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Molly McHugh
Uber and Lyft Drivers Work Dangerous Jobs—But They're on Their Own
Is the risk worth the reward?
Harry Campbell.Christie Hemm Klok/WIRED
Harry Campbell was driving a man home one night when, upon stopping at a light, the passenger stripped off all of his clothes, ran naked around the car, and then got back in as if nothing at all had happened. Odd, yes, but just another night as an Uber driver. Even now, Campbell is nonplussed. "I think it was a dare," he says. "Every driver has a story like that"
Or worse. Uber horror stories are nothing new. But most of them are stories about passengers victimized by drivers. Such headlines are hardly exclusive to Uber: plenty of sharing economy ventures bring their share of cautionary tales.
'When you get into a taxi, there's a reason there's plexiglass between you and the driver.'
What gets far less attention is the abuse, verbal and physical, that drivers endure. In November, a shocking video of a drunken Taco Bell executive beating an Uber driver went viral. More recently, a witness filmed a Miami doctor trying to kick a driver before trashing his car. And these are just a few incidents that made headlines. No matter what you call it, providing rides to strangers carries the risk of harassment and violence—it's why your parents told you never to pick up hitchhikers. But while the risk to passengers of using ridesharing services has been widely debated, the risk to drivers has been largely ignored.
Just how great a risk drivers face is difficult to quantify. Because the ridesharing industry is so new, and laws regulating it so patchwork, official figures are tough to come by, and the big companies don't share specifics about incidents their drivers report. Still, online forums for drivers brim with descriptions of attacks on drivers by passengers, both verbal and physical, such as a driver posted a video of being spit on and punched.
You might think ridesharing companies would be doing everything they can to ensure driver safety. But it turns out what they can do is limited by the kind of businesses they are. Because drivers operate as independent contractors instead of employees, the companies can't offer true safety training. Under federal law, training is a signifier that someone is an employee, and both Uber and Lyft have fought bitterly against re-classifying drivers as employees. By the very nature of how on-demand businesses operate today, drivers in many ways have to go it alone.
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Hard Numbers
When it comes to threats to driver safety, Lyft says it "keeps detailed records" whenever it's contacted about a ride-related incident. Uber also says it tracks incidents involving the safety of drivers. But the companies declined to share specific numbers.
Still, if ridesharing companies don't make their figures public, federal regulators do. "Taxi drivers are over 20 times more likely to be murdered on the job than other workers," the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in 2010. In a 2014 report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that of 3,200 3,200 taxi drivers who were hurt or killed on the job, 180 sustained injuries caused by a violent person---about 5.6 percent.
It isn't that ridesharing companies aren't aware of the risk. Seemingly in response to some of the more outrageous recent incidents, Uber recently tested a "toy" intended to distract drunk, obnoxious passengers: a Bop-It, a puzzle-type game that drivers put in their backseats.
"Our pilot with Bop-Its, we thought 'OK maybe in certain contexts, it would be a good idea to entertain people so they're in a better mood and ... going in a direction that might not be helpful," says Joe Sullivan, Uber's chief security officer. In other markets, he says Uber is testing mirrors that face passengers---the idea is that seeing yourself behaving like an ass might prompt you to stop behaving like an ass. Uber concedes these ideas might sound silly, but the point is that it's constantly seeking high as well as low-tech ways of keeping everyone in the car safe.
But some drivers remain skeptical. "It's kind of stupid to think they can pacify a bunch of drunk passengers with a Bop-It versus investing in real safety measures," says Campbell, who runs The Rideshare Guy, a popular blog about driving for Uber and Lyft.
Fending for Themselves
Of course, drivers do have some control over just how much risk they take on. They can choose not to work in the wee hours or to avoid those parts of town where they may not feel safe. They can also try not to pick up passengers at bars and other locales. And many drivers do just that, even though it may cut into their pay.
But these precautions don't guarantee that drivers won't find themselves in a sketchy situation. The geolocation feature in the Uber and Lyft apps aren't always 100 percent precise; a driver who thinks he's headed toward a well-lit location may find himself instead driving down a dark alley. And abusive jerks don't come out only at night, nor are they found only in bars. As it turns out, picking up strangers in your car is an inherently risky job.
And that leaves drivers to fend for themselves—which in a sense also makes them the real experts on their own safety, at least those who've put in time on the road. "They're the ones who've been in the cars for tons of nights, and they're the people we want to learn from and help them connect with other drivers," says Uber's Sullivan. "We see it happening informally at driver support centers and in forums."
But that's not enough for some drivers.
"When you get into a taxi, there's a reason there's plexiglass between you and the driver," Campbell says.
Reputation for Safety
When app-based ridesharing started, companies pitched themselves as better than cabs in every way---friendlier, cleaner, and safer. Logins via Facebook or the apps themselves provided a measure of comfort for everyone, because they made drivers' and passengers' identities known to each other. Rating systems were intended to provide further peace of mind. If someone was a jerk, whether driver or passenger, eventually they'd be booted off the platform.
But ridesharing has exploded in popularity since then, and those reputation-based safety measures aren't keeping pace. It's one thing when you have a small group of passengers and drivers tracking each other. But when countless drivers and passengers are joining and leaving the system every day, reputation-based systems become less compelling. It's entirely possible that a four or five-star passenger has a bad day or too much to drink. And drivers, drawn by the lure of surge pricing, might put aside their reservations and decide to pick up that obviously intoxicated guy at 2:30 am.
Some drivers say the haste to recruit and retain new drivers can make their own safety feel like an afterthought.
To keep up with demand, to grow at the pace expected of venture-backed tech startups, and to compete with each other, Uber and Lyft are in a constant race to recruit and retain drivers. And some drivers say that haste can make their own safety feel like an afterthought. Drivers get a few tips on how to look out for themselves, but these are easily overlooked or soon forgotten in the haste to get more drivers on the road.
"Uber does no training at all. I never felt safe driving for Uber," says one former driver who asked not to be identified for fear of jeopardizing his current job and the possibility of going back to driving.
The driver, who says he has worked in Seattle and Southern California, said he carried a gun for safety while driving in Washington State, where he had a concealed carry permit. He quit carrying a gun upon moving to California because the state doesn't allow it.
The driver says he often drove in the same area in and around Newport Beach where the Taco Bell exec allegedly attacked Uber driver Edward Caban. (The executive, Benjamin Goldman, is suing Caban for $5 million, claiming Caban illegally recorded the assault.) He called it quits shortly after hearing about the attack. "At that point, it wasn't worth it for me at all."
Ride Sense
Old-school taxi drivers know certain safety-related tricks of the trade, like turning off the car, grabbing your keys, and stepping out of the vehicle before kicking out a passenger---that way they can't attack you from behind. Many cities require cab companies to expressly inform drivers about the risks associated with driving a cab and how to handle violent or unruly passengers. Cab drivers may receive fairly rigorous training, which includes a discussion of safety. Taxis themselves are often fitted with standard safety precautions such as plexiglass dividers and video cameras. Some also have GPS units installed directly in vehicles, which are much harder to remove or switch off than GPS in a phone.
San Francisco law requires that taxis come equipped with video cameras and that cabs advertise clearly that passengers are being recorded, says Bob Cassinelli, a spokesman for Yellow Cab San Francisco. "We take the approach that nobody wants to be seen behaving badly on a camera and tell people, 'Look you're being recorded, keep that in mind,'" he says. "We approach these things on a preventative basis." The company says that assaults against drivers declined after it started installing cameras in cars.
'We take the approach that nobody wants to be seen behaving badly on a camera.'
Bob Cassinelli, Yellow Cab San Francisco
Ridesharing companies are less concrete when describing precautions taken on behalf of drivers.
Lyft spokeswoman Alexandra LaManna says safety is "top priority."
"For drivers who feel uncomfortable with their passenger, we encourage them to stop and end the ride," she says. "We also have a trust and safety team available 24/7 for emergencies and a dedicated critical response line to immediately reach specially trained experts on the phone."
Dorothy Chou, who works on Uber's public policy team, says safety is built into the product, providing a level of protection to drivers that didn't used to exist, largely thanks the app. She points to standard features meant to prioritize driver safety, including GPS-tracking and Uber's ratings system, which allows drivers to know who's in a vehicle and whether a passenger is a problem. Cashless payments, meanwhile, reduces the possibility of being robbed on site.
She also says Uber gives drivers tips on high-traffic holidays like Halloween and New Year's Eve on how to handle unruly riders. Still, the recent experiments with Bop-Its and mirrors suggest Uber is aware there's more to be done. Among other things, the company is hiring a behavioral scientist to focus on safety.
Safety Limits
Still, ridesharing companies' independent contractor business models only allow them to do so much to ensure driver safety. True training would put that employment classification at risk and bolster claims that drivers should be made full employees. And employee status that would have huge financial implications for the companies for things like unemployment benefits, health insurance, taxes, lawsuits, and liability, says Stefani Johnson, an assistant professor of human resources at the University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business.
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"The more control ... a company has over its workers, the more likely a court is to uphold that those workers are employees rather than independent contractors," says Johnson. "Offering training to employees enhances the employee-employer relationship because the company has greater control over the drivers."
What might better safety measures look like? Campbell suggests offering drivers free or heavily subsidized dash cams---something he's long suggested every Uber driver buy. (Sullivan says Uber is always looking at new pilots, but hasn't decided to do one with dash cams yet.) Companies can also make absolutely clear to passengers that abusing drivers in any way will not be tolerated and will get them quickly banned—and not just when a video of a drunken moron attacking a driver goes viral.
"I do think with the high publicity stuff, they take the driver's side really quickly," says Campbell of Uber's handling of the Taco Bell exec and Miami cases. "They support the driver, they kick the passenger off the platform."
But for the everyday cases that don't get thousands of views, he believes ridesharing companies can do more: "They haven't really put their money where their mouth is." The only problem: doing more could cost them a lot more money.
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Scientists are using bacteria to remove harmful contaminants from our water. Here's how.
When it comes to water contamination, bacteria are often seen as the problem. In some cases, they can be part of the solution instead.
Hannah Thomasy
Editor's note: This story originally appeared in Ensia and is printed here as part of a republishing partnership. Read the original here.
John Coates' laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, hums with activity. Negative 80-degree freezers whirr, liquid nitrogen bubbles, grad students meticulously measure and mix complicated concoctions. But all of this is nothing compared with the commotion going on at a microscopic level.
The Coates lab is growing many different kinds of bacteria, multiplying in petri dishes at mind-boggling rates. But these bacteria aren't out to harm people or animals. In fact, quite the opposite — they're hard at work breaking down a dangerous chemical that pollutes waterways across the United States.
The chemical, called perchlorate, comes from rocket fuel, munitions and fireworks. It's dangerous to humans because it can impair thyroid function. It can also affect the thyroid in freshwater animals like fish and amphibians, even altering gonad development in some animals. But certain bacteria, including several species of Dechloromonasand Azospira, have evolved to use perchlorate to make energy-storing molecules. In the process, they turn it into harmless chloride and oxygen.
Coates is just one of many scientists across the globe who are working to harness the ability of various bacteria to remove harmful pollutants from water. This is no easy task. There are thousands of different pollutants — industrial chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, metals and more — and no one microbe can break down all. Also, because bacteria need special conditions to survive, it can be difficult to incorporate them into water treatment systems.
In spite of these challenges, Coates sees a future full of possibility. "It's really just a question of sitting down and spinning your brain around all the cool, novel aspects of these organisms and then asking where can we apply this?" he says.
Perchlorate decon
Perchlorate is mostly used in rocket fuels and munitions. Improper storage or disposal of rockets or debris may contaminate the environment. Through leaks or explosions, perchlorate can also pollute waterways near manufacturing plants. It's water soluble and chemically stable, so it can persist in ground and surface water for decades.
And that's bad news for people whose drinking water comes from contaminated sources, especially pregnant women and children. Perchlorate has been shown to impair thyroid function; proper thyroid function is essential for normal brain development during the prenatal period and during childhood.
When Coates submitted his first academic paper on perchlorate-degrading bacteria in 1998 (it was published in 1999), there were only a few bacterial species known to be capable of performing this feat. Coates wanted to see if there were more.
"It turns out that the microorganisms that use perchlorate are essentially ubiquitous — they're not difficult to find. And you can culture them fairly readily. To remediate perchlorate, you just needed to create specific conditions," he says.
The way to do this is to use something called a bioreactor — a home for bacteria that provides all the nutrients and minerals they need to thrive. It's similar to a fermenting tank for beer, except instead of yeast converting sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide, perchlorate-destroying bacteria turn dangerous perchlorate into harmless chloride and oxygen. Contaminated ground or surface water gets pumped into the bioreactors, which are full of these bacteria. Once the bacteria have broken down the perchlorate, the water is filtered and sterilized to remove bacteria. The decontaminated water can then be sent to consumers or pumped back into the ground.
Thanks to discoveries made by Coates and a legion of other scientists, perchlorate-decontaminating bioreactors have been applied in the real world with great success. Large-scale perchlorate bioreactors are now at work cleaning contaminated water at several sites in California, Kansas, Texas and Utah. These bioreactors are astonishingly efficient: The bioreactor-based groundwater treatment plant in Rialto, California, for example, is capable or decontaminating 2,000 gallons (over 7,500 liters) of perchlorate-polluted water per minute — that's more than a billion gallons (over 3.7 billion liters) a year. In fact, Coates says that the bacterial removal of perchlorate represents one of the largest-scale bioremediation projects in the world.
Converting uranium
Implementing bioreactor technologies isn't always so straightforward, even when the bioreactor performs well in the lab. A bioreactor designed by Bruce Rittmann, the director of the Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, was initially used to remove water contaminants like perchlorate and trichloroethene, but can also be used to remove uranium and other metals from water. This kind of contamination can occur around uranium mines and mills, especially older abandoned ones. In people, drinking water contaminated with uranium can cause kidney damage; uranium is also toxic to fish, decreasing their reproductive success.
The bacteria in the bioreactor can't destroy the uranium, but they can convert it to a form that separates from water. Once the uranium comes out of the solution, it's much easier to remove —think about the difference between taking a sugar cube out of a glass of water and trying to remove the sugar once it's dissolved. In tests, Rittmann's bioreactor removed about 95 percent of the uranium from a contaminated water supply.
Rittmann says it would be relatively straightforward to construct a bioreactor system in currently operational mines that already have some sort of water treatment system in place. However, cleaning up abandoned mines would be more difficult, since they have no such infrastructure. There are about 4,000 abandoned uranium mines in America's western states.
This technology, Rittmann says, can be applied not just to water contaminated by uranium mines but also to wastewater from precious metal mines, including silver, gold and palladium. "In these cases, the materials that we produce — the solids these microbes remove from the water — are really valuable. We're working on the development of this technology not only to remove pollutants but to generate high value. It's a good deal," he says.
Beyond the bioreactor
What if we want to break down pollutants in places where building bioreactors isn't feasible, like in runoff from agricultural fields contaminated with pesticides? Colin Scott, head of the Biocatalysis & SynBio Team at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), may have an answer.
Bacteria make enzymes, and it's these enzymes that do the dirty work of actually breaking down pollutants. So, Scott and his team are experimenting with bacterial enzymes to decontaminate water systems polluted with pesticides and herbicides. Enzymes aren't alive, so they don't need nutrients, which means they can be used in places that bacteria won't survive. They can't reproduce or adapt, so won't multiply and disturb delicate ecosystems.
"Enzymes themselves are terrific because they're really specific for the thing that you want them to do, so they don't have any other effects. And they're also biodegradable, so they don't persist in the environment," says Scott.
Such enzymes are not yet used on a large scale, but they've been successful in field tests. For example, a bacterial enzyme called OP-A is capable of breaking down organophosphate insecticides, which have been linked to deficits in attention, coordination and memory, especially in agricultural workers. In field trials, the OP-A enzyme reduced levels of the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos — linked to impaired brain development in children — in contaminated field runoff by 99 percent in just eight hours. (Since these tests, the researchers say they have developed an improved version of OP-A, known as A900.)
The specificity of enzymes is both their brilliance and their downfall. On one hand, high specificity means that enzymes aren't likely to produce unwanted side effects, like harming plants or animals. On the other hand, there are thousands of different pollutants, which means we'll need a lot of different enzymes.
After an appropriate enzyme has been identified, scientists have to figure out how to cost-effectively mass produce it. Since enzymes usually biodegrade quickly, scientists have to make sure the enzyme stays intact long enough to do its job. They also have to run safety studies to make sure that whatever components the enzymes break the pollutant down into aren't also toxic.
There's still a lot of work to be done. At the science level, we need to identify and characterize bacteria that can break down specific pollutants. Although bacteria for degrading or removing contaminants like perchlorate, uranium and certain pesticides are well understood, as-yet undiscovered bacteria may be important in dealing with emerging water pollutants such as PFAS, which can cause immune system dysfunction and cancer, as well as pharmaceuticals, the effects of which are not yet fully understood.
Other hurdles are policy based. It's often not a question of whether to use bioremediation or alternative techniques, but whether to do anything at all. Many contaminants — including several pesticides, cyanotoxins and solvents — are monitored by the EPA, but not regulated. Without set limits for acceptable amounts of these chemicals in drinking water, there's no incentive for anyone to spend money to get rid of them. Even though bioremediation may be cheaper than the alternatives, in the short term, it's still more expensive than doing nothing. And for many pollutants — including many pesticides — there's currently a whole lot of nothing being done.
But with the continued work of scientists and stricter water quality standards, bacteria could be a public health game-changer.
"These bugs are amazing," says Coates. "What limits us is our imagination rather than the organisms' abilities."
Editor's note: Hannah Thomasy wrote this story as a participant in the Ensia Mentor Program. The mentor for the project was EHN editor Brian Bienkowski.
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suprisingly high ranged damage, obviously with poison; getting rid of a cobra is easy, however getting it's venom on you can be lethal, making it a very dangerous level 0 unit at that.
a pierce charge attack and a fist blunt attack would probably be enough for it.
movetype - movement and defense just like an Orc. Minotaurs are athletic, so they don't have low defense like a Troll. They have trolls' blade and pierce resistance however.
I think in Dwarvish Treasure I will give this Minotaur "leadership" that only works on other monster race units.
Giant Stag Beetle- imagine a Hi, add charge and flight; and tripple it's weakness to fire; what do you get? Exactly, overpowered.
shredskin cobra- a lot like a bigger stronger level 2 cobra; except a lot more melee-focused, as with any snake, relatively high damage for it's level.
Snakes should always be lawful, as with most reptiles. They rely too heavily on the sun's warmth.
Cuyo Quiz wrote: I really should push for Temuchin's brainstorming with all my might someday, when the skies are cloudy, the winds dance and the light is free to roam over the soil along the fog.
Well what do you expect; it's level 0.
Yeah, but I'd expect snakes to be fragile with more damage than is common for their level; as they're some of the most lethal animals alive.
Make them higher level then?
amazing flying wyrm: What is a wyrm? A limbless dragon, probably level 1; this guy just flies around being nasty, biting for melee; fireballs or acid for ranged, I'm not sure if wyrms are supposed to breath fire, I forgot.
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evasion, backstab, and regenerate! very low hp.
"you can already do that with WML"
Cool units Neo btw could you replace my scorpion unit in the game with a new one in your style (think the current image doesnt fit the other shiny new units anymore)?? I guess yours would look much better!
The wyrm looks like a Chinese-style dragon... they're famous for weather control, so it could have a cold-based breath attack, some form of lightning, or maybe some kind of holy attack -- those are in pretty short supply, and would fit just fine here.
b) you just have to stay where you are and cannot attack the trap, and it hits you with an attack that has a range of "trap" and thus cannot be retaliated against.
In either case, once sprung, it automatically self-destructs.
Alternatively, you could combine the two; initiate an attack as soon as the ambush occurs and have the attack type somehow set to "trap" so the player gets hit without retaliating... but that seems rather unlikely to be codeable.


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Six to be Honored with Distinguished Service Award
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Sept. 19, 2003 — The National Alumni Council of Southeast Missouri State University will honor six individuals with Distinguished Service Awards during Homecoming festivities Oct. 4.
Recipients will be Bekki Cook of Cape Girardeau; Rev. Bernard Johnson (formerly Henry A. Johnson) of Vina, Calif.; Gov. Ted Kulongoski of Salem, Ore.; Michael Landrum of Blooming Grove, N.Y.; Weldon Macke of Gordonville, Mo.; and Helen Harrelson of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
The Distinguished Service Awards, which are being given for the second time, are presented to individuals who attended Southeast but who did not graduate, said Jane Stacy, director of alumni services and development.
"Each of these people have brought distinction to the University and remain active in the life of the University," she said.
The awards will be given at the All Alumni Breakfast scheduled for 7:30 a.m. Oct. 4 in the Student Recreation Center-South Campus, formerly the Activities Center of First Baptist Church, which recently was purchased by the University. Tickets are $9 per person. To purchase a ticket or for more information on the awards, call the Alumni Association at (573) 651-2259.
A native of Jackson, Mo., Cook attended Southeast in the fall of 1970. She went on to receive a bachelor's degree in political science in 1972 from the University of Missouri-Columbia. In 1975, she graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.
Cook served as the 36th Secretary of State for the state of Missouri from 1994 to 2001. When she was elected in 1996 after being appointed by Gov. Mel Carnahan in 1994, she was the first Cape Girardeau County native elected to statewide office in Missouri in 100 years. She has been awarded the James C. Kirkpatrick Excellence in Governance Award from Central Missouri State University.
Last fall, Cook was appointed by Missouri Gov. Bob Holden to serve on the Southern Growth Policies Board, which develops and advances visionary policies by providing an active forum for partnership and dialog among Southern governors, legislators and stakeholders from business academic, and the economic and community development sectors.
Cook began practicing law with the Limbaugh, Limbaugh and Russell law firm in Cape Girardeau. From 1979 to 1992, she was vice president of the Oliver, Oliver, Waltz and Cook firm in Cape Girardeau. In 1997, she was inducted into The Law Society of the University of Missouri School of Law. In 1992, she received the Missouri Law School Honorary Order of the Barristers Award and has served on several committees of the Missouri Bar.
She has served on the board of directors of the Southeast Missouri University Foundation and has been a member of the President's Council of the Copper Dome Society at Southeast. She has served on the board of the Southeast Missouri Hospital Foundation, and, in 1994, she was honored by the Cape Girardeau Zonta Club with its Woman of Achievement Award. Cook served as chair of the Cape Girardeau County Domestic Violence Authority and as a board member of the Cape Girardeau Area United Way, LIFT Missouri, Inc., the American Cancer Society, and the Otahki Girl Scout Council. She and her family are members of First Presbyterian Church.
She and her husband, John, are the parents of two children, Hunter and Morgan.
The Rev. Bernard Johnson, formerly Henry A. Johnson, is a native of Fort Lyon, Colo., who has served as a Trappist monk for more than half a century.
Johnson grew up in St. Louis and entered Southeast in fall 1943. He continued on campus through fall 1944. He entered Southeast as an apprentice seaman as part of the Navy V-12 program. While on campus, he was active in Black Mask, A capella Choir, men's basketball and the Webster Society.
Johnson entered the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in
July 1946 in Conyers, Ga., and made a solemn profession as a Trappist monk on Oct. 7, 1951. He was ordained a priest on Nov. 28, 1954. In 1958, he began post-graduate studies, earning a master's degree in law from Pontifical University of the Gregoriana in Rome. In 1960, he returned to Conyers to become dean of studies, and, in 1967, he became superior of Our Lady of New Clairvaux Abbey in Vina, Calif. He served as abbot there from 1967 to 1970, when he was elected procurator general. He later served as temporary superior at a monastery in Hong Kong before going to Rome to serve as procurator general. In that position, Johnson served as a liaison between his order – Cistercians of the Strict Observance, more commonly known as Trappists – and the various departments of the Holy See, handling financial, personnel and administrative duties. The order numbers about 4,000 members, monks and nuns with 144 monasteries on every continent.
He currently resides, once again, with 47 monks at Our Lady of New Clairvaux Abbey in California.
Landrum, formerly of Farmington, Mo., entered Southeast in the fall of 1960 and attended until the spring of 1963. During his time at Southeast, he was a member of A cappella Choir and was very active in drama, appearing as the lead in several productions, including "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," "Paint Your Wagon" and "A Sleep of Prisoners." He also performed as a supporting actor in several other productions, and served as stage manager. Landrum was recognized for his talent with the Davis Barnett award for Best Actor of 1961-1962.
In addition to attending Southeast, Landrum also attended Wayne State University and the National Theatre School of Canada, where he received training in classical Shakespearean acting.
Since his time at Southeast, Landrum has distinguished himself in the field of theatre. He has been a professional actor for more than 35 years, appearing in films and soap operas, on and off Broadway, and as a commercial spokesperson on television and radio. Landrum also has served as a spokesman for numerous Fortune 500 companies during his career.
In addition to performing as an actor and spokesperson, Landrum has taught at the School for Film and Television in New York City; directed, produced and written for the theatre and is a published writer of fiction and a number of articles. He is an Advanced Toastmaster, a member of the National Speakers Association ad the International Federation of Coaches. Landrum also has served on the National Board of the Screen Actors Guild, was a founding director of the Court Players Theatre Company at the Detroit Institute of the Arts, and has been involved with the Actors Equity Association and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Landrum has developed a name for himself not only as an actor, but as a successful speaker, writer, personal business coach and presentation skills expert. He currently heads his own communications consulting company, and provides these and other communication and marketing related services to a number of well-known clients.
Landrum and his wife, Peggy, live in New York's Hudson Valley with their daughter, Elizabeth.
Kulongoski
Kulongoski is currently the governor of Oregon. Originally from Missouri, he attended Southeast in 1960. Prior to this time at Southeast, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served overseas with the 11th and 12th Marine Regiments. Kulongoski then supplemented his GI Bill with work as a truck driver and steelworker to put himself through college and law school.
After earning his law degree from the University of Missouri, Kulongoski started his own law firm in Eugene, Ore., and worked to improve worker safety. He was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1974 and to the Oregon Senate in 1978.
In 1987, he was appointed by then Gov. Neil Goldschmidt as the Oregon insurance commissioner. During his appointment, Kulongoski created thousands of new jobs and helped Oregon recover from its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
Kulongoski was elected attorney general for the state of Oregon in 1992 and worked to turn Oregon's juvenile justice system into a national model. He also enforced laws and regulations against corporate polluters during his time as attorney general.
In 1996, he was elected to the Oregon Supreme Court. Kulongoski's service on the Court gave him the rare distinction of having served in all three branches of government.
He and his wife, Mary, are the parents of three grown children.
Born and raised in Gordonville, Mo., Macke attended Southeast in 1948 for two years, majoring in agriculture. He went on to receive a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
He remains actively involved at Southeast as a board member of the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. He is currently chair of the Advisory Committee of the Department of Agriculture and serves on the board of directors for the SEMO Regional Crime Laboratory. He was a member of the University's Presidential search committee that recommended the hiring of former President Dale Nitzschke.
Macke has served his community in a variety of ways for many years. He is an active participant in government at the local, state and federal levels. He was elected auditor of Cape Girardeau County in 1968 and held that position for 34 years. While in office, he represented Cape Girardeau County on the Finance and Taxation Committee of National Association of Counties. During this time, a bill for revenue sharing was passed, bringing many counties in the nation out of debt. He continues to sit on this committee. Macke has served as president and charter member of the Missouri Association of County Auditors. In 1980, he served as president of the Missouri Association of Counties, an organization he helped found. He is currently president of the Regional Planning District and has served on the State Regional Planning Council. He was sent as a delegate to the 1972 Republican Convention.
Additionally, Macke has been involved in numerous local institutions. He has served on the board of directors of four banks. He is currently on the board of trustees at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He is a member of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce. A member of the Rotary Club, Macke has held the offices of treasurer, secretary and president. He has promoted the local economy through entrepreneurship, having been the owner or partner in four local businesses.
He plays a strong role in his church, teaching Sunday school, serving on local and state boards, and on the worldwide Methodist General Conference of Finance and Administration.
He and his wife Bonnie have three daughters, five grandchildren and a great-grandson.
Harrelson
Harrelson attended Southeast from the fall of 1940 through the spring of 1942. Her father was a Cape Girardeau dentist. While at Southeast, she was a member of the drama club Black Mask, the Clio Society (Tri Delta), and a columnist for the Capaha Arrow. Her most important undertaking was a collaborative effort with two other students to change the name of the University, which at the time was Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, to the more inclusive Southeast Missouri State College.
Harrelson went on to receive a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Goodman School of the Theatre in Chicago. However, she had already become a professional actress as a result of a summer stock engagement, through which she became a member of the Actor's Equity Association, the craft union for actors.
"Death of a Salesman" with George C. Scott, "night, Mother" and "Romeo and Juliet" are just a sample of the Broadway productions in which Harrelson has appeared. Her off Broadway performances are just as distinguished, including her role as Mrs. Gibbs in "Our Town", directed by the great Jose Quintero.
At different times, she has lived in London and Rome, studying repertory theatre. Some of her most rewarding work was at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, which was founded by her husband, Peter Zeisler; Tyrone Guthrie; and Oliver Rea. Playing in repertory at the Guthrie, Harrelson performed in "Richard III" with Hume Cronyn and with his wife Jessica Tandy in "Way of the World", as well as other classics.
During her extensive and notable career, Harrelson has worked from coast to coast touring with Broadway plays and later in regional theatres. She was heard on radio in the days of cliff hanger serials. She has also appeared on television, both daytime and primetime. She has had several roles on both "Law and Order" and "Law and Order: Criminal Intent". Her film work includes "The Deep Well", a Venice Festival prize winner. Her most recent appearance has been in a Kodak commercial in which a boy enlarges a photo of his grandmother as a young ballplayer.
In addition to acting, Harrelson has been a long-time reader for "Talking Books" and has recorded dozens of books for the American Foundation for the Blind.
She currently resides in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. with her husband Peter Zeisler. They have two sons: Mark Zeisler, who is an actor, and Eric Zeisler, a writer.


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I am reading the book "Ancient Futures" and it captures beautifully what I have been thinking and experiencing here in Ocotal, and then a whole lot more.
I am fascinacted by the book and I include a couple of excerpts here while I finish the last 50 pages. I could have waited, but what the author has to say seems too vital to wait.
"...,I had thought that leaving home was part of growing up, a necessary step toward becoming an adult. I now believe that large extended families and small intimate communities form a better foundation for the creation of mature, balanced individuals. A healthy society is one that enoucrages close social ties and mutual interdependence, granting each individual a net of unconditional support. Within this nurturing framework, individuals feel secure enough to become quite free and independent."
I am reading the book for two reasons: I am proposing to co-design a gender equality program for a series of 17 rural communitities; and we are about to launch a new diploma course in the Institute: "Leadership, Gender, and Culture".
"If Ladakh is ever going to be developed we have to figure out how to make people more greedy. You just can't motivate them otherwise."
I took a metaphorical double take when I read that quote. 1981 was just when India was providing development support to open the region up for tourism. Sadly, development with its "messengers of development - tourists, advertisements, and film images" end up destroying local culture and sustainable practices.
"Development is stimulating dissatisfaction and greed; in so doing , it is destroying an economy that had served the Ladakhis for more than a thousand years."
Helena does not romanticize the old ways vs. the new, but she does actively question if there is not a blended solution to development (that's the part I am just reading).
"Whether in remote subsistence economies or in the heart of the industrialized world, there is clearly something wrong with a system of national accounting that sees GNP as the prime indicator of social welfare. As things stand, the system is such that every time money changes hands - whether from the sale of tomatoes or a car accident - we add it to GNP and count ourselves richer. Policies that casue GNP to rise are thus often pursued despite their negative impact on the environment or society. A nation's balance sheet looks better, for instance, if all forests have just been cut to the ground, since felling trees makes money."
"...the interaction of a narrow economic paradigm with continual scientific and technological innovation. The process has grown out of the past centuries of European colonialism and industrial expansion, through which our diverse world has been shaped by an increasingly uniform economic system - one that is dominated by the powerful interests of the industrialized countries, the multinational corporations and the Third World elite."
Those last few words catalyzed another metaphorical double-take. And got me thinking about something a friend said in the street while we watched this year's horse parade. All the riding clubs, schools and horse training centers bring out their prize horses and put them on display in a wonderfully and typically disorganized parade - quintessentially rural, central-american, small town.
The riders were mostly the rich elite. The streets were filled with a mixture of people of all social levels, and the remaining rich elite in stands along the parade route, drinking from open bars. My friend, a peace-corps worker, had invited her host family to come with her to the parade. The family wouldn't go, it was only for "rich folk". My friend pointed out the parade was free. "Ah, but the children will want me to buy the things for sale along the street that I can ill afford. Rich folk's things. They will not be happy." My heart sank, saddened that such a lively event should be beyond the reach of so many in such a subtle way, something that would never have occurred to me.
And I thought back to Helena's book...and the rest of the parade didn't seem quite so jolly.
Richard - Your reflections are so rich and ask some many great questions. They draw me in and awaken me. Prayerful they will lead to loving and giving more, needing less, and being filled to the point of overflowing . . . I need to visit more. Keeping you and your Da in prayers as you both navigate uncharted waters. Hugs from your Bay Family!


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As Putin escalates war, some in Russia's business elite despair
By Catherine Belton
October 13, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. EDT
Fireman clear rubble of a destroyed apartment building in Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday. (Wojciech Grzedzinski for The Washington Post)
When Vladimir Putin launched missile strikes targeting Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure this week, the move seemed to earn the Russian president a reprieve from hard-liners who had been demanding more decisive action.
"Run, Zelensky, run," cheered Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader who has sent militias into Ukraine to fight in the war, referring to the Ukrainian president. Kadyrov declared himself to be "100 percent happy" with the conduct of the war after weeks of lambasting Russia's military leadership over recent disastrous retreats.
But some senior Russian officials and people within the business elite are drained and depressed — and the expectation is of a worsening political and economic climate. If Putin's military escalation was partly aimed at putting the lid on turmoil bubbling up over the war's mismanagement, then its impact may only be temporary, several officials and business executives said in interviews.
President Vladimir Putin on Oct. 10 said Russian forces had attacked several Ukrainian cities in retaliation for an explosion on the Crimean Bridge. (Video: The Washington Post)
"On the battlefield there are other problems," said an influential Moscow businessman who, like others interviewed for this report, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of personal security fears. "I don't think it will lift the pressure," referring to the missile strikes.
In addition, the business executives and officials said, even if the strikes succeed in damaging more of Ukraine's electricity and energy networks with the fighting dragging on into the freezing winter, there are questions over how many missiles Russia has left and how long it can sustain a bombing campaign. The missiles "are being produced. But in single units. And the old reserves are running out," one state official said.
Russia's new commander in Ukraine was decorated after brutality in Syria
Ever since the Ukrainian army began recapturing swaths of territory in Ukraine's south and east, Putin has been scrambling, forced to send hundreds of thousands of barely trained reservists to try to fortify Russia's exhausted army — a move that sparked protests across Russia and sent at least 300,000 Russian men fleeing across the country's borders to avoid the draft.
As signs of discord within Putin's inner circle began to surface, Saturday's humiliating attack on the Kremlin's prized Kerch Bridge to Crimea seemed the final straw.
"No one is happy with the status quo," the Russian state official said. "It is clear that a military or political victory will not be possible. But a loss is not possible either. This is turning into the situation in chess known as zugzwang, when each step is worse than the next and yet it is impossible not to move."
The optimism of the summer when, according to a second state official, many in the country's elite believed "we'll turn everything around and find a way" has completely evaporated. "People see there is no future," he said.
The forced mobilization has already dealt a blow to Putin's popularity, one of the main bases for his legitimacy as president, and when the dead bodies of reservists begin to return from the front, the situation could worsen, the Moscow businessman said.
"In several months, there will be a very negative dynamic in Russia: a worsening of the mood in society," he said. "Everything depends on the front."
"Putin's arsenal of possible action is very limited," said Sergei Aleksashenko, a former deputy governor of the Russian Central Bank who is now living in exile in the United States. "Apart from striking civilian infrastructure, he only has the option of using a tactical nuclear weapon. If the Ukrainian counterattack continues, the question of what to do further remains in front of Putin."
Russia's annexation puts world 'two or three steps away' from nuclear war
But few in Moscow say Putin will resort to deploying a tactical nuclear strike, despite the Kremlin's statements, the Moscow businessman said, because "then he won't have any cards left," while China could block that kind of escalation. "This is a Pandora's box [the Chinese] don't want opened," he said.
Saudi Arabia's support for oil production cuts this winter seemed to have emboldened the Russian president, said the same Moscow executive, who maintains contacts with political officials. Even if energy prices remain at the same level, Putin "thinks Europe will be in crisis and will have no time for Ukraine."
"This is still a war of attrition, until one side is not able to continue the war," he said.
Gazprom's chief executive, Alexei Miller, warned Wednesday that "entire cities" in Europe could freeze and said there were no guarantees Europe could survive the winter with current levels of natural gas reserves.
Economists and business executives say sanctions are beginning to hit the Russian economy harder, with budget cuts already being imposed — while a proposed price cap to be levied by the Group of Seven nations on Russian oil sales starting in December would be a further blow. The Russian president "will run low on cash. … He needs cash to pay Iran and North Korea for weapons. But we will see in December a completely new reality," said Sergei Guriev, the provost at the Sciences Po university in Paris.
Amid expectations of more and tougher sanctions, every piece of bad news from the front lines is a new blow for the Russian economy, a second member of the Moscow business elite said.
"All of business is suffering from what's happening. Everyone has frozen their investment plans," he said. The previous belief that Russia could redirect trade flows away from the West through China, Kazakhstan and India is fast melting away, two of the business executives said. Kazakhstan has begun to block cargoes carrying European goods into Russia, while the Chinese were beginning to stop certain supplies, too.
"Everyone is completely frustrated. The mood is very bad," a third senior Russian businessman said.
Members of Moscow's elite are beginning to speak about potential leadership change in a way they have never done before in more than 20 years of Putin's rule — though no one can say how or when this might happen.
"We have begun entering a revolutionary situation," the first state official said. "Everyone is waiting for something other than what is happening now: a different leadership, a different war. The hawks want tougher action. The doves want no war at all. The time for a change of the political system is ripening. But how it will happen, I don't know."


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dans les compétitions FIFA :
 la Coupe du monde de football de 2010 est la  de la compétition internationale de football de la FIFA.
 Coupe du monde de football féminin des moins de 20 ans 2010
 Coupe du monde de football féminin des moins de 17 ans 2010
 Coupe du monde de football des clubs 2010

dans les autres sports :
 Coupe du monde de cricket des moins de 19 ans, en cricket
 Coupe du monde de cyclisme sur piste 2009-2010
 Coupe du monde de cyclisme sur route féminin 2010
 Coupe du monde de ski alpin 2010
 Coupe continentale de l'IAAF 2010, en athlétisme
 Coupe du monde de hockey sur gazon masculin 2010
 Coupe du monde de hockey sur gazon féminin 2010
 Coupe du monde de rugby à XV féminine 2010, en rugby à XV
 Coupe du monde de speedway 2010

en jeux vidéo :
 Coupe du monde de la FIFA : Afrique du Sud 2010 (jeu vidéo), jeu vidéo officiel de la Coupe du monde de football 2010

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 Championnat du monde 2010 (homonymie)
 Championnat du monde 2010 (homonymie)
 Championnat continental 2010 (homonymie)

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Vegas Casinos Up for Sale
Casinos can sometimes be seen as a business that's "too big to fail" particularly the long-established names across the Vegas strip – so when news emerges of casinos that are up for sale it does raise some eyebrows for what the reason could be, and whether or not there were underlying issues that hadn't been mentioned. For both options that look to be hitting the market, it may not be a problem with liquidity, but perhaps more leaning towards owners looking to stay a bit lighter on assets – as casinos in Nevada have shown a record of bringing in over $1 billion in gaming revenue month after month, there will certainly be some interested parties.
MGM Resorts were the first to announce change as they look to sell The Mirage – revenue is reported to be up 140% from this time last year as big casinos continue to recover from the global health crisis amidst a time where some of the biggest online casinos were thriving, and that's certainly what's on the cards for MGM through reports that they may be looking to expand outwards as they already "have enough of Las Vegas" – this could mean expanding into markets outside of the US, or taking a look towards some more modern options too where online options are concerned.
The second name looking to sell comes from Caesars Entertainment who will look to offload one yet-to-be named strip casino – despite numbers soaring, Caesars may be reporting a $250 million loss for this year which may be spurring the urge to sell – this news did come earlier in the year following news of a delay to sell back in May, but it looks like plans are still very much moving forward to do so and there will be a lot of interest into finding out which casino will go up for sale, but there's interest in expansion too with the success of their sportsbook which could see other markets emerging from the Entertainment giant.
Either way it's good news – although sales may be on the horizon and two big casinos will go through a change in ownership, they're not looking to go anywhere, and all of the same entertainment will remain for patrons. For those excited about the expansion into new markets, online casinos and online sportsbooks will likely look to emerge following this news from some of the bigger entertainment companies in Vegas with plenty of money behind them to ensure they succeed yet offering more exciting online opportunities too.
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North Korea always seems to be in the news right now thanks to their aggressive threats and missile tests. The latter being the subject of many people's doomsday fears. But where could they potentially strike with the missiles they have?
This rundown from the Interactive Digital Storytelling team at the Australian Broadcasting Company shows you exactly how far each of North Korea's missiles can travel, and where there are possible targets. The most concerning of these weapons is the ER Scud short-range ballistic missile. North Korea has tested these missiles at least 50 times with only one failure, which means they're pretty much ready to go. They can hit targets up to 1,000 kilometers away (621.371 miles), including all of South Korea and parts of Southern Japan, including the large city of Osaka.
So what about us here in the U.S.? North Korea's Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missiles have a maximum range of 4,500 kilometers (2796.17 miles), which puts the U.S. military base on Guam in danger. However, only three out of 14 tests have been successful. The Hwasong-14, on the other hand, is estimated to travel about 8,500 kilometers (5281.655 miles), which puts Alaska in range, as well as parts of northern Washington state.
That said, the most recent test suggests it may be able to travel as far as 10,000 kilometers (6213.712 miles), which would put Los Angeles in range (gulp), along with the rest of the western coast. And if the missiles are fired in an easterly direction, the rotation of the Earth may allow these missiles to reach as far as New York City or Washington D.C. Keep in mind, these missiles are still in the early stages of being tested. If you're really worried about it, though, the safest place on Earth from these missiles is Mar del Plata, Argentina, so pack your bags. You can check out the entire interactive globe at the link below.


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NEW YORK ART SCENE. New York: The New Art Scene. Text by Alan Solomon. 341 pp. Illustrated with ca. 500 photogravure plates by Ugo Mulas. Folio, bound in publisher's tan cloth, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. New York:, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1967.
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LOS ANGELES. County Museum of Art. Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings. 214 pp. with 252 plates, many in color; 4to, wraps. Munich, Prestel-Verlag, 1989.
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FORT, ILENE SUSAN, Tere Arcq, and Terri Geis (editors) et al. In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States. 256 pages, roughly 250 plates, most in color. 4to, cloth. Munich, London, New York, DelMonico Books - Prestel and Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum...
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GoXtra News: HERE is how Caitlyn Jenner decided on her name!
HERE is how Caitlyn Jenner decided on her name!
New York - Choosing between a "C" and a "K" for her new name was no small task for Caitlyn Jenner, considering her famous K-heavy family of Kardashians.
In new material from Jenner's Vanity Fair interview, she said coming up with a new name had her looking in a variety of places.
"It's one of the hardest things in life - choosing your own name," she said. "One way she attempted to come up with ideas was by watching the Miss America pageant."
She responded: "I love that name, too!" and the coincidence helped seal the deal, according to Vanity Fair.
Jenner, formerly known as Bruce, was married to Kris Jenner and step-parent to the Kardashian clan. Her daughters are also named K-names — Kylie and Kendall.
Vanity Fair on Monday released the first photo of newly transitioned Bruce Jenner.
Caitlyn, as she will now be known, has bravely graced the cover of the magazine's latest issue and she looks absolutely flawless.
The former athlete is currently transitioning to a female and had a photoshoot with world famous photographer Annie Leibovitz to show off her new image.
This comes after it was revealed the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star has undergone surgery to make her face more feminine, BangShowBiz reported.
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1 night stay in Johannesburg. Overnight at Sunnyside Park Hotel.
3 nights Kruger National Park - (Kapama Private Game Reserve). Overnights at Kapama River Lodge.
3 nights stay in Cape Town. Overnights at Commodore Hotel.
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Upon flight arrival in South Africa at the O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, you are met on arrival by a guest relations officer. Transfer to Sunnyside Park Hotel in Johannesburg for your check in, relaxation and overnight. Johannesburg (City Of Gold) - Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli to its friends - the city is a vibrant melting pot of humanity that ensures you won't walk alone when exploring the city's many cultural and leisure attractions. The area where Johannesburg stands was once grassland, but is now one of the biggest man-made forests in the world. Sunnyside Park Hotel combines the charm and grace of a bygone era with the amenities of the 21st century to offer you a hotel that perfectly melds romantic dreams of a time when things were simpler with the facilities needed are sufficient during your stay. Located in the leafy suburb of Parktown in a Victorian National Monument, the Sunnyside Park is close to the business centers of the Johannesburg CDB and Sandton while still maintaining an air of stately grace from a bygone era. Whether you want to enjoy a sumptuous meal in its beautifully appointed Milner's Restaurant, which boasts an impressive wine list, or simply relax in Sunnyside's informal Pound and Penny Pub, its dining offerings will leave you feeling satisfied and well nourished. Thereafter, after a comfortable night's sleep, you will leave the hotel feeling rejuvenated, well-rested and totally taken care of.
Overnight Accommodation: Sunnyside Park Hotel
KRUGER PRIVATE RESERVE (KAPAMA PRIVATE GAME RESERVE)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your outbound flight to the Kruger Airport. You are met on arrival and transferred to Kapama River Lodge to experience 3 full days of game viewing. Kapama Private Game Reserve occupies a vast area between the northern Drakensberg mountains and the Greater Kruger National Park. It is the largest single-owner game reserve in the Kruger region, renowned for superb wildlife safari. Kapama's 13000 hectares has all the big game of Africa with 42 mammal species and approximately 350 bird species. This equates to huge natural diversity and includes the famed 'Big 5' - lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino. Game drives are conducted through the rolling savannah grasslands and riverine forests that make up this appealing African reserve. Kapama River Lodge is stylish, roomy and beautifully positioned along a dry riverbed that guests fall in love on first sight. Each spacious room at Kapama River Lodge features a full en-suite bathroom and terrace with uninterrupted views into the leafy-green Big 5 wilderness reserve. The central guest entertainment areas include a large rim-flow swimming pool with sun umbrellas and recliners for relaxed time in between game drives. Kapama River Lodge is so named because it lies in a curve of the Kapama River, which is usually dry but flowing from time to time during the rains. A small permanent water source lies just beyond Kapama River Lodge perimeter fence attracting animals like antelopes, elephant and buffalo. Watch this truly African spectacle from the warm blue water of the big rim flow swimming pool or simply relax in the shade of an umbrella on loungers around the pool.
Activities Included: Game Drives
Overnight Accommodation: Kapama River Lodge
After breakfast, transfer to your flight to Cape Town via Johannesburg. Upon arrival at the Cape Town International Airport, a transfer officer will personally meet all arriving guests and transfer you to Commodore Hotel for your 3 nights Cape Town experience. Commodore Hotel is located within walking distance to the cosmopolitan Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. The hotel provides a stylish living experience, excellent service and a tranquil setting. Enjoy breathtaking views of the charming 'Mother City' from the upper floors of the hotel's superior rooms or treat yourself to cocktails on the terrace.
Activities Included: Full Day Cape Point Tour; Half Day Cape Town City Tour
Overnight Accommodation: Commodore Hotel
2 Nights Livingstone Victoria Falls Extension - (Zambia) Transfer to Livingstone - Victoria Falls area in Zambia; thereafter, you will be transferred to Avani Victoria Falls Resort (formerly known as Zambezi Sun Hotel) for your 2 nights Victoria Falls experience. The hotel features adobe-style architecture. Simple finishes highlight bright mosaics and fabrics and the intoxicating environment is characterized by ethnic wall stencils, timber and plaster ceilings, Zambian artworks and accessories. Avani Victoria Falls Resort (formerly known as Zambezi Sun Hotel) is constructed in a series of eight buildings, consisting of the guest rooms, a central pavilion of restaurants and a fabulous convention center. Avani Victoria Falls Resort (formerly known as Zambezi Sun Hotel) has a closest and private access path to the Victoria Falls viewing area.
Overnight Accommodation: Avani Victoria Falls Resort (formerly known as Zambezi Sun Hotel)
Transfer to Kasane. On arrival, transfer to Chobe Safari Lodge for your 3 nights stay. The accommodation is located on Botswana's far northern border where the Kwando, Linyanti and Chobe River systems lie and form a mosaic of lakes, islands, channels and floodplains. Part of this ecosystem is the Chobe National Park, renowned for its vast herds of elephant and buffalo. It is a huge lodge compared to Botswana standards, and consists of 46 Luxury Safari Rooms, 22 Luxury River Rooms and 8 Rondavels. Family rooms with separate children room (bunk beds) are also available. Along with many species of big game, Chobe National Park boasts the largest concentration of elephant in Africa, and game drives and boat cruises from Chobe Safari Lodge offer guests the opportunity to witness this amazing spectacle.Game drives within the Chobe National Park offer the opportunity to view the abundant elephant and other big game species up close, and also the possibility of an encounter with one of the large predators. Game drives depart three times a day (approximately 3 hour duration). Alternatively there is an option of booking a full or half-day drive with a picnic lunch. Chobe River cruises have to be one of the finest game viewing experiences in Africa. With over 80 000 elephant in the park alone they are a very frequent sighting. Hippo, water birds, buffalo, crocodile and puku are also viewed from the river. Private cruises, led by our expert guides are available throughout the day to suit your individual needs.
Overnight Accommodation: Chobe Safari Lodge
After breakfast, you will fly to your Okavango Delta concession experience for 3 nights stay at Kwara Camp. The camp is set overlooking a secluded lagoon in the northern Okavango Delta. This region offers a contrasting experience, as its location allows access to the permanent waterways of the Delta as well as expansive dry land areas, admired for their quality game viewing. Kwara accommodates a maximum of 16 guests in eight traditionally styled tents on raised decks, each offering superb views of the lagoon. Towering African ebony and mangosteen trees ensure that the camp is always cool while the hundreds of birds add to the feeling of serenity in one of the Okavango's best kept secrets. The main area has a lounge, dining room and a bar area with vistas of the lagoon and surrounding flora and fauna. Guests can also enjoy the pool to relax between game drives during siesta time and share safari stories or listen to the sounds of the night by the camp fire. The daily safari routine at Kwara usually involves an early morning wake up call, and a gathering around the fireside for piping hot tea and coffee, a bowl of sumptuous porridge and freshly baked muffins. As well as the clean early morning air and dazzling sun rise, an early departure greatly increases the chances of unusual sightings, as the majority of mammals are active at the beginning and end of the day when temperatures are lower. The year round waters at Kwara makes this one of the most consistent game viewing experience available in southern Africa with all the large exciting game species as well as all the interesting smaller species. Kwara offers all the activities one expects in an exclusive concession in the Okavango Delta - day and night drives, game walks, power boating, mokoro trips and fishing (spinning equipment is provided but fly fishermen need to bring their own equipment).
Overnight Accommodation: Kwara Camp


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(Trent Nelson | Tribune File Photo) SkyWest and Delta Connection passenger jets along Terminal E at the Salt Lake International Airport Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ten years ago this month, Delta Air Lines merged with Northwest — and promised that would finally create stability for customers and employees, help hubs including Salt Lake City to prosper, and show that consolidation is good for the industry.
Delta is marking the anniversary of that fusion — the first of a flurry of mergers that sought to help airlines survive bankruptcies, low-cost competitors, high fuel costs and recession — by saying it kept all those promises, and that Salt Lake City is a big beneficiary.
"We've essentially gone from fighting for our survival to a world where we are able to serially invest in our people and in our customers," Paul Jacobson, Delta's chief financial officer told The Salt Lake Tribune. He added that the merger helped to significantly increase employment and seats offered in Salt Lake — and investment in the airport.
While Salt Lake City is Delta's fourth largest hub (behind Atlanta, Detroit and Minneapolis), it is the airline's fastest-growing, adding 25 percent more seats since 2014. Salt Lake is part of a Western tri-hub structure for Delta with Los Angeles and Seattle.
Salt Lake "is more important and more valuable than it was as a stand-alone hub with a smaller West Coast presence prior to the merger," Jacobson said.
Fees paid by Delta will fund much of the ongoing $3.6 billion project to rebuild Salt Lake City International Airport. "It is a really big investment for us. I think it signals our value that we have for the airport and for the community," Jacobson said.
• The number of Delta employees in Salt Lake City grew from 3,000 to more than 4,400. The profit sharing they received grew from zero in 2008 to a combined $42 million this year.
• Delta's number of seats on flights departing here grew by 1.8 million yearly comparing 2008 to now, from 682,534 a month to 868,187. The number of departures actually decreased from 290 daily to 275 — but Delta is using more large aircraft now.
• Delta's destinations from Salt Lake City grew from 90 to 100.
• The number of foreign countries served increased from three to five. Delta (with its international partners( is the only airline now offering nonstop international service from Salt Lake City. The 11 destinations are Amsterdam, Paris, London, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Cancun, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos).
(Scott Sommerdorf | Tribune File Photo) Delta's first flight from Paris touches down at Salt Lake International Airport, Monday June 2, 2008.
• Delta is by far Salt Lake City's largest carrier: now operating 70 percent of overall seats and 73 percent of all departing flights.
.• Delta is generally upgrading equipment used in Salt Lake City. Now, 53 percent of flights are on larger mainline jets (rather than smaller regional planes) compared to 37 percent five years ago. The average number of seats on Delta flights here now is 116, compared to 97 five years ago.
Jacobson, who has been with Delta for 21 years and says he's "lived with the best times and the worst times in the industry," says the Delta-Northwest merger was ideal by matching airlines with different strengths.
He adds that while Delta was once in bankruptcy before the merger, this "will be the fourth consecutive year that we have made $5 billion in profits" — and half of that is reinvested in the company.


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69-year-old woman, Good Samaritan attacked during armed robbery at Walmart in Zion
By Sam Borcia | January 16, 2020 1:55 pm
Zaneray P. Jackson, 34, of Zion.
A 69-year-old woman and a Good Samaritan, who came to the woman's aid, were both attacked and injured by a woman armed with a knife during a robbery in the parking lot of the Zion Walmart, police said.
Zaneray P. Jackson, 34, of Zion, was charged with two counts of armed robbery and two counts of aggravated battery.
The Zion Police Department responded around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday to the parking lot of Walmart, 4000 Route 173, for a report of an armed robbery.
The victim, a 69-year old Wadsworth woman, was leaving the store and walking to her vehicle when she was confronted by a woman, later identified as Jackson, who threatened her with a knife and demanded the victim's purse, police said.
Officials said that Jackson pushed the victim, jabbed her in the throat with the knife and grabbed her purse. The victim and Jackson struggled over the purse before Jackson ripped it away and fled eastbound through the parking lot, according to police.
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A 48-year old Beach Park man came to the victim's aid and attempted to detain Jackson, but she slashed the man's arm as he knocked her to the ground. She got back up and continued to flee eastbound.
Jackson fled across Kenosha Road where she was picked up by a person driving a silver colored Mercury Mariner, police said. Both the victim and the Good Samaritan received minor injuries that did not require medical treatment.
"Officers recovered the victim's wallet, the knife, an unknown cell phone and surveillance video from Walmart and other area businesses. Using these, the officers were able to identify the offender as Zaneray P. Jackson," Zion police said.
Officers set up surveillance at Jackson's residence and arrested her at 7:40 pm Wednesday. Detectives received a confession from Jackson about her actions during the incident, officials said.
Jackson appeared in bond court Thursday and remains held in the Lake County Jail on a $75,000 bond.
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Disruptive technology ETFs outstrip peers in wake of Covid-19
Tech funds emerge as investor favourites as pandemic spurs digital transformation
12 Jan 2021 | Bayani S. Cruz
Disruptive technology exchange-traded funds (ETFs), particularly those with "big data" and "connectivity" mega themes, proved to be the most popular among thematic ETF investors in the aftermath of Covid-19.
According to data from Global X, "disruptive technology ETFs" increased by 62% to a total of US$68.9 billion from US$42.58 billion from the third quarter to the fourth quarter of 2020. This is the most likely period when the impact of the pandemic has been manifested in the investment preferences of ETF investors.
"Big data" and "connectivity" became the favourite mega themes for investors in thematic ETFs as companies in almost all types of businesses were forced to switch to work-from-home mode to minimize Covid-19 infections. This situation still exists up to the present.
In contrast, other thematic ETFs posted much lower assets under management (AUM) during the same period. Although "people and demographics" ETFs more than doubled, growing by 116% during the period to a total of US$16.02 billion, they only represented 25% of the total AUM for "disruptive technology" ETFs.
"Physical environment" ETFs also more than doubled, growing by 121% to US$19.18 billion, during the period but still lagged far behind "disruptive technology" ETFs.
"Big data" ETFs with US$14.96 billion inflows and "connectivity" ETFs with US$14.16 billion also accounted for the biggest share of "disruptive technology" ETFs during the period.
Other "disruptive technology" ETFs include "robotics" ETFs with US$6.38 billion, "fintech" ETFs with US$4.68 billion, "digital content" ETFs with US$1.82 billion, and "mobility" ETFs with US$2.62 billion.
On a year-over-year basis, thematic ETF AUM increased 274% from US$27.8 billion at the end of Q4 2019. There are now 148 thematic ETFs, up from 135 at the end of last quarter, with 18 launches and five closures, according to Global X.
As of the end of Q4 2020, thematic ETFs' AUM made up 1.9% of the US ETF industry's US$5.5 trillion total AUM. This is up from 1.2% AUM share at the end of Q3 2020, continuing the segment's rapid growth when compared to the US ETF industry as a whole.
Digging in, aggregate thematic ETF AUM reached US$104.1 billion at the end of Q4, up 78% from US$58.6 billion achieved at the end of Q3 and exceeding the broader US ETF industry's 17% quarter-on-quarter gain.
Positive net inflows contributed to US$26.1 billion of the US$45.5 billion thematic ETF AUM gain in Q4, with the remainder coming from market activity.
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City of Lost Dreams
By Magnus Flyte
Read by Natalie Gold
Magnus Flyte Recorded Books, Inc. by arrangement with Penguin
Release: 11/26/2013 Release: 11/26/2013
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. by arrangement with Penguin Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. by arrangement with Penguin
The exhilarating, genre-bending sequel to the sensational New York Times bestseller City of Dark Magic In this action-packed sequel to City of Dark Magic, we find musicologist Sarah Weston in Vienna in search of a cure for her friend Pollina, who is now gravely ill and who may not have much time left. Meanwhile, Nicolas Pertusato, in London in search of an ancient alchemical cure for the girl, discovers an old enemy is one step ahead of him. In Prague, Prince Max tries to unravel the strange reappearance of a long dead saint while being pursued by a seductive red-headed historian with dark motives of her own. In the city of Beethoven, Mozart, and Freud, Sarah becomes the target in a deadly web of intrigue that involves a scientist on the run, stolen art, seductive pastries, a few surprises from long-dead alchemists, a distractingly attractive horseman who's more than a little bloodthirsty, and a trail of secrets and lies. But nothing will be more dangerous than the brilliant and vindictive villain who seeks to bend time itself. Sarah must travel deep into an ancient mystery to save the people she loves.
Author Bio: Magnus Flyte
Magnus Flyte is a pseudonym for the writing duo of Meg Howrey and Christina Lynch. Howrey is a former dancer with the Joffrey and the winner of an Ovation Award. The author of the novels The Cranes Dance and Blind Sight, she lives in Los Angeles. Lynch is a television writer and former Milan correspondent for W magazine. She lives near Sequoia National Park in California.
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Hungary's Milak breaks Phelps' world record in 200 butterfly
By The News · 27 of July 2019 04:38:24
AP Photo,, No available, Hungary's Kristof Milak starts in his men's 200m butterfly semifinal at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
GWANGJU, South Korea (AP) — Kristof Milak of Hungary won the 200-meter butterfly at the world swimming championships, breaking Michael Phelps' 10-year-old world record.
Milak touched in 1 minute, 50.73 seconds on Wednesday to lower the mark of 1:51.51 that Phelps set at the 2009 worlds in Rome during the height of the high-tech suit era.
The 19-year-old swimmer became the first teenager to win a world title in the event since Phelps at age 18 in 2003.
Chad le Clos of South Africa took out the race under world-record pace through the first lap before Milak gained the lead after 150 meters.
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Researchers cross-breed elms to resist disease
Research biologist and project leader Jim Slavicek (left) of the Northern Research Station and Deer River District Ranger Chad Kirschbaum of the Chippewa National Forest prepare to inoculate an American elm tree as part of a long-term study on the forest. Forest Service photo by Scott Farley.
Three research plots, established by Northern Research Station scientists and carefully tended by Chippewa National Forest staff for nearly a decade, will be instrumental in restoring American elm to Minnesota forests.
Scientists Jim Slavicek and Charlie Flower worked with forest crews to inoculate 1,200 American elm trees with Dutch elm disease June 13–15. In eight weeks, Slavicek and Flower will return to the forest to evaluate the trees for signs of Dutch elm disease. Next spring they will return for a final analysis of which trees survived both Dutch elm disease and winter temperatures. Trees that do not display sufficient disease and cold tolerance will be culled, leaving the forest with a seed orchard that can be used for reforestation projects.
Slavicek and scientists at the station's lab in Delaware, Ohio, propagated the trees by crossing "surviving elm" (American elm trees that have been exposed to Dutch elm disease and survived) from the Chippewa National Forest with a few of the strains of disease-resistant American elm that have been developed. Forest staff installed exclosure fences around the plots to prevent damage from deer browse and over the years have maintained the elm plantations by hand-pulling weeds and mowing the grass to reduce damage from rodents.
Until Dutch elm disease eliminated virtually all mature trees, American elm was an important part of hardwood forests and urban landscapes throughout the eastern United States. The research collaboration with Chippewa National Forest is part of a larger Forest Service effort to create enough genetic diversity in Dutch elm disease-resistant American elm so that the tree can be successfully restored in forests and cities throughout its native range. Learn more about American elm research on Chippewa National Forest on Northern Research Station's website.


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Not until recently I discovered the meaning OH Well! The symbolic meaning of the Butterfly. The more I read and see the transformation of a butterfly the more I seem to agree that it is in fact the representation for the Heart- joy, rebirth, happiness, change, hope. Not only they look so beautiful and dainty they also represent strength and gentleness.
At some point of time, we all have to go through grief and loss and perhaps the change we are not ready for yet we have no choices. Although some people may choose to retreat in a cocoon, for healing. However that is part one of the stage, we have to come out and transform, emerge as the person we should be or have to be into a different person. Hence the transformation is just like the life of a butterfly.
Like the caterpillar, this cocoons before its transformation into a butterfly but after experiencing the loss of being a caterpillar. This teaches us to live again and while we accept the change and the beauty of the change for the best.
If you watch the butterfly it will land quietly, softly and yet it is hopeful and full of belief into its new form. Hence we learn to live forever yet changed and transformed into someone we were not. A chance to reconceive ourselves, to be reborn as individuals out of whatever loss or change it is.
If we try we all can emerge from the cocooned dark place, accept the change and transform into a different person.
We always seem to resist the change and the suffering yet, when we do, that is what sets us free. We all have a little bit of butterfly inside us and unlike them, we have more than once to experience that – our beliefs, opinions, ideas, perceptions etc can be changed and transformed over and over again.
To name a few, In China, it symbolises love. Chinese legend has it that the Butterfly symbolizes an undying bond between lovers.
In Greek it is associated with the Goddess "Psyche" forever linked with love with Eros (Cupid) – both hopelessly in love with the other.
In ancient Egypt they reigning as the symbol of Isis.
The nearly unlimited symbols of butterflies exemplifies the advent of hope for a change for a better life, a better world.
So people, spread your wings and transform beautifully.