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The Africa Mining Vision: Towards Shared Benefits and Economic Transformation
Pedro, A.M.A. 2012. The Africa Mining Vision: Towards Shared Benefits and Economic Transformation. GREAT Insights, Volume 1, Issue 5. July 2012. Maastricht: ECDPM.
Africa's abundance of mineral resources contrasts with the pervasive poverty of its people. The continent harbours the world's largest reserves of several minerals and it is a global leader in the production of many others. However, most of Africa's minerals are exported as ores or concentrates, with little value addition. In many jurisdictions, the mining industry constitutes an enclave with insignificant linkages with the local economy.
Following a long period of decline, mineral commodity prices have surged since 2002, driven by demand from large developing economies, particularly China. This has ushered in a sellers market and strong competition for access and supply of resources. It has also created a unique window of opportunity for African countries to capitalise on the value of their natural resource endowments with a view to catalysing broad socio-economic growth and development as well as structural transformation. It has been recognised that these developmental strategies have to be supported by a more favourable political climate, governance gains, policy and fiscal space. It was against this background that the Africa Mining Vision (the Vision) was conceived.
The Africa Mining Vision's Key Tenets
The Vision was endorsed by the 1st Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers Responsible for Mineral Resources Development in October 2008 and later approved by the AU Summit of Heads of State and Government held in February 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Vision advocates for "transparent, equitable and optimal exploitation of mineral resources to underpin broad-based sustainable growth and socio-economic development". It aspires for a sustainable and well-governed mining sector that effectively garners and deploys resource rents and that is safe, healthy, gender and ethnically inclusive, environmentally friendly, socially responsible and appreciated by surrounding communities. It seeks to set Africa on an industrialisation path, based on its natural capital, to enable the continent take its place in the global economy. This can occur if the continent succeeds in transforming transient mineral wealth into other forms of lasting capital, which outlive the currency of mining and ensure intergenerational equity.
The principal opportunities to realize the Vision are:
To optimise the capture, management, sharing and use of resource rents to improve physical, social and human capital and infrastructure. If well harnessed, this will deliver benefits for all. Necessary conditions include good governance, increased transparency and accountability, more equitable fiscal regimes, increased participation of all stakeholders in decision making, environmental and material stewardship and social responsibility.
The collateral use of the high-rent resource infrastructure to open-up other resource potential in areas such as agriculture, forestry and tourism and to provide access to zones of economic potential with lower returns, but that cannot afford their own infrastructure.
To promote downstream value addition, through the use of the locational advantage of producing crude resources, with a view to establishing resource-processing industries (beneficiation) that could then provide the feedstock for manufacturing and industrialisation.
To promote upstream value-addition, through the use of the relatively large resources sector market to develop the resource supply and inputs sector, such as capital goods, consumables, and services.
The Vision recognises the centrality of mineral revenues. It therefore calls for more fiscal space and responsive taxation to allow host countries to better capture windfall gains and to encourage the use of revenues for value addition and linkages. The Vision also underscores that other equally important benefits can be derived, notably through employment generation, local procurement of goods and services, entrepreneurial development, skills and knowledge creation, technology transfer, infrastructure expansion and above all linkages. Regarding mineral licensing, it suggests that innovative licensing schemes, particularly auctioning systems, could be used where relevant, in order to realise better value for mineral terrains.
What Would Make the Vision Tip?
In moving forward, there are at least four crucial intervention points, which are critical for the realisation of the Africa Mining Vision.
The first concerns the improvement of the level and quality of the resource potential data. Africa is one of the least explored continents. Geological mapping and mineral inventory work so far has not covered the entire continent. On the one hand, this could mask the true geological potential of the continent. On the other, the less is known about the potential value of a resource, the greater the share of the rents a potential investor will understandably demand, due to the high risk of discovering or dimensioning the resource. To start with, it is imperative to improve knowledge of Africa's resource potential. This will strengthen the continent's bargaining power during contract negotiations vis-à-vis well informed partners.
The second intervention point targets capacity building and institutional strengthening. In general, African states negotiate with international mining companies on unequal terms. Negotiations are asymmetrical and in most cases, mining companies are better resourced and skilled. Given Africa's capacity dearth, efforts need to be deployed to build a critical mass of capable African negotiators across the continent. Capacity deficits have also been identified in the critical areas of auditing, monitoring, regulating and improving resource exploitation regimes and developing the resource sector linkages into the domestic economy. To harness the linkages potential, research and development platforms for innovation need to be established and human capital formation in knowledge intensive areas should be accelerated.
A third critical area is Africa's infrastructure constraints. A resource-based development strategy is generally severely constrained in many African states by the lack of the requisite infrastructure, especially in transport and energy. This is particularly true for land-locked countries. The Vision suggests that the provision of trunk infrastructure for mining should be synchronised with other users through strategic spatial development. Driven by the high rents that mining generates, this would strengthen the business rationale and provide economic rigour for infrastructure investments, thus achieving an effective investment prioritisation of infrastructure projects.
Finally, the coupling of mineral policy with industrial policy, investment, and trade is an imperative for the success of the Africa Mining Vision. An holistic and sector-wide approaches to development, new institutional arrangements reflecting this approach, and cluster development are essential. This should help build synergy and break departmental silos and rivalry across sectors, foster greater interaction between such institutions and industries and mobilise investments along the mineral value chain. The realisation of the Vision implies therefore a cross or multi sectoral approach to mineral development policy. As a matter of priority, it is vital to develop the capacity to integrate mineral sectoral policy with industrial and trade policies.
International trade and investment treaties and agreements signed by African countries require a special focus because they have a direct bearing on the future of Africa's mineral sector. In the past, several countries have successfully used tariff protection, subsidies, export restrictions, scorecards and other performance requirements as instruments to foster economic transformation and rapid industrialisation. This policy space is currently shrinking and could adversely affect Africa's prospects to promote local content and resource-based industrialisation. It is therefore important for African countries to maintain a consistent eye on the full implications of the specific provisions of treaties into which they are invited to enter and ensure that these agreements are development oriented.
Conclusions and Policy Implications
The Africa Mining Vision (AMV) is an ambitious continental framework. To become a reality, it needs to be domesticated into national policies, laws and regulations. However, the inclusion of AMV provisions in national policy and legal frameworks, alone, will not unleash mineral-driven structural transformation of the continent. This needs to be backed by strong political will and commitment, entrenched belief in the power of indigenous ideas, a capacitated developmental state, visionary leadership, and a good understanding of Africa's advantages and the dynamics of mineral commodities. As illustrated in the Nordic countries, the state has a critical role to play in spearheading this transformation. However, policy space should not be monopolised and a new governance dispensation with strong participation of both state and non-state actors, including the private sector, civil society and community-based organisations is required.
Nation states cannot deliver the Vision alone. African states need to rally together to secure the policy space required for the Vision. Regional cooperation and integration are essential to reduce transaction costs, establish intra-regional synergies, enhance the continent's competitiveness and realise economies of scale that would catalyse minerals cluster development. However, for goods, services, capital and other factors to freely flow in regional spaces, there is need to expedite intra-regional alignment of laws, regulations and fiscal regimes, among other critical factors.
Financing the change would be a serious challenge. Without racing to the bottom, Africa needs to continue to be an attractive investment destination by establishing an adequate enabling environment for private sector participation, both domestic and foreign.
In establishing a timeframe to implement the Vision, it is important to take into consideration the long gestation period of mining projects, the local state of governance and political context as well as the stage of development of the mineral economy. Thus, trajectories to achieving the Vision at country and sub-regional levels will be different and phased. The African Mineral Development Centre (AMDC) being established by the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank will play a key coordinating role in accelerating this process across the continent.
Antonio M.A. Pedro is the Director for the Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
This article was published in GREAT Insights Volume 1, Issue 5 (July 2012).
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The Netherlands have registered 490 plug-in passenger cars last month, up 10% Year-on-Year, with the market share at 1.44%.
The Tesla Model S was #1 with 153 units, the Nissan Leaf was second, with 79 registrations and the BMW i3 third, with 72.
In the Year-to-date ranking for now the Tesla Model S is in leadership, with 218 units, the BMW i3 is second with 160 units, while the Nissan Leaf is in third place with 142 units, with the fourth placed Renault ZOE not far behind, with 120 registrations.
In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla is in the lead (25% share, up 9%), displacing BMW (15%, down 2%), now followed by Nissan (13%).
Meanwhile, the Belgian plug-in vehicle market registered 755 plug-in cars last month, up 17% Year-on-Year.
Breaking down sales by model, the best-selling models were the Mercedes GLC350e, with 117 units (New personal best), the second place went for the Volvo XC90 PHEV, with 78 registrations and the third place to the BMW X5 PHEV, with 66.
In the Light Commercial Vehicles (N1) category, sales are down 55% this year, to 15 units, with the Nissan e-NV200 leading the ranking, with 13 registrations.


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The new Merrimack NH Premium outlet mall is underway and will get a Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5TH.
The luxury-clothing retailer Saks Fifth Avenue has announced that it will open an off-price department store in the new Merrimack Premium Outlets next year.
The outlet store will be New Hampshire's first Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5TH, which sells designer clothing and accessories at a discount.
The outlet store will be a hefty 25,000+ square foot store.
The outlets are currently slated to open in June 2012, according to an Aug. 1 project update posted on the Merrimack town website.
The estimated $100 million Merrimack outlet project won approval from the town planning board in September 2008, and ground was broken on the 170-acre shopping center just off exit 10 on the F.E. Everett Turnpike in 2010.
We are pleased to hear Saks has decided to open in the new Merrimack NH outlet mall. Its a strong statement for our local Merrimack NH economy.
Congratulations to all involved in this great project. Residents of area towns of Amherst, Bedford, Merrimack NH homes, Nashua NH homes and surrounding areas are looking forward to shopping AND a boost to the local economy based on the shoppers that will come from all over New England to shop here.
Rene - Saks Off 5th should be a welcome addition to the new discount center. You have been a busy lady lately - opening new office, listing and selling homes and welcoming new agents to your company. Congratulations on a successful 2011 to date - keep up the good work!
Rene, We have one of those at our Castle Rock Facory Outlet stores. They are cool - especially for Christmas shopping. Yikes. Did I say Christmas???
Hi Rene, we have one of those at Concord Mills near the racetrack. Very busy...all of the time. Glad to see that you are getting one as well. That mall looks beautiful...love the ceiling. Enjoy your evening!
I have been watching the construction for some time now every time i drive by. It is really coming along well now. I look forward to alot of great stores being so close. Have a great Weekend.
We have an Off Fifth here, but I've actually never been in it. Generally the Saks brand is a little too expensive for my wallet, but maybe the Off Fifth isn't. Hmmm.


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Towards Equity-Centered Care
Posted on March 11, 2016 by rheamd
A "Health in All Policies" framework has been touted in the past few years as a strategy to illuminate the intersections between public health and other areas of civic life. It's one way to incorporate health metrics into existing and proposed public policy – from education to transportation. But the question is, will it work?
It seems fairly obvious that health-centric framing may obstruct interdisciplinary collaboration. But at a more fundamental level, will replacing multivariate, silo'd interests with the singularity of health effectively capture the complexity necessary to create shared agendas across public sectors?
The short answer is no. Here's why and how we got here.
The former structure of medical education and training was rooted in the idea that the greatest knowledge in medicine was best revealed through individual patient inquiry and the greatest challenges in the field were best understood and addressed through individual clinician excellence. So clinicians were evaluated based on their individual aptitude, patients were assessed based on their isolated symptoms, and each sector of the health and human service network operated in silos, training and treating pieces of the problem, without ever quite appreciating the inter-connected whole.
This paradigm of education and practice placed clinicians at the center of care and patients and allied partners at the periphery. Allied learners were taught separately and systems communicated poorly, both of which resulted in fragmentation – in how problems were evaluated and in how care was delivered.
A more recent iteration of this care ecosystem, like the "Health in All Policies" approach, now places patients and health at the center of delivery models and public policy strategies to treat disease and advance wellness. These patient-driven, health-specific metrics ensure that systems are oriented to serve and public policies are structured to mitigate health impacts.
However increased focus on individual patient outcomes may obscure population-level drivers of health disparities and unilateral dependence on health as the primary outcome, may ostracize allied disciplines, institutions, and learners whose work or study contributes to advanced understanding of human behavior and the complex relationships between structural environments and the pathophysiology of disease.
The bottom line is: the intricate problems that threaten child and community health will not be solved by the individual capacity of excellent clinicians or public servants, but rather by the ability of leaders to organize interdisciplinary teams that learn, work, communicate ideas, translate interventions, and are evaluated across shared infrastructures, in the service of shared outcomes.
If identifying health as the primary outcome of interest or individual patients as the primary drivers of systemic priorities, alienate important partners and dilute the input of minority populations, it is time for a new centering principle. In my mind, that principle should be equity.
Placing equity at the center of the care ecosystem ensures each sector of the health and human service network and each provider and recipient of care has a role and contributes to the shared societal realization of public safety, economic security, and wellness.
Shared values, like equity, are important foundations for building integrated public systems. And integrated public systems are important to create parity in resource dissemination and improve productivity through partnership with allied disciplines and institutions. Although the process of integration may generate new financial costs, it will hopefully save money on the back end by aligning incentives and improving efficiency.
In the end, equity will be the framework for the future of care and policy that aims to improve health. So as we move towards the future, let equity be our guide.
* In appreciation for their wisdom: I want to acknowledge Dr Rajiv Bhatia who's novel work on The Civic Engine, and Dr. Damon Francis whose generously shared expertise, informed the ideas presented in this piece.*
Posted in Community Speaks, Medicine and Me, Shout Outs	| Tagged Child Health, Community Health, equity, health disparities, health equity, health systems transformation, healthcare systems transformation, public health, public policy, social equity	| Leave a reply
Black on Black Crime: Let's Talk About It
Posted on January 12, 2016 by rheamd
After publishing a few pieces on police violence, public health and safety, I received a number of comments asserting the "real" problem is black on black crime. I get this a lot.
So let's talk about it.
According to the numbers, the most recent of which come from the FBI's 2014 crime report, the critics are right. Black victims of homicide were overwhelmingly killed by black offenders. This occurred in almost 90% or 9 out of 10 homicides and includes both male and female victims and offenders.
This is also true of white on white crime.
In fact, most victims of homicide are killed by someone of the same race or ethnicity. For white people, more than 8 out of 10 homicide victims die at the hands of another white person. And though Latinos have the highest rates of inter-ethnic homicide, 7 out of 10 victims still succumb to a fellow Latino.
So while it is true that black on black crime accounts for most black homicides in America, racial congruence between homicide victim and offender is hardly unique to African-Americans.
What is unique is the rate at which African-Americans are killed by police.
Let's review the evidence.
Most data on police-related deaths come from the FBI and Bureau of Justice Statistics. The FBI counts deaths they term "justifiable homicides" or incidents in which the victim was a felon shot in the line of duty. The Bureau of Justice Statistics data is more robust, in that it includes deaths resulting from any use of force while a civilian is in law enforcement custody.
However, these agencies have been criticized for generating unreliable and out-dated data. For example, the exact number of "justifiable homicides" are difficult to pinpoint in any given year, because the tally relies on precinct reporting that is largely voluntary and often incomplete. And the Bureau of Justice Statistics' most recent metrics are from 2009, and have since been replaced by the Death in Custody Reporting Program, whose latest data is from 2012.
This lack of accurate data clouds the public's ability to understand the racial context surrounding recently publicized police-related injuries and deaths, and may be leading some to short-sighted conclusions.
The good news is, people are working on it.
Powered largely by news reports, social media announcements, and civilian tips, crowd-sourced databases and other open access portals are keeping public records on incidents of police violence and most importantly, providing real-time, interactive access to the critical numbers necessary to appreciate the size and scope of the problem.
But one database in particular, Mapping Police Violence, is leading the way in illustrating how this issue uniquely affects African-Americans.
Here are 3 moving charts from their work which chronicles police violence from
January 2013 to Dec 29, 2015.
These findings are alarming. But what is more disconcerting are assertions that the deaths of some Americans are not "real" problems because those same people face additional threats to health and safety in their communities.
It is certainly easier to indict "cultural" pathologies instead of confronting systems that serve us – systems we pay for and participate in – to demand for our neighbors what we demand for ourselves. But the legacy of racism that results in poor, communities of color suffering heightened risk of violence, displacement, and resource scarcity, continues to structure vital access to justice and safety.
Thus, perhaps the "real" problem is our collective inability to feel empathy on behalf of communities facing complex and compounding traumas, traumas we contribute to through our general apathy for a people and their color.
Posted in Community Speaks, Medicine and Me, Shout Outs	| Tagged health disparities, police violence, public health, racism	| Leave a reply
The Arc of Injustice: How Racism Kills
The tragic deaths of Oscar Grant, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, and untold others, deeply grieve our national conscience. But more black men die in America from heart disease than from police brutality, and we never mention those parallel realities in the same breath, let alone collectively mourn those dead.
Because it's not just that African-Americans have higher rates of heart disease and its related risk factors. It's that being black IS a risk factor for dying from heart disease in America. Yet few connect the dots between black death by police and black death by disease, although both disproportionately take of black lives.
Just look at the data.
Evidence shows African-Americans have a shorter life expectancy and higher rates of illness and disease than any other racial or ethnic group in the country. Even black babies are more than twice as likely to die before their 1st birthday than other infants in the US. Considering America's overall infant mortality rate ranks behind its first world peers, that finding is far from benign. In fact, it makes African-American babies less likely to survive the first 12 months of life, than babies born in Botswana, Cuba, or Kuwait; to name a few of the 94 countries who have better infant mortality rates than black newborns in the United States.
And these gaps are far from new. Back in 2004 Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to investigate these racial disparities. After reviewing more than 100 studies,
"The committee was struck by the consistency of the research findings [that] indicated minorities are less likely than whites to receive needed services, including clinically necessary procedures."
For almost every disease studied, black patients received less effective care than white patients, including routine treatments for common health problems; from cancer and diabetes to, you guessed it, heart disease.
Now, I know what you're thinking. Just because African-Americans are disproportionately sicker and die younger, doesn't mean common medical practice added to the disparity, right?
Wrong. Titled Unequal Treatment, the authors concluded,
"(Al)though myriad sources contribute to these disparities, evidence suggests bias, prejudice, and stereotyping on the part of healthcare providers may contribute to differences in care. "
There is something about being black in America, that places African-Americans at increased risk of death; and that something is a quantifiable systemic bias.
So while it is important to scrutinize policing practices that disproportionately harass and kill black males, we must also critically appraise equity in health and healthcare.
How else will we explore the extent of the injustice weathered by Eric Garner who ultimately died of a heart attack? Police training may prevent his unprovoked asphyxiation, but it would do little to address an already shortened lifespan. And yes, the banned chokehold and subsequent failure to indict seemed unjust, on the surface. But is it right to invoke Garner's haunting last words as a rally cry, if we ignore the inequity that may have pulsed beneath the surface?
And how can we learn from Darren Wilson's description of Michael Brown as a "demon…bulking up to run through the shots, like it [made] him mad that I [shot] him"? Could the former officer's misinterpretation of anguish, on the face of a black youth who sustained multiple gunshots, be related to medicine's well-documented racial disparities in pain management? Because in healthcare, data indicates black children and adults are less likely to have their pain accurately perceived and appropriately treated; and this mistreatment limits medicine's ability to protect and serve black patients well.
In reality, the threat of police violence that endangers black lives is intimately related to the threat of death and disease that disproportionately burdens communities of color. These are not isolated issues. Together, they tell of a nation that remains profoundly influenced by race, from the mandates of justice to the delivery of healthcare. In time, that influence ceases to publicly alarm. So while some black deaths are made a media spectacle, the vast majority go unacknowledged and unaddressed; the collective impact of which subtly normalizes inequity and codifies injustice.
In the end, there will be no justice without accountability. To save black lives, we have to change how we think about black life – not just how or if, it matters, but where and when, it is most at risk. Now the arc of injustice includes the well-intentioned and malicious alike, each of whom may harbor attitudes and preferences that ripple across systems and threaten the lives of people of color. These threats expose the reality that racism kills and the death toll is much greater than you think.
Posted in Community Speaks, Medicine and Me	| Tagged Child Health, Community Health, community violence, health disparities, health equity, police brutality, race, racism, social determinants of health, social justice	| 3 Replies
Is Civic Engagement the New Frontier of Physician Advocacy?
Posted on November 3, 2014 by rheamd
The figure is simple. Health care plays, at best, a minor, and at worst, a relatively inconsequential role in reducing early death in America.
That means, where people live and how they function in their local environment, potentially matters more to their long-term survival than what doctor they go to, or what medicines they are prescribed.
That is a powerful statement about a complex phenomenon – what happens in our communities impacts health in profound and lasting ways. So if health is predominantly determined by community-level factors,* perhaps we should re-design the traditional medical model to place community at the center of health care.
This idea isn't new, and is probably why Dr. Steven Schroeder aptly titled the article from which this graph was taken, We Can Do Better. One look at the data and it is obvious more can and should be done to address the social, economic, and political drivers of health in this country. But the question of who and how somehow remains.
For many physicians, taking on structural inequality may seem overwhelming or outside their job description. Common retorts I hear are, "This is a social workers job." Or "This sounds good in theory, but how would it work in practice?" To the first point, the evolution I am alluding to is a systems-wide change in the practice of medicine, such that the way we conceptualize medical care draws upon the skills of an interdisciplinary team of practitioners charged with addressing social determinants of health. So while this vision certainly includes social workers (and public health departments, local government, social service agencies, etc) it also necessarily includes physicians.
To the second point, there is a long history of community-oriented primary care (COPC) theory and practice. It dates back to the 1940s, and the work of giants like Sydney Kark, who created a model of government-funded, community-based, preventative care delivery in South Africa; and Jack Geiger who directed 2 exemplary, community health centers in the Mississippi Delta and Boston, MA in the 1960s. Dr. Geiger's integrated clinics were the first of their kind and used government funding to pay for community-level health issues, like hunger and housing. Today, there are over 1200 such clinics nationwide serving an estimated 20 million Americans, or 5% of the US population, annually. These clinics are the backbone of the national safety net and the front lines of the medical response to growing inequality.
But as the issues of poverty begin to knock on all of our clinic doors, we can no longer afford to ascribe to the notion that this is the niche work of a minority of physicians.
So where do we begin?
The ballot box.
Data suggests physicians have a relatively low rate of civic participation as compared with professional peers like lawyers and the general population. As local policy informs local resources, the ballot box is the space where physicians find voice to address the pressing needs of our communities, needs that have an undeniable impact on this nation's health.
The future of medicine requires physicians confront the impacts of concentrated poverty, a tiered education system with gaps big enough for entire communities to fall through, immigration and population displacement, and racial and gender discrimination, among other indicators of health. Still, the traditional physician role and our current training paradigms largely ignore these modern threats to health and wellness. So in the absence of a clear system-wide charge, vote in a way that makes a difference.
If community health centers are the backbone of the social safety net, voting is the backbone of physician advocacy.
Civic participation is the new frontier for physicians to combat the effects of poverty and inequality on health in enduring ways. It is how we can reach beyond the limits of our clinical role to engage the issues that matter to our patients and our communities.
Visit Vote411.org to find a polling place near you, trouble shoot election-day problems, and find a state-specific voter guides.
Definitions used in this piece:
* Community-level factors are things like where you live, how safe your neighborhood is, if you have a park within walking distance of your house, or if the property values in your neighborhood are high enough that your local public school is well-funded and thus if you are of school-age, you are more likely to go to college as a result of living in that neighborhood. These community-level factors are intimately related to the choices people make or their "behavioral patterns" (as referred to in the pie chart above). For example, if your neighborhood is relatively safe and there is a park within walking distance of your house, you may be more likely raise your child in a lifestyle that promotes and values physical activity, a known method to prevent obesity. Conversely, if you live in a neighborhood that does not have a grocery store that sells affordable fresh produce, you may be more likely to eat processed food, and more likely to battle obesity and related health conditions.
For more on how community level factors or structural inequality affects health, check out my piece on structural inequality here. If you are an educator thinking about teaching these topics, check out my piece on teaching structural inequality here. This piece also includes the syllabus and reference guide I use when teaching on this topic.
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Wizard World Philadelphia: Y'know, for KIDS!
As has become pretty standard (at least in the bigger cons that I have attended myself), the last day of the Philly comic con (Sunday June 3rd) has been designated "Kid's Day". All kids 10 or under get in free, and there will be all sorts of activities and events designed for the younger set that day.
The main problem with comics today (in my humble opinion) is the lack of things actually geared towards children. With the main DC & Marvel lines ostensibly aimed at 15-25 year olds (but closer to 30-45 year olds), and the lack of wide awareness of their more all-ages/kid targeted books, it's not hard to see why the mean age of readers keeps getting older and older. Writers drawing on their childhood nostalgia for stories, graphic violence, nudity, and frank sexuality passed off as "maturity", rape and crying replacing punching giant robots… how do you give that to a 10 year old and be like "Have at it, Junior!" I got into comics myself when I was 9, with an issue of X-men that I had NO idea what was going on, but it was fun, and didn't seem to talk down, but also wasn't something I shouldn't have been reading.
Basically, what I'm saying is the comic companies are underestimating how important kids are as an audience, and that can all be fixed by you, the parents. Show your kids (appropriate, natch) comics, let them find what they like, introduce them to the stories from your youth through trades and collections. And days like this Kid's Day are perfect opportunities to show them the sense of community that comics & geek culture can engender.
Just keep them away from anything with the name "Liefeld" on it. That's bad news bears.
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'Kids Day' Activities Highlight Sunday, June 3, At Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con
Face Painting, Superhero Improv, Arts & Crafts, Mascots, 'Kid-Friendly' Booths, Passport Program, Costume Contest Lead Special Children's Programming At Pennsylvania Convention Center; Kids Under 10 Free With Paid Adult
Move over, mom and dad. Sunday, June 3, is "Kids Day" at Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con, with activities designed especially for children all day (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.) at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Face painting, Superhero-themed panel room programming, an appearance by the Camden Riversharks mascot, the famous Wizard World Kids Passport program, Costume Contest and more are all a part of the fun for the younger ones.
Admission for kids 10 and under is free with a paid adult (two free kids per adult).
Some of the highlights of Kids Day include:
Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con Passport (all day) — upon arrival, kids should go directly to the Kids Day booth (No. 613) to pick up a Passport, which will guide them to kid-friendly booths, activities, celebrities and artists. Kids who earn stamps at each stop will win a prize.
Walnut Street Theatre – Superhero Improv (11 a.m.) – Working with a "Superhero theme" participants will take on a superhero persona. Kids will use their superhero power to tackle a specific mission given by the teaching artists. Limited to the first 30 to sign up!
Superhero Arts and Crafts (noon)Â – This is not an ordinary arts & crafts session, this is specifically made for superheroes! Kids can come join the Justice Twins, Wonder Woman and Supergirl to make their very own superhero mask to wear for the Kids Costume contest.
Kids Costume Contest (1 p.m.)Â – Too cute to resist! It's like Halloween in June as kids show off their best costumes and win prizes.
Camden Riversharks (all day)Â — Meet the fun Camden Riversharks mascot, usually seen greeting kids and other fans at the Atlantic League baseball team's games in the shadow of the Ben Franklin bridge, but today roaming the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Face painting (all day)Â — Talented Wizard World face painters have kids as their canvas, with butterflies, kitty whiskers, flowers and more.
Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer (all day)Â — Learn a little more about the game and how to get on the field as the EPYS celebrates 40 years of promoting youth soccer in the region.
Fun Fan Groups — Meet costumed characters from the N.Y. Jedi, Philadelphia Ghostbusters, 501st Legion and Mandalorian Mercs. What a blast!
Kid-friendly celebrities (all day)Â — Well, we like to think every Wizard World celebrity loves kids, but Peter Mayhew and Melissa Joan Hart will be stamping Passports and saying an extra hello.
Kid-friendly artists (all day)Â — Visit super-talented artists Christine Larsen, Sara Richard, Mark Pingitore and Georgia Ball in Artists Alley for a Passport stamp and maybe a commissioned piece!
Top celebrities such as Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers, Thor), comics legend Stan Lee (creator, "Spider-Man," "X-Men"), William Shatner ("Star Trek," "Boston Legal"), Patrick Stewart ("Star Trek: The Next Generation," X-Men), Scott Bakula ("Star Trek: Enterprise," "Quantum Leap"), WWE® Superstar CM Punkâ"¢and Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness, "Burn Notice") are scheduled among more than 60 special guests at Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con.
Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con, produced by Wizard World, Inc. (WIZD.PK), will bring together thousands of fans of all ages and dozens of celebrities and industry professionals to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, comics, toys, video gaming, television, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more.
For more on the event, including hours, celebrities, creators, vendors, VIP and photo opportunities, programming schedules, evening entertainment, autographs, sponsorship and volunteer information and more, visit http://www.wizardworld.com/home-pa.html.
The full event schedule can be found at www.wizardworld.com
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The Louisville Leader. Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday, November 8, 1924.
Paragraphics Current News and Opinion (By X. Mabie Wright) Courtesy, A Business Asset. New Phonograph Records. Women In Politics. Wilberforce Versus Howard. Election Over, Negroes Might Think. The Detroit News informs us that the price of cranberries is down this Thanksgiving to a point where everybody will be able to have one. Away out in the sticks where country roads dip and curve and cross white women come out after midnight in the crisp autumn air and courteously solicit patronage from passing tourists, They have hot dogs and hot coffee, chocolate, soft drinks, et cetera to sell. Bear in mind that it is late, it is chilly, and they are courteous. In a comfortable booth in the city a young colored girl sat behind the counter. A prospective buyer came in and looked for three or four papers which he wanted. Bear in mind this: that the girl all the while sat and that she was silent. Gentle reader, truly one may see the contrast and the lesson without using a magnifying glass. Courtesy in clerks - and other folks, but we are talking about clerks - courtesy pays. And the Lord knows that we, of all folks, need it in our business. Good Lord deliver our ears! An Austrian inventor has produced phonograph records that play for 100 minutes and reproduce whole operas by means of radio loud speakers. Let folks "in our block" commiserate each other. The Hon. N. Ross and the Hon. M. A. Ferguson. These are neither men nor governesses. They are women governors. While some women are making up their minds about voting, others are stepping up into high office. And these latter women are of such calibre that the knowing ones think twice before they poke fun at petticoat government. Playing desperately, conscious of being outplayed, with Wilberforce rooters and Howard sympathizers having given up all hope of Howard scoring, Howard "good luck" sent the splendid Wilberforce football team down into the valley of humiliation last Saturday. A blocked kick did it. Howard gridders have too much conscience to say that 7 to 0 was due to Howard football superiority. The election over, the Negroes have time to observe and think and plan and act. Four years for constructive action. If in that time the Negroes of America could throw aside the weights that do beset them and work and carry out a plan of political action that would improve their political status and treatment in this country, it would be the greatest achievement of the race since it left the wilds of Africa.
Would Ban Ignorant Ministry In Race
Matthews In Action National Organizer and Leader Proposes Constructive Political Program for Negroes Submitted For Consideration and Approval
Captain Simpson Hurt When Car Smashes Truck A motorman whose attention perhaps was attracted by a policeman who seemed to be talking to him as he stood with him on the front platform of a street car going west on Walnut St., near Sixth St., about four o'clock last Wednesday afternoon failed to see the hand of a truck driver who was coming out of a parking place near the American Mutual Savings Bank. The truck was struck by the street car with such force as to cause it to smash into the Dodge sedan of Dr. McIntyre which smashed into a Ford standing directly in front of Dr. McIntyre's car, the Ford falling over on Captain A. L. Simpson who was walking along on the board walk for pedestrians who pass the Gold Coast Building going up next to the Bank. Captain Simpson was completely knocked out and under the automobile, and was unconscious when taken from under the car. Rushed to his home where he was examined by physicians it was found that he was bruised about the face and badly shaken up. The automobile of Dr. McIntyre was also badly damaged.
Editor Warley Back Editor Warley of the Louisville News is back after spending a few days in Chicago before the close of the campaign. The editor and family moved on West Chestnut Street during the week.
[photo] Mrs. Anne E. Malone
Chairman Of State Colored Work Thanks Leader Hopkinsville, Ky., Nov. 6 I. Willis Cole: Editor Louisville Leader, Louisville, Ky. I heartily congratulate you and The Louisville Leader upon the Republican victory in Kentucky and the securing of which you so intelligently helped to make certain. Walter Robinson
[photo] Hon. William C. Matthews The greater amount of credit for the Negro's part is the overwhelming victory of the President Calvin Cooildge and the Republican party must be given Mr. William C. Matthews of Boston, Mass., the organizer of the Negro division of the Republican National Committee. With the assistance of some of the ablest men and women of the race, and the support of influential Negro newspapers. Mr. Matthews whipped into a real working machine the greatest national political organization among Negroes in the history of the nation. Mr. Matthews was born in Alabama and educated at Tuskegee and Harvard. At Tuskegee he organized the first baseball and football teams to represent that institution. At Harvard he studied law and was a star football player. He has served as assistant district attorney in the State of Massachusetts. His acquaintance with President Coolidge has been over a warm personal admiration and a steadfast believe in that honesty, courage and straight-thinking which have made Mr. Coolidge generally popular. He had complete charge of Negro affairs in connection with the Republican party's present campaign.
Bishop Walls, Former Louisville Pastor, Holds First Conference (Special To The Leader) Calvert, Texas, Nov. 1. - The tenth Episcopal District of the A. M. E. Zion Church, comprising conferences across the southwest has in its bounds some of the leading workers and high race lights of that denomination. Bishop W. J. Walls, recently elected and assigned to that field, held the first conference of his work at Calvert, Texas, October 22 to 27, 1924. He had finished a four months travel from one end of his district to the other and came into the conference seasoned, well informed on opportunities and duties in this great section. He called to order the conference at Calvert, 11 A. M. Wednesday. The opening sermon was delivered by Rev. J. W. Williams. Rev. W. W. Evans preached in the evening the Annual sermon. The welcome addresses were delivered by Revs. R. S. Mosey and Hill, pastors in the M. E. Church, H. H. Poohle and R. B. McDonald of the AA. M. E. Church, P. R. Humbert, pastor of the Baptist Church, Mr. J. H. Anderson, National Supervisor of the W. W. O. W. and Prof. A. J. Robertson, National Secretary. Prominent among the members of this conference are Dr. A. J. Shockley, Presiding Elder, who is doing much to expand the church, and Revs. A. D. Tolbert, W M. Middlebrooks, and J. L. Lewis. Laymen, Prof. S. T. Donald, T. H. Moore, H. Dust, S. V. Stewart, David Bundage and Mrs. A. J. Shockley. The conference was visited by the mayor of the town, Mr. Adoue, and several representative citizens. The new programmed of the Zion Church proposes undertakings which place heavy responsibilities on this youthful bishop and his coterie. In Oklahoma he has by his side Revs. D.C. Smith, E. C. Baker, I. S. Malone, L. N. Neal, J. W. Hubbett, and R. S. Dudley. Chief of sympathizers is Dr. D. H. White of Okamulgee and the merchant Armstrong leading citizen in Luther. Recently a great rally and Educational congress was held by the president at Little Rock, Arkansas; the meeting was addressed by Governor Mack Ray of Arkansas and Prof. J. W. Eichelberger, head of the Zion Sunday School department and residing in Chicago; Prof. W. W. Young, head of the department of Education, with temporary quarters at Greenville College, Tenn.; and Bishop W. J. Walls. The meeting was interesting in the discussions throughout the day. But most encouraging was the financial report, more than sixteen hundred (Continued on page 4)
Mr. Matthews Takes Leader Editorial To President Republican National Committee Chicago, Ill., Oct. 31st, 1924. Mr. I. Willis Cole, Editor The Louisville Leader, 422-424 S. 6th St., Louisville, Ky. Dear Sir: Thank you very kindly for the copy you are sending me of the editorial on President Coolidge. I wanted it for the purpose of delivering it personally to the White House. I did that on last Thursday while I was in Washington. Thanking you very kindly for your splendid assistance during this campaign. I am Very faithfully yours, (Signed) William C. Matthews
G. O. P. In Great Landslide Coolidge and Sackett Winners; Kentucky In Republican Column For the First Time In History
Negro Elected to Illinois Senate
Colored Man Elected Judge In Chicago; Mr. Roberts Go To State Senate
Intimate With Women, But Threat Them Rough
City Parks Bond Issue Defeated; Protest Bradsby, Members of Board of Education Along with the Republican landslide throughout the country, the outcome of which was the election of Calvin Coolidge to succeed himself as President of the United States, and Charles G. Dawes, Vice President in the national election last Tuesday, Kentucky went Republican, its electoral college of 13 votes going for the Republican party for the first time in the history of the state. The President and Mr. Dawes were the choice of Kentuckians over John W. Davis and Chas. W. Bryan, the Democratic candidates, by a nice majority and Robert M. La Follette the Progressive candidate, was a poor third.
Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Fred M. Sackett the Republican candidate for the Senate, received with little exception the solid Negro support of the state, his victory over Senator A. O. Stanley, Democratic candidate, up for re-election was somewhat of a surprise to many. Receiving the solid support of partisan white and Negro Republicans, and that of those of independent thought of both races who felt him the better of the two, it was a speculation whether he could win over such a popular candidate and experienced campaigner as Senator Stanley in a state that is seldom other than Democratic. Mr. Sackett won, however, and two Republican Senators from Kentucky makes history.
Bond Issues Defeated
Both the $75,000,000 state Bond Issue for good roads, the penal and (Continued on page 8)
The Campaign Is On; Miss Boone Takes Lead Receiving campaign material last Saturday candidates in The Leader's "Everybody Wins" subscription campaign have had little chance to get things in shape for a real competitive program, and only a few reports were in by the close of the campaign week Wednesday evening. Therefore with the exception of the four candidates who seem to be up and doing at the very start, the list of candidates on page 8, shows the vote to be same 5,000 given by the management with each nomination blank received with a name signed as a candidate. Miss Jessie C. Boone, Winchester, Ky., Ms. M. L. Shelby, Louisville, Ky.; Miss N. E. Miller, Pineville, Ky.; and Mrs. S. J. Mashaw, Middletown, Ohio, got away from the 5,000 gift, making excellent reports in the space of time which they had to secure subscriptions and votes. Miss Jessie C. Boone with 68,000 votes takes the lead. Mrs. Shelby in second place, Miss Miller, third; and Mrs. Mashaw fourth. Others are expected to get in the battle next week, and a different story may be told. Entrants during the week were Mrs. Martha Gill, Van Vleet, Miss., and Mrs. Alma Roberts, Louisville. See standing on page 8.
Surely! If those who owe for The Leader will not pay our collectors, surely they will mail their subscription to the office during the present campaign designating the candidate they wish the subscriptions and votes to be credited to. A renewal subscription means as much to those who are contesting for the automobile and other premiums as a new subscription.
Title The Louisville Leader. Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday, November 8, 1924.
Volume/Issue Vol. 7. No. 53.
Contributors Cole, I. Willis (publisher)
Description The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 7. No. 49. but is actually Vol. 7. No. 53.
African American newspapers
Source Issue on Reel 2 of microfilmed Louisville Leader Collection. Item Number ULUA Leader 19241108 in the Louisville Leader Collection, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center.
Citation Information See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/leader#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file)
Collection Louisville Leader Collection
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Digital Publisher University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Image Number ULUA Leader 19241108
Title 19241108 1
Full Text Paragraphics Current News and Opinion (By X. Mabie Wright) Courtesy, A Business Asset. New Phonograph Records. Women In Politics. Wilberforce Versus Howard. Election Over, Negroes Might Think. The Detroit News informs us that the price of cranberries is down this Thanksgiving to a point where everybody will be able to have one. Away out in the sticks where country roads dip and curve and cross white women come out after midnight in the crisp autumn air and courteously solicit patronage from passing tourists, They have hot dogs and hot coffee, chocolate, soft drinks, et cetera to sell. Bear in mind that it is late, it is chilly, and they are courteous. In a comfortable booth in the city a young colored girl sat behind the counter. A prospective buyer came in and looked for three or four papers which he wanted. Bear in mind this: that the girl all the while sat and that she was silent. Gentle reader, truly one may see the contrast and the lesson without using a magnifying glass. Courtesy in clerks - and other folks, but we are talking about clerks - courtesy pays. And the Lord knows that we, of all folks, need it in our business. Good Lord deliver our ears! An Austrian inventor has produced phonograph records that play for 100 minutes and reproduce whole operas by means of radio loud speakers. Let folks "in our block" commiserate each other. The Hon. N. Ross and the Hon. M. A. Ferguson. These are neither men nor governesses. They are women governors. While some women are making up their minds about voting, others are stepping up into high office. And these latter women are of such calibre that the knowing ones think twice before they poke fun at petticoat government. Playing desperately, conscious of being outplayed, with Wilberforce rooters and Howard sympathizers having given up all hope of Howard scoring, Howard "good luck" sent the splendid Wilberforce football team down into the valley of humiliation last Saturday. A blocked kick did it. Howard gridders have too much conscience to say that 7 to 0 was due to Howard football superiority. The election over, the Negroes have time to observe and think and plan and act. Four years for constructive action. If in that time the Negroes of America could throw aside the weights that do beset them and work and carry out a plan of political action that would improve their political status and treatment in this country, it would be the greatest achievement of the race since it left the wilds of Africa. Would Ban Ignorant Ministry In Race Matthews In Action National Organizer and Leader Proposes Constructive Political Program for Negroes Submitted For Consideration and Approval Captain Simpson Hurt When Car Smashes Truck A motorman whose attention perhaps was attracted by a policeman who seemed to be talking to him as he stood with him on the front platform of a street car going west on Walnut St., near Sixth St., about four o'clock last Wednesday afternoon failed to see the hand of a truck driver who was coming out of a parking place near the American Mutual Savings Bank. The truck was struck by the street car with such force as to cause it to smash into the Dodge sedan of Dr. McIntyre which smashed into a Ford standing directly in front of Dr. McIntyre's car, the Ford falling over on Captain A. L. Simpson who was walking along on the board walk for pedestrians who pass the Gold Coast Building going up next to the Bank. Captain Simpson was completely knocked out and under the automobile, and was unconscious when taken from under the car. Rushed to his home where he was examined by physicians it was found that he was bruised about the face and badly shaken up. The automobile of Dr. McIntyre was also badly damaged. Editor Warley Back Editor Warley of the Louisville News is back after spending a few days in Chicago before the close of the campaign. The editor and family moved on West Chestnut Street during the week. [photo] Mrs. Anne E. Malone Chairman Of State Colored Work Thanks Leader Hopkinsville, Ky., Nov. 6 I. Willis Cole: Editor Louisville Leader, Louisville, Ky. I heartily congratulate you and The Louisville Leader upon the Republican victory in Kentucky and the securing of which you so intelligently helped to make certain. Walter Robinson [photo] Hon. William C. Matthews The greater amount of credit for the Negro's part is the overwhelming victory of the President Calvin Cooildge and the Republican party must be given Mr. William C. Matthews of Boston, Mass., the organizer of the Negro division of the Republican National Committee. With the assistance of some of the ablest men and women of the race, and the support of influential Negro newspapers. Mr. Matthews whipped into a real working machine the greatest national political organization among Negroes in the history of the nation. Mr. Matthews was born in Alabama and educated at Tuskegee and Harvard. At Tuskegee he organized the first baseball and football teams to represent that institution. At Harvard he studied law and was a star football player. He has served as assistant district attorney in the State of Massachusetts. His acquaintance with President Coolidge has been over a warm personal admiration and a steadfast believe in that honesty, courage and straight-thinking which have made Mr. Coolidge generally popular. He had complete charge of Negro affairs in connection with the Republican party's present campaign. Bishop Walls, Former Louisville Pastor, Holds First Conference (Special To The Leader) Calvert, Texas, Nov. 1. - The tenth Episcopal District of the A. M. E. Zion Church, comprising conferences across the southwest has in its bounds some of the leading workers and high race lights of that denomination. Bishop W. J. Walls, recently elected and assigned to that field, held the first conference of his work at Calvert, Texas, October 22 to 27, 1924. He had finished a four months travel from one end of his district to the other and came into the conference seasoned, well informed on opportunities and duties in this great section. He called to order the conference at Calvert, 11 A. M. Wednesday. The opening sermon was delivered by Rev. J. W. Williams. Rev. W. W. Evans preached in the evening the Annual sermon. The welcome addresses were delivered by Revs. R. S. Mosey and Hill, pastors in the M. E. Church, H. H. Poohle and R. B. McDonald of the AA. M. E. Church, P. R. Humbert, pastor of the Baptist Church, Mr. J. H. Anderson, National Supervisor of the W. W. O. W. and Prof. A. J. Robertson, National Secretary. Prominent among the members of this conference are Dr. A. J. Shockley, Presiding Elder, who is doing much to expand the church, and Revs. A. D. Tolbert, W M. Middlebrooks, and J. L. Lewis. Laymen, Prof. S. T. Donald, T. H. Moore, H. Dust, S. V. Stewart, David Bundage and Mrs. A. J. Shockley. The conference was visited by the mayor of the town, Mr. Adoue, and several representative citizens. The new programmed of the Zion Church proposes undertakings which place heavy responsibilities on this youthful bishop and his coterie. In Oklahoma he has by his side Revs. D.C. Smith, E. C. Baker, I. S. Malone, L. N. Neal, J. W. Hubbett, and R. S. Dudley. Chief of sympathizers is Dr. D. H. White of Okamulgee and the merchant Armstrong leading citizen in Luther. Recently a great rally and Educational congress was held by the president at Little Rock, Arkansas; the meeting was addressed by Governor Mack Ray of Arkansas and Prof. J. W. Eichelberger, head of the Zion Sunday School department and residing in Chicago; Prof. W. W. Young, head of the department of Education, with temporary quarters at Greenville College, Tenn.; and Bishop W. J. Walls. The meeting was interesting in the discussions throughout the day. But most encouraging was the financial report, more than sixteen hundred (Continued on page 4) Mr. Matthews Takes Leader Editorial To President Republican National Committee Chicago, Ill., Oct. 31st, 1924. Mr. I. Willis Cole, Editor The Louisville Leader, 422-424 S. 6th St., Louisville, Ky. Dear Sir: Thank you very kindly for the copy you are sending me of the editorial on President Coolidge. I wanted it for the purpose of delivering it personally to the White House. I did that on last Thursday while I was in Washington. Thanking you very kindly for your splendid assistance during this campaign. I am Very faithfully yours, (Signed) William C. Matthews G. O. P. In Great Landslide Coolidge and Sackett Winners; Kentucky In Republican Column For the First Time In History Negro Elected to Illinois Senate Colored Man Elected Judge In Chicago; Mr. Roberts Go To State Senate Intimate With Women, But Threat Them Rough City Parks Bond Issue Defeated; Protest Bradsby, Members of Board of Education Along with the Republican landslide throughout the country, the outcome of which was the election of Calvin Coolidge to succeed himself as President of the United States, and Charles G. Dawes, Vice President in the national election last Tuesday, Kentucky went Republican, its electoral college of 13 votes going for the Republican party for the first time in the history of the state. The President and Mr. Dawes were the choice of Kentuckians over John W. Davis and Chas. W. Bryan, the Democratic candidates, by a nice majority and Robert M. La Follette the Progressive candidate, was a poor third. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Fred M. Sackett the Republican candidate for the Senate, received with little exception the solid Negro support of the state, his victory over Senator A. O. Stanley, Democratic candidate, up for re-election was somewhat of a surprise to many. Receiving the solid support of partisan white and Negro Republicans, and that of those of independent thought of both races who felt him the better of the two, it was a speculation whether he could win over such a popular candidate and experienced campaigner as Senator Stanley in a state that is seldom other than Democratic. Mr. Sackett won, however, and two Republican Senators from Kentucky makes history. Bond Issues Defeated Both the $75,000,000 state Bond Issue for good roads, the penal and (Continued on page 8) The Campaign Is On; Miss Boone Takes Lead Receiving campaign material last Saturday candidates in The Leader's "Everybody Wins" subscription campaign have had little chance to get things in shape for a real competitive program, and only a few reports were in by the close of the campaign week Wednesday evening. Therefore with the exception of the four candidates who seem to be up and doing at the very start, the list of candidates on page 8, shows the vote to be same 5,000 given by the management with each nomination blank received with a name signed as a candidate. Miss Jessie C. Boone, Winchester, Ky., Ms. M. L. Shelby, Louisville, Ky.; Miss N. E. Miller, Pineville, Ky.; and Mrs. S. J. Mashaw, Middletown, Ohio, got away from the 5,000 gift, making excellent reports in the space of time which they had to secure subscriptions and votes. Miss Jessie C. Boone with 68,000 votes takes the lead. Mrs. Shelby in second place, Miss Miller, third; and Mrs. Mashaw fourth. Others are expected to get in the battle next week, and a different story may be told. Entrants during the week were Mrs. Martha Gill, Van Vleet, Miss., and Mrs. Alma Roberts, Louisville. See standing on page 8. Surely! If those who owe for The Leader will not pay our collectors, surely they will mail their subscription to the office during the present campaign designating the candidate they wish the subscriptions and votes to be credited to. A renewal subscription means as much to those who are contesting for the automobile and other premiums as a new subscription.
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2 Day Annual GMCH Athletic Meet Concludes : The 26th Annual Athletic meet of Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) concluded. The chief guest on the occasion was Deepak Thakur, Arjuna Awardee for his excellent performance in hockey.
The meet was declared open on Saturday as Sports Complex, Sector 46, Chandigarh by Prof. B.S. Chavan, Director Principal of GMCH, Sector 32.
The students presented an impressive march past while the Director Principal took the salute. The 2015 batch bagged the best march past trophy. During the two days, the students, faculty and staff participated in a variety of track and field events.
In 1500 meters race, Sonu Sharma won the same in the Boys MBBS, BSc Category. In Shot Put Varnika Punia was the first prize winner in MBBS Girls Finals while, Navkiran was the first position holder in Shot Put BSc Girls Finals.
In Discus Throw, Deepinder won the same in MBBS Boys Category, while Saloni won the same in MBBS Girls Category. In Javelin Throw, Paras managed to win in MBBS Boys Category, while Simranjeet Singh won in BSc Boys Category.
In 400 m BSc Girls, Dency won the title while in MBBS Girls Category, Rutvi won the same. In High Jump, Gina Gill won the MBBS Girls Category, while Chetna won in the BSc Category. Gina Gill also won in Long Jump and 200 mts MBBS Girls finals. In High Jump among MBBS Boys, Vipul was the winner while Simranjeet Singh won in the BSc Boys Category.
In 800 meters race, Sonu secured the first position in the MBBS Boys category, while in BSC Boys finals Surag bagged the first position in 800 meters.
In 400 meters relay from MBBS Girls category, Rutvi, Ankita, Prema and Navya bagged the first position, while in MBBS Boys category, Parth, Jaspreet, Aryan and Baristar secured the first position.
Dency clinched the first position in Discuss throw, BSC girls category, while Rohan won the first prize in BSC boys category.
In Javelin throw, Dr. Ajay won the first position in the Faculty Male category, while from the Faculty female category Dr. Meenu bagged the first position in Javelin throw.
Prizes were also given for various indoor games which were held during the past week.
In Table Tennis Singles Boys, Michelin won the gold medal while he in partnership with Anuj also managed to win the Table Tennis Doubles Boys. Anandita won the Table Tennis Singles Girls while in Doubles, she in partnership with Arshita won the title. In Mixed Doubles, Anuj and Arshita bagged the title.
In Badminton Singles Boys, Vaibhav Pathania won, while in Doubles Jaspreet and Yudhishter managed to win the game. Anisha Galhotra won the Badminton Singles Girls, while Anisha and Onam won the Badminton.
In Faculty Category, Ajay Dewan won the Table Tennis Singles, while in doubles Sunit Sharma and Sandeep Kumar managed to win. Dr. Deepak Thapa won the Chess while Dr Ranjeev Bhagat won the Badminton Singles. He in partnership with Dr. Deepak Aggarwal won the Doubles. In Women Category, Dr. Meenu Kalia won the Singles while she in partnership with Dr. Richa Saroa won the Doubles.


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The Ljubljana maternity hospital opened a new record department, lobby and delivery department rooms. In the course of the works, new furniture and decorative ceiling were installed, lighting and wiring were replaced, the walls were repaired. The entire admission department was fully renovated, including the lobby and part of the corridor. New premises make a good impression with their well-conditioned, clean and safe look.
According to the nurse Sonja Kartuš, up to 40 pregnant women and young mothers visit daily the institution's record department. Each year, more than 13,000 parturient women pass through the delivery department. More than a third of all new-borns in the country are delivered annually in the Ljubljana maternity hospital.


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Boosters hold tasting event for NF band
Forsyth County News
Jennifer Sami
Updated: Nov. 12, 2010, 1:30 p.m.
The Taste of Christmas will run from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at North Lanier Baptist Church. Tickets are $8. For more information, visit www.northforsythband.com.
The North Forsyth High School band boosters are holding the third annual Taste of Christmas event Saturday at North Lanier Baptist Church.
"It's just a great community event. It's a fun event," said Raymond Thomas, band director. "... It' a great opportunity for people to get their first moments of Christmas."
The event features 17 restaurants offering food samples, as well as 45 local vendors selling their crafts.
There will also be children's games, a raffle, silent auction and free photos with Santa Claus.
Band members will perform throughout the four-hour event, said Walter Brooks, a booster helping coordinate the event.
Brooks, a three-year booster, joined for grandson Ryan Brooks, a junior on the drum line.
As a booster, Brooks and his wife, Margaret, also "work the concessions at the home games and ... go on the bus as a chaperone at competitions and away games."
"It's very fulfilling," he said. "I really enjoy it and the kids seem to enjoy it. It's a good group of kids."
The Taste of Christmas and other fundraisers allow the band to take trips, compete and participate in other activities, Thomas said.
Between ticket sales, vendor table fees and the generosity of restaurants, the event is a "straight profit for us," he said.
The $8 ticket also includes 10 food samples and a drink.
"You get to choose the places you want to go and you get 10 samples," Thomas said. "Most people can't eat all their samples, except for a few teenage boys ... it's a lot of food for $8."
Thomas said the event started with six restaurants. The number of participants has nearly doubled each year since.
"We had about 250 people the first year and almost 400 last year ... this year I'm thinking we're going to have over 500 or more show up," he said.
"Families are starting to ask us every year, 'When are y'all having that again?' So it's starting to be something that people are looking forward to."


We love a good "who wore it better" moment — especially when two A-listers debut the same memorable outfit in very different settings. Most recently, the dress in question is a particularly tricky Fausto Puglisi ultra-embellished, extra high-cut, double-slit dress.
If you recall, Kendall Jenner wore a white version of the dress back in 2014 at the MuchMusic Video Awards, where she walked the red carpet without a wardrobe malfunction in sight. At the time, the model made all the headlines with her risqué fashion choice.
Nearly three years later, Jennifer Lopez, who isn't a stranger to fashion tape and its many uses, performed her new song, "Ni Tu Ni Yo," at Macy's annual July 4 Fireworks in the black version. She, too, avoided any dreaded style slips.
As anxiety-inducing as it was for either of these women to wear this gown, we have to say, J.Lo really impressed us by getting down. Though it did look like she was wearing a bodysuit underneath, Lopez did not shy away from some serious choreography.
So what do you say? Who wore it best? Let us know @BritandCo.


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La place Simone-Michel-Lévy est une voie située entre le quartier de l'École-Militaire du  et le quartier Necker du 15 de Paris.

Situation et accès

La place Simone-Michel-Lévy est desservie par les lignes  à la station Duroc, ainsi qu'à proximité par les lignes de bus RATP .

Origine du nom
Cette place porte ce nom en souvenir de la résistante française et compagnon de la Libération Simone Michel-Lévy (1906-1945).

Il s'agit de l'une des trois voies parisiennes baptisées en mémoire de femmes résistantes compagnon de la Libération.

Historique
La place est créée, et porte son nom actuel en 2006, sur l'un des terre-pleins centraux de l'avenue de Saxe.

Bâtiments remarquables et lieux de mémoire

Notes et références

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NOVA Featured Runner: Paul Burger
By novarunningclub | November 20, 2017
From Coach Jerry: Paul had a truly exceptional fall, and while I would not encourage his teammates to run 4 marathons in 3 months, it worked out great for him. If anything, Paul looked stronger as the season went on, and I was really impressed with how quickly he recovered after each race. But what most impressed me was how selfless Paul was in marathon 4, which was MCM, where he ran side by side with a teammate for most of the race and helped her run a huge PR. That team orientation makes Paul a truly valued member of NOVA, and I'm looking forward to seeing more PRs from him in the future.
1) What are your PRs (5k, 10K, any others?)
5K: 19:32 10K: 40:37 10 mile: 1:06 Half marathon: 1:26 Full marathon: 3:08
2) What were your goal race(s) for this year? What thoughts do you have on your performances at your four marathons this fall?
So I didn't start out the year planning to run five marathons (or do four in three months). There was only one race, the Air Force Marathon, I was sure I'd do. This is a race I'd run several times before and was to be my BQ race. The other four marathons just sort of…happened…through a combination of proximity to home, peer pressure and sheer curiosity about whether I could pull it off.
When telling people of my plans the most positive response I received was "Are you sure you want to do that?" Most people, including my father (who has run 30+ marathons starting in his 40s), told me "You can't do that". The bottom line is that I enjoy racing. To me a marathon is the reward for months of training. A solo, 20-mile training run is way harder for me than a marathon with crowds, fellow competitors and water stops to break up the monotony. A bunch of marathons just sounded fun.
I decided that besides running a BQ at Air Force I needed two more goals: 1.) to not get injured and 2.) to PR at least one race. Because I wanted the races to be quality efforts I needed some help. Enter Erin, my enabler, who, after politely telling me I was crazy (or words to that effect), worked with me and created an awesome training plan to support my effort. She not only helped get me a BQ and kept me injury-free but also two PRs in back-to-back races.
3) What do you consider your best race performance to date?
Despite taking me more than twice as long as my next slowest marathon Pike's Peak was my best race even if it wasn't my best performance. Every race is a learning experience and I think some of the best lessons come when things don't go well. And Pike's did not go well. Although I'd done a lot of hill work all summer the amount of energy I expended on the 13-mile ascent with its 7,800 feet of vertical gain (and thin air) left me completely shelled only 2 miles into the descent. I'd pushed so hard for the summit, enjoying the amazing views along the way, that I neglected to take in adequate nutrition. With 11 miles still to go there was nothing to do but settle into a survival pace and get down the mountain.
I missed my finish goal by over 2 hours and suffered more physically and mentally than in any other race but I don't regret the experience. The race not only taught me (okay, reminded me) of the importance of taking care of one's body during a race but also that I'm capable of pushing way, way beyond what I thought I had in me.
4) How and when did you find NOVA, and what do you like best about the team?
I found NOVA late last summer when I was doing my own workouts at TC Williams. Someone ran over and said "Coach Jerry says you should join us". I now have no recollection who it was but I'm very grateful to her and Jerry for the invitation. The energy and motivation, the support, the camaraderie, the lack of egos…there are so many reasons I love being part of the team. The team has some incredibly talented runners and there's always someone to whom you can turn for advice. And no matter your ability or goals there are always words of encouragement or congratulations. Joining the team has done more for my running than anything I've done in the last 10 years.
5) What's the best piece of coaching advice you've ever received?
"Embrace the suck". This isn't exactly coaching advice…I think I first heard it on a deployment…but I find myself reflecting on it during almost every race. Because almost every race has a little bit of "suck" no matter how well it's going. The last 10K of a marathon, the last 5K of a half, 90% of a 5K all feel pretty awful if I'm doing them right. But during those painful miles I reflect on the fact that I'm still able to race, to push my body to do things most of my peers can't make theirs do anymore and I try to feel grateful for that fact.
6) What non-running fitness related (or other) activities do you enjoy?
I lift weights 3-4 days a week and commute to work via bike whenever it's not raining or snowing. I've done CrossFit but found the atmosphere a bit competitive which would, I feared, cause me to injure myself. I've been a downhill skier since birth but don't get to do that very often anymore. I'd like to do triathlons someday once I fix my terrible swim form.
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Weekly Music News and Sales Report: 20 August 2014
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We have a couple more weeks before the industry kicks into high gear for the make-or-break fourth quarter. Let's see where things stand.
The Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack is still number one in Canada just by selling 6,500 copies. On the positive side, it's only the third album this year to spend multiple weeks at the top of the charts.
Troye Sivan, the Australian YouTube star, debuts at #2 but with a pretty dismal 3,800 copies, edging out the #3 album, Get Hurt from Gaslight Anthem by about 100 units.
The most-downloaded song in Canada this past week was Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" (20,000 sold) and the most-streamed song–well, that regular report will begin in September.
In the US, overall album sales are down 19% from last year while CDs are lighter by a similar number. Digital albums are down by 11% and digital tracks are down by 13% from 2013.
Guardians of the Galaxy is on top of the album charts again (93,000 copies). Further down, Gaslight Anthem debuts at #4 (33,000 copies) while Troye Sivan debuts at #5 (30,000).
As for singles, Meghan Trainor has the top download (239,000) and the most-stream song is still "Fancy" from Iggy Azalea with 8,242,519 listens.
All number courtesy Nielsen SoundScan.
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State Route 178 (SR-178) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning just  in Payson, it connects Interstate 15 to SR-198.

Route description

State Route 178, a minor arterial connector, starts at Interstate 15's southbound ramp for exit 248, a diamond interchange. The route proceeds east on 800 South, over the interchange, continuing through Payson until terminatining  at SR-198.

History
State Route 178 was added to the state highway system in 2000 in exchange for transferring ownership of the western portion of SR-147 from the Utah Department of Transportation to the city of Payson, as SR-178 connected to Interstate 15 and would be a more appropriate road for the state highway system. No changes have been made to the highway since.

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Campaign advances life-cycle budgeting in infrastructure policy
Published: Wednesday, 13 July 2011 14:01
Sources: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill.; Staff reports
A two-week print and online PCA ad campaign, themed "What Are the Real Costs" and targeted to political and policy opinion leaders in Washington, D.C., aims to elevate cradle-to-grave project cost factors in transportation and infrastructure funding. The ads appeared through July 1 in Rollcall and CQ Daily print editions and in Rollcall, National Journal and Engineering News-Record online, directing readers and site visitors to Whataretherealcosts.org.
The website encourages support of the new Fiscal Accountability and Transparency in Infrastructure Spending Act, and references the life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) key to research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-hosted Concrete Sustainability Hub. The legislation would require the use of a comprehensive LCCA of at least 50 years to account for infrastructure projects' full costs; sponsored by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), it dovetails federal construction interests' attempt to advance a six-year highway bill in a highly partisan Congress grappling with budget deficits and the national debt ceiling.


Geneva: South African Foreign Minister, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, will today, Monday 20 April 2009, deliver a statement on behalf of the African Group during the High – Level segment of the UN Durban Review Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The Conference is scheduled from today 20-24 April 2009.
Minister Dlamini Zuma is leading the South African Government delegation including SA's Ambassador to Geneva Dr. Glaudine Mtshali, Xolisa Mabhongo as well as senior government officials from the Presidency and the Department of Justice, to the UN's Durban Review Conference, within the context of South Africa's conviction that the multilateral system of global governance remains the hope in tackling challenges facing humanity today.
Provide an opportunity to outline concrete ways to make a difference on the ground.
The Durban Review Conference is also a vital step in reaffirming not only that racism exists in all countries, but that it is the responsibility of all governments and societies to address it.
South Africa attaches great importance to the Durban Review Conference as it seeks to help the international community recommit to practical measures to address the scourge of racism and racial discrimination.
While progress has been made in some areas to implement the outcome of the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Xenophobia and Related Intolerances (WCAR), the international community still faces major challenges in the fight against racism. Amongst others, there has been disturbing incidents of racism and racial intolerance in many countries.
It is for this reason that the UN Durban Review Conference is expected to stress the need for the international community to exercise the necessary and continued vigilance in pursuit of the noble ideas that were agreed to during the WCAR.


As Of September 2016, Jimy Bleu has been touring with "Kiss The Sky" which is the world's most historically accurate Jimi Hendrix show EVER!
Through meticulous detailed re-productions in every aspect of look and sound, the show re-creates Hendrix's most classic concerts and landmark stage show performances such as The English pre-fame tour, Monterey Pop, Woodstock, Band Of Gypsys & The Cry Of Love tour.
I clearly remember being 9 or 10 years old and my parents taking me and by 2 1/2 year old younger brother to manny's for a flat black lacquer Ludwig drum set. a real beauty. a snare, tom, hi-hat, ride cymbal and snare with a throne. bought it from stu, who I believe was manny's son. (my drum teacher ben halpern suggested we go to manny's).
and I recall that manny himself was there, working the crowd with his sales crew in that narrow store.
The reason you were not able to find me, my name is: Holly Goldrich, Sandi is my Partner with the site. I am so happy you found the sight and I hope we are related. My Dad is also a HENRY.
I read your letter, small world. ther eason you can not find me. Is Sandi is my partner with this site. she is my friend. I am Holly Goldrich. maybe we are related try looking me up. I am also on facebook. How funny is that, your son is Henry and my Dad is Henry. Do you still live in DC?


Arms: Vert, an oak tree eradicated Argent, on a chief Or, between two trefoils Vert, a lion's head erased Gules.
Crest: On a wreath Or and Vert, a lion's head erased Or, langued Gules.
I live in Iliamna, Alaska. I am a retired licensed funeral director. My interests are in heraldry, fishing, hunting, and reading. I am a life member of the American College of Heraldry, a knight of the Order of the Noble Companions of the Swan, Member of the Augustan Society, and a Honorary member of the Russian College of Heraldry.
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The trefoils (shamrocks) represent the orgins of the Doland family who imigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1840. The Oak tree represents the strength and fortitude of the family over the years. The Vert is representative of the Catholic past of the family in Ireland and it's service to the church. The Or lion (crest) corelates to the compassion and generosity of the family over the decades. Lastly, the lion Gules is a reminder of a family who had a warrior past.


The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately go after the promoters Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox, otherwise known as 'MMM' in Nigeria.
Lawmakers strongly opposed the investment scheme, which lately gained popularity among Nigerians in the wake of the current economic recession in the country.
MMM promises 30 per cent return on investment for any money put into the scheme within 30 days.
But, members described the scheme as a "scam" and warned Nigerians not to be carried away by the "mouth-watering" returns on investments.
Lawmakers warned that the "trick" used by the operators was to attract as many Nigerians as possible to invest substantial amounts of money before the bubble would burst.
The House directed the EFCC, security agencies and the CBN to take urgent steps to halt the scheme before many Nigerians would become victims of the scam.
The Chairman, House Committee on Telecommunications, Mr. Saheed Fijabi, had in a motion, drawn the attention of the House to the growing popularity of the scheme among Nigerians.
Fijabi, an All Progressives Congress lawmaker from Oyo State, represents Ibadan-South/West Federal Constituency.
"The scheme entered the Nigerian circle in 2016, capitalising on the high level of unemployment and poverty to deceive unwary Nigerians into falling prey to their antics", Fijabi stated.
He said the fact that MMM was not regulated by law or approved by the CBN as a secure business venture, made Nigerians more vulnerable.