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\section{Introduction}
\label{sect:intro}

The Guo Shou Jing Telescope (also named as Large Sky Area Multi-Object
Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope, or LAMOST) is a quasi-meridian
reflecting Schmidt telescope with a 4-meter aperture, a 5-degree field
of view, and 4000 fibers installed on the focal plane
(\cite{cui10}; see also the overview by Zhao et al. 2012). It
will be used as a spectroscopic survey telescope for Galactic (Deng et
al. 2012) and cosmological science.

LAMOST is located at Xinglong Observing Station (here after XOS) of National Astronomical Observatories,
Chinese
Academy of Sciences (NAOC). It is located $\sim170$ km northeast of
Beijing with longitude of $\rm7^{h}50^{m}18^{s}$ east and latitude of
$\rm40^{\circ}23^{\prime}36^{\prime\prime}$ north.
The elevation of the site is about $\sim900$m.

The site weather is extremely seasonal and is dominated by a
continental monsoon in the summer. In this paper we show how the site climate, weather, sky brightness, and seeing influence the design of the LAMOST survey. These constraints are extremely important not only to the field selection for the halo on dark night (Yang et al. 2012) ,  on bright night (Zhang et al. 2012), and for the disk (Chen et al. 2012), but also for the science goals of the LAMOST survey (Deng et al. 2012).

There have been a few previous papers on the XOS conditions.
The early
work on monitoring the site conditions with a Schimdt telescope was
done by Zhou, Chen \& Jiang~(\cite{zhou00}). Liu et al.~(\cite{liu03})
used the the North pole monitoring data collected from 1995 to 2001 by
the 60/90cm Schmidt telescope on the same site to investigate the sky
brightness, the seeing and the atmosphere extinction. They found that
the mean sky brightness in $V$ band reaches 21.0\,mag arcsec$^{-2}$
and the mean seeing measured from the imaging FWHM varies with
seasons; specifically, the seeing is better in summers but worse in
winters.
The camera used for seeing measurements on the Schmidt telescope
undersamples the point spread function, so that the seeing
measurements are not reliable when measured seeings are better than $\sim2$\arcsec.
The site seeing was also measured using a DIMM (Liu et al.~\cite{liu10}).

Previous studies either used old data or included only
a short time baseline. These measurements do not reflect the current weather
 and long term variation of the site conditions. Since LAMOST
will last at least 5 years, understanding the long term variation of
the site conditions is very important in designing and planning LAMOST
surveys.  In this paper we will revisit XOS quality as an astronomical
observing site using the largest and latest site parameter
data set available, covering almost 16 years since 1995.

In Section~2, we describe how the data is collected. In Section~3
the weather patterns, the sky brightness, the seeing, and the
atmospheric extinction are analyzed.
We then create a simplified but realistic simulation of the survey
with the priors of the site conditions so that the probability of the
sky coverage and the total number of the spectra are estimated, and
present that in Section~4. Finally, in section 5 we give
general guidelines that will be used in the design of the survey.

\section{Data Acquisition}

In this work we use two sets of data, both obtained from the BATC
survey (Beijing-Arizona-Taipei-Connecticut multi-color photometry
survey, Fan et al.~\cite{fan96}) using the Schmidt telescope at XOS.

The observation logs of BATC from 2004 to 2007 provide the duration
of actual observing time from opening to closing the dome on each each night of operation. It is noted that the BATC is a 60/90\,cm Schmidt telescope on
an equatorial mount, therefore it can point to whatever part of the sky
is clear, so that it is more time efficient than LAMOST.
LAMOST is limited to point only within 2 hours on each side of the meridian,
and is also restricted to -10$^\circ$ to 60$^\circ$ in
declination.
(Higher declinations are possible, but at a significant cost to the field of view.)
Therefore, the actual observation time available for
LAMOST could be lower than BATC's statistics.

The other data set comes from Polaris area monitoring images collected by BATC
from 1995 to 2011.
The BATC survey took an image of the north celestial pole before normal
observations on each night. Although it does not use the
zenith, which is a better direction for monitoring the sky
brightness, it is a great legacy to quantify XOS conditions.  Liu et
al.~(\cite{liu03}) used the first 6 years of data in their work. In the
current work, we extend it to 2011, 10 years more than was previously available.

We follow the same procedure used by Liu et. al.~(\cite{liu03}) to measure
the seeing, night sky brightness and extinction from the Polaris dataset:

 The sky brightness ADU was
measured from the background of the images, then instrument magnitude zero
points derived from photometric nights were interpolated to each observing
night to convert the sky brightness ADU into the magnitude in $V$ band.
The photometric software package SExtractor \cite{sextra} was used to measure the
FWHM,  magnitude and other parameters of stellar objects on the image.
The average FWHM of those stellar objects was taken as the seeing of that observation.
The sky transparency, which is quantified by the extinction
coefficient, was derived  by comparing  measured magnitudes of the selected stars with
the known magnitude of the same objects from Guide Star Catalog (GSC, Lasker et al. 2008).

\section{Site parameters}

\subsection{Weather patterns}
\label{subsect:weather}
\begin{figure*}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{obshour_month_smooth.eps}

\caption{
The statistics of the number of hours of BATC observations per night from
2004-01-01 to 2007-09-30. The thick solid line shows the actual mean
observing hours, smoothed with a 2-month window, at
each night from July 1 to Jun 30 the next year. The shaded area shows the
minimum and maximum hours of observation each night smoothed with the same time window. As a reference, the dashed line shows the theoretical
available time between evening and morning twilights. }\label{fig:obshours}

\end{center}
\end{figure*}

Fig.~\ref{fig:obshours} shows hours per night used for actual
observations by BATC from 2004 to 2007
Although the recorded
observed hours from BATC should not be identical to that for GSJT, it
does reflect the general weather pattern at XOS.
Fig.~\ref{fig:obshours} shows that the actual observation
hours per night is about 6 hours less than the theoretical value
at all times of the year. In this period of time, 43\% of observing time was lost to bad weather.
The maximum observing time is in
December and January, when about 8 hours on average are available each night,
while in July and August the average observing time is less
than 2 hours.  This pattern is similiar to
Figure~1 in Zhang  et al. (\cite{zhang09}) paper.
Because it is restricted to observe within $\sim2$ hours of the meridian,
LAMOST hardly has any observation time in summer. Such a site dependent weather
pattern means that LAMOST will have a better chance to observe
right ascensions that are observable in winter; the Galactic
anti-center and south Galactic cap. The north Galactic pole and the
inner Galactic disk, on the other hand, are difficult to completely sample with LAMOST.

\subsection{Sky brightness}
\label{subsect:sky}
\begin{figure*}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{batc_skybrightness_date.eps}
\caption{The sky brightness in $V$ band obtained from BATC Polaris monitor data, as a function of time from 1995 to 2011. The dashed line is 21 mag arcsec$^{-2}$.}\label{fig:batcsky}
\end{center}
\end{figure*}

Fig.~\ref{fig:batcsky} shows the all sky brightness measurements from the BATC Polaris images as a function of
time. There are some long term features in the data. First, there is a
significant brightening between 2005 and 2006, which is due
to the construction of the buildings for LAMOST.
Lights from the construction site significantly affected the BATC telescope, which is only a few hundred
meters away. After the construction was done in 2007, the monitoring
data from BATC returned to the normal level for the site.

Second, there seems to be an annual (probably seasonal) variation in
the sky brightness. The periodical pattern is much clearer from 2007
to 2011. It seems that around the end of a year, i.e., in the winter,
the sky is darker, sometimes fainter than 21\,mag arcsec$^{-2}$, while in the
middle of a year, i.e., in the summer, is brighter by as much as 0.5\,mag.
It is not well understood what causes the seasonal pattern in the sky brightness.
Several factors could have contributed to the pattern, including dust storms in the spring,
more construction at local areas in summer or local agricultural activities.
All of these factors reduce the transparency of the atmosphere, which
can result in more scattered light from nearby cities.

\begin{figure*}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{batc_seeing_date.eps}
\caption{The seeing measured from the FWHM of the Polaris-region images obtained by BATC from 1995 to 2011 is shown in this figure.}\label{fig:batcseeing}
\end{center}
\end{figure*}

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{batc_seeing_month.eps}
\end{center}
\caption{The median seeing and its 1$-\sigma$ range using the data after 2007 in Fig.~\ref{fig:batcseeing} in each month are shown here.}\label{fig:batcseeingmonth}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{batc_seeing_hist.eps}
\caption{
The distribution and cumulative distribution of the seeing after 2007,
using data from Fig.~\ref{fig:batcseeing}. The solid lines show the
distribution for all data. The dashed-dot horizontal line shows the
position of 85.3\%. It indicates that the 85.3\% of the observations
are in the seeing lower than 3.8\,arcsec for the
data.}\label{fig:batcseeinghist}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Seeing}
\label{sect:seeing}

There are no specific instruments dedicated to monitoring site quality, especially natural
seeing, at XOS. The most reliable data set that can be
used for seeing assessment is BATC data archive.
However, note that the Schmidt telescope has a classical dome, with
attached office and living facility, so the measurements are likely
dominated by dome seeing.  The site natural seeing is most likely much  better than
 these measurements. The long term record of
seeing of XOS derived from BATC is shown in
Fig.~\ref{fig:batcseeing}. The seeing spans a huge range and is
probably seasonal, as is clearly seen in the figure. In the winters of
1999 and 2000, it was rather bad in general, and sometimes was worse
than 4\,arcsec. It became slightly better in 2006. There are several
possible explanations for the improvement. One possibility is that a
new 4k$\times$4k CCD was
installed at the main focus the Schmidt telescope in that year.
The new camera improved the imaging resolution from 1.7\,arcsec/pixel to
1.36\,arcsec/pixel. This consequently slightly improves the
measurement of the seeing from the FWHM of the stars. An alternative
reason is that the weather since 2007 at XOS has been better.
Anyhow, in Fig.~\ref{fig:batcseeing} it is quite
clear that the data after 2007 have a slightly lower median seeing
than the earlier data, and also look more stable than before
2007. Therefore we only use the data after 2007 for subsequent analysis.

Fig.~\ref{fig:batcseeingmonth} shows the average seeing for each month
using the data after 2007. The best seeing occurs in August and
September, while the worst is in December and January. Meanwhile
the dispersion of the seeing (the error bar shown in the figure) also
follows the same trend. This pattern is similar to Fig~7 of Liu
et al.~(\cite{liu03}), and also Figure~5 of Zhang et
al.~(\cite{zhang09}). Experience from other telescopes at the same site
show that it's true that the seeing is worse in the winter and better
in the summer. This is related to the climate. In winter the
strong and frequent wind significantly enhances the turbulence in
the atmosphere and hence the seeing is worse and more
unstable. In contrast, in summers there is very weak or no wind and
this makes the seeing smaller and more stable.

Fig.~\ref{fig:batcseeinghist} gives the statistics of the seeing after
2007. The peak of the histogram of the seeing is around
2.5\,arcsec. Based on the cumulative distribution of the seeing data,
85\% of the seeing measurements are better than 3.8\,arcsec.
Due to under-sampling, BATC images are not perfect for accurate seeing
measurements. Even with the slightly improved pixel scale of
1.36~arcsec, the images do not yield good measurements of the FWHM
below 2 pixels ($\sim$2.7 arcsec). Additionally, it is dome seeing
dominant and not the natural seeing at the site. For these reasons, we
will use the results only as a reference for the long-term variations
in seeing condition.Nevertheless, although the seeing is not perfect comparing with other famous sites, it is adequate for the proposed science program with LAMOST spectroscopic survey.

\subsection{Extinction}

\begin{figure}[htpb]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{batc_extinction_month.eps}
\caption{The circles show the median atmospheric extinction coefficient for each month. The error bars show the range of 1-$\sigma$. Only the data after 2007 are used for this plot.}\label{fig:batcextinction}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

The sky transparency at XOS shows significant seasonal variations,
as shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:batcextinction}. The best value occurs
in October, the worst value appears in May and June, when the local
area suffers the sand storms and/or climate factors such as humidity
and dust.

\section{A simulation for the LAMOST survey with site constraints}
\begin{figure}[htpb]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{sim_footprints.eps}
\caption{The footprint map in equatorial aitoff projection of the Monte Carlo simulation. The circles show the possible plate that LAMOST can observe in the simulation. The blue grid shows the Galactic coordinates. Note that some plates are blocked by the coordinate labels when draw the plot, they do actually exist behind the numbers.}\label{fig:simfootprints}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[htpb]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{sim_bright.eps}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{sim_faint.eps}
\caption{\emph{Top panel: }The number density equatorial map of the observed plates at bright nights in five-year simulated survey. \emph{Bottom panel: }The number density equatorial map of the observed plates at dark/gray nights.}\label{fig:simnumberplates}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

We run a Monte Carlo simulation to simulate the sky coverage of the LAMOST survey based on the site conditions. The simulation helps to clarify how the site conditions affect the survey and consequently what science goals are the most feasible for LAMOST.

In the simulation, we assume that LAMOST can only observe 864
predefined non-overlapping 5-degree-diameter fields of view (hereafter denoted plates) covering all space between
$\delta=-10^\circ$ and $\delta=60^\circ$
(Fig.~\ref{fig:simfootprints}). This is an oversimplified assumption
since in practice LAMOST scans the sky with many overlapped
plates. However, this assumption makes the simulation quite simple and sufficient for investigating
impacts of the site conditions on survey planning. No fiber assignment is included in the simulation.
We also do not give any presumption of the favorite sky regions, e.g. the emphasizing of the anti-center
direction as we did in Deng et al. (this volume),  but just evenly cover all available sky regions for LAMOST.

We also assume that on dark/gray nights LAMOST observes the faint
objects with 1.5\,hour exposures (3$\times30$\,minutes), while at bright nights it only
observes the bright objects with 0.5\,hour exposure (3$\times10$\,minutes). The overhead for
each plate is 0.5\,hours, including telescope moving, active optics
operation, fiber positioning etc. In addition, we add 2 more hours for
each night for the telescope preparation and configuration,
including focusing the mirrors on a bright star twice per night.

We adopt a very simple strategy for the simulated survey. On dark/gray
nights, when LAMOST start to observe, it arbitrarily selects the one with the
minimum number of observations from all available plates within 2
hours on each side of the meridian. On bright nights, the plates with
zero observations will be the highest priority for observation.
Additionally, the probability of plate selection follows the star
counts in the area of sky covered
by that plate; therefore plates near the
Galactic mid-plane will be observed more than those in high latitudes.

We run the simulation for a five-year survey (2011--2015) and run it
50 times to smooth out the random fluctuations. The mean number of the
plates observed in five years, at each location, is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:simnumberplates}. The
bright night survey can reach to more than 5 observations per plate
along the Galactic mid-plane. Since the Galactic plane, in particular
the anti-center direction, is right in the most weather favorable sky
region for LAMOST, it seems that LAMOST is suitable for an anticenter Galactic
plane survey.
Since the dark/gray night survey does not use any prior knowledge of
the star distribution, it simply follows the
actual number of observing hours available, considering the weather, seasonal variation in the number of hours per night, and moon phase.
In 5 years, the dark/gray night survey can cover
the sky between $\alpha=22^{\rm h}$ and $16^{\rm h}$ at least three
times.The rest of the region is the summer sky, which can be
essentially covered only once.
The actual observation hours in the summer restrict the sky coverage of LAMOST.

\section{Conclusion}

From a compilation of site condition data in the last 16 years, we find that
the strongest constraint for the LAMOST survey is from the actual
observation hours, which is significantly lower than the available
hours due to weather constraints. This results in very few or even zero observation hours in
summer. Considering the special quasi-meridian design, the observable
sky is constrained to the autumn, winter and spring, so that
LAMOST performs best in the regions of the Galactic anti-center
 and the
South Galactic cap. Consequently, the survey plan has to be very
carefully designed under this limitation.

The sky brightness reaches roughly $V=21$\,mag arcsec$^{-2}$ on
the best nights at Xinglong. Therefore the limiting $V$ magnitude for spectroscopy should be
around 19.5\,mag with $S/N=10$ for point sources. This is the upper
limit of the capability of LAMOST.
Because the seeing at LAMOST site becomes worse during the months that
the actual observation hours are long, LAMOST will suffer from flux
lost due to the larger PSF, which will reduce the total throughput of
the fibers to some extent.

\begin{acknowledgements}
We thank the referee, Michael Ashley, for helpful comments on the manuscript.
This work is partially supported by CAS grant GJHZ200812,  Chinese National Natural Science
Foundation (NSFC) through grant No. 11243003, 10573022, 10973015,11061120454 and the US National Science foundation, through grant AST-09-37523.
\end{acknowledgements}

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PhD, Sociology (with a certificate in Women's Studies), University of California, Santa Cruz
MA, Social Science, San Jose State University
BA, Communications, Glassboro State College
As a sociologist who studies language, Dr. Pascale's research concerns culture, knowledge and power. Her most recent book, Living on the Edge: When Hard Times Become A Way of Life was released in 2021 from Polity. Living on the Edge draws from conversations and in-depth interviews with people across Appalachia, on Standing Rock and Wind River Reservations, and in struggling communities within the bustling city of Oakland, California.
Dr. Pascale is also the author of three other books. Her first, Making Sense of Race, Gender and Class: Commonsense, Power and Privilege in the United States (Routledge, 2007) won the Distinguished Scholarship Award from the American Sociology Association Section on Race, Class and Gender. Her second book, Cartographies of Knowledge: Exploring Qualitative Epistemologies (Sage 2011) won the 2012 Distinguished Book Award from the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry for "charting new territories." Pascale's third book Social Inequalities & The Politics of Representation: A Global Landscape was published in 2013, has been recognized as a field defining collection of original scholarship.
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Professor Celine-Marie Pascale's primary scholarly interest is in exploring the (re)production of culture, knowledge, and power through sociological analyses of language and representation. Her research draws from contemporary social theory including Feminist and Poststructural theories. Methodologically, she has expertise in qualitative inquiry, particularly in forms of textual analysis and interview techniques.
Workshop Facilitator. Acorn Hill Elementary School. Conducted a four-hour interactive workshop with Robin Adams to help faculty, staff, and parents increase their facility for addressing emerging hate crimes. 2017.
Not A Time For Silence: A Nation In Transition. Organizer and participant. Six CAS faculty discussed their personal and professional reflections. Abramson Recital Hall, Katzen
Anti-racism and Allyship: A Campus Conversation. Co-faciliated a workshop with Robin Adams for students, staff, and faculty in response to a hate crime on campus. 2017.
Designed and delivered "Staying in the Conversation: Race and its intersections," a 12-hour workshop over eight weeks to help faculty develop racial competencies. Co-facilitated with Fanta Aw. 2017
Facilitator. "Microaggressions and Unconscious Bias." Division of Film & Media Arts, American University. 2017
Presenter, White Privilege. The Darkening Presents: The Civil Rights Movement Today. 2016
Co-Facilitator with Caleen Jennings. "Strengthening Our Interactional Competence with Students." To help faculty and staff to develop increased competencies for recognizing and addressing tensions that can arise involving issues of race, class, ability, and gender identity. Sponsored by the Center for Teaching Research and Learning. 2016
Co-facilitator with Traci Callandrillo. "Micoraggressions," a breakout session at the AU fall faculty and staff retreat. 2016
Designed and delivered. "Staying in the Conversation: Race and its intersections," a 9-hour workshop over three weeks in September to help faculty develop racial competencies. Co-facilitated with Fanta Aw. 2016
Workshop Facilitator. Acorn Hill Elementary School. Conducted a two-hour interactive workshop with Robin Adams to help faculty and administrators increase their facility for addressing issues of race & racism in their school. 2016
Hands Up. With Angela Davis (WCL) presented a talk and facilitated discussion on issues of racism and white privilege at American University for the Board of Trustees. 2015
Power & Privilege workshop for Summer Transition Enrichment Program (STEP), Office of Multicultural Affairs. 2015
Power & Privilege workshop for the Office of Campus Life. American University, 2015
White Privilege Workshop. Office of Campus Life, Teach-In for Justice. 2015
White Privilege Workshop. Office of Campus Life, Teach-In for Justice: Part 2. 2015
Acorn Hill Elementary School, Diversity Consultant, 2008-2009
AmeriCorp, Workshop Facilitator Pedagogies of Peace 2008, 2004
Children's Defense Fund National Freedom School Training, Curriculum Specialist for national theme Breaking the Cradle to Prison Pipeline, 2008
Children's Defense Fund National Freedom School Training, Workshop Facilitator for Nonviolent Communication, Forgiveness Compassion, and Conflict Resolution, 2008
DC Reads, Campus Life, American University, Diversity Workshop Facilitator, 2008, 2007, 2005
Office of Campus Life, Multicultural Affairs, American University, Workshop Facilitator Intercultural Competence, 2004
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College Dean's Award for Outstanding Contributions to an Inclusive Community. In recognition of efforts "to build an inclusive community by raising awareness of opportunities and challenges, fostering dialogue, providing insight and innovations and/or implementing change. College of Arts & Sciences, American University. 2016.
Distinguished Book Award, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry for an original contribution to the field with Cartographies of Knowledge: Exploring Qualitative Epistemologies. 2012.
Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award, American Sociological Association Section on Race, Gender, and Class for a distinguished and significant contribution to the development of the integrative field of race, gender, and class for Making Sense of Race, Class and Gender: Commonsense, Power and Privilege in the U.S. 2008.
American University Library selected Making Sense of Race, Class and Gender: Commonsense, Power and Privilege in the U.S. as one of the most outstanding publications reported by AU Faculty in the last year 2008.
Selected by the Center for Teaching Excellence for recognition as one of three inspiring teachers at American University.Featured in a short documentary film for the 2009 Ann Ferren Teaching Conference 2008.
Invited Presenter: Noontime Conversations: Reflections on Inspired Teaching. Invited by the Center for Teaching, Research and Learning, American University 2009.
Multicultural Affairs/International Student Services Award for Distinguished Faculty, American University for scholarly achievements and unselfish commitment to the enhancement of cultural awareness and diversity within the American University community 2005.
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2021. Living on the Edge: When Hard Times Become A Way of Life. Polity.
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2013. Social Inequalities & The Politics of Representation: A Global Landscape. Sage Publications.
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2011. Cartographies of Knowledge: Exploring Qualitative Epistemologies. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. (Won the 2012 International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry award for a distinguished contribution to the field.)
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2007. Making Sense of Race, Class and Gender: Commonsense, Power and Privilege in the U.S. New York: Routledge. (Won the American Sociological Association Section on Race, Class, and Gender Award for making a distinguished and significant contribution to the field, 2008.) Reviewed in Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews (2009), Contemporary Psychology: A Journal of Reviews (2009), Gender &Society (2009), Political Studies Review (2010) and Revista Internacional de Organizaciones (2011).
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2019. The Weaponization of language: Discourses of rising right-wing authoritarianism. Current Sociology Review 67:6, 898-917.
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2018. Epistemology & Moral Economies of Difference: Transforming Social Research. International Journal in Critical Diversity Studies. 1:1: 45-57.
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2018. "Textual Analysis & Social Science: A Case study of discourses of risk in U.S. media coverage of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster." SAGE Research Methods Cases. Sage, London
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2017. Qualitative Textual Analysis for Media and Interviews. Webinar Series, International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta.
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2016. Discources of the North Atlantic: Epistemology & Hegemony. Qualitative Inquiry 22(4):219-227.
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2016. Vernacular Epistemologies of Risk: The Crisis in Fukushima. Current Sociology 65:1:3-20
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2011. Epistemology and the Politics of Knowledge. Pp. 154-165 in Sociological Routes and Political Roots, a Sociological Review Monograph edited by Michaela Benson and Rolland Munro.
Pascale, Celine-Marie. 2010. Horizontes de posibilida. Barataria: Revista Castellano-Manchega de Ciencias, 11:31-39.
The Atlantic. Interviewed by Melissa Scholes Young. "The Cost of Being First." October 16.
Counterspin. Hosted by Fairness & Accuracey in the Media (FAIR). "Media Coverage of Fukushima." Show aired on March 24, 2015 on approximately 150 stations.
International Business Times of Australia. "Media Coverage on Fukushima Disaster Minimised Risks New Analysis Says. Jenny Panganiban. March 18, 2015.
Channel 9 NewsNow (WUSA). Interviewed by Brittany Moorehouse on the controversy generated by Russell Crowe's tweet about circumcision. Aired June 10, 2011 on 5pm and 7pm newscasts.
La Nación (one of Argentina's premier newspapers). Interviewed by Washington correspondent Inés Capdevila, October 30, 2008 regarding the impact of the presidential election on cultural issues such as race and feminism.
Sinclair Broadcast Group (ABC, CBA, FOX, CW, NBC) Interviewed by Meghan McCorkell October 1, 2008 regarding sexism in the presidential election cycle.
Channel 9 News Now (WUSA). Interviewed by Gary Nurenberg, September 12, 2008 regarding social interaction and the rise of hugging among men—in light the recent photos of Obama and McCain hugging.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazatte. Interviewed by Sally Kalson August 12, 2008 regarding the use of slurs and bigoted language in popular films.
"A Weigh with Words: An Inside Look at How Words Create Conflict or Compassion." Interviewed along with along with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, local artists, activists, and scholars for a documentary film by A NU VIEW on gender, sexual orientation, race, class and the power of words. Debuted at the Regal Cinemas in Gallery Place Cinemas, Washington, D.C., on August 22, 2007.
WJLA Channel 7/ABC News. Interviewed by Stephen Tschida on March 15, 2007 regarding on media, gender and eating disorders.
National Public Radio, Morning Edition. Interviewed by Jason Kane, reporter for Morning Edition, on March 8, 2007 regarding racially-themed parties on college campuses.
Metro Networks, a national radio wire service with 1500 affiliates. Interviewed by Gene Colleta on February 28, 2007 regarding the importance of Women's History Month and key issues facing women today.
Invited Speaker for Keynote Panel. Paper title "The Heresy of Commonsense in an Age of Chaos" Conference on Wokeness, Sleepwalking and Stupors: The War on Social Justice Discourse. Wits Centre for Diversity Studies. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 2021.
Invited Keynote Speaker. UNESCO and the International Sociological Association Conference on "Language and Society: Research Advances in Social Sciences." Paper title The Weaponization of Language. Warsaw, Poland 2019.
Invited speaker for the Presidential Panel: Reflections on Inequality, Justice and Rights. Paper presentation: "Discourse, Poverty, and the Materiality of Lived Experience.Eastern Sociological Association 2019.
Invited Keynote Speaker for the Research Committee on Language and Society."Confronting the Politics of Disinformation. XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology. Toronto, Canada 2018.
Invited Keynote Speaker for The Institute for Federal Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion. Presented by the Georgetown University Office of Institutional Diversity & Equity. "Commonsense, Power & Privilege." 2018.
Invited Plenary Speaker. "North Atlantic Epistemology and the Colonality of Knowledge Production." Third ISA Forum of Sociology, International Sociology Association, Vienna, Austria 2016.
Presenter. Vernacular Epistemologies of Risk: The Crisis in Fukushima. Third ISA Forum of Sociology, International Sociology Association, Vienna, Austria 2016.
Guest Speaker. Vernacular Epistemologies of Risk: The Crisis in Fukushima. Humanities Lab, American University. 2015.
Presenter. Fukushima, Tsunamis and Earthquakes: The meanings of risk in the 21st century. XVIII World Congress of International Sociology Association in Yokohama, Japan. July 2014.
Guest Lecture. Queering Gender Studies. University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. November 2012.
Presenter. Representing Race: Reproducing Whiteness in the Public Imagination. Second International Sociology Association Forum. Buenos Aires, Argentina August 2012.
Presenter. Social Epistemologies, Social Sciences. International Institute of Sociology 40th World Congress: After Western Hegemony: Social Science & Its Publics. Delhi, India February 2012.
Presenter. Social Epistemologies: Qualitative Methodologies: Innivations in Qualitative Inquiry. American Sociology Association. Las Vegas, NV August 2011.
Guest Speaker. Feminist Epistemologies and the Politics of Knowledge. Mini-conference: Bridging Borders and Boundaries: Transnational Feminist Research on Gender & Sexuality. Hosted by the Eastern Sociological Society. Philadelphia, 2011.
Presenter. Sociologies of Language.Research Committee 25, Language & Society, International Sociological Association XVII World Congress. Gothenburg, Sweden, July 2010.
Presenter. Language and the (re)Production of Knowledge & Power. Language & Culture Network, Section on Cultural Sociology. 2009.
Presenter. Epistemologies of Ignorance: 19th -Century Methods and 21st-Century Complexities.Fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. 2009.
Presenter for the Presidential Sessions. Horizons of Possibility: Sociology in the 21st Century.International Sociology Association, First Sociology Forum, Barcelona, Spain. 2008.
Presenter. Cultural Erasure in the Production of Knowledge, Culture and Power.Third International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. 2007.
Guest Speaker. Making Sense of Race, Gender and Class: Methodological Issues.The Material Culture/Visual Culture Research Program Area Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity (CRGE). University of Maryland, College Park. 2006.
Talking About Race: Shifting the Analytical Paradigm. American Sociological Association. 2006.
The Color of Dreams and The Meaning of Ambition. International Sociological Association, Durban, South Africa. 2006.
Guest Speaker & Discussant with Chai Feldblum, Professor of Law and Director of the Federal Legislation Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center. "Bodies in Revolt: Gender, Disability and a Workplace Ethic of Care.Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Division of United States Studies. 2005.
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Davos Digest 2020: Issue One
Welcome to day one of FleishmanHillard's Davos Digest 2020.
The World Economic Forum 2020 is upon us, and once again the quiet Swiss ski resort of Davos is engulfed in a perfect storm of political intrigue, corporate PR announcements, and incongruous A-list celebrities – same story, different year, right?
Wrong: tensions in the Middle East are at an all-time high, wildfires continue to overwhelm large parts of Australia, China is dealing with a slowing economy and yesterday, as Donald Trump delivered his much-anticipated address, the US Senate began their preparations for the impeachment trial that could (but almost certainly won't) end his presidency.
So, there's a lot going on. Which may explain a few of the notable absentees this year, including France's Emmanuel Macron, Canada's Justin Trudeau, and the UK's Boris Johnson, who is forgoing his champagne with billionaires in the lead up to Brexit day on January 31. Unsurprisingly Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has also skipped out, likely to avoid bumping into 'You Know Who'.
In the lead-up to the Forum, large corporates capitalised early on the media spotlight to highlight their major announcements; with environmental concerns taking the spotlight. BlackRock, the world's biggest asset management fund, made a splash when it announced it would no longer invest in major power-coal producers. Microsoft raised the stakes with its own ambitious programme, pledging to go 'carbon neutral' and remove all the carbon it's ever created from the atmosphere by 2050.
Could this be the year that words are finally followed by action? Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg certainly hopes so and, a year on from the Davos speech that introduced the environmental activist to the world, her warning that "our house is on fire," is more poignant than ever.
Are we entering a new age of corporate activism? Can businesses no longer rest on their laurels of economic performance? And whose aviation habits are going to expose them as the biggest eco-hypocrite? Buckle up: with this year's theme the catchy 'Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World', we're about to find out all this, and more.
Every day for the rest of this week we'll be sending you the latest cross-sector developments and outcomes from Davos. Here's a quick snapshot:
Trump gets his moment
A pitch for power…In a clear sign that the US Presidential Election is imminent, Trump's "special address" sounded more like a pitch for re-election. "The American dream is back; bigger, better, stronger than ever before", he declared, listing his economic achievements since taking office. Although mentioning trade, Trump largely discussed domestic successes, including creating an "inclusive economy", cutting taxes and deregulation, eager to claim America's economic successes as his own.
A love letter to globalisation… China's attitude towards globalisation continues to evolve, and perplex. It's easy to forget just a few decades ago the country worked to restrict the free flow of capital, information, and goods between China and the rest of the world. But this week China's Vice-Premier Han Zheng spoke warmly of China's integration into the global economy, praising multilateralism, maintaining global growth and upholding the UN charter. Watch this space.
Looking ahead in politics: Today we have geopolitical pearls of wisdom to look forward to from newly-minted European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen and Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan.
While it's the 50th World Economic Forum meeting, the gathering doesn't show signs of ageing. In fact, rather like the hipster who has to stay young forever, WEF is welcoming "teenage change-makers" to its annual gathering to "boost collaboration between the generations". Below is the perspective shared by FleishmanHillard's own youth ambassador:
Greta, we've been expecting you!: Greta Thunberg was surprisingly quiet during her first panel, Forging a Sustainable Path Towards a Common Future, but she did pipe up to raise concerns that governments are treating climate change as a political, socio-economic crisis rather than a "global emergency."
Our house is still on fire: Later in the day Greta, reiterated her message, arguing that, if the climate crisis is to be averted, we must move beyond political debates to practical solutions. She distanced herself from politics, saying "from a sustainability perspective, the right, the left as well as the centre have all failed. No political ideology or economic structure has been able to tackle the climate and environmental emergency."
Looking ahead in youth & culture: Today we will see more of the world's teenage change-makers take to the stage to advocate the power of youth and draw focus on some of the climate problems facing communities at both a global and local level.
Define business purpose to cure bad capitalism
A better future needs purposeful business: According to development economist Sir Paul Collier, humans have reverted to their ape-like instincts over the past 40 years; trading in trust, loyalty and higher purpose for laziness, selfishness and greed. Thanks for the compliment, Paul. He argues that this has shaped our corporate environment, leading to short-term, profit-first business management that lacks a defined purpose, harming society and the world around us.
AB InBev: Global business, local benefit: AB InBev's Carlos Brito provided insight on how global business should provide local benefit, promoting financial inclusion with technology and local sourcing. For example, alcohol recipes using local ingredients across Africa help farmers prosper, while distributed ledger technology lets them prove they are profitable from their mobile phones. No longer is the business of alcohol just about giving people a good time.
CEOs and consumers at odds over environment and sustainability: A PwC report launched at the Forum shows that CEOs rank the environment and climate change as only the 11th greatest risks to business growth. They would do well to read the FleishmanHillard Authenticity Gap report, which shows that environmental factors rank high among consumers for reasons to support a business. There could be a nasty shock around the corner for business leaders who misunderstand what's important to consumers today.
Looking ahead in business: Following this year's theme of stakeholder capitalism, today we'll be looking at what it takes to lead a 21st century corporation during of a time unparalleled scrutiny over the private sector.
Tech for good-ish?
Giants and unicorns: Big tech giants, antitrust issues and privacy infringements continue to dominate the tech agenda at Davos this year. Scrutiny is also being paid to the tech 'unicorns', companies that have achieved the coveted $1bn valuation, following the drop in SoftBank's valuation of companies like Uber and WeWork.
Tech beyond borders: Speaking on Bloomberg News from Davos, Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, argued that building walls doesn't just cost a lot of money but will see countries fall behind in the global tech race. His call to support immigration comes on the tail of Microsoft's earlier environmental pledges.
The great uncoupling: Ren Zhengfei CEO and founder of Huawei took to the stage to downplay the impact of the company's US ban. "The US should feel proud of [Huawei…]. They should not be overly concerned about Huawei and our position in the world," he said. Historian Yuval Noah Harari, also speaking from the stage, was more pessimistic, arguing that the age of rival investment between the US and China in AI should worry us all.
Looking ahead in tech: Today Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai engages in a dialogue with World Economic Forum founder and executive chairman, Klaus Schwab, over quantum computing, technology governance and, you guessed it, more AI.
Shaping the Future of Consumption
More transparency please: Walmart International's Judith McKenna took part in a panel which highlighted that technology has ensured that consumers demand transparency from brands– they'll choose brands that make their lives easier and reflect their values or contribute to society.
Building Resilient Health Systems – With one in six people projected to be over 65 by 2050 and most facing at least one or two chronic diseases, medical professionals and academics joined a panel debating the actions needed to build more resilient health systems. Alongside the talk, the WEF shared a link to five ways to build healthier societies.
Overriding evolution – Bayer's Werner Baumann joined a panel of speakers from MIT, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Nature journal for an in-depth, and often provocative, discussion on the principles, priorities and ethics of using new techniques for resurrecting extinct species or eliminating pests. Cue Jurassic Park theme tune…
Ending the stigma – Delegates joined a compelling conversation between actor and Crystal Awardee, Deepika Padukone, and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, on mental illness while setting the scene for several upcoming sessions at this year's summit.
Looking ahead in healthcare: Speakers will be sharing 20 years of lessons learned from Gavi, the leading vaccine alliance and one of the most successful public-private partnerships to date, while neuroscientist and stand-up comedian Sophie Scott explores why laughter can unite.
Join us for more insight from Davos in tomorrow's digest.
Davos Digest 2020: Issue Two
Davos Digest 2020: Issue Three
Davos Digest 2020: Issue Four
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The City Flea is a place for the city's countless creative minds and skilled hands to share what they are working on or collecting. The flea serves as a venue for social interaction amongst the already burgeoning local community of entrepreneurs, artists, and enthusiasts. It is a new common space for city dwellers who are strolling after brunch, walking the dog, thirsty for coffee, hungry for lunch, on their way to Findlay Market, or just looking for someplace to hang out. It gives people from areas surrounding the city a unique urban experience and opens their eyes to what is going on around town. The goods will speak for themselves once the eyes have arrived.
Here is our day in some pictures I took around the event.
I definitely want to try to get to more of these next year..such a fun afternoon!
What is the name of the neighborhood artwork vendor? I want one!
Hey Lauren! You can email her at: ashartsproject@gmail.com Her prints are so fun and colorful!


I always start my reviews by saying how am I more drawn into Marvel than DC but now I'm very sure that I'm neither drawn to any in particular. I'm a comic lover so I love enjoying both worlds. Specially now that DC is slowly catching up with Marvel's Cinematic Universe. I strongly believe that DC can do something much better with their property's including a possible union of TV and Film franchise. Why did I think so? Well Legends of Tomorrow just convinced me that it is possible.
Just have the chance to see DC's Legends of Tomorrow a couple of days ago. For now I can't discuss spoilers but I'm at liberty to discuss anything that is already shown in the trailers and the backdoor pilot aired within The Flash and Arrow crossover episodes. If you haven't seen those episodes then beware.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow is the newest TV series from CW network that collects previously introduced characters from The Flash and Arrow TV series. Led by the Time Master Rip Hunter played by Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who), the team embarks on a magnificent journey aboard the Waverider into the Time and Space continuum hunting for the abominable Immortal Vandal Savage (Casper Crump).
Joining the team is master inventor Ray Palmer a.k.a. the Atom (Brandon Routh), the master assassin Sarah Lance who is now goes with the name White Canary (Caty Lotz), the tandem of Professor Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jefferson Jackson (Franz Drameh) that forms Firestorm, Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell as Leonard Snart a.k.a Captain Cold and his partner Mick Rory a.k.a. Heat Wave, the Egyptian Prince Carter Hall/Khufu (Falk Hentschel) and the Egyptian Priestess Kendra Sanders/Chay-Ara (Ciara Renee).
First of all I want to correct myself when I said a few months ago that Legends of Tomorrow is just like a Time traveling The Avengers. Now that I saw the first episode, I can confidently say that it is not. Of course it is still not on the league of The Avengers but DC's Legends of Tomorrow definitely caught my attention because of its premise of Time Travel. Now I'm not sure how far will the series flesh out the concept of Time and space because if it is just like The Flash then I will be a little disappointed. For me, to be different, they should center on that idea and with Time and Space on play, the series can open a lot of possibilities including the fan favorite clash of different DC universes from different universes (WB films, FOX, CBS). Doctor Who and other time traveling franchise fans will know this.
16 episodes seems too short but since they are still testing the waters, I will take it. I'm also thrilled to follow a series which is top-billed by lesser known DC characters, that way I'm not pressured to know everything about them in their comic counterparts. Feels very liberating.
So are you ready to travel through Time and Space? Then Catch DC's Legends of Tomorrow's first episode tomorrow, January 22 at 9pm on WarnerTV Asia.


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U.N.: Peace in Darfur a long way off
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UNITED NATIONS, July 25 (UPI) -- There is "a long way to go" before sustainable peace comes to the people in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur, a U.N. envoy said.
Ibrahim Gambari, the head of a peacekeeping mission led jointly by the African Union and the United Nations, said the people of Darfur have suffered for too long. Significant challenges remain for sustainable peace, however.
"There remains a long way to go," he told members of the U.N. Security Council. "What progress has been made remains fragile and is easily reversible should we lose focus."
Gambari said he was working with regional leaders in an effort to persuade Sudanese leaders to return to the negotiating table.
The International Criminal Court in 2009 issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on war crimes charges in Darfur. The United Nations estimates that at least 300,000 people have died since 2003 as a result of fighting between rebel forces and the government-backed Janjaweed militia.
The Sudanese government arrested a member of an opposition group recently for alleged ties to rebel groups in Darfur. Khartoum, meanwhile, was criticized for its crackdown on student protesters expressing frustrating with a deteriorating economic situation.
Gambari added that "many provisions" from previous peace deals for Darfur "remained unimplemented."
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Historic Sunshine Coast pub and blues venue burns down; locals recall its heyday
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The Garden Bay Pub in Pender Harbour - seen here before it was destroyed by fire - was the best blues venue on the coast, a former employee says. (Photo credit: Myrtle Winchester)
VANCOUVER -- Residents on the Sunshine Coast are mourning the loss of a storied pub and music venue after it went up in flames earlier this week.
The Garden Bay Pub, located on Pender Harbour north of Sechelt, opened in 1932, but was destroyed by a fire on Nov. 26.
"It was the best live blues venue on the coast. Artists came from all over North America to perform there. People came to Pender Harbour just because of the music," said Myrtle Winchester, a former employee and a resident of Pender Harbour.
The pub helped the local economy, said Winchester, who used to run the town's newspaper. But a change in ownership in the mid-2010s resulted in fewer music performances, which had an impact on the local economy.
"The people who used to come from other areas, to primarily listen to music, stopped coming because the music disappeared," she said.
Ron Johnston, who owned and operated the pub from 1982 to 2014, said he used to bring his dogs to work and that the establishment had a resident pet crow.
"That was part of it a number of years back," he said. "Still, when we sold the place, we had folks coming in and asking about Crawford the crow."
Johnston said he focused on bringing in local musicians but that famous people, including musician Joni Mitchell and actor John Wayne, used to visit.
"John Wayne, prior to our time (owning the pub) used to frequent the place. He'd bring his boat up and, being quite a character, he was in there."
After Johnston purchased the pub and moved to the area in 1982, he began bringing in musicians. The majority of the pub's income was made in July and August, he said, and he hired locals – young and old – to help run the place.
"During the summer months, we did music seven nights a week, sometimes even music in two rooms, one above and one in the restaurant," he said.
The establishment was a community hub, and Johnston said he liked holding fundraisers for local organizations and charities.
"You name it, I jumped on it right away," he said.
Events and fundraisers included golf tournaments, a triathlon, and a car show that raised money for the fire department.
"The car show is still going today through the Rotary Club, and from it, we gave our neighbors to the north, the volunteer fire department, we helped them build their fire hall."
Johnston sold the pub in 2014 and it wasn't in operation when it burned down. Upon learning of the fire, he and his wife visited the site.
"To start with, we were in shock, and now after a day or so it's just sad, it's very sad," Johnston said.
He said he hopes the pub gets rebuilt and reopened. His love for the place is so fierce that he's certain that if the place had gone up in flames when he purchased it in the '80s, he'd be repairing it already.
"I'd be cleaning it up by now, I'm sure," he said.
"I'm sure a whole bunch of people from our community would be in there helping. We'd be looking at reopening. It's just too a much part of history not to."
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One way ticket: Marlins fire Guillen
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Miami, FL – The Miami Marlins fired manager Ozzie Guillen on Tuesday, after just one season at the helm.
"After careful consideration following the disappointment of the 2012 season, we decided to dismiss Ozzie," said Marlins president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest. "Our managerial search begins immediately and our hope is that a new manager, along with roster improvements, will restore a winning culture."
Hired after a successful eight-year stint with the Chicago White Sox, Guillen struggled to lead the newly-christened franchise to a 69-93 record which was good enough for last place in the NL East.
The 48-year-old fiery native of Venezuela was hired on Sept. 28, 2011, shortly after the Florida Marlins completed their final campaign. He was signed to a four-year contract worth a reported $10 million.
Despite a reshaped roster and brand-new downtown stadium, the Marlins struggled out of the gate and dropped out of contention for the division crown for good thanks to a 5-18 stretch from June 1-26.
Guillen's managerial record stands at 747-710, including an AL Central crown and World Series victory in 2005.
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Posted on November 22, 2021 by John Hinderaker in Black Lives Matter, Crime, Liberals
Who Is Darrell Brooks?
Darrell Brooks is the career criminal who drove his vehicle into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing at least five and injuring many more. As Paul has noted, Brooks was a vicious criminal who never should have been on the street. Already, Milwaukee County's left-wing District Attorney is backtracking, saying that his own office didn't make a proper bail recommendation during Brooks's latest encounter with the criminal justice system. Gosh, I wonder how that could have happened, given that America's urban prosecutors are largely selected by George Soros?
But another question should be asked: was Brooks inspired to commit mass homicide by liberal bromides relating to race, specifically the Black Lives Matter movement? Your local newspaper won't touch that question, but Andy Ngo, an actual journalist, has been investigating:
Darrell Edward Brooks, the man who was taken into custody by police over the #Waukesha Christmas parade mass casualty event, had posted a quote in 2016 on a now-deactivated Facebook account: "Run them over. Keep traffic flowing & don't slow down for any of these idiots…" #BLM pic.twitter.com/d8bYZPv8bd
— Andy Ngô 🏳🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) November 22, 2021
Darrell Edward Brooks, the man who was taken into custody by police over the #Waukesha Christmas parade mass casualty incident, expressed hatred of former president Donald Trump in one of his rap tracks. He also expressed black nationalist antisemitic views. #BLM pic.twitter.com/BhT7BrX5mL
Assuming these screen shots are authentic, and I have no reason to doubt that they are, the connection between Brooks and BLM/Democratic Party ideology appears clear. I would particularly note a couple of points.
First, Brooks, like so many liberals, is anti-Semitic. See his post, "Hitler Knew Who the Real Jews Were." Second, Brooks posted this graphic, which well illustrates the core BLM ideology–the false claim that police officers treat blacks differently from whites, Asians and Hispanics, based solely on their race:
This is, as the graphic says, "White Privilege 101." And this kind of nonsense has been fed to black Americans non-stop by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Associated Press, CNN, MSNBC, and many other news outlets for a number of years. We know that Brooks absorbed and expressed the anti-white, anti-American, and anti-conservative themes that liberal media have been promoting for a long time. Is this why he climaxed his criminal career by driving his vehicle into a Christmas parade and killing and wounding something like 45 people, including a number of children?
I don't know, but the question needs to be pursued. "Mainstream" media sources like the New York Times and the Washington Post have been spewing hatred for years. Is their promotion of hate against America, against conservatives, and against white people, impotent and irrelevant? Or has it had tragic results, with mass murder in Waukesha being just one of them?
No one can doubt that if Darrell Brooks had been a conservative who drove his car into a mostly-liberal parade, every news outlet in America would have condemned him out of hand, without any investigation. Remember what happened in Charlottesville, years ago, when a guy drove his car into the rear of a car that was pushed into a third car that went into a crowd of liberals, killing one. Liberals are still talking about it–lying about it, in fact. Was Brooks's mass murder the same thing, only five times as bad? Or was it even worse?
It would be a good thing if the U.S. had more than a handful of actual journalists, like Andy Ngo, who would look into questions like this one.
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June 20, 2020 by Karen Hill
One of the greatest legends of the West is the story of Cynthia Parker.
In 1836, when she was only nine, the white pioneer girl was taken captive by Comanche warriors who raided her family's settlement in Texas.
Following Comanche custom, she was adopted into the tribe. Her new Comanche parents renamed her Preloch. As she grew up, whites tried to convince the Comanches to release Preloch, but the tribe refused. Preloch loved her new family and did not want to leave. She eventually married a Comanche warrior, and they had three children.
In 1860 the U.S. Army attacked Preloch's camp while her husband and the other men were away. She was taken prisoner and sent to live with her white relatives. Although whites believed she had been "rescued," Preloch was heartbroken at being separated from her Comanche relatives.
She died ten years later in misery. Her only surviving child, Quanah, grew up to be one of the greatest leaders of her tribe.
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The city of Treviso has a magical feel, with winding canal ways and historic landmarks. Traveling to Treviso is like taking a step back in time to view the best parts of Italian history with all the comforts of high-class modern accommodation.
Tour the city center to see the majestic fountains and ornate decorations of the Piazza dei Signori Treviso. Lined with charming cafés and local shops, this central square is one of the city's most important sites. All around you'll find fascinating museums and art galleries, including medieval frescoes and ancient religious artifacts. At each cathedral or museum, you'll find something else that makes Treviso a unique vacation destination.
A bit removed from mainstream tourism, but with the charm and style of the big-name destinations, Treviso has something to offer every traveler. Book a professional photographer in Treviso today to guarantee your vacation pictures preserve the unique character of this special Italian city.


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Washington, DC, the District of Columbia, is the capital of the United States. Its attractions include some of the world's most famous monuments, memorials, museums, and landmarks. The U.S. Capitol, Washington Monument, White House (pictured at left), and Smithsonian Museums, are among a plethora of historic sites and buildings, and other attractions along the National Mall. The Mall and the Tidal Basin, famous for its annual spring display of Cherry Blossoms are located in in the center of DC. Washington DC sits at the center of a region which is traversed by the Potomac River. Many of the Capital area's most famous attractions are found in Northern Virginia, To the north, east and south are the Maryland suburbs offering a multitude of attractions (as well as nearby Baltimore and Annapolis).


Enjoy a two-hour Frankfurt sightseeing tour by open-top bus and see the contrasting sides of Frankfurt. Commonly known as an international trade hub, the city of Frankfurt actually boasts many different facets, with beautiful Baroque architecture, lively plazas and impressive modern skyscrapers. See the famous Romer town hall, walk around the Old Sachsenhausen district and marvel at the sleek buildings in Frankfurt's European banking center.
Departing by open-top bus, your Frankfurt city tour will take you to the Romer town hall. Constructed in the 15th century, the Romer is Frankfurt's most important historic building, taking its name from Roman settlements that existed there long before Frankfurt itself was founded.At the Romer, you'll depart your tour bus to enjoy a leisurely walk around the historic heart of the city. Be sure to bring your camera to capture sights of architecturally stunning buildings such as St Paul's Church and Frankfurt Cathedral (Gotischer Kirchturm). The tour will then continue to Old Sachsenhausen, a pedestrianized district of Frankfurt famed for its lively cafés, bars and restaurants.Back onboard your open-top bus, you'll travel in comfort to Frankfurt's modern European banking center, where you'll see the tall skyscrapers that characterize the city's imposing skyline. En route to the banking quarter, you'll pass Goethe House, the former home of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, an 18th-century literary genius and German poet.Other top Frankfurt attractions that you'll see before your two-hour guided tour ends include the old Hauptwache Plaza, with its beautiful Baroque buildings, and the famous Zeil shopping center.


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The Ukrainian parliament has approved a package of concessions to eastern rebels aimed at ending the ongoing civil war in the nation, declaring a three year "special status" for the eastern oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk.
The special status would grant the region increased autonomy, amnesty for the rebels, the right to use Russian as an official language, and the right to form local police forces independent of the national government.
The three year window, according to President Poroshenko, is meant to cover the period it will take before changes to the constitution usher in "profound decentralization" of the entire nation, granting similar levels of autonomy to everyone.
Over the weekend, Poroshenko confirmed the rebels released 73 Ukrainian troops as part of the ceasefire deal. Though there are questions about whether the ceasefire would last, there appears to be momentum in favor of it.
1/ Kiev want to pursue forced ukrainization and consider russian speaking population as lower people.
They close journalists activities which do not suit them.They have forbidden 15 russian TV channels.
5/ Kiev have forbidden the communist party and the party of regions.In October there will be elections of the parlement where a lot of people will not vote.The party of war will win.
1/The paliament has been dismissed because one party (Svoboda) left the coalition, and Rada could not come up within a month with a new one.
2/ On the basis of who knows which constitution — they are picking and choosing versions, or portions they use — the Rada is stil approving all sorts of vital legislations, including ratification of EU Association Agreement. Rada is at BEST supposed to be a technical one before elections.
3/Government is still acting like it has full support, like nothing happened!
4/By banning certain parties — and they are still in Rada — how does anything count as legitimate?
5/Without the banned parties Rada has no quorum. Even though I doubt that it ever had a quorum, as many deputies skipped town when the new "government" came up from the street. Those that did not manage to run away, were physically abused right inside Rada — and forced to vote for whatever new "government" put in front of them. They were threatened with the lives of their families. This situation is still in place.
6/ Voting for new Rada will not make any sense.
It looks like one of the options for East is to not accept anything that is temporary — no matter what the explanation. Since nothing will pass Rada that will grant them anything meaningfull, such deceptions are transparent. They should wait, not disarm, and respond to attacks. They should wait for the results of election, formation of new government, and then decide. If extremists win elections — verly likely Svoboda Party, in coalition with smaller right-wingers — there is no reason to believe that government will be any better — perhaps worse. That would inform them of the way to proceed.
Call me cynical if you like, but I think the East Ukrainians would be fools to disarm. Could you look at the US/NATO/West Ukrainian leaders and honestly say that you see men of honour?
Good. Maybe they got tired of getting their rears kicked. Now put and end to the violence altogether and we can avoid WWIII.
Monopoly on the use of force and violence? — Why?
There is only one reason why the fascist western Ukraine politicians are demanding that the Federalist freedom fighters disarm, their fascist intent is slavery pure and simple. For if their intent was a just government, what difference would it make if eastern Ukraine was armed or disarmed?
Sad fact is, you get respect in this world only if your ready, willing and able to get deadly.
How can anyone in the East trust the Nazis in Kiev? I find it highly improbable that anyone would want to be part of a failed, bankrupt Nazi state that has been killing its own people by shelling and dropping phosphorus bombs on them.
The only realistic solution is either full independence or reunion with Russia. Anything less just won't work. In any event, the junta in Kiev (unless it gets massive financial support from US/UK/EU) is likely to collapse soon anyway. Even if it does get unlimited financial support, it is virtually certain that almost all the money sent will be stolen by the kleptocrats for their own accounts outside the Ukraine.
I don't think Kiev are in a position to dictate anything. They are proven liars and have broken both ceasefires.They are beholden to Nazi Paramilitaries to do their dirty work. I wouldn't trust anything they say.
No matter how you describe the Kiev government and their political problems, one thing is for sure, people of Ukraine have won, they are the victors in fight against the Neo, old and ok'd fascism ruling what is left of their governing system. Kiev government never had any governing power nor these people ever will, people of eastern Ukraine and people of Ukraine have said and in practical terms have defeated a $5 billion dollars government from US state department.
Oh, Oh! The Neoons are not going to like this!


Pandora's Promise producer: Nuclear energy is necessary to fight climate change.
Bobby Kennedy Jr. calls it "an elaborate hoax," but scientists are on my side.
A geiger counter records the radiation level in Los Angeles in a scene from Pandora's Promise.
I am not alone in thinking that next-generation nuclear energy is an essential part of the solution to protect future generations. The film has received vigorous support and factual verification from the scientific community. There are a growing-number of liberals and greens who feel the same way. After seeing my film in the months since it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Virgin's Richard Branson and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, came on to the film as executive producers to aid in the film's visibility and distribution. Jeffrey Sachs, Bill Gates, James Hansen, James Lovelock, and President Obama have all spoken out in support of nuclear energy. Hansen, a respected climate scientist and an advocate for next-generation nuclear power, recently published a scientific paper showing that nuclear energy has actually saved more than 1.6 million lives, by displacing coal.
Advanced nuclear technology is among the most important non-CO2-emitting technologies that are currently ready to be deployed, if only we can come to terms with its complex and troubled history. That's what this film attempts to do. It's important that we examine the facts surrounding nuclear energy as well as the almost unfathomable energy dilemma we face in providing clean energy to a world inhabited by 9 billion people by the middle of this century. Those who are against this film want to convince you that we're on track to solving this problem with renewables and energy efficiency alone, and that we simply need to stick with the program.
The problem we face today is that what we're doing now to combat climate change is simply not working. We need to immediately begin to deploy a diverse range of non-CO2-emitting energy technologies, including lots of wind, lots of solar, lots of efficiency—and yes, lots of nuclear power. Pandora's Promise attempts to expand the debate about our energy options by offering up a solution that until now has been obscured by myths, falsehoods, ideological dogma, and political polarization.
Those who don't want you to see this film have dominated the discussion for the past 40 years. I've seen countless anti-nuclear documentaries. I was even nominated for an Academy Award for a film I made about the nuclear weapons testing, Radio Bikini. I, like the key people I profile in Pandora's Promise, have been deeply immersed in the anti-nuclear view of the world for decades. We are all passionate environmentalists. All of us in our own individual ways have come to realize that much of what we believed about nuclear energy was flat-out wrong.
Climate activist Joe Romm recently urged his readers to follow his example and simply not bother going to see the film. This didn't stop him, of course, from launching into a lengthy critique of it. One has to wonder why certain activists and environmentalists are encouraging the public to avoid a film about climate change simply because it questions the ability of our limited, and thus far failed, efforts to solve the problem. As long as people like Romm use their positions of influence to determine what can and cannot be said about our predicament, to claim uncompromising ownership of the issue, we will never muster the political coalitions required to face this momentous challenge squarely and effectively.
During a public debate I had recently with environmental activist and solar energy executive Bobby Kennedy Jr. at the Jacob Burns Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., he denounced the film as "an elaborate hoax" and complained that the film isn't fair, that it doesn't tell the other side of the story. I beg to differ. The film lays out precisely, and very sympathetically, what all of us feared about nuclear power and why. It then profiles the reasons why we came to change our minds. As a documentarian, my responsibility is to illuminate the truth as I see it. What I will not do is to give precious screen time to people who continue to propagate misinformation with no basis in scientific fact.
During our debate, Kennedy displayed the same disregard for facts and peer-reviewed scientific evidence surrounding our energy dilemma as he has recently done around the issue of vaccines. He claimed that because Germany for a few hours once powered its electrical grid with 50 percent solar energy, this is proof that solar energy is poised to replace fossil fuels. The truth is that after a $130 billion investment in solar energy, Germany averages 5 percent solar. But Germany is also building more coal plants while shutting down its nuclear fleet, leaving its CO2 emissions relatively flat for now. What they've achieved is remarkable and it is to be applauded. But it is far from the game-changer that Kennedy, Bill McKibben, and others make it out to be when they exaggerate the German experiment with renewable energy.
Kennedy then repeated the canard propagated by Helen Caldicott (which is a key scene in the film) that Chernobyl killed nearly 1 million people—proving, therefore, that nuclear energy poses an apocalyptic threat to human health. When I pointed out that the definitive U.N./World Health Organization report on this worst-ever nuclear disaster found fewer than 60 fatalities thus far, with a projected 4,000 who may suffer premature mortality (all cited in the film), his retort was that the World Health Organization was somehow compelled by the nuclear industry to cover up the truth. Kennedy has made similar widely debunked claims about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and leading figures in the medical community with respect to vaccines. This is from one of the most respected environmental and anti-nuclear leaders in our country! Who among those who now criticize my film for being one-sided complained that Al Gore didn't include in An Inconvenient Truth the arguments of climate change deniers, people who believe global warming is similarly a hoax perpetrated by the United Nations and money-grubbing climate scientists?
What I've noticed in screening this film around the country is that there is a generation split. Young people get it. They understand what's at stake and aren't beholden to outdated ideologies and paranoid conspiracy theories that took root during the Cold War. As more and more people see this film, it is my hope that more courageous and reasoned environmental leaders will step forward and speak publicly what many of them now hush quietly to their friends, which is that nuclear power will be needed if we're serious about solving climate change.
The vestiges of the anti-nuclear movement, and those who continue to believe them, cannot be allowed to stifle this critical debate before it even gets started. If so, they will declare victory, CO2 emissions will continue their accelerating rise, and we will drift ever closer toward disaster. Whatever you think about the issue, I hope you will consider coming to see Pandora's Promise for yourself in cinemas around the country and participating in this debate.


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Have you ever had one of those projects that just seems so great and then goes so massively wrong and you can't figure out how to fix it? When you have a million things to do but this one thing is haunting you, taking up all your time and putting you so behind but it doesn't make sense to scrap the whole project? How many hours do you spend on Google sure that you'll find just the right thing or info if you just search the right terms?
No one thinks about the engineering that goes into their clothing... zippers, velcro, buttons, hooks and loops and my nemesis for the several weeks... elastic. Is there a masters course in elastic I was supposed to take? If so, I didn't get the memo!!
The good news is that I solved the problem... the ridiculous news is that I had to scrap my entire first idea and come to a competely new one to find the solution to my problem. Am I the only one that fights to keep the original idea even though the solution has already presented itself? I hope you are all much less stubborn then me!
All that to say that I had to take take a pause on selling and making the Button Ponchos for a bit because of a functional problem but the 2.0 version is here and its better than ever. I'll have them with me for all the Aug and Sept shows then I'll try to get some on the website after that. I hope to see you out on the road and that you'll try one of them on. They really are fantastically versatile!


Used space: ~500TB (before replication).
Having said that let's get to the point, there's no backup and there's no way to guarantee that the nodes will continue to work well after being turned off and moved.
There are nodes that have not been turned off for more than 500 days, I have no idea how their disks will support the moving.
I'm saying this because the hypothetical loss of several nodes from different racks can cause data loss. Again, no backup.
I need to ensure the cluster is up and running after the move without data loss.
BackUp all data (wich can take more than 2 months) and here I need to solve how to deal with daily aggregations/incomming data.
Create another cluster and replica data(the cluster could be physical or in the cloud).
I was wondering if maybe someone could help me with this.
Both of those presented plans seem like viable options, since they move the data outside of the movement risk.
Another option could be to increase the availability of the data in the cluster, to outweigh some of the probability of loss. For example, a factor of 4 or 5 replicas may be more resilient than 3, while on the same cluster, assuming space is available. This can be lowered back down after the move.


Lack of correlation between genotype and phenotype in celiac disease. - Гастроэнтерологический портал России. Новости медицины. Приказы Минздрава РФ. Статьи для специалистов, пациентов. Выставки, конференции, семинары, мероприятия.
Lack of correlation between genotype and phenotype in celiac disease.
Greco L. Percopo S. Clot F. Bouguerra F. Babron MC. Eliaou JF. Franzese C. Troncone R. Clerget-Darpoux F.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Naples, Italy.
BACKGROUND: Celiac disease has a wide range of clinical features. The goal of this study was to evaluate whether specific HLA genotypes are associated with particular clinical appearances. METHODS: One hundred forty-five patients with confirmed celiac disease were oligotyped for DR and DQ HLA genes. Clinical notes, physical examination, and a questionnaire provided their personal data. Patients were grouped into nine genotypic categories, according to the presence of the specific DQ heterodimer DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201 (hence termed alpha0beta0), in single or double dose, and the presence of the DRB4 antigen. RESULTS: Age at first symptoms and age at beginning of gluten-free diet were not significantly different in the nine groups. The initial symptoms of the disease had a similar distribution in all groups. In twenty-seven patients, disease was diagnosed by family screening: they shared a similar HLA genotype with those who had relevant symptoms. The actual growth status-evaluated by standardized height, percentage of median weight for age, and percentage of median weight for height--was not different in the nine groups. Presence of unusual health complaints was not associated with a specific genotype. CONCLUSIONS: There is no evidence that clinical features of celiac disease are associated with different HLA genotypes. Genes outside the HLA may play a relevant role.


No it was for Cali and when I finished it, I send her the picture ^^ Thanks!
I only can draw Robot Masters and they are a little bit familiar with human figures.
It is so difficult to draw something on the computer @[email protected] Which tablet do you use? I like it!
And no, I didn't draw that directly on the computer. I sketched it out, scanned it and outlined it using photoshop. With a MOUSE.
Really? It's good? Ahaha. Though I still need some improvement on my part. ^^"
Wow Centaur, that's one helluva good drawing you've got there.
And Inuki... that kitsune..... Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Soooooooo cute!
Oh, another picture for you all. It's one of my very first creations.
Wow. WHY ARE YOU ALL SO GOOD???
@Inuki. THEY'RE ALL SO ADORABLE!!!
How... how can you NOT have faith in your drawing? That's amazing!
I think only wen you have your intrest in draw something, the picture can be really good.
I can't draw Sonics or Mobians like you because my interests now aren't so great, to draw a perfect Sonic ^^"
But btw. I had problems with the hands of the Robot Masters. Especially with Elec Man, Honey Woman and Buster Rod G.
@Inuki: *-* Thats so cuuute. I can't draw dogs.
@Centaur Man and Dylan: *blushes* Really, now.
Love it, obviously! Thanks for the pic Dylan!
Time to wake up this thread.
My charecter from Spiral Knights. Humanized.


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Q: How to know when a TreeView Node is closed ( not Expanded) I found in the doc TreeView doc that you can use onExpanded to know when a Node from a TreeView is expanded but how can you know when a Node is closed ?
Code example:
TreeView {
    TableViewColumn {
        title: "Name"
        role: "fileName"
        width: 300
    }
    TableViewColumn {
        title: "Permissions"
        role: "filePermissions"
        width: 100
    }
    model: fileSystemModel

    onExpanded {
       console.log("expanded :" + index)
    }
}

A: From the documentation, onCollapsed is the opposite of onExpanded, so you can check when that signal is emitted.

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Cecilia has a spectrum of Commercial and Chancery practice in both dispute resolution and advice with an emphasis on Company Law & Insolvency, Commercial Law (contract, sale of goods, e-commerce, sports law), Fraud and Economic Crimes, Financial Services and Banking Law, Insurance/Re-Insurance, and International Law (international trade, international banking, FDI and investment treaty). She also acts as Counsel in arbitrations and accepts appointments as Arbitrator.
Many of Cecilia's caseloads have international aspect and relate to foreign jurisdictions such as China, the Caribbean, Isle of Man, Europe, Africa and New York. In dispute resolution, she has extensive experience in litigation and ADR including litigation at all stages in the County Courts, High Court, Court of Appeal and Senior Courts Costs Office. Clients comment highly on her being "always on top of the proceedings". In advisory work, she is regarded by clients as being "very thorough and diligent"; she also acts as Counsel for buyers or sellers in M&A transactions.
Cecilia brings unique contribution to clients' legal matters in particular in regard to China and the Asia-Pacific region, thanks to her extensive knowledge and connection with this region and her Chinese Mandarin language and cultural skills. She regularly speaks at international conferences, gives seminars to international lawyers and writes on English legal topics. Before joining the independent Bar of England and Wales, Cecilia had served at London City law firms for several years in London and Shanghai and qualified as Solicitor Advocate practising predominantly in wide range of Commercial Litigation and Arbitration. Prior to her legal career, she had served in commerce and international development for over ten years in the UK and China.
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Cecilia has extensive experience in Commercial Disputes, applications for interim remedies and trials. She has acted in numerous Small Claims and Fast Track proceedings. Currently, she acts in multi-track claims regarding contractual disputes and investigations arising from alleged breach of professional code of conduct.
She advises on issues including agency, consumer law, sale of goods, unjust enrichment, fraud, misrepresentation, guarantee, covenants restricting trade, injunctions, Sports Law, and cross-border enforcement related matters, and acts for clients of a wide range of sectors such as import and export, arts, culture, fashion, media and entertainment, game design, e-commerce, technology and sports.
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Cecilia specialises in all aspects of Company Law, including shareholders' disputes, issues relating to directors (directors' disqualification, directors' service, directors' duties, etc.), derivative claims, share capital, resolutions, merges & acquisitions, takeover, partnerships, and joint adventures. She also has increasing workloads in relation to investment-related matters and disputes. Her workloads in Corporate Insolvency and Personal Insolvency (Bankruptcy) are also expanding. Her recent experience include:
Regularly advises on capital investment, share purchase, asset sale, merges and acquisitions (M&A) and joint ventures (JV) as well as drafting a wide range of agreements including shareholders agreement, share purchase agreement, deed of variation, loan facility agreement, JV agreement, and acts for the relevant parties;
Regularly advises on shareholders' dispute, directors' duties and services, and the conduct of the board, and acts for the relevant parties;
Currently acting for a client in a multi-track claim arising from an alleged partnership dispute;
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Successfully acted for clients and its owners in asset recovery and unjust enrichment proceedings;
Successfully represented clients in summary judgment proceedings and corporate insolvency and personal insolvency (bankruptcy) proceedings;
Successfully defended clients in statutory demand proceedings.
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Cecilia practises in private and public International Law.
Her practice has developed particularly in the areas of sovereign lending, investment related matters including Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), investor protection and investment treaty, international trade, international banking, international sale of goods and other cross-border transactions, and conflict of laws.
She currently advises clients on disputes arising from international sale of goods and international banking.
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Cecilia acts as Counsel in arbitrations and mediations.
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In additional to the traditional practice in Banking and Finance, Cecilia has recently advised on financial regulations relating to technology industry including blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital economy.
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Cecilia acts for clients on Insurance and Re-Insurance Law related disputes.
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What to Consider When Terminating a Contract under English Law?
Complaint of Damage to Baggage Made to Air Carrier – Interpretation of Art.31 of Montreal Convention 1999
Amendment to Correct Mistake as to Party Name after Limitation Period Expired
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Does Your Overseas Client Have Essential Tools to Expand Business to the UK?
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Digitalisation in the UK Legal Practice and Litigation
Features and Advantages of Litigation and Arbitration under English Law
China Legal Exchange Centre International Legal Service Training Course: "Dispute Resolution Under English Law"
International Arbitration under English Law and Enforcing Arbitration Awards in the English Courts
Contractual Provisions: Justification of Terminating a Contract in English Law
Practical Considerations and Case Studies in English Law When Cross Border Transactions Go Wrong – Litigate or Arbitrate?
Practical Considerations of China's Outward Investment in the UK within the Contexts of Belt and Road and Brexit
China Outbound Investment and Commercial Dispute Resolution in the UK
Recent Development and Case Law on Cross-Border Transactions under the Anti-Bribery and Anti-Trust Regulations with Focus on the China market
Recent Legal and Legislative Development of China and Understanding Rule of Law within China's Cultural Heritage and the International Climate
Case Analysis – Multi Million Pound Share Acquisition in the UK & Subsequent Claims in England
Practical Considerations When Investing in the UK
Investing in the UK – Risks and Benefits Facing China's Outbound Investment from an English Legal Perspective
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International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration – Arbitrator
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Call: Lincoln's Inn, 2012
LLM (International Commercial Law): Nottingham, UK, 1998
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China Advisory Board – Member, 2017
International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA UK) – Secretary General, 2016
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