice. May Allah grant it to her!
Eleven Muslim women in Mississauga, Canada, graduate from their lifeguard training program. Their aim is
to give Muslim women a women-only space to swim. Barikallah!
Photographer Tasha Hakeem discusses her art, which aim to humanize women in the Middle East and Brazil.
The U.N.'s expert on violence against women, Yakin Erturk, gives Saudi Arabia a few pointers for how to improve Saudi women's lives.
The president of the Association of Moroccan Women in Italy makes some serious claimsItaly. about the state of Muslim women in
UNICEF finds that rape is becoming an epidemic in war zones like Sudan.
The Christian Science Monitor profiles two female Muslim directors who use their films to bring women's issues to light.

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Menkhorst, P & Knight, F 2001. 'Water Rats' are the elite squad of brave men and women fighting crime and guarding Sydney's harbour and … Conservation status: This species is listed as Least Concern in Queensland (Nature Conservation Act 1992). Can post $9, can combine if … Breeding can occur throughout the year, however most breeding occurs from spring to late summer. Also recorded from St Helena, Nth Stradbroke and Moreton Is. It will otherwise not be used or disclosed unless authorised or required by law. Native predators that die after eating, or attempting to eat, cane toads include goannas, freshwater crocodiles, tiger snakes, … 2004. Rattus fuscipes Identification: ... water and community. Reasonably common, though rarely seen. Geographic Range. All Queenslanders have a ' general biosecurity obligation ' under the . Red Witchweed found near Mackay. Water Rats 423 Dangerous Encounters by Şener Bor. Water Rats 2019 is fast approaching! This means that vegetation or buildings should not act as a form of shelter or attraction for vermin. The animals aren't found in Cape York Peninsula. They are potential carriers of diseases that can cause major health problems for humans. The scientific name of the Australian water-rat is Hydromys chrysogaster, which translates as "golden-bellied water mouse". The iconic and legendary Water Rats has re-opened under new ownership and new management. The Water Rats is a live music venue at 328 Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross, London, England.Until 1992, it was known as The Pindar of Wakefield and was famous for its regular old time music hall entertainment.. Bob Dylan played his first UK gig here in December 1962. The water rat spends most of its day in creek-bank burrows, but is mostly active around sunset when it comes out to feed, although it has also been known to forage during the day. It is now time to form a comity to guide The Water Rats into the future. If you would like to help in any capacity please put your hand up. It is time to start planning ahead. The event, now in its 11th year, was hosted by the Emerald SES and held at the Camp Fairbairn Outdoor Educational Centre. SES from central Queensland and as far south as Brisbane will be involved. The earless water rat (Crossomys moncktoni) inhabits mountains of eastern New Guinea, where it prefers cold, fast-flowing streams bordered by tropical forest or grass. There are at least 18 species, eight of which are classified as 'pathogenic'. As of 15th April 2020, rodents from pinkies to hoppers will be need to be pre-ordered as we will be having limited stock of these sizes in the freezer We have just re-affiliated with Triathlon Qld for the 2016-2017 season. … Similar to the Platypus and Common Ringtail Possum. ... To report rat infestations please call us on 07 3412 3412 or email us at council@logan.qld.gov.au. This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science. The water rat is well adapted to its watery world. Australia-wide. A field guide to the mammals of Australia. Smaller rat new in the packet although advertising missing from the packet. Water rats are nocturnal and specially adapted to live in waterways, with webbed feet and soft water-resistant fur. It builds a grass-lined nest at the entrance to its burrow which is usually hidden among vegetation and built at the end of tunnels in banks of rivers and lakes. Water Rats s05e08 Able To Leap Tall Buildings by Daisy Ella. The Native Water Rat (Hydromys chrysogaster) grows to 40 cm in length, has partially-webbed hind feet, water repellent fur and a tail that is tipped white. Until the late 1990s, when field surveys were carried out by WPSQ, very little was known of the water mouse (previously named the false water rat) and few specimens were collected. In Australia there are approximately 60 native species including the well known water rat, bush rat and stick-nest rats. Cover or remove water fountains, pet water bowls and ponds; store building materials above ground level. Following a significant decline in rainfall, the Gladstone Region was drought declared by the Queensland Government on 1 May 2019. We have just re-affiliated with Triathlon Qld for the 2016-2017 season. It is time to start planning ahead. Hydromys chrysogaster, commonly known as rakali, rabe or water-rat, is an Australian native rodent first described in 1804. Marissa Parrott, Author provided. Queensland, Australia. River banks, estuaries, beaches, mangroves, wharves, lakes, dams, creeks and polluted watercourses. Sydney. Water rat, any of 18 species of amphibious carnivorous rodents. The Greater Brisbane Region is home to seven species of native rodents and three introduced species. The Department of Environment and Science is committed to respecting, protecting and promoting human rights, and our obligations under the Human Rights Act 2019. Home of the Water Rats Our Swimming Program is designed to produce happy, confident swimmers. Angus and Robertson, Sydney. Rat says, "You never know what kind of impact you'll have on this big ole' world." One slight gesture today can cause a tidal wave of goodness the world over. Vermin includes rats and mice, which are capable of carrying or transmitting a disease. The new endemic group (Murinae), the 'true' rats, is considered the most successful rodent group with over 400 representatives worldwide. Our research, published today in Australian Mammalogy, found water rats in Western Australia adapted to hunt the highly poisonous toads less than two years after the toads moved into the rats' territory.The rats, which can grow to over 1kg, are the only mammal found to specifically target large toads, neatly dissecting the toads to eat their hearts and livers while avoiding the poisonous skin and glands. Native Water Rats. Males are territorial and in areas with high population densities, it is common to see water rats with damaged tails as a result of fights defending their areas. Rat poison also kills off wildlife that actually helps control the rodent population. The water rat has a wide distribution and can be found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, the southern coast of South Australia, and coastal regions of Western Au… State Emergency Service (SES) members from across Queensland assembled in Emerald last weekend for the annual 'Water Rats' training weekend. We acknowledge the First Peoples – the Traditional Owners of the lands where we live and work, and we recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. Red Witchweed (Striga asiatica) is a notifiable pest species.Early detection and control is vital to protect our agricultural industries. Remove access to water sources - rats drink about three times as much as they eat. Sighting data Download KML | CSV | GeoJson Species details Kingdom Animalia (animals) Class Mammalia (mammals) Family Muridae (rats and mice) Scientific name Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 … The eyes are small, the nostrils can be closed to keep water out, and the … In contrast, Australia's water rat, while in the same family, is an attractive native animal. Direct Debit. To set up a direct debit from your nominated cheque or savings account, please complete the Direct Debit Request form ( PDF, 0.78 MB ). That's the world of the WATER RATS. 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Published: 0622 GMT December 11, 2019
US Army will fund rare earths plant for weapons development
The US Army plans to fund construction of rare earths processing facilities, part of an urgent push by Washington to secure domestic supply of the minerals used to make military weapons and electronics, according to a government document seen by Reuters.
The move would mark the first financial investment by the US military into commercial-scale rare earths production since World War Two's Manhattan Project built the first atomic bomb.
It comes after President Donald Trump earlier this year ordered the military to update its supply chain for the niche materials, warning that reliance on other nations for the strategic minerals could hamper the US arms industry, Presstv Reported.
China, which refines most of the world's rare earths, has threatened to stop exporting the specialized minerals to the United States, using its monopoly as a cudgel in the ongoing trade spat between the world's two largest economies.
"The US rare earths industry needs big help to compete against the Chinese," said Jim McKenzie, chief executive officer of UCore Rare Metals Inc, which is developing a rare earths project in Alaska. "It's not just about the money, but also the optics of broad support from Washington."
The Army division overseeing munitions last month asked miners for proposals on the cost of a pilot plant to produce so-called heavy rare earths, a less-common type of the specialized minerals that are highly sought after for use in weaponry, according to the document.
Responses are due by Dec. 16. UCore, Texas Mineral Resources Corp and a joint venture between Lynas Corp and privately-held Blue Line Corp are among the expected respondents, according to company officials and sources familiar with the matter.
The Army said it will fund up to two-thirds of a refiner's cost and that it would fund at least one project and potentially more. Applicants must provide a detailed business plan and specify where they will source their ore, among other factors.
This latest move by the Army, a division of the Pentagon, comes after a military study earlier this year on the state of the US rare earths supply chain.
The rare earths tension between the US and China goes back to at least 2010, when China limited exports to Japan after a diplomatic dispute, sending prices for the niche metals spiking and fueling concerns across the US military that China could do the same to the United States.
The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center and the US Army headquarters did not respond to requests for comment.
The request does not give a specific financial amount the Army could fund, though it is derived in part from the Defense Production Act (DPA), a 1950s-era US law that gives the Pentagon wide financial latitude to procure equipment necessary for the national defense.
A rare earth processing pilot plant could cost between $5 million and $20 million, depending on location, size and other factors, with a full-scale plant potentially costing more than $100 million to build, industry executives said.
"It's great to see interest in financially supporting the industry from the Department of Defense," said Jon Blumenthal, CEO of Blue Line Corp, which earlier this year signed a memorandum of understanding to build a rare earth processing facility in Texas with Australia-based Lynas Corp.
Blumenthal declined to comment when asked if Blue Line will respond to the Army's request. Lynas declined to comment.
It is not clear how the Army will rank the responses given that much of the rare earths industry expertise is now located in China, though the modern rare earths industry itself had its genesis in the United States decades ago.
"Instead of providing funds for yet another study, this allocates money toward establishing a US-based rare earth supply chain," said Anthony Marchese, CEO of Texas Mineral Resources, which is developing the Round Top mine in Texas with USA Rare Earth.
After processing, however, rare earths need to be turned into rare earth magnets, found in precision-guided missiles, smart bombs and military jets and China controls the rare earths magnet industry, too.
The Pentagon has not yet launched an effort to finance domestic magnet manufacturing.
"Closing the magnet gap would do more to address the nation's defense needs, and as well the needs of electric vehicle makers and others," said Ryan Castilloux, managing director with Adamas Intelligence, a research firm that closely tracks the rare earths industry.
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Movie Review: 'Jumanji: The Next Level' Charming, Enjoyable
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Kevin Hart, Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan and Jack Black (L-R) star in "Jumanji: The Next Level" (Photo Credit: Hiram Garcia/Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.).
A Charming Little Movie
Kevin Hart is known as a charming little comedian.
He has made a great career out of making fun of his short stature.
Now, he has another charming little movie that children will particularly enjoy, not to mention a lot of adults, with "Jumanji: The Next Level."
In the movie "Jumanji: The Next Level," Spencer (Alex Wolff) has not been himself since going off to college.
He drifts off into space while at his job.
He clumsily bumps into pedestrians constantly on the streets of New York City.
And he does not really know the status of his long distance relationship with his girlfriend, Martha (Morgan Turner).
Nevertheless, he is looking forward to returning home to hook up with old friends, including Martha, despite the awkwardness that surely will ensue.
But Spencer's discomfort continues when he finally makes it home after damaging his luggage on the way out of New York City.
He has a new roommate that he has to get accustomed to sharing space with.
No, he does not have a new roommate in the college dormitory.
Spencer has a new roommate at his mother's house.
He has to share twin beds with his grandfather Eddie (Danny DeVito) who cannot stay alone at his apartment because he just underwent hip surgery.
While Eddie thinks he is in perfect shape, walking and standing becomes a chore f0r the stubborn old man as a result of the surgery.
Eddie is stubborn like many grandfathers because with age usually comes wisdom.
Although Spencer has taken a break from his relationship with Martha, Eddie informs his grandson that he needs to enjoy these years because they are the best years of his life.
Eddie warns Spencer that it is all down hill from here, as he gets older.
Although he has no problem with Spencer hanging out with old friends and old flames, he hates the restaurant choice that Spencer's friends pick for their reunion.
The gang will all meet up at a restaurant called Nora's.
However, when Martha, Fridge and Bethany show up at Nora's Diner, formerly known as Milo and Eddie's, Spencer is a no show.
The gang shows up at Spencer's mother's (Marin Hinkle) house to check on their friend, but only find Milo (Danny Glover) and Eddie holding down the fort.
Fearing the dreaded inevitable, the gang sneaks away from Milo and Eddie to see if Spencer is down in his mother's basement playing the video game that they vowed never to partake in again.
Seeing the "Jumanji" game out with the television on, the group knows that Spencer has gone back in and in order to get him out of the video game safely, they will have to go in too.
In "Jumanji: The Next Level," an evil warlord has stolen a precious red jewel that controls the livelihood of everyone that lives in Jumanji.
With the jewel in the wrong hands, and not facing the sun, the land has dried up and the existence of all mankind is in danger.
The gang has to find a way to get that jewel from the neck of the evil warlord before their three lives each expire.
But the problem is not just the game itself.
The biggest problem is the avatar that each person has to embody.
Fridge has come back in an avatar that looks like Jack Black ("Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle").
For a star football player like Fridge, having to become a pudgy map expert is an extreme insult.
Martha looks just like Karen Gillan.
But for some reason Bethany (Madison Iseman) has not shown up in Jumanji like the rest of her friends.
Accidentally, Eddie and Milo have shown up in Jumanji instead of Bethany.
Somehow, Grandpa Eddie looks just like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ("Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw").
When Grandpa Eddie says that he has not had a physique like Johnson's since…Milo responds since never.
He has never been in great shape like that despite what Eddie says.
Unfortunately, he still sounds like an old man with a lisp.
Furthermore, Milo now looks just like Kevin Hart ("Night School").
Milo is now a zoologist.
The problem with Milo's new profession is that he still speaks too slowly and takes too long to make his point, a constant criticism that Eddie has of his former best friend.
That slow pace leads to some fast problems in the form of wild animals like the horde of ostriches that do not particularly like the new inhabitants of Jumanji.
"Jumanji" remains an enjoyable franchise because of the uniqueness of real people getting stuck in a video game world.
Furthermore, with Hart playing an older man, he abandons the manic caricature of a personality that he plays in many of his movies.
Additionally, it is great to see such a great thespian like Glover taking on lighter roles this late in his career.
Moviegoers know he can pull off the seriously dramatic roles like in "The Color Purple," as well as the action rolls like "Lethal Weapon."
But over the last couple of years, Glover seems to relish the roles that show his fun side like in "The Dead Don't Die" and "Sorry to Bother You."
Lastly, "Jumanji: The Next Level" shows more uniqueness by having multiple actors playing the same character, and others as well.
Unfortunately, "Jumanji: The Next Level" cannot shed its juvenile feel.
Nevertheless, "Jumanji: The Next Level" has no intention of appearing like a serious film.
The film is enjoyable and charming and not a waste of time for moviegoers of all age groups.
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NARAL Pro-Choice America Responds to Outcome of Election in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 4, 2020
New Mexico — Yesterday, NARAL-endorsed Rep. Xochitl Torres Small narrowly lost her bid for reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District.
NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue released the following statement in response:
"Rep. Xochitl Torres Small ran an admirable race, and while we're disappointed in the results, we're grateful for all of Rep. Torres Small's work to protect and expand reproductive freedom during her time serving in the House of Representatives. There's no doubt that Yvette Herrell's anti-choice, anti-freedom views are wildly out of step with the vast majority of Americans who support the legal right to abortion. The stakes are higher than ever, and NARAL Pro-Choice American and our 2.5 million members will never stop fighting to defeat politicians like Yvette Herrell who work to interfere with personal decisions about our lives, families, and futures."
In the 2020 election cycle, NARAL Pro-Choice America ran its largest-ever electoral program designed to reach, persuade, and mobilize key voters in target states across the country who are motivated by Trump and Republicans' unyielding attacks on reproductive freedom.
New Mexico still has a dangerous pre-Roe abortion ban that is currently unconstitutonal and unenforceable, but has not been repealed. If Roe were to be overturned, the ban would allow for abortion only in a very limited number of cases, such as for survivors of rape or incest. With Roe in the crosshairs, the stakes for women and families in New Mexico are higher than ever.
Read more about NARAL's endorsed candidates here.
For over 50 years, NARAL Pro-Choice America and its network of state affiliates and chapters have fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom—including access to abortion, contraception, and paid family leave—for every body. NARAL is powered by its more than 2.5 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 7 in 10 Americans who believe every person should have the freedom to make the best decision for themselves about if, when, and how to raise a family.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace _02.Vehicle_Catalogue
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var cars = new List<Car>();
            var trucks = new List<Truck>();

            ReadVehicles(cars, trucks);
            PrintVehicles(cars, trucks);
            PrintAverage(cars, trucks);

        }

        private static void PrintAverage(List<Car> cars, List<Truck> trucks)
        {
            var sumCars = 0.0;
            var sumTrucks = 0.0;

            foreach (var car in cars)
            {
                sumCars += car.HorsePower;
            }
            var avgCars = sumCars / cars.Count;
            if (cars.Count==0)
            {
                avgCars = 0;
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Cars have average horsepower of: {0:F2}.",avgCars);

            foreach (var truck in trucks)
            {
                sumTrucks += truck.HorsePower;
            }
            var avgTrucks = sumTrucks / trucks.Count;
            if (trucks.Count == 0)
            {
                avgTrucks = 0;
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Trucks have average horsepower of: {0:F2}.", avgTrucks);

        }

        private static void PrintVehicles(List<Car> cars, List<Truck> trucks)
        {
            var model = Console.ReadLine();
            while (model != "Close the Catalogue")
            {
                if (cars.Select(x => x.Model).Contains(model))
            {
                foreach (var car in cars)
                {
                    if (car.Model == model)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Type: {0}", car.Type);
                        Console.WriteLine("Model: {0}", car.Model);
                        Console.WriteLine("Color: {0}", car.Color);
                        Console.WriteLine("Horsepower: {0}", car.HorsePower);

                    }
                }
            }

            else if (trucks.Select(x => x.Model).Contains(model))
            {
                foreach (var truck in trucks)
                {
                    if (truck.Model == model)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Type: {0}", truck.Type);
                        Console.WriteLine("Model: {0}", truck.Model);
                        Console.WriteLine("Color: {0}", truck.Color);
                        Console.WriteLine("Horsepower: {0}", truck.HorsePower);

                    }
                }
            }
                model = Console.ReadLine();
            }

        }

        private static void ReadVehicles(List<Car> cars, List<Truck> trucks)
        {
            var input = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');

            while (input[0] != "End")
            {
                var type = input[0].ToLower();
                var model = input[1];
                var color = input[2];
                var horsePower = int.Parse(input[3]);

                if (type == "car")
                {
                    var car = new Car
                    {
                        Model = model,
                        Color = color,
                        HorsePower = horsePower
                    };

                    cars.Add(car);
                }
                else
                {
                    var truck = new Truck
                    {
                        Model = model,
                        Color = color,
                        HorsePower = horsePower
                    };

                    trucks.Add(truck);
                }
                input = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
            }
        }

        class Car
        {
            public string Type { get; set; }

            public string Model { get; set; }

            public string Color { get; set; }

            public int HorsePower { get; set; }

            public Car()
            {
                Type = "Car";
            }

        }
        class Truck
        {
            public string Type { get; set; }

            public string Model { get; set; }

            public string Color { get; set; }

            public int HorsePower { get; set; }

            public Truck()
            {
                Type = "Truck";
            }
        }
    }
}

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Jan 20, 2023 Calculator, Date, eLearning, Online
A date calculator is a valuable tool for both business and personal use. It allows for easy calculation of time intervals, deadlines, and important dates. This can be especially useful for scheduling appointments, planning projects, and tracking important deadlines.
How a date calculator can increase productivity in the workplace?
In the workplace, a date calculator can be used to improve efficiency and productivity. By being able to quickly calculate deadlines and schedule meetings and appointments, employees can stay organized and on top of their tasks. This can lead to higher productivity and more efficient use of time. Additionally, a date calculator can be used to track important dates and milestones in a project, helping to ensure that deadlines are met and goals are achieved.
Use the Date Calculator for Personal Planning and Organization
A date calculator can also be a valuable tool for personal use. It can be used to track important dates, such as birthdays and anniversaries, and to plan for upcoming events. Additionally, it can be used to plan for long-term goals, such as saving for a vacation or a down payment on a house. By being able to easily calculate time intervals and deadlines, a date calculator can help individuals stay organized and on track towards achieving their goals.
Advantages of digital date calculators over traditional methods
Digital date calculators, such as those found in apps and online tools, offer a number of advantages over traditional methods of calculating dates. For one, they are much faster and more accurate than manual calculations. They also have the ability to automatically adjust for leap years and other special cases, which can save time and reduce the chance of errors. Digital date calculators also have the ability to save and organize information, making it easy to access and refer back to important dates and calculations.
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A date calculator can also be used as a tool for time management. By being able to easily calculate time intervals and deadlines, individuals can better plan and prioritize their tasks. This can lead to better use of time and increased productivity. Additionally, a date calculator can help with long-term planning by allowing individuals to set and track goals, such as saving for a vacation or paying off debt.
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Coronavirus sinks global oil markets with no bottom in sight
Monday, March 23, 2020 by: Michael Alexander
Tags: Collapse, coronavirus, covid-19, crude oil, economic collapse, economics, economy, energy, finance, gasoline, oil markets, pandemic, petrol, petroleum, petroleum products, priority, risk
(Natural News) Gas prices are expected to slide down further this month, according to fuel price analysts. This is after oil prices plunged by as much as 26 percent on Wednesday? — an 18-year low.
Patrick De Haan, Head of Petroleum Analysis at Gas Buddy, said the worldwide decline in crude oil prices can be linked to the current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
"The coronavirus has caused countries to be in lockdown, limiting driving, flying and overall movement in order to contain the spread. This means very little need for oil," De Haan said, noting that the resulting lockdowns triggered a chain reaction and affected other countries as well.
De Haan also expects the national average to soon hit $1.99, with $1.49 on the horizon and some stations even potentially pricing a gallon of regular as low as 99 cents. The last time prices dropped below $1.60 was during the 2008 financial crisis, where it fell from a July high of $4.10.
While consumers? — or those who are still allowed to travel amidst countless lockdowns being implemented throughout the country? — may be feeling ecstatic over looming price reductions in fuel, business analysts say they are starting to feel a chill coming.
"The market is cascading. It's trying to search for a bottom and it doesn't seem able to find one," Gene McGillian, vice president of research at Stamford, Connecticut-based firm Tradition Energy, said in a report by Reuters.
"There are fears of an economic collapse because of what this virus represents, globally," McGillian said.
Challenges in both supply and demand
In addition to the coronavirus, another more pressing issue is impacting the price of petroleum on the global market: the tug-of-war between petroleum giants Saudi Arabia and Russia.
The global oil market was already at a slump when Saudi Arabia decided this month to increase its supply, as well as slash prices. According to the report, the kingdom's move was done in retaliation to Russia's refusal to cut output in anticipation of weaker global demand due to the coronavirus.
According to Business Insider, the kingdom is set to increase its oil production to 12.3 million barrels per day (BPD) from about 9.7 million.
Moscow, meanwhile, is also set to increase its production, with Energy Minister Alexander Novak claiming that the country can ramp output by 500,000 BPD.
As a result, Brent crude traded at $26.01 Wednesday, down by around 9 percent, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) stood at $22.73, which is more than 15 percent lower.
According to analysts, if the price war between Saudi and Russia continues, the world oil market will likely see a massive surplus that could easily overwhelm global storage. (Related: Coronavirus sinks Dow into bear market territory, other major indices down 5% – the bear is back with a vengeance)
"In our base case, inventories would rise by an almost unprecedented 4 million BPD in the second quarter," analysts at Bank of America said, adding that this number could still climb up to as high as 10 million BPD in a severe surplus.
Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research, in an interview with MarketWatch, described the current oil market situation as "the worst I've ever seen."
"The problem is that distressed companies might feel the need to dump at any price, which will create pain throughout the industry unlike anything seen before," Lynch said.
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Q: Show specific child row in datatables Let's say that I have a added 2 children to a datatable row using row().child()
row.child([item1, item2]);

Later, I would like to show one of the children, without regenerating it. row.child.show() works fine, except that it shows both childs.
How to show a specific child from row.child?
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/mg22w6o5/
Try clicking the first generated row. How to only show one of the childs?
My current solution if it helps anyone: http://jsfiddle.net/mg22w6o5/4/

A: There is no direct API to selectively show or hide child rows. There is row().child() that returns jQuery collection of all child <tr> rows though but it's not helpful in this situation.
The possible solution would be to recreate child rows as shown below:
var dummyChilds = [['child 1'], ['child 2']];

table.row(0).child(dummyChilds);

$('#example tbody').on( 'click', 'tr', function () {
    var row = table.row(this);
    var children = row.child();

    if(children){
       var child = row.child;

       // Recreate children rows
       row.child(dummyChilds[0]);

       if ( row.child.isShown() ) {
           child.hide();
       } else {
           child.show();
       }
    }
} );

See this JSFiddle for demonstration.

A: You can get it by number of the node:
row.childNodes[0];

If you have unique id's or classes there is also find() in jquery.

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Without question, this is the most tested recipe on Cooking with Mamma C. I stopped counting after nine versions.
You see, I had a vision for baked, gluten-free onion rings using seasoned Parmesan as the "breading." And I wanted them in time for the Super Bowl. And I wasn't giving up until I got it right.
So, I kept going, sometimes baking just one or two rings at a time to test my latest theory of how to get the coating to adhere, how to make the onion rings crispy, how to prevent the Parmesan from burning on the bottom…and how to incorporate melted butter. I wanted to model these after our beloved Parmesan Chicken Drumsticks with Garlic Butter, Lemon Parmesan Cod with Garlic Butter and Baked Parmesan Shrimp with Garlic Butter.
"Did somebody say, 'ONION RINGS??!!'" He was more than willing to fulfill his food-blogger-spousal duties. And, apparently, I was a little too enthusiastic about all the sampling that day. (Scroll down two paragraphs if you don't want to get grossed out.) The next morning, during cycling class, where I usually log in 17-19 miles but once did 20…last chance to bail…I used my clean towel to wipe the sweat off my face…and the towel reeked of onions!
I really took one for the team. OK, I guess my classmate suffered the most.
That's all, folks. You've got to try these!
Must.Have.Baked.Onion.Rings for the Super Bowl. Just don't go to the gym the next morning.
Watch the video to learn how to make Baked Parmesan Gluten-Free Onion Rings!
Crispy & delicious! Note that you'll need five Ziploc bags (quart or gallon sized) to make it easier to coat the rings.
Heat your oven to 400 degrees F. Peel your onion, rinse it and pat it dry. Slice off the root and stem ends. Slice the onion into circles 1/2-inch thick (see photos). Separate the onion into rings by gently pushing through the center of each slice.
Place two egg whites into a liquid measuring cup or a soup bowl. Use a fork to beat the egg whites until they are a little frothy.
Set up an assembly line from left to right with your onion rings, the corn starch, the cup or bowl of egg whites, the bag of Parmesan coating, and your baking sheet that has a wire mesh cooling rack placed on it. (See photos.) Have three forks ready: one for the corn starch, one for the egg whites and one for the cheese coating.
To dip, place an onion ring into the bag of corn starch, hold the bag closed, and shake it a bit until the onion ring is coated inside and out. Use a fork to loop inside the ring and lift it out, shaking off excess corn starch into the bag.
Drop the onion ring into the egg whites. With your egg white fork, scoop the egg whites over and inside the onion ring to coat it. Lift the ring out of the egg whites, letting any excess drip off.
Next, transfer the onion ring to the bag of Parmesan coating. Close the bag and shake it until the ring is coated inside and out. Use your Parmesan fork to lift out the onion ring and shake off excess cheese into the bag.
Place your coated onion ring onto the rack in your baking pan. Continue the process, adding two onion rings at a time (or a little more if they fit) to your corn starch bag. Remove one ring at a time from the corn starch and continue dipping that ring until it's ready to be placed on the rack. It helps to place rings of similar size next to each other on the rack, and you should be able to fit about 12 rings at a time on the rack.
Bake the onion rings for 11-14 minutes, or until they are crispy and reddish golden. Mine take 13 minutes, but it will depend on your oven. Don't let them burn.
Discard your bags with leftover corn starch or Parmesan mixture. If you have any leftover Parmesan blend from your mixing bowl, and it has not touched the raw egg whites, you can save it for another use.
Store leftovers in a tightly closed container in the refrigerator for up to five days.
I'm counting four onion rings as an appetizer serving.
The onions themselves (inside the crisp coating) are crisp-tender after being baked. If you want soft onions on the inside, you have to soak them for 30 minutes in ice water, then pat them dry before dipping them. I found them too soft that way.
There is not a video link above the recipe. Also, how do you reheat the onion rings after they are stored in the fridge?
Hi Beth – If you're viewing the post on your phone, the video is right above the recipe card. If you're viewing the post on your computer, the video is after the first photo. Just scroll down a bit until you see a video player. As for reheating these onion rings, you'll get crispier results in the oven or toaster oven, as opposed to the microwave. Try 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
Thank you for the helpful hints! When you reheat, do you use the same procedure as when they were originally baked or do you cover them with foil to prevent further cooking or browning?
You should be able to just lay them on a foil-lined pan without covering them. I haven't tried it, since we usually eat these so fast or just reheat them in the microwave, which isn't ideal.
How many are a serving for the nutrition.
Hi Andra – There are four in a serving.
I can't find the video to watch how these onion rings are made, but would love to try them. Would probably feel better about it if I could see the video.
Hi Pam – The video is located just above the recipe card.
Hi Melissa – I don't currently provide nutritional information for my recipes, but will be implementing that in coming months. Meanwhile, you could try one of the calorie sites online.
A little late to the party, but I've made these a couple times and have changed the methodology just slightly. Firstly, I soak my rings in buttermilk – my husband travels and has a sensitivity to smelling like onions and garlic next to the poor guy (or gal) sitting next to him on a plane. Soaking them for a few hours in the fridge helps draw out that smell, and enhances the tender sweetness of the onion. Secondly, I added the cornstarch to the parmesan and saved a bag and a step. Worked out fabulously. I actually didn't need as much cornstarch as the recipe called for. Finally, I baked these in my Cuisinart Air Fryer and they turned out really great. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks for sharing your tips, Susan! I'm so glad these worked out for you.


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> Interviews held on 11 December 2007 and 14 January 2008
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Transcription of the interview with Étienne Davignon (Brussels, 11 December 2007 and 14 January 2008)
Transcription of the interview with Étienne Davignon, Head of Cabinet of Belgian Foreign Ministers Paul-Henri Spaak from 1964 to 1966 and Pierre Harmel from 1966 to 1969, Director-General for Policy in the Belgian Foreign Ministry from 1969 to 1976, author of a report on the problems of political unification (the Davignon Report) in 1970, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Energy Agency from 1974 to 1977, Member of the Commission of the European Communities with special responsibility for the Internal Market and Industrial Affairs, the Customs Union, the Information Market and Innovation, Energy, the Euratom Supply Agency and International Nuclear Relations from 1977 to 1981, and Vice-President of the Commission of the European Communities with special responsibility for Industrial Affairs, Energy, the Euratom Supply Agency, Research and Science and the Joint Research Centre from 1981 to 1985, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) on 11 December 2007 and 14 January 2008 in the studios of the Council of the European Union in Brussels. The interview was conducted by Étienne Deschamps, a Researcher at the CVCE, and particularly focuses on the following subjects: the empty chair crisis, Paul-Henri Spaak's European commitment, the question of British accession to the European Communities and the 'Harmel Report', the Hague Summit in 1969, Pierre Werner and the Werner Report, the 'Davignon Report', the European Communities and the 1973 oil crisis, the 'Davignon Plan', the establishment of an industrial policy at Community level and Davignon's work at the Commission of the European Communities.


Peter has been an AMMPT committee member in the past and strengthens the television background of the group. His experience provides a balance of expertise to the committee. Peter Goodall was a pioneering television news cameraman when TVW Channel 7 first opened, working there from 1959 to 1966. He later returned to be predominantly a studio director between 1979 and 1983.
Father Leith Goodall (1903-1978) was a founding member of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). Leith was posthumously inducted into the ACS Hall of Fame in 1998, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of cinematography, and for distinguished service to the ACS.
No doubt father Leith was a big influence on both sons, as he enjoyed a long career, both behind the camera and exhibiting films. After working 20 years for Hoyts Theatres, in which time he became chief projectionist and theatre manager, he then spent four years as a cameraman for Fox Movietone News. In the 1940's he formed in partnership, which resulted in Southern Cross Films Ltd. For six years, he produced a great number of documentaries in 16mm and 35mm for Government departments and industry. In 1947, when the Mayfair Theatrette was opened in the basement of Sheffield House at 721 Hay Street, Perth, the cinema owner soon found that he could not get newsreels from Cinesound Review or Australian Movietone News, so Leith Goodall was enlisted to produce a weekly "Westralian News", which screened every Friday and ran for 35 weeks until the national newsreels were made available. Then in 1952, Leith joined the WA Education Department's film unit and continued to produce documentaries and promotion programs for the WA State Government, including the WA Tourist Bureau. It was with this unit, a little later, that he would work with Daryl Binning, the founder of the Australian Museum of Motion Picture and Television (AMMPT), and Alex McPhee snr. Alex McPhee jun, would later work with Peter Goodall at TVW Channel 7, with Peter being an inaugural member of AMMPT and a member of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), like his father. Brother Michael Goodall started in television with the competition, WA's second commercial television station, STW Channel 9, working in the film department and as the official stills photographer, before venturing into news camera work too. Later, he too was a cameraman in the newsroom at TVW from 1971 to 2003, continuing the Goodall family tradition. Michael Goodall covered the transition from film to electronic news gathering (ENG) between 1971 and 2003, whilst Peter also used ENG equipment on his move to the ABC in Perth.
Veteran cine cameraman Peter Goodall traces his story from his father's influence as a pioneer himself, his introduction to television as a news cameraman to his career as a program maker, director and teacher. In Part 1, Peter describes the early tools of news gathering and the occasional tribulations.
Peter Goodall tells Richard Ashton about his most memorable experience as a News cameraman for TVW Channel 7 in Perth, during the first decade of television in Western Australia. Peter details the events surrounding Donald Campbell breaking the world water speed record on Lake Dumbleyung. He piloted his jet boat Bluebird K7 across the lake at the remarkable speed of 444.71 km/h (276.33 mph) in the afternoon of 31st December 1964. Sadly, on 4th January 1967, Campbell's attempt to set a water speed record in the same boat on Coniston Water in Cumbria, England, of over 300 mph resulted in it crashing and killing him. The boat recovery was finally undertaken and his body located in 2001.
Veteran television program maker Peter Goodall has been a news cameraman and teacher in the field of cinematography and a live show studio director. In Part 3, Peter traces his time from leaving TVW Channel 7 in Perth during 1966 to teach, and then return following the death of this film pioneering father Leith Goodall in 1978. Peter returned to TVW in 1979 as a cinematographer to work with friend Brian Williams, but when the budget ran out, took on the role of studio director for the Stephanie Quinlan hosted Today Show.
Veteran cine cameraman Peter Goodall demonstrates a range of early cameras from an era when film was the prime visual source of television news coverage. As videotape equipment and electronic cameras became smaller, film was displaced by the new medium, which required no processing. The early 16mm black and white film was shot on reversal stock, which meant that the film shot by the camera was developed using a variety of chemical tanks to produce a direct positive image. That same film would then be edited and finally taken to telecine, where the moving image was projected onto an electronic camera tube, to produce the television image. The reversal film process avoided the need for a negative stage, which then would have required time consuming printing and further developing to achieve the normal positive image. The first camera shown is the Bell & Howell 70DR which had an impact when television stations ventured out of the studio and incorporated film into the nightly news programs. Some of the most dramatic close combat footage from the Vietnam war was shot using these cameras. The second camera is the Paillard Bolex automatic loading non reflex 16mm camera which was also a good animation camera. The third camera shown is the Cinema Products CP-16 Sound Camera, which was primarily designed for television news filming and were quite popular before the advent of portable videotape Electronic News Gathering (ENG) formats, as well as for documentary and drama production. They featured a magnetic audio system with a built in mixer that recorded onto special pre-striped 16mm single perforated magnetic sound film. It accepted a 400 foot film magazine.


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