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The Mall Santa at Tysons Corner Center is From Tennessee
Written by Matt Blitz
Mike Graham gets into character as Tysons Corner Center's resident Santa Claus. Photograph by Matt Blitz.
It's 10 AM at Tysons Corner Center and Santa Claus is riding down an escalator waving to confused toddlers. OK, this isn't the North Pole and Santa's real name is Mike Graham, but that doesn't diminish the joy he's about to deliver to these kids. For the last 26 years, Graham has been the mall's resident Kris Kringle, asking tens of thousands of kids (and adults) what they want for Christmas. With his real beard, white hair, and burly stature, Tennessee-native Graham doesn't just play the part well—for many in the region, he is Santa Claus.
"I'm part of their family," he says. "I only see [kids] for a fraction of their lives, but the pictures of us are always there on the mantle."
Graham's Santa career started in Gatlinburg, Tennessee in 1987. He was helping to build floats for the city's annual Christmas parade when he got word that the man scheduled to play Santa Claus suffered a heart attack. Graham stepped into the red suit and saved Christmas, or at least the parade.
Afterward, a spectator who had admired Graham's performance told him that he had signed with a photo company to be their Santa "for what seemed like a ridiculous amount of money." Graham called the phone number the man offered and, the next year, he was set up to be a Santa in far-flung locations. First, he was dispatched to Nashville. In 1988, the company sent Graham to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he made a grand entrance on a sleigh drawn by a team of live reindeer. A year later, Graham requested a transfer to Hawaii; instead he got Tysons Corner Center.
But Graham was a hit. Halfway through the season, the mall management approached him with huge stacks of comment cards about how great he was with the kids and how well he resembled Santa Claus. "Everyone loved the natural beard," says Graham. Tysons Corner Center asked him to work there exclusively—which, according to Graham, is exceedingly rare for mall Santa's—and he's been a holiday regular ever since.
Santa season at Tysons lasts from the week before Thanksgiving until 5 PM Christmas Eve. Every year, Graham drives from his hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee, where he owns a construction company, and stays in the area for the duration. On a typical December weekday, he says he sees about 600 kids, with many more flowing through as Christmas approaches. The wait to sit on Graham's lap can reach up to four-and-a-half hours, although the mall does take reservations. Not surprisingly, demand peaks on December 24. "People are trying to be the last ones on Santa's lap before he goes to take the flight," Graham says.
Graham's day typically starts an hour before he has to be "on-set." It only takes him about 20 minutes to get into character, but he likes to be early.
Graham own three Santa suits, in addition to one he calls a "leisure suit" that he often wears on weekdays. They are all custom-made by Adele's of Hollywood in Los Angeles. "My suits are not the inexpensive kind," Graham says. "They are all velvet and real rabbit fur. Very, very durable."
And even with his girthy frame, Graham does wear a fat suit. Every morning, he makes a grand entrance via escalator, bellowing "ho-ho-ho" and waving to the waiting children below. Over the nearly three decades he's been coming to Tysons, Graham says the only time he's missed work is when his mother-in-law died.
Raising three children of his own helped Graham hone his Santa act. He never asks the mall kids if they have been bad or good, simply what they would like Christmas. Graham says there are plenty of kids who've been good who may not get a lot and some "not-so-happy kids" who'll get a big haul. He does not think it's fair to connect the amount of presents to behavior. While Graham says that kids themselves haven't changed a whole lot since he started in 1989, the biggest difference he's noticed is what they ask for. Today they mostly want electronic toys, he says, but there are exceptions. One boy, whose parents were botanists, asked for a mimosa tree.
At 58, Graham hopes to play Santa for another 30 years so he can see another generation of kids grow up. "When they come see me, [parents] don't have to explain why [Santa] looks different," he says. "It's continuity."
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The Hunger Games are…Real?
imcclass November 29, 2013 18 Comments
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, opened on November 22, 2013 as a sequel to the Hunger Games. What started as a series of books by Suzanne Collins has been turned into a hit soon-to-be trilogy. Catching Fire made an estimated $158,074,286.00 on its opening night in the United States alone, according to IMDB. The blockbuster film partnered with many companies, including Subway and Feeding America. This trio has combined forces to also include Twitter in an effort to end hunger.
As a result of Subway and Catching Fire being partners, Subway is currently using the tributes of the Games to encourage people to eat in the restaurant. This type of celebrity endorsement brings in people who might not normally eat there. "Oh, if Peeta eats Subway, I should too!" Granted, this behavior might come more from children but they, in turn, will ask their parents to take them to Subway. I've seen this time and time again with my younger siblings. This also works for the older crowd, however, because a partnership of this nature often includes promotional items or sales/deals that someone may anticipate being offered. Subway has transformed their marketing strategies and dining areas, with concepts like "Where Victors Eat" and "Win your own Victory Tour," with the latter being a sweepstakes in conjunction with their collectible Catching Fire drink cups.
In the third and final facet of this trio of partners, Feeding America has jumped in and put their cause directly in the middle. Subway has placed cardboard cutouts of tributes Katniss, Peeta, and Finnick in the dining areas of Subways. A patron, after eating "What Victors Eat," can take a photo with the cutouts and post it to the Subway Twitter, with the hashtag of #SUBtractHunger. Each time a hashtag is used, it is counted towards the 1,000,000 meals that Subway will buy for Feeding America. In the fine print, it says that Subway will donate up to $125,000, as each dollar makes about nine meals. However, this linkage will only exist until 11:59pm on December 15, 2013. The meals will be provided from Feeding America through local food banks in areas in need.
This celebrity endorsement effectively ties in cause marketing in order to create an environment in which Subway patrons are encouraged to aid Feeding America. Though there is no mention of patrons being able to donate money directly to Feeding America via Subway and Catching Fire, the Feeding America website has a donation area, as well as a hyperlink to a Hunger Games site, where a large "Ignite the Fight Against Hunger" plea is proudly displayed under a Mockingjay and above a photo of the tributes stoically ready to win the real-world Hunger Games. The number of families that go hungry over the holidays is continuously growing. With Feeding America, Subway, and the Hunger Games movie series teaming up to feed families, alongside many other organizations attempting to end hunger, do you think the odds are in are their favor?
-Hilary Hall
CategoriesCatching Fire, cause marketing, Celebrities, Charities, Communication Studies, Corporate Communication, Endorsements, Entertainment, Fandom, Feeding America, hunger, Hunger Games, Katniss, Marketing, Peeta, Social Media, Subway
TagsCatching Fire, Cause Marketing, endorsement, Feeding America, Hunger Games, Katniss, million meals, Peeta, Subway, tributes, victors
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Maria Kolar November 29, 2013 at 7:32 pm
I think it is a smart move for these companies to team up. This allows Catching Fire to gain even MORE publicity, Subway to gain more customers, and Feeding America to help aid people in need.
The advertisement above with a picture of Katniss on it really grabs people's attention. She looks powerful and she stands out; this is likely to capture the audience's attention. This is a great instrument in raising people's awareness of what the team is trying to accomplish.
Kierstin Geary November 30, 2013 at 12:52 pm
I think that this is a good idea for all brands. While Hunger Games and Subway are both well known, Feeding America is not. However, teaming up with them will give them publicity and allow people to recognize them more. In return, Hunger Games and Subway will be looked at as brands that want to help feed homeless and give back to the community. I know that I would want to eat at a place with a background like that. Hopefully it will encourage people to donate to Feeding America.
Lana Jernigan November 30, 2013 at 1:56 pm
I think this is a great way to help raise awareness and money for the hungry in our own country. The Hunger Game series are so popular many Americans will see this ad and want to help. This is the season for giving and I think it was a perfect way to advertise awareness to this great cause.
Kelli Hall December 1, 2013 at 9:46 pm
The grouping of Hunger Games, Subway, and Feeding America is clever in that they all deal with "hunger." I think this is an excellent way to spread the word about "Feeding America." Consumers would still go to Subway in order to get the special Hunger Games cups and other deals, but with a charity involved, more people are bound to participate. When someone goes to Subway not only are they getting to eat Subway, they get a Catching Fire product and on top of that, are contributing to hungry families throughout America.
danielle walters December 2, 2013 at 3:23 pm
I think this is a great idea and helps everyone involved, but most importantly Feeding America! I have never seen the Hunger Games but from what I can tell it obviously has a huge following and has the potential to do wonders for this cause.
Kelly Pitz December 2, 2013 at 4:07 pm
This is a great way to gain awareness for Feeding America. It is a great cause and why not use a huge blockbuster to help gain some contributors? I think they have a done a good job and used the fame of the movie and the actors to good use. It is nice to see them do something like this for people especially during the holiday time. I think it would be very encouraging to see more celebrities use their fame for good like this. I know a lot of them use their money and do help charities and such but to take advantage of the hype of the movie and put it to a good use is awesome to witness!
Alicia Gallagher December 2, 2013 at 5:33 pm
I think it is a great idea that all companies are creating a partnership in order to help "end" world hunger. It is going to take a lot more than just Subway and feeding America to end world hunger, however it is a step in the right direction. I do not really see any negative outcomes from the companies teaming up. It encourages more people to eat at Subway with the endorsement of "Catching Fire" along with donating meals to those less fortunate. I think works out favorably for all companies.
Morganne McIntyre December 2, 2013 at 6:04 pm
Wow, great article, you grabbed my attention first off by choosing an article that dealt with the Hunger Games which is a big topic of today's culture. I also think that it is interesting that you linked a brand and a movie and talked about the advertisement of both of these things and the connection of a non-profit organization. Overall I thought that your article highlighted some interesting points and pointed out that all of the companies came out with the "odds ever in their favor."
Jessi Nelson December 2, 2013 at 7:41 pm
I actually saw the Hunger Games poster in a subway the other day and there was a little girl that was so into the poster that she didn't even care when her mom asked her what she wanted to eat! I think it is an awesome idea for both Subway and Hunger Games because they are both benefiting from the partnership. Hunger Games is encouraging more people to eat at Subway, along with donating meals? I think that more business partnerships like this should be considered. Very effective, and beneficial for everyone!
Taylor Pfyffer December 2, 2013 at 7:58 pm
I think that this is a great campaign idea. It's sad to say that I'd recognize the brand of the Hunger Games or Subway before I would Feeding America. That said, I think it's a great idea to incorporate this brand with those of higher-status. That way, a wonderful cause like Feeding America can achieve a significant amount of attention to help their efforts. I think that all organizations are benefitting from the banding of these teams.
Victoria Ward December 2, 2013 at 9:42 pm
I think that it was a smart move on all the companies parts to team up. This way Catching Fire is receiving more publicity, subway is gaining more consumers, and Feeding America is helping to feed families. Even though it might not help out a significant amount in the end, this partnership will at least benefit each company somewhat. I think the odds are definitely in their favor.
Brooks Prior December 3, 2013 at 1:23 am
I think that this is one of those instances where pretty much everybody wins. Obviously businesses don't tend to enter partnerships is they won't come out with something, but everything about this deal seems very fair. The movie gets press from both sources, and it gets linked to a charity, that's pretty perfect. Subway get lots of business from both endorsements, and also gets to show off being linked with a charity. Feed America gets press from both sources, and gets money out of the deal to help their cause, pretty great. It seems like this was a perfect match.
Miranda Mounts December 3, 2013 at 2:04 am
Companies have become so strategic over the past decade. If I prefer to see any fast food chain greatly benefit from the latest blockbuster movie, it's Subway. Though they are still categorized as "fast food," Subway does have healthy, fresh options that aren't seen in many Americanized fast food chains today like Burger King, Wendy's, etc. You can get a fresh salad without the worry of it being loaded with 2,000 calories. In my opinion, Subway is genius for advertising movie cutouts, posters, and items with Katniss's picture on it in order to promote their business while simultaneously making people aware of the Feeding America Association. This makes me an even bigger fan of the franchise!
Nicholas Bolick December 3, 2013 at 9:15 am
I think that this a fantastic idea! While I am personally not much of Hunger Games fan, the promotional benefits for each company by teaming up is tremendous. It's taking entertainment and using it to solve real world problems. Even though I'm sure Subway is in it for the profit and gain of sales, this does give them some reputation to fall back on later if they need to. The cutouts are genius because it associates the three companies into one and are cost effective, as it is just cardboard.
Matt Stone December 3, 2013 at 10:48 am
I think this is such a great idea by all of these companies. Helping the poor is an amazing thing and putting food on the table for those struggling is the best, especially during the holidays when we all have so much. My respect for Subway and The Hunger Games has grown a ton, and I'm really going to try to go eat there in the next few weeks to help support! People love the Hunger Games, and people love Subway but combining the two helps people love them both even more, and while helping our brothers and sisters who don't have as much out, what could get any better?
Morgan McCleaf December 3, 2013 at 11:23 am
I think that this partnership is brilliant. The idea of "hunger" is woven throughout this campaign, making it very cohesive. I think it was extremely smart for Subway to get on board with the Hunger Games, because the movie has gained a lot of attention and fans, and this great for attracting business to Subway. I also think that it was fantastic for Feeding America to get involved, and the hashtag #SUBtractHunger is really witty!
Brandon Hawkins December 3, 2013 at 12:15 pm
I think this demonstrates the lighter side of advertising. Some might see it as a way for a company to make an extra buck, (even though that's what they're supposed to do) but partnerships such as these provide plenty of opportunities for multiple companies use each other to gain an edge over the competition.
Margaret Cafasso December 3, 2013 at 12:32 pm
I think it is very smart for companies to use this platform to gain new customers. Hunger Games is such a well known movie and trilogy that it could help to promote anything! Feeding America will get a lot more publicity from this and it could really help businesses over competition!

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Q: Loading files with jQuery using webpack I'm new to webpack so may be missing something incredibly obvious.
I have a file that I'd like to include in my app.js but none of the jQuery is working inside of it.
App.js is loaded at the end of the page:
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="/js/app.js"></script>

First attempt
app.js
require('./bodyClick')

bodyClick.js
console.log('loaded bodyClick.js');

$("body").click(function(){
    console.log('body clicked');
});

Result
The console logs loaded bodyClick.js but beyond that none of the click event handlers are added.
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Second attempt
app.js
import { addClicks } from './bodyClick';
addClicks();

bodyClick.js
console.log('loaded bodyClick.js');

export function addClicks(){
    console.log('adding click events');
    $("body").click(function(){
        console.log('body clicked');
    });
}

Result
As above – the console logs loaded bodyClick.js and then adding click events but beyond that none of the click event handlers are added.
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What am I doing wrong? There are no errors showing in the console at all.
I'm the first to admit I'm majorly lacking knowledge in the world of JavaScript module bundlers – as an extra if anyone has any good recommendations on books I'm all ears.

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Interdisciplinary Tax Services for Low-Income Immigrants: Training accounting and law students to assist low-income immigrant taxpayers in their taxation and legal needs (renewal).
Minor and Internship Program in Health, Hospitality and Design: Creating a sustainable and healthy future through a minor and internship program that promotes design innovation, research and community engagement (renewal).
Minor in Applied Science Communication and Public Engagement: Preparing students to be socially engaged scientists and expanding the pool of experienced science communicators working with local organizations.
Peace Building in Conflict Regions: Engaging with reconciliation and development efforts in Israel and the Palestinian territories and sub-Saharan Africa.
Policy and the Science of Climate Change: Bringing students to United Nations negotiations on climate change policy.
Promoting Engineering Communication and Materials Science and Engineering: Educating high school students about materials science and engineering through a nationally distributed learning module and a community outreach course (renewal).
Remaking the City: Introducing information science students to the technological challenges faced by community organizations in New York City.
Seed to Supper: Working with central New York addressing hunger and food security issues directly through student-supported community gardening advocacy (renewal).
Taking America's Pulse: Teaching students advanced survey methods and analysis through a national opinion poll.
Theater and Climate Change: Bringing local stories to the stage to illustrate the cultural impact of climate change on Finger Lakes communities (renewal).
Ashlee McGandy is content strategist in the Office of Engagement Initiatives.


I'm putting together a notebook of all the amazing notes my guy left for me on the kitchen island over the years. I love these artifacts of his wit and generosity of spirit. One of my favorite things to experience on this planet was to come down in the morning to a square of post-it goodness from him. They often began with: "G'mornin sunshine!". Sometimes they were more involved.
See exhibit A below. This one Jon designed to let me know a few things, chiefly that the foot rug that's normally in front of the door was in the washer so I might want to put it in the dryer. At the time, we were caring for one of our kitties who was in his end of life stage, and that meant cleaning up urine from where urine wasn't meant to go. This cat was "my" cat. We each came with one to our relationship. Jon poured his love toward this creature fully. Of course he did.
And here's a picture of him smelling really nice.
Aka Jon's delight. There's a patch of turtlehead flowers that grows in front of what became his defacto parking spot in our driveway. When these were in bloom, Jon took great pleasure in watching the bumblebees climb laden with pollen in and out of the blossoms. I'm so happy to know and to have witnessed his perennial joy.
Here's a video snip he took of one bee in the act. I hope you enjoy it even half as much as he did.
Jon was multi-talented – an autodidact – and I do not use that word lightly. If ever voracious applied to someone's reading habits, it's his. It was a daily sight to see him holding a book with one hand while stirring a pot, brushing his teeth, doing pretty much anything. He taught himself how to design buildings on construction sites without ever going to school for it. Last year, he passed all six parts of the NYS architectural exam.
But it's his artistic talents I want to highlight here, hence the 'text' in architextural.
Above is a photo from an exhibit he and I (Cara) collaborated on in 2010. It started when he gave me the absolutely most inventive present I have ever received. He took the words from a poem in my first book and put them into an architectural drawing. It wasn't long before a gallery full of these amazing works were on display at The Arts Center in Troy. You can read poet Geof Huth's write-up of the show here. I am so grateful this documentation exists.
As in our artist statement for the show, we hoped for integrity at the intersection of our collaboration. I believe we had it.
Jon might bristle at this endeavor, not being one to jump in front of a camera too often, but we so adore him that we want to have his beautiful visage out there for all to see. Here are just a few photos.
This site was born of a desire to extend into the maw of the internet the language we wish to see describing the man we so love. There is much more to come, including, of course, pictures! For now, welcome.


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Make your voice heard - NIH Funding
Advocates rally to protect federal funding of cancer research
The White House released a 2018 budget outline on March 14, 2017 that cuts National Institutes of Health (NIH) spending by nearly 20 percent. NorCal CarciNET shares the concern expressed by other cancer-related organizations and our collaborators that a funding decrease of this magnitude could disrupt, even derail, America's cancer investigators and research institutions. These cut will amount to nearly $100 million shortfall to UCSF and Stanford only according to the San Francico Chronicle. These cut include a nearly $1.2 billion dollar cut for the NIH in FY2017.
NIH funding critical
More than 80 percent of the $32 billion NIH budget is awarded to universities, medical schools and other research institutions through a competitive grant process. NIH grants often comprise a significant portion of an institution's or individual investigator's funding.
Who would fill the gap?
Since the Cancer Act of 1971, NIH has led the fight against cancer and it again set its sights on curing cancer in 2016 with the Moonshot initiative. Breast, lung, and other cancers with higher incidence rates than NETs are more commonly funded, nevertheless, important NIH-funded research is underway.
The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) funds research at the nation's top cancer centers where NIH funding shortfalls could imperil the very teams working on thier projects. In 2015, University of Iowa received a 5-year, $10.67 million NIH grant to study neuroendocrine tumors. As a Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant through the National Cancer Institute (NCI), it was the first of its kind to investigate NETs.
Even when NIH funding isn't directly supporting NET research, critical advancements filter down.
Research on genomic sequencing has helped identify mutations associated with NETs.
Research on immunotherapy has been applied to NETs.
Advances in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging have helped improve treatment of NETs.
The NET community has a specific perspective. Individuals with this type of cancer endure considerable frustration and disappointment. Years go by without an accurate diagnosis. Symptoms are misinterpreted. Warning signs are missed. Cancer grows and spreads during the search for answers. For advanced cases, treatment options are limited. Research can help to diagnose and treat NETs with greater speed and precision. Share your thoughts on the importance of preserving our nation's current commitment to NIH research with your friends, colleagues, and elected officials today.
The NorCal CarciNET Community Board is proud to join in efforts underway by foundations and medical societies (NETRF, SNMMI, FASEB) to make our concerns heard. NorCal CarciNET Community has signed on as a coalition member of The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research. You can also make the need for NET research known. There is much work to be done. We still don't understand the causes of NET cancer. Treatments proven effective in other cancer types have not stopped NETs from progressing. We need to find successful cures. Scientific and clinical research can ask and answer these important questions. Make sure your voice is heard.
Find contact information for your elected officials at USA.gov
Download and customize a message to send to your U.S. senators or representatives.
Learn how to arrange a meeting with a member of Congress through the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
Get informed about policy issues at the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)


The Daily Hugz Sanctuary is the heart of our mission. It is where we got our start and from which our mission extends. On a broad scale, the sanctuary is where we provide a home for abused animals, and it is the grounds on which special-needs children can play, perhaps being able to experience a full soccer field, a swimming pool, or acting on a stage for the first time.


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Kev Carmody performs at the Zoo Twilight Series Melbourne Zoo on Saturday 28 January 2017.
Kev Carmody Has Some Words For 3AW's Tom Elliott
by Paul Cashmere on August 17, 2020
in News,Noise Pro
3AW's drivetime presenter Tom Elliott is not known for his sensitivity to our First Australians. In fact, his rhetoric often borders on full-blown racism.
Here is an exact quote of an Elliott comment broadcast on 3AW originally broadcast on June 29, 2017, still available as a podcast on June 29, 2020 and recently edited to remove this insensitive statement. (I have kept copies of the both the unedited edition from downloaded June 30, 2020 and the edited version downloaded today 17 August, 2020) . Elliott's exact words were … "We don't really know what happened to the stolen generation. For example, there is some evidence to suggest that mixed raced children were not wanted by aboriginal tribes and given away".
I put that quote to Indigenous music legend Kev Carmody who told Noise11.com, "Tell him to listen to Archie Roach, that phenomenal song 'They Took The Children Away'. That's just down from where he is broadcasting, Framlingham, Victoria. There were so many people taken away. It's been a big hidden thing. Also the massacres that happened in this country. My old grandfather, he came from Cape York, crocodile country. He used to tell us about the times the station owners were shooting them. When you look at that fellow from 3AW, everyone is going on with Mr Trump about fake news, but that's all those fellows are broadcasting".
I also put an official complaint to 3AW under the Commercial Radio Australia Codes of Practice. Despite the comment still available to be streamed on the 3AW website (at the time of the complaint dated June 30, 2020) it was disregarded because according to the 3AW Complaints Response Team "to be valid under the Code the complaint must be received within 30 days of the relevant broadcast" and "a complainant must have heard the relevant broadcast live on radio within Australia on the Station. Your complaint cites a podcast link, which indicates that you heard the broadcast on the internet".
That may be a legal obligation. It is certainly not a moral obligation.
My complaint on June 30, 2020 was sparked because another insensitive Elliott comment on 29 June, 2020. While talking about the Australian government's Jobkeeper and Jobseeker program Elliott diverted the topic to yet another racial slur against the indigenous community inferring Jobseeker (what was once called The Dole) "in the indigenous community they refer to it as sit-down money. If you have too much welfare people don't have the incentive to get off their backside and do things". For starters the topic was about government assistance in Covid times yet Elliott still somehow managed to sway the topic and belittle indigenous Australians.
Kev Carmody says that racism presented as editorial by the likes of the Tom Elliott's needs to stop. "We've just got to change that concept of them being in-charge of mainstream radio," Kev said. "The advertisers can stop that stuff. That's what it comes to. It's like Rio Tinto blowing up the sacred place in Western Australia. It's the shareholders and it's the advertisers. They can stop it and unless they do, they are supporting it. We can work through the advertisers".
Unfortunately, 3AW can turn a blind eye to racism when a legal out clause lets them off the hook but the public can react to their lack of morals. "Let's get onto this 3AW fellow," Kev said. "We won't worry about him (Elliott) because he is a DH. We'll get to the people who advertise on that radio station and say "right, you've got to do something about this".
For the record, both the 'stolen generation' and the 'sit-down money' statements were broadcast on radio in Australia and the broadcasts later uploaded as podcasts.
Both occurred on June 29. One in 2020, one in 2017. The 2017 was incorrectly linked to the 2020 date after the 2020 show which was how I found it. Inexplicably, Elliott made both racial slurs on June 29 three years to the day apart in the same hour of his show. However, insensitive Indigenous comments occur often in his program.
The June 29, 2020 comment about sit-down money can be heard 1:24:00 in:
https://omny.fm/shows/drive-with-tom-elliott/full-show-3aw-drive-with-tom-elliott-june-29
The original June 29, 2017 comment about the stolen generation has since had the offensive comment edited out but Noise11 downloaded the original podcast and has the original voice grab. A very obvious edit can be heard here at 1:16:14 after Elliott says the school has done a stupid thing.
https://omny.fm/shows/drive-with-tom-elliott/full-show-tom-elliott-podcast-june-29
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Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton Signals A Return To Live Performances
Professor Brett Sutton, the Chief Medical Officer for Victoria, has signalled a return to normality for the music industry by October if all goes to plan.
Macquarie Radio Dumps Talking Lifestyle For All-Sport Format
Macquarie Radio will discontinue its failed talking Lifestyle format as of March 30.
R.I.P. Australian Radio Legend Bruce Mansfield 1944-2016
Australian radio legend Bruce Mansfield has lost his battle with Prostate Cancer at age 71.
Rich Kid, Shock Jock Tom Elliott Attacks Triple J And The ABC
Tom Elliott, the son of right-winged Liberal bulldog John Elliott, has made ridiculous comments about Triple J and the ABC on this conservative radio program for Melbourne station 3AW.
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Josh Groban took 'intimate mode' to its literal meaning when he performed for 200 fans at Melbourne's Chapel Off Chapel on Friday evening.
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Australian radio legend Keith McGowan has died at the age of 70.


Thanks a lot for showing up yesterday, it was super fun and interesting.
stuff I've missed. If you want access to the Github repo just ask.
hang out there as well.
With that first meeting past us we should talk about where to go from here.
> Thanks a lot for showing up yesterday, it was super fun and interesting.
> stuff I've missed. If you want access to the Github repo just ask.
> hang out there as well.
general, according to http://hacken.in/berlin (which is awesome btw).
> general, according to http://hacken.in/berlin (which is awesome btw).
Cool statistics. According to that, mondays would be even better.


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Shane McDowell
Tuesday, October 01st, 2019
When it comes to sealing the engine in a fire-breathing, ground-pounding 900-horsepower dirt late model racing for a king's ransom, nothing can be left to chance.
And, when you earn your living competing at the highest level against the best dirt racers in the country, engine failures simply aren't an option.
In 2007 Shane McDowell, one of the most respected crew chiefs and team owners in the industry, was introduced to Cometic Gasket and since then, McDowell's famed No. 17M driven by brother Dale McDowell, has been sealed by Cometic.
"The bottom line is we've had zero failures with any Cometic products. Zero," explained McDowell. "We've been using Cometic gaskets exclusively since 2007 because the quality of the part is genuinely second to none. Racing is our livelihood. It's how we make our living so engine failures can really put us in a bad spot. Fortunately, we don't have to worry about gasket issues."
When it comes to the powerplant, McDowell turns to the legendary engine builders at Clements Racing Engines. As long-time Cometic customers, the team at Clements utilizes a three-layer MLS (multi-layer steel) header gasket that features elevated temperature and corrosion resistance so it can withstand the abuses that come with being a race engine.
Cometic exhaust manifold gaskets are durable in the most extreme environments and don't require extra sealants, which also makes a life for McDowell a little less complex at the race track.
"The Cometic exhaust gaskets are huge time savers," continued McDowell. "It's just a more user-friendly part. A lot can happen when you have to scrape a bunch of old silicone off of a cylinder head. You can cut a spark plug wire, some of the old silicone can fall down in the exhaust ports or you can gouge the cylinder head casting. The Cometic gasket takes all that out of the equation. At the same, the gaskets last about twice as long. Those are must-have parts for us."
At the same time, the 17M is outfitted with Cometic's three-layer MLS head gaskets, featuring a 300 series hard stainless steel complemented with a high temperature blended polymer to keep the cylinder heads properly sealed to the block.
"Our partnership with Cometic has been a cornerstone of our program," said McDowell. "When you have partners like Cometic who continue to up their game as we keep trying to up ours, that makes for a pretty special relationship. It doesn't matter if we're changing a part at the track or we need something custom on the fly, we can depend on Cometic. That's the bottom line."
Check out Shane McDowell Racing on Facebook at @shanemcdowellracing and on Twitter at @smcdowellracing.


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How About a Bacon Flavored Beer?
"Ready-to-drink" alcoholic beverage categories are continuing to boom. Variously known as flavored malt beverages (FMBs), alcopops, progressive adult beverages (PABs) and ready-to-drink cocktails (RTDs), all sorts of flavors are being added to all sorts of products to create new taste sensations. Despite RTDs generally suffering some decline after Four Loko triggered state bans on adding caffeine to alcoholic beverages (covered here, here, here, here, and here), the category has well and truly picked up again in recent times.
If you are looking to produce a flavored product, we have put some tips together to keep in mind.
Formulation Issues
One of the key things under federal law to be aware of with FMBs is that most of the alcohol must come from the malt beverage base. If the product is below 6% alcohol, at least half of the alcohol must come from the production of the beverage itself and cannot come from nonbeverage items like flavorings (which often contain high alcohol levels). Above 6%, no more than 1.5% of the alcohol can be from nonbeverage ingredients.
For wine-based products, an important factor to keep in mind is to make sure that your formula leaves you with a product that you can sell in grocery stores in states that do not allow them to sell wine. In New York, for example, a wine product that can be sold in grocery stores must meet a strict definition which includes that it must be below 6% alcohol, and it must contain juice and carbon dioxide. If you can meet the definition, you fall outside price posting requirements in the state, but you still have to register the brand there. Similarly, in a state like New York, you should be aware that a distilled spirits based RTD, even if below 6% or 7% alcohol, can't be sold at grocery, convenience and pharmacy type stores where most low alcohol products are sold.
Labeling Issues
It is important to know about the various regulatory agencies that monitor the labeling of alcoholic beverages. FMBs and wine coolers, depending on their alcohol content, could fall under the regulation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), or both. For example, labeling requirements for wines containing 7% or more alcohol are controlled by the TTB, but wine coolers under 7% alcohol are regulated by the FDA, because such products do not fall under the federal definition of wine. In addition, labeling requirements for beers not made from malted barley and hops are regulated by the FDA (such as sorghum beer), while malt based products and distilled spirit based products are subject principally to TTB requirements.
If your product falls under TTB's labeling jurisdiction, you will need to get a Certificate of Label Approval (COLA) and you will likely need to get formula approval (see, for example, our previous blog on easing up of beer formula requirements here). If your product label is FDA regulated, you will have to include a nutrition facts statement and other information that would not be required under the TTB labeling regulations. Bear in mind that even products under FDA jurisdiction for labeling still may need TTB formula approval. You need to be careful about using any type of name which makes customers think that the product might be a spirit drink if it isn't (including cocktail names like margarita or daiquiri).
In addition to formulation and labeling issues, recycling laws surrounding FMBs and similar products can be tricky. Ten states, including California (with its CalRecycle program), Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Vermont, have container recycling laws that apply to a variety of alcoholic beverages. The specific products that are subject to the laws vary from state to state, as do the container marking requirements. Wine- and spirits-based products may be subject to recycling laws, even in states where wine and distilled spirits are exempted.
Before producing a flavored malt beverage or other ready to drink beverage, be sure to familiarize yourself with the special rules that apply to these products. For questions about any of these products, contact one of the attorneys at Strike & Techel.
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The Alcopops Adventure Continues in New York
Just when you thought the caffeinated alcoholic beverage saga was finally over, New York state senator Jeffrey Klein is keeping the saga alive. As a response to the ban on caffeinated alcoholic beverages that spread throughout the nation toward the end of 2010, the largest producer of such beverages, Phusion Projects, eliminated caffeine, guarana and taurine from its beverages. Senator Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester), chairman of the New York Senate Alcohol and Drug Abuse Committee, however, believes the products are still dangerous and being accessed and abused by minors. As a result, at the end of March he introduced a plan of action to decrease minors' access to the beverages by creating a new defined term within the New York alcoholic beverage code, "Flavored Malt Beverage," and requiring that such products falling under the new definition are only sold in New York liquor stores as opposed to convenience stores. Many phrases have been used to describe these beverages, from Progressive Adult Beverages (PABs), Flavored Alcoholic Beverages (FABs), Malternatives, Ready to Drinks (RTDs), and the catchy Alcopops. But if the new bill, S4221-2011 becomes law, it appears that FMB will become the beverages' official title in New York. The proposed definition of FMBs set forth in S4221-2011 is:
"'Flavored Malt Beverage' means and includes any alcoholic beverage of any name or description that is manufactured from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefore including, but not limited to, liquor, spirit or wine; and containing more than six per centum alcohol by volume and more than one per centum sugar by volume which is manufactured with the addition of flavorings or other ingredients including, but not limited to, fruit, fruit juice or fruit flavor, or herbs, nuts or spices (including, but not limited to, chocolate, licorice or vanilla, or stimulants (including, but not limited to caffeine, guarana, ginsing (sp), taurine or wormwood oil). The authority may, pursuant to subdivision fifteen of section seventeen of this chapter, further defined those alcoholic beverages that shall be included within such term. Provided that, Flavored Malt Beverages shall not be deemed to be beer, cider or a wine product."
Senator Klein also introduced S3889-2011 to ban the sale of caffeinated alcoholic beverages, which a convenience store in Klein's district was apparently still selling despite Phusion Project's statement that is was no longer making the product and the agreement between New York's largest distributors and the State Liquor Authority to stop selling the beverages to retailers. The ban in S3889-2011 also comes by way of creating a new defined term within the New York alcoholic beverage code: Caffeinated or Stimulant-Enhanced Alcoholic Beverage. The term would include alcoholic beverages with more than 5% but not more than 15% alcohol by volume that also has more than six milligrams per ounce of caffeine or other stimulant that has an effect equivalent to that of caffeine. The maximum 15% alcohol by volume in the definition is designed to exempt coffee-based liquors from the definition. The bill's summary explains the logic for this distinction:
"The differentiation between these coffee based products and CABs is that caffeine is naturally occurring in coffee and herbs such as guarana, ginseng, taurine or wormwood oil are not added. Further, these products are sold exclusively in liquor stores, which can only be patronized by adults. In addition, coffee-based alcoholic beverages tend to be mixed with milk or cream, which makes them heavier and less vulnerable for over consumption. However, CABs tend to be lighter in body, sweeter to mask its alcohol content, and hence, are more easily subject to over consumption and abuse."
We will continue to follow the progress of the two New York bills and are interested to see if additional states follow suit.
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Bright colours, clever design and sunshine help to transform aged care
Tuesday, 21 May 2019 News
By Mark Skelsey
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Interior designers, architects and operators are challenging traditional perceptions about aged care, by introducing new bright colours, luxury features and clever layout solutions to improve resident care.
The aged care industry has historically provided clinical-style rooms and corridors which feel more like hospitals than homes for residents.
However, a range of experts have told Downsizing.com.au about the quiet revolution underway in the aged care industry, which has meant residents can enjoy a luxury-style living environment which encourages mental stimulation and social interaction.
Good architectural design is vital
Damian Barker, the design director of architectural firm Jackson Teece, said the move towards well-considered and quality aged care design had been underway for at least ten years.
He said his firm was now starting to do some "very luxurious" aged care projects, while acknowledging there was also an ongoing need for good quality accommodation "for people who haven't got the wealth advantage of many in the community".
Jackson Teece Design Director Damian Barker
"The key objective is to make a large facility as comfortable and homely as possible, for residents who have come from an independent house," he said. "Interior designers work hard to create living environments, which are consistent with what you would find in a lovely house."
"We are talking about rooms with natural light, good views, opening windows and spaces for people to sit and for the facility to not feel like a hospital.
"In addition, you might try to disguise services in the facility...things like nurse stations and medicine rooms. You are trying to create an environment in which residents are living in a communal household."
Mr Barker said the orientation of the proposed facility, to allow residents who may be bed-ridden to have views, along with the placement of outdoor areas around the facility, was also important to improve the quality of care.
In addition, Mr Barker there was an increasing understanding that there is a need to design facilities to respond to patients who had dementia or vision issues, including allowing these residents to more easily distinguish between colours and surfaces.
The management of people with dementia in aged care, including the need to limit the use of physical and chemical constraints, has been a major issue examined by the Aged Care Royal Commission. Good facility design is seen is a critical way to support this outcome.
Lobby of the Regis Elermore Vale aged care facility in the NSW Hunter region - designed by Jackson Teece
Bright colours are important
In June 2019, Sydney-based interior designer Julie Ockerby (pictured above) will release a new range of fabrics, designed for aged care facilities. She describes the fabrics as having "bright but not overbearing colours, simple patterns, soft but hard-wearing textures and the obligatory waterproof backing."
The new fabrics are part of Ms Ockerby's mission to improve the standard of interior design at aged care facilities.
She says she was driven to the sector after she found it difficult to find a well-designed nursing home for her father. "My father was ill and needed a nursing home, but I couldn't find one to the standards I felt he deserved," she said. "Nobody was considering the environment as adding to his quality of life - somewhere designed with heart and soul".
Ms Ockerby's firm Meli Studio has also designed a range of aged care projects, which are described as looking more like "five-star, boutique hotels, with luxe lobbies, sumptuous suites, beauty salons, cafés, cinemas and private dining rooms." The latest of these projects is Uniting Care Gerringong on the coast just South of Sydney.
Cafe at Uniting Care Gerringong
Room at Uniting Care Gerringong
"Why can't aged care bedrooms be designed more like hotel suites?," Ms Ockerby says.
"Why can't dining areas be more interactive and truly inspire all five senses, as we see in modern restaurants? Our recent aged care home projects feature cafés, hotel-style reception or lobby spaces, hair salons and cinemas.
"Moving forward, I'd like to see the design trends embracing the whole family to encourage intergenerational involvement.
"Areas such as private dining rooms needs to be more than a big table with 12 chairs, they have to involve the outdoor spaces and landscape features, such as playgrounds."
New aged care project in Queensland
More recently, the Palm Lake Group has announced the launch of a brand new $35 million class-leading residential aged caring community at Beachmere, in the State's Moreton Bay region.
Each of the project's 102 light and bright private ensuited rooms have outdoor access, while the project also includes facilities such as a café, hair salon, movie theatre and multiple lounge and dining options, including room service.
The project also features elegant Hamptons styling like its Palm Lake Group stablemate, Palm Lake Resort Beachmere Bay, located just across the road.
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Is it time for Hekari to move on from Jerry Allen?
Posted byRafael Saltori 16 de March de 2020 3 de June de 2020 Posted inArticles, Papua New GuineaTags:Hekari United, Jerry Allen, Papua New Guinea Football, PNG National Soccer League
Hekari definitively did not have the best squad possible during the OFC Champions League 2020 – management mistakes did not allow the well-known coach from Solomon Islands Jerry Allen to have a balanced squad in the biggest challenge of Hekari United in the season; wrong choices made Hekari pay a huge price at OFC Champions League.
But the head coach of the most important and successful team of Papua New Guinea is not free of critics: his team turned very previsible, monotonous and recently lost the top-spot at PNG National Soccer League after suffering a surprising defeat against the rock-bottom Star Mountain FC side.
Star Mountain, under the guidance of newly appointed coach Percy Mataio, was able to defeat Hekari United and leave the last place of the table – sending the team coached by Allen to third place in the process. Lots of questions were raised regarding the recent poor performances of Hekari United both at national and regional stages. Oceania Football Center already pointed decisive wrong choices of Hekari United management that led to a frustrating campaign at OFC Champions League, problems that surely did not help Allen's team performance, but he has a significant share of fault from the recent disappointing results: Hekari has to learn from their mistakes while they still have time to change.
Hekari United was unable to beat Star Mountain FC with two full-professional players in their squad: Erick Joe and Vinicius Reis. Both Brazilians played alongside the likes of Michael Foster, Daniel Joe, Otto Kusunan, Kolu Kepo and Ati Kepo – all of them are Papua New Guinea internationals. Allen counted on two new players for the clash; Carlos Onne and Gregory Togubai who had less than a week training with their new team.
Percy Mataio and the shocking win of his Star Mountain over Hekari.
The reality of football in Papua New Guinea and a few countries in Oceania is marked by a sensible problem that is still to be completely fixed: the players play like individuals rather than a team. If the individuality of your players is set to be difference from your team to the opposition, the team who has the best technical players will be very close to win the contest. In Papua New Guinea, Hekari United is – alongside Lae City FC – the club that counts on the best financial background; it allows them to have a very good scope of players – it directly means, in the football context of PNG where the individuality is the decider of the tournaments, Hekari and Lae will compete for the major glories as history clearly shows it. This is what's happening in the recent years: the likes of Michael Foster, Raymond Gunemba, Ishmael Pole, Daniel Joe and Emmanuel Simon play in one of the teams mentioned – the Kapuls is made up by a combination of Lae City and Hekari United players, with some rare foreign-based players and a few representatives of other PNG National Soccer League franchises.
It goes exactly to the point: the coaches of Hekari and Lae are not the responsible for the success of their sides – but yes, their financial background that permits them to bring the best players of the country and region. A testament to the statement made earlier is only Lae City and Hekari United count on foreign players in the current season of the national league and that should not come as a surprise. Even the squad that won the OFC Champions League in 2009/10 season was made up of the best players in the Pacific and the best players for the roles they played in.
This season, we have seen that Hekari has struggled against tactically good sides in the competition – Vitiaz United, Tusbab Stallions and new Star Mountain of Percy Mataio. We can all agree that the same was witnessed in their campaign at OFC Champions League couple of weeks ago. This also goes on to explain why the team has had multiple failed OFC Champions League campaigns after the breakthrough in 2009/10 and have lost the national crown to archrivals Lae City Dwellers – now known as Lae City FC – who won the grand final match last year while playing three attacking midfielders in their side – something Jerry Allen failed to leverage to his benefit.
Now, all of these learnings have a common denominator: the head coach Jerry Allen is not doing a good job at the moment and at least for the last few seasons with the club. Although Allen has a colorful CV which boasts of having won more domestic titles than any other coach and taking Hekari to the Club World Cup in 2010, he has an obvious approach which is stricted to change players game-to-game. If something does not go as planned, he drops certain players to the bench and gives the opportunity to others. There is no tactical set-play change judging from the way the team has performed this season which includes the OFC Champions league. Indeed, it seems that Hekari players do not know what to do when having the ball and they often look for their import midfielder from Brazil Vinicius Reis to spark some magic with the ball when attacking. Out of the five goals scored by Hekari United in their campaign at OFC Champions League, two came from set pieces, and three from defensive mistakes from the opposition team.
If Allen's team is very predictable in the attack which is another department that has not improved since the OFC Champions League, they seem to be a mess defensively – and it is much due the lack of protection their midfielders provide to the last defensive line. In their last game against Star Mountain FC, there were no specialist defensive midfielders in the pitch in the tactical system of Hekari United and Michael Foster, one of the club's obvious choices for the attacking midfield role was played out of positon in the defensive midfield role. This is another tactical flaw that was also very obvious at OFC Champions League and made Hekari pay the price – the only host team that did not qualify for the next round.
Another interesting factor is that the players play too far from each other and the game is very much concentrated in the middle of the park. The lines are not stretched to allow the playmaking players to have more passing options. The lack of movement in the final third often makes the offensive options of Hekari very predictable – depending on an individual player of Vinicius, the Kepo brothers or Patrick Aisa. The concerning fact is that the players are still not combining well and we are already in the second part of the season – Hekari cannot depend for long entirely on the quality of their players, they need to get organized in the field of play to win games, if they want to reatain the national title.
Hekari United still has time to take back its 1st spot position in the process; they can even still win the league playing as they are due the big gap of individual quality they have in comparison to other teams in the competition, but this will never be enough for a good campaign at regional and international levels. The team struggles against well-organized sides, they lack of ideas to break defensive systems and they allow their defenders to be direct attacked in counter-attacks – they recently suffered a second goal against Star Mountain just after leveling the score line which is also what happened against Eastern Suburbs AFC in the OFC Champions League couple of weeks back.
The lack of ideas, the headstrong game system of Hekari United is hidden by the quality of their players that are able to fix certain problems of their tactical depth, but when they are not in a good day, they will suffer defeats as it happened at OFC Champions League and recently against Star Mountain FC. The problems cannot keep hidden – they have to come up as soon as possible – for Hekari United: time is ticking away and the red alert is already noisy.
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Foreign Correspondent: Why Young People Are Protesting in Gaza
Posted by Reese Erlich on May 27, 2018 · Leave a Comment
by Reese Erlich
The Progressive, May 24, 2018
http://progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent-why-protests-in-Gaza-180524/
On my most recent reporting trip to Gaza, I stayed with a family living just a short walk from the Israeli border. At dusk we watched a beautiful sunset over the Mediterranean and could forget the ongoing conflict for just a few minutes.
Living conditions for the family have gotten much worse since my visit. They have electricity four hours a day, medicine is in short supply, and they have to get all their water delivered by truck. Overall unemployment in Gaza is 27 percent, with youth unemployment at a staggering 60 percent, according to the World Bank.
That high unemployment presents the biggest problem, said one of my hosts, family member Jihad Mosalami, an English professor. "People can't survive," he told me in a phone interview.
Many of Mosalami's students were among the tens of thousands who have gathered to demonstrate at the fence separating Gaza and Israel of the past several weeks. "A few went to the fence to throw stones," he said. "Others went to the fence to pray."
It didn't matter to Israel Defense Forces soldiers, who shot tear gas and live ammunition at the gathering Palestinians.
"It was like hell," said Mosalami.
From March 30 to May 15, Israeli security forces killed over 100 Palestinians and wounded more than 10,000, according to the Palestinian health officials. No Israeli soldiers were killed or even seriously injured during this same period.
Palestinians organized the "Great March of Return," to protest the Israeli military blockade of Gaza. Israeli soldiers control all food, medicine, building supplies, and other goods that enter or exit Gaza. The Israeli military frequently holds up essential goods to pressure Hamas, the ruling party of the Palestinian enclave.
Israeli authorities claimed they were protecting their border from hordes of Palestinians, some armed, intent on crashing through the fence. In reality, no one got though the double fence or the large "no man's land" buffer zone created by Israel. The soldiers shot civilians to intimidate them—not out of self-defense.
But these tactics backfired. Palestinians won the political battle by gaining renewed sympathy for their struggle around the world.
A young generation of Palestinians discovered they can make a difference, not least of which is bringing global attention to their cause.
The young generation of Palestinians discovered they "can make a difference, not least of which is bringing global attention to their cause," Brian Barber told me. He's professor emeritus at the University of Tennessee and a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies in Washington D.C. The protests gave young Palestinians "their first taste of vibrant collective action … as their parents had with the first intifada."
Why would young people risk their lives to protest the occupation? Let's take a look at some of the underlying political issues.
What's the Right of Return?
Sixty-eight percent of people living in Gaza are registered with the U.N. as refugees, either expelled from Israel in 1948 or their descendants. I've interviewed Palestinians who still have the keys to their 1948 houses. Under international law, these refugees have the right to return to their towns and villages, according to James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute.
I've interviewed Palestinians who still have the keys to their 1948 houses.
There are 5 million Palestinians worldwide. As a practical matter, many would not want to return to Israel. Their homes and villages may no longer exist. And many Palestinians "don't want to live as a minority in Israel," Zogby told me.
If Israel recognizes a fully independent, viable, and contiguous Palestinian state, many refugees would return there. Years ago the Palestine Liberation Organization proposed that a limited number of Palestinians should be allowed to return to their villages in Israel while the vast majority would have the right to return to a newly independent Palestinian state.
But Palestinians won't make any compromises on such a critical issue except in the context of an overall peace settlement. (As of press time, neither the United States nor Israel have shown any interest in peace talks.)
One state or two?
For many years the left and progressives supported the concept of one state in which all Palestinians would be free to return to Israel as equal citizens. The democratic state would champion one person, one vote with no discrimination based on ethnicity or religion.
Eighty-one percent of Israeli Jews reject the idea of a one-state solution, according to a 2017 poll, because the return of millions of Palestinians would eliminate Israel as a Jewish state. The one-state plan has little support even among progressive Israelis opposed to the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
By the 1980s, the Palestine Liberation Organization began to propose a two-state solution in which the Palestinians and Israelis would have their own states living in peace. Negotiations would determine borders based on Israel's pre-1967 territory. Different parts of Jerusalem could serve as capitals for both countries. The two-state solution served as the basis for the 1993 Oslo peace accord.
Successive Israeli governments never implemented the Oslo agreement, however. They continued to build Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and unilaterally built a wall dividing Israel and the West Bank that doesn't follow the 1967 border line.
In March a Palestinian poll showed 48 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza supported two states and 50 percent opposed. But only 28 percent supported one state.
"I'm not an activist or politician," said my friend Mosalami, "but I do believe the majority of Palestinians will accept two states. It's the practical solution."
But doesn't Hamas reject two states?
Actually, Hamas is willing to accept the two-state solution. Soon after Hamas won the 2006 Palestinian Authority parliamentary elections, its leaders faced reality. Having one state was not possible and most Palestinians favored two states.
"We accepted that our state should be on the 1967 borders, but Israel rejected that," then top Hamas leader Khaled Meshal told me. He confirmed that position with former President Jimmy Carter. I re-confirmed that view with two different Hamas ministers during a 2011 trip to Gaza.
Hamas doesn't emphasize that position because there are no peace talks on the horizon. Hamas leaders want Israel or the United States to put forward a viable two-state option, and then it will respond.
But isn't Hamas a terrorist organization? How could Israel trust them in negotiations?
Hamas is a political party with an armed militia that functions as Gaza's security force. It considers itself a national liberation movement fighting occupation forces through armed struggle. Hamas has intentionally killed civilians, including bombing buses and restaurants.
Using terrorist tactics, however, does not make one a terrorist organization. Jewish militias fighting the British and Arabs in 1948 and 1949 used terrorist tactics. They murdered and tortured Arabs in the village of Deir Yassin, forcing residents to flee. They blew up the King David Hotel, killing over ninety Jews, Arabs, and British soldiers.
Some of the Jewish militia tactics parallel recent events in Gaza. Yuri Avnery, today one of the Israel's major peace movement leaders, described how he participated in a 1948 Tel Aviv march organized by the Irgun, a militia later incorporated into the IDF.
Civilian Irgun youth marched down a street "where the offices of the British administration were located," Avnery wrote. "There we sang the national anthem, 'Hatikvah', while some adult members set fire to the offices."
I oppose the use of terrorism whatever the justification. But Hamas is fundamentally different from Al Qaeda or the Islamic State, who use terror to ethnically cleanse groups they oppose—Christians, Jews, Shia Muslims, and others. Those organizations refuse to participate in elections and use religion as the excuse to give themselves absolute power.
Hamas promotes a conservative religious agenda but it is not the Islamic State. I would not vote for Hamas if I lived in Palestine. But Hamas is a legitimate party whose views are part of the Middle East political reality.
Labeling Hamas a terrorist organization gives Israel, and the United States, an excuse to never hold peace talks. The Israeli government labelled the Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists until Israel agreed to the Oslo peace talks. Then they became peace partners.
Earlier this month Hamas offered Israel a "hudna" or ceasefire. Hamas sources told the website Al Monitor if Israel lifted the siege of Gaza, Hamas would enter into negotiations with Israel for a long-term ceasefire.
Should Israeli leaders trust Hamas? No. And Palestinian leaders shouldn't trust the Israeli government. But there is a common need to begin serious discussions to establish a viable Palestinian state. Each side can advance partial measures and verify their implementation before moving ahead.
My Gaza friend Jihad Mosalami said, "They have to negotiate and reach a deal. People in Gaza want a decent life."
He acknowledged that the current leadership in Washington and Tel Aviv won't start talks anytime soon.
"We won't have war forever," he said with just a hint of optimism. "The war will end and there can be peace."
Reese Erlich's syndicated column, Foreign Correspondent, appears every two weeks. He has reported on the Israel-Palestine conflict since 1986. Follow him on Twitter, @ReeseErlich; friend him on Facebook; and visit his webpage.
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