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A new dawn...
"The basic science is not physics or mathematics but biology--the study of life. We must learn to think both logically and bio-logically." — Edward Abbey
There are a number of significant events in every person's life. Finding and touching your first wiggly worm, learning to ride a bike, and going on an overnight fishing trip with your best friends and running out of food and beer before midnight come to mind.
Significant events act as milestones in our life. You've probably heard the phrase, "Do you remember where you were (or what you were doing) when _____________?" Depending on your age, the question might relate to the first landing of people on the moon, or JFK's assassination, or, more recently and catastrophically, the destruction of the north and south towers of the World Trade Center complex. No one asks when you had THE Roger Tory Peterson ask what bird you were watching (my response? "I don't know, but it has eye rings"), or when you caught your first fish.
Today (or yesterday, depending where you are on the planet), I hit a significant event. As of 1 January 2018, I am on "phased retirement." I'm scheduled to teach for the next 2 fall semesters, then I'm completely, utterly, and irrevocably retired. I don't know what happens next. Edward Abbey wrote, "Everyone should learn a manual trade: it's never to late to be an honest person." My first 2 summer jobs were as a janitorial aide in an elementary school (I never knew kids could pee so high on the bathroom stalls). Then there was a summer working in an aluminum foundry (for a while, I was a card-carrying member of the AFL-CIO), and a sweaty and odiferous summer scraping dead animals off the road, being a flagman, and chipping and sealing roads for the Ohio Department of Highways. When I graduated from THE Ohio State University, there were no permanent wildlife jobs to be had. So I worked temporary or seasonal jobs for the next 2.5 years. These included 2 summers working on an urban mourning dove project, a fall project on starling roosts, and time in a tannery, a photography studio, a hospital pharmacy, and working for a project measuring the compaction of soil on farmlands after the application of treated sewage sludge.
Earlier, right after graduation, I had applied to graduate school at OSU and had been accepted to work on a project investigating deer-vehicle collisions with Tom Townsend, but the project funding never developed. Later, I applied to the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, because a friend (Don Althoff) had gone there and recommended it. I didn't hear back from them, and forgot about it. One day in 1978, I got either a call or a letter (I can't remember now, but I think it was a call from Ron Case) with an offer for a 2-year MS research assistantship at UNL. Time to move west! Originally, my plans were to study an endangered bird, the interior least tern. However, I shared an office with Ed Jochum, who was studying red foxes, and I decided to radiocollar coyotes that lived in the same areas as his foxes to see how they interacted. I think I collared 2, and they were both shot within a couple of weeks. It was not good to be a coyote in Nebraska! I ended up trapping red foxes and raising 5 to participate in a laboratory study involving optimal foraging theory, foxes, shrews, voles, and deer mice. Finally, when my assistantship had ended (being off track with the least tern and coyote ideas took some time from my 2 year assistantship), I paid the bills by selling camping equipment at a local sporting goods store (I was a good salesperson... my goal was to match the customer with the right equipment for their trip).
I wish I stayed in touch with my fellow grad students: Bill Ough (raccoon foraging), Ed Jochum (red foxes), Jim Bruner (beaver ecology), and Terry HInes (swift foxes). Alas, before Facebook and other modern technology (I wrote my thesis on an IBM-Selectric typewriter), staying in touch actually involved (gasp) writing letters, or calling and actually paying large sums for long-distance phone charges.. It got harder for some reason when I moved to California.
I think Ed Abbey would agree that I got a taste of a manual trade. When I graduated from UNL in 1980, I started off on my serious academic track that would last until now.
Caroline Edward Abbey retirement
The Tale of the Maui Mystery Cat
In 2003, a jaguar was suspected of terrorizing residents of the Olinda area, Maui. Photo of a jaguar attacking a cayman in the Pantanal, Brazil, by Frank Schoen. Copyright: https://www.123rf.com/profile_djambi1969 . Used with permission. In 2003, I was sitting in a Starbucks across from the Honolulu Zoo in Waikiki, reading the Honolulu Advertiser , when I came across an article about the sighting of a large, cat-like creature on Maui. I don't have that initial article, but I did find an archived copy of an article from Hawaii News Now on the topic: Wildlife officials are planning to intensify efforts today to capture a large catlike animal spotted in the lower Olinda area of Upcountry Maui. A search team sent out yesterday found evidence the animal does exist. They discovered tree trunks with deep scratch marks and a number of doves that appeared to be killed by a catlike paw. Wildlife experts plan to bait an existing trap today and add four more traps. Officials say they be
Don't interpret "low" risk as time to return to normal
Patrons at Papa Murphy's pizza shop unconcerned about transmitting covid-19 to the workers and other customers. Governor Herbert's color-coded health guidance system now has Box Elder, Cache, and Rich Counties in the "yellow" or low risk phase. We know this comes as a relief to many, because it means we "flattened the curve" and avoided overwhelming our local health care system with sick COVID-19 patients. Utah's health guidance system This outcome came at a terrible cost for many individuals and businesses. Our routines were uprooted, people lost their incomes, businesses suffered major losses, and travel plans were postponed. And people have suffered. This week, we exceeded 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been over 1,700,000 cases, with over 8,800 in Utah. Some cases involved hospitalization, but most people have stayed home with fever or chills, a cough, shortness of breath or difficulty brea
Cougars killing and eating people. Why?
This cougar was killed after attacking two mountain bikers in Washington, killing one. On May 19, two mountain bikers were riding near North Bend, Washington, when they noticed a mountain lion (also called a cougar or puma) was following them. I don't have the full details, but I've read that they stopped, yelled, put their bikes between them and the lion... things that almost all lion experts recommend to discourage an attack. The lion persisted, however, grabbing one cyclist by the head, then chasing the other cyclist as that cyclist ran away. T he first cyclist attacked got back on his bike, escaped, and called for help. The second cyclist, Sonja J. Brooks, tragically, was found dead. "They stopped to confront the cougar, they did everything right, everything that we counsel people to do," WDFW Captain Alan Myers said . "Do not play dead — fight back. Fight back with everything you've got," he said. "In most instances, people survive attacks f
Hanauma Bay memories, history, and changes
Do we really need straws?
Must they drown?
Back on Oahu, where cats are easily found...
What would you do if the end was coming?
Frederick Krauss, and the family connection to Hawaii
RiverCats and exploring the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Return to Sydney - cruise 2 evaluation
Potpourri 1
A quick trip to New Caledonia
Cat summary for Sydney, Part 1.
Boats, ships, waves, and art
Biking in Brisbane
Deck 12 - Celebrity Solstice
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I have been pulled over by the police twice in the last month. And they happened within about a week from each other. It was like being in a movie with somebody harassing me, but it was not fiction and the stops had no harassment. One was to tell me my truck was unsafe in the dark. The other was a case of mistaken identity.
In the past, I was usually a little fearful and full of trepidation when I pulled over by the police. I did not have either of these feelings the last couple times. Probably because I have been driving better than I did in my youth.
Like all drivers, I started out my driving career with a clean record. That lasted for about two years. I was like most of my teenage friends and drove too fast. Thus my first ticket. I had heard that I should go to the courthouse for that first ticket to see if the fine could be reduced. So I went in and threw myself on the mercy of the court because it was my first ticket. I got the fine cut in half. It was still expensive, but I learned my lesson. At least for a short time. I kept my speed down a little and got lucky a lot. No tickets for three year. Then a pattern emerged. It seemed that every three years, I would get a ticket. Thankfully, that pattern only lasted through my mid-twenties. I started driving slower then. At least a little bit.
That is probably why I have not been too anxious when I have been pulled over by the police in recent years. I have wondered, "Why am I getting pulled over?" rather than "By how much was I speeding?" Even when I missed paying for our license plate tabs last year, I could not figure out why I was being pulled over.
That wondering feeling was how I reacted when I was pulled over recently. The officer asked if I knew why he pulled me over. I had no clue. He told me that one of my tail lights was out. I thanked him for letting me know and I was on my way. If I had not had a meeting that night, I would have had my children help me put in a new bulb. But I replaced the bulb before I had to attend my meeting and drive on the dark freeway.
I replied, "Hope you get him," but I do not think he heard me. He had gotten back into his vehicle and zoomed off, seemingly before I had a chance to finish my reply. I continued driving to work and did not really think much about being pulled over. Instead, I wondered what somebody with a similar vehicle did to warrant so many police officers looking for him.
When I got to work, I related the story of getting pulled over to our head secretary. She wondered what the guy had done as well. We laughed a little about me getting pulled over twice in the last couple weeks and then got ready for our day at school. And I started writing this story in my head.
Getting pulled over by the police is never a fun experience. Especially, when it happens twice in two weeks! But when I have not been doing anything wrong, my heart does not race with anxiety. Instead, with a clear conscience, I just start thinking about what great story I will get to tell about my latest experience. And no, there will not be a chase scene in the next story of me getting pulled over by the police. Not unless I am writing a piece of fiction.


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Nobel Laureate and two-time Booker prize-winning author of Disgrace and The Life and Times of Michael K, J. M. Coetzee tells the remarkable story of a nation gripped in brutal apartheid in his Sunday Express Book of the Year award-winner Age of Iron. In Cape Town, South Africa, an elderly classics professor writes a letter to her distant daughter, recounting the strange and disturbing events of her dying days. She has been opposed to the lies and the brutality of apartheid all her life, but now she finds herself coming face to face with its true horrors: the hounding by the police of her servant's son, the burning of a nearby black township, the murder by security forces of a teenage activist who seeks refuge in her house. Through it all, her only companion, the only person to whom she can confess her mounting anger and despair, is a homeless man who one day appears on her doorstep. In Age of Iron, J. M. Coetzee brings his searing insight and masterful control of language to bear on one of the darkest episodes of our times. 'Quite simply a magnificent and unforgettable work' Daily Telegraph 'A superbly realized novel whose truth cuts to the bone' The New York Times 'A remarkable work by a brilliant writer' Wall Street Journal South African author J. M. Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003 and was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice for his novels Disgrace and The Life and Times of Michael K. His novel, Foe, an exquisite reinvention of the story of Robinson Crusoe is also available in Penguin paperback.
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Iron Age Britain
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This revised introduction to Britain in the first millennium BC incorporates modifications to a story that is still controversial. It covers a time of dramatic change in Europe, dominated by the emergence of Rome as a megastate. In Britain, on the extremity of these developments, it was a period of profound social and economic change, which saw the end of the prehistoric cycle of the Neolithic and bronze Ages, and the beginning of a world that was to change little in its essentials until the great voyages of colonization and trade of the 16th century. The theme of the book is that of social change within an insular society sitting on the periphery of a world in revolution.
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The art of metal casting was imported into Indonesia, but its peoples mastered the secrets of metallurgy, and applied these, in ways often original and unique, to create their own distinctive civilisation of the Bronze-Iron Age. In this handbook, which is a sequal to my The Stone Age of Indo nesia, I have endeavoured to assemble a comprehensive picture of the Indonesian Bronze-Iron Age from the results of excavations, innumerable stray finds in museums, and various studies scattered among numerous scientific journals and periodicals (often difficult to obtain). The resulting picture can, of course, be a tentative one only, valid until many more scientific excavations have taken place. I have added a bibliography, as complete as it was possible to assemble. The completion of this summary of the Prehistory of Indonesia has been assisted by a grant-in-aid from the Wenner Gren Foundation "The Viking Fund", New York. I am grateful to Mr. Basoeki and Mr. Soebokastowo for the drawings of Figures 1, 11, 12, 13, 22 and 16, 23, 24, 25 respectively. Figures 2-10 and 15 were drawn by the well-known artist, the late Mas Pirngadie, and are here published for the first time, with the generous permission of the Board of Directors of the "Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen", Djakarta. I am deeply grateful to my brother-in-law, Mr. J. H. Reiseger of Kempston, Bedfordshire, for so willingly undertaking the translation of the Dutch text into English.
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Critical Perspectives on J.M. Coetzee is one of the first collections of critical essays on this major contemporary writer. The essays, written by an international cast of contributors, adopt a variety of approaches to Coetzee's often controversial work, taking care to place that work within its wider cultural context. Contributions include essays of more general import, ranging across Coetzee's oeuvre, as well as essays that analyse in more detail individual Coetzee novels. The collection also includes a preface by Coetzee's fellow South African, the internationally acclaimed writer Nadine Gordimer.
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Talented athletes in the world who went on to become politicians
Manas Sen Gupta
Sportspersons make natural leaders and thus, it is not a surprise that we see the world is chock-a-block with many athletes who become politicians at later stages of their lives.
However, not everyone gets to hold a high office, such as the head of state or government, governor or a cabinet minister. This is why the Philippine presidential race is on the radar of many; one of the greatest boxers in history is a prime contender for the top post.
Incredible athletes who went on to become politicians
Gloves on for Manny Pacquiao
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The Filipino boxing legend is aiming for that one punch that will make him one of the powerful figures in the world. The 42-year-old, who has been a Senator since 2016 and was a Representative previously, is contesting in the 2022 Philippine presidential election. To dedicate himself fully to his people and politics, Pacquiao formally retired from boxing on 29 September 2021 — 10 days after announcing his candidacy.
Whether Pacquiao is able to script history in the political ring like he used to do in the 'squared circle' will become certain only next year.
However, many renowned sportspersons have been able to replicate their sporting success to a great degree in political offices. From an African footballing legend and a flamboyant American wrestler to a Japanese Olympic great who has been making headlines in her country's politics, here are some of the most prominent names.
George Weah — President of Liberia
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One of the greatest athletes who became a politician, the legendary Liberian footballer is currently serving as the 25th president of his country.
Born on 1 October 1966 in the Liberian capital Monrovia, Weah started playing football at an early age using homemade rag balls. Following a string of early successes in Africa, he was signed by French Ligue 1 club, Monaco. During his five-year career with the club, from 1988 to 1992, the striker played a crucial role in the team's victories, including winning the Coupe de France in 1991.
A superstar in France, Weah played for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) from 1992 to 1995. During this period, his prolific goal-scoring ability helped the team with the Coupe de France (1993 and 1995), Ligue 1 (1994), and Coupe de la Ligue (1995). He was also the top scorer at the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League.
He also won Serie A league titles twice (1996 and 1999) while playing for Italian club AC Milan from 1995 to 2000. He became the first, and only African footballer to this date, to be honoured with the Ballon d'Or in 1995.
Briefly joining Chelsea (he won the FA Cup in 2000 for the team), Manchester City and Marseille in the twilight of his career, Weah retired from football while playing for Al Jazira in 2003.
The three-time winner of CAF African Footballer of the Year was also named FIFA World Player of the Year and France Football's European Footballer of the Year (both 1995).
Weah began his political career in 2003, running unsuccessfully for the presidency two years later. However, he persisted in his years-long efforts to bring peace and stability to his war-torn homeland.
Eventually, Weah won the election to the Liberian Senate from Montserrado County in 2014 and three years later, he won the presidential elections. Weah was sworn in the following year.
Imran Khan — Prime Minister of Pakistan
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Imran Khan is best known in the world of sports for captaining Pakistan to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Born on 5 October 1952 in an affluent family in Lahore, Khan made his international cricket debut in 1971 with a Test match against England.
Khan was an all-rounder and lorded over the game during his spectacular sporting career, which ended with the World Cup victory in 1992. In just 88 Tests, he took 362 wickets at an average of 22.81 and scored 3807 runs, including six centuries, at an average of 37.69. In the limited-overs version of the game, Khan took 182 wickets in 175 matches at an average of 26.61 and scored 3709 runs.
An ethnic Pashtun, Khan is a graduate of the University of Oxford. He didn't immediately enter politics after retiring from cricket; instead, he spent a few years as a philanthropist. Khan founded the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 1996, which marked his formal entry into the turbulent political landscape of his country.
Khan toiled hard and despite PTI's struggles at the polls, Khan carefully cultivated his image as an anti-corruption crusader. He became a member of Pakistan's National Assembly when his party won one seat in the 2002 elections.
Khan continued gaining more support from the Pakistani society and positioned himself as a formidable opposition politician. Protesting against Pervez Musharraf's reign, Khan was briefly imprisoned in 2007. Eventually, in 2013, his party won enough seats to become a key opposition to Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N) government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Following Sharif's disqualification from office in 2017 because of the Panama Papers controversy, elections were held in 2018. PTI emerged as the single-largest party in the polls. Following which, Khan formed a coalition government to become the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan and entered the exclusive clubs of sportspersons who became politicians and acquired high office.
Khaltmaagiin Battulga — Former President of Mongolia
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Through the 1980s, Battulga distinguished himself as a sambo practitioner, both in championships at home and abroad. Later, he became the president of the Mongolian Judo Association. During his tenure, the country won its first Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
His success in sports also helped him become a widely known businessman in his country. His first business enterprise was named Genco Holding, after the fictional company owned by Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972). The company is also one of Mongolia's largest holding companies.
In 2004, Battulga was elected as a member of the State Great Khural (Mongolian parliament). Four years later, he was made the minister for transport and urban development — an office he held until 2012. He then became the minister of industry and agriculture for two years until 2014.
In 2017, Battulga, a member of the Democratic Party, contested in the country's presidential elections. He presented himself as a messiah of the poor and won both the first round and the runoff to become the fifth president of Mongolia since the collapse of the Mongolian People's Republic in 1992.
A constitutional amendment in 2019 increased the term of the president to six years from four but barred all future presidents, including the incumbent from serving more than one term. A political crisis ensued and Battulga could not bid for re-election.
Marcus Stephen — Former President of Nauru
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A "true champion", in the words of legendary Australian weightlifting coach Paul Coffa, Stephen won seven Commonwealth gold medals and five silver in weightlifting between 1990 and 2002. He also participated in three Olympics, representing Samoa in 1992 at Barcelona and then Nauru in 1996 at Atlanta and 2000 at Sydney.
His greatest sporting success came in 1999 when he lifted 172.5 kg clean & jerk to win the silver at the World Weightlifting Championships in Athens, Greece.
The most successful sportsperson in his country's history, Stephen also won 12 gold medals at South Pacific Games and was Oceania champion 13 consecutive times from 1987 to 1999.
A member of the Weightlifting Hall of Fame, he chose the path of the athletes who became politicians and was elected president of Nauru in 2007, following Ludwig Scotty's ouster in a no-confidence motion. However, Stephen's presidency was marred by political turmoil, including corruption allegations.
He resigned in 2011 but maintained his activity in Nauru politics. Since 2019, he has been serving as the Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru. He is also the president of the Nauru Olympic Committee.
Tarō Asō — Former Prime Minister of Japan
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The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader succeeded Fukuda Yasuo as the Japanese premier for one year from 24 September 2008 to 16 September 2009.
Three years later, he was made the deputy prime minister and given the charge of finance ministry alongside two other ministries. His tenure ended on 4 October 2021 when Fumio Kishida became Japan's 100th prime minister and renewed the Cabinet.
Asō, the longest-serving postwar deputy prime minister as well as finance minister in Japanese history, is currently the deputy LDP president. He has been a Member of the House of Representatives 10 times since first elected to Diet in 1979.
Born on 20 September 1940 in an affluent business family, Asō is the grandson of former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru and son-in-law of former Prime Minister Suzuki Zenkō. He also became related to the imperial family when his sister Nobuko married a cousin of Emperor Akihito and became Princess Tomohito of Mikasa.
Outside of politics and his family business, Asō is best known as an accomplished skeet shooter. He was a celebrated competitor at the national level for more than a decade in his prime. His accomplishments as a marksman led him to the 1976 Montreal Olympics. He could not win a medal and did not compete in any future Olympics. However, Asō is counted among top athletes who became politicians.
Jesse 'The Body' Ventura — Former Governor of Minnesota
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During an interview on the Today show earlier in 2021, Dwayne Johnson, famously known by his pro-wrestling moniker 'The Rock', made it crystal that he will run for US president when he thinks it is the right time. Given his staggering stature as a pro-wrestling legend and the world's highest-paid actor as per Forbes, Johnson's plans shouldn't come as a surprise.
However, it was a shock to political pundits back in 1998 when Jesse "The Body" Ventura, a famous former pro-wrestler, became the governor of Minnesota. The US has produced many athletes who became politicians, but Ventura is among the few who attained immense fame as a sporting figure and an elected leader in one of the top-most political positions in his country.
Born as James George Janos on 15 July 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ventura served in the US Navy as a member of the elite SEAL. A Vietnam War veteran, he briefly worked as a bodyguard for the rock band, The Rolling Stones, before taking to pro-wrestling.
His glory as a sportsperson came during his stint with WWF (now WWE), where he was known for his flamboyant outfits, featuring sequins, leopard-skinned leotards and feather boas. During the 1970s and 1980s, Ventura wrestled his way to fame and fortune and later became a commentator for WWF.
In 1987, he made his big-screen debut with Predator playing the role of Blain Cooper alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. Three years later, he became a politician and was elected mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
Yet, it was the 1998 gubernatorial race in the state that made headlines across the country. Ventura contested as a candidate of the Reform Party, promising tax rebates and expressing support for gay rights and medical marijuana. In a three-way race, Ventura, who was practically seen as a 'joke candidate' by many experts, defeated seasoned politicians Norm Coleman of the Republican party and Hubert H. Humphrey III of the Democratic party.
Ventura, thus, became the first Reform Party candidate to win a statewide office, though he left the party while he was governor and joined the Independence Party. Ventura didn't seek re-election after his term ended in 2003 despite his popularity as a governor. He continues to be politically active.
Seiko Hashimoto — Former Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Japan
Image: Courtesy Akio Kon/POOL/AFP
Hashimoto is one of the few female athletes who became politicians and among the fewer who have equally excelled in both arenas.
The Japanese speed skating great till most recently served as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. When she was named for the post, Hashimoto became the second woman in the world to have become the president of an Olympic organising committee after Greece's Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, who was the chief of Athens Olympics in 2004.
Hashimoto has the distinction of distinguishing herself in both sports and politics. Born on 5 October 1964, five days before the opening ceremony of that year's Tokyo Games, her name was derived from the Japanese word for Olympic flame — "seika".
Hashimoto has the most "multi-season" appearances in Olympics — four in winter and three in summer. She started as a speed skater in the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and followed it up with appearances in the 1988 Calgary Games, 1992 Albertville Games and 1994 Lillehammer Games. Hashimoto won her only Olympic medal, a bronze, in the 1500 m speed skating event in Albertville.
She also participated as a track cyclist in the summer games at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Hashimoto was first elected to the House of Councillors in 1995 and has since been re-elected five times. When her first child, a daughter, was born in 2000, Hashimoto became the first upper house legislator in Japan to give birth while in office and was also the first politician in her country to take a maternity leave.
Before becoming the chief of the Tokyo Olympics, Hashimoto held a string of political offices. She was made senior vice-minister for foreign affairs in 2008 in the Cabinet of the then Prime Minister Tarō Asō and minister for countermeasures to the falling birthrate, sports and gender equality in LDP Shadow Cabinet in 2010. In 2019, she was made the minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, minister in charge of women's empowerment, and minister of states for gender equality in the then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore — Former Union Minister of State, India
Image: Courtesy RajyavardhanRathore/@Ra_THORe/Twitter
When it comes to transitioning from sports to politics, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has been perhaps the most successful in India. Hailed as one of the greatest shooters of the country, Rathore won the silver in double trap at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
It was India's only medal at the tournament, and Rathore was the first Indian to win an individual silver since the country's independence. At the time, Rathore was serving as an officer of the Indian Army. All these factors together made his achievement appear beyond glorious and elevated Rathore to a god-like status at home.
However, the Olympics glory is not the only thing he achieved as a shooter. Rathore had earlier bagged a gold medal (and fame) in men's individual double-trap at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. At the same tournament, he joined forces with Moraad Ali Khan to win the gold in the team category too.
He successfully defended his individual title at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and won the silver with Vikram Bhatnagar in the team's event. The same year, he won a silver medal in men's pairs double-trap and a bronze in the men's individual double-trap at the Asian Games in Doha.
For his phenomenal achievements in sports, the Indian government awarded Rathore the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian honour, in 2005.
Born in Jaisalmer on 29 January 1970, Rathore entered politics following his retirement from the Indian Army as well as sports. He contested in the general elections of 2014 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Jaipur Rural constituency and was elected to the Lower House of Parliament. He was re-elected in the 2019 general elections from the same constituency.
Many Indian athletes became politicians after leaving their respective sporting disciplines, but Rathore also built a prominent career serving in political offices.
Rathore has held key ministerial berths in the government. He has been a Union Minister of State, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, from 2014 to 2017, holding an independent charge between 2018 and 2019. He has also served as minister of state (independent charge), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, between 2017 and 2019.
Jean-Paul Adam — Former Health and Social Affairs, Seychelles
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Adam began swimming as a therapy following an accident at nine. Soon, he began swimming in the waters of the sea around the island country. His experience and skill earned him a place in the country's swimming team, which was formed in 1987.
Competing for Seychelles internationally, Adam won a bronze in the Indian Ocean Games in 1993, a silver in the 1998 edition and another bronze in the 2003 edition of the games. He also won a bronze at the African Games at Johannesburg in 1999. Adams also participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
After serving as a career diplomat and senior government roles, he was appointed the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Seychelles in 2010. He became minister for finance, trade and the Blue Economy in 2015, minister for health and social affairs in 2016 and eventually minister for health in 2017.
After leaving his post in January 2020, he became director for Climate Change, Environment and Sustainable Development at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
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Dustin Johnson Takes 4-Shot Lead Heading Into Weekend At US Open
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Shinnecock Hills is no longer the only challenge at this U.S. Open.
On a course that can cause problems in any weather, where triple bogeys or worse have been recorded on all but six holes, perhaps the most daunting prospect going into the weekend is Dustin Johnson with a four-shot lead.
Johnson played smart on the few occasions he was out of position, holed a 45-foot birdie putt on the par-3 seventh green and endured wind and two hours of rain Friday morning for a 3-under 67.
He was at 4-under 136, the only player still under par going into the weekend. Scott Piercy (71) and Charley Hoffman (69) were at even par.
"Youve got to play really good golf if you want to shoot a good score, and I like where par is a good score on every hole, no matter what club youve got in your hand, what hole it is," Johnson said.
Only six other players in the U.S. Open have led by as many as four shots after 36 holes. All but one — Tom McNamara in 1909 — went on to win.
Even so, theres plenty of reminders of how it can all go wrong — some of them from Johnsons own experiences, most of them from the final few hours Friday afternoon in perfect weather from those trying to catch him.
Shinnecock can punish anyone in a New York minute.
"Theres a disaster on every single hole," Ian Poulter said moments after he went through one.
Poulter was one shot out of the lead and in the middle of the fairway with two holes to go when one bad shot led to a few more that were just as worse — a bunker shot that sailed over the green, a chunked chip into the hay, a chop short of the green and a triple bogey on No. 8. He made bogey on his last hole for a 72.
"I felt stupid knifing the first one," he said. "I felt even more stupid semi-chunking the next one, and I didnt do much better on the next one, either. So maybe it makes a few people happy out there that, you know, we kind of mess up just as good as everyone else."
Poulter didnt lose sight of being in a tie for fourth, five shots out of the lead.
Hoffman was the only other player under par until he missed the 18th fairway and had to chop it down the fairway and make a 5-foot putt to escape with bogey.
"Dustin plays a whole different golf game than I play, so Im not going to play the guy," Hoffman said. "Im just going to keep playing my game. Youre going to try to hit fairways. Because if you dont hit the fairway, youre not getting to the green."
Tiger Woods wont be around to see how it unfolds, and plenty of star power joined him on the way out of town.
Woods closed with back-to-back birdies to salvage a 72. He still missed the cut in a major for the fifth time in his last eight tries, this time by two shots. Rory McIlroy missed the cut for the third straight year in the U.S. Open, unable to recover from his opening 80. Jason Day opened with a 79 and missed the cut.
Jordan Spieth joined them in the most unlikely fashion. He took three shots to get up the slope and onto the 10th green, making double bogey. He was three shots over the cut line with six holes to play when he ran off four straight birdies to get inside the number — only to three-putt for bogey on the 17th, stub a chip from the collar of a bunker on the 18th and miss the par putt for a 71. He had not missed the cut in a major since the 2014 PGA Championship.
Piercy, a runner-up to Johnson at Oakmont two years ago, had a 71 and will play in the final group with him Saturday. Piercys day was not without regrets, especially when he three-putted from 4 feet for bogey on the par-5 16th.
Defending champion Brooks Koepka made six birdies over his last 11 holes for a 66, matching Tommy Fleetwood for the low round of the tournament. They were at 141, along with Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose, each with a 70, and Poulter.
Koepka and Johnson are close friends, so he should know as well as anyone what will make it hard to catch him.
"This golf course," Koepka said. "Theres not many birdies. Theres a disaster around every corner. I mean, all it takes is one shot in the fescue, and you could be in there for a while. But you need a good round tomorrow just to give yourself a chance. Anything within three shots of the lead on the back Sunday, anything can happen."
Rose also was under par until closing with successive bogeys. With 36 holes to play, he wasnt overly concerned about tracking down the No. 1 player in the world.
"You just saw what happened to Ian Poulter five minutes ago. That could happen to DJ," Rose said. "Im not saying its going to, but it could. Thats the nature of the U.S. Open. So hang around is often the best form of attack."
Johnson knows that all too well.
He had a three-shot lead at Pebble Beach in the 2010 U.S. Open and lost it all on the second hole with a triple bogey, and then compounded mistakes by trying to drive the green on the next two holes. He shot 82. He has endured more than his share of bad luck, bad breaks and bad shots in the majors.
His outlook at Shinnecock Hills has been built on patience and being practical.
"I never want to make doubles," Johnson said. "Around here, it seems like when I do get out of position, Im just trying to do everything I can to get it back into position, not try to push it, and just give myself a decent look … something on the green where I can have a look at par.
"I want to make things as easy as possible, even though they dont get any easier."
But this is far from over. Johnson knows that as well as anyone. So does Rose, who overcame an eight-shot deficit against Johnson in the final round in Shanghai last fall at the HSBC Champions.
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An ERP system is arguably the core infrastructure of any manufacturing operation. It connects every function within the organization providing all the required data to drive the business efficiently, productively and profitably. It can handle customer orders, customer relationship management, plan purchases, plan production, manage inventory, run accounting, manage HR functions and provide comprehensive reporting tools. Every operational activity can be monitored in real time.
If your current ERP system doesn't do any of the above then it's time for an upgrade. If your current ERP system does do all the above, but slowly, inefficiently and inaccurately, then it's time for an upgrade. If you run a manufacturing business and don't have an ERP system, it's time to get one.
But finding the solution that meets your specific requirements can be challenging. To assist you in your search we have compiled 10 steps below that if taken, will guide you on the path to choosing the right ERP system for your manufacturing business.
For example you might be managing your inventory on spreadsheets and manually transferring your inventory data to your accounting system. It takes time, it's error-prone and it's an unproductive use of staff who could be adding value elsewhere. The solution would be to have a system that seamlessly integrates inventory and accounting, which an ERP can provide.
But don't stop there. Undertake a review of all your business processes. Are there any processes that require manual or double entry? Are there any that could be improved with automation? Do you need faster and better reporting? Do you struggle to meet industry compliance requirements?
Summarize the results with a cost benefit analysis. Do the benefits outweigh the cost? If so it's time for step 2.
Executive management and key stakeholders need to be motivated to change and participate in the evaluation process. The cost benefit analysis undertaken in step 1 will be of considerable help to get them on board.
It is also a helpful argument when persuading stakeholders that ROI does not come purely from cost savings. It can also come from performance improvements resulting in increased customer and satisfaction and greater ease-of-use also improves employee satisfaction and retention.
Preferably a stakeholder and someone who is motivated and excited at the opportunity to play a pivotal role in on-boarding a new ERP system.
As mentioned previously ERP is core infrastructure and needs to be resilient enough to grow with the company. Look for a flexible, open and modular system. It needs to play well with others, for example integrating with suppliers for "just in time" (JIT) manufacturing or using EDI to integrate with customers.
Is the system modular enough to accept new functionality based on the latest manufacturing advances?
Is the system scalable? Can it grow as your business grows?
Is the mobile access just a link to a desktop web browser or is it an application built from the ground up and designed to complement the desktop version? The latter is what you look for. You want users to be as productive on smart phones and tablets as they are on desktops in the office.
A manufacturing ERP system will have a wide range of users from shop floor to top floor. It is essential that the interface be logically structured and intuitive to use. A well designed interface will result in increased employee satisfaction and increased productivity.
You may be offered a choice of on-site, cloud or a hybrid deployment solution. Cloud solutions have matured to the point where the benefits far outweigh those of an on-site solution.
Have your vendor initially train a handful of key personnel throughout the organization. They will become internal trainers and support staff. Their efforts will complement the vendor's efforts and their availability will be much better.
Develop a training schedule with your vendor and commit the time of your staff to the training. There is no point investing time and resource into implementing a new system if nobody knows how to use it!
Do not choose a vendor who overwhelms you with tech speak when selling the benefits of their solution. You want to work with a vendor who understands the challenges of manufacturing. Someone who knows the problems you are trying to solve, and can frame their solution accordingly.
Step 10 – Make your decision!


This post details how you can let your subscribers since choose what emails they get from you if you use Convertkit. Convertkit doesn't have, or I haven't found, a nice online page where people can choose their settings, but it had does have features which when combined allow you to achieve exactly that.
There are a number of stages needed to achieve this. It may look complex but if you take it step by step it really isn't.
As you'll see, the page does nothing itself, it is just a basic page to give us something to link to.
I'm sure you won't be surprised to hear that we need to use tags to record what option user subscriber has taken, after all that's how convert kit handles pretty much everything.
Only the last group of people will receive my monthly updates, along with anyone who hasn't made a specific choice.
Link triggers may look a little complex at first, they really aren't too bad. They also incredibly powerful, once you see how they work I'm sure you have other ideas for things you can use them.
Breaking down into English we're going to create something which will go in the newsletter meaning convert kit will know which subscriber clicks on a link. When that link is clicked will take some actions, in this case allocating and the allocating tags, and as a byproduct usable be taken to our landing page from step one.
You probably expected me to say we would be assigning tags, but removing them may have been a surprise. The reason we need to do that is that if someone wants to move from one option to another we have to make sure we remove the tag from the original option. This only applies with subscribers choosing between a number of exclusive options, more on that the end of this post.
To set up a link trigger go to Automations in the main Convertkit menu bar, then click on the big "+Add Rule" button. Now from the Trigger (left hand) column choose "Clicks a Link". Enter whatever link text you would like, ideally something which explains which option is being chosen, then set the destination url to be the landing page we created above.
From the Action menu choose Add Tag then choose the tag this option should set. Then, using the plus symbol below, you can choose Remove Tag and set one of those to be removed. Repeat until you have a remove for every tag except the one being set above.
Highlight that text and choose to insert a link.
Don't enter anything in the URL field! Click on Link Triggers, to the right, and choose the trigger you want from the dropdown. Over time that list may become quite long which is another reason naming similar options with the same prefix is a good idea.
Now the URL field should have a grey section on the left with a lightning symbol and the link trigger name, and the target url to the right.
Click on insert to add the link trigger.
If you click on the link in the designer you should now see that the link URL has the lightning symbol at the left. If not something is wrong and you haven't setup the Link Trigger correctly.
Now do the same for each of your other options, adding link text and double checking you've got the right trigger for the text. Once done you have your optin choice ready to go.
Stop! Don't send it out to your subscribers yet! You still need to test, and that's not as easy as it would be for a normal broadcast mail.
You can test your broadcast email as usual, in the browser or by sending a test mail, and that will let you check things look right and that the links go to the landing page, BUT it won't let you test the Link Trigger functionality. Link Triggers are not active until you do a live broadcast (that's something which had me scratching my head for a couple of hours!) Fortunately testing is not too difficult.
The first step is to make sure you, or your email address, are on your own convertkit list. If you don't already have a profile then I'd strongly suggest you add one even without needing to do this test, that what you see exactly what goes out in the main broadcast.
Create a new tag and call it test, test emails, zz_test, pink fluffy unicorns, or anything else you'd like as long as you remember that you should be the only person who ever gets added to that tag.
Return to the broadcast you set up to test the options, set the audience to only be that test tag, check that only one person will receive the mail(!) then do a live send.
The email will arrive in your inbox, and you now have all of the links available to test. Testing is easy… Click one of the links, go into Convertkit, check or refresh your profile… and find that the tags haven't been applied! What? This was another gotcha for me. The updates can take some time to process, in the region of an hour or so I believe. That means testing will be a little slow but stick with it.
With each test you're checking not only that the correct tag has been added, but that any existing tags were removed. The delay in updating does mean it drags out over a few hours, but you really don't want to mess this up. If you do the subscriber is unlikely to know the configuration is wrong, they will just be receiving emails they didn't want and may well unsubscribe rather than letting you know.
Once you're happy with the testing it's (finally) time to give your subscribers the choice of how often to hear from you. The easiest way to do this will be to clone the previous broadcast, that was sent just to you, and change the recipients to be everyone that needs to receive it. Then just send out the broadcast, and go make yourself a cup of tea – you deserve it.
Don't forget to come back though, we aren't done yet.
Don't forget that so far all you've done is add some tags to subscribers who made a choice. Now you have to ensure the right people get the right emails.
To do this go to Subscribers, and on the right hand side choose to create a segment. We need to define who should NOT receive the emails. If you also have some include criteria then add this section as an AND.
Choose Subscribed To (should be the default).
In the third field enter those tags who should NOT receive the email. In my example below that is any of the three tags that are not Broadcast Options – All. You can keep adding tags until you are done.
This does mean you are assuming that anyone who hasn't made a choice wants to get all the mails, but I think that's a reasonable assumption. If not they can always choose to lower their level (more on that below). Once again, repeat this for each of the options you have made available.
Now whenever you send a broadcast just choose the appropriate segment as the audience. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT! If you've given people the choice to avoid certain mails and you still send them you will annoy them far more than if you hadn't ever offered the choice, so make sure you double check the audience before sending anything out.
As I said in the testing section, it's far better to find problems before anyone sees them rather than waiting for people to encounter problems and, most probably, drop straight off your list. If you do have issues, especially during setup, and you allowed enough time for the updates feed through, then the folks at Convertkit seem to be very helpful. When I raised my queries they answered quickly, and while the suggestions didn't directly help because the problem was just me being impatient they did cover some issues that I could easily imagine having stumbled over.
So you've given all your existing subscribers a choice, but what about anyone joining your list going forwards? Simple – add a new autoresponder mail, or change an existing one, giving new subscribers exactly the same choices.
People change their minds. Some will decide they want fewer mails, others may miss your daily updates on the growth of your eyebrows and want to get them again. Either way, you should include a section at the bottom of every broadcast giving the choice to change preferences again. I've also started adding a one liner (in italics) at the top of the broadcast sending people to the bottom if they'd like to change what mails they get.
So that is how to let people choose which level of mails they get from you, but I think link triggers can be used for a lot more than that. One in particular I have in mind is allowing people tell me which books they have, and so letting me avoid spamming them the deals on things they already own. This will need some careful thought. Every click of an option link takes you to a landing page, even if it's just in a new window. If am going to ask someone to make choices I can't expect them to click on more than two or three before they get bored and give up. I have some ideas on how to tackle that, once I have it set up I'll post another blog post on the subject.
I'd love to hear if you found this useful, especially if you come up with other interesting ways to use link triggers. You can leave a comment below, use this contact form to drop me an email or get in touch on facebook or twitter.