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Eventually, Atillo was drawn back to work with her family as a third generation furniture maker rooted in the Philippines. As creative director of her family's furniture business and mentored by her father, Atillo designed & developed furniture collections for Pier 1 Imports, Stanley, Bassett, Hammary & many others.
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WHITTIER, Calif. – For the first time in his career senior guard Louis Kurihara (Culver City, Calif.) has received recognition on an All-SCIAC team being named to the 2nd Team announced by the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) office Thursday.
Kurihara was the lone four-year letterwinner in this year's senior class and what a final season he had playing in 15 SCIAC contests totaling 216 points within conference play averaging 14.4 points per game. He was the Poets top deep threat knocking down 38 three-pointers, while shooting 40% from deep. He was also at a 47% clip from the field.
Along with his shooting he also added 50 rebounds, 18 assists, and 15 steals. Within SCIAC he ranked No. 4 in three-pointers made, No. 9 in three-point percentage, No. 4 in free-throw percentage, No. 1 in assist to turnover ratio, No. 15 in points, and No. 13 in points per game.
During SCIAC play he registered double digit scoring efforts on 11 different occasions, which included seven straight games. His highest scoring mark was 23 points against Cal Lutheran on January 31 when he shot 69% from the field with five three-pointers. During the year he was named the SCIAC Athlete of the Week twice and has two game winning shots on his record, coming against Redlands on January 27 and again on February 10 on the road against Occidental.


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Joseph Le Bihan, né le  à Locarn, est un économiste et enseignant français. Il est cofondateur de l'Institut de Locarn et professeur honoraire de géostratégie à HEC-ISA.

Biographie

Formation et carrière professionnelle
Originaire du lieu-dit Kerhunou, sur la commune de Locarn dans le Poher (Centre Bretagne), Joseph Le Bihan est diplômé de Sciences Po Paris (section internationale). Après une carrière de chercheur économiste à l'INRA, puis de directeur du Laboratoire de prospective économique des industries agricoles et alimentaires, Joseph Le Bihan intègre une cellule de renseignement de l'OTAN. Au cours de cette période, il parcourt le monde en particulier l'Asie et l'URSS. En 1974, il entame une carrière d'enseignant-formateur au HEC-ISA devenu le MBA d'HEC Paris, au CRC et au club des APM du CNPF. Il fonde, en association avec une dizaine d'entreprises françaises, le club Argos d'information économique internationale.

L'Institut de Locarn
À partir de 1986, il contribue avec Jean-Pierre Le Roch, fondateur des Mousquetaires, à la création de l'Institut de Locarn. Ce think-tank breton est inauguré les 23 et  par l'archiduc Otto de Habsbourg et le président du Conseil régional de Bretagne Yvon Bourges en présence de 850 personnes. Il en est aujourd'hui l'âme et le président du comité stratégique.

Expert en prospective économique, Joseph Le Bihan est . Expert des dynamiques territoriales dans le contexte de mondialisation, il publie, en 1993, Genèse de l'Europe unifiée dans le nouveau monde du XXIe siècle. Son objectif déclaré c'est d'en finir avec l'héritage de la Révolution française, le syndicalisme, la laïcité : « Nous allons réintégrer cette Europe de la civilisation et de la propreté qui existe déjà en Allemagne, en Suisse et dans certains pays nordiques. ».

En 2015, il contribue à la création, au sein de l'Institut de Locarn, de l'Observatoire Jules Verne de prospective économique, conçu pour accueillir des thésards et des experts du monde entier avec pour objectif de réfléchir à la place de la Bretagne dans le monde globalisé et de porter des projets innovants en particulier pour les territoires ruraux.

Distinctions
Joseph Le Bihan a été distingué par l'Institut culturel de Bretagne pour son œuvre en faveur de la Bretagne en recevant en 2011 le collier de l'ordre de l'Hermine.

Notes et références

Lien externe
  Site officiel de l'Institut de Locarn

Institut de Locarn
Titulaire de l'ordre de l'Hermine
Naissance en mars 1930
Naissance dans les Côtes-du-Nord

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Whatever the weather, meteorologists Kaiti Blake and Sarah Spivey have it covered on the local news -- for about three minutes in between commercial breaks.
Rarely do they have enough time to explain weather phenomena in depth.
"Kaiti and I love explaining the weather to viewers, but sometimes, we just don't have enough time in the newscast," Spivey said. "A podcast is a great way to connect with our viewers and help explain wacky weather! Sometimes, if the weather makes national news, like a tornado outbreak, we'll spend an episode recapping the event in more detail."
On Whatever the Weather, these "weather gals" dig deeper and tell you all you want to know about Mother Nature – from tornadoes to freezing rain to climate change.
"We also talk a little about our lives on TV each week, whether it be something weird that happened to us, or a funny comment we got," said Kaiti Blake. "We also share some of the struggles of being a woman on TV, and we hope that helps our listeners learn a little more about us, too."
"In each episode, we'll talk about a specific weather phenomenon like hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning, hail, snow, etc," Spivey said. "First, we talk about the science behind the phenomenon. Then, we'll chat about interesting historical events around the weather phenomenon. Finally, we talk about what our week was like on television."
"In order to make the podcast more visual, Kaiti and I run an Instagram page @whatevertheweatherpod where we post pictures related to what we talk about," Spivey said. "We've also started to film our conversations. Episodes air Wednesdays, and typically last 25-45 minutes."
"You can listen to the podcast on several platforms, but you can now watch episodes, too," Blake said. "We're now visually recording each episode, and the videos can be found on ksat.com."
You can now listen to *and* watch @KSATSarahSpivey and I's weekly podcast, #WhateverTheWeather!


In the TRANSrisk project, case studies are done to analyse low-emission transitions can be achieved within the domestic contexts of countries. For such analyses, both quantitative and qualitative analytical tools are used. For example, with help of models, positive and negative impacts of a low-emission pathway for the country can be assessed, thereby assuming implementation of clean technologies at a certain scale. Qualitative tools help to assess aspects that are more difficult to quantify, and therefore often not covered by models. An objective of TRANSrisk is to integrate quantitative tools with qualitative tools for improved analysis.
In order to practice with an integrated approach with qualitative and quantitative tools, the TRANSrisk team organised a training workshop in Athens (Greece) in March 2016. At this workshop, TRANSrisk partners took part in a roleplay session in which they acted as stakeholders in a decision-making process and were asked to respond to a respond to a research question, using H-diagram (see picture below) as qualitative and the MEMO model as quantitative tool (MEMO is a large scale, multisector, dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, constructed by IBS in Poland for climate policy assessment). Based on stakeholders' response, which reflected their positions, interests and preferences, additional research questions were formulated. For example, should energy efficiency be stimulated at a larger scale, what would be implications for employment in energy-intensive and other sectors? These additional research questions were discussed with the modeller, after which the model simulations could begin to explore answers to the questions raised. Answers were then presented to the stakeholders.
A next example of integrating stakeholder consultation with modelling has been applied by partners BC3 and JIN to explore how stakeholder engagement can support scenario development and pathway design for a low-emission and climate resilient future. For that, stakeholder preferences have been collected through an international stakeholder consultation (mostly representing international organisations). Stakeholders' views as expressed via the survey have subsequently been used as an input for model-based scenarios. These scenarios will, in a next stage of the project, be communicated with stakeholders to see whether stakeholder opinions change after the results of the scenarios have been presented to them.
Another area in TRANSrisk where integration of qualitative and quantitative tools can produce enhanced insights is that of risk and uncertainty determination. In the case study analysis two categories are considered: risk that a low-emission pathway will not be (successfully) implemented (implementation risk); and the risk that a pathway may have negative impacts to the rest of society (consequential risks). Implementation risks could be assessed, for example, by using the qualitative, participatory tool of system mapping, which would help to identify potential system barriers and assess to what extent these barriers could imply a risk of unsuccessful implementation of the pathway. Models could also be used for assessing implementation risks, especially when these can be quantified, such as implementation costs. Consequential risks could be quantified using a model, thereby assuming a certain implementation scale of the pathways, after which qualitative tools can be used to assess the risks and their acceptability or not.
The potential complementarity of quantitative and qualitative tools for low-emission pathway development will be tested and evaluated in the TRANSrisk case study analysis. Quantitative tools are used, among others, for making business-as-usual scenarios and scenarios which assume achieving a longer-term climate and/or sustainable development goal, and assessing implementation of low-emission options as part of these scenarios. Qualitative tools are used for identifying stakeholder preferences, public acceptance of low-emission options and analysing systems and required system improvement for successful implementation of low-emission pathways.
Insights gained from TRANSrisk and its case studies can be helpful input for developing methodologies for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which are national climate plans that countries must communicate as part of the Paris Agreement. The method used in TRANSrisk for case study analysis has several similar similarities with the type of analysis that is required for formulating NDCs, as TRANSrisk takes the domestic context of a country as a starting point, considers desired socio-economic futures as a basis for low-emission pathways and conducts this analysis in a participatory manner with stakeholder engagement. Therefore, the TRANSrisk methods reflect the bottom-up approach taken by the Paris Agreement for formulating country climate actions towards the 2oC target.
The report can be downloaded from the TRANSrisk website.


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Q: Monthly data in highcharts without explicitly providing all month label I have very simple array to be plotted, monthly, starting from Jan'10.
Following is my data. 0 is for Jan'10, 1 for feb'10 and so on.
data: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

I used the following code, to plot the graph (jsfiddle).
Highcharts.chart('container', {
    xAxis: {
        type: 'datetime'
    },

    plotOptions: {
        series: {
            pointStart: Date.UTC(2010, 0, 1),
            pointInterval: 24 * 3600 * 1000*30 // 30 days
        }
    },

    series: [{
        data: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
    }]
});

This worked fine just one problem.
Problem:
Because I have given time interval to be 30days, second point is having x coordinate to be 31 Jan (instead of expected 1 feb).
Is there a way to tell highcharts that my data is monthly.
One solution I know that will work is explicitly giving each coordinate to highchart as this demo.
 xAxis: {
        categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
    },

But I found out this graph which has yearly data automatically plotted by highcharts without explicitly being given all years on x-axis, explicitly, I am sure there must be a way to do this for monthly data as well.

A: Set pointIntervalUnit to month:
series: [{
    pointStart: Date.UTC(2010, 0, 1),
    pointIntervalUnit: 'month',
    data: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
}]

Live demo: https://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/vezdp4nf/
API Reference: https://api.highcharts.com/highstock/series.column.pointIntervalUnit

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Sompo Canopius AG ("Sompo Canopius") today announces the hire of Bruce Shepherd as Credit & Political Risk Analyst. He will head the credit analysis function in the group's Credit, Political and Crisis division.
Bruce is an experienced credit analyst with a specialisation in complex, structured credit risk in industrialised and emerging markets, as well as an underwriting background. He joins from QBE and will be reporting to Bernie de Haldevang.


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October | Volume 44 | Number 5
Simulation Software Survey — Simulation: new and improved reality show
Omnipresent software provides a cost-effective, powerful tool for model building that is only limited by imagination.
By James J. Swain
The idea of simulation is now a part of our culture. For example, the popular "Matrix" movies had it that our perceived reality was actually a simulation, while a recent episode of the British series "Dr. Who" imagined that the world we knew was a simulation being used by an alien race to fully study our planet and to map out its weaknesses for conquest. Plots could incorporate simulation because the viewers were already familiar with the concept. In fact, this seems to have spawned a recurring question on the Quora website about the possibility that we are, in fact, living in a simulation.
Movies are not the only exposure that we have to simulation in popular culture. Surely everyone is familiar with various computer games in which some world is experienced through simulation. The gaming industry is on track to surpass music and movies in monetary value which is further evidence of their importance in media and our shared cultural experience.
Clearly, most people are both familiar and comfortable with the notion of simulation, accepting that we can use computer software to make a sufficiently realistic rendering of the world as it is or as it might be (zombies!) to explore, to manipulate or simply to entertain. The boundaries to that world will continue to blur, since VR technology may soon allow us to walk around within a simulated world rather than view it from a stationary game or computer screen. At that point, we may have to provide ourselves with a cue to remind ourselves when we are in reality and when in a simulation.
The products that we survey here are designed for a more mundane but critical purpose – to provide business, industry and government agencies the tools to explore, quantify and optimize systems of all kinds. Whether the application is a factory or a port, data center or hospital, local or worldwide logistics system, or military operations, simulation provides the ability to realistically represent and then experiment with myriad systems. An examination of the vendor websites provides a wide catalog of applications for these and other applications.
Of course, computer-based simulation is an immense field that spans continuous simulations such as missile flight or fluid flow, the cosmically large or the microscopically small. Our focus in this survey is restricted to the realm of discrete-event simulation models that are particularly suited to the operation of discrete parts, patients, vehicles and such in widely divergent fields as manufacturing, healthcare and other services settings, as well as logistics, transportation or military operations to name a few areas of application.
This survey provides a snapshot of a vital and robust area of simulation analysis software. The vendors document both the growth and sophistication of their tools. Of perhaps greater interest is to examine the case studies and the white papers that many provide, demonstrating how the tools were successfully applied and the benefits that were obtained from the effort. These materials are available on their respective websites.
The Value of Simulation
For over half a century, simulation has grown as a tool because it provides us with a cost-effective and immensely powerful instrument for model building that is only limited by imagination. Simulation has grown with the capability of computers, programming tools, graphical representation and algorithms to support these areas. It was recognized quite early that computers would be ideal for implementing simulations. Of course, what began as a tool for analysis has morphed into a vehicle for entertainment through gaming, and the explosive (and lucrative) growth in that area has propelled further developments in simulation generally.
Beside the growth in simulation tools, we have witnessed a steady growth in the body of knowledge about simulation and the organization of simulations. Data is more accessible and more readily incorporated into models and increasing the level of detail that can be represented. And, of course, simulation tools incorporate the lessons of the experience in the field. Meanwhile, enabling technologies, such as random number generation, have steadily improved over the decades. The state of the art in random number generation provides virtually unlimited, high-quality random numbers.
Another reason that simulation is so valuable is that experimentation with the real world is rarely feasible. This is especially true both for the military operations and in aircraft trainers – you can walk away from both a lost simulated battle and a simulated crash, after all. But even in a real system, there are economic and practical limitations to the amount of experimentation that is tolerable. Plant managers have their quotas and deadlines, for instance. Most of all, simulation can be applied to systems that have not yet been fielded. Simulation has been successful because it is possible to build simulation models that are sufficiently valid and credible for an analysis to be useful in all of these cases.
One of the primary advantages of simulation is that it is a constructive tool. Simulation models attempt to reproduce the states and trajectories of the actual system, using the procedures that the real system would use. This has many advantages. First, it means that model building is based upon a description of the process that is already available or would be a part of any design. Second, it can be efficient, since many modeling languages have evolved generalized constructs or modules such as servers or workstations that fit many modeling situations, or have evolved specialized instances applicable to particular fields such as manufacturing or healthcare, with specialized logic and animation built in.
Constructive models are certainly easier to understand and to explain. While a queueing formula may provide a prediction of the mean waiting time in a queue, its derivation is opaque to most clients and its application is limited. A simulation model provides a statistical estimate, but in most cases, it is feasible to obtain precise estimates (as well as estimates of the precision). Having a flexible tool that can be applied in a wide variety of modeling scenarios is worth the loss of having an exact solution.
Another critical advantage of constructive models is that they generate the states of the system as they would evolve. This state information can be used to drive the animation and permits detailed analysis, including detailed statistical observations about the system. Of course, the former provides a powerful starting point for both validation and user credence. Providing a visually accurate portrayal of the system in question gives increased confidence in any analysis derived from the model. It also can be used to give snapshots about specific examples of typical or worst-case behavior that can be examined in detail.
Animation also can be useful as a tool to facilitate communication and understanding among team members, who often come from different disciplines and backgrounds. Given the widespread familiarity with simulation games, it is likely that simulation tools cannot afford to be without animation output for any model. Many of the tools in this survey provide libraries of images that allow the realistic portrayal of equipment, parts or people to make the visualization accurate. Most now provide 3-D animation that can be examined from different viewpoints and at various levels of detail. Here simulation benefits from the great strides made in the gaming industry for representation and perhaps the growth of graphics processors on home computers for gamers.
Improvements in programming increasingly allow models to include increased decision-making within the model. For instance, models can incorporate externally linked software for dynamic scheduling. Likewise, simulations increasingly include the ability to provide customers (and other objects) with decision capabilities or to interact with each other. As an example, for simulations that include pedestrian flow, more realistic routes can be plotted. And in a simulation in which an emergency evacuation is to be studied, being able to portray crowding or panic would be an important part of the model.
It has long been appreciated that the constructive approach allows a more detailed analysis of the system statistics. Whereas the queueing formula may be limited to a prediction of the mean, in the simulation model it is possible to observe the variability of the response, not to mention relations among different statistics. This is just the beginning of the possibilities! Increasingly it has been noted that analytics and simulation might be good partners. Simulation can provide detailed data that can now be stored and accessed for insights using the tools of analytics, both within simulation replications and between different scenarios or cases.
Once a valid and credible model has been built, it can be used for experimentation and optimization. In the former case, many of the simulation tools have the capability of generating experimental results automatically. They are sometimes called scenario generators or experiments. That is, the user can specify the parameters values to be run, and the complete set of replications can be performed automatically, with the results available as a group. The results can then be compared graphically and statistically. In most cases, the results can be exported for a more detailed analysis using statistical software.
Once a simulated process has been developed, it is frequently (and naturally) desirable to optimize the process or to seek out the best from among specific options. Optimizers such as OptQuest usually use heuristic approaches (e.g., Tabu search) that seem to work well where little can be assumed about the simulation responses. Optimization is used when the possible scenarios are too numerous to compare directly, so an algorithm is used to search among the parameter values to obtain improved responses. Various ranking and selection methods can be used when there are a fixed number of alternatives to compare to obtain the best solution. These algorithms are often sequential in nature, determining the number of replications necessary to make a statistically valid decision, depending on how "best" is defined.
Several products have the ability to perform sensitivity analysis on a model scenario given uncertainty in the model parameters. This can be used to determine the parameters that the responses are most sensitive to.
A final reason for simulation success is that the number of people trained in simulation has steadily increased. Most vendors provide discounted student versions of their software and training materials and books for use in the classroom. All industrial engineering programs include simulation in their curriculum, and simulation also is offered in many business and computer science programs as well. Most vendors also have active training programs for new users, with classes available across the world, and many provide blogs, forums and even product-oriented conferences to share experience and new product developments.
The 2017 Survey
This survey is the 11th biennial survey of simulation software for discrete event systems simulation and related products (Swain, 2015 [1]). All product information has been provided by the vendors. Products that run on personal computers to perform discrete-event simulation have been emphasized, since these are the most suitable for usage in management science and operations research. Simulation products whose primary capability is continuous simulation (systems of differential equations observed in physical systems) or training (e.g., aircraft and simulators) are omitted here.
This year's survey includes 44 product listings taken from 26 vendors who submitted survey questionnaires. The range and variety of these products continues to grow, reflecting the robustness of the products and the increasing sophistication of the users. The information elicited in the survey from the vendors is intended to provide a general gauge of the product's capability, special features and usage. This survey includes information about experimental run control (e.g., experimental design and automated scenario run capabilities) and special viewing features, including the ability to produce animations or demonstrations that can run independent of the simulation software itself. A separate directory listing gives contact information for all of the vendors whose products are in the survey. An online version of the survey will include vendors who missed the publishing deadline. Of course, most of the vendors provide their own websites with further details about their products. Many of the vendors also have active user groups that share experience in the specialized use of the software and are provided with special access to training and program updates.
A number of technical and professional organizations and conferences are devoted to the application and methodology of simulation. The INFORMS journals Management Science, Operations Research and Interfaces publish articles on simulation. The INFORMS Simulation Society sponsors simulation sessions at the national INFORMS meeting and makes awards for both the best simulation publication and recognition of service in the area, including the Lifetime Achievement Award for service to the area of simulation. Further information about the Simulation Society can be obtained from the website http://connect.informs.org/simulation/home. This site also contains links to many vendors of simulation products and sources of information about simulation, simulation education and references about simulation. The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (www.scs.org) is devoted to all aspects of simulation. Its conferences include three multi-conferences in the spring, summer and autumn that cover all aspects of simulation practice and theory. The AlaSim International Conference is a relatively new conference hosted in Huntsville, Ala., with a focus on DOD and other government applications of simulation. The next conference is scheduled for October 2017.
The INFORMS Simulation Society and the Society for Modeling and Simulation are both sponsors of the annual Winter Simulation Conference (see page 32). This year's conference is the 50th Anniversary conference and will be held Dec. 3-6 in Las Vegas. Further information and registration information is available from the site www.wintersim.org. This site also links to the complete contents of the Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference from 1968 to 2016 for ready access to research and applications of simulation.
James J. Swain (swainjj@uah.edu) is a professor in, and chair of, the ISEEM department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Swain, J. J., "Simulation software survey: Simulated worlds," OR/MS Today, Vol. 42, No. 5, October 2015, pp. 36-49.
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Location: No.5-15 Dongzhimen Neidajie, Dongcheng District.
Traktirr Pushkin is one of the best traditional Russian restaurants, the first Russia restaurant Traktirr is set up by a Russia business man in 1994, then in 2005, there appeared the Traktirr Pushkin in Dongzhimen Chaoyang District, designed by an interior designer from Russia, and the restaurant is recognized as the most beautiful, the most classic Russian style restaurant, you are exposed here in a lively environment with red, yellow, green colors, there on the wall printed Russian fairy tales make you stay to imagine.
It attracted many customs rang from embassy officials to other ordinary people with the family style dishes and warm services. Don't worry about you could not used to the Russia flavor, owing to the diversity dishes made according to different countries flavor can meet your taste.
The most popular Russia traditional soup – red soup, the best known Russian salad -- Capital salad, the crispy delicious Chicken Kiev Volume, fresh and tender Russian type fresh beef stew, all of these are worthy to have a taste by yourself.
There are two floors in Traktirr Pushkin, two VIP rooms in first floor, you will be enjoying in a time staggered space in the hall with LCD TV, long table, fireplaces, mirrors, murals in. the VIP room can accommodate 25 people in max. The Russia style garden at semi-underground is an ideal place to take a party or to meet friends.


VANCOUVER, CANADA – ATP Challenger tour round up of action including Dan Evans, Liam Broady & Kyle Edmund.
After a long lay off due to injury Evans played a few ITF events to get back playing, and to start rising up the rankings again, leading led to a succession of great results including final appearances.
Evans progressed through the qualifying rounds without too much trouble, taking out the second seed in the final qualifying round in straight sets. Coming back from a break down in the first set, the Brit was soon in control taking the first set 6-4. The second set was very much one way traffic as Evans dominated the second seed, not letting him win a single game on the way to a bagel (6-0) and easily making the main draw. The last time Evans was in a Challenger main draw was a year ago, at the same event.
Broady was playing his first round match at the same event. Drawing Karen Khachanov the young 19-year-old Russian, this was going to be a tricky match. Broady the slightly higher ranked player had the higher first serve percentage in the first set at 73%, however won only 59% of points behind his serve. The Russian had higher stats and this was borne out with the youngster taking the first set 6-4 despite the Brits best efforts. The second set was much the same with Broady trying to get something on the Russian serve. Ultimately the Russian was just that little bit better and took the set 6-3 to knock Broady out.


As I walked around Alajuela, Costa Rica yesterday, my thoughts and feelings were in opposition. On one hand, I was focused on being very, very careful. Being a woman, walking around a strange city all alone and not speaking the language (not to mention the glaring lack of street signs anywhere, plus my lack of a cell phone with International capabilities), I knew I had to be extra careful. I kept my purse tightly under my arm and held onto the straps as an extra measure. When I took my camera out to grab some pictures, I was quick about it and then shoved it deep down into my purse as soon as I was finished. I was completely aware of what was happening around me, who was walking behind me and who was walking towards me. My eyes were constantly scanning the area: there was no daydreaming as I walked through town because I needed to keep myself safe. I was actually a little fearful, the deeper into town I walked. I wasn't sure if I was in an area that was known for being safe or dangerous. Not knowing the language didn't help matters at all.
On the other hand, even with all of my worry about staying safe and the precautions I had to take that kept me figuratively closed up, I felt an incredible sense of openness and freedom. THIS is what I have always wanted to do. Exploring new places, especially foreign countries, excites me tremendously. I thought a lot about the travel brochures and magazines I used to hoard in high school. I spent hours flipping through their glossy, colorful pages, imagining myself in every setting, experiencing all of the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes. Yesterday it was especially wonderful to realize that, with the boys being nearly grown, I'll be able to accompany Jim on lots of other trips in the future.
That brings me back to the language barrier. I feel very much underwater on that, and I don't like that feeling. Though I do not expect to visit other countries and suddenly discover that everyone speaks fluent English, I have been admittedly surprised that so far, beyond the hotel, I have found very few people who speak even a little bit. Related: it makes me feel like I'm missing a piece of this trip, not being able to attempt to speak their language.
All three of my visits to Germany (Frankfurt 1983, Dresden 2006, & Munich 2010) were spectacular, but just on the basis of "language" I found Dresden to be the most fun because I was challenged in such a way that I could take action. I speak German (not fluently but definitely enough to get by), and visiting a town that is full of folks who don't speak English (mainly because Dresden used to be part of East Germany and so there are fewer English-speaking citizens) gave me a chance to stretch my German language muscles.
Here in Costa Rica, "por favor" and "gracias" just don't cut it. I can't pick words out and try and translate based on context…NOTHING. There are so many places in the world where Spanish is spoken–and, I might add, that it is highly likely the next time I accompany Jim on a business trip it will be to Mexico–that I have decided to take action.
I plan to start learning Spanish again. I took class that one year in high school but most of it left my brain long ago, so I will start over. I want to show respect to the people whose countries I visit by attempting to communicate with them in their own language, not my own. I'm not going to go whole-hog or officially enroll in a class; I plan to learn gradually, on my own. I downloaded a "Spanish for travelers" app on my iPad already and will start with the basics. (Baby steps!) Arming myself with the most basic of phrases for the next trip will truly add another dimension to my travel experience. I can't wait to begin.
Great plan! I agree that it's totally respectful to find a way to communicate with locals in THEIR language as opposed to expecting then to know ours.
Great idea. I take spanish aerobics in the elementary school with the kindergarteners! It's a riot! So glad that you are keeping yourself safe AND having fun!!!
Melisa, Alexandra and I can help you out. That's what was missing in our auditions. We should have made our comments to each other only in Spanish. Just kidding! In all seriousness, it is hard work for me to continue to maintain my language. I need to make the effort more to speak Spanish.
I was in Costa Rica last year for vacation with my family – different area than you are presently in – but I found the people to be very warm — I think you should be okay walking about yourself(unless you have been warned already – just roll your eyes at me 🙂 ) Most of all – HAVE FUN – SOAK UP THE SUN!!!
I so agree with you about speaking the language when you visit another country. I don't speak French fluently, but I always bone up a little on my French whenever we go to Paris, and I would do that for any other country, as well. I do think it demonstrates respect, and I have had some great experiences from at least trying to speak the language and knowing enough of the language to be polite. I once walked into a FNAC store in Paris and said, "Bonjour!", and the young male salesclerk put his hand up to his ear, grimaced (sort of with a smile) and said, "Americain!" I asked him how he knew and how it should be said. He proceeded to instruct me in how the French say it, and after I finally said it to his satisfaction, he smiled and said, "Ah, the French touch." 🙂 Another time, a waiter took time out of his very busy schedule to instruct me in how to say, "Bonne Journee!" or Have a good day. Learning another language can only enhance our experience of another country.
I took French in high school and hated it. I plan to encourage my kids to take Spanish if it's offered because I just think it would be SO more useful!
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Sailing the River Rhine Part 9: Cologne's Tribute to Roman Medicine
In the shadow of Cologne's famous cathedral is a museum that will enthrall scientists and physicians.
Marcus Pohl is one of the guest lecturers Uniworld has chosen to help us on our river boat understand the history of those lands that the 361-foot-long River Queen is sailing past. Pohl's slide had introduced us to the role the Roman Empire played in the development of what is now Western Europe. Rome's presence is everywhere, especially in the vineyards. It makes sense that if European mothers fed their small children wine because the water supply was so polluted then Roman consuls would have similar concerns. Rome knew, two millennia before Napoleon, that an army does march on its stomach.
Cologne like London was badly bombed and damaged in World War II, but imagine the elation of archaeologists when during the construction of an air-raid shelter in 1941 workers discovered the Dionysus (Roman: Bacchus) mosaic floor of a 3rd century AD Roman villa beside the cathedral. The mosaic floor could not be moved safely so the new Roman-Germanic Museum of Cologne that arose in 1974 was built around and above its mosaic floor. Although the museum has the world's largest collection of Roman glass at the time of our visit in late 2015 it had a fascinating temporary exhibition of medical practices in Roman times.
The 3rd century mosaic floor, discovered in 1941, could not be moved so the Germans built a Roman museum on top of it.
The museum is in the shadow of Cologne Cathedral but to many scientists the museum is the more exciting of the two famous structures. It's more authentic, more interesting, and better explained. The entrance has a statue of Asclepius. It's a Roman 2nd century AD copy (owned by the Academic Art Museum of Bonn University) of a 4th century BC Greek original now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. This entryway hints at the exciting medical exhibits that are on display beyond.
The entrance.
Medical students have seen quite a few skulls in their life but two here are different and surely older than theirs. One is from a woman whose skeleton was discovered by archeologists in a grave in Southern Roman Cologne and shows a skull trephined in the 3rd century unsuccessfully because the sharp edges of the hole show she did not survive. The other is, again, a female skull, from the 5th century and found in Crimea. This was a time when the Huns invading Europe brought Asian customs to "improve" female beauty such as binding the infant skull which concept failed to harm the person because the brain is so plastic and malleable. Those customs were readily adopted by some of the Germanic tribes, especially the Alemanni.
The skulls.
People were superstitious—both physician and patient. The image here is of a Roman wounded in battle and his 1st century funeral monument suggests he was sure his physician would pull him though.
The "sacred snake" of Asclepius was a complicated legend as it became one of the symbols of the physician—though advertisements today for doctors, even those who are genuine physicians, often show the incorrect double snake on a staff. European biologists and archeologists now claim to have identified the snake as not Zamenis longissimus or the "Aesculapean snake" but as Elaphe quatuorlineata or "four-lined snake." We had never seen such academic claims in museums before and are surprised to find it an issue as surely the belief that Asclepius traveled from Epidaurus to Rome in the form of a snake in 293 BC is a legend not a reality! The Roman writer, Pliny, however writes that "the four-lined" snake is very peaceful, non-poisonous, can be kept as a pet and is particularly fond of birds' eggs, which is maybe why it is represented that way in this museum.
Sirona and her snake.
This exhibit dating to the second half of the 2nd century shows the statue of Sirona, the indigenous Celtic goddess of healing that was found in Hochschied in Bernkastel, the Rhine town we visited a week ago. Her divine sister was the Greek Hygeia and here she is depicted wearing Roman Clothing. Her snake is around her arm and is being pointed towards the eggs in her feeding bowl.
Many of the 2nd century exhibits have been discovered in local ancient graves and identified from their contents as marking the deceased as physicians. But study of the graves has proven more illuminating. It has made us aware of the religious superstitions of the people of that time, even persons who might have been better educated than indigenous tribes. Here for example are the displays of several graves of physicians.
Those graves, that show the beliefs of Rhine dwellers in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, indicate their certainty there was an afterlife. Friesenplatz lies about 120 miles to the north-northwest of Bingen (a vast distance in those Roman times) but there is some similarity in what each physician wanted in his grave, mostly possessions that would maintain his comfort.
The Friesenplatz doctor had an oil bottle and a comb-like strigil for personal grooming and some knives, some with ivory handles and silver sleeves. The Bingen grave offered more; it contained more than 60 medicine-related items including crown saws for trephining a skull.
This grave contained an ophthalmologist seal to identify his conjunctivitis ointments. But glass pots, bronze probes, iron chisels, and bone levers suggest he also handled general medical problems beyond the eye. The reddish brown tile at the top of the image that covered his cremation pit has a dog's footprints on it to give it "magic" protection for his grave. So not only did they believe in an afterlife that would benefit from a comb but that a dog's food pads would protect his grave by magic! But surely today's service dogs protect their owners — and this was a civilization 2,000 years ago that built four-story-high aqueducts still standing today and had running water toilets at a time my ancestors (the Scots) were running around wearing furs with faces painted blue
The many instruments in this 3rd century Cologne grave, so varied and of such high quality: handles with inlaid silver, dainty forceps, and, finally, a bronze hair pin show this was the grave of a female surgeon.
This 3rd century Cologne grave reveals the deceased was a barber. It's not clear if this is on display by a German museum curator who has a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor or whether it's a reminder to American physician visitors that in European medieval times barbers were the surgeons and all the better because their heads were not filled with the academic nonsense of the day. Typical barber tools were found in this grave: a razor with a bronze handle, a large and small pair of iron scissors, and a large pair of bronze tongs with an iron hinge used to pluck out hairs
This grave, dug in the middle of the 1st century AD in Roman Cologne was modest as was typical of the time. It contained a clay lamp, some glass vessels, and three coins. Some of the instruments had silver inlay and a rich relief decoration. The wooden casket was almost totally disintegrated. It was a simple array. However, the reduced size of images on smart phones may make the museum placards too small to read
The museum information placard is shown here in its entirety for the interest of our dentist readers.
I have photographed the museum placard also for the exhibit "Surgeon, Internist and apothecary" because it so clearly describes the display in the glass cabinet.
The image explains the contents in a neutral, non-judgmental way but to a physician old enough to have outlived most of his friends from the 1958 Edinburgh med school class, it may be sending a message to a younger generation. I recall those young UK house doctors who took a stand in the late 20th century against their medical school professors in British socialized hospitals and said they knew they, the house officers, were losing out on learning the "longitudinal aspects of illness" but they wanted regular hours and a balance in their lives. But those protesting doctors may not have realized how long-established the medical workload was. It was seemingly killing off over-ambitious surgeons at an early age way back in the 3rd century.
It seems to be saying here lies a wealthy successful surgeon whose life did not have balance.
Will our young physicians get that message?
Photography by the author.
The Andersons, who live in San Diego, are the resident travel & cruise columnists for Physician's Money Digest. Nancy is a former nursing educator, Eric a retired MD. The one-time president of the New Hampshire Academy of Family Physicians, Eric is the only physician in the Society of American Travel Writers. He has also written five books, the last called The Man Who Cried Orange: Stories from a Doctor's Life.


Are computer games damaging your child's health?
oungsters who play endless computer games could be stunting their brain development and risk becoming more violent, say scientists.
According to a new study, teenagers who play such games only use parts of the brain linked to vision and movement. This, in turn, means other parts of their brains are left underdeveloped - which may lead to violent behaviour.
By contrast teenagers who carry out simple arithmetic exercises also use the part of the brain most associated with learning and self control.
Evidence already shows that computer games are linked to aggression. But it was previously thought that the violence was a psychological result of playing computer games, rather than biological.
In the latest study Professor Ryuta Kawashima from Tohoku University in Japan found that the frontal lobe of the brain plays an important role in learning - and in turn works hard at keeping behaviour in check. This, he says, could explain why small children often do things they shouldn't - because their brains are undeveloped.
He found that activities such as arithmetic thicken certain fibres connecting neurons in the brain which in turn strengthen learning and behaviour patterns. As a result, he concluded that the more the brain is stimulated, the more fibres are thickened - and the greater ability a child has to learn and control behaviour.
Students involved in the research were given small doses of a radioactive drug - like a dye - which allowed a scanner to map out a colourful image of their brains at work. The more activity that took place in the brain the redder the image.
The results showed there was a much higher level of brain activity during arithmetic compared with when watching computer games - particularly in the areas of the brain associated with learning.
Professor Kawashima has also shown that arithmetic stimulates greater brain activity in children than listening to music or reading. In particular, reading out loud can help stimulate activity in the frontal lobe.


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'Rip up this Redress': Sex abuse survivor's tearful encounter with 'token gesture' scheme
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News National 'Rip up this Redress': Sex abuse survivor's tearful encounter with 'token gesture' scheme
10:11pm, Mar 29, 2019 Updated: 10:04am, Jan 13
Georgie Burg attended a roundtable on the National Address Scheme on Thursday.
Georgie Burg
Georgie Burg is a child sex abuse survivor who last year jailed pedophile Anglican priest John Philip Aitchison.
She hoped to deliver this speech on Thursday when she attended a government roundtable on the National Redress Scheme, attended by Social Services Minister Paul Fletcher.
Despite not being eligible, she had called the Redress hotline to see how it functions for survivors. What she found, she says, was not acceptable and she aims to improve the process.
On the day of George Pell's sentencing, I sat in a similar meeting room – this time for the National Office of Child Safety, discussing the implementation of the recommendations from the royal commission. I was missing my daughter's 18th birthday to be there, on a day we know was loaded with meaning for survivors like me.
I was glad then and proud too, about what I did over Christmas last year, putting together a list of questions that I think a survivor would want to know about the National Redress Scheme. I'm not eligible for redress, I'm not a paid employee or affiliated with anyone. It's too late for my family and me. There is nothing for me to gain.
I couldn't find an email for the Redress scheme. I don't have the contacts to know who to talk to, so I simply called the hotline.
What happened next was so awful it has profoundly affected the way I see the people in this room and the leaders of our country, including Social Services Minister Paul Fletcher.
Within a minute of calling Redress, I experienced the automated clinical voice so familiar to Centrelink callers. The operator quickly began probing me to 'share' my personal story with her, demanding it was mandatory for her to help.
I asked her what training she had as a front-line worker and she defensively replied that all Redress staff had received a comprehensive training session. She again demanded that I tell her my story, telling me that the privacy of survivors was their utmost concern.
I began to cry. Like at the trial a few months earlier, I was being forced to tell a stranger what was done to me. It was re-victimising, re-traumatising and completely unnecessary. I did this for you, to be valuable to you.
Georgie Burg doesn't know where she'd be if she hadn't met her husband Phil when she was 22.
At last, after putting me on hold twice, she gave me an email address that I could send my questions to.
The email bounced back. It was a dead link.
I went and threw up. I asked myself why I was putting myself through this, why it has to be me, why I want to be here so badly. Like when I was 13, fighting for my life, I decided to be brave. And then I called again. Believe me, it was bloody hard to do.
This time a man answered. Again, in under a minute, he asked me to share my story with him, so that he could be better informed on how to help me.
Whilst this man was more sympathetic and was demonstrably concerned at the dead email link, I was again forced to say the words. Twice in one morning to re-live my story, to justify my inclusion at this roundtable. I bit my tongue so hard that blood rolled down my throat.
After a period on hold, I was told the only option was to put the questions in the auto-fill contact form. He was confident that because I was a member of this panel, it would be prioritised, with a fast response.
He was wrong. It took a month for a response, a cut-and-pasted reply that began with the error "Good morning afternoon", with a signature that said it was from the "Refrom Group". No survivor would accept the 'answers' I was given, because they said precisely nothing.
Do not tell me that you will 'take note' of this.
If you are human beings, you will look at me, you will hear my voice, see the cost of this, the humiliation of what that was like for me.
We will leave this room today and go our separate ways.
Tonight, I'll sit in the darkness of the paddock beside my house and hold my dog, wondering what sort of prime minister and opposition leader would allow department staff to do this to survivors.
You have your token gesture of a Redress Scheme, where you can say you're 'doing something'. But you have no right to try to reframe this so that you can feel better about yourselves.
I would rather stay number 577 – anonymous in the royal commission's Book of Messages held at the National Library – than hear you say my name. Start saying the names of survivors whose experience of bravery far outweigh anything you have achieved. Rip up this Redress Scheme and start again. Give survivors the compensation they deserve.
We aren't stupid. We were children who were raped and abused and somehow some of us survived it.
You're seriously telling me that this is the best you can do?
• Cardinal George Pell was released from prison on April 7, 2020 after the High Court quashed his five convictions for child sexual abuse.
*The speech has been edited for publication
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ENDARA TO RUN AS PANAMA'S "HONEST GOVERNMENT" CANDIDATE
2004 January 20, 15:53 (Tuesday)
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CHIEF | EAGR - Economic Affairs--Agriculture and Forestry | ETRD - Economic Affairs--Foreign Trade | PGOV - Political Affairs--Government; Internal Governmental Affairs | PM - Panama | POL - Political Affairs and Relations | PREL - Political Affairs--External Political Relations
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 PANAMA 000111 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN/BRIGHAM E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/09/2013 TAGS: PGOV, PREL, EAGR, ETRD, PM, POL CHIEF SUBJECT: ENDARA TO RUN AS PANAMA'S "HONEST GOVERNMENT" CANDIDATE Classified By: Ambassador Linda Watt for reasons 1.5 (B) & (D).
SUMMARY ======== 1. (C) Former president Guillermo Endara has mapped a come-from-behind election strategy, positioned himself as the campaign's most serious anti-corruption reformer, derides front-runner Martin Torrijos's lack of experience and ability, and plans tough talks with U.S. negotiators on agriculture on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). In a late-December meeting with EmbOffs, Endara exuded confidence and was untroubled about the gap in election finances between the Torrijos campaign and his own. He cast doubt on the accuracy of the latest Gallup poll, which shows him trailing Torrijos 49%-32%. Endara's campaign team said he said would invite cooperation from a civilian U.S. intelligence agency and planned to work closely with the USG to formulate Panama's national security strategy. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Embassy offers this message as part of its continuing election coverage. Endara, with his vice presidential running mates Billy Ford and Alejandro Posse, and campaign advisor Menalco Solis in tow, met with Pol and Econ Counselors and EmbOffs on December 23 to discuss his campaign. The following is a brief account of Endara's current thinking. "Honesty and Honor" =============== 3. (SBU) Guillermo Endara asserts that his 1989-1994 track record and his campaign proposals make him by far Panama's most plausible anti-corruption candidate. Endara's profile -- "honesty and honor" -- is what the electorate wants. His principal campaign issues are official corruption and the economy and the link between them: Panama will have no rule-of-law as long as corruption persists; foreign investors will leave because they cannot trust the courts; Panama's economy will create few jobs without new investment; Panamanians have lots of money they don't invest because of corruption. But ending corruption in Panama will not be easy; it will require "a fight by brave people." How Endara Would End Official Corruption =============================== 4. (C) If elected, Endara plans to Name as attorney general Mercedes Araz de Grimaldo (an Embassy Centennial International Visitor), who has a reputation for "toughness" and who won a 2003 Integrity Prize from Transparency International's Panama chapter. Introduce laws permitting prosecutors to openly investigate government officials for "illicit enrichment." (Present regulations give many government officials defacto immunity from prosecution.) Support a constituent assembly to rewrite Panama's 1972 dictator-drafted constitution. Campaign to end legislative immunity. ("The legislators have no credibility; they are very corrupt," Endara said, adding "The Supreme Court is worse.") Give citizens the right to request specific information about internal government budgets and personnel by restoring the Transparency Law, rendered toothless by a Moscoso decree. Put an end to "I'll-scratch-your-back-if-you-scratch-mine" politics and to promises by newly elected officials not to prosecute officials from a previous administration. (President Moscoso has been widely accused of entering into just such a pact with Martin Torrijos.) Establish an anti-corruption commission to investigate where things are going wrong and implement its findings, unlike President Moscoso. Come-From-Behind Strategy ===================== 5. (C) Endara plans to win by attracting voters away from Arnulfista candidate Jose Miguel Aleman. An Arnulfista Party founder, Endara says Arnulfistas will vote for him because they see no way of winning with Aleman. If Endara is president, Arnulfistas in government would have a better chance of keeping their jobs than if the PRD sweeps the polls. Endara disbelieves polls showing him trailing front-runner Martin Torrijos 49-32%. Endara claimed that 49% of the vote is improbably high for a PRD candidate, or any candidate. (Note: Under Panama's "first-past-the-post" electoral system, PRD candidate Perez Balladares won the 1994 election with 33% of the popular vote against a badly divided field; in 1999 Mireya Moscoso won with 45% of the vote, while PRD runner-up Martin Torrijos got 38%.) Endara sees no money problems to counter the well-funded PRD. Endara has run campaigns "on a shoe string" before. What's Wrong With Martin =================== 6. (C) Endara admits that Martin Torrijos democratized the PRD and has a name -- Martin's father is former Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos (d. 1981) -- that "is still attractive for some people." But Martin Torrijos (b. 1963) has almost no experience, either as a politician or in private industry. Martin Torrijos has only held one job in his life, managing a McDonald's in Chicago during 1988-1992. Torrijos did serve as vice minister of Government and Justice (1994-1998) under Perez Balladares but "did not shine at all." Someone "close" to Perez Balladares once told Endara, Torrijos "just can't do the work." But Panamanians remember Endara as the man who "saved the country" after the brutal rule of dictators Omar Torrijos and Manuel Noriega. "He got Panama booming again." Endara's campaign (unlike Martin's) does not have to sell "an unknown quantity." Is Endara Competent? ================ 7. (C) Endara ran Panama for five years, which he calls "the best administration since 1968" (the year that the military took power) and says he has the firmest commitment to democracy and is the best defender of civil rights of all the candidates. Though some critics consider his administration to have been honest but inefficient, Endara claims Panamanian society's disarray during his presidency was due to "destape" -- pulling the cork out of a highly pressurized bottle, the rapid decompression of a society with newly restored democratic liberties after two decades of dictatorships. "We May Be Protectionist On Agriculture" ============================== 8. (C) At FTA talks with the USG, Panama under Endara will be somewhat protectionist on agriculture, aiming at self-sufficiency in rice, dairy, pork, and beef, to ensure that Panama provides first for its own people. Posse, Endara's second VP candidate, says he is not against free trade and criticized USG agricultural subsidies. "The FTA must be negotiated and studied. The United States does that. We should do the same." You Can Write Our National Security Plan ============================== 9. (C) An Endara administration would in all likelihood work hand-in-hand with the USG on regional security issue. Endara's campaign has contacted an American consulting firm to draft a plan, concentrating on national security (not internal or public security). The plan will not appear as a campaign document. Once in office, Endara would be disposed to ask the USG to help draft such a plan but prefers the civilian CIA rather than a "uniformed" intelligence service. Comment ======= 10. (C) Endara faces an uphill struggle as he attacks Torrijos's formidable but not insurmountable lead in the polls -- Mireya Moscoso overcame a similar gap in the polls during the final days of the 1999 campaign to best Martin Torrijos. Endara's non-machine third-party candidacy and shoe-string budget may leave him with fewer debts to office seekers or special interests than his major rivals, should he manage to come from behind and win the presidency on May 2. 11. (C) Endara's unshakable commitment to democratic governance, his well-deserved reputation for honesty, and his modest image as a "regular guy" who worried about the welfare of the common people are his greatest assets in a country grown weary of the systematic looting of the public treasury by politicians. He is the campaign's only anti-corruption candidate with real credibility and a proven track record in public office. Despite their campaign pledges, both Torrijos and Aleman are vehicles for political parties (the PRD and the Arnulfistas) that have proved rapacious in defrauding the public trust while in office. But Endara must overcome several negatives, doubts about his competence and ability as an administrator first and foremost. His age (he is pushing 70) will be a factor in youthful Panama, given that his main rival, Martin Torrijos, just turned 40 and is the youngest of the four candidates. (Billy Ford is the same age as Endara.) Endara's health is another issue. Recently diagnosed with diabetes, Endara has shed dozens of pounds, apparently on doctors' orders. 12. (C) Endara's awkward marriage-of-convenience with the Solidarity Party as his political campaign vehicle puts him at odds with the objectives of the party's founder and president, Samuel Lewis Galindo. The two have a curious relationship. Historically a staunch PRD supporter, Lewis Galindo broke away to found Solidarity in 1993. Many have called the party "PRD-lite." The most adamantly anti-PRD candidate in the race, Endara's strange choice of political bedfellow is reason enough to make him blush. 13. (C) But Endara faces other problems, like money. The notoriously thrifty Lewis Galindo is not giving the Endara campaign a dime. In fact, Lewis Galindo may fear losing control over his party in the event of an Endara victory. Lewis Galindo expects Endara to lose but still do well enough to increase Solidarity's (and Lewis Galindo's) influence. If the race is close, Lewis Galindo might try to find covert ways to support Torrijos, who is about to name Lewis Galindo's nephew, Samuel Lewis Navarro (see septel), as his running mate. Yet an Endara supporter who is a high official in the Solidarity Party claims the first thing Endara will do if he becomes president of Panama is expel Mireya Moscoso from the Arnulfista Party and take over himself. (Note: That seems unlikely because it would conflict with the electoral law -- The Arnulfistas expelled Endara for running as the Solidarity Party's candidate.) "Mireya Moscoso will not last two minutes if Endara wins. You will see great changes in Panama if Endara wins," he told Pol Counselor. WATT
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 PANAMA 000111 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN/BRIGHAM E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/09/2013 TAGS: PGOV, PREL, EAGR, ETRD, PM, POL CHIEF SUBJECT: ENDARA TO RUN AS PANAMA'S "HONEST GOVERNMENT" CANDIDATE Classified By: Ambassador Linda Watt for reasons 1.5 (B) & (D). SUMMARY ======== 1. (C) Former president Guillermo Endara has mapped a come-from-behind election strategy, positioned himself as the campaign's most serious anti-corruption reformer, derides front-runner Martin Torrijos's lack of experience and ability, and plans tough talks with U.S. negotiators on agriculture on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). In a late-December meeting with EmbOffs, Endara exuded confidence and was untroubled about the gap in election finances between the Torrijos campaign and his own. He cast doubt on the accuracy of the latest Gallup poll, which shows him trailing Torrijos 49%-32%. Endara's campaign team said he said would invite cooperation from a civilian U.S. intelligence agency and planned to work closely with the USG to formulate Panama's national security strategy. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Embassy offers this message as part of its continuing election coverage. Endara, with his vice presidential running mates Billy Ford and Alejandro Posse, and campaign advisor Menalco Solis in tow, met with Pol and Econ Counselors and EmbOffs on December 23 to discuss his campaign. The following is a brief account of Endara's current thinking. "Honesty and Honor" =============== 3. (SBU) Guillermo Endara asserts that his 1989-1994 track record and his campaign proposals make him by far Panama's most plausible anti-corruption candidate. Endara's profile -- "honesty and honor" -- is what the electorate wants. His principal campaign issues are official corruption and the economy and the link between them: Panama will have no rule-of-law as long as corruption persists; foreign investors will leave because they cannot trust the courts; Panama's economy will create few jobs without new investment; Panamanians have lots of money they don't invest because of corruption. But ending corruption in Panama will not be easy; it will require "a fight by brave people." How Endara Would End Official Corruption =============================== 4. (C) If elected, Endara plans to Name as attorney general Mercedes Araz de Grimaldo (an Embassy Centennial International Visitor), who has a reputation for "toughness" and who won a 2003 Integrity Prize from Transparency International's Panama chapter. Introduce laws permitting prosecutors to openly investigate government officials for "illicit enrichment." (Present regulations give many government officials defacto immunity from prosecution.) Support a constituent assembly to rewrite Panama's 1972 dictator-drafted constitution. Campaign to end legislative immunity. ("The legislators have no credibility; they are very corrupt," Endara said, adding "The Supreme Court is worse.") Give citizens the right to request specific information about internal government budgets and personnel by restoring the Transparency Law, rendered toothless by a Moscoso decree. Put an end to "I'll-scratch-your-back-if-you-scratch-mine" politics and to promises by newly elected officials not to prosecute officials from a previous administration. (President Moscoso has been widely accused of entering into just such a pact with Martin Torrijos.) Establish an anti-corruption commission to investigate where things are going wrong and implement its findings, unlike President Moscoso. Come-From-Behind Strategy ===================== 5. (C) Endara plans to win by attracting voters away from Arnulfista candidate Jose Miguel Aleman. An Arnulfista Party founder, Endara says Arnulfistas will vote for him because they see no way of winning with Aleman. If Endara is president, Arnulfistas in government would have a better chance of keeping their jobs than if the PRD sweeps the polls. Endara disbelieves polls showing him trailing front-runner Martin Torrijos 49-32%. Endara claimed that 49% of the vote is improbably high for a PRD candidate, or any candidate. (Note: Under Panama's "first-past-the-post" electoral system, PRD candidate Perez Balladares won the 1994 election with 33% of the popular vote against a badly divided field; in 1999 Mireya Moscoso won with 45% of the vote, while PRD runner-up Martin Torrijos got 38%.) Endara sees no money problems to counter the well-funded PRD. Endara has run campaigns "on a shoe string" before. What's Wrong With Martin =================== 6. (C) Endara admits that Martin Torrijos democratized the PRD and has a name -- Martin's father is former Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos (d. 1981) -- that "is still attractive for some people." But Martin Torrijos (b. 1963) has almost no experience, either as a politician or in private industry. Martin Torrijos has only held one job in his life, managing a McDonald's in Chicago during 1988-1992. Torrijos did serve as vice minister of Government and Justice (1994-1998) under Perez Balladares but "did not shine at all." Someone "close" to Perez Balladares once told Endara, Torrijos "just can't do the work." But Panamanians remember Endara as the man who "saved the country" after the brutal rule of dictators Omar Torrijos and Manuel Noriega. "He got Panama booming again." Endara's campaign (unlike Martin's) does not have to sell "an unknown quantity." Is Endara Competent? ================ 7. (C) Endara ran Panama for five years, which he calls "the best administration since 1968" (the year that the military took power) and says he has the firmest commitment to democracy and is the best defender of civil rights of all the candidates. Though some critics consider his administration to have been honest but inefficient, Endara claims Panamanian society's disarray during his presidency was due to "destape" -- pulling the cork out of a highly pressurized bottle, the rapid decompression of a society with newly restored democratic liberties after two decades of dictatorships. "We May Be Protectionist On Agriculture" ============================== 8. (C) At FTA talks with the USG, Panama under Endara will be somewhat protectionist on agriculture, aiming at self-sufficiency in rice, dairy, pork, and beef, to ensure that Panama provides first for its own people. Posse, Endara's second VP candidate, says he is not against free trade and criticized USG agricultural subsidies. "The FTA must be negotiated and studied. The United States does that. We should do the same." You Can Write Our National Security Plan ============================== 9. (C) An Endara administration would in all likelihood work hand-in-hand with the USG on regional security issue. Endara's campaign has contacted an American consulting firm to draft a plan, concentrating on national security (not internal or public security). The plan will not appear as a campaign document. Once in office, Endara would be disposed to ask the USG to help draft such a plan but prefers the civilian CIA rather than a "uniformed" intelligence service. Comment ======= 10. (C) Endara faces an uphill struggle as he attacks Torrijos's formidable but not insurmountable lead in the polls -- Mireya Moscoso overcame a similar gap in the polls during the final days of the 1999 campaign to best Martin Torrijos. Endara's non-machine third-party candidacy and shoe-string budget may leave him with fewer debts to office seekers or special interests than his major rivals, should he manage to come from behind and win the presidency on May 2. 11. (C) Endara's unshakable commitment to democratic governance, his well-deserved reputation for honesty, and his modest image as a "regular guy" who worried about the welfare of the common people are his greatest assets in a country grown weary of the systematic looting of the public treasury by politicians. He is the campaign's only anti-corruption candidate with real credibility and a proven track record in public office. Despite their campaign pledges, both Torrijos and Aleman are vehicles for political parties (the PRD and the Arnulfistas) that have proved rapacious in defrauding the public trust while in office. But Endara must overcome several negatives, doubts about his competence and ability as an administrator first and foremost. His age (he is pushing 70) will be a factor in youthful Panama, given that his main rival, Martin Torrijos, just turned 40 and is the youngest of the four candidates. (Billy Ford is the same age as Endara.) Endara's health is another issue. Recently diagnosed with diabetes, Endara has shed dozens of pounds, apparently on doctors' orders. 12. (C) Endara's awkward marriage-of-convenience with the Solidarity Party as his political campaign vehicle puts him at odds with the objectives of the party's founder and president, Samuel Lewis Galindo. The two have a curious relationship. Historically a staunch PRD supporter, Lewis Galindo broke away to found Solidarity in 1993. Many have called the party "PRD-lite." The most adamantly anti-PRD candidate in the race, Endara's strange choice of political bedfellow is reason enough to make him blush. 13. (C) But Endara faces other problems, like money. The notoriously thrifty Lewis Galindo is not giving the Endara campaign a dime. In fact, Lewis Galindo may fear losing control over his party in the event of an Endara victory. Lewis Galindo expects Endara to lose but still do well enough to increase Solidarity's (and Lewis Galindo's) influence. If the race is close, Lewis Galindo might try to find covert ways to support Torrijos, who is about to name Lewis Galindo's nephew, Samuel Lewis Navarro (see septel), as his running mate. Yet an Endara supporter who is a high official in the Solidarity Party claims the first thing Endara will do if he becomes president of Panama is expel Mireya Moscoso from the Arnulfista Party and take over himself. (Note: That seems unlikely because it would conflict with the electoral law -- The Arnulfistas expelled Endara for running as the Solidarity Party's candidate.) "Mireya Moscoso will not last two minutes if Endara wins. You will see great changes in Panama if Endara wins," he told Pol Counselor. WATT
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Local Jam 2016
by Greg Hartman
2016 is the second year of Local Jam, hosted at Sweet River Gardens. The venue also hosts a yearly Fantasy Faire, which is apparent by signage and displays left up in the forest setting. The Colorado River borders the south of the property which boasts a significant beach that invites swimmers and lounging in the sun. The stage area is unfinished wood, with logs serving as seating for the crowd. Other than the generator, amps, and speakers it does feel like a location that could be anywhere, or any time.
The three days of Local Jam, 7/8-7/10
The line up for the festival is impressive, with many acts donating their time, or taking a small pay out. Brian Mora, of the Tankerays, stated that building this community event is more important than getting paid for one night. Other artists shared the view. Aaron Seibert, Jack and Jill guitarist and co-coordinator of Local Jam, sees this as an important growing year that could lead to an annual event that rivals other regional festivals. The first day attendance was slow at first, but by the end of the night attendance was estimated at 160.
Don't feed a wild Snootch. The band made several new fans on Friday.
Day two saw an impressive line up starting at 11 AM with acoustic rock from Tim Jennings, acoustic punk rock from Ryan Harrison, and acoustic singer/songwriter Kyle Harvey. The crowd began to grow with the 4 PM set from LPB and kept going strong through the closing trio of Haven Effect, Jack + Jill and The Wrong Impressions. Lead singer Bridgett Gutierrez of the Wrong Impressions had a stand out performance as dark claimed the gardens, leaping onto speakers and belting out the group's signature high energy rock. Paid attendees topped out at 185, with bands, volunteers, and vendors pushing the total attendance past 200.
Day 3 was an eclectic lineup, with Sobear standing out with his original EDM mixing. The day also saw Hip Hop From Headchang3 and closed with metal rockers Hashkoff. While the heat was high during the day, attendees were treated to the most varied festival line up within the valley. The future looks great for this event as more people get involved and word spreads about the idyllic concert setting.


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Historians Must Contextualize the Election For Voters
tags: historians, American History, Trump, 2020 Election, constitutional history
by Joanne B. Freeman
Joanne B. Freeman, the Class of 1954 Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, is author of "The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War," and a co-host of the American history podcast BackStory.
Historians have been busy in recent months, and for good reason. Almost every day brings a stream of political questions from all quarters: Has this happened before? Is it truly unprecedented? Is it dangerous? What are the implications?
History has been used in two ways to answer these questions. First, it has been yoked to ongoing debates, with public figures deploying historical precedent (imaginary and otherwise) as needed. Front and center in this dialogue have been the Founders, a seemingly uncontestable source of authority for any and every claim.
Second, history has been a shorthand source of consolation in the face of an onslaught of wrongdoing and corruption that is evading, perhaps defeating, the rule of law.
Justice may not prevail at present, this argument goes, but the eyes of history will expose the ugly truth, a phenomenon that Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) branded "history's rebuke."
Historians have played a major role in both conversations. Well aware of the importance of understanding the roots of the current crisis, and faced with an onslaught of bogus historical claims, they've had much to say in the public sphere — and it matters. The New Yorker registered the trend last month with an article on "#twitterstorians," historians on Twitter who engage with one another and with the public to "de-Trumpify American history." There has been blowback against this trend, with some claiming that historians are scholars, not pundits. Others contend scholars who engage with the public aren't "serious" about their work, an idea that is thankfully fading — albeit gradually. But in truth, given the unprecedented nature of our crisis, there could be no better time — indeed, no more urgent a time — for historians to engage the public with gusto.
Read entire article at Washington Post


5,000 miles, 355 trees, over 40 custom lumber pieces later, "Into the Woods" has been recognized with the prix de la Création at the Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival in the Loire Valley of France. Thank you to RAFT Landscape Architecture and FORGE Landscape Architecture for inviting us to be part of their team!
Construction on the landscape is commencing on our Atherton residential project. See below for some of our first site visits and field mock-ups. More to come!
SHED selected for new Bridge Housing project with Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects!
SHED is happy to announce we've begun work on a new Bridge Housing project in collaboration with Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects. This affordable housing project is part of the Bay Meadows development in San Mateo, California. The project will feature an inner courtyard with islands of planting, seating and a children's play area. Stay tuned for updates!
A rendering of the Civic Center Plaza with the temporarily relocated farmer's market, under the cover of a temporary shade canopy.
A plan reflecting the maximum number of potential vendor stalls.
SHED has begun preliminary designs for a custom residential project on the Peninsula. The 1.3-acre site will feature several terraces, an oak and redwood parkland, places for sculpture and an interior courtyard. Landscape construction is to begin in 2017 - stay tuned!
As part of the AIA's Architecture and the City Festival, SHED has partnered with Heart of the City Farmer's Market held in United Nation's Plaza in San Francisco's Civic Center. The design prompt: "How can the design of public space help bring healthy regional food to San Francisco's food deserts?" Come see Jenny Sasson's presentation on September 29th - tickets available here.
Schoolyard Garden Construction to Begin in April!
SHED, in conjunction with a nearby elementary school group, has developed a redesign of an old, dilapidated school garden in Orinda, California. The garden will feature raised planter beds for each grade level, as well as border planting composed of edibles, pollinators and habitat to support native birds and insects. The central feature of the garden will be terraced steps and a shade structure composed of deciduous grape vines on metal cables, allowing sun in the winter/spring and shade in the summer/fall. Construction to begin in early April - stay tuned for photos!
SHED has completed Schematic Design for the transformation of this Orinda residence. The design takes into account future expansion of the main house, as well the addition of a new pool house and outdoor kitchen. Water-saving elements include drought-tolerant planting and rain barrels to capture stormwater for future reuse in the garden.
Like many homeowners in the drought-stricken Bay Area, the owners of this Orinda home want to reinvent their front landscape to a planting scheme that is more water-wise and visually appealing. SHED has begun redesigning the front landscape to include drought tolerant plantings that have seasonal, visual and spatial interest. Phase I of the project will include a foundation drainage system with the incorporation of rain barrels to capture stormwater for its reuse in the garden. Stay tuned for updates!


PLEASE join Mayor Thomas Masters and a host of Florida higher education and vocational trade schools as they welcome area college bound or career minded seniors to the Marina Event Center, Friday, March 1st at 4:30pm.
The Tenant Rights Symposium "Free produce will be distributed to those who attend!"
Riviera Beach Police "Trunk or Treat" October 27th at 6pm!
In accordance to Florida State Statute 287, The City of Riviera Beach will conduct an evaluation meeting for RFQ 956-18-4 Monday, OCTOBER 22, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
Needed for Farm Share food giveaway October 27: Families seeking fresh fruits and vegetables and volunteers!
Join the Riviera Beach Public Library we Read for the Record on Thursday,October 25,2018 at 10:00 a.m.
A General Employees Civil Service Board Meeting will be held October 9, 2018, 6:00 p.m. at the Lindsey Davis Center, 1550 W. 28th Street, Riviera Beach, FL 33404.
Riviera Beach beaches are open, however we continue to fly cautionary flags due to Red Tide and ocean currents.
Charter Review Committee Meeting September 27, 2018 6:30 P.M. –8:30 P.M.
Charter Review Committee Meeting September 13, 2018 6:30 P.M. –8:30 P.M.
Charter Review Committee Meeting August 16, 2018 6:30 P.M. –8:30 P.M.
Please use this form if you wish to provide information about your use of the beaches on Singer Island and thank you for your input.
Charter Review Committee Meeting July 26, 2018, 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The City of Riviera Beach is currently accepting applications for appointment to its Charter Review Advisory Board.
Join Chair Pro-Tem Hubbard and Speak up for Public Transportation in Riviera Beach! Thursday, June 14, 2018 City Council Chambers from 5:30-7:30pm.
A Parliamentary Procedure Training for the city's advisory board members will be held June 9, 2018, 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Outreach meeting scheduled for Monday, June 11, 2018 in reference to the installation of the new citywide meters has been cancelled until further notice!
Town Hall/ Riviera Beach Education Collaborative Community Meeting is to be rescheduled.
Chairwoman Davis Johnson's Talk Back Tuesday is cancelled due to today's inclement weather. Stay tuned for the rescheduled date.
VOLUNTEER, EARN 4 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AT NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP 4/14!
CRA Board Meeting of Wednesday, February 14 Has been moved to Wednesday, February 28 At 6:00 P.M.
Municipal Elections March 13, 2018 7:00 Am Until 7:00 P.M.
8 WEEKS TO A HEALTHIER YOU Councilwoman Lynne Hubbard, Mayor Thomas Masters and the City Council is challenging the citizens of Riviera to kick-off the new year in a healthy way by joining the Get Healthy Riviera: Biggest Winner Weight loss Challenge!
Join us Thursday December 21st @ the Riviera Beach City Hall Courtyard for the Family and Friends Day Concert Series Presented by Mayor Thomas Masters!
Councilwoman Lynne Hubbard along with the Riviera Beach Mayor and City Council cordially invites you to participate in Annual Black History Month Call to Action Breakfast Saturday, Feburary 17, 2018.
December 5th, 2017: Girls Who Code Information Session!
Riviera Beach OffShore Race Teams Win the 37th Annual World Championships!
Spectacular Halloween Trunk or Treat Event Saturday October 28th!
Join Mayor Masters and X102.3 FM on October 19 for the 'Battle of the DJ's!
A Charter Review Committee Meeting will be held September 25, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
Palm Beach County School District Presents: Feed The Children Sept 14 & 15th!
Building Contractor Fair We Are Looking For Contractors!
NBA All-Star's Jayson Williams & Charles Oakley Basketball Camp taking place this weekend in Riviera Beach on March 18, 2017, at the Dan Calloway-Tate Recreation Center.
THE WATER IN THE LAKE WORTH LAGOON HAS BEEN RULED SAFE FOR SWIMMING AND FISHING! WATER SAMPLES TAKEN INDICATE THE WATER IS SAFE.
UTILITY SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 21, 2017 @ 6:00 p.m.
State Road 710/Beeline Widening Project FM#: 229896-1-52-01 From Australian Ave. to Pres. Barack Obama Hwy.
Need Help Getting a High School Diploma or GED ?
From 'The Riviera' newsletter, read the New York Times article about us!
FL Senator—and Riviera Beach native!—Bobby Powell to host Town Hall meeting on Jan. 4, 2016.
YOU'RE INVITED! Please join the Riviera Beach Community Development Corporation Thursday, October 6, 2016 4:30 p.m.
Micro & Small Business Accelerator Program Business Workshop Luncheon held on October 21, 2016 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Volunteers Needed Help Us Make A Difference !
Celebrate Parks and Recreation Month at Barracuda Bay!
Parks and Recreation Month Barracuda Bay Free Admission July 30th!
May 15 - 21, 2016 National Public Works Week!
The City is hosting its Inaugural Small Business Symposium Friday, May 6, 2016 8:30 a.m. - to - 5:00 p.m.
4th Annual Youth Fishing Day "Hooked on Fishing"
""Sanitary Sewer Smoke Testing"" January 26,2016"
Riviera Beach Police officers are honoring the department's newest disabled employee Sean Garrick.
Collection Day Open House for Riviera Beach memorabilia for the brand new Marina Event Center!
Riviera Beach Library Partnering up with Hoopla to offer digital Books,movies, music, and more, 24/7 with your library card.
Councilman Bruce Guyton hosted an engagement with the students of North Tech Educational Center to making them aware of the $350 million Marina Project and career opportunities in the Riviera Beach Community.
Casino Boat Job Fair Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 from 10A.M to 4:00P.M.
Join Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation and Riviera Beach on Saturday, June 20 at the Horizons Fishing Tournament as we Catch One for the Kids!
The 46th Annual Municipal Clerks Week is May 3 - May 9, 2015.
Mayor Thomas Masters is coordinating another delivery to the surviving families Independent Haitian Assembly of God with 8 dead and 10 injured in an early morning van accident Monday, March 30th.
Riviera Beach City Council offers Education Scholarships to city residents for 18th Year. Deadline April 20, 2015. Over $300,000 awarded during last 17 years.
At the Riviera Beach Library You can now use your library card to access a tremendous amount of magazines on your computer, smartphone, or tablet.
GIS DAY to be held on November 19, 2014 from 9:30 am to noon, at the City Council Chambers.
Come to the 'Mingle & Jingle' to support Councilwoman Dawn Pardo's 10th annual Christmas Toy Drive!
Councilman Cedrick Thomas will host the Ceremonial Coin Toss at the Suncoast Homecoming Football Game.
Riviera Beach is inviting contractors to submit qualifications on the construction services municipal building.
Jazz After Dark "Back By Popular Demand"
Mayor, pastors to address recent shootings, deaths and violence today at 3 p.m.
Councilman 'T.D.' Davis co-hosts cleanup on April 13.
FPL offers free paper-shredding event April 26.
Councilwoman Judy Davis, Community Redevelopment Agency, and the Riviera Beach Community Development Corporation presents a Housing Fair that will explain H.A.R.P.


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