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Citizen Access to Personal Health Information Celebrated as Part of Digital Health Week
Released on November 14, 2016
Digital health has empowered more than 1,100 Saskatchewan citizens to take greater control over their health by providing access to their personal health information securely online through the Citizen Health Information Portal, known as CHIP.
eHealth Saskatchewan (eHealth) launched the CHIP pilot in February 2016 for a six month trial period. CHIP is a citizen-centric patient portal – uniquely designed for, by and with the help of patients themselves. CHIP displays an individual's health information such as personal lab results, immunization history, and pharmacy and hospital visit history.
The CHIP pilot enabled users to leverage online digital services ranging from inputting health metrics all the way to setting up a simple reminder to take their medications. The CHIP pilot also demonstrated the potential for participants to invite their doctor, or other health care professionals, to view their profile.
"We are very pleased with the initial results of the CHIP pilot and the continued interest from the public to be a part of the program," eHealth Saskatchewan CEO Susan Antosh said. "Participant feedback to date shows strong support for CHIP's value, with more than 89 per cent agreeing that accessing CHIP is very important in managing care for people and their families."
Pilot Highlights:
88 per cent of participants said that having access to their personal health records will help them better manage an existing health issue or avoid future health issues.
86 per cent of participants said it is very important for them to have online access to their personal health records and information.
70 per cent of participants said that they feel more aware of their overall health since getting access to CHIP.
"Recent studies confirm that when Canadians have access to their health information and online patient services, they are more engaged and feel more empowered to better manage their health," Canada Health Infoway President and CEO Michael Green said. "This leads to better health outcomes, which is good for patients and the health care system alike."
Saskatchewan people continue to show an active interest in CHIP. Although the pilot officially ended in August, eHealth is providing participants continued access to CHIP for the next year. eHealth is currently reviewing feedback and looking at ways to make improvements while exploring opportunities to offer the service to all Saskatchewan residents in the future.
For more information about the CHIP pilot, visit www.ehealthsask.ca/citizen-engagement/CHIP.
For more information about Digital Health Week and how you can participate, visit www.betterhealthtogether.ca.
Lisa Mrazek
Email: lisa.mrazek@ehealthsask.ca
Dan Strasbourg
Canada Health Infoway
Email: dstrasbourg@infoway-inforoute.ca
Medical Imaging Results Delayed Due to Error with Automated Faxing System
Released on July 4, 2016
An issue with a provincial automated faxing notification for medical imaging results has been identified and corrected for one physician's account in Saskatoon Health Region. Notifications of test results were delayed for 62 patients between July 2015 and May 2016. The error had the potential to delay further follow-up tests for five of the 62 patients.
"eHealth Saskatchewan's top priority is to maintain the health, safety and privacy of patients across this province, so we take all incidents seriously and apologize for any patient concern," said Susan Antosh, eHealth CEO. "As soon as we were alerted of the delays, we began working closely with Saskatoon Health Region to resolve the issue and to put measures in place to prevent this from reoccurring. We are committed to transparency for items with potential patient impact and measures taken to rectify the situation."
Saskatoon Health Region has informed all 62 patients and has spoken directly with the five individuals who were subject to the potential delay in follow-up testing. Subsequent tests for those five patients have been completed and there is no additional impact to their health as a result. There was no delay in follow-up tests or care with the remaining 57 patients.
"While it is fortunate no one was harmed, we know this error may have created a stressful situation for patients and families," said Saskatoon Health Region's Department Head of Medical Imaging Dr. Paul Babyn. "It's important for patients to know that it is always your right and option to request your test results from your physician."
To prevent future incidents, eHealth and Saskatoon Health Region have put additional audit processes in place including manual checks and internal education. An internal auditing system is planned for implementation in the next few weeks. Patients can call the Client Representative Office at 306-655-0250 if they have any questions or concerns.
306-337-0976 / Cell: 306-540-5816
New Pilot Program Allows Saskatchewan Residents to View their Personal Health Care Information Online
Released on February 16, 2016
eHealth Saskatchewan (eHealth) is piloting a new program that allows a group of residents from across the province to view their personal health information online through a secure website.
Health Minister Dustin Duncan today announced the official launch of the Citizen Health Information Portal (CHIP) Pilot, which will include up to 1,000 participants. Throughout the six month trial period, participants will be able to view their personal lab results, immunization history, pharmacy and hospital visit history from anywhere in the world.
"Our government is excited to announce a new program that empowers the people of Saskatchewan to take a more active role in their own health care," Duncan said. "CHIP is the first comprehensive electronic system of its kind in Canada that puts patients first."
CHIP participants will not only be able to access their files through a highly secure, personalized login, but also be able to add medical information to their personal profiles, such as health metrics or reminders to take medication. Participants can also view their children's health care information and invite their doctor or other health care provider to view their profile.
"eHealth's vision to empower patients and enable care continues to shape and inspire innovative programs like CHIP," eHealth Saskatchewan CEO Susan Antosh said. "eHealth thanks all of the CHIP participants for their interest in the program, as it could help to shape the future of health care in Saskatchewan."
"Research has shown that the vast majority of Canadians want access to digital health tools and capabilities," Canada Health Infoway President and CEO Michael Green said. "Digital health portals such as CHIP provide patients with tools and information to support them to take charge of their wellness."
Throughout this pilot program, participants will be asked to provide feedback about their experience, which will help to guide future decisions about additions or changes to online health information and other health programs.
eHealth Saskatchewan is a Treasury Board Crown Corporation committed to delivering better, smarter and more timely health care to citizens across the province by providing health care information electronically to patients and health care professionals.
eHealth also provides the people of Saskatchewan with new and updated health cards, as well as certificates for birth, death, marriage and genealogy.
Infoway helps to improve the health of Canadians by working with partners to accelerate the development, adoption and effective use of digital health across Canada. Through their investments, they help deliver better quality and access to care and more efficient delivery of health services for patients and clinicians. Infoway is an independent, not-for-profit organization funded by the federal government.
Cell: 306-540-5816
Most Popular Baby Names in Saskatchewan for 2015
Released on February 3, 2016
eHealth Saskatchewan released the top 20 baby names for 2015 today. Liam was the most popular name for baby boys for the sixth year in a row and Olivia was the most popular name for baby girls in Saskatchewan. The second most popular names were Noah and Emily.
There were 69 baby boys named Liam in 2015, followed by Noah, Benjamin, Lincoln and Lucas. There were 80 baby girls named Olivia, followed by Emily, Emma, Ava and Avery.
Perhaps the Royal Family's newest addition influenced some parents in Saskatchewan, as Charlotte was one of the top 20 girl names in 2015 for the first time. Last May, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, introduced the world to their baby girl named Princess Charlotte.
In 2015, 15,497 live births were registered in Saskatchewan, which is a decrease of 277 from the number of births registered in 2014, which totalled 15,774. These numbers do not include Saskatchewan mothers who gave birth outside of the province.
For more information on the most popular baby names, and to see the lists of popular names from previous years, visit the eHealth Saskatchewan's website at: http://www.ehealthsask.ca/vitalstats/births/BabyNames/Pages/default.aspx
Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan Make It Easier for Parents of Newborns to Apply for Benefits
Released on January 11, 2016
Four-In-One Service Means Less Work for New Parents When Registering The Birth of Their Baby
eHealth Saskatchewan (eHealth) has partnered with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to make it easier for parents to apply for federal and provincial benefits for their newborn children.
Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Saskatchewan Health Minister Dustin Duncan, today announced the Bundled Birth Service which will give Saskatchewan parents the option to apply for a Social Insurance Number (SIN) and Canada child benefits for their newborn at the same time that they register their child's birth.
"It's an important time for parents, when a baby is born," said Duclos. "Through our collaboration with the Province of Saskatchewan, we are simplifying processes to allow parents to spend more quality time with their newborn."
"The Government of Canada is committed to providing faster service that supports and assists Canadians," said Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier. "That includes helping them obtain the benefits to which they are entitled. The Canada Revenue Agency is actively partnering with federal and provincial departments to make it simple and easy for families across Canada to access Canada child benefits at a time when life can be particularly demanding."
"Welcoming a newborn into the world can be an exciting and very busy time for parents," Duncan said. "Our government is committed to supporting new parents and this new birth bundling package will make it quicker and easier for them to access government services related to the birth of their child."
"We understand that new parents have their hands and arms full when they welcome a new addition into their family and don't have a lot of extra time to be filling out paperwork," eHealth Saskatchewan CEO Susan Antosh said. "Giving parents access to four optional government services through one comprehensive form will mean more free time to spend with their loved ones."
After the birth of a baby, parents will receive an improved and more user-friendly Registration of Live Birth form, which makes it easier for parents to register the birth of their child and also apply for related government services, including:
Social Insurance Number through ESDC;
Canada Child Benefits (CCB) through CRA;
Saskatchewan Health Card, through eHealth; and
Saskatchewan Birth Certificate through eHealth.
The Registration of Live Birth form is available in health care facilities throughout Saskatchewan.
With their child's SIN, parents can access various Government of Canada programs and benefits including the Canada Learning Bond and the Canada Education Savings Grant.
Applying early for CCB ensures that parents receive the credit and benefit payments to which they are entitled, on time and in the right amount.
In addition to registering births, eHealth is responsible for providing health services cards and registering deaths, marriages and changes of name that occur in the province.
The Bundled Birth Service is available for parents living in any of the provinces.
Tyler McMurchy
Email: tyler.mcmurchy@health.gov.sk.ca
Employment and Social Development Canada
Email: media@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Philippe Brideau


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Jeremy Colliton Named an Assistant With Canada's 2022 Men's Winter Olympic Team
He's back and better than ever. Well, maybe, but probably not. Either way, Jeremy Colliton is back coaching with Team Canada once again. After being named an assistant coach with Canada at the Spengler Cup, which was then canceled, Colliton is back with Team Canada's coaching staff, this time for the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
https://twitter.com/HockeyCanada/status/1482019736309297152?s=20
Colliton will be an assistant on the staff led by head coach Claude Julien. Along with Julien and Colliton, Canada's coaching staff will include Nolan Baumgartner and Tyler Dietrich. Former NHLer Shane Doan will serve as Team Canada's GM for the 2022 Men's Olympic team.
Colliton was the head coach of the Blackhawks (you knew that) from November 6, 2018, to November 6, 2021. I still can't get over that fact. He amassed an 87-92-26 regular-season record with the Blackhawks in parts of four seasons as head coach, getting the Blackhawks a play-in series win during the expanded 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs before losing in the first round to the Vegas Golden Knights.
No matter how you feel about Colliton, it is cool to see him getting an opportunity with Canada at the Olympics. Given the nature of the NHL when it comes to coaching jobs, don't be surprised if you see him on an NHL coaching staff as an assistant or even as a head coach again in the near future.
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Mémoires de nos pères (Flags of Our Fathers) est un film américain réalisé par Clint Eastwood et sorti en 2006. Il s'agit d'une adaptation du livre Flags of Our Fathers de James Bradley et Ron Powers.

Le film raconte l'histoire, inspirée de faits réels, de trois soldats américains lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale qui vont être propulsés parmi leurs camarades sur l'une des plus grandes batailles du Pacifique, la bataille d'Iwo Jima, célèbre notamment grâce à la photographie Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Le film est complémentaire avec le film Lettres d'Iwo Jima, du même réalisateur et sorti l'année suivante, qui aborde les événements vus du côté des Japonais.

Malgré des critiques positives, le film ne rencontre pas le succès commercial.

Synopsis

Pendant la bataille d'Iwo Jima, un drapeau est planté par une patrouille de Marines sur le mont Suribachi, afin de signaler que cette position était prise. Le secrétaire d'État à la Marine voulant récupérer le drapeau, alors que le corps des Marines souhaitait le garder, un deuxième drapeau est planté au même endroit par six autres soldats, tandis que le précédent était mis de côté par le commandant des Marines. C'est durant la deuxième érection du drapeau que la photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima est prise.

Durant le film on suit l'évolution à travers les États-Unis des trois soldats survivants, devenus des marionnettes de propagande, dont on ne sait même pas qu'ils n'ont participé qu'à l'érection du deuxième drapeau, et non du premier.

 demande un journaliste aux soldats : ceux-ci ne répondent pas. La réalité vécue sur le champ de bataille est exprimée par des flashbacks de chacun des trois soldats.

C'est avec dégoût que ces trois personnes vont être promenées pour la récolte de bons pour l'armée. Ils seront peu à peu oubliés.

L'un des trois soldats, autochtone d'Amérique, sera contraint de rentrer dans sa réserve, et s'engage dans une quête spirituelle pour retrouver les parents de l'un des véritables soldats ayant planté les deux drapeaux.

Fiche technique
 Titre original : Flags of Our Fathers
 Titre français et québécois : Mémoires de nos pères
 Réalisation : Clint Eastwood
 Scénario : William Broyles Jr. et Paul Haggis, d'après le livre Flags of Our Fathers de James Bradley et Ron Powers
 Photographie : Tom Stern
 Montage : Joel Cox
 Musique : Clint Eastwood
 Production : Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg et Robert Lorenz
 Sociétés de production : Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Warner Bros. et Malpaso Productions
 Société de distribution : Warner Bros.
 Budget :
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue originale : anglais
 Format : couleur (Technicolor) — 35 mm — 2,39:1 — son DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS
 Genre : guerre
 Durée : 128 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
 États-Unis :
 Belgique, France :
 Classification :
 États-Unis : R - Restricted
 France : tous publics avec avertissement

Distribution

 Ryan Phillippe (VF : Vincent Barazzoni) : John « Doc » Bradley
 Jesse Bradford (VF : Tony Marot) : René Gagnon
 Adam Beach (VF : Stéphane Ronchewski) : Ira « Chef » Hayes
 Barry Pepper (VF : Éric Etcheverry) : Mike Strank
 John Slattery (VF : Pierre Laurent) : Bud Gerber
 Benjamin Walker (VF : Benjamin Pascal) : Harlon Block
 John Benjamin Hickey :
 Jamie Bell : Ralph « Iggy » Ignatowski
 Paul Walker (VF : Frédéric Popovic) :
 Robert Patrick : le colonel Chandler Johnson
 Neal McDonough (VF : Philippe Vincent) : le capitaine Dave Severance
 Melanie Lynskey : Pauline Harnois
 Tom McCarthy : James Bradley
 Ann Dowd :  Strank
 Chris Bauer : le général Alexander Vandegrift
 Judith Ivey : Belle Block
  : Madeline Evelley
 Alessandro Mastrobuono (VF : Vincent de Bouard) : Lindberg
 Scott Eastwood : Lundsford
 Stark Sands : Gust
 George Grizzard : John Bradley
 Harve Presnell : Dave Severance, âgé
  : Walter Gust
 Len Cariou :  Beech
  : Ed Block
 Bubba Lewis : le fils de Belle
 Beth Grant :  Gagnon
 Connie Ray :  Sousley
 Mary Beth Peil :  Bradley
 David Patrick Kelly : le président Harry S. Truman
 Jon Polito : le président de comté
  (VF : Bruno Forget) : Joe Rosenthal
 Gordon Clapp : Général « Howlin' Mad » Smith
 V. J. Foster : le major sur l'avion
  : Bill Genaust
 Tom Verica (VF : Didier Cherbuy) : le lieutenant Pennel
 Jason Gray-Stanford : le lieutenant Schrier
 Matt Huffman : le lieutenant Bell
  : Louis Lowery
 Brian Kimmet : le sergent Boots Thomas
 Joseph Cross : Franklin Sousley
 Jayma Mays : l'infirmière à Hawaï

Production

Genèse et développement
Le film de Clint Eastwood est l'adaptation cinématographique du livre Flags of Our Fathers de James Bradley et Ron Powers, qui revient sur la bataille d'Iwo Jima et de la pose du drapeau américain sur le mont Suribachi. James Bradley est le fils d'un des marines qui est sur la photo, le livre et le film sont basés sur cette histoire vécue. En France, le livre est paru sous le titre Mémoires de nos pères, aux Éditions Movie Planet.

Les droits du livre Flags of Our Fathers étaient détenus par Steven Spielberg. Clint Eastwood raconte : .

Ce film constitue le  de la carrière de Clint Eastwood en tant que réalisateur, débutée en 1971 avec le film Un frisson dans la nuit (Play Misty for Me). Le réalisateur a été très intéressé par cette histoire :  Clint Eastwood s'est également passionné par la célèbre photographie Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima de Joe Rosenthal qui, selon lui, .

Attribution des rôles
Le film met en scène Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Jamie Bell, John Slattery, Paul Walker, Barry Pepper, Robert Patrick, Joseph Cross, Stark Sands, Neal McDonough, Tom Verica, Benjamin Walker et Melanie Lynskey.

Clint Eastwood a souhaité que les acteurs principaux n'aient aucune formation militaire pour faire ressentir plus profondément le malaise des soldats d'Iwo Jima, dont la moyenne d'âge est de 20 ans.

Jared Leto a été approché par Eastwood pour le rôle de John Bradley, mais celui-ci a, à contre-cœur, refusé l'offre, car il commençait la tournée américaine avec Thirty Seconds to Mars.

Tournage

La majeure partie des séquences de la bataille a été tournée sur la Reykjanesskagi, au sud-ouest de la capitale de l'Islande, Reykjavik. Le sol volcanique, le sable noir, les ressemblances géographiques et le climat (août islandais proche du février à Iwo Jima) sont les principales raisons de ce choix. Plus de 500 figurants islandais ont été utilisés pour filmer les scènes du débarquement notamment. Un navire-musée à Long Beach a été utilisé pour filmer les soldats avant le débarquement.

Le film a également des scènes tournées à Washington, Arlington ou encore Chicago.

Le mont Suribachi a été rajouté sur de nombreux plans grâce aux images de synthèse. Environ 1,5 million de mètres cubes de sable noir a dû être utilisé pour recréer le remblai d'Iwo Jima ( de hauteur sur  de long). En réalité le remblai faisait plusieurs kilomètres de longueur.

Musique

Comme sur certains de ses autres films, Clint Eastwood compose la musique de son film. Il est aidé par son fils Kyle, ainsi que Michael Stevens. Outre des compositions originales, on retrouve dans le film des partitions de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart et Joseph Haydn.

Liste des titres
The Photograph (Clint Eastwood) - 0:55
I'll Walk Alone (Dinah Shore) - 2:44
Knock Knock (Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens, Andrew McCormack, Graeme Flowers) - 3:13
Wounded Marines (Clint Eastwood) - 4:38
The Thunderer (John Philip Sousa) - 2:47
Armada Arrives (Clint Eastwood) - 3:49
Goodbye Ira (Clint Eastwood) - 0:51
Symphony In G Minor,  Movement (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) - 3:49
String Quartet Opus #6,  Movement (Joseph Haydn) - 3:53
Inland Battle (Clint Eastwood) - 4:44
Flag Raising (Clint Eastwood) - 1:02
Any Bonds Today? (Irving Berlin) - 2:39
Summit Ridge Drive (Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five) - 3:22
Vict'ry Polka (Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne) - 2:30
The Medals (Clint Eastwood) - 2:59
Platoon Swims (Clint Eastwood) - 3:14
Washington Post March (John Philip Sousa) - 2:39
Flags Theme (Clint Eastwood) - 3:21
End Titles Guitar (Clint Eastwood) - 1:56
End Titles (Clint Eastwood) - 4:25

Sortie et accueil

Accueil critique

Sur l'agrégateur américain Rotten Tomatoes, le film récolte  d'opinions favorables pour 196 critiques. Sur Metacritic, il obtient une note moyenne de  pour .

En France, le site Allociné propose une note moyenne de  à partir de l'interprétation de critiques provenant de  de presse.

Box-office
Produit pour 90 millions de dollars, le film déçoit au box-office et ne récolte que 65 millions de dollars de recettes mondiales.

Controverse
Aux États-Unis ou en Angleterre, le film engendre une polémique relayée par la presse. Selon Roger Friedman (éditorialiste à Fox News Channel), Melton McLaurin et l'historienne Yvonne Latty  pensent que Clint Eastwood a délibérément ignoré l'importance des soldats afro-américains dans la bataille d'Iwo Jima pour se focaliser uniquement sur des combattants blancs ou indiens. Mémoires de nos pères ne montre aucun GI de couleur. Warner Bros. se défendra en précisant que le film était l'adaptation fidèle du livre de James Bradley et Ron Powers.

Lors du festival de Cannes 2008, le réalisateur afro-américain Spike Lee a lui aussi beaucoup critiqué Clint Eastwood, lorsque le premier a sorti Miracle à Santa Anna en 2008, film sur des soldats afro-américains durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale : . Clint Eastwood a alors répondu que les soldats afro-américains .

Distinctions principales
Source et distinctions complètes : Internet Movie Database

Récompenses
 Satellite Awards 2006 : meilleur réalisateur pour Clint Eastwood (ex-æquo avec Bill Condon pour Dreamgirls), meilleure photographie pour Tom Stern, meilleure direction artistique pour Henry Bumstead, Jack G. Taylor Jr. et Richard C. Goddard
 Hōchi Film Awards 2006 : meilleur film en langue étrangère
 Festival du film de Hollywood 2006 : monteur de l'année pour Joel Cox (également pour Lettres d'Iwo Jima)
 Nippon Akademī-shō 2007 : meilleur film en langue étrangère
 Blue Ribbon Awards 2007 : meilleur film en langue étrangère
 Kinema Junpō 2007 : meilleur film en langue étrangère, meilleur réalisateur étranger pour Clint Eastwood,

Nominations
 Satellite Awards 2006 : meilleur acteur dans un second rôle pour Adam Beach, meilleur film dramatique, meilleur scénario adapté pour William Broyles Jr. et Paul Haggis, meilleure musique de film pour Clint Eastwood, meilleurs effets visuels, meilleur montage pour Joel Cox, meilleur son
 Oscars 2007 : meilleur montage de son et meilleur mixage de son
 Golden Globes 2007 : meilleur réalisateur
 Art Directors Guild Awards 2007 : meilleur film d'époque pour Henry Bumstead (décors) et Jack G. Taylor Jr. (directeur artistique)
 Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2007 : meilleur acteur dans un second rôle pour Adam Beach

Lettres d'Iwo Jima

Décrivant la bataille d'Iwo Jima du côté américain, Mémoires de nos pères est le pendant d'un autre film réalisé par Clint Eastwood, Lettres d'Iwo Jima sorti quelques mois plus tard en 2007, qui met parallèlement en scène les protagonistes japonais de cette bataille. Ken Watanabe y incarne le Général Tadamichi Kuribayashi.

Clint Eastwood a voulu être totalement impartial en montrant les deux points de vue de ce conflit :

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Bataille d'Iwo Jima
 Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima du photographe de Joe Rosenthal
 Lettres d'Iwo Jima, le second film du dyptique
 Iwo Jima

Bibliographie
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Liens externes

Film américain sorti en 2006
Film d'action américain
Film de guerre américain
Film dramatique américain
Film sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Film sur la guerre du Pacifique
Film réalisé par Clint Eastwood
Adaptation d'une œuvre littéraire au cinéma
Film se déroulant à Chicago
Film tourné à Chicago
Film tourné en Islande
Film tourné à Los Angeles
Film nommé aux Oscars
Film de Warner Bros
Film d'Amblin Entertainment
Film de DreamWorks
Film de Malpaso Productions
Forces armées des États-Unis au cinéma
Archipel d'Ogasawara
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OSLO (Reuters) – Greenland could start exporting sand in a rare positive spinoff from global warming, which melts the island's huge ice and washes large amounts of sediment in the sea, researchers say Monday.
FILE PHOTO: Snow-covered mountains rise over the harbor and the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, on June 15, 2018. REUTERS / Lucas Jackson / File Photo
Quantity of sand and gravel, which is widely used in the construction industry, can increase the economy of Greenland's 56,000 inhabitants, which have large self-regulatory powers in Denmark, but are heavily dependent on subsidies from Copenhagen.
In mining, "Greenland could take advantage of the challenges that accompany climate change", wrote a team of researchers in Denmark and the United States in the journal Nature Sustainability.
The study, entitled "Promises and dangers of exploitation of sand in Greenland", said that the Arctic island would have to assess the risks of coastal mining, especially for fishing.
Increasing global temperatures melt in the Greenlandic ice, blocking enough water to raise the global sea level by about seven meters if it ever thaws and transports more sand and gravel to the coastal fjords.
"You can think of it (melting ice) as a pressure expelling sediment to the coast," says lead author Mette Bendixen, a researcher at the University of Colorado's Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research.
Worldwide demand for sand amounted to about 9.55 billion tonnes in 2017 with a market value of $ 99.5 billion and is expected to reach nearly $ 481 billion by 2100, driven by rising demand and probably shortage, the survey said.
It meant a rare opportunity for the island.
"The Arctic people are usually among those who really feel climate change – the erosive coast, less permafrost," Bendixen said. "This is a unique situation due to melting ice sheets."
David Boertmann from Aarhus University, who was not involved in the study, said that there was already some local mining of sand to the domestic construction industry in Greenland.
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The downside for Greenland, which is common to other mining projects on the island, ranging from uranium to rare earth minerals, includes the distance to the markets in Europe and North America, he said.
Nevertheless, Bendixen said that sand was often transported long distances, such as to Los Angeles from Vancouver or from Australia to Dubai.
"Currently, it's a cheap resource, but it's getting more expensive," she said.
The study said sand and gravel could also be used in the future to strengthen beaches and coastlines with the risk of rising sea levels, partly due to Greenland's thawing.
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3.) Take your wine glass, fill your wine glass, pour the fruit juice into the wine glass and garnish with the same fruit and enjoy!
1.) Mix the ingredients together in a glass pitcher. I put this in a large drink container (purchased at T.J. Maxx for $20) for a larger get together.


If you are like me, then you spend a lot of time waiting: for public transport, the plane or just generally while standing in line. Until recently, whenever that happened, I was killing time by checking emails, reading through Flipboard or Feedly or playing TwoDots (I'm at lvl 310).
For a couple of weeks now, I've found a new way to make these waiting times more interesting: MapSwipe.
MapSwipe comes out of the Missing Maps project and aims to streamline crisis mapping by asking smartphone users to tag buildings or roads on satellite images. So far 12,500 people have registered and collectively they identified more than 8 million tiles with interesting "stuff" in them. By farming this first level check out to the crowd, more experienced crisis mappers can then focus on areas where likely objects of interest have been identified and go about the work of tracing and classifying individual objects and turning these into digital maps. This makes better use of their time and means that useful maps can be produced more quickly for humanitarian and development projects in the field.
Missing Maps is led by Doctors without Borders, the Red Cross and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap, which means that all mapping requests in MapSwipe are directly connected to operational needs. At the moment for example, MapSwipe contains a request to map parts of Botswana to fight Malaria.
While this information is very basic, it is nevertheless essential, as we have seen during the Ebola response. Back then it was extremely difficult to deliver aid to many locations because there simply were no maps that showed where all the villages were.
MapSwipe also includes a (very slow) offline mode, so you don't have to use up your bandwidth to contribute while travelling. Unfortunately, this is a little buggy – at least on my iPhone – since it stops the download when my screen goes blank and I have to restart the download whenever that happens. There are a few little things like this that should be improved, but all in all the app works smoothly.
This is all very nice, but what makes me come back to MapSwipe is that it's simply fun! I really enjoy scrolling through images from the different countries and marvelling at how different they look, how villages nestle between lakes and the crazy colours that the earth has in some places (Botswana is really cool!).
You can download MapSwipe from the Play or iTunes store or find the links here.
What apps are you using when you have some time to kill? Share them below!


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Well, that night game was great! Now we end our season the same way we ended last season, traveling to George Bush Park to meet Chivas Houston. Will the result be as good as last season?
The game will be played on field S4. Check the maps below. The first map is from the club and will show you the location of the field. The second is the map I made in Google Maps, and will give you directions to the area (if you click on the text at the bottom offering to give you a larger map).
Arriving 30 minutes before game time gives your child time to get into the proper frame of mind as well as time to prepare physically.
Always bring both jerseys! As the visiting team we shouldn't have to change but you never know. Wear blue, but bring white as well.
If anyone has trouble attending, arriving early enough (2:30pm), or picking up and would like help from another parent please leave a comment below.
This is the final game of the HYSA season (although we do have the Express Friendlies next Saturday). A win here puts us at .500 for the season!
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Q: Generating copies with Autofixture I'm using Autofixture for my unit tests, with auto-generated data.
To test a simple Controller endpoint (Get employee by Id), I'm doing something similar to this:
[Theory, AutoData]
public void GetEmployeeById_ValidId_ReturnsExpectedModel(
    EmployeeModel expectedEmployee,
    [Frozen] Mock<IEmployeeService> employeeServiceMock,
    EmployeesController sut)
{
    employeeServiceMock
        .Setup(x => x.GetEmployeeById(42))
        .Returns(expectedEmployee);

    var actual = sut.GetEmployeeById(42);

    actual.As<OkObjectResult>().Value.As<EmployeeModel>()
        .Should().BeEquivalentTo(expectedEmployee);
}

And the controller:
[HttpGet("{id:int}")]
public IActionResult GetEmployeeById(int id)
{
    var employee = employeeService.GetEmployeeById(id);
    if (employee == null)
        return NotFound("Employee not found");

    return Ok(employee);
}

In this unit test, expectedEmployee is auto-generated with 'random' data. The sut (System Under Test) is configured to be generated with all its required dependencies (one of them is IEmplyeeService).
The problem with this unit test is that, if I change the employee before returning it from the controller, the test would still pass (because it's referencing the same object):
employee.SomeInternalModel.FooProperty = "Foo";
return Ok(employee);

So, I consider the above unit test to be bad.
To make the unit test fail in this scenario, I need to pass a separate object: deep copy of the EmployeeModel:
employeeServiceMock
    .Setup(x => x.GetEmployeeById(42))
    .Returns(expectedEmployee.DeepCopy());

I don't have time and resources to write deep copy methods for all my models.
How to easily auto-generate identical models? I thought about seed-ing the AutoFixture but it doesn't seem to support this feature.
Do you have any elegant suggestions?

A: I think you need to ask the question what are you testing? In your testcase you are only testing whether the SUT returns the employee returned by the service; IMO it doesn't matter whether it is the same instance. Updating a property shouldn't break this test.
You touch upon a wider problem though, in other cases you really want to compare your expected with an actual by structural equality in which case you could (using xUnits MemberData for instance) use a builder which generates two instances when you call it twice:
var employee = new EmployeeModelBuilder().Build();

Such a builder could be enhanced with With() methods:
var employee = new EmployeeModelBuilder().With(name: "John").Build();

Or you could just inline the creation of these objects using new EmployeeModel {}.
Structural equality means you need an object which overrides Equality members or use an IEqualityComparer<> in your asserts.
Update
If you do not want to use custom builders (like you say) you can instruct AutoFixture to generate objects with specific properties set with values. If you then ask it to create an instance twice (once for your expected and once for the instance returned by the service injected into your SUT) you can compare the expected with the actual in your Assert phase.
    [Fact]
    public void Sut_ReturnsEmployee_FromService()
    {
        var fixture = new Fixture();
        fixture.Customize<EmployeeModel>(e => e.With(x => x.Name, "Foo"));
        var expected = fixture.Create<EmployeeModel>();

        var foundEmployee = fixture.Create<EmployeeModel>();
        var employeeServiceMock = new Mock<IEmployeeService>();
        employeeServiceMock.Setup(f => f.GetEmployeeById(42)).Returns(foundEmployee);

        var sut = new EmployeeController(employeeServiceMock.Object);

        var actual = sut.GetEmployeeById(42);

        Assert.Equal(expected.Name, actual.Name);
    }

Here I've used a [Fact] and the assertion compares two specific properties for equality, but when you compare structural equality you can just compare the objects themselves (like mentioned above).
Now you can verify that your SUT returns the expected instance without tampering and without using two references to the same instance.

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Home Statistics Dancer Znuie Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
Znuie Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
Znuie Quick Info
Date of Birth August 18, 1999
Zodiac Sign Leo
Boyfriend Unknown
Znuie is an American social media star, singer, dancer, and TV personality, best known for being a former member of the all-sibling R&B, soul, and hip-hop/rap band Ceraadi formed in July 2013. She was a part of it up until May 2018, when she ran away from home and was even declared missing by her family, which also had had her sisters and band members, Saiyr and Emaza, crying and pleading for help in an effort to find her. It turned out that she was safe and willingly ran away with her friend/rumored boyfriend James to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The unfortunate event was a culmination of unhappiness in personal and business life. In addition, Znuie's mom, who is also Ceraadi's manager, supposedly took out all of the money from her accounts because James was allegedly a bad influence on her.
As a result of the untrue accusations that James was trying to distance her from her family, Znuie stated that he had done nothing else but motivate her. She quit the band, broke off ties with her family, and asked for her money back. While she was an active member, she released songs such as What Ever (2015), Favorite Song (2015), That's Bae (2016). Znuie was also a part of it during the rise in popularity following the release of their single, We In Here (2017). In 2018, Znuie also started uploading videos to her personal YouTube channel which were mostly Q&A, vlogs, storytime, playlists, as well as hair, skin, and makeup routines. Znuie has also amassed a large fanbase online with more than 400k followers on Instagram, more than 200k subscribers on YouTube, and more than 100k followers on Twitter.
Znuié Aahjefi Gibson
Znuie in an Instagram selfie as seen in May 2019 (Znuie / Instagram)
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Her educational history is unknown.
Social Media Star, Singer, Dancer, TV Personality
Father – Rowland Gibson
Mother – Sandra (Musical Industry Manager)
Siblings – Saiyr Cerai (Older Sister) (Singer, Songwriter), Emaza Dilan (Older Sister) (Singer, Instrumentalist, Songwriter), Rsieh-Raxan (Younger Brother) (Singer, Social Media Star), Araya (Younger Sister)
R&B, Hip Hop, Rap, Soul, Pop
5 ft 4 in or 162.5 cm
Znuie has dated –
Lil Jamez (2018) – James was the rapper and the "boyfriend" she escaped with from her home in Los Angeles, California, to his apartment in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. He briefly appeared in her follow-up live video on her Instagram to disarm the rumors that he's kidnapped her and held her hostage from her family. Znuie looked upset, but not distressed or acting unusual, and for more than 10 minutes, explained the situation at hand. In a video that she uploaded in December 2018, after things settled down, Znuie revealed that James was a friend who she had known for 3 years and was "super-duper close" to and that he gave her a place to stay and supported her at a bad time, which only brought them closer.
Trill Sammy – Rumor
Znuie in an Instagram post in March 2019 (Znuie / Instagram)
Mixed (White, Black, and Asian)
She is of Filipino, Chinese, Irish, and African-American descent.
She has also dyed her hair 'Light Brown,' 'Blonde,' 'Dark Blue,' 'Red,' 'Pink,' 'Fiery Red,' and 'Ombre' with 'Pink' hair ends.
Defined facial features
Fuller lips
Znuie has endorsed brands such as –
Arabella Hair
Eayon Hair
YWigs
Yyong Hair
Unice Hair
AfricanMall Hair
Wiggins Hair
Peerless Hair
Ali Sugar Hair
She also became the ambassador of FashionNova in 2019.
Znuie in an Instagram post as seen in June 2019 (Znuie / Instagram)
Being a part of what was initially a 3-woman band, Ceraadi, starting in 2013, which she left in 2018 following a lot of family drama
Releasing songs such as What Ever (2015), Favorite Song (2015), That's Bae (2016), and We In Here (2017)
Her social media fanbase with more than 400k followers on Instagram and more than 200k subscribers on YouTube
As a Singer
Znuie became a founding member of the all-sibling 3-women band Ceraadi in July 2013 and she and her sisters started posting music via their SoundCloud page in 2014. As part of the band, she released her debut single, What Ever, in 2015, and their debut official single, titled Favorite Song, within the same year. In 2016, Znuie took part in singing on the track titled That's Bae and was still a member in 2017 when the band got discovered by a larger audience due to a single titled We In Here. In February 2019, Znuie also sang a song cover of the track Boo'd Up with her best friend, rapper Lil Jamez, which was the same song her sisters covered in early 2019.
As an uncredited actress, Znuie made her first TV show appearance as 'Herself' in an episode titled Tee'd Off of the reality documentary series Christina Milian Turned Up in December 2015.
Znuie Favorite Things
Food – Steamed Rice, Chicken, Shrimp
Book – What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough by Chidera Eggerue
Source – YouTube, YouTube
Znuie as seen in January 2019 (Znuie / Instagram)
Znuie Facts
After the incident resulting in splitting from the family, Znuie did text her mom on occasion, and the two were even supposed to meet and reconcile, but her mom got very busy.
Znuie lost a lot of weight after the incident and cried privately when people kept commenting about it.
Both Znuie and her sisters started dancing at a young age.
She calls her fanbase 'Nubaes'.
In November 2018, Znuie began purchasing a lot of books in an effort to improve upon her vocabulary and stay motivated.
She is a shy person in a small group of people but the shyness goes away when she's surrounded by a massive crowd.
As of July 2019, she wanted to get into yoga because she found it helped her relax and reduce the feeling of loneliness because she is away from family.
Znuie is a believer in the "mind over matter" movement.
She took off her braces in April 2018 as she wore them for having a gap between her front teeth. Znuie had them on for about 2 years and always wore them in either teal or black color.
The 1st meal that she ate after she took the braces off was a Quiznos soup.
She has no problems farting while filming her videos because she's comfortable in who she is.
Past Znuie would tell the current Znuie to follow her dreams and be happy, but without hurting the people around her, and to be a little bit more selfish in her romantic relationships.
Follow her on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Snapchat.
Featured Image by Znuie / Instagram
Social Media Star
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The Secret to a Happy Marriage Is Not What I Thought it Was
May 3, 2017 By Megan Willome
In July, John and I will celebrate our 25th anniversary. I have sworn that the secret to a happy marriage is separate bathrooms. Really and truly, that's the only advice I've ever shared with newlyweds.
But to be frank, for all but our first three years as a married couple, we maintained separate bathrooms. (Why did we share during those first three years? Was it wedded bliss? No, it was that our first two apartments had only one bathroom.)
As soon as we moved into a place with two bathrooms, I took over one of them. And thus it has stayed — through moves, through pregnancies, through children, through two houses with tiny master bathrooms, the kind we could only share if one person stood at the sink and one sat on the toilet. There is such a thing as too much togetherness.
And then we bought a new house. Built in 1999, this one is the newest we've owned. This master bathroom is, in a word, vast. There are two sinks (please applaud). Not only could one person stand and the other sit, but one person could do a cartwheel while the other shaves. Have I tested this theory? Has my husband done a cartwheel while I shaved my legs?
What happens in the bathroom stays in the bathroom.
One month into this new level of cohabitation we're doing well. We've lived together long enough and endured sufficient crises to rise to meet this new challenge. Okay, it might be that after 25 years we're set in our ways. We shower at different times — him, before work; me, after exercising. The only time we get ready simultaneously occurs before church.
Although, to be fair, I have discovered a privacy option: a walk-in closet.
This is another luxury we have not had previously, except during our first year of marriage, when the only apartment available was a unit built for wheelchair accessibility. But this closet dwarfs that one. It's so big we moved in our dresser. Because we could, that's why.
One of the dogs claimed the corner under the built-ins as her den. Heck, both dogs could co-camp in our closet. They're only terriers, after all. But I bet we could get two Labs in this closet. But then there would be no room for our shoes. However, if we had Labs, they'd eat all our shoes, so there you have it. No Labs, safe shoes, happy terriers.
I have seen bathrooms and closets bigger than ours in the pages of the WACOAN magazine. I have interviewed homeowners for those pages with grander porcelain palaces. Some have not only two sinks, a shower, a toilet, and space for cartwheeling, but also a tub.
Our master bathroom lacks this amenity. If I want to take a bath, I have to walk to the other side of the house, to the guest bathroom. In which I have already taken over a drawer and most of a cabinet. Because some days, even in the midst of halcyon marital harmony, you need your own bathroom.
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Anonymous in Kentucky :-) says
I'm embarrassed to say how much of a necessity this luxury has become to me, and when I think of my parents and the five of us kids mostly using one bathroom through most of my growing up years, I almost shudder. My husband and I are now talking about retirement and moving again in the next year or so. And honestly, while just about everything is negotiable, the need for separate bathrooms is not. I'm truly embarrassed to admit that.
Megan Willome says
This is a shame-free zone.
Diana Trautwein says
For the first time in FIFTY years, I have my own bathroom. BLISS. For a brief season, he insisted on using MY shower. I was beyond miffed. Then he tried our guest shower, and hallelujah – marital crisis averted!
Clif W DRUMMOND says
MDW – Perhaps one of the most delicate topics in a marriage; explained with utmost delicacy + and more than a modest dash of humor. Bingo!
Your ever-loving' Dad (who had the dual benefit of 44 years of marriage, and never less than 3 BRs! (My oh my!)
Jody Collins says
Oh what I wouldn't give for two sinks in a shared bathroom. Totally cartwheel-worthy.
Sandra Heska King says
My husband used the basement bathroom all those 25+ years we lived in the farmhouse. Now we have a "vast" master bathroom with double sinks, a private toilet area, a Roman tub that I have only used once and can barely stretch far enough to clean it. And a glass walk-in shower. I use that shower–but I've considered using the guest bath because even after almost 46 years of marriage, because modesty. Who's idea was it to do away with privacy curtains?
When I was a fairly new wife (<10 years) I read a book by Ruth Graham and she, too, claimed the secret to a happy marriage was separate bathrooms. I remember thinking,….wow, Billy Graham and his wife are THAT rich? ????
Also, I liked that she surprised me. I was expecting something super spiritual. It made her seem human to me.
L.L. Barkat says
This is hysterical.
Love 🙂


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Places for People & Urban Splash and the regeneration of North Shields dockyard
The regeneration of Smith's Dock is set to get underway now detailed planning permission has been approved for the first phase of 34 new homes and will be developed by joint venture partners Places for People and Urban Splash.
This is the first phase of an ambitious wider masterplan to bring the historic Tyneside shipyard back to life as a vibrant new riverside community.
Places for People has already completed major investment into the remediation of the site and new infrastructure and will work in partnership with Urban Splash to deliver contemporary family housing.
Centred on the three retained dock basins, the scheme will create 815 homes, workspace, cafes and bars and open up new connections along the river between Fish Quay and Royal Quays and from the town centre down to the waterfront.
The masterplan received outline planning consent in 2013 and over the coming years, the redevelopment will generate hundreds of new jobs, apprentices and training opportunities for young people.
Work is expected to start this year on the first phase of 34 two and three storey contemporary family homes on the site known as 'The Plateau' adjoining Lawson Street, Coach Lane and Tennyson Terrace. With a new concept on family housing, called 'hoUSe', the new homes will provide flexible, spacious rooms, with large windows, high ceilings and smart contemporary design, can be customised by purchasers, and are offsite manufactured.
Mary Parsons, Group Director Placemaking and Regeneration at Places for People, said:
"This is great news for North Shields and for the region. Places for People has been working to build a new future for Smith's Dock since 2006. We have invested in this fantastic site which will create a new community with new homes and places to work and visit.It's great to be at a point now where we can start building the first new homes and bringing to life our vision for the future, together with our joint venture partners Urban Splash."
Urban Splash chairman and co-founder Tom Bloxham said:
"This is Urban Splash's first development in Tyneside and what a site! We have a proud track record of transforming neighbourhoods and we're looking forward to working with our partners Places for People to help turn this historic shipyard once again into a busy lively place. We are very excited to be bringing our new housing concept – HoUSe – to the North East, and are busy working on some other great new designs for future phases at Smith's Dock."
North Tyneside's Elected Mayor, Norma Redfearn said :
"This is a great day for the rebirth of Smith's Dock – it's fantastic for North Shields that we've been able to attract developers of the quality of Places for People and Urban Splash. This new investment into North Tyneside will bring more quality homes, jobs and apprenticeships and ultimately open up the dock and riverside for everyone to enjoy."
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Great markup! I found all of your points very insightful – incredibly helpful!
Again, thank you so much for your input and guidance. In addition to your insightfulness, I greatly appreciate your positive approach to all of this, in terms of how best to improve things – lots of great recommendations/solutions.
Thanks so much for the prompt attention and for your thoughtful coverage. This will be extremely helpful for the next draft.


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Home»Europe»Big Brother and Totalitarian Control in the West – Hannah Arendt WND
Herland Report: Big Brother and Totalitarian Control: In times of massive political upheaval such as what we now are witnessing, the German philosopher, Hannah Arendt might be worth revisiting.
She lived to see World War II and the totalitarian Nazi regime up close and wrote The Origins of Totalitarianism to warn the world of the terrible fate of those who embrace authoritarianism.
She states that a totalitarian government becomes even worse than a dictatorship, because in a dictatorship, the elites openly kill those they do not like, writes Hanne Nabintu Herland, a regular columnist in the United States oldest independent news site and largest Conservative network in the world, World Net Daily.
Individuals who show resilience and do not submit to the politically correct views of the state, are ruthlessly bullied, defamed, lose their jobs and ultimately get killed in order to silence opposition.
This creates a massive fear in the population, people fear for their lives and are silenced. The fear of Gulag or the death camps in Siberia does the trick.
The Herland Report is a Scandinavian news site, TV channel on YouTube and Podcasts reaching millions yearly. Founded by historian and author, Hanne Nabintu Herland, it is a great place to watch interviews and read the work of leading intellectuals, thought leaders, authors and activists from across the political spectrum.
Big Brother and Totalitarian Control: Arendt makes a distinction: While a dictatorship openly kills dissidents, the elites in totalitarian regimes strive not only political power but also to dominate every aspect of human life ideologically.
The aim is to control every thought process to the smallest detail – what people think about family, sex, relationships, religion, school, church, law, ethics and morals and so on.
Arendt points out that this is a terrifying system, as even your personal opinions, intellectual beliefs and what you do inside your own house now is to be controlled by the state.
This brings to memory the gruesome society described in English novelist, George Orwell's 1984 as the hero in the story is gradually terrorized, desperately tortured, demeaned and questioned to the point that he asserts that he will be killed.
Suicide and Atheist Emptiness: No inner Peace.
No, says Big Brother, the point is never to kill you, but to quench your will so strongly that it ceases to exist.
The state wishes to kill your will, not your body, to create an obedient slave to Big Brother. The book ends as the hero is totally broken, crying for genuine happiness as he sees Big Brother on the screen. He now truly believes in everything Big Brother tells him, be in two pluss two is five or whatever else.
The purpose of the elite in such a society is to gain control over all social developments, with a universal desire that the whole world should evolve into a unified system where religions and traditional faith in God no longer exist.
This is the aim of authoritarian atheism, as defined by Karl Marx and others.
Arendt spent her entire life trying to understand how man's cruelty could be systematized and institutionalized to such an extent during World War II.
"In New Left Tyranny, Hanne Nabintu Herland shows that the neo-Marxist New Left created a dysfunctional society by abandoning the working class and attacking traditional values. As a consequence, social cohesion dissolved into selfishness and a lack of personal responsibility. Western societies have been fragmentized into the hate politics of Identity Politics. This is a remarkable book by a remarkable person. Excellent work." Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, leading American political economist. In the US, buy it here! In the UK, Europe use this link or browse for the book on the regional Amazon portal in your country.
This was a massively intolerant time in history when unwanted minorities that represented other values than those of the establishment were openly terrorized. It was a society reeking with fear.
She analyzed the rise of Nazism in the democratic Germany of the 1930s and discovered that the people who carried out bestial actions, were not per se extremely evil. In fact, most actions of this nature were performed by common men and women who simply followed state orders.
They were obedient to "Big Brother". They neglected to reflect on the morality of their own actions, feared repercussions from the authorities and hid behind those bureaucrats who gave the orders.
When attending the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem, Arendt suggested that one of the effects of a strong state is the de-responsibilization of its citizens.
She used Eichmann as an example, noting he steadily hid behind precisely this idea – that he followed orders and chose not to disobey them, considering the harsh times of war. Of course, it was beyond evident that Eichmann was one of the chief architects of the Holocaust.
Big Brother and Totalitarian Control: His excuses, nonetheless, point to the grave dangers of lack of individual responsibility in institutionalized societies where citizens become desensitized regarding personal morality, as they hide behind "only following orders."
Arendt concluded that in systems where the state demand for consensus thoroughly controls its people, fear of the authorities is greater than individual sense of justice. Complacency, a passive attitude and lack of personal morals permeate those who should have stood up against injustice, but did not.
"People become silent about things that matter," to quote Martin Luther King – that is if the fear of unbearable repercussions is perceived to be imminent, Arendt argued that it was not hate that motivated brutality, but indifference and apathy. And a lack of empathy.
People felt that "the system" was so authoritarian that there was no way a single person could make a difference. Welcome to Big Brother and Totalitarian Control.
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Metal Shark Reaches Milestone with Latest Passenger Vessel Delivery
Jeanerette, LA – November 25th, 2019: USA shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered its 30th passenger vessel since June of 2017. The company's newest ferry delivery, a 97-foot, 350-passenger, USCG Subchapter "K," welded-aluminum, high-speed, low-wake catamaran, was handed off to its operator last week and will soon enter service.
The new passenger vessel is the latest delivery from Metal Shark's Franklin, Louisiana shipyard, where the production of passenger vessels remains swift. Five 150-passenger catamaran ferries are currently in various stages of construction at the yard in their own dedicated assembly line.
In the past three years, passenger vessels built by Metal Shark have been delivered to Washington DC, Florida, New Orleans, and multiple operators in the state of New York.
"Without fanfare, Metal Shark passenger vessels have been entering revenue service with America's leading operators at the rate of approximately one per month," said Metal Shark's Vice President of Commercial Sales, Carl Wegener. "With 24 catamarans between 85' and 105' and six monohull vessels larger than 45' delivered in the past three years, Metal Shark has become America's leading passenger vessel builder."
"To achieve this extraordinarily high volume production of passenger vessels, we adapted and incorporated the now-proven serialized production methods that we initially developed to build patrol boat fleets for the US military," explained Metal Shark CEO Chris Allard. "Today, Metal Shark's passenger vessel customers enjoy the benefits of our military-honed quality, formidable engineering strength, large and highly skilled work force, and unmatched economies of scale. We leverage these resources to assure the repeatable on-time delivery of high quality passenger vessels to our customers."
Metal Shark is a diversified shipbuilder specializing in the design and construction of welded aluminum and steel vessels from 16' to over 300' for defense, law enforcement, and commercial operators. Key customers include the United States Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force, Army, foreign militaries, law enforcement agencies, fire departments, passenger vessel operators, pilot associations, towboat operators, and other clients worldwide. With three fully self-contained shipbuilding facilities in Alabama and Louisiana USA plus a dedicated engineering facility in Croatia, Metal Shark's 500+ employees produce over 200 vessels per year with a proud and proven track record of high quality, on time deliveries.
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Two new passenger ferries for New Orleans couldn't be more different than the boats they are replacing. Metal Shark photo
Metal Shark completes 150-passenger ferries for New Orleans


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Top 10 Best Wesley Snipes Movies of all Time Ranked
Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) has played a number of roles in action films like Passenger 57, Demolition Man (with Sylvester Stallone), Money Train, The Fan, U.S. Marshals and Rising Sun, as well as comedies like White Men Can't Jump, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar where he played a drag queen. Snipes has appeared in dramas like The Waterdance and Disappearing Acts.
In 1997, he won the Best Actor Volpi Cup at the 54th Venice Film Festival for his performance in New Line Cinema's One Night Stand. In 1998, Snipes had his largest commercial success with Blade, which has grossed over $150 million worldwide. The film turned into a series. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and an honorary doctorate in humanities and fine arts from his alma mater, SUNY/Purchase. In 2004, Snipes reprized his role in the third film, Blade: Trinity, which he also produced. In 2005, he sued New Line Cinema and David S. Goyer, the film's studio and director, respectively.
Top 10 Best Wesley Snipes Movies of all Time
1. New Jack City - 1991
Wesley Snipes plays Nino Brown, a rising drug-lord in New York City during the crack epidemic. Ice-T plays Scotty Appleton, a detective who vows to stop Nino's criminal activity by going undercover to work for Nino's gang. The film is based upon an original story and screenplay written by Thomas Lee Wright. He had previously written a draft of The Godfather Part III. He later wrote, directed and produced Eight Tray Gangster: The Making of a Crip, a documentary of gang life in South Central Los Angeles.
2. White Men Can't Jump - 1992
The film received positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 76% based on 54 reviews and an average rating of 6.42/10. The site's consensus reads: "White Men Can't Jump provides a fresh take on the sports comedy genre, with a clever script and a charismatic trio of leads."
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three and a half stars, saying it was "not simply a basketball movie", praising Ron Shelton for "knowing his characters". Janet Maslin from The New York Times praised Wesley Snipes for his "funny, knowing performance with a lot of physical verve". The film was a favorite of director Stanley Kubrick.
3. Demolition Man - 1993
Demolition Man is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel Hawthorne. Stallone is John Spartan, a risk-taking police officer, who has a reputation for causing destruction while carrying out his work. After a failed attempt to rescue hostages from evil crime lord Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes), they are both sentenced to be cryogenically frozen in 1996. Phoenix is thawed for a parole hearing in 2032, but escapes. Society has changed and all crime has seemingly been eliminated. Unable to deal with a criminal as dangerous as Phoenix, the authorities awaken Spartan to help capture him again. The story makes allusions to many other works including Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World, and HG Wells's The Sleeper Awakes.
4. Blade - 1998
Released on August 21, 1998, Blade was a commercial success, grossing $70 million at the U.S. box office, and $131.2 million worldwide. Despite mixed reviews from film critics, the film received a positive reception from audiences and has since garnered a cult following. It is also hailed as one of Snipes' signature roles. It was followed by two sequels, Blade II and Blade: Trinity, both written by Goyer who also directed the latter.
Blade was a dark superhero film for its time. The success of Blade began Marvel's film success and set the stage for further comic book film adaptations.
5. Blade II - 2002
Blade II was released on March 22, 2002. This was during a period of the year (months March and April) considered to be a bad time for sequels to be released. Despite this, the film became the highest-grossing film of the Blade series, making $80 million in the United States and $150 million worldwide. In its opening weekend, the film earned $32,528,016 from 2,707 theaters but dropped 59% of its earnings in its second week, which brought in $13.2 million. The intake is believed to be affected (in part) by the pull of NCAA basketball Final Four games. The film debuted in the United Kingdom at number one, making $3.6 million from 355 theaters and held the spot for the following week, where it had earned $7.9 million, despite a 47% decline. The film was also number one in Singapore, making $214,000 from 30 theaters.
6. Blade: Trinity - 2004
The third and final film in the Blade film series, the war between humans and vampires continues. However, the human-vampire hybrid Blade has been framed for countless murders by the vampire leader Danica Talos, who's determined to lead her bloodthirsty compatriots to victory. Now, Blade must team up with a band of rogue vampire hunters to save humanity from his most challenging enemy yet: Dracula.
The film grossed $132 million at the box office worldwide on a budget of $65 million and received mostly negative reviews from critics for its formulaic themes, directing and acting; it is the worst-reviewed film in the trilogy. The film was followed by 2006's Blade: The Series, and also marks Reynolds' first superhero role, as well as his first collaboration with Marvel Entertainment. Marvel regained the film rights to the character in 2012.
7. Passenger 57 - 1992
Passenger 57 was released on November 6, 1992, and opened at number one rank in 1,734 theaters. The opening weekend receipts were $10,513,925. The film's final US domestic gross receipts were $44,065,653. Passenger 57 is one of the films that launched Wesley Snipes' career in the action genre. Because of this film's success, Wesley Snipes was cast in lead roles of other features, including Money Train, Drop Zone, Demolition Man, The Art of War, and the Blade trilogy.
8. Jungle Fever - 1991
Jungle Fever is a 1991 American romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee. The film stars Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Frank Vincent, Halle Berry, Tim Robbins, and Anthony Quinn, and is Lee's fifth feature-length film. Jungle Fever explores the beginning and end of an extramarital interracial relationship against the urban backdrop of the streets of New York City in the late 1980s. The film received positive reviews, with particular praise for Samuel L. Jackson's performance.
9. The Expendables 3 - 2014
The Expendables 3 is a 2014 American action film directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt and Sylvester Stallone. It is the third installment in The Expendables film series and the sequel to The Expendables (2010) and The Expendables 2 (2012). The film features an ensemble cast of stars including Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lundgren, Kelsey Grammer, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Glen Powell, Victor Ortiz, and Robert Davi.
The story follows the mercenary group known as The Expendables as they come into conflict with ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables' co-founder, who is determined to destroy the team. The film premiered in London on August 4, 2014 and was released theatrically on August 15, 2014 by Lionsgate. Unlike the first two films in the franchise, The Expendables 3 received a PG-13 rating instead of an R rating, which upset many fans of the franchise. Partly due to being leaked three weeks before its scheduled release, the film grossed $214 million worldwide on estimated $90–100 million budget, becoming the least profitable film of the franchise.
Snipes began training in martial arts when he was 12 years old. He has a 5th degree black belt in Shotokan karate and a 2nd degree black belt in Hapkido. He has also trained in Capoeira[4] under Mestre Jelon Vieira and in a number of other disciplines including kung fu at the USA Shaolin Temple and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Kickboxing. During his time in New York, Snipes was trained in fighting by his friend and mentor Brooke Ellis.
Snipes has been married twice, first to April Snipes (née Dubois), with whom he has a son Jelani, who had a cameo role in Snipes' 1990 film Mo' Better Blues. In 2003, Snipes married painter Nakyung "Nikki" Park, with whom he has four children.
Snipes with wife Nikki Park in 2009
Snipes, who was raised a Christian, converted to Islam in 1978, but left Islam in 1988. During a 1991 interview, Snipes said "Islam made me more conscious of what African people have accomplished, of my self-worth, and gave me some self-dignity".
Snipes' apartment was destroyed by the collapse of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers during the September 11 attacks. He was on the West Coast at the time.


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Bulgarian Parliament autumn sitting opens with promises on anti-corruption, EU Presidency
September 1, 2017 September 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kornelia Ninova, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Volen Siderov
Bulgaria's National Assembly opened its autumn sitting on September 1, after a month-long summer recess, with politicians dwelling on promises of new anti-corruption legislation and the country's forthcoming 2018 presidency of the European Union.
Prime Minister Boiko Borissov's centre-right GERB party and the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party both are putting forward rival versions of anti-corruption laws.
GERB parliamentary leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov said that there were widespread public expectations for good anti-corruption legislation. This new anti-corruption law should be approved by the end of 2017, which would be a very important sign to society, he said.
"The new anti-corruption law will bring together the existing fragmented legal acts and it will be followed by the creation of a unified anti-corruption body based on the commission for the seizure of illegally acquired property, thus improving the interaction between the institutions and the actions of corruption," Tsvetanov said.
"We will move towards a fairer, faster and more efficient justice system: Various elements of the legal system will be improved, the recommendations made in the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism report will be implemented and criminal policy should be updated by adopting a new Penal Code," he said.
Towards the end of 2018 functioning e-government should be in place, Tsvetanov said.
GERB's legislative priorities would include strengthening public order and security and steps would be taken to prevent foreigners staying in the country illegally, he said, referring to pledges to act against illegal migration.
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova said that her party would use the new political season to work to reduce poverty and to fight corruption.
Over the years, various governments had initiated reforms to improve living standards, but these problems remained unresolved, Ninova said.
"We have poor retirees, poor young families, nearly two million Bulgarians live on the verge of poverty," she said.
Volen Siderov, parliamentary group leader of the United Patriots, the cluster of far-right and ultra-nationalist parties that is the minority partner in Borissov's current coalition government, said that during Bulgaria's EU Presidency, said that during the Presidency, it would become clear to Europe that the United Patriots "are not irresponsible or those seeking conflicts and scandals but people who can work for the good of their country and can put pressure on Bulgaria to take more sovereign decisions".
"For the first time in 30 years of transition, patriotic and nationalist parties are in the executive branch and are proving that they are responsible politicians," Siderov said.
He thanked GERB for addressing all of their proposals. "We were the ones who insisted on completing the facility that stops migrants and thus calm Bulgarian society," he said.
Mustafa Karadaya, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, told Parliament: "Instead of managing the country through working institutions and administration, we are witnessing activities typical of an amateur club. This is not how a state is governed."
Of the government's programme, he said: "What did this program present to us – a lack of a clear vision for future development, a set of rather wishful declarations and measures that not only do not guarantee the achievement of good goals but reveal the inability of the government to achieve economic growth, social responsibility and a European quality of life".
MP Plamen Hristov, in a declaration on behalf of the smallest group in Bulgaria's National Assembly, Vesselin Mareshki's Volya, said that his party was the only one that had never been in government.
"That is why our view of the problems is independent and objective and it is good to listen to us a little more often.
"No one wants to listen to empty parliamentary talk and promises about an unclear future," he said.
Volya called on everyone to leave aside their party egos, to work as a priority for a high standard of living for people, to support small and medium business, and to work for more investment, especially in the lagging regions of the country. A long time had been wasted on endless political party battles, Hristov said.
(Photo: (c) Clive Leviev-Sawyer)
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Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Clive Leviev-Sawyer is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Sofia Globe. He is the author of the book Bulgaria: Politics and Protests in the 21st Century (Riva Publishers, 2015), and co-author of the book Bulgarian Jews: Living History (The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria 'Shalom', 2018). He is also the author of Power: A Political Novel, available via amazon.com, and, on the lighter side, Whiskers And Other Short Tales of Cats (2021), also available via Amazon. He has translated books and numerous texts from Bulgarian into English.
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New SHIP Partner Gets Their Hands Dirty – Literally!
Front Porch Management and Winona County PartnerSHIP (SHIP) are partnering to bring healthier foods and enhanced opportunities for physical activity to the area.
Prairie Island Campground serves approximately 2,000 people per month, which new management expects to increase thanks to additional attractions added this year. Front Porch Management began a community garden at Prairie Island Campground with 21 plots available to use for the season at no cost to campers or community members. The garden was developed as a way to bring healthy fresh foods to community members and guests of the campground, build community awareness of the importance of healthy foods and provide learning opportunities for area students in grades K-12. SHIP partner, Riverway Learning Community, has had three, 2-hour work sessions to help prepare the garden for planting. Three of the garden plots will be grown for community consumption. Extra produce will be shared with short term campers, community members, and with the Winona Volunteer Services food shelf.
"We want to start small and send a message to the community – we are building a culture here," said Anne Conway, co-owner of Front Porch Management. "We are offering fun and safe ways to enjoy the Prairie Island community."
Other plans include a pollinator garden and rental of paddling equipment including canoes, kayaks, and paddle boards in partnership with Winona State University. Additional plans for the campground include a bicycle rack, bicycle fix-station, bicycle fleet, and signage in other languages to be more inclusive.
Visit the Prairie Island Campground website or read the Winona Daily News article to learn more.


The Chair of Industrial Management had the pleasure to welcome Dr. Timm Wagner, Consultant at GfK and Alumnus of the Chair of Prof. Voigt, for a guest lecture on the topic of innovation at GfK in the digital age. GfK was founded in 1934 and is Germany's largest market research institute, employing more than 13,000 people worldwide.
Dr. Wagner shared exciting insights into GfK's current innovation practices as well as its future development in a digitized world. Rounding up the presentation, numerous students used the opportunity to discuss their questions with Dr. Wagner.
Prof. Voigt and his whole team appreciate his passionate engagement and are looking forward to welcoming him again soon.


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