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Watford Grammar School for Girls
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QTS full time with salary
QTS (qualified teacher status) allows you to teach in state schools in England.
It may also allow you to teach in the EU, the EEA and Switzerland. You should check with the institution you'd like to teach in for confirmation. The status of QTS in these countries may change after the UK leaves the EU. Please check GOV.UK for updates.
To teach in the rest of the UK or internationally, you may wish to consider a 'PGCE (or PGDE) with QTS' qualification instead.
http://www.watfordgirls.herts.sch.uk/
This is a salaried School Direct route into teaching where you will spend four days a week in school and one day a week at the University of Hertfordshire; this leads to recommendation for QTS. You will be introduced to the requirements for teaching this subject to the 11-16 age range and to the principles and theories of secondary teaching through both subject studies and a developing professional practice course. Training is undertaken in partnership with Hertfordshire University.
The programme is structured to allow you to develop the skills required by a teacher and to develop specific expertise for making a distinctive contribution to secondary practice.
We pride ourselves in providing a stimulating and supportive environment. We have a very effective partnership with the University at all levels. A wide range of teaching and learning methods are used. Tutor led sessions at University which will include lectures, seminars and workshops and where active participation is encouraged. In School trainees are supported by both a subject mentor and a professional mentor with weekly meetings to support the individual needs of the trainee. There are a wide range of opportunities for observation, training and complementary experiences within our consortium. You will be based for the majority of the time in a single, named school, but will also spend 6 weeks on a second placement to broaden school experience.
Recommendation for QTS is based on continuing assessment of practice.
This differs from our other course in the subject by being salaried leading to an award of QTS but not a PGCE qualification.
Applications will be invited to visit one of the schools in the consortium to discuss their application. Candidates will be observed teaching a short lesson.
There will be an interview in the placement school and a Panel interview held at the Lead school, this will include a written test and an examination of qualifications.
All of the schools in our consortium offer training in the 11-16 age range, but in addition can offer experience of sixth form work. Schools are selected according to location and capacity to train in a particular subject. We have 10 schools in the consortium and trainees will experience 2 placements. The majority of time in their named training school and 6 weeks in the second school placement.
The salary will be paid on the unqualified teachers' scale.
fees are paid by the school.
•Honours degree (2.2 or higher), awarded by a UK university or an overseas award recognised as equivalent by NARIC, with a minimum 50% content of the subject applied for. Applicants whose degree not meeting this requirement should contact the University of Hertfordshire.
•GCSE Grade 4 or above in English and mathematics (Grade C or above)
•Original certificates to be shown at interview.
•Students from non-majority English speaking countries require proof of English language proficiency, equivalent to an overall IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each band.
years employment preferred (does not need to be education)
Working in Partnership with 10 Schools in South West Hertfordshire and North London and with the Advanced Teaching School Alliance we offer training in a diverse range of schools including a number of schools listed in the top 100 best achieving state schools in the country. We can also offer experiences in single sex, faith based and community schools. As a consortium we have worked together for many years and have trained well over 100 teachers in partnership with Hertfordshire University.
Our training is based on supporting trainees to develop their academic subject knowledge as well as their understanding of pedagogy in a supportive atmosphere tailoring experiences to the needs and prior experience of the individual.
You will be based at school for 4 days a week and spend one day of the week at university.
We are keen to support trainees with particular needs. There are some access issues on some of our sites; but we have supported trainees with hearing and sight impairment, dyslexia and long term illness. This is done in close association with and seeking the advice of Hertfordshire University.
j.hart@watfordgirls.herts.sch.uk
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Blackness, Citizenship & Reparations in the Afro-Atlantic
Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 8 pm
Curated by Jadele McPherson
Part of JACK's year-long series, Reparations365
In an increasingly-polarized nation around race and racial ideologies, and growing corporate culture, artist/scholar Jadele McPherson asks, "What could reparations mean in this present era?" McPherson will be joined by MC and poet Frantz Jerome (Peace Poets, Hemi), writer and poet Venessa Marie Marco (Nuyorican Poets Cafe), and musician and scholar Danielle Brown (My People Tell Stories). Join us for an evening "re-mixing" community dialogue, conjuring and performance to explore new sites of understanding for reparations in the Afro-Atlantic and around the globe.
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W.E.B. Du Bois' theory of double consciousness (Souls of Black Folk, 1903) still rings loudly in our nation's national debates swirled with images of the alt-right, Charlottesville and Charleston, amidst de-centralized Black Lives Matter organizing and movement building to dismantle violence and anti-blackness in the U.S. and beyond. The tension between blackness and citizenship also characterizes transnational studies, organizing and artistic creation in the African Diaspora. In Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880, Dubois shows how the Freedmen's Bureau had difficulty being accountable to African-American freedwomen and freedmen. The U.S. government was more concerned with its wealthy white citizens than "40 acres and Mule". Considering this history, and that Du Bois was also West Indian (Bahamas, Haiti), we propose this offering—part community dialogue, part conjuring, part performance—to explore new sites of understanding for reparations.
We want to think through what kinds of coalition building and alliances are necessary in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Harvey in Houston, and Hurricanes Irma and Maria which devastated Dominica, the US Virgin Islands, central provinces in Cuba, and Puerto Rico. In particular, the Trump administration's lack of adequate response to the crisis in Puerto Rico has resulted in unnecessary deaths, illness. Some are calling it "genocide." In an increasingly-polarized nation around race and racial ideologies, and growing corporate culture, what could reparations mean in this present era? Are reparations simply the idea of unpaid capital to Afrodescendants? Do we need Pan-African institutions to reach reparations? How have African-American, Afro-Latinx and Caribbean identities shifted over time? How will they shape our collective identities and values in the future?
Jadele McPherson is an interdisciplinary artist, singer and actress. In 2015, she created the musical-theatrical piece, DA CLOCK, and performed it at Pregones Theater for Pepatian's Creating Connections, and at JACK, with support from a Brooklyn Arts Council Community Fund Grant. McPherson performed as a part of Latasha Digg's tributes to Jayne Cortez at the Lincoln Center Atrium & the Highline Park. In August 2016 she performed with Yosvany Terry's Quintet at BRIC's Celebrate Brooklyn tribute to Celia Cruz with Angelique Kidjo featuring Pedrito Martinez. McPherson was in Meshell Ndgeocello's Can I Get a Witness (Dec 2016) at Harlem Stage directed by Charlotte Braithwaite. She debuted her latest work, La Sirene, at JACK in December 2016, and traveled to HERE Arts Sanctuary Festival (February 2017) and Brown University's Rites & Reason Theatre (March 2017).
Venessa Marco is an African Caribbean writer by way of Cuba and Puerto Rico. She has recently moved from Los Angeles, California to Harlem, New York. Marco is currently pursuing her P.h.D in English. She was a member of the 2012 Da Poetry Lounge in Hollywood, California slam team and a member of the 2013 Nuyorican Poets Cafe, which placed 3rd in the nation
Frantz Jerome is a lyricist and poet with extensive experience in arts education and workshop and program development. He served as head counselor for Project 2050's Summer Retreats. He has been working with youth for over ten years and practicing his art as an MC and poet with The Peace Poets. Frantz studies writing at The New School University in New York City. He aspires to create proper opportunities for youth in the arts while practicing his arts as a skilled wordsmith.
Danielle Brown, Ph.D. is the founder and owner of My People Tell Stories, LLC (MPTS), a company that provides educational, cultural, and performance-based services centering on the people of the African diaspora, and with a specific focus on the Caribbean region. Founded in 2014, Brown's work is based on the premise that people of color in particular, and marginalized people in general, need to tell and interpret their own stories. Brown received her Ph.D. in Music from New York University with a concentration in ethnomusicology, and a specialization in the music of Latin America and the Caribbean. Brown offers diversity education to music teachers and others seeking to dismantle the effects of systemic racism in the field of music. She is an active vocalist and cuatro player, and composes and performs jazz and Latin American and Caribbean-based music. Brown is author of the ground-breaking ethnographic memoir, East of Flatbush, North of Love: An Ethnography of Home. A musical adaptation of the book, sponsored in part by the Brooklyn Arts Council, will premiere at Medgar Evers College in December 2017.
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News Release 24-Apr-2020
Warming climate undoes decades of knowledge of marine protected areas
Climate change and warming seas are transforming tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these delicate and vital ecosystems
image: A recovering reef in Seychelles. view more
Credit: Nick Graham, Lancaster University
Climate change and warming seas are transforming tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these delicate and vital ecosystems.
Many of the world's coral reefs are seeing biodiversity plunge in the face of repeated coral bleaching events.
Protected areas, called marine reserves, are an effective and long-established tool in the conservation toolbox. Marine reserves have been used for decades to enhance biodiversity and fish biomass by preventing damage and over-exploitation by fishing.
However, a new study highlights that tropical coral reef marine reserves can offer little defence in the face of climate change impacts. And the changes that are being observed will force scientists, conservationists and reserve managers to rethink the role these protected areas can bring.
"Climate change is so fundamentally changing the structure and composition of coral reef ecosystems, that the way the ecosystem functions and responds to common management and conservation approaches needs to be carefully re-evaluated," explains Professor Nick Graham of Lancaster University and lead author of the study. "The rules we have come to rely on, no longer apply."
Bleaching occurs when seas become too warm, causing corals to expel their colourful algae. This disrupts the ecosystem and reduces the availability of food and shelter for many fish species.
Some coral reefs are able to recover over time, while others are transformed and become dominated by seaweed.
The new study, published in the journal Nature Communications, focused on reefs and marine reserves in Seychelles. Coral reefs in Seychelles were badly affected by a bleaching event in 1998, when around 90% of the coral died. Scientists used data from 21 reefs over a 20-year time period, spanning the 1998 bleaching event, to explore how reefs have changed and how this has affected the role of marine reserves.
Professor Graham explains: "Our long-term records of Seychelles' coral reefs show that before the bleaching event marine reserves contained high coral cover, a very biodiverse range of fish, and high biomass of carnivorous and herbivorous fish.
"Following the bleaching event, the role of the marine reserves changed substantially. They no longer supported higher coral cover compared to adjacent fished areas, and their role in enhancing biodiversity decreased. Plant-loving fish, such as rabbitfish and parrotfish, dominated fish communities. This was the case for reefs where corals were recovering, as well as reefs transformed and dominated by seaweed."
Reduced numbers of carnivorous predators, such as grouper and snapper species, show reserves are much less effective at protecting the tops of food webs in the years following bleaching events. These population drops are likely due to fewer fish for them to prey on after the loss of coral reef structures.
Dr Shaun Wilson, of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions in Western Australia, a co-author on the study, said: "Despite these climate-driven transformations, marine protected areas still have a role to play in ocean conservation. It is encouraging that marine reserves continue to protect some species, especially when these species are critical for local fisheries."
Gilberte Gendron of the Seychelles National Parks Authority, adds: "Although these reordered marine reserves are less biodiverse, they are still important to maintain. This is because, when compared to openly fished areas, they still protect higher levels of fish biomass of species that are important to our local fisheries. For example, the protected herbivorous fish can spill out into openly fished areas and help support adjacent fisheries."
If the goal is to protect biodiversity then it may be better to target new marine reserves around those coral reefs where the rate of warming is slowest, or those where recovery from bleaching is more likely.
While the scientists say marine reserves still have an important role to play in protecting fish biomass, they call in their paper for urgent reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions, as well as other pressures such as poor land practices that input nutrients and pollutants to coastal waters, to protect tropical coral reefs.
The study is outlined in the paper 'Changing Role of Coral Reef Marine Reserves in a Warming Climate'. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15863-z
The paper's authors are: Nicholas Graham, James Robinson and Sarah Smith of Lancaster University; Rodney Govinden of the Seychelles Fishing Authority; Gilberte Gendron of the Seychelles National Parks Authority; and Shaun Wilson of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions in Australia, and the University of Western Australia.
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A Parrotfish Feeding on Degraded Coral
Algal Dominated Reef in Seychelles


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Wendy Red Star
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Native American contemporary artist
Intro Native American contemporary artist
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From United States of America
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Birth 1981, Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, USA
Residence Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
Montana State University - Bozeman
Montana State University - Bozeman Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of California, Los Angeles Master of Fine Arts
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Wendy Red Star (born 1981) is a Native American contemporary multimedia artist born in Billings, Montana, in the United States. Her humorous approach and use of Native American images from traditional media draw the viewer into her work, while also confronting romanticized representations. She juxtaposes popular depictions of Native Americans with authentic cultural and gender identities. Her work has been described as "funny, brash, and surreal".
Biography and education
Red Star was born in 1981 in Billings, Montana. She is of Apsáalooke (Crow) and Irish descent, and was raised in Pryor, Montana, on the Crow Reservation, "a rural community that's also a sovereign nation and cultural powerhouse." At age 18, she left the reservation to attend Montana State University - Bozeman.
Growing up as bi-racial, Red Star went through identity issues. At elementary school, she was afraid of her classmates knowing that her grandparents were white. When she left the reservation, she had to deal with "otherness": The responses she received to her identity and identity-based artwork often damaged her confidence. She later learned to embrace the identity and was completely comfortable with it at 26 when she had her daughter. She incorporated her cultural identity into her work, reflecting on her childhood and where she grew up.
Her mother was a public health nurse who encouraged Crow cultural pursuits; though Red Star herself did not speak Crow, her adopted Korean sister spoke fluent Crow as a child. Her father ranched and was a licensed pilot who played in the "Maniacs", an Indian rock band. Red Star's uncle Kevin Red Star and grandmother Amy Bright Wings were big influences to her practice.
Red Star's undergraduate and graduate level specialization was in sculpture. Her work also includes photography, fashion design, bead work, fiber art, performance art, and painting. In 2004, Red Star was awarded her Bachelor of Fine Art degree from Montana State University, Bozeman. Red Star furthered her studies at the University of California, Los Angeles where she earned a Master of Fine Art degree in 2006.
In 2012–2013, she was a manager at Chief Plenty Coups State Park, located in Pryor, Montana. In 2014, she moved to Portland, Oregon and worked on Medicine Crow and the 1880 Crow Peace Delegation. As of 2016, it was reported that Red Star works as a full-time artist in Portland.
She has lectured both Yale University, Dartmouth College, the California Institute of the Arts and Brown University.
The Spokesman-Review noted, "Red Star works in a variety of media. Her fiber work blends traditional and contemporary elements, as in her pieces Rez Car Shawl and Basketball Shawl. Her photographs combine stereotypical and authentic images, references to the past and modern day. Many are self-portraits." Red Star's work often includes cliched representations of Native Americans, colonialism, the environment, and her own family. The Gorman Museum at UC Davis described her work as layering "influences from her tribal background (Crow), daily surroundings, aesthetic experiences, collected ephemera and conjured histories that are both real and imagined." Though she often deals with serious issues of Native American culture, she often employs humor through the inclusion of inflatable animals, fake scenery, and other elements in the work. In her photography, Red Star often depicts herself in traditional elk-tooth dresses that she creates.
Zach Dundas of Portland Monthly noted her "mash-ups of mass-market and Crow culture make perfect sense...Red Star is enjoying a moment in the wider art world. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art includes her work in a current exhibit of Plains Indian art, and Dartmouth College's Hood Museum is showing her self-portraiture alongside big names like Chuck Close, Cindy Sherman, and Bruce Nauman. Red Star will stage 15 separate exhibitions this year."
According to the description of her APEX exhibit at the Portland Art Museum, her early work "employed gender-focused, political self-imagery...to draw attention to the marginalization of Native Americans." Norman Denizen observed, "Wendy Red Star, Crow Indian cultural activist and performance artist, offers an alternative view, focusing on performances and artworks that contest the images of the vanishing dark-skinned Indian." Her work has been collected at institutions such as the National Museum of the American Indian, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.
Red Star has advocated for improved opportunities for Native women in the art world. In 2014, she curated Wendy Red Star's Wild West & Congress of Rough Riders of the World, "the first-ever all-Native contemporary art exhibition at Bumbershoot", which took place in Seattle during the annual musical concert. There were 10 artists that exhibited, and most of them were Native artists that primarily worked with identity-based artworks. In 2017, Red Star curated an exhibition at the Missoula Art Museum called Our Side, which featured four contemporary Indigenous female artists: Elisa Harkins, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Marianne Nicolson, and Tanis S'eiltin.
Works and publications
Thunder Up Above
Walks in the Dark (2011)
For "Walks in the Dark" of the Thunder Up Above series, she created a costume with European and Victorian motifs in a Native American design, and photoshopped an interplanetary background. Dundas observes, "The sci-fi results evoke the intrigue and suspicion of first contact with an unknown people—or, as she put it in her artist's statement, 'someone you would not want to mess with'."
For Red Star's Four Seasons series, the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog noted, "In this four-part photographic work, Wendy Red Star pokes fun at romantic idealizations of American Indians as 'one with nature.' " Luella Brien of the Native Peoples Magazine wrote the Four Seasons series had an avant-garde quality, with traditional "Native American imagery juxtaposed against authentic imagery". Red Star also uses humor to draw viewers into her work. Blake Gopnik of Artnet News commented, "Posing amid blow-up deer, cut-out coyotes and wallpaper mountains, Red Star uses her series to go after the standard blather about Native American's inevitable 'oneness' with nature." The Saint Louis Art Museum acquired Four Seasons as part of its permanent collection, describing it as among "some of the amazing works of art acquired by the Art Museum in 2014".
White Squaw
Red Star characterizes her work as research-based, especially as she investigates and explores cliched Hollywood images like beautiful maidens or western landscapes. While conducting research on the term squaw, she found a reference to White Squaw, a 1950s movie, and later books with pulp-fiction style covers, published as recently as 1997. Red Star took photographic prints of the covers, substituting her own image in a cheap costume for the character "White Squaw", using all the original taglines, with comical satiric effect.
Peelatchiwaaxpaásh/ Medicine Crow (Raven) with notations from Wendy Red Star's research.
Medicine Crow & The 1880 Crow Peace Delegation
In 1880, six Crow chiefs traveled to Washington, D.C. to talk with the president because the settlers were about to build a railroad through their hunting territory. She researched Medicine Crow/Peelatchiwaaxpáash (Raven) for her exhibit of the Crow Peace Delegation to Washington in 1880 and discovered the narratives behind elements of the iconic picture. She used a red pen on a print of this famous image to notate his outfit and the symbolism attached to elements such as his ermine shawl, the bows in his hair, and the eagle fan he is holding. Red Star said she wanted to use the details of his clothing, and the ledger drawings he made upon his return to the reservation, to humanize Medicine Crow. What she learns in research emerges in her creative process, which she articulates with visual means.
Circling the Camp
Red Star took photographs at the Crow Fair - a large annual event in Central Montana that happens every third week of August. In an effort to focus on the culture and history of the Crow nation, she removed the background of the pictures to bring attention to the Indigenous people and objects in the foreground.
Wendy Red Star and daughter Beatrice, from the exhibit Apsáalooke Feminist
Apsáalooke Feminist
Most photographs of Crow women are colorless, so Wendy Red Star took photographs herself and her daughter Beatrice with colorful Crow clothes to showcase Crow people's everyday fashion. The patterned background is photoshopped to give the images a visual punch.
In 2013, Red Star began collaborating with her daughter Beatrice Red Star Fletcher, who "figures prominently in her work" and participates as a tour guide for their exhibitions. Their collaborations have been shown at the Tacoma Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, and twice at the Portland Art Museum.
Red Star's work is included in:
the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian,
the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
the Figge Art Museum,
the George Gustav Heye Center,
the Saint Louis Art Museum,
the Hood Museum,
the Crocker Museum of Art,
the Portland Art Museum,
the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art,
the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts,
the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts,
the C.N. Gorman Museum,
the Art Museum of West Virginia University,
the Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
the Triton Museum of Art,
the Autry Museum of the American West,
the Philbrook Museum of Art, and
the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia.
Selected exhibitions
Red Star has been actively exhibiting her work since 2003. Her résumé lists the following exhibitions since 2011:
Parading Culture (Tokens, Gold and Glory) Haw Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri (2016)
The Plains Indian: Artists of Earth and Sky: Metropolitan Museum of Art (2015)
Peelatchiwaaxpáash/Medicine Crow (Raven) & the 1880 Crow Peace Delegation: APEX gallery, Portland Art Museum (2015)
Tableaux Vivant: Nature's Playground. Seattle Art Fair – Volunteer Park. Seattle, Washington (2015)
Circling the Camp: Wendy Red Star: Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (2014)
Crow Women's Objects. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. (2014)
Wendy Red Star: C.N. Gorman Museum (2014)
I.M.N.D.N. — Native Art for the 21st Century: The Art Gym, Marylhurst University (2014)
Contemporary American Indian Art: Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (2014)
Making Marks: Prints From Crow's Shadow Press: National Museum of the American Indian (2014)
Cross Currents: Metropolitan State, University of Denver (2013-2014)
Biennial Contemporary American Indian Arts Series: Native Voices and Identity Narratives: The A.D. Gallery (2013)
My Home Is Where My Tipi Sits (Crow Country): Missoula Art Museum (2011)
American Spirit: Bockley Gallery (2011)
Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship
Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship
2017 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
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Peter Werni (born 3 June 1974) is a Norwegian retired football defender who now works at the players' association NISO, where he is an advocate for eradicating racism in football.

His career started in Skjetten SK, before he played for Lillestrøm SK between 1995 and 2005. At this point he was not offered a new contract, and played for Aalesunds FK until joining Skjetten ahead of the 2008 season.

He has also played for the Norwegian under-21 national team.

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It's A Start
Ted Mondale and Michelle Kelm-Helgen resigned from the Metro Sports Utilities Commission yesterday, after the corruption in the MSFC's use of luxury skyboxes as a spiff for the Twin Cities' DFL became to great for even the Metro old-boy-and-girl network to hush up.
Mondale and Kelm-Helgen faced cascading criticism and scrutiny since the Star Tribune reported in November that they and other MSFA commissioners hosted friends, family and well-connected DFLers at two 18-person luxury suites at the stadium during Vikings games and at several concerts. The two said the state-owned suites were needed to market the building, but an investigation by Legislative Auditor James Nobles revealed the suites were used mostly for entertainment by the MSFA commissioners and staff.
The Legislative Auditors report sounds like it's good reading:
[Legislative Auditor James Nobles'] 100-page report faulted Kelm-Helgen and Mondale's leadership of the MSFA, saying they had violated a core ethical principle by using public office for personal gain, by handing out free tickets, VIP parking, food and drink to friends and allies.
Combined, the two made nearly $300,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries. They oversaw construction of the $1.1 billion stadium, which was funded in part with a $498 million public subsidy.
And the saga of Michelle Kelm-Helgen, DFL grandée extraordinaire, sounds like a "how-to" for any political glad-hander in a one-party city;
Even before the suite usage blew up, an unclear division of duties between Mondale and Kelm-Helgen became an issue. Former authority members Duane Benson and John Griffith had questioned the need for two taxpayer-funded executives in similar roles. They also raised concerns about Kelm-Helgen's lack of collaboration.
"We were on a board that had an inability to get information," Benson said, adding that Kelm-Helgen also refused to let the board participate in her job reviews.
Remember way back when Zygi Wilf was yanking the DFL-led Legislature and Governor Flint-Smith Dayton around, threatening to move the team if the state didn't pony up to improve his investment for him at public expense? And we asked – what could possibly go wrong when you entrust half a billion dollars to an bunch of unaccountable bureaucrats whose sole qualification was their DFL political connection?
Because you should remember it.
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nerdbert on February 17, 2017 at 12:13 pm said:
…they and other MSFA commissioners hosted friends, family and well-connected DFLers at two 18-person luxury suites …
Ah, the joys of MPR! On the way in this morning I loved hearing the various folks quoting this line, but MPR studiously took the Daytonian line and merely said "hosted friends and family" throughout their report when discussing the ethical "lapses". No bias there, no sir!
The Big Stink on February 17, 2017 at 1:18 pm said:
Nerd: Salutations to NPR for actually reporting the story. How many of NPR brass were in the suites?
bikebubba on February 17, 2017 at 2:21 pm said:
OK, what about "jail time" for this?
Night Writer on February 17, 2017 at 2:23 pm said:
When draining the swamp, you can't start with the alligators right away. It's nice to be able to pick off a couple of plump frogs on their gilded lily pads, though.
nerdbert on February 17, 2017 at 2:54 pm said:
TBS, the Met Commission didn't list full names. There are lots of things like C. Miller, so it's tough to figure out just who was admitted. However, nobody who's repaid the Commission has been a GOPer, they're all from the party whose name must not be mentioned when possible ethical issues are committed.
Is there any doubt that if those evil GOPers were running the Met Commission and rewarding their friends that MPR would be trumpeting party affiliations? Instead, with the DFL in the crosshairs, MPR just calls them "political allies".
I wonder what public trough these schleppers will feed at next.
Prince of Darkness_666 on February 17, 2017 at 4:54 pm said:
Stadium got built, I'm happy, and to top it off the Republicans can run on this in 2018. This story just keeps getting better. Arne Carlson sounded Trump like last night during a extended interview with Dan Barriero on KFAN. Never knew he had that fire in him.
This feels like a Chicago type level stroking behind the scenes
BB, there could be, but odds are son of a VP will skate.
Bill C on February 17, 2017 at 6:54 pm said:
And the saga of Michelle Kelm-Helgen, DFL grandée extraordinaire
3rd generation:
Her grandfather, Elmer Kelm, managed Hubert Humphrey's first Minneapolis mayoral campaign and was chairman of the state Democratic Party when it merged with the Farmer Labor party in the 1940s.
Her father, Tom Kelm, who ran a small manufacturing business in town, was chief of staff for Gov. Wendell Anderson in the 1970s and followed him to Washington when Anderson became a U.S. senator.
http://www.startribune.com/june-16-2012-new-stadium-head-has-deep-political-roots/159272025/
The insult seemed to come out of nowhere at the 1972 DFL Party convention in Rochester. Apparently jealous of the growing power of Tom Kelm, then chief of staff to Gov. Wendell Anderson, someone loudly proclaimed Kelm the "Mayor Daley of Minnesota."
Kelm, who overheard, couldn't have been more pleased at the comparison to Chicago's infamously influential mayor, Richard J. Daley.
"He said `Thank you, that's the best compliment I ever had.' He enjoyed that kind of notoriety," said Andy Kozak, who worked with Kelm under Anderson and then as a lobbyist.
https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-114062213.html
Bill C,
Wow. I did not know that.
SmithStCrx on February 18, 2017 at 8:46 pm said:
From all the reports I've seen, the only GOPer invited to the suites was a low level staffer that is a family friend of the Mondales.
Kelm-Helgen's response when originally confronted with the lopsided nature of the party affiliation was, "I'm sure some of the business owners invited are republican." (paraphrased)
Bill C on February 20, 2017 at 10:21 am said:
Mitch,
I heard that on Up and At 'Em, specifically the bit about Mayor Daley. They've been closely following this issue in the News Bag segment.


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Zimbabwe – Removing a tyrant but not a tyranny?
As the upper echelons of Zimbabwe's ruling party shift following President Robert Mugabe's ouster, what can we expect from the 'new' regime in Harare?
The 'Soft' Coup
When on 14 November, army personnel carriers rolled into Harare, social media was ablaze with speculation. At 4 am on the 15th, the military appeared on the public broadcaster to announce that they had 'secured' the first family and were working to arrest criminals around the president. Military officials stated repeatedly and emphatically that this was not a coup, and that the constitution had not been abrogated. On 21 November, after a week of negotiations, Mugabe's removal from the head of the ruling party and the instituting of impeachment proceedings against him, he resigned – ending his 37-year tenure. Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko became possibly the shortest-serving acting president in African history upon Mugabe's resignation, but his whereabouts remain unknown. Emmerson Mnangagwa was then chosen by ZANU-PF to be the new president of Zimbabwe, just twenty minutes later. Mnangagwa was inaugurated on 24 November as Zimbabwe's third president.
It appears that the military had been planning their move for some time and had consulted with regional and international allies – although many, including China, deny this – to ensure that any intervention to remove the long-standing head of state would have international buy-in. But to carry it off, they had been warned that it needed to appear as legitimate and bloodless as possible. The military's move had been planned for just before the December ZANU-PF congress where it was expected that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa would be removed; but it was moved up when Mnangagwa was unceremoniously removed on 6 November and Army General Constantine Chiwenga (Mnangagwa's closest ally) received reports that he was to be arrested upon arrival in Harare from a trip to China.
Mugabe's removal was extremely popular – prompting thousands of Zimbabweans to march and celebrate in the country's largest cities, and in cities around the world. Despite the popular celebrations, most analysts remain sceptical and believe that his removal has allowed the ruling party which backed him and sustained his regime for four decades to 'renew' itself. The title of this article was taken from a quote by Bulawayo MDC Senator, David Coltart on the day of the president's ouster – a reminder that the system that had sustained Mugabe for so long remained intact, despite his removal.
The Enigmatic Mr Mnangagwa
For those who don't watch Zimbabwe closely, Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared to be a new, fresh and unknown figure. But Mnangagwa – or the 'Crocodile' (Ngwena) – has been at the heart of ZANU-PF and Zimbabwe's politics for more than four decades. Mnangagwa is one of just two politicians who have served in every cabinet under Mugabe since 1980. Billed as Mugabe's most likely successor in 2014 when he was appointed republican vice president, he and his allies had increasingly come under attack in 2017 from Women's League President and First Lady Grace Mugabe as well as the 'young Turks' in the faction who supported her.
Despite the public attacks against him, Mnangagwa has spent the last two years positioning himself as a pragmatist and negotiator who would help to resolve the political and economic crisis wrought by the Mugabe administration. He had been reaching out to the farmers dispossessed in the early 2000s, to foreign diplomats in Harare who had been eager to see meaningful re-engagement with ZANU-PF and the opposition whose fortunes had declined markedly since 2009. This was partly the reason for his ouster, when leaked Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) documents reported on by Reuters suggested that Mnangagwa was planning a post-Mugabe future which would involve a 5-year transitional government with the opposition, and the backing of Western diplomats.
Three days after his inauguration, Mnangagwa formally dissolved Cabinet and announced that he was returning his key ally, former Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa to his previous position to allow for continuity. Several key members of Mugabe's last cabinet are facing charges, and their families have been subjected to significant abuse, harassment and intimidation by the security forces following the takeover. The former finance minister was also beaten so badly during his detention by the military that he had to be hospitalised. Despite Mnangagwa's inaugural statement regarding a 'return to democracy' in Zimbabwe, many Zimbabweans are (understandably) sceptical. Analysts Tinashe Chimedza and Tamuka Chirimambowa refer to the new president as the 'Trojan horse' of the 'deep state,' which was desperate to ensure its political and economic survival. And despite the apparent lack of bloodshed of the 'soft coup,' it is clear that the involvement of the military in politics (and their choosing of an amenable successor) may set a concerning precedent.
The new president's political history also provides some reasons to be suspicious regarding the likelihood of democratic breakthrough in Zimbabwe – he was implicated in the manipulation of electoral processes (including the stolen and violent 2008 polls) and in the misappropriation of diamond revenues in Zimbabwe and the DRC. He was also complicit in – and thus partly responsible for – the politically-motivated killings of 20 000 Zimbabwean civilians in the Matabeleland region between 1983 and 1987. As noted by Historian Stuart Doran, "Along with Mugabe and the minister responsible for defence, Sydney Sekeramayi, none of the Zanu politicians was more embroiled in the Gukurahundi than Mnangagwa. He was not the architect, but he was one of them. Of that there is no doubt."
If reports from inside the political negotiations are correct, it appears that Mnangagwa is still considering an 'inclusive' government which includes prominent members of the opposition – who had been caught completely unaware by the rejigging of the political playing field. It appears that he would like to use an inclusive arrangement to consolidate international goodwill, and possibly to postpone the elections scheduled for mid-2018. This is a risky prospect for the opposition, as suggested by Brian Raftopoulos; such an arrangement is likely to be a poisoned chalice for the weakened opposition who will almost certainly be given a marginal and negligible role. International political goodwill also already seems to be at a decade-long high, with the arrival of the first British Minister to the country in twenty years – though the content of the engagement was hardly a resounding endorsement. Less than a week after Mnangagwa's inauguration, a Chinese envoy had also arrived in Harare and extended an official invitation from President Xi to the new head of state. Such events – along with frequent displays of public goodwill – may lead instead to a decision by Mnangagwa to renege on the negotiations for a more inclusive Cabinet.
The four years since Mugabe's last electoral victory in 2013 have seen a collapse of living standards in the country. Zimbabwe's economy is now half the size it was in 2000, with 95% of citizens no longer formally employed and a national budget of just $4 billion USD – of which 97% was spent on public sector salaries in 2016. The health and education systems are barely functional and propped up by donor interventions while the substitute currency has seen hyper-inflation soar at over 300% for 2017, despite the dollarization of the economy in 2009. Reports suggest that political insiders had been raiding the economy of hard currency while military elites monopolised the income from the country's diamond reserves. On 28 November, Mnangagwa announced that he would be combining ministries and streamlining staff in an attempt to speed up decision-making, cut costs and increase productivity. He also plans to quickly revise the country's indigenisation laws which legislate that all businesses must cede a 51% stake to a Zimbabwean partner. Suddenly – and for the first time in months – there are more dollars available in ATM's, and reports suggest that black market premiums on notes have dropped from 85% to just 25%.
Although Mnangagwa clearly plans to repair the ailing economy, the likelihood of full liberalisation is low, given the high levels of military involvement – particularly in lucrative sectors such as diamond mining. Meanwhile, Ignatius Chombo – the finance minister at the point of Mugabe's removal – has been charged with defrauding the central bank. These charges allegedly relate to corruption perpetrated two decades ago while serving as minister of local government, suggesting that the 'new' government will be loath to prosecute for more recent crimes in which current members of the administration might be implicated. Having instituted a three-month amnesty period for externalised ill-gotten funds and threatened to prosecute thereafter, it remains to be seen how tough the new administration will be on corruption. The high levels of complicity across the political and military elite suggest that this is unlikely. It appears that Mnangagwa is already reaching out to former dispossessed Zimbabwean farmers to help re-boot the agricultural economy – along with his flagship 'Command Agriculture' project.
Looking forward, the most likely outcome for Zimbabwe's future is that we will probably see the emergence of something approaching a 'developmental' authoritarian state – in which levels of repression remain significant and citizen's political and civic rights continue to be constrained, but the economy begins to grow again and people's material prospects improve markedly. Having billed himself as a technocrat and pragmatist, Mnangagwa appears to have wagered that he can normalise relations with Western donor states to improve the economy and that – after decades of downward revision of democratic prospects in Zimbabwe and shifting donor goalposts – the international community would be satisfied by a veneer of democratic legitimacy coupled with significant economic growth and improved trade relations. However – in a stark break from the experience of his predecessor – Mnangagwa will only have two presidential terms in which to do so, following the introduction of a new constitution in 2013.
Amidst reports that Western diplomats had long been backing Mnangagwa's push for the presidency, it is imperative that his administration is treated warmly, but with a healthy dose of scepticism, and that significant levels of aid disbursement are linked to meaningful democratic reforms. Equally, while they still have some leverage, opposition actors must also negotiate for an even playing field and the repeal of the most repressive legislation that had served the ZANU-state project for so long. If they fail to capitalise on it, this opportunity won't come around again soon.
This entry was posted in Africa and tagged coup, Mnangagwa, Mugabe, Zimbabwe on December 1, 2017 by Nicole Beardsworth.
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106 Parthian, Seleucid objects recovered in western Iran
September 18, 2018 - 9:21
TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have recently confiscated 106 historical relics from a smuggler in Harsin, Kermanshah province, CHTN reported on Monday.
The objects have been estimated to date from the Seleucid and Parthian eras, said Amir Rahmatollahi, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage.
The police discovered vital clues to identify the smuggler following several days of thorough inspection and constant efforts under close collaboration with judicial authorities, Rahmatollahi explained.
Earthenware statues and rhyton(s), coins and bronze bowls were amongst the confiscated objects, he added.
The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic state ruled by the Seleucid dynasty, which existed from 312 to 63 BC. At the height of its power, it included central Anatolia, Persia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and what is now Kuwait, Afghanistan, and parts of Pakistan and Turkmenistan.
The Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 CE), also known as the Arsacid Empire was a major Iranian political and cultural power which at its height stretched from the northern reaches of the Euphrates, in what is now central-eastern Turkey, to eastern Iran.
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Police seize historical relics in northern Iran
Parthian, Safavid-era coins seized in northeast Iran
Iranian police seize ancient coins in southwest
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When we went to Rapid City to the Stock Show in Feb we stopped to see the Dignity Statue at the Chamberlain rest stop. She is well worth the stop.
Looking west towards the river she is looking to the east.
We stayed with our friends Gary and Paula there's always lots of deer in the neighborhood.
We spotted one with a tracking necklace on!
The guys tried their hand at ice fishing a few times and only caught one small fish. Good job Lucas!!
Johnny is back in the sheep business bottle lamb and bred ewes that should be lambing any time.
My aunt and uncle would be so happy to see sheep in their barn again.
We have had a few nice days for a walk. This time I remembered to take the camera for a few pictures. The fall calves don't know what to think of me.
They will be getting weaned soon. They look plenty big enough to be on their own..............JMF.
Dignity is amazing and beautiful. And even spectacular at night.
Love the critter photos as always. Makes me miss the lambs a little bit. We ran about 750 ewes for years, so we had LOTS of lambs. And always quite a few bottle lambs and calves this time of year it seemed.
I really enjoyed seeing the statue of Dignity. She is beautiful and very meaningful. Thank you for sharing her.
I had not heard about the statue of Dignity - she is beautiful! I love the detail on the back as well. Thank you for sharing this little glimpse into your travels and your life with us at Hearth and Soul, Julie. Hope you will visit again this week.
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Antracist Audit » Six Areas of the Audit
Six Areas of the Audit
The Antracist System Audit will look at six areas.
Workforce Diversity Analysis
Work Conditions: Progress & Barriers
PreK-12 Equity Curriculum Review
Equity Achievement Framework Progress
Community Relations & Engagement
Evaluation of School Cultures
We want to Analyze the Workforce Diversity within our system to ensure that we are not only hiring for quality and expertise but also for diversity in all areas of MCPS. This includes all positions (school base and central office positions) including looking at the diversity of leadership in all roles across MCPS. Ensuring that we are hiring for quality and expertise as well as diversity benefits the system by creating conditions where we are promoting and honoring a broad range of perspectives for both staff and students.
We acknowledge that the well-being of staff is integral in the education of our students. That is why the Be Well 365 initiative encompassed both staff and students in it's totality. We are responsible for ensuring that the work environment in every office, division, and school where we have staff working is one that must be astute to creating an environment that acknowledges and addresses the complexities around race, diversity and inclusion and how these factors impact a person's physical, psychological, and emotional well being. Ensuring that we have a healthy work environment fundamentally benefits our students. Not only does it allow them to benefit from staff that are able to maximize student learning experiences when they feel a part of a positive work environment but it allows us to model for students how to engage in healthy, respectful, and inclusive relationships and environments.
We want to Conduct a PreK-12 Curriculum Review through an antiracist lens. We have heard from our students over time about how Social Studies is taught and negates a full picture of the context that addresses African American history and many of the contributions made by African Americans. We had students sit at this table and speak to us about Columbus Day. We also know that the impact of racism on mental health has been deemed a public health crisis so we need to analyze how we are strategically educating our students around this issue.
We have already started this work analyzing our social studies curriculum. This summer, a cross-office team was charged with creating a long-term plan to transform curriculum and develop interconnected and interdisciplinary learning experiences for students, PreK-12 that strengthens students' sense of racial, ethnic, and tribal identities, helps students understand and resist systems of oppression, and empowers students to see themselves as change agents.
This plan has multiple components:
Provide authentic learning/cross curricular resources in digital and print format, for students to acquire meaningful learning experiences and demonstrate learning
Incorporate a plan to address social emotional learning, especially for students who may be deeply impacted by recent events and thoses who need to develop empathy
Include professional development for staff
Schools must look at this data to acknowledge if progress is being made with students of color and populations we have not been making progress to level the playing field. We must also consider the impact that the pandemic has had on our focus students in order to plan for actions that continue to close the gap.
Examining this data through the lens of our 5 focus groups (AA/H and students of poverty) allows both schools and the district to determine progress and gaps and frame their instruction programs around these 5 questions:
Are our students learning?
Are they learning enough?
How do we know?
What are we going to do about it?
We must continue to engage all communities at the central level and at the school level. I am reminded of the African proverb: A child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth. It is critical for each of our schools to do tireless outreach and engage with all communities to hear them and their needs and perspectives. Central office will continue to commit to supporting schools to do this.
Through the audit we want to unpack how we are engaging with our communities and whether or not our current methods of engagement are effective for reaching everyone.
Our students have been crying out for support as evidenced by the creation of multiple social media pages that shared student experiences with racism within our building. We have had multiple hate/bias related incidents that have required us to send letters to the community. This has included students in our Chinese community feeling targeted as a result of the pandemic, swastikas and other graffiti representing hate in our community that must be addressed. We must be proactive in every way to teach all of our students of the hurt and harm emotionally these actions cause our community. This is why community engagement at each school is key because the schools cannot combat hate alone. It takes a partnership between the school house, central office and the community to combat.
We need to evaluate how we support school staff and students with creating antiracist and equitable school cultures where all students thrive academically and emotionally.


From a band that ended childhood for real children.
In the end, Karellen showed much compassion for the human race.
Does the song have anything to do with the book? Starship Troopers by Yes was similar, in that it had nothing to do with the book.
The story was just about switching ARPAnet to an entertainment channel.


Looking after the families of El Paso, TX, Dr. Nazish Shafi is an attending physician at Providence Medical Partners. A skilled primary care doctor and family physician, she understands the needs of her patients and treats every person with the compassion, respect, and attention they deserve. Dr. Shafi earned her medical degree from the Ross University School of Medicine. She then completed a residency in family medicine at Albany Medical Center. She also holds certification from the American Board of Family Medicine and is an active member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Phi Delta Epsilon International Medical Fraternity, and the American Medical Student Association. In addition to compassionate and patient-centered care, preventative care is a priority for Dr. Shafi in the treatment of her patients. She invests in educating them about their health and how they can make minor changes in their daily life to ensure a healthy living.
Dr. Shafi did a wonderful job in explaining every aspect of my wifes medical condition and gave a good medical plan for the future - a first class job!
Great Dr. very professional. Dr. listens to all my questions. Good job!!!
It went fine, she has a lot of question.


Shawn Beheshty's magical Art Nouveau glass pinups. Drooling.
Renaissance comedian who will change the way you view ducks (don't ask).
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Tom was the "Loan Originator of the Year" for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 for Mortgage Warehouse. He currently holds the most individual company records and is the most tenured employee with Mortgage Warehouse.
Thomas Cerbo has over 30 years of full time work experience. His first career was with the Kroger Corporation where he worked 25 years and eventually retired in 2004.
In October of 2004, Tom started working as a loan originator for Mortgage Warehouse in Louisville, KY. His customer service background has helped him become very successful as a Senior Loan Originator. Tom holds the record for most loans closed for Mortgage Warehouse.
Along with meeting all licensing requirements, Tom has completed over 100 hours of continuing education in Kentucky, Indiana, and Florida. Tom graduated from Ballard High School in Louisville and attended the University of Louisville where he obtained his Bachelor's Degree from the School of Business. He graduated in May of 2000 making the Dean's list every semester.


There's a FULL explanation of our pricing policy which you can read by clicking on the PRICES page link which appears at the end of this post.
For domestic cleaning services Billingham, you'll find the way Select House Cleaners operates will not only save you money, but we also have a massive bank of cleaners too, over 160 to be precise, so finding a cleaner to suit you won't be a problem.
But having a lot of cleaners is only half the story, the cleaners themselves must be the very best, professional cleaners who realise that it's not just quality of work that is important – it's reliability too – and all combined together and offered at extremely affordable prices.
With Select Home Cleaners we can promise you that we'll save you money as well as saving you time. We provide professional cleaners in Billingham to help make your life that little less hectic or stress-free.
SHS database cleaners in Billingham are thoroughly checked and vetted via home visits, ID is taken, references substantiated, both personal and work related and ongoing feedback from existing customers is requested and monitored too.
SHS database cleaners are all local to the town, we never transport them in from many miles away – unlike some of our competitors.
Our cleaning services in Billingham are wide and varied, we offer via our cleaning database, domestic cleaning and ironing services, as well as after builder's cleans, Spring cleans (at any time of the year) and end of tenancy cleans for landlords and tenants alike.
Billingham's population has decreased slightly from 35,765 to 35,165 according to the Census taken in 2011.
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I am no longer an impersonal pronoun. "I" no longer fit in pigeon holes. "I" am no longer part of what "we" have built and seemed good to us. For us. For me. Locked in a cage, the quest is a quest for freedom. Emancipation.
Committed to a movement of revolt, we say no. Our bodies say no. No to impersonal pronouns, no to "we". "I" is at the heart of a chaotic situation: me versus the others, me versus the world.
The fence seems insurmountable. How do you break away from this whole to which we all belong? In which we now feel out of place. We are at war. At war against ourselves. Commitment is stronger. Resistance is painful. The gesture is violent and liberating and draws its strength from the roots of hip-hop.
« Popular and interactive, D-construction questions the profound nature of social links in the public space. What unites us? Separates us? Federates us? To what extent are we able to question the territories, borders and institutions?
By physically placing the spectators at the heart of the play and urban scenography, we invite them to get involved. To live the experience of commitment and revolt.


On November 9th last year,I watched this young lad perform. His song was fairly new and not many people knew it or him for that matter. About a handful of people were singing along while the rest quietly watched or chatted with friend.
After his performance, he walked up to me and said "Thank you for the opportunity to perform here." I do not know if he could see the shock on my face. Whereas it wasn't the first time 40 days over 40 smiles had been in contact with artists at our events, it was rare that they would be the ones to show gratitude and not the other way around.
He later added that he was so impressed with the work we did, he wanted to have a concert and have proceeds dedicated to the cause on May 8th 2014.
The Champion Concert was indeed held on May 8th 2014 and Benezeri fulfilled his promise.
How does a 20 year old choose to have a concert on a Thursday at the MTN arena and expect people to come? There is work/school the next day and this is not the most convenient location. Also,it is Hip hop for crying out loud, it isn't even that popular. What? You want people to donate books too, and carry them to a concert? I knew you were crazy but that is plane insane.
There were over 500 people who came out that night, they sang, danced and screamed. They watched artists who have been around for a while and then got a taste of some 'newbies,' they were were the first audience to listen to Benezeri's maiden album and they were given exactly that.
Books? Oh yes, people carried books to a 'Hip Hap' concert, about 120 of them to be exact, in boxes even.
There are several Ugandan artists who are comfortable with having a few hits that they are known for, which they shall perform at 'grand events' but the best position they can take is that of a 'curtain raiser.' They have no album to their name and that isn't such a big deal because they still make money off the hits and remain popular. Other have made great videos. You look at them and can't remember what the song was about but you know that this person invested in his product. Others shall have album launches every other day, it doesn't matter if there are 8 songs including remixes of songs from the one before.
A couple of days ago, Benezeri decided to put his entire album online for free. That is right, all of it.
You don't believe me? Check here Champion or here yup, FREE!
I caught up with him to find out why he decided to make such a bold move and also picked his brain a bit on music and life.
A little over one week later,how do you feel about the show- the support the hip hop fraternity gave you and the fans that showed up for the Champion concert?
The night of May 8th seems like a dream. A recent dream. It was such a glorious night. So many people to thank. Every musician that came through and spared a few hours to be, and perform, at the concert, I'm really grateful. I can't remember any time I saw all those people in one place, especially just out of love and support. It was deep. Im forever grateful to the people that came through to attend the show. It was such a humbling and satisfying feeling to see each and everyone of them. The support I received after too, was special. It's like everybody was genuinely happy for me . It's been a rewarding experience.
What were some of your biggest challenges as you planned this concert?
I think the biggest challenge was finding the resources to pay for the venue, the events company and many other costs.
I learnt so many lessons. But one of them was that if you believe and trust in God, and you back that up with persistence and a good team, nothing is impossible.
You have decided to put your album up for free download, this isn't something you hear everyday. What drove you to make this decision? What has the reaction been so far?
As expected, I have received a lot of condemnation and criticism, but mostly from "industry" people. I have got tonnes of calls, whatsapps and messages asking me whether I'm in my normal mind frame. The consumers though, are very happy and are listening. They like the songs which is such a huge reward for me.
I put up the album for free download for many reasons. The main reason being, I really wanted people to listen to the album and share it. When I made this album, I wasn't thinking about how much money I wanted to make. I was thinking about how much I wanted people to hear it.
Secondly, if Kanye West or Chris Brown or even Ice Prince releases an album, I will be able to access and download it the next day.It doesn't matter whether or not it's the artiste that puts it up for download. What matters is that it is accessible and it indirectly benefits the artiste because people are able to listen and that is every musician's greatest reward.
Next, the people that buy CD's don't do so because they can't find the song somewhere else. An avid fan will first download the songs and then if they have the money, they will purchase the CD. The 2 are not mutually exclusive. Actually, people that buy CD's in this day and age consider the CD a souvenir or something they can look at and be proud of and keep. That's why the "Champion" CD can also be bought at Soundcup (Garden city) for UGX 20,000.
What is next for benezeri?
The next thing I'm working on is a few very nice videos for the songs I have recorded. Look out for those.
Slowly by slowly,I shall also be working on my next album for 2016. I'm also hoping to graduate in early 2016.
What message do you have for young dreamers?
My message to young dreamers is, no one else will ever see your vision as clearly as you, so stop wasting time debating it with people and seeking their approval. Instead, get started. Also, people are fond of "advising"and discouraging. One of my favorite quotes from Kanye West is "How are you going to convince me that I will not succeed in something, by giving me an example of how you failed in another?" There's always a first time for everything.


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Submissions/Wikireaucracy
Wikireaucracy
Chris Bronk
rcbronk@gmail.com
metsfan86
The last decade showed that government should consider means by which information resources may be delivered to those who need them when they need them. From the policy recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to the drive for Open Government, there has been a drive to break information resources out of stovepipes and silos. Deployment of wikis has been a part of that process. Considered here are the successes and failures of the first major efforts at employing wikis for significant content management in the U.S. federal government and comparison to other wiki initiatives in government elsewhere. The talk will encompass how the peer-production model for knowledge generation provided by MediaWiki and other wiki platforms remains at odds with a hierarchical mode of day-to-day operation found in government bureaucracies. Wiki-based peer production is based on a hands-on imperative, in which those who are able to contribute do so regardless of rank or credential. This stands at odds with the compressed hierarchy of government organizations where authority is largely derived from position, grade and time-in-service. With these seemingly conflicting modes of operation, how then has the wiki taken to the bureaucracy and the other way round? Considered will be examples from the watchers of government, who use wikis to track its behavior from the outside looking in, to the entities and agencies that have adopted wiki technology to facilitate the business of government. Additionally, the presenter will discuss the relationship between Wikipedia and government wiki development and the problem of information validity between sources. Finally, a forecast for where wiki platforms may be headed in the service of government will be provided.
Track (Wikis and the Public Sector; GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums); WikiCulture and Community; Research, Analysis, and Education; Technology and Infrastructure)
Wikis and the Public Sector
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According to Scottish folklore, a brownie is a household fairy who cleans the house at night while the mortals sleep. I wish I had one!
Can we share one? LOL I need a Brownie in the worst way. I wonder what payment you would have to give to a Brownie to clean house for you? The payment may be too high for us to afford, in one way or the other.
I think that is the legend of the brownie scouts. Before you become a girl scout you have to be a brownie scout first? That's the way it was during my elder sister's time. I'd like to have a brownie to clean my house too.
Brownies clean your house at night and fix anything that is broken in exchange for food, ususally a bowl of porridge. Brownies are ecstatic when you make clothes for them.
It is almost lunchtime and now I am thinking about having brownies for lunch. Goodness me, see what happens when I come visit here for just a split second.
Don't piss off a Brownie, or he will become a Bogart.
Bogarts have a habit of burning down houses!
Is a brownie the same as a gnome or elf? I never knew they were mythical. I always wondered where they came up with the name brownie for girlscouts when I was a kid. I thought they were girls who specialized in making brownies or something.
The terms fairies and elves can be vague at times.
A Brownie can be a type of fairy I suppose, in a loose sense.
A gnome is a term used by occultists when discussing spirits that live in the earth.
Salamanders live in fire and Sylphs live in the air. Undines live in water.
have some overlapping features with Gnomes.
So would you say that the hobgoblin is the Germanic equivalent?
Also, do you have a source for brownies loving clothes made for them? Seems similar to the shoemaking-variety elf.
...or maybe a different spin on the same myth like the differences between Roman and Greek.
I'm not greatly familiar with little people*, but from what I do know, your proposition seems very likely, and what I have wondered about also.
* The subject seemed to contain far too much overlap and too many dead ends to justify my giving it as much attention as I have other elements in mythology! I intend to do a good amount of studying on them, just...not yet.
Brownies are fairies. In some studies a fairy is an elf. So essentially a Brownie is both fairy and an elf. As far as cleaning the house; however, is it wrong that I wouldn't mind having a Brownie Scout clean the house? I could pay them with milk and cookies!
Fairies come in many different varieties, Brownies are just one variation. I wouldn't mind having one to clean my house but all magic comes with a price.
I wouldn't mind having one to clean my house but all magic comes with a price.
Just like Rumpelstilksin says... in Once Upon A Time anyway.
There's a Brownie in the Little, Big novel by John Crowley. One of the characters, Sylvie, leaves an offering for him of milk and and an egg. When he found it, "he drank the milk and sucked the egg and thanked her with all his heart."


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Yong-bo Bae, CEO of Tokyo Digital Music Syndicates Inc., launched Japan's first electronic dance music centric digital music download store in 2006 and is producer of internet roadio station "Block.fm". He is well experienced in producing various branding and marketing projects with brands and music.
Greg brings 15+ years of experience in music distribution and label management across multiple independent and major labels at an international level. Among the various aspects of the release and promotion process, he specializes in vinyl pressing, logistics, retail and distribution. An avid record collector himself, Greg runs operations of on demand vinyl crowdfunding platform QRATES.
Taishi has a diverse career in music and tech, from consulting the business and strategy of various industry leading technology companies such as The Echo Nest, launching the first Music Hack Day in Asia in Tokyo 2014, becoming the first Red Bull Soundclash champion in Japan and producing the music of chart topping Japanese and Korean artists. With a unique mixed experience as a performing artist, record producer and technologist, Taishi continues to provide insights to industry media and conferences and currently is CMO of on demand vinyl crowdfunding platform, QRATES.
You've just found your new favorite artist on SoundCloud. But they don't have the tracks you love on vinyl.
That's where Vinylize.it comes in (launch: July 12, 2016). The site interacts with SoundCloud, lets you get on board with other fans of the music, and then lets the artist or label know what you want. It's basically crowdsourcing vinyl, flipping the production process on its head (though artists have the final call about what goes to pressing).
The process for music lovers is easy. You can import your favorite tracks or playlists from SoundCloud to Vinylize.it. Then you can call all your friends and fellow fans to get on board. When the campaign reaches critical mass, usually around 20-30 supporters, Vinylize.it searches out the artist. If they're game, and once they upload high-quality vinyl-ready files (not streams or mp3s, of course), you can buy your dream record.
This new approach to vinyl comes from the folks at Qrates, the Japan-based company that merged crowdfunding and small-batch, just-in-time vinyl production. Their brilliant logistics team makes sure that records are pressed quickly and sound amazing, solving a problem that has long plagued the music industry.
"Lots of artists don't know what it takes to press vinyl," Fukuyama states. "We have worked hard to make the process simple. They also don't know that fans want vinyl from them. Now, we're working to solve that problem. We dream that artists will respond to these calls for vinyl, and create cool releases that add other tracks to what fans love." Vinylize.it may bring artists and fans together to inspire each other--and then get that inspiration on wax.
Vinylize.it launches July 12, 2016.
QRATES is an on demand crowdfunding platform powering the future of music on vinyl. Through its intuitive online platform, QRATES gives artists, labels and brands the tools to design, fund, press, sell, fulfill and distribute their vinyl within minutes to customers and retailers worldwide.
Producing vinyl has long been an obscure, nearly esoteric process fraught with endless manufacturing delays, unclear market demand, and clunky distribution. Artists and labels often struggle to find someone to help them prepare and press their records, shouldering the considerable costs themselves. They then have to deal with weeks or months of waiting, with no guarantee of quality, in hopes of making back their investment.
Balancing the supply-chain complexities with tech savvy and musical passion, the company aims to change the way we buy and make vinyl. Within minutes, an artist or label can launch a campaign on the site's intuitive interface, using the easy vinyl simulator to upload mastered files and artwork, and to select a cool vinyl color. The pricing for each option is instantly updated, so you know exactly what to expect costwise. Once the project is published and has the proper number of supporters, it's time to press. If you want to get the records shipped to you, Qrates takes 15% of the total earnings. If you want Qrates to mail records out to supporters, it's 20%.
Qrates sprang from the dance and electronic scene, where small-run vinyl has long been an important distribution channel. Qrates' founder and CEO, Yong-Bo Bae, was a long-time club music fan, with diverse tastes. "Being crazy deep into the culture, as a very music-oriented group of people, we have always been into vinyl," explains Fukuyama. They weren't alone: Though CDs still dominate the Japanese market, many Japanese music fans are obsessed with vinyl collecting, and many rare, sought-after LPs have only been available in Japan.
The Qrates crew took an approach similar to load balancing, spreading the workload across several producers, the way computation can be be distributed to several servers. "When one plant looks like it's near capacity, we reach out to our other partners and get them rolling," says Fukuyama. "This distributes the burden, and makes sure we can keep our turnaround short." Qrates also sends work to the plant that is closest to the records' final destination, to reduce shipping costs.
The blend of digital tools and analog know-how plays to the new music industry's strengths, while avoiding its pitfall: the cost of licensing music from rights holders. Qrates only presses music when told to do so by rights holders.