MHS students Jacqueline Wahl, left, and Victoria Johnson brought their award-winning National History Day display on the telegraph to the board meeting.
Marshalltown High School students Jacqueline Wahl and Victoria Johnson presented their third place entry in the National History Day state contest. The project was on the telegraph.
"There was nothing like it when it was first invented," Wahl said of the telegraph.
District Behavior Strategists Nicole Gaughan and Launa Snyder presented about their work throughout the district. The pair recently presented at the Learning Supports Conference.
Gaughan said they have participated in training at the University of Iowa that was offered by the Iowa Department of Education and pass on what they've learned to staff throughout the district. They get referrals from school teams and assist with behavior plans, interventions and other ways to assist staff with students.
Anthony Spurgetis has been hired as the new Director of Human Resources for the district.
Spurgetis currently works in human resources at Des Moines Public Schools and also has experience in human resources at the Cedar Rapids Community School District.
He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa and a master's degree in Human Resource studies from Penn State University.
"I am so grateful for the opportunity to lead the HR Department at MCSD and am very excited to join the team in June," Spurgetis wrote in an email to the communications department.
Dr. Theron Schutte was approved as the district's next superintendent.
His contract calls for a salary of $204,000 per year and he will start at MCSD on July 1. Dr. Schutte is currently superintendent of the Bettendorf Community School District and served as superintendent previously in Boone.
He is a 1981 Marshalltown High School graduate, who is getting ready to celebrate his 35-year reunion with his classmates. For more information on Dr. Schutte, click here.
MHS Dean of Students Dan Terrones and student Kyli Jacobsen asked the board to approve an out of state trip for the Health Careers Club. The club plans to make a trip to Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, June 2-4.
The high school is putting together health career academies for students and continues steps in that direction, Terrones said. This trip is funded by Central Iowa Healthcare. The request was approved by the board.
Franklin Principal Tim Holmgren talks to the board. At left is Leiah Craun and at right is Elizabeth Overstake.
Franklin Principal Tim Holmgren and school leadership team members Elizabeth Overstake, Jade Musgrave, Blair Struble, Leiah Craun, Kathy Ferguson, Karen Mussig, Kate Pimlott and Cheri Bolar presented the annual attendance center plan for the school.
Franklin has 357 students with 44 percent of those being minority.
The group talked about reading and math scores, the data wall, SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observational Protocol), Multi-Tiered System of Supports, Language Literacy Framework, Comprehensive Literacy Model, professional development, collaborative planning, kindergarten reading levels, writer's workshop, model classroom teachers, RCATS (Respect, Caring, Active Learner, Thoughtful Choices, Stay Safe), PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports), students of the month and other initiatives at the school.
Director of Transportation Don Meyer presented new transportation handbooks for both kindergarten through sixth grade and 7th through 12th grades. This came from a plan to deal with student issues on buses. The board approved the handbooks with some minor changes that dealt with corresponding to board policy.
Director of Business Operations Brian Bartz requested that the district delay the insurance bids for property and worker's comp for one year. This has typically been done every three years. The one-year delay was approved by the board.
302.3 – Associates to the Superintendent – Directors and Supervisors – Appointment – Approved as presented, waived second reading.
303.1 – Building Principals and Associates – Approved as presented, waived second reading.
"Last night's meeting saw the appointment of Dr. Theron Schutte to the position of Superintendent for the school district. His contract will begin on July 1, 2016, with the departure of Dr. Marvin Wade.
Dr. Schutte tells us that his appointment is like 'coming home.' He graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1981, and 35 years later, returns to Marshalltown as its MCSD superintendent. The board looks forward to working with Dr. Schutte, setting district goals, creating a new strategic plan and building strong community connections.
The next regular board meeting is June 6 at 5 p.m. in district offices.
Miller Middle School Counselor John Augustine recognized Gaby Gonzalez, center, and Avy Smith for their selection into the Blank Summer Institute. Not present was Donovan Gavagan.
Miller Middle School counselor John Augustine presented two students selected for the Blank Summer Institute at the University of Iowa this summer. The students included Gaby Gonzalez and Avy Smith. Donovan Gavagan was also selected but was not present.
Gaby said she looks forward to meeting new people and Avy said she looks forward to learning on a college campus. For more information on this honor, click here.
The changes for the school handbooks were presented at the April 18 meeting. This was final approval of the handbooks with minor changes for the 2016-17 school year.
District Communications Director Andrew Potter proposed the district enter a contract with Global Reach of Ames for the district website redesign. The redesign will occur this summer and give the site a fresher look and increase capability for use on smartphones. The new site is expected to be up and running in early August.
310.4 – Organizational chart – Board Vice President Janelle Carter said the board will look at the administration chart proposed, but plans on moving the title of associate superintendent to a director of instructional services position to give the new superintendent some flexibility with this position. The board also plans to make that director position at the same level of other director positions in the district. The chart will come back for a first reading at the next meeting.
302.4 – Associates to the Superintendent – Functions – Marked as reviewed.
305.1 – Administrative Cabinet – Marked as reviewed.
The board entered into a closed session to discuss the candidates for the superintendent position. The finalists are expected to be announced on May 3.
"I remember the day that the district website was launched with tabs to each attendance center and how the website has grown and changed over the years. But, the time has come for the district website to have a facelift.
Andrew Potter, district Communications Director, will work with Global Reach of Ames to develop a new design with a fresher look and better viewing capability on smartphones and mobile devices. The new design will be user friendly with up-to-date information at the fingertips of the community and our students' families. The new website is expected to be launched by the beginning of the next school year.


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How much power does the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act have today?
By Matt Simmons | Analysis | December 15th 2021
Photo by Michael Ruffolo for Canada's National Observer. Unistoten rally in Vancouver on Jan. 8, 2019,
Two years after B.C. legislated the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), busloads of RCMP officers arrived on Wet'suwet'en territory in northwest B.C. They were there to enforce a civil injunction against land defenders acting on the authority of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs to prevent the Coastal GasLink pipeline from being built on unceded Indigenous land.
The ensuing conflict saw more than 30 people, including journalists, arrested.
For those who, on Nov. 26, 2019, celebrated the introduction of B.C.'s landmark legislation — the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) — the events cast a deep shadow over B.C.'s stated commitment to reconciliation.
"It's mind-boggling that things are so much the same as they always have been, when, on the face of it, the law requires such a radical change," Merle Alexander, lawyer at Miller Titerle Law and a hereditary chief of Kitasoo Xai'xais First Nation, told The Narwhal in an interview.
Alexander, who co-drafted the legislation and continues to be closely involved with questions of its implementation in the province, said the moment the declaration passed into law, "the optimism was so great."
But two years on, the province has made little substantive change.
The mandate of the legislation is to "take all measures necessary" to bring all B.C. laws into alignment with the UN declaration's principles. It's no small task — there are over 5,000 laws in the province — and Alexander acknowledged the challenge but said he's disappointed in the lack of progress. He noted the recent announcement of an amendment to the Interpretation Act makes it clear provincial laws uphold and do not diminish the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
"I don't think that First Nations expected things to dramatically change overnight, but it's also taken two years to create one clause in one B.C. statute," he said.
The province also introduced an amendment to the B.C. Human Rights Code, which adds Indigenous identity as protected from discrimination.
"The [United Nations] declaration sets out the minimum standards for the survival and dignity of Indigenous Peoples," Kukpi7 Judy Wilson, secretary-treasurer with the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, said in a statement. "Indigenous Peoples are facing major threats to the survival of our peoples and our way of life. In many areas of law and policy this has not been fully understood, leaving us exposed to incredible risk in the face of health pandemics, climate change, removal of our peoples from our traditional territories and waters and the lingering discrimination and sexism faced by Indigenous women and girls [and] LGBTQ2S+ [people]."
She said the Union of BC Indian Chiefs welcomes the reforms but added, "we have to double down on the hard work to make real progress and switch from simply promoting the rights of Indigenous Peoples, to implementing the rights of Indigenous Peoples every day in all areas of life in British Columbia."
B.C. government says it's working on a five-year 'roadmap' to implement UNDRIP
Murray Rankin, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, declined an interview but provided The Narwhal with a statement.
"Currently, we are finalizing an action plan under the [Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act], in consultation and cooperation with Indigenous Peoples in B.C.," he wrote. "The final action plan will provide a province-wide, whole-of-government roadmap over the next five years to advance reconciliation and implement the [United Nations] declaration in B.C."
A draft action plan was released in June 2020, and the province is currently reviewing the feedback it received.
"The final action plan will describe the shared long-term goals and outcomes needed for the provincial government to meet the objectives of the [United Nations] declaration over time and outline specific actions the province will take in consultation and cooperation with Indigenous Peoples in B.C. to advance the implementation of the [United Nations] declaration," the minister noted.
Critics point out the draft lacks tangible plans to explain how the province will meet its lofty goals.
"When you look at the actual actions that they're planning to introduce in the next five years, nowhere is any plan about how they're going to do this huge legislative reform initiative that's really unprecedented," Kris Statnyk, a lawyer and member of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation who lives on Gitxsan territory in northwest B.C., told The Narwhal in an interview.
One of the key principles of the declaration is free, prior and informed consent — initially a sticking point for many critics who focused on whether guaranteeing consent equates to giving 'veto powers' to Indigenous people and First Nations.
Alexander and others explain that when it comes to the issue of consent in the context of respecting Indigenous Rights, it is about agreement and solutions — not a means of jurisdictional override.
"Consent is the future and, most simply put, it's about coming together as governments, as people seeking to find common ground," Terry Teegee, regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, told the legislature in 2019.
Eugene Kung, staff lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law, explained the difference between obtaining consent and granting veto powers in a summary published following the introduction of B.C.'s declaration act.
"Veto is about unilaterally overriding a decision made by someone else, whereas consent means recognizing that the consenting party has self-determination to make an informed decision about a matter affecting them," he wrote.
'Complete miscarriage of justice': Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief
While the elected chiefs and councils on Wet'suwet'en territory signed agreements with the province and the proponent in support of the Coastal GasLink pipeline, the hereditary chiefs maintain they have never given consent to the project and continually refer to Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, a 1997 federal Supreme Court ruling, which confirmed the Wet'suwet'en never gave up their Rights and Title to the land and that hereditary chiefs are responsible for overseeing 22,000 square kilometres of territory. Wet'suwet'en hereditary leadership say elected chiefs and councils only have decision-making authority over reserve lands within the territory.
While the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs have been consistent and vocal in their opposition to the project, the province of B.C. granted Coastal GasLink approval for the pipeline and the B.C. Supreme Court authorized the injunction against pipeline opponents on behalf of the company.
For Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief Dsta'hyl Adam Gagnon, that incongruity between rulings from the Supreme Court and lower courts is indicative of a failed system.
"It's a complete miscarriage of justice," he told The Narwhal in an interview. "We have the Supreme Court of Canada giving us Delgamuukw, saying that our Title and Rights have never, ever been extinguished. And the Crown has been ignoring that."
"The Crown doesn't comply with existing case law," Alexander said. "First Nations have been trying to educate the province that the law is actually binding upon them, that they need to change the way they're conducting themselves."
The recent police action on Wet'suwet'en territory is the third time in three years heavily armed officers of the RCMP's emergency response team and community-industry response group were deployed to the remote area to forcibly remove Indigenous land defenders and supporters.
Alexander said it's an apt illustration that what little change has occurred since the bill passed into law hasn't happened where it's most needed.
"The province has been making a conscious decision to try and take on more social policy issues for UNDRIP compliance than taking on lands- and resource-based issues, which really doesn't make any sense, because all the conflict is occurring in lands and resource areas."
Consultation standards drop during pandemic, as expectations rise
In the province's first annual report on the declaration act, Premier John Horgan was quick to point out the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"While the global pandemic has changed many things, we remain focused on our work to make tangible and real progress on reconciliation as we restart B.C.," he wrote. "We have come together and focused on what we need to do to stop the spread of this virus. This does not mean our work has stopped in other important areas to advance reconciliation. In fact, our work to weather the pandemic together has reinforced our commitment to creating a better B.C. for everyone."
Alexander said he's not buying it and called out the province for using the pandemic as an excuse for a "justifiable infringement."
"What First Nations in B.C. have been experiencing for the last two years is this complete disconnect where the bureaucracy has been operating at arguably a lower duty to consult standard, because of COVID."
He added there are currently hundreds of cases in the courts filed by First Nations who allege they were not adequately consulted before projects were approved.
Gavin Smith, a lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law, said cases concerning consultation, or a lack thereof, have been in the courts long before the pandemic.
"The foundational case in which the Supreme Court of Canada set out the Crown's duty to consult and accommodate was Haida Nation in 2004, after which there was a flurry of litigation for over a decade to define what that actually looks like in practice," he told The Narwhal in an email.
The Haida ruling noted the federal and provincial governments have a responsibility to facilitate a "meaningful process of consultation in good faith" with Indigenous Peoples and "cannot cavalierly run roughshod over Aboriginal interests."
"In the B.C. context (and now federally), the duty to consult should be informed by the Crown's legal commitment to implement UNDRIP," Smith wrote.
Yet, as Alexander pointed out, what constitutes consultation varies and in some cases — including when it comes to forestry and mining permits and amendments to those permits — an emailed statement of proposed activity is viewed as sufficient by the province.
"Consent within the consultation framework is still going to be reactive versus a co-jurisdiction environment, where you realize that it has to be a standalone approval, not just a, 'Did you consult, did you give them notice?' type approach."
Meaningful consultation challenged by time constraints, shifting responsibility
Bud Napoleon, a Dunne-zah/Cree trapper, former Chief of Saulteau First Nations and the first Chief of the Treaty 8 Tribal Association, told The Narwhal he's been fighting for meaningful consultation since the 1970s. He noted that when it comes to consultation, the process can often feel too rushed to be meaningful.
"When it comes to consultation, we wanted to have adequate time," he said in an interview. "Our First Nations, years ago, the Elders and their Elders, were pretty nomadic so there's many areas they had gravesites."
He said without time to talk to the Elders and physically go out on the territory, those graves would be destroyed. Napoleon added the knowledge held by land-users is invaluable when it comes to assessing potential impacts.
"If necessary, we can go to this person's trapline and walk through it all and the owner of the trapline can tell us what needs to be done or what needs to be protected."
Another challenge has been the question of who is responsible for consultation. While the Haida court case made it clear that consultation cannot be delegated, common practice under B.C. regulations is for project proponents to take on the lion's share of engagement with Indigenous communities.
The Wet'suwet'en conflict with Coastal GasLink is an example of how consultation can be delegated to companies, Sleydo' Molly Wickham, a wing chief of Cas Yikh house of the Gidimt'en clan, told The Narwhal in an interview. While the heart of the Coastal GasLink conflict is about consent, not consultation, the responsibility of the latter was shunted onto the company.
"It's not [Coastal GasLink's] responsibility, really, to consult with us," Wickham said. "The province and the Crown — they're the ones that legally have the obligation to do that. They're the ones claiming any sort of authority on our territories."
"They can't just have a hands-off approach, they can't just pass the buck on to [Coastal GasLink] who's clearly getting clobbered with all of this Indigenous resistance because they don't have consent to be here. But they're claiming that they have authorization from the government and the government doesn't have the authority to give them authorization."
Coastal GasLink declined to comment on their consultation efforts with the Wet'suwet'en.
Alexander said this practice of sloughing off responsibility to project proponents is standard.
"In a resource context, almost always the proponent and the affected Indigenous Peoples are left with an absentee parent or something," he said. "I call the Crown the deadbeat dad."
First Nations forced to 'weaponize' legislation to reform B.C. mining laws: lawyer
While B.C. drags its heels on amending provincial laws to uphold the principles of UNDRIP, Indigenous communities are finding other ways to use the declaration act.
"First Nations are going to be forced to use [the act] as a shield or to weaponize it in litigation," Alexander said.
The Gitxaała Nation, on the north coast, recently launched a Supreme Court case against the province for its failure to align mining laws with the declaration. As The Narwhal recently reported, the province granted mineral tenure claims on Gitxaała territory without consulting or informing the Nation.
"I don't see how one can reconcile the sovereignty of Indigenous people with Canadian sovereignty, and proceed to basically dismantle their governance and their title system with a statute like this that doesn't seek any type of consultation or consent or even notification before mineral interests are transferred," Lisa Fong, legal counsel for Gitxaała, told The Narwhal in a previous interview.
Under the Mineral Tenure Act, which has its origins in the 1850s, anyone can register as a "free miner" and stake a claim on Indigenous land. Mineral staking across the province — even in unceded Indigenous territory — can be conducted online, through a provincial website. The cost is $1.75 per hectare.
A recent report co-published by MiningWatch Canada and the BC Mining Law Reform Network, highlighted eight instances of mining-related conflicts on Indigenous territories, including the Gitxaała case.
"To avoid future conflicts and uncertainty for all parties, the B.C. government must prioritize reforming these laws to be aligned with DRIPA throughout the lifecycle of mines," the report said.
The Nuxalk Nation on B.C.'s central coast evicted a mining exploration company from its territory this summer. The company received two five-year permits authorizing exploratory work at a pair of sites near the town of Bella Coola. One of the sites is on Qw'miixw (Mount Pootlass), a glaciated peak not far from the community and above the Nutcicts'kwani (Necleetsconnay) River, a tributary of the Bella Coola River.
"Our fight really isn't with the company," Nuskmata (Jacinda Mack) told The Narwhal after serving the eviction. "It's with the province for issuing these permits. Anybody who has any type of moral fibre to them will understand that this is wrong, and the way that they're going about it is wrong."
Further north and inland, Gitanyow hereditary chiefs gathered in August to unilaterally declare the creation of the Wilp Wii Litsxw Meziadin Indigenous Protected Area to ensure unwanted mineral exploration does not impact struggling salmon populations. The claims on Gitanyow territory, as on Nuxalk land, were staked on land recently exposed by glacial recession.
Implementation of UNDRIP could provide certainty for B.C. mining industry
In a Nov. 29 opinion piece published in The Province, Jamie Bonham, director of corporate engagement at NEI Investments, and Katherine Wheatley, manager at Canada's Shareholder Association for Research and Education, noted Canadian, U.S. and European investors worth around $1.1 trillion in assets are looking to the province to implement UNDRIP as a means to provide certainty for the industry.
"Too many mining companies still behave as if DRIPA doesn't exist — and it may as well not until the B.C. government takes action to align the province's mining laws with the act's free, prior and informed consent provisions," they wrote.
In the absence of government action, the Tahltan Nation is taking a different approach by working with a proponent to ensure the principles of UNDRIP guide all interactions and decisions.
"The ongoing evolution and growth of the Tahltan Nation shows outside governments, industry and the world how working alongside the Tahltan Nation as true partners can help secure certainty, economic benefits and pride for everyone involved," Chad Day, Tahltan Central Government president, said in a statement.
The Nation and Skeena Resources, a mining company with interests on Tahltan territory, developed a relationship that led to the company giving up 3,500 hectares in mineral tenure claims to form the Mount Edziza Conservancy.
Now, the company and the Nation are partnering on a project to restart the Eskay Creek mine and are doing so through a consent-based decision-making agreement.
Justin Himmelright, vice-president of sustainability with Skeena Resources, said reconciliation is a cornerstone of the company.
"This is the way the future is going and to be a contributor to positive social change, I think is a very wise thing to be doing, from the point of view of sustainability of your industry and sustainability of your project," he told The Narwhal in an interview.
He explained that regardless of moral considerations, getting out in front of the changes that will come eventually makes good business sense.
"Nobody wants to work for the bad guy. The best people want to work for the best company."
The company has developed a reverse permitting system, where any ideas or plans are first presented to the Nation and agreed on before applying to the province for permits.
Alexander said a similar relationship between a proponent and a First Nation is unfolding on Stk'emlúpsemc te Secwepemc Nation territory. In October, the Nation signed a groundbreaking consent-based agreement with New Gold for a major mine.
"The smartest thing for a proponent is to come into compliance and negotiate a consent-based impact benefit agreement, so that there's already synchronicity," he said.
B.C.'s attempts to modernize forestry policies fail to uphold UNDRIP: First Nations
Meanwhile, the province recently put forward a suite of legislative amendments to its Forest and Range Practices Act, none of which bring the law into alignment with UNDRIP.
"Forestry policies — put in place two decades ago — have limited our ability to fight climate change, protect old-growth forests and share the benefits with Indigenous and local communities," Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development said in a statement on Oct. 20, following the introduction of the amendments to legislature. "By increasing public control between government and First Nations, we're committed to smarter management of our forests that prioritizes public benefits and engagement now and into the future."
Charlene Higgins, chief executive officer of the BC First Nations Forestry Council, told The Narwhal the province started its engagement with Indigenous Peoples on the amendments during wildfire season. She said when Nations received notification of the process, many responded to flag their concerns and ask for resources, but never received a response.
"These are very technical changes, and every one of them impacts Aboriginal Rights and governance and stewardship responsibility," she said in an interview, adding that communities were expected to answer 91 questions during the engagement process. "[Logging] companies are using three to four foresters to answer these questions. Very few Nations have that technical capacity."
Higgins said complaints about the process are falling on deaf ears, and shared by way of an example a letter sent to the government on Nov. 15 by the Ashcroft Indian Band.
"Efforts of the province to engage with us have been egregious and in bad faith," the letter stated. "Under the declaration act, any changes being proposed to forest legislation, policies and regulations require our free, prior and informed consent."
The Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resources and Rural Development told The Narwhal in an emailed statement the province is taking steps to ensure First Nations are able to meaningfully engage.
"Engagement will be ongoing as we work to reshape how we care for our public forests and increase participation of Indigenous people in the forest sector," the ministry wrote. "Changes to the forest act give the province the tools to redistribute timber harvesting rights to First Nations. The province intends to double the amount of forest tenure held by First Nations."
Higgins said the council requested the province scrap the process and start over.
"We reject the current consultation and call for the redrafting of the intention paper and redesign the proposed consultation and engagement process, to ensure that Indigenous priorities, rights and principles are reflected in changes to modernize forest policies in B.C.," Chief Bill Williams, president of the council, wrote in a letter to the province dated Sept. 8.
"We're saying the process is flawed, disingenuous, disrespectful, compressed and expedited," Higgins said. "This is paternalistic and dismissive of Nations that have expressed concerns with the process and expressed concerns with the whole drafting of the intentions paper that was done totally internally by the province."
'We don't have 20 years'
Court cases like Gitxaała's, and others that may follow, could force the province to implement rapid change.
In June, a groundbreaking Supreme Court ruling found the province guilty of breaching the terms of its treaty with the Blueberry River First Nations in northeast B.C. by permitting and encouraging widespread resource extraction to the point that community members could no longer hunt and fish, practices that are constitutionally protected as Aboriginal Rights. The courts gave the province until the end of the year to chart a path forward on any new projects proposed, a decision that has been lauded by legal experts as a "game changer" for Indigenous Rights.
While court rulings have a role, and it could be significant, Alexander said he finds hope in a growing awareness of the issues at play and of the lack of political will to move things forward. He said the combination of poor consultation practices and hope that provincial and federal governments will live up to their commitments on UNDRIP is striking.
"I believe it's no coincidence that these two things clash with each other right at the same time, because then the contrast is so stark: the expectation for free, prior [and] informed consent meets consultation happening at the lowest standard, the most impoverished view of consultation. That's shaping the First Nations leadership of this province."
For Statnyk, there's also a stark contrast between provincial actions in other areas and its reluctance to legislate new laws related to UNDRIP.
"I just saw the province really tooting its own horn about passing new laws to protect people getting vaccinated from anti-vaxxer protesters," he said. "They made this new law to keep families and children safe while they're going to get a potentially life-saving vaccine."
"What about the safety of Indigenous land defenders, who are simply exercising their human rights to withhold free, prior [and] informed consent?"
He added it's vital change happens now.
"The very real crises that we're facing on a daily basis throughout the province — whether it's climate catastrophe or these conflicts over land and resources resulting in violent arrests and police raids — we don't have 20 years to make this right."
"I feel the impatience as much as anyone," Alexander said. "We want it to happen yesterday because in the meantime our territories are being destroyed, in some circumstances. Sometimes I'm in the weeds, angry as hell."
"I think Indigenous Peoples will be relentless and will pass the fight on from one generation to the next. And we'll still be here."
Matt Simmons, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Narwhal
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Much of this optimism about the incorporation of UNDRIP into BC or Canadian legislation is engendered by a focus on the early clauses of UDRIP, those that seem to offer unrestricted sovereignty to indigenous people(s). However, if you read right through to the end, the final clauses protect the sovereignty of states.
This leads to changes to sovereign state laws like: "... recent announcement of an amendment to the Interpretation Act makes it clear provincial laws uphold and do not diminish the rights of Indigenous Peoples." Which also implies that those rights are dependent upon Provincial Law for protection and enforcement, not independent of it.
This is not restoration of the status quo ante implied by unrestricted sovereignty. With luck it is a pathway to reconciliation and restitution.


If you would like to join the Sad Boys Club, there are some things that you should know.
One of which, is that their latest single – conveniently titled, 'Know' – is a bit of an anthem for the broken hearted. A whiskey hit of a vocal burns with a moody fire right from the belly, sitting pretty atop of glittering guitar. The track is slightly sullen, but teeters with a subtle line of groove, creating a feel that it could well be thunderously timeless.
It was written by the band at the age of just 15, and whilst tapping into the drama of the trials and tribulations of growing up. Its poetic lyricism of teenage self loathing and caged frustration are made to be sang along to; alcohol in one hand, and power grabbing with the other.
Hailing from Crouch End and with this emotive corker of a debut single, these are the ten rules of the Sad Boys Club.
You DO talk about Sad Boys Club. We need the exposure.
Boycott Lucozade. We stand firmly in support of The Rhythm Method, whose call to nationalise 'zade following the recipe change falls firmly in line with our values, of which we have many, but live by few.
Don't put glasses of water on the mixing desk. Unfortunately a necessity following an awkward fist-fight brawl during the recording of 'Know'.
Never judge a song before you've driven to it.
When in doubt, consult Herzberg (Tom, guitarist). Herz is an enigma ripe for the zeitgeist, his wisdom; hit and miss.
Always use three overdrive pedals. Otherwise there's not enough drive.
XTC are not a band solely worth talking about when meeting someone called Nigel.
Whatever else Dua Lipa introduces as regulation shall be accepted by all as kosher.


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CKA juniors beat the Dutch!
I'd just like to thank everyone who played and helped out with the CKA 'U17' junior squad today.
We played against a Dutch club U17 side that Phil Buttinger/Norwich City had invited over. We played three 2x15 minute games. With an 'A-team', a 'B-team' and then a mixed up game at the end.
We had a few 'overage' players in our side, but on first sight of the Dutch it was clear that they were still going to be physically the much stronger and taller side.
The matches were very competitive and fast, and the newly arrived Vikings shot-clocks gave some first experience of playing with a shot-clock to many of the players.
The CKA 'A' team got off to a flying start taking a quick lead with some fantastic shooting, and managed to maintain a 2-3 goal lead for most of the game. At one point in the second half the Dutch came back within a goal, but a strong finish saw the CKA come out 10-6 winners.
The CKA 'B' beat the Dutch B team 8-3.
The Dutch outplayed us in the final game, when our concentration lapsed slightly, and we made a lot of subs to share the game-time around.
Overall an excellent day. A good competitive game, and a fantastic result. It was great to see players from different clubs playing together with a good team spirit, and although this is only a Dutch club side from a small town, it was pleasing to see that our young players were (in Chris West's and my eyes at least!) technically stronger than the Dutch team, and moved the ball about better.
Special thanks to Martin and Chris who helped referee and operate the shot-clock.


"I don't think I can help." My subject matter is very specific. Some people will not be able to speak about Prince's religious journey or the spiritual content in his music. Still, it's valuable to interview them to confirm general facts about Prince's life and career, so it's always a bummer when they say no right away.
"I charge for interviews." This is the second time I've heard this since I started the project. Some people want a lot of money, too. In order to remain as objective as possible, I do not pay for interviews.
"Call me back." This is always exciting to hear, but you really can't get your hopes up. Sometimes, the person just doesn't pick up. In fact, I called the person today and that is exactly what happened. However, there is always tomorrow.
The silver lining is that for every handful of "no's," there is someone who is willing to talk. Hopefully, I will have another interview to share with everyone soon.


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Kat Howard Cracks Open the Books of Magic
By Steve Foxe | October 23, 2018 | 12:30pm
Main Art by Kai Carpenter Comics Features Neil Gaiman
The fourth and final debut issue of the inaugral Sandman Universe slate has one of the oddest legacies with which to contend. The Dreaming is effectively a direct sequel to The Sandman, House of Whispers is all new and Lucifer stands in the mighty shadow of the Mike Carey/Peter Gross/Dean Ormston run, but Books of Magic carries forward the story of Timothy Hunter, whose initial four-issue, Neil Gaiman-penned tale is widely read…but whose multiple long-running follow-up series have been largely forgotten and left out of print for quite some time.
Novelist Kat Howard (Roses & Rot), artist Tom Fowler, colorist Jordan Boyd and letterer Todd Klein get a tidier reset button handed to them, then, with an iteration of Tim Hunter who is magically destined but who hasn't yet figured out what that entails. Howard takes to the medium with ease, while Fowler proves yet again that he's one of the most underrated cartoonists in the business right now. With cameos from Sandman stalwarts and a plot that's set to actually explore the titular Books for once, Books of Magic gets off to an accessible, intriguing start, and may just prove to be the Sandman Universe's best ambassador book for newcomers to the larger mythos. With the first issue hitting stores this week, we exchanged emails with Howard to find out more about her entry to comics, her background with Neil Gaiman and what it's like writing Tim Hunter in a post-Harry Potter world.
Books of Magic #1 Cover Art by Kai Carpenter
Paste: Before we dive into Books of Magic itself, I'd love to know about your transition to comics. Prose authors can sometimes lean a little too wordy in their first issues, but you've given the art team a lot of room to tell the story. Are you a longtime comic reader? Was it intimidating to enter the medium under the Sandman banner?
Kat Howard: I am a big comic-book fan, and so I was familiar with the medium as a reader. Plus, writing for comics has definitely been a goal for me since I started writing, so I've paid attention to the way the form works. I also put myself on a crash course before I started writing, just to be sure that I was really thinking about what would work on the page. Even with that, it was somewhat intimidating to begin in the Sandman Universe. Sandman has long been a favorite work of mine, one I reread regularly, and one that means a lot to me. Being trusted in that world is a real honor.
Paste: How did you find yourself involved with the Sandman Universe? Were you familiar with Neil Gaiman from prose circles, or was the New Orleans brainstorming retreat your first major interaction with him?
Howard: I've known Neil for about a decade now—he was one of my instructors at the Clarion Writers Workshop (as was Nalo Hopkinson!), and he and Al Sarrantonio bought the first short story I sold. The fact that he's been a friend and mentor to me for this time has made working on this project even more special. Still, I was shocked to be contacted by Molly Mahan, my now-editor at DC Vertigo, to be a part of this. I sat on the floor and laughed in sort of stunned disbelief after our first phone call.
Paste: Si Spurrier talked a bit about this in regards to The Dreaming, but the approach to how these new books fit in with their forebears seems to be: those older comics aren't going away, but they're not part of the story you're telling now. Beyond the initial Neil Gaiman & co. series, have you taken any inspiration from Tim Hunter's previous Vertigo adventures? Should we consider that original mini-series "canon" or is this all a totally fresh start?
Howard: We definitely refer to Tim's past adventures at the beginning of the first issue, but this is also a Books of Magic that's set now. So it's not a totally fresh start, but it's also not taking Tim's previous adventures as being set in stone. It's… maybe a flexible canon is a good way to put it.
Paste: Dedicated comic readers know that Tim Hunter predates Harry Potter, but was it at all daunting to pitch the story of a magically destined, brown-haired, glasses-wearing British boy with owl connections in a post-Potter world? Does your Tim play off of that dynamic at all?
Howard: I mean, yes, Tim Hunter does have those things in common with Harry Potter, and I love the Harry Potter books and the magical world that Rowling built. At the same time, those connections that you mentioned are details, not major story points. Tim and Harry are very different characters with different experiences—there is room for a lot of magical stories, even magical stories with owls, and I'm glad to be able to help tell one of them.
Books of Magic #1 Variant Cover Art by Joshua Middleton
Paste: How has your collaboration with Tom Fowler and the rest of the art team evolved since you began? You're presumably a few issues deep now—are you starting to leave more up to Tom, or steering the story to his strengths at all as you go along?
Howard: The thing about Tom's art, as far as I can tell, is it's all strengths. He and the rest of the creative team (Jordan Boyd on colors, Todd Klein on lettering) are doing amazing work, to the point where I can put a direction in the script about how the scene should feel, and they nail it.
Paste: Your first issue spins pretty directly out of the prelude from The Sandman Universe one-shot, and features a few familiar faces fleshing out the cast. How much of a Vertigo deep-dive did you do in preparation for Books of Magic? And should we expect brand-new characters added to the mix?
Howard: In terms of reading for possible characters to bring in to the story, I've stuck pretty close to The Sandman and the Sandman Universe titles. So readers of those will see some familiar faces in upcoming issues. And yes, there are definitely brand-new characters as well. It's been fun writing both familiar characters, and bringing those new faces in.
Paste: Based on this initial chapter, the "books" of the title will play a pivotal role going forward. How did you conceptualize the rules of magic in the world? And will Tim's search for additional books remain in the U.K. or take him around (and out of) the world?
Howard: One of the things that I really loved about the original Books of Magic was that Tim was the sort of character who could cross into other magical worlds. So I will definitely be taking advantage of that as the story progresses. As for the rules of magic, I wanted to be sure that Tim's abilities wouldn't suddenly make his life perfect—that even with magic, he'll make mistakes and face consequences for his actions. So most of the magic system is built with that at the foundation. It makes things somewhat difficult for Tim, but hopefully also makes a good story for readers.
Books of Magic #1 Interior Art by Tom Fowler & Jordan Boyd
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Even with regular teeth cleanings, some people develop more plaque and tartar than others, depending on a variety of factors.
The longer plaque and tartar are on teeth, the more harmful they become. The bacteria cause inflammation of the gums that is called "gingivitis." In gingivitis, the gums become red, swollen and can bleed easily. Gingivitis is a mild form of gum disease that can usually be reversed with daily brushing and flossing, and regular cleaning by the dentist. This form of gum disease does not include any loss of bone and tissue that hold teeth in place.
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Photo by David Morse/Star archives Chugiak High School senior Forrest Mayen peels off to the side after tagging Erin Johnson in the exchange zone of the East High Mixed Relays Saturday, February 10, 2007. Johnson made up three positions, said Mustang head coach Jon Kehler, helping Chugiak place seventh overall among 23 teams entered in the A division.
Erin Johnson wasn't just one of the good ones — she was one of the best.
"There are certain students that stand out," said Heather Beck, Johnson's eighth-grade English teacher at Mirror Lake Middle School in Chugiak.
Johnson was one of those students. Even as a middle-schooler, it was clear the girl with the sparkling eyes and wide grin had a unique presence, Beck said.
Johnson, a 27-year-old geologist and botanist, died June 19 after she was mauled by a black bear while working near the Pogo Mine in Interior Alaska. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said the attack by the bear appeared to be predatory — one of two suspected predatory black bear attacks in two days in the state.
Johnson's death sent shockwaves through the tight-knit community where she grew up. The 2007 Chugiak High grad was a standout athlete and student who was a member of two Junior Olympic Nordic Ski teams. After high school, she studied at UAA and the University of Montana before returning to her beloved home state.
"Erin grew up in the mountains, especially those behind her parents' home in Chugiak," read a statement from Johnson's family.
Her former teacher remembers Johnson's passion for the outdoors.
"She was one who was always like, 'I want to be outside,'" Beck said.
Johnson's family said she was full of life and had a wide variety of interests.
"Her passions extended to gardening, playing her violin, making art in many forms, a love of board games, foraging and preserving the bounty she harvested," they wrote.
Johnson's former Nordic ski coach Stan Carrick said photos showing Johnson's wide smile almost don't do her justice.
"She had a big, bright smile and her eyes just sparkled," said Carrick, who said he coached Johnson for about six years.
Like Beck, Carrick remembers Johnson as an extraordinarily caring, hard-working person who was a friend to all.
He said Johnson lived to breathe fresh air, and seemed to excel when the going got tough.
"She loved being outdoors — no matter what the weather, what the conditions — she wanted to be out there," he said.
Carrick said Johnson's death leaves an undeniable void.
"It's not just a loss to the people who knew her close, it's a loss to anyone who would come across her path," he said.
Carrick said Johnson was "a fantastic person" who was part of a large, energetic group of friends.
"They were always out there hiking, biking, skiing, boating, all of that," he said.
"I think they even used to wear cloaks," said Beck, who now teaches at Goldenview Middle School in South Anchorage.
It was a wizard's staff; Beck was their Gandalf.
The gift still sits in Beck's home. She said the simple, quirky stick will always be a reminder of the spirit embodied by Johnson, a young woman whose adventures ended far too soon.
In his Facebook message, Schmidt urged friends not to take anything in life for granted.


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Local inventor was a 'copy cat'
By Joe Blackstock | joe.blackstock@gmail.com | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Is there any more pathetic group of human beings than office workers staring in quiet frustration at a broken copier?
Spirits shattered, sweaty hands clutching already-late reports, they kneel reverently before this office altar, offering prayers for the only person who can deliver them from the wilderness: the copier guy.
Few people realize that the man who brought the benefits of the office copier, and these occasional frustrations, grew up in the Inland Empire.
In a true Horatio Alger story, Chester Carlson lifted himself from the poverty of living in a converted San Bernardino chicken coop to invent what his biographer calls the greatest communications breakthrough since Gutenberg.
A biography by David Owen, "Copies in Seconds," details the story of a young man given every reason to fail in life, and who instead became one of the richest people in America.
As a 6- year-old, Chester and his family moved to San Bernardino in 1912. His father Olof was a barber, but he was so weakened by arthritis that his wife Ellen worked as a housekeeper to support the family.
The family even moved up to Crestline in the mistaken belief the mountain air would help Olof's health. The family lived in an uninsulated former warehouse, and young Chester attended a one-room school with children of workers on a nearby reservoir project.
During Christmas break, all the other families left the area when the work was finished. Chester became the school's only student for the rest of his fourth-grade year.
When the Carlsons moved back to San Bernardino, 8-year-old Chester took up a variety of jobs – from sweeping out the office of the San Bernardino Sun-Telegram newspaper to selling fish and raising guinea pigs at a laboratory.
During his junior year at San Bernardino High, his mother died of tuberculosis. Chester and his father were reduced to living in a converted chicken coop on an alley.
He graduated from high school in 1924 but was resigned to a life of poverty until urged by an uncle to go on to college. He completed a special school-work program at Riverside Junior College in 1928 and then entered Caltech, where he received a degree in physics in 1930.
The first year of the Great Depression was a lousy time for finding jobs – even for a Caltech graduate. He went to New York where he accepted relatively menial office jobs at which he often was called upon to copy information, either by hand or using a highly inefficient photographic process.
From these tedious exercises grew the idea that an image could be transferred electrically to paper via a charged powder, or toner.
He patented his process called xerography – "dry printing" – in 1937 and offered the concept to IBM in 1940. Nobody seemed much interested.
Tinkering with xerography for several years with little success, Carlson convinced a foundation to invest in his work in the mid-1940s. But it was not until the late 1950s when a practical version of the machines which have become so much a part of modern life arrived on the scene.
His product was first manufactured by the Haloid Co., better known today as Xerox.
After living in want for many years, Carlson suddenly found himself a rich man – Fortune magazine had him on its list of the wealthiest people in America in 1968.
But he never really seemed comfortable with money. He and his second wife lived in a modest home in Pittsford, a suburb of Rochester, N.Y. He owned only one car and didn't have a television until just before his death at 62 on Sept. 19, 1968.
He told friends his goal was to die a poor man, to give away all of his wealth, and without fanfare.
In 1967, when he donated money for a laboratory building at Caltech, he stipulated it not be named for him, but rather for Arthur Amos Noyes, the famed chemistry professor who influenced Carlson while he studied there.
Owen, in his biography published by Simon & Schuster, called the development of the copier "an epochal event in the history of communication and, therefore, in the history of civilization."
"In the former Soviet Union, whose totalitarian rulers maintained their power in part by monopolizing access to information, copiers were guarded more closely than computers, and individual copies were numbered, so that they could be traced," he wrote.
Steve Bolte, vice-president of Xerox's Wilson Center for Research and Technology in Rochester, noted that Carlson's invention changed the way we all communicate.
"It gave everyone a fast and simple way to preserve and share all sorts of information," he said. "It also increased the speed at which people were able to communicate with each other. And by doing so helped democratize the written word."
Owen offers his view of the world without Carlson's invention:
"We would have fewer lawyers, larger forests, smaller landfills, no Pentagon Papers, no laser printers, more (fewer?) bureaucrats, shorter (longer?) meetings, better memories, more secrets, fewer cartoons on our refrigerators, less to read at work every day (along with more time in which to read it) and a lot less information in general."
And no copier guys.
Joe Blackstock | Columnist
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Chugiak crushes North Pole to reach state baseball semifinals
The Costanios brothers just keep one-upping each other.
Chugiak catcher Trystan Costanios hit a grand slam and an inside-the-park home run in back-to-back at bats Thursday to lead the Mustangs to a 13-3 romp over North Pole in the first round of the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska State Baseball Tournament at Mulcahy Stadium. Costanios went 2-for-2 with 6 RBIs in the rout, which came in Chugiak's first game after Costanios' younger brother, Camden, threw a no-hitter in the Cook Inlet Conference playoffs.
Chugiak opens state softball tournament Thursday; Wolves fall just short
Chugiak will open the 2019 ASAA/First National Bank Alaska State Softball Tournament with a pair of games Thursday at Cartee Fields in Anchorage.
The Mustangs will face Dimond at 12:15 p.m. and West Valley at 5 p.m. in round-robin pool play.
The Mustangs advanced to the state tournament with a pair of wins last week at the Cook Inlet Conference tournament.
Chugiak pitcher throws no-hitter to lead Mustangs to CIC championship
Chugiak's Camden Costanios was unhittable, Trystan Costnios was uncatchable and the Chugiak Mustangs are the champions of the Cook Inlet Conference.
The younger Costanios — junior-to-be Camden — threw a seven-inning no-hitter May 23 to help Chugiak defeat West 7-0 in the final game of the CIC playoffs, secure a conference title and earn the No. 1 seed in the upcoming state baseball tournament. The elder Costanios — recent CHS grad Trystan — blasted a 3-run homer in the third inning to lead the Chugiak offense.
Chugiak boys win state track title, CHS girls break two state records
PALMER — Through rain and shine, Chugiak's track and field team kept piling up the points — and the records — Saturday at the state track and field championships at Machetanz Field.
The Mustangs won the Division I boys team title with depth and determination while the girls team broke two state relay records despite rapidly changing weather that featured bright sunshine in the morning followed by wind and rain in the afternoon.
Bausch dominates 3,200 meters to lead Mustangs on day 1 at state track and field
Chugiak Daniel Bausch won the Division I boys 3,200 meters for the second straight year Friday on the opening day of the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Track and Field Championships at Machetanz Field in Palmer.
Bausch led wire-to-wire and was never challenged, winning in 9 minutes, 21.78 seconds. Teammate Hyrum Nelson finished second in 9:37.96.
"I'm very happy," Bausch said after crossing the finish line.
The senior said he was equally happy for Nelson, who finished 10th last year.
Wolves' Den to host state soccer tournament; Eagle River girls, Chugiak boys qualify
The Eagle River girls soccer team will host the opening game of the 2019 ASAA/First National Bank Soccer Tournament on Thursday at the Wolves' Den on Yosemite Drive in Eagle River.
Mustangs advance to state baseball tournament at expense of rival Wolves
Chugiak clinched a spot in the state baseball tournament and knocked its crosstown rivals out in the process Saturday with a 7-2 win over Eagle River in the Cook Inlet Conference playoffs at Mulcahy Stadium.
The win lifted the Mustangs to 7-1 and ensured the team will finish in the top two spots in the CIC. Eagle River fell to 4-4, meaning the Wolves could finish no higher than third in the standings despite having playoff games remaining Wednesday against West and Thursday against South. Both games are at 4:30 p.m. at Mulcahy Stadium.
Chugiak knocks off Eagle River to set up rematch in CIC playoffs
Chugiak completed a first-place run through the brief Cook Inlet Conference baseball season with a 9-6 win over Eagle River Thursday at Bartlett High.
Austin Bull went 2-for-2 with an RBI for Chugiak, which scored eight runs in the first two innings to pull away. Trystan Costanios and Christian Cambridge each drove in two runs for the Mustangs, who got four strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings of relief from pitcher Justin Nevells.
Orazio Ramos and Chase McGraw each had two RBIs for the Wolves.
Eagle River soccer sweeps Chugiak in advance of key Interior trips for both schools
Eagle River swept Chugiak on Senior Night Tuesday, getting a pair of valuable prep soccer wins in advance of crucial road trips to Fairbanks for both schools.
The Eagle River girl opened Tuesday's doubleheader with a 2-0 shutout, and the boys followed with a 2-1 thriller in the nightcap to keep their hopes alive of playing at home in the upcoming state tournament.
Wolves chasing Chugiak for top spot in CIC baseball standings
Chugiak and Eagle River's varsity baseball teams are on a collision course.
The first-place Mustangs and second-place Wolves will meet Thursday, May 16, at 6:30 p.m. at Bartlett High in the final game of the seven-game regular season for both teams. Through Monday, May 12, Chugiak was 5-0 (11-1 overall) in the Cook Inlet Conference and Eagle River was 4-1 in the CIC and 9-5 overall.
The games are the last contests before the end-of-season CIC round-robin tournament begins Saturday at Mulcahy Stadium. For an updated schedule, visit alaskalegion.com.


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with some protestors demanding the resignation of the prime minister. the number of people known to have died in the fire has risen to at least 30 but it's expected the final total will be higher. theresa may, says she's been deeply affected by the tragedy of the fire in west london. she's setting up a £5 million emergency fund for victims of the blaze. she made herfirst visit to meet survivors, after being criticised for failing to see local people on thursday. the japanese coastguard says seven us navy crew are missing after a us navy destroyer collided with a container ship under philippine flag off the east coast of japan. the uss fitzgerald has suffered extensive damage but is heading for the nearby port of yokosuka under its own power. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur.
the western world, for so long the dominant force in global politics and economics, is confused and uncertain. in the past week, elections in the uk and france have pointed to fractures in europe. donald trump's world view and angela merkel's are poles apart. the western consensus on liberal economics and globalisation is no more. my guest is stephen king, influential economist, writer, and former chief economist to hsbc bank. is globalisation stuck in reverse gear? stephen king, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. i think given the dramatic nature of recent political events in the uk, we have to start with britain, and then move our perspective to the world as a whole. but uk — we have just seen an election that has brought about a hung parliament and a sense that nobody knows really what the government theresa may forms will actually do about brexit and a whole host of other challenges. do you feel a deep sense of incoherence and uncertainty in britain?
theresa may got roughly 43% of the vote, but 40% of the vote went to jeremy corbyn and the labour party, which were selling a hard left, more radically socialist agenda, a tax and spend agenda — more radical than we have seen in years. in terms of britain and a broad consensus over years about liberal economics and open economies and embracing globalisation, is that at an end? i think what was striking about this election was that there was little debate about something that matters, economic growth. with economic growth, you have decent growth with tax revenues. you can do all sorts of things with public spending — you can target pensions or healthcare or education or whatever you want to do. in the past ten years, we have seen little economic growth. we now have a kind of battle over the spoils of economic activity. that battle becomes awkward.
in the us, whom i interviewed recently on hardtalk. there seems to be a move away in the west, in many different countries, away from this liberal consensus, of which globalisation was an important part. absolutely. i think what's really happened is the narrative has changed. if you go back to before the financial crisis, and actually go back a little bit further, 1989 and the fall of the berlin wall, and there was a powerful sense at the time that the world could be a better place with western liberal and democratic values and the world could be better and the west could trade with china or brazil, or whatever might have been the case. it was really a very positive story. but we have seen growth rates slow down dramatically, even in china and india. but also, there has also been a much bigger sense of winners and losers in the west.
as we saw in 2007—2008. you also oversaw a system were, frankly, you were locked into a system that helped the very rich and did nothing for the low and middle earners. and we have seen the figures show it. over a generation, if you live in the united states, or much of europe, and you are a working person, your living standards have not only risen, but in many cases, have actually gone down. well, first of all, i wish i was that powerful. i provided advice to hsbc, and i provided advice to many people. i don't think i have the power to give those kinds of results. ok, so, you were not the architect of the system, you were a happy and comfortable cog in the wheel, if you like. and you must thought about this in 2007—2008, when you saw the fallout of the crash which hurt many ordinary people.
out to more people. big business has, in one sense, been ignored. that is highly understandable. you know what is stunning? i saw a survey post—election from the institute of directors, which has seen 57% of business leaders professing to be either quite or very pessimistic about the future of their businesses in the uk today. to you, does that represent something of a crisis here in the uk in terms of where our economy is going to go as this brexit uncertainty continues? part of the problem is uncertainty and do we have access to the single market? if we have it, what do we have access to? the problem here is that britain attracts lots of business from abroad from transnational corporations. it does this because it has a flexible labour market, it has a good rule of law, the english language, all of these advantages.
donald trump and economics. his message is one of america first, an embrace of the idea of protectionism when necessary for americanjobs. the building of walls, where necessary, to stop people coming into his country. it is the very antithesis of this small l liberal, open economics that we have talked about as the consensus for the last generation. add to that, you know, the message coming from britain, and would you say that we are at the end of an era in terms of the west's economic thinking? i think we probably are. so you go back a long way to 19114, the so—called brettoneux conference in the us. it set the institutions for the post—war world. these institutions recognise something important, which was that countries connected with each other and engage with each other.
economy, has failed. it has raised questions about the security of the nationstate. in one sense, it has returned to what we saw in the interwar poor at period, or 19th century. a retreat in the west, but not a retreat in the east. i mean, china is not talking about retreat. china is absolutely... i think beijing is entirely happy about this, because it gives china an opportunity to create its own form of globalisation, which arguably competes... it's a very different brand of globalisation that we now need to look towards and to understand as perhaps the pre—eminent force of the 21st century. so i have this sort of sense, and this is a long historical sweep, of where we move from what is loosely described as a post—columbus world to a pre—columbus world. this is what i mean by the long historical sweep. christopher, that is? christopher columbus, yes, in case you're wondering who that migh tbe. the point about this is that we have lived all allies with a sense of it is europe, it is the us, it is basically the west that governs the world.
parts of the world. but imagine a world whereby robotics means that robots are even cheaper than the low—cost labour. then why not bring the production back home? that process of reshoring will be an interesting and potentially dangerous story of the next decade. because the more that you reshore, the more difficult it is to spread wealth to other parts of the world, so it will be harder to catch up. when i portrayed you as a big fish, in a big bank, with a global reach, you told me not to get too carried away. it seems to me that you spent your entire career at the heart of a financial and economic system which looked forward with great optimism to the future, because it felt that you, and your hsbc bank, you are part of it, you felt that the world was yours, going in your direction. do you not feel that any more? do you feel — i know you've left hsbc, but you still represent an important and influence force in the west.
and looked forward to today, and a map of the world as it is, and see these chinese—led organisations, that is going to look very familiar. because this is something they would recognise from the pre—columbus days. back to the future? back to the future. stephen king, we have to end it there. thank you very much. thank you very much indeed. hello there. we have got some very warm weather indeed coming up over the next few days, with the high—pressure firmly in charge of our weather. that's going to bring very warm, if not hot, weather to most of the british isles.
it will turn increasingly humid as we go on through the weekend, but it is going to be mainly sunny for most of us. the reason for this warm or hot weather is a jetstream has built this area of high pressure and the high tends to concentrate hot air near the earth's surface. these are the kinds of temperatures that you might see across western europe as we go on through the next couple of days. perhaps as high as 46 degrees across parts of iberia, unpleasantly hot weather here. well into the 30s for france and even here in the uk we should see temperatures peaking at 30 degrees or so as we head into the weekend. the hottest weather we have seen so far this year. it's going to be a warm start to the day. these are the kinds of temperatures you might see as you are heading outside first thing in the morning. there will be plenty of sunshine, but i think quite a bit of cloud to start he day across the hills of wales and northern england. it should be quite thin so should clear quite quickly and then the sunshine will come out. weather fronts across far north—west of scotland will continue to bring some thicker cloud here.
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Fusing European, classic club sounds with distinctive and innovative influences from all over the world, Joyce Muniz succeeds in wowing her audience with yet another unique 3-track release: Trust Your Enemies, featuring Berlin-based Dominic Wirth aka Knixx. Having previously collaborated for the floor filler Drop In Pressure, Knixx and Muniz come together again for Trust Your Enemies. Inspired by Joyce Grandmother's adage, 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer', the title track is uncharacteristically dark, with rolling, moody vocals while the remix has a more brazilian percussive / jackin house flavour.


Will pack a 1.5-liter Drive-E three-cylinder turbo engine.
In the coming years, Volvo will revamp its complete product lineup as well as introduce new models, which will help the Swedish manufacturer better compete against its established German rivals. It is said that by 2018, the oldest model in the lineup would be the Volvo XC90 that launched in 2014.
The next gen Volvo S60 is heavily inspired by the bigger Volvo S90, featuring the characteristic LED headlamps with Thor's hammer DRL's.
The first of Volvo's next generation products are the 90 cluster, which includes the 2015 Volvo XC90 and Volvo S90. The 60 cluster will go in next, an important member of which is the Volvo S60. Offering an insight into its possible exterior design is a new render from Theophilus Chin.
The car appears to be heavily inspired by the bigger Volvo S90, featuring the characteristic LED headlamps with Thor's hammer DRL's, wide grille with vertical slats, and an angular pair of LED taillamps. The interior is likely to adopt Volvo's simplistic design, which integrates most of the function in a large touchscreen display, thereby significantly reducing button count.
The next S60 will pack a 1.5-liter Drive-E three cylinder turbo engine, which will be available in different power outputs.
Based on the new SPA platform from the Volvo S90, the next S60 will pack a 1.5-liter Drive-E three cylinder turbo engine, which will be available in different power outputs. Higher variants will pack the bigger 2.0-liter Drive E engines as well as a plug-in hybrid variant. The new 8-speed automatic gearbox is a given on all variants.


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