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[This story is true; this headline used by the Enquirer
refers to the "false work," or scaffolding which collapsed]
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Not Only in Name
Was the Licking Bridge of Death
It Fell With Fifth Ill fated Workmen
The Crowning Horror in the History of Three Cities
Piling in the Shifting Bed of the Treacherous Stream
Gave Way Beneath the "False Structure" of the Bridge
Like A Toy it collapsed and Fell a Total Wreck
Twenty Two Men Dead of Drowning or Worse
As Many More Are Badly Hurt and Seven Are Missing
Robert and Andrew Baird, The Famed Bridge Builders
Go Down to Death With Their Two Score Workmen.
One woman loses Three sons –Four Companions Die Together – Scenes of Horror and Woe
An hour before noon yesterday, in the yellow, muddy valley of the treacherous Licking, occurred the most appalling calamity in the history of the three cities at the river's mouth.
Two score and more of workmen, toiling beneath the scorching sun for their daily bread, were suddenly hurtled in a mass of wreck and ruin, stunned and bleeding, beneath the rivers yellow blossom.
Some rose to struggle desperately for life-most died miserably from wounds or by drowning, entangled in the network of the fallen bridge.
No warning came to them. There was but an instant of swaying, and then the chaos of crashing, grinding ruin and death.
Those who left kitchen and babies and ran to the river bank found their worst fears more than realized. Half a score of the sixty-three men who were employed on the bridge were standing about speechless and appalled. The river was blocked from bank to bank with a mass of debris, which had been the false work of the central span. In it were the bodies of twenty-five men or more [the final count was 41], while in the neighboring houses some poor, maimed, and crushed unfortunates were dying deaths of agony.
It was a scene such as, in merciful probability, may never be witnessed again in the three cities.
According to a careful estimate – for certainty is yet impossible – fifty four men were on the span which gave way. Of these, twenty-two are dead, either in Covington or Newport, twenty-one are injured, many fatally, and five are missing – no doubt buried beneath the wreck of the bridge. Four alone escaped unhurt.
The Story of the Casualty as Told by Eye Witnesses
The bridge, which will be historical for the awful calamity attending its building, will, when completed, span the Licking River from Eleventh street in Newport to Twelfth street in Covington. Two massive piers erected at the river's edge are to support the ends of a long iron span. A false structure had been erected between these two piers. It was supported by piling driven in the slimy, shifting bottom of the river, and leaving a narrow channel for navigation. The insecurity of the foundation of this wooden structure was the cause of yesterday's awful accident. The piles which upheld it were not fixed to bear the might weight of the iron span which was being built upon it.
Yesterday, sixty-three men were employed upon the bridge. Fifty-four of them were working upon the central span connecting the heavy iron girders which were being swung into place by the "traveler," a huge contrivance of timbers, trussed together with iron rods, and running on rollers sixty three feet above the top of the piers and 126 feet from the surface of the river. Some of the men were working at this dizzying height, but most of them were below the huge "traveler" working at the jointing of the iron girders.
A good deal of uneasiness concerning the security of the wooden false work had been felt. Murray Reardon, a carpenter who was working on the bridge, was talking to Frank Mure, the foreman, only a few moments before the accident concerning this very thing. Mure laughed at his uneasiness, but Reardon reiterated what he said.
"I tell you that false work won't stand the weight of those girders," said he. "It shakes every time the traveler runs out. You can't drive piles in that river that will be secure."
Reardon went out to work on the middle span. He started for the blacksmith shop for some bolts. On of his fellow workmen called him back, saying that he had enough bolts to fill their needs for the present.
"Never mind," shouted Reardon, "I've come this far, I might as well get them now."
Providence was generous to this one man. He had scarcely reached the east pier before he heard a cracking and groaning of timbers behind him. He heard Charles Wilkinson, a "top man" standing near the engine, back of the pier, shout: "Look out!" and saw the other men bout the engine fleeing wildly from their places.
They saw that the bridge was going down and were getting beyond the reach of breaking and flying cables. Then Reardon and every other workman who was safe beyond the fatal center span saw a sight which they will remember to their dying day. The great wooden structure of the temporary bridge, with the fifty men doting it above, below, and on every side, "wavered," sank, and fell with a mighty crash into the river. Here and there a man jumped clear of the falling structure, but most of the workmen went down with the wreck. There was a moment during which every man stood paralyzed with horror.
Then they ran for the skiffs to begin the work of rescue. The news that the bridge had fallen spread like wildfire through Covington, Newport, and Cincinnati. Within less than half an hour the banks were thronged with horror stricken crowds, which fell back in silence to permit the passage of stretchers bearing the dead bodies of the working men.
Rescuers at Work
How the Wounded and Dead Were Got Out of the Wreck
The quest for the bodies of the men who went down with the might mass of broken timbers and twisted iron was at first an easy one.
Some of the motionless, bleeding bodies lay upon the elevated portions of the wreck, clear of the water. These were the men whom the fall had killed. Others, caught in the mass of wreckage, were but half submerged, and the few who witnessed the awful sight saw the struggling limbs of drowning men raised in mute appeal for succor. Skiffs put out hastily from either shore.
Rudolph Smith, the floating bath proprietor heard of the horror almost immediately and sent a large skiff with three men, Thomas Jordan, William Duffy, and Thomas McHugh to the scene of the catastrophe. They succeeded in recovering five bodies from the wreck.
It was not difficult to find the bodies. They lay mostly in plain sight, although many were pinned by fallen timbers or iron trusses, which had to be lifted away before the bodies could be taken aboard the skiffs. Before noon, nineteen bodies had been landed, eleven on the Newport banks, and six on the Covington side [11 + 6 = 19 ?].
Among the first of them were the bodies of the two contractors, Robert and Andrew Baird. Andrew had seen the bridge for the first time yesterday morning. He had just arrived from Pittsburg, and was inspecting the bridge when the crash came. He had been scarcely an hour upon the structure. The bodies of both contractors were bruised and crushed beneath the falling timbers.
On the Covington bank of the Licking a hundred or more men were at work in the Licking Roller Mills when the crash came.
They all yelled "The bridge has gone down," as if they had been forewarned. They ran out, and saw struggling in the water the unfortunate workmen who had gone down in the awful wreck.
Like an army, a score or more of mill hands jumped into the muddy water and swam to the wreck. Two or three men would gather a body and swim with it to the Covington shore. Most of them were dead or dying, but a few escaped with light injuries. In all, the mill men pulled out eleven bodies. The injured were hurriedly placed in vehicles and move to the St. Elizabeth Hospital.
The dead were placed on a float. Some had drowned, while others had me with a more violent death.
After all of the injured had been removed, Patrol 1 of the Cincinnati force, came tearing down the street, and soon all the bodies were removed to the morgue at Menninger's undertaking establishment. Among the mill men who assisted in the rescuing was E. A. New. He relates a very sad story of the death of one workman. There was a cry for help from the wreck in the middle of the river.
New heard it and jumped into the river after having placed an injured man on a float. He swam to the wreck and found the man who was crying for help. He was a young fellow, and when asked by New why he did not jump out and swim he said "I can't my leg is caught." New grabbed him by the hand and pulled, but it was no use. The poor fellow's right leg was held fast between two large pieces of iron. They pinioned it near the thigh, and the blood trickling down his pants told that the iron had cut the flesh. "For God's sake, pull me out," pleaded the poor fellow, and again New pulled, but he could not budge him.
"I can't get you out, your leg is caught," said New.
"Then, by G-d, cut it off. Take your knife and cut me out. Do something," the pinioned man fairly shrieked.
"I've got nothing to cut you out with. Wait, I'll give you another pull," said New, and just as he was about to grab the fellow by the hand the wreck settled. The iron girders slipped from the unfortunate's legs and caught him under the chin. New jumped from the wreck just in time to save his own life and to see the heavy irons sink, with the poor fellows head between them. His head was dragged down under the water and he was drowned.
The body was not secured.
A floating derrick was towed into position above the wreck, and the towboat Hercules Carroll brought barges from the mouth of the Licking for the rescuers to work from. A dozen men stripped to their underclothes, and some of them, seeming semi-amphibious, clambered about in the wreckage which clogged the river, or disappeared beneath the waters surface for minutes at a time, groping blindly for the bodies of their fellow workmen. At 1 o'clock, Charles Wilkenson, one of the divers, who had himself been on the pier of the bridge when the middle span fell, found the body of James Johnson, caught between two timbers, ten feet below the rivers surface. With the assistance of other divers, Chris Beck, Herman Burgess, Barney King, and Wilkenson succeeded in getting a chain fastened to the submerged timber which held Johnson's body. Then the engine of the floating derrick dragged the timber to the surface. Johnson's body floated up with it and the divers caught it.
An hour later the divers found the body of john Sullivan. It was pinned tightly in the wreck and it took a half hour's work to loosen it. The next body recovered, and the last, up to the hour of going to press, was that of Chas. Gresham. It was found a few minutes before 3 o'clock. It was caught but a foot below the surface of the water, and the divers had been within a yard of it for half an hour before it was discovered. It also was taken to the Newport morgue.
The divers continued their work during the afternoon and late into the night but without avail. It seems probable that no more bodies will be recovered until a large part of the wreckage has been cleared away.
One of Whom Saved Several Lives After the Terrible Fall
Charles H. Wilkerson, A Louisville bridge carpenter, who boards at No 159 East Twelfth Street, Covington, acted a heroic part. He was firing a pile driver engine at the end of the Newport pier when the span gave way and precipitated its living fright into the Licking River. The fragment of timber he stood on fell with the rest, and he alighted in twenty feet of water near the Covington shore. He was bruised slightly, but was otherwise uninjured.
The German known among his fellow workers as "Skyhooks," came to the surface. Wilkerson swam to the injured man and kept him afloat until he was on dry ground. Wilkerson then turned his attention to the other wounded men who were floating in the river, and succeeded in rescuing three of them. He is subject to heart disease. One man he was unable to reach drowned before his eyes, and the spectacle so affected him that his heart refused action, and he fainted.
A glass of brandy was given him, and he recovered sufficiently after a few moments to go again into the water. He dived for the missing bodies, and succeeded in bringing up six of them – James J. Johnson, Andrew Baird, Robert Baird, A Canadian called "Shampoo," Sullivan, and a name named Charley.
Wilkerson's work of finding the bodies was greatly facilitated by his knowledge of diving. He was a professional diver in Lake Erie and on the Maumee River before he abandoned that kind of work for bridge
Presence of Mind
Ben Arnold, a young workman, riveting a piece of metal over the doomed span, was one of the few who heard the first warning crack of the timbers.
He had been advised, in case of danger of the kind, to climb as high as possible to escape being crushed to death. He began going up one of the scaffolds, but had not ascended a dozen feet before the entire mass collapsed. He fell a distance of 110 feet, striking a floating timber. He shoulder was dislocated and his right arm broken between the shoulder and the elbow.
He was taken to William Parmerlee's boarding house, 419 Eleventh street, Newport, and attended by Dr. Pythian.
Arnold's presence of mind undoubtedly saved his life.
John Murray is another man whose life was saved by his presence of mind. In telling of his experience he said, "I was twenty feet above the superstructure and about 100 above the water when the work fell. I lost my head until I was about half way down.
"A mass of timber and two men shot by me. Remembered that I was on a lot of planks. I jumped so that I would land further out on the water and clear the debris that caught the other two men and killed them."
Pure Carelessness
Murray Rardin Says it Was the Cause of the Accident
One man who can congratulate himself on his most miraculous escape is Murray Rardin, residing on East Seventh street, Newport, who was employed on the bridge as a carpenter. He told the story to an Enquirer representative, and it throws the responsibility upon the shoulders of the dead contractors.
"The news spread like wildfire" said Rardin," and I went to the nearest telephone and summoned surgeons and Coroner Dr. Fred A. Davis. The cause of the accident was due to carelessness on the part of the contractor. Weeks ago I told Frank Mure, the head carpenter, that the false work was not sufficient to bear the strain of the span. He was a rampant democrat, and I, being a strong Republican, he laughed at me and said that we Republicans were afraid of our own shadows. I told other people the same thing. When the piles were being driven in the Licking, some of them would spring fifteen feet out of the ground, and again they would be sunk simply with the weight of the hammer, which was 3,400 pounds. The false work was completed last Friday night, and the first girder was taken out Saturday morning, and the false work shook like an aspen leaf. The false work was not sufficiently strong to support the weight, and the whole had to be supported by the traveler – the whole thing then went down.
"The job," said Rairdon, "was what was termed a stake job. In other words, it was not thought that there was much in it. The whole thing can be attributed to carelessness and nothing else."
"Old Sis" Sponsor
Three of Her Sons Killed in the Accident
Out in the south-eastern Covington there is a tract of ground known as "No Man's Land." It is to Covington what Deercreek was to Cincinnati in its palmiest days.
Every resident of the place carries a sawed off musket for a cane and every man and woman in the "suburb" has a record. The most prominent woman in the "Land" is "Old Sis Sponsor." She is as well known in Covington police circles as Johanna McNamara is in Cincinnati. She has been arrested time and time again for drunkenness, but she always escaped the Work-house, because Kentuckians never send women to the rock pile.
Old Sis had three sons Jack (24) Frank (21), and Dick (18). They knew the weakness of their mother, but they cared for her all the same. They all worked on the bridge, and went down with the wreck. Everybody in Covington and Newport knew they had gone down, because they were well known, but the poor living in no man's land knew nothing about it, and where she lived they have no telephone or telegraph wires to carry the news of anything. Several hours passed but the mother heard nothing about the accident.
She stood in the yard of her house overlooking the muddy waters of the Licking.
But along in the afternoon, she heard that the bridge went down. Who told her no one knows. It might have been a news boy carrying the news. Without waiting to cover head to protect it from the hot sun, she ran toward the city.
She was wringing her hands and crying for her "poor boys." They were all men but they were still her boys. The street she ran, weeping as if her heart would break. She had received many shocks in her day, but this was the saddest of all. At last she reached Twelfth street. Turning down, she saw before her hundreds of sightseers coming and going to the wreck. Some were laughing, and, while others, with sad faces said, "What an awful accident."
Old Sis pushed herself through the crowds and at last reached the river bank where thousands of men, women and children were watching for the wreckers to "pull out another." They heard Old Sis's cries, and they made way for her. Down near the water's edge, she was stopped by a man who knew her, and knew her sons.
"You had better go back, Sis, you can do no good. Jack and Frank are killed and Dick is missing," said the acquaintance.
The information may have been meant in kindness, but it was cruel to Old Sis.
"My God! My darling boys are all gone now," shrieked the poor woman as she sank to the ground. Kind hands carried her to a shady spot, where she was cared for until Patrol 1 arrived and took her to Cincinnati to the home of a friend on Walnut street, near the river.
Many think that the death of her three loved ones will kill Old Sis.
"Don't Cry, Annie"
Said Dying William Roby – Scenes at the Hospital and Morgue
William Roby, a twenty year old boy, at work on the bridge with his brother, John Roby, was taken out of the river frightfully mangled. His brother's body had already been recovered and taken to the boarding house, 524 Thornton street, Newport, and his widow was screaming hysterically.
The younger brother was taken in a room, and soon regained consciousness. He sent for the grief stricken woman and tried to console her.
"Don't cry, Annie," he said painfully. "Jack's all right, I hope, and I'm not going to die." He did not know that "Jack's" dead body was laid out in the other room or that his own injuries were of so frightful a nature. A piece of timber had almost torn his stomach away and the lower part of his body was already paralyzed.
A few minutes afterward he sent for the distracted woman a second time and said, "Don't cry, Annie, It hurts my head so." Annie checked her sobs until a short while after, and saw the wounded boy die without adding to his suffering by telling him of his brother's death.
As soon as news of the accident reached the St. Elizabeth Hospital, the good sisters prepared to receive the injured.
In a very few minutes a rag wagon, with the old horse going as fast as his legs could move, drove into the yard. It carried Henry Kramer, 25, of Covington.
Drs. Kearns and Malloy were soon at his side, and they found that his arm was broken and that he was badly bruised about the body. He is an iron worker and was on top of the traveler when the accident took place. He went down in the debris and had a very remarkable escape.
The next man brought in was S. K. Kiel. His back was hurt. Inspector Wilson was received a few moments later, with his back sprained.
Then Patrick Murray was brought in. He was unconscious. His ribs were broken and his skull was fractured. He lingered until 3:20 o'clock, when he died. The body was removed to the morgue.
Patrol 1 was the next arrival with a man who is known only as "stock-yards." His skull was fractured at the base of the brain, and he died half an hour after he arrived at the hospital.
The bodies of Robert and Andrew Baird, the contractors, lay side by side at the residence of the former, 1022 Columbia street, [Newport]. They are both badly cut and bruised, the latter especially, part of his intestines protruding.
Andrew Baird arrived from Pittsburg but an hour and a quarter before the accident, and but a few minutes before was joking with some o the men. He was a magnificent specimen of manhood.
The following telegram was received two hours after the accident by Mayor Thomas of Covington:
MAYOR OF COVINGTON: Do not spare expense but wire at once condition of Andrew Baird, who was injured on the bridge. Can we help him by coming on tonight's train? Answer quick. Hutchinson, Wilmot & Baird."
When the telegram arrived, Andrew Baird was in the morgue at Newport. He was instantly killed in the accident.
At the Morgue
Thousands of People View the Long Row of Silent Bodies
There were over 5,000 people at Menninger's Morgue, in Covington, last night anxious to ascertain who the dead were. Many people were making inquiries about missing people, Thee was six [sic ] bodies at this place, and all bit one was identified up to 10 o'clock. The man that was not identified died at the hospital, and his name is said to be Meavers, but this is not positively known. Two of the bodies will be sent to their relatives today.
The crowd became so large that Mr. Menninger was compelled to call a policeman to keep them back. Coroner Wilson will commence the inquest upon the bodies today. The scene at the morgue was a distressing one. Anxious-eyed women came frequently – anxious, and yet fearing to look upon the bodies.
The bodies have all been embalmed.
There was a surging mass of humanity on East Sixth street, in Newport, where M. Betz & son's morgue is situated.
There were nine bodies packed in ice, and hundreds of people viewed the mangled remains. There were few of the friends or relatives, however, and all that were recognized were identified by fellow workmen.
James Johnson, of Harve de Gras[sic], Md., when found had $27.40, a silver watch, and a railroad pass from Natchez to Jackson, Miss. It expired April 20. A god initial and a plain ring were on his fingers. The latter could not be gotten off owing to the size the finger had swollen.
Major Bigstaff
President of the Bridge Company, Talks of the Affair
Major Samuel Bigstaff, President of the company building the new bridge, was seen last evening at his residence at Fourth street and Washington avenue, Newport.
He knew nothing of the accident until informed about it two hours after the occurrence. Major Bigstaff said, "The name of the firm doing this construction is the Kenton and Campbell County Bridge Company. The estimated cost of the bridge, when finished, was about $175,000. The King Bridge Company of Cleveland, who had the contract for the building of the new bridge between Cincinnati and Newport, also had charge here. They in turn sublet the contract for the spans and iron work tot he Baird Bros., who had their headquarters in Pittsburg.
The Baird Brothers were known all over the country, and I might say all oer the world, for their excellent works. Bridge builders will feel their loss keenly, as their services were required for most of the intricate and important bridge building in this country. They built the spans for the Memphis Bridge and many others of the kind. I estimate the loss in money by this accident at about $25,000, which, however, I consider trivial as compared with the loss of life. As to the cause of the accident, I am not prepared to speak positively. I heard a few days since that Inspector Wilson, of the King Bridge Company warned the Baird Brothers that the false structure of the affair was unsafe. Whether any attempt to remedy the defect was made I do not know. The chief engineer is Epes Randolph, who has as his assistant J. A. Stewart, of Cincinnati.
Chief Deitsch Assists
He Sends Two Patrol Wagons To The Scene
A few minutes after the accident it was reported at police headquarters in Cincinnati. Chief Deitsch called up chief of Police Goodson and offered him any assistance. Chief Goodson replied that he could use two patrol wagons. Patrols 1 and 2 were given a "hurry" call and were soon on the scene.
Patrol 1 went to Covington and the Twos went to Newport. The experience of the Cincinnati officers in hauling dead and injured made their services valuable. As soon as they arrived on the scene, stretchers were pulled out, and nearly all the dead and injured were cared for by the Cincinnati wagons.
Coroner Davis, of Newport, desires through the Enquirer the sincerest thanks to the citizens of [Cincinnati] and himself to Chief Deitsch or sending patrol wagons, and a corps of men to aid the authorities of Newport. He also desires to thank the officers on the wagons for their splendid work.
At a Laborer's Cottage, Where a Pleasure Trip Was Planned
At no place did the horrible disaster cause more grief and consternation than at John Phillips little cottage, 427 Hodge Street, Newport. Phillips kissed his wife and children goodbye in the morning and went to work as usual.
They had planned a pleasure trip to Cincinnati in the afternoon, and Phillips was to "knock off" at 3 o'clock to cross the river with them. A few minutes after the bridge fell four men carried him home on a litter. He was met at the gate by his frightened children, and tried to quiet their cries by saying he was not badly hurt.
"We won't go to Cincinnati today, babies," he said, trying to smile, "but we'll try to go tomorrow."
One of his legs – the left one – was broken in three places below the knee, a long gash was cut over his eye and he was probably fatally hurt internally. Drs. Thomas and Pythian did all they could [to] alleviate his pain and lessen the danger to his life.
It is hardly possible that he will ever make the pleasure trip with them. He had an internal hemorrhage which passed from him congealed blood, and his entrails are supposed to be torn. The bone of his leg is literally smashed: the leg may mortify.
Looking For Papa
The Sad News Received By a Boy Carrying His Father's and Uncle's Dinner
Standing near one of the big doors leading into the mill, and a few feet from the patrol wagon was a boy about 7 years old. In one hand he carried a bucket of coffee and in the other a basket of lunch.
He was crying, and in his attempt to dry his eyes with the hand that carried the bucket he spilled the coffee all over his white waist.
Jack Donnelly, the big hearted driver of Patrol No 1 saw the lad, and, calling him over, asked what was the matter. The little fellow, between sobs that were breaking his heart, said he had come down with dinner for his father and uncle, but he could not find them.
It was true. The little fellow could not find his father or his uncle for they were buried in the wreck. They were William and John Roby. When the little fellow was told that they were both dead he started for home to carry the sad news to his mother. But he never parted with his papa's lunch and coffee.
Came Here To Die
Two New comers on the Bridge Mortally Crushed in the Wreck
A week ago yesterday Harry Obsorn, a young Englishman direct from London came to this country to make a fortune building bridges. He came to Cincinnati to work for the Baird Bros.
He was stationed on one of the bridge stringers when the crash came and he fell amid the flying timbers and iron supporters. A heavy bar fell across his shoulders and forced him under the water. He floated to the surface bleeding and half dead, and was going under a second time when Charles Wilkenson, one of the other workmen, caught him, and towed him to shore. The back of his skull was crushed and his face bathed in the blood that flowed from other wounds on his head. He was carried up on the Newport bank and put in a Cincinnati ambulance, which took him to the Good Samaritan hospital. He was still alive last night, but not expected to recover..
One of the victims, James J. Johnson, was on the bridge by the merest accident. He and his brother, Albert, left Harve de Grace, Md., to work on a bridge built at Hanover, Va., by the Baird brothers. In an accident there, both were injured. Albert's skull was fractured and he became a lunatic.
The sound-minded brother instituted suit against the contractors for $10,000 damages. He came to Cincinnati yesterday and went to the bridge to see an acquaintance at work on it. He was on the structure when it fell, and was crushed to death between two iron girders.
Four Companions
Together They Lived, Together They Died
On Patrol 1 that carried a dead body to the Morgue, was a coat-less young man who was crying bitterly. He was Billy Riddle, who was at work on the "nigger head" when the work went down. He had charge of the engine on the pier, and was watching the men set an iron girder when the trestle gave away.
He ran down to the bank and reached there just in time to see Bruce Thomas come up. He grabbed him and pulled him out. When Thomas reached ground, he said "Well, Billy, this ends bridging with me." In a few minutes he was at work searching for bodies.
Thomas had a very remarkable escape. He was at work in a swinging scaffold, and when the wreck took place he escaped with a few bruises and a sprained ankle. Riddle's tears, however, were for others.
Like every gang of men, there are certain cliques or gangs of men. Riddle's friends were Charlie Puffenbaugh, Tom Downey, Harry Osborn and Ben Arnold. They all ran together and were intimate. All were killed save Riddle. Hence his tears.
He Jumped
From the Top of the Traveler and Escaped – James Caldwell was Lucky
Dan Binkley, of Newport, had a fall in the accident that he will not forget the balance of his days. He was on top of the traveler at the time and fell with it, the fall being nearly 100 feet. His ace was badly bruised and he was otherwise stove up.
James Caldwell, of Persimmon Grove, Campbell County, Ky., was lucky enough to go after a bucket of water but only a few minutes before the accident occurred. He was on his way back when the entire thing gave.
On Licking's Banks
Thousands Watch All Day For the Water to Give Up Its Dead
All day yesterday and up to a late hour last night the river banks of the vicinity or the accident were crossed with people who were anxious to get a glimpse of every body that was brought out, and to view the wreck. All night long men in skiffs patrolled the river in the vicinity of the accident in search of the missing bodies.
When the crash came, a boat containing three ladies and one gentleman narrowly escaped being caught by the falling timber. One man who fell from the bridge floated down the river below the Licking Rolling mill, when he disappeared. It is thought that when the timber and iron are removed that there will be other bodies found. An active search will be kept up today for the rest of the missing bodies.
Their Lives Insured
The Dead Men's Families and Relatives Generally Well Cared For
All of the men employed on the bridge were insured for $1,500, or at least that has been the common custom of the bridge company to insure all of their employees for $1,500 in case of an accident.
It is not known how many of the employees were insured, as a number of them had only been in the employ of the company a short time. This will be of some comfort to the bereaved families.
Three wounded men were taken to William Parmalee's boarding house, No. 419 Eleventh street, Newport – John Murray, whose scalp was laid open and one of his ears almost torn off; Ben Arnold, with a dislocated shoulder, and Thomas Lavender, of Covington, whose head was badly cut and lip split open. Arnold and Murray live in Newport, and Lavender boards at 153 Third street, Covington. All three men are unmarried.
Sid Barnes, of Covington, was to have been at work yesterday, but he did not get up in time.
Wm. Spaulding quit work about an hour before the accident occurred.
There was considerable indignation about the action of the Newport patrol officers. Chief of Police Cottingham notified the wagon to go to the accident, but they refused to remove a wounded man until there was some show to get money for their services. There was quite a discussion about the matter, and later in the day the patrol wagon rendered some good service. Superintendent Phillips was not in the city.
Drs. J. L and C. T. Pythian, Dr. Brown, Dr. Ratchford, Dr. Higins, and Dr Humboldt were at work on the Newport side, and Drs. Wise, Mallory and Thomas on the Covington side.
Edward A. Nolan, of Newport, was a "con man," and when the crash came he jumped from the traveler into the river, and struck a barge that was moored at the Newport landing. Nolan came from Erie, PA., about three years ago.
Andy Kobinger was at the hospital yesterday afternoon to see how the injured were getting along. He was still pale from his narrow escape. Kobinger was at work on the traveler and had just stopped on the pier for some tools when the works went down.
A Canadian, known as "Shampoo," who was one of the fatally injured, worked on the big cantilever bridge at Memphis, and had a narrow escape from drowning in a caisson there.
Chief Cottingham and the entire police force were soon upon the scene, and was Sheriff Betz and his deputies, Julius Plummer and Louis Betz. They did excellent work in keeping back the crowd.
Coroner David of Newport, will begin the gigantic task of holding his inquests today. It is hardly probable that any witnesses can be obtained before 2 o'clock, and it will hardly be finished before next week
From the Cincinnati Enquirer of June 16, 1892


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Erik Borgman (Amsterdam, 1 januari 1957) is een Nederlandse leken-dominicaan en hoogleraar theologie van de religie, in het bijzonder het christendom, aan de Universiteit van Tilburg. In zijn denken is hij sterk beïnvloed door de katholieke bevrijdingstheologie.

Het opiniemagazine Vrij Nederland selecteerde hem in 2008 als een van de meest scherpzinnige denkers van Nederland. Lezers van dagblad Trouw verkozen hem tot een van drie meest inspirerende theologen. Ook werd hij in 2012 uitgeroepen tot Theoloog van het jaar.

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Na de mavo (Gerardus Majella, diploma 1973) en ongedeeld vwo (college De Klop, diploma 1976) te Utrecht, studeerde Borgman van 1976 tot 1984 theologie en filosofie aan de Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen en studeerde cum laude af. In 1990 promoveerde hij (eveneens cum laude) op het proefschrift Sporen van de bevrijdende God: Universitaire theologie in aansluiting op Latijns-Amerikaanse bevrijdingstheologie, zwarte theologie en feministische theologie.

Van 2000 tot 2007 was hij in dienst van het Heyendaal Instituut voor theologie, wetenschap en cultuur van de Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, later de Radboud Universiteit. Vanaf eind 2007 is hij hoogleraar aan het Departement Religiewetenschappen en Theologie binnen de Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen van de Universiteit van Tilburg. Najaar 2015 werd hij ook gasthoogleraar aan het Doopsgezind Seminarie te Amsterdam, met als leeropdracht "vrijzinnige theologie".

Bibliografie
 Sporen van de bevrijdende God: Universitaire theologie in aansluiting op Latijns-Amerikaanse bevrijdingstheologie, zwarte theologie en feministische theologie (1990)
 Alexamenos aanbidt zijn God: theologische essays voor sceptische lezers (1994)
 Edward Schillebeeckx, een theoloog in zijn geschiedenis deel 1: een katholieke cultuurtheologie (1914-1965) (1999)
 Dominicaanse spiritualiteit: een verkenning (2000)
 Metamorfosen: over religie en moderne cultuur (2006, 2010)
 Want de plaats waarop je staat is heilige grond: God als onderzoeksprogramma (2008)
 Overlopen naar de barbaren: het publieke belang van religie en christendom (2009)
 Wortelen in vaste grond: een cultuurtheologisch essay (2009)
 De verbeelding van Marga Klompé: perspectieven op de toekomst (2012)
 Waar blijft de Kerk?: gedachten over opbouw in tijden van afbraak (2015)
 Leven van wat komt: een katholiek uitzicht op de samenleving (2017)
 Zielen winnen: op zoek naar kerk buiten de gebaande paden (2017)
 Door het lijden: meditaties bij de kruisweg (2018)
 Dit is het hart: over het proeven van de kerk (2019)
 Alle dingen nieuw: een theologische visie voor de 21ste eeuw. Deel 1: Inleiding en invocatio (2020) (winnaar Beste Theologische Boek 2020)
 De school als bouwplaats: onderwijs met het oog op een samenleving van vrije mensen (2021)
Om te dienen, niet om gediend te worden: zeven keer zeven teksten om gelovig op te laden (2023)

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Nederlands theoloog
Nederlands schrijver
21e-eeuws schrijver
Hoogleraar aan de Universiteit van Tilburg

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NASD Regulation, Inc., is announcing that, effective January 2, 1998, a new arbitration process fee will be assessed on members that are parties to arbitration proceedings, and on members that employ associated persons who are parties to arbitration proceedings. The fee will be imposed in two parts: a prehearing process fee and a hearing process fee.
Questions regarding this Notice may be directed to Linda Fienberg, Executive Vice President, Office of Dispute Resolution, NASD RegulationSM, at (202) 728-8407; Deborah Masucci, Vice President and Director, Office of Dispute Resolution, NASD Regulation, at (212) 858-4400; or Elliott R. Curzon, Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, NASD Regulation, at (202) 728-8451.
On Thursday, December 11, 1998, NASD Regulation submitted a rule filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amending Rule 10333 of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) Code of Arbitration Procedure to add a process fee to be charged to members at several stages of arbitration proceedings. The text of the new process fee rule is attached to this Notice as Exhibit A. The amendment is effective upon filing with the SEC and NASD Regulation plans to implement the new fee on January 2, 1998. The new fee is the last stage of a three-stage effort to make the NASD's dispute resolution program self-funding by imposing fees on participants in arbitration proceedings.1 NASD Regulation also anticipates that its proposed increase in filing fees and hearing session deposits currently pending approval at the SEC will be approved and implemented on the same date or shortly thereafter.
The previously approved surcharge and the pending filing and hearing session fee increases will add approximately $12 million to the revenue stream of the Office of Dispute Resolution (Office). In addition, they will shift much of the direct cost of operating the dispute resolution forum to the users of the forum. The final 1998 Budget for the Office, however, which includes transfer pricing of services provided by other NASD departments to the Office, projects total expenses of approximately $35.2 million versus projected revenue of approximately $29.1 million, leaving a revenue shortfall of approximately $6.1 million. The new process fees are designed to recover all of the Office's costs that are not recovered through filing fees, hearing session deposits, forum fees,2 and member surcharges, and to make the Office's activities self-funding in a way that generally reflects the extent of resources used in a given case.
The process fees will be assessed in two parts: (1) the Prehearing Process Fee for the activities in the case, from the filing of the claim up to and including the Prehearing Conference; and (2) the Hearing Process Fee for the activities relating to the evidentiary hearing, award and case closing.3 If the member concludes its involvement in a case through dismissal or settlement, the process fees accrued to that point will be assessed.4 Similarly, if an associated person of a member is named in a proceeding, but the member is not named, the member employing the associated person at the time of the events that gave rise to the dispute will be assessed the process fees when the associated person's involvement in the case is concluded.
The Prehearing Process Fee will accrue in three cumulative stages. First, when a claim is filed, a $50 fee will accrue against each member named in the claim.5 Next, when the first answer to the claim is received or due, an additional $150 fee will accrue. Finally, when the arbitrators are selected, a fee of $400 will accrue against each member in the case, for a maximum assessment against each member of $600. The Prehearing Process Fee will be due and payable when the prehearing conference is held, or, if no prehearing conference is held, when the parties are notified of the date and location of the first hearing. These fees will not be dependent on the amount of the claim.
The Hearing Process Fee will accrue and become due and payable when the parties are notified of the date and location of the first hearing session. The Hearing Process Fee will be a graduated fee ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, based on the amount in dispute.
NASD Regulation believes that the structure of the process fee will result in the Office's costs being recovered even if there are significant variations in the number of cases that proceed all the way through a hearing. Moreover, NASD Regulation believes that the new process fee may encourage settlements because significantly greater fees will be incurred by members once the matter proceeds to hearing.
1 The first two stages involved increasing the surcharge on members named in arbitration proceedings and increasing filing fees and hearing session deposits. The increase in the member surcharge was submitted to the SEC for approval in rule filing SR-NASD-97-40 and was approved by the SEC. It was implemented on July 1, 1997. The proposed increases in filing fees and hearing session deposits were originally submitted to the SEC for approval in rule filing SR-NASD-97-39, resubmitted in rule filing SR-NASD-97-79, and are currently pending SEC approval.
2 Forum fees are the charges for hearing sessions assessed at the end of a proceeding. Forum fees are calculated by multiplying the number of hearing sessions by the applicable hearing session deposit. The panel of arbitrators determines the fee allocation among the parties.
3 The process fee will not apply to an injunctive relief action filed under Rule 10335 of the Code until after the immediate injunctive relief stage of the proceeding. When the parties to such an action elect to proceed to a hearing on the merits before a panel of three arbitrators, the process fee will apply.
4 As with other fees, any overdue, unpaid process fees will be deducted from member funds maintained in member Central Registration Depository Accounts. See Notice to Members 97-71 (October 1997).
5 As discussed above, if an associated person of a member is named, but the member employing the associated person is not named, the process fee will accrue against the member employing the associated person at the time of the events which gave rise to the dispute. References in this rule filing to fees assessed against members named in the proceeding will also refer to the circumstance where the member is not named in the proceeding, but is assessed the fee because a present or, where applicable, former associated person of the member is named in the proceeding.
6 As with the member surcharge, the new process fee will be assessed only against members. It will not be assessed against associated persons. In addition, because the process fee will be assessed against a member if an associated person of the member is named in a proceeding, members would be required to pay the process fee, for example: (1) where a member brings an arbitration case against an associated person to recover on a promissory note; (2) where an associated person brings an arbitration case against a member for defamation or wrongful discharge; or (3) where a customer brings an arbitration case against an associated person but does not name the member that employed the associated person at the time of the events that are the subject of the claim.
(a) Each member [who is named as] that is a party to an arbitration proceeding, whether in a Claim, Counterclaim, Cross-claim or Third-Party Claim, shall be assessed a non-refundable surcharge pursuant to the schedule below when the Director of Arbitration perfects service of the claim naming the member on any party to the proceeding. For each associated person who is named, the surcharge shall be assessed against the member or members that employed the associated person at the time of the events which gave rise to the dispute, claim or controversy. No member shall be assessed more than a single surcharge in any arbitration proceeding. The surcharge shall not be [subject to reimbursement] chargeable to any other party under Rules 10332(c) and 10205(c) of the Code.
(b) For purposes of this Rule, service is perfected when the Director of Arbitration properly serves the Respondents to such proceeding under Rule 10314 of the Code.
(c) If the dispute, claim, or controversy does not involve, disclose, or specify a money claim, the non-refundable surcharge shall be $1,200 or such greater or lesser amount as the Director of Arbitration or the panel of arbitrators may require, but shall not exceed the maximum amount specified in the schedule.
(d) Each member that is a party to an arbitration proceeding will pay a non-refundable process fee as set forth in the schedule below for each stage of a proceeding. The process fee shall not be chargeable to any other party under Rules 10332(c) and 10205(c) of the Code. If an associated person of a member is a party, the member that employed the associated person at the time of the events which gave rise to the dispute, claim or controversy will be charged the process fees. The prehearing process fee will accrue according to the schedule set forth below, but will be due and payable when the prehearing conference is held, or, if no prehearing conference is held, when the parties are notified of the date and location of the first hearing session. The hearing fee will accrue and be due and payable when the parties are notified of the date and location of the first hearing session. All accrued but unpaid fees will be due and payable at the conclusion of the member's or associated person's involvement in the proceeding. No member will pay more than one prehearing and hearing process fee for any case. The process fees will stop accruing when either the member enters into a settlement of the dispute or the member is dismissed from the proceeding or, if the member is paying a process fee as a result of an associated person being named as a party, when the associated person enters into a settlement or is dismissed from the proceeding, whichever is later.


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More red flags at Broward Health
By Sun Sentinel Editorial Board
With so many moving parts, it remains difficult to diagnose exactly what's happening at the North Broward Hospital District, which oversees the public hospital system known as Broward Health.
But amid the swirl of controversy about contracts and corruption, here's our take on key factors that emerged this past week.
First, the good news: On a 4-3 vote, the board that oversees the system did the right thing by agreeing to hire an outside law firm to help it manage the state, federal and internal investigations that are underway. Deserved or not, a cloud hangs over the district's legal department, which approved the contracts now in question, stands accused of obstructing a corruption investigation and has created some unease by sending representatives to employee interviews with investigators. It's the board's job to provide administrative oversight, not to be a rubber stamp. So kudos to board chairman David Di Pietro — as well as board members Darryl Wright, Maureen Canada and Joel Gustafson — for parting the clouds and giving taxpayers reason to believe any improprieties found will be addressed without fear or favor.
Red alert: Broward Health is bleeding red ink. Its revenues are down $29 million over last year. Its earnings are $5 million short of what's needed to make a June 30 covenant to bond holders. Absent a turnaround in admissions and occupancy rates, it faces a financial cliff. Administrators are looking at salaries, expenses, job openings, collections and productivity. But board members need to zero in on the financials — pronto. That includes capital projects and top-line revenue growth. Meanwhile, taxpayers should be on guard because board member Christopher Ure made clear "we have the ability to increase our public support if we need to." In other words, Ure is poised to push a tax increase.
Runaway legal fees: The district's legal bills are out of control. Despite the addition of more in-house lawyers, it's paid two law firms more than $3 million in less than a year to help address federal compliance issues. Most problematic, it has awarded no-bid contracts that pay outside lawyers as much as $695 an hour. Can you imagine? This is a public hospital system, folks, not a public trough. Surely, good local firms are available at half those rates and without the travel costs now paid lawyers from Tallahassee and Jacksonville. Fortunately, board member Sheela VanHoose agreed to dig into the numbers — and begin the process of establishing a much-needed budget for the legal department — at the next legal committee she chairs.
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More PR firms, too: Interim CEO Kevin Fusco told board members that Broward Health now has two public relations firms, Outside Eyes and Hill & Knowlton, which he just hired for $45,000 for three months. But two weeks ago, after the board voted 5-2 to prevent the public from hearing its discussion of a private investigator's concerns, a third firm, Boardroom Communications, released a statement on Broward Health's behalf. So clearly, it's hired more PR muscle, too.
CEO search: Broward Health should learn a thing or two from its counterpart in the south, Memorial Healthcare, which has endured a turbulent hunt for a new CEO under the guidance of the Korn Ferry search firm. Much of the tumult came from the firm's attempts to shield candidate names from public view. So it was surprising to learn that Ure, who chairs the committee that will recommend a search firm, named Korn Ferry first among his four possibilities and that the district's human relations director did not know of his choices. Plus, Ure wants to explore ways to conduct the search "in the shade." Clearly, the board should advertise this job and give companies familiar with Florida's Sunshine Law the chance to bid. And before another day passes, the district's legal counsel should advise Ure on the law that requires public institutions to pick their chief executives in public.
Shades over sunshine: Broward Health's board says it believes in transparency. You hear it over and over again — right before a majority of members vote to reconvene behind closed doors. It happened in December, when they approved a no-bid contract with Zimmerman Advertising now under the state review. It happened again two weeks ago, when the time came to discuss a private investigator's allegations that General Counsel Lynn Barrett had obstructed justice, a charge she vehemently denies. After the Sun Sentinel objected to a closed-door meeting of the allegations, Barrett sought an opinion from Attorney General Pam Bondi's office — an opinion that agreed with us. Meanwhile, severance agreements with confidentiality clauses abound for people being dismissed, including at least one accused of wrongdoing. We'd like to remind the board that this is not a private company, but a public hospital system subject to public records laws. And as long as it is owned and supported by taxpayers, Broward Health must let us see what's going on.
Culture of fear: You saw the headline on Sun Sentinel reporter David Fleshler's story: "Investigator Says Broward Health Workers Afraid to Report Wrongdoing." Given the many recent firings, including of some people who've made waves, the fears are understandable. VanHoose was right to note: "If there are staff members who are afraid to come forward because they're afraid of getting fired, that's a problem." Fortunately, the hiring of the Berger Singerman law firm, now tasked with independently overseeing the investigations, should provide staffers more confidence.
Swift investigations: Remarkably, just a week after receiving information on more than 6,100 contracts, investigators from the state Inspector General's office swooped into Broward Health to begin questioning employees about certain deals. Initially, they placed seven contracts in their sights. At Wednesday's board meeting, the auditor said they'd flagged as many as 20, though no one will say which ones. From a taxpayer's point of view, it's disturbing to hear how some of these contracts get awarded. Too often, it involves someone with political connections. And while this board says it has a ban on lobbying, there's little evidence it's enforced.
So for the moment, with many questions remaining, here's the image emerging so far:
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Broward Health is unquestionably blessed with good doctors, nurses and staffers who are committed to providing high-quality care. But for many reasons, their morale was flagging even before the suicide of CEO Dr. Nabil El Sanadi last month.
As it has for decades, Broward Health remains driven by politics. That's because it awards about $1.3 billion in annual revenues — including about $140 million from taxpayers — in contracts to doctors, lawyers, marketing companies, PR firms, medical services outlets and other companies. And too often, its leadership agrees to award these contracts to people with political connections.
Given what we know today, here's our prescription:
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In the face of troubled finances, Broward Health should avoid talk of tax increases and take the steps necessary to live within its means.
In the face of lacking leadership, Broward Health should move swiftly, but wisely, to find a strong new CEO who will end the political gravy train and focus on job one: a well-run patient care system that treats everyone — patients, doctors, providers and taxpayers — with respect and fairness.
And Broward Health's leaders should resist the temptation to retreat behind closed doors. To secure the buy-in of those who own system, they should show a bias toward opening the shades and letting us follow their rehabilitative journey, no matter how torturous.
We are counting on them, as they must count on us.


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Good gay mystery in which Tom and Scott head to Wisconsin to support Tom's sister after her loathsome husband was murdered during a gubernatorial recall election. A titch more editing would have helped on this one.
We know the bad people are bad because they are ugly. Very, very ugly. Like, thirteen-year-old-girl-describing-the-mean-girls-at-school-in-her-sooper-sekrit-very-very-serious-diary ugly.
We know that the good people are good because they are good. Very, very good. Like, shitting-rainbows-and-leaving-trails-of-daisies-everywhere-their-feet-touch-the-ground good. No shading. No subtlety. No interest.
In all cases, the characters are little more than caricatures. The bad guys have tantrums and lie an We know the bad people are bad because they are ugly. Very, very ugly. Like, thirteen-year-old-girl-describing-the-mean-girls-at-school-in-her-sooper-sekrit-very-very-serious-diary ugly.
In all cases, the characters are little more than caricatures. The bad guys have tantrums and lie and mutter and practically twirl their moustaches. (In this book, even the women have moustaches. Evil moustaches.) And the good guys are beautiful and clever and insightful and bold and daring and righteous--but not so righteous that they're mean.
Take the husband: an openly-gay major-league baseball player who cooks, cleans, does well with children, reads philosophy, skateboards like a pro, quotes literature, requires no special diet or food regimen, smells of cinnamon buns at all times, and throughout the book is accompanied by an elegant woman playing pleasing music on a harp which is simultaneously extravagant and modest.
I really liked this book! It was a quick read and a page turner (for me). A good mystery and if you a liberal (like me) you will enjoy the story. It's is the first of Zubro's books I have read, and after this one I plan on reding more of his work.
Possibly the last book in this series! Sad to see these characters go.
Author also writes as: Mark Richard Zubro.


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For this test, I pulled 1.3mm at barrel and 1.2 in the middle.
The keys on this instrument are not quite as sturdy as other Leblanc products I have reviewed. They seem to have made the key work more delicate to suit professional tastes. I noted that the instrument was regulated so that the key springs give minimal resistance, which allows for greater facility and effortless playing. This instrument seems to be outfitted with something like a Galper Register Tube. I suspect this isn't Galper's own product, but a Leblanc special feature. The throat Bb on this clarinet is EXCELLENT. All tenons are protected with metal.
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Recycle trash properly. 7 rules you didn't know about recycling
Recycling is a process to recover and reprocess the waste material in the usable product. The recycling is done by the collection of waste products and then covert that collection into the use products. Various types of materials are recycled such as iron, steel, aluminum cans, paper, plastic, wood, and many more. Moreover, recycling also reduces the pollution of water, land, and air. There are some things that you do not know about recycling and those all are mentioned in the following paragraphs.
Recycling saves the energy
While making the products from recycled materials saves 50 percent of energy because it makes the new material from the old one. For instance, the aluminum cans require less energy to make new products from raw materials. Apart from this, you also need to find out a clear way to make the products from recycling and save energy.
Do not put the plastic bag in the bin
Some people put plastic with other waste materials for recycling. But it is not good because plastic bags and other plastic products disturb the whole recycling system. So, it is important to keep in mind that you have to recycle separately for plastic products. Moreover, plastic products are very harmful to the environment. So, it is the best option to reducethe use of plastic bags.
Buy plastic bags from the grocery stores
Mostly the plastic bad are collected in the recycling stores and the companies of sanitation. These stores collect the plastic the stores for recycling. If a person wants to purchase a plastic bag then bring the plastic from the collection bins.
The packing of the clamshell is not recyclable
The containers made by clamshell are not able to recycle. These containers hold barriers and other materials but according to the waste management, recycling is not done. In addition, these containers are made with a high value of plastic and used to store food and fruits.
Recycling of plastic
Most important is that these plastic need too much energy to recycle because it requires more energy than producing the new products. So, you have to avoid the use of these kinds of plastic because it harms the environment. Some links and other information related to recycling are Recommended you read floorcleaningtools.com for better reusability.
Recycling power
There are some types of bottles that produce energy while making the new products especially glass bottles. In addition, a glass bottle will be able to operate the 100 watts light bulbs for a few hours. So, it has a sufficient amount of energy.
Goofy glasses
The recycling of glass has more energy. It takes less energy to produce the products and also creates 50 percent less pollution while making the new products. In other words, when making the new glass products from the old then it requires less energy to make glass products. You can also melt the glass products at a lower temperature.
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N.W.T. premier takes aim at feds, media over pace of oil and gas development
N.W.T. Premier Bob McLeod said his "patience is wearing thin" with the rate of oil and gas development in the North.
Premier made remarks to gathering of oil and gas industry representatives in Calgary
CBC News · Posted: Mar 13, 2019 11:03 AM CT | Last Updated: March 13
Bob McLeod gave the keynote speech at the 2019 Arctic Oil and Gas Symposium in Calgary. (Mario De Ciccio/CBC)
Bob McLeod says his "patience is wearing thin" over the slow rate of investment in northern oil and gas.
The N.W.T. premier gave his remarks in a keynote speech at the Arctic Oil and Gas Symposium, a gathering of oil and gas industry representatives in Calgary Wednesday.
The speech was infused with frustration over the pace of oil and gas development in the North, at times taking aim at the media, the federal government and "southern, urban Canadians."
"You'd think that the relationship between resource development, and socioeconomic well-being would be well known in this country," read McLeod's prepared remarks.
"There is no question that provinces in this country have each, at some point in time, benefitted from federal government investment," he said. "Now is the time for that same promise to be fulfilled in the Northwest Territories."
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McLeod identified three "priority projects" for resource development in the territory — a year-round "road to riches" in the Slave Geological Province, an expansion of the Taltson hydroelectric system, and an all-season Mackenzie Valley Highway.
Mackenzie Gas Pipeline a 'cautionary tale'
McLeod said past investments in infrastructure, such as the Mackenzie gas pipeline, moved too slowly for industry, which "had every right to move on."
"This was a waste of an opportunity that the whole country could be benefitting from today," said McLeod, calling the process a "cautionary tale" about "overly complicated management regimes."
McLeod said he would "keep pushing to see these projects realized … now, and not in another 30 years."
Talks to manage offshore Arctic drilling may signal end of ban: NWT premier
Oil and gas contributed just $7.9 million to the Northwest Territories economy in 2017, according to the NWT Bureau of Statistics — an amount McLeod said was "on par" with agriculture and arts and entertainment.
In 2016, the federal government introduced a moratorium on new offshore oil and gas licenses in the Arctic, restricting the opportunities for drilling in the North.
Media, governments guilty of 'eco-colonialism'
McLeod said "all too often … Indigenous people … are only valued as responsible stewards of their land if they choose not to touch it. He called this "eco-colonialism."
"It is oppressive and irresponsible to assume that Indigenous northerners do not support resource development," he said.
McLeod said the "social license" for resource development was greater in the N.W.T. than anywhere else in Canada, thanks to "one of the richest revenue sharing agreements of its kind in Canada."
"This is what real reconciliation looks like," he said.
N.W.T. should develop own gas resources, says territory, Inuvialuit corporation
McLeod also pointed to three pieces of legislation — the Oil and Gas Operations Act, the Mineral Resources Act and the Petroleum Resources Act — as indications his government is modernizing regulations around resource exploration.
Without changes, McLeod said, northern industry will continue to "feel left out from the national economic equation."
"These fears are not just my own," he said. "They are shared by families who are struggling with high costs of living and fewer prospects for good paying jobs."
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COVID-19 : pandemic and pandemonium in the global village
by J Boima RogersApr 1, 2020
The Corona pandemic is a phenomenon in a global village which is very different from that when the concept of surrealism was coined a hundred years ago. Artists then saw the goal of surrealism as a concept to "liberate thought, language and human experience from the oppressive boundaries of rationalism, unleashing the minds of the masses from the rational order of society." They painted sceneries that were blurred and, unlike previous paintings, not a facsimile of objects or landscape, rather an interpretation of those objects in that particular artist's imagination. For much of the that century and in the current 21st century, developments in science, technology, the social sciences deviated from that path as rationalism, logic and a data driven society led to huge leaps in technology as demonstrated in the computers, the internet, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence.
In COVId-19, something went wrong, particularly in the two super powers that are in the driving seat, China and the USA. Trump was wrong when he called Covid-19 the "Chinese disease"; rather it is owned by both countries. Local authorities in China supressed news of the disease and America which through its intelligence was probably the first country to know about it failed to act. Both countries failed in that respect and America with its technological prominence and resources which it could have used to contain Covid-19's spread failed to take decisive action that could have prevented the pandemic. The pandemic started in China but the spread and severity is due to the way the world has become a global village in which these two countries play a pivotal role and the surrealism in both of them, a denial of reality, science and previous health issues.
News of the silent killer was buried but Covid19 failed to go away and instead spread in Wuhan city, the province, country and the world. When doctors started raising the alarm and were quickly silenced by local authorities, it severely hampered measures that could have been taken to address the problem and prevent its spread. This action went against all logic and failed to take into account previous incidents, notably the SARS case ten years earlier. Trump's America which had received intelligence reports of the pandemic, ignored those signals and even before the outbreak, had started dismantling the infrastructure that had been built to work with the Chinese on such occasions.
In the USA, Trump, the ultimate surrealist not only downplayed the disease but totally ignored the (NSC) playbook/workflow that Obama had left him with dire consequences for the country which now has the largest number of people affected with Corona virus. He dismissed it as a minor problem that would quickly go away saying Corona is "close to zero". He has appointed his vice-president to head the task force, a man who had a disastrous record on HIV infections as governor of his state, makes frequent (daily) TV appearances where he spews lies, contradicts scientists, promotes unproven remedies, avoids any responsibility, fails to use powers that he has to direct and coordinate an effective campaign and has expressed a desire to end the lockdown against the advice of the experts. Trump has therefore, in effect aggravated the dire situation in his country and is prolonging the crisis in the US and the world. The pandemic could not have happened at a worst time as Peter Wehner wrote in The Atlantic, in his article, The president is trapped, noting that Trump lacks the essential leadership background and skills which he said "are calmness, wisdom, reassurance; a command of facts and an ability to communicate them well; and the capacity to think about the medium and long term while carefully weighing competing options and conflicting needs… We need a chief executive whose judgement is not just sound but exceptional".
The pandemic is severe and there is no sign that it is being brought under control although there are some positive developments in major hotspots. The sad news is that the regime in China while making enormous progress in containing the virus in that country is unlikely to admit the flawed reporting or make the radical changes required in preventing the actions that caused this pandemic. While it has banned the kind of markets that sold the bats that gave rise to Covid-19 it could go further. This could involve an overhaul of food safety legislation but even more important, the local authorities that suppressed the information have yet to be penalised and a more open media and whistle blower system relating to food and hygiene system would need to be implemented. In the US, despite abominable management by Trump, polls indicate that his approval rating on the management of the pandemic is unbelievably on the rise. Consequently, in the two superpowers that will continue to play a significant role in such developments have characteristics that may cause similar pandemics and, make it hard to resolve the current one. Somehow, surrealism in their systems and body politics appear to still is in force to the detriment of those countries and the world.
As the world grapples with this pandemic we have to look at how to deal with it in the now and, in the long term. Policy makers have to look at countries that have prevented the outbreak, made the greatest impact in levelling or even reversing the curve as well as the mortality rate relative to the level of infections. Taiwan comes in the first category, where despite its close proximity and ties to China, it has had very few infections. Taiwan took prompt action in border control measures against travel from China complemented with an extensive testing programme. China and South Korea are examples of countries with severe outbreaks that have made tremendous and successful efforts at reversing the trend. This contrasts sharply with Italy, Spain and the US which have seen rapid and continuing increases in infections. . Germany which has close to the number of infection as Spain has a fraction of the mortality rate of the latter has been lauded for it aggressive testing programme and excellent health infrastructure.
Lessons need to be learned from the successes and failures in those countries. Crucial factors in all cases have been border controls, testing, social distancing and the appropriate health infrastructure. While Trump has lauded himself with taking prompt border closures, he delayed implementing testing and social distancing and the federal government has failed to take a lead or assist in coordinating local and state governments' campaigns. Authorities have also had problems in securing vital equipment with states bidding against each other, thus ramping up the price of equipment. This suggests a coordinated campaign is needed by national governments because market forces cannot, as Trump appears to believe, resolve the plethora of issues.
As researchers are frantically trying to curtail and roll back the pandemic, governments can make use of technology, notably, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. South Korea and Taiwan have made great use of monitoring systems based on mobile phones. In London, an app has been developed to map the spread of the disease. As noted in my paper on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Big Data is an essential tool. The mapping of the disease and measures taken by different governments can hopefully be facilitated by Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to provide the armoury to fight spread COVID-19, the former to handle the huge data and both to identify patterns, analyse them, take actions to curtail and minimise its spread and assist in the development of a vaccine.
In the medium to long run countries need to prepare for and avoid such pandemics and in the likelihood of such epidemics, implement plans to minimise the impact. A starting point is the playbook/workflow that Obama left the Trump administration which outlines the measures and sequence of actions needed. Countries and the world must have early warning and rapid response systems. The World Health Organisation (WHO) needs to take a lead in assisting in the development and management of such systems; pandemics are likely in their frequency and in the global village we live in they can spread very quickly. Given the real politique situation we live in, we would expect a lead nation. With the US abrogating that role, by electing an America First president, particularly as American voters who have perversely given their approval to the way their disaster of a president is handling the crisis, with his rising poll numbers, China may assume that role. Interestingly, China is providing assistance to Italy and has even offered to assist the US. If US voters decide to re-elect Trump they would be confirming their acceptance of playing second fiddle to the Chinese because they would be electing a man who has not only expressed a desire to pull out of world affairs but is incapable of assuming the mantle of world leader. Interestingly, the European Union which is the largest economic unit has proven to be incapable of taking that leadership role as national governments within the union have asserted national controls.
Two other developments are likely to emerge from this crisis. There will be a push to analyse the bio-chemical content and genetic codes of plants and animals to try and evaluate their toxicity with regards to their usage and as ingredients in food. There is likely to be a push for a more vegetarian diet as many of these food scares have come from our carnivorous diet, notably, the Mad Cow disease and the SARS outbreaks.
Covid-19 has started and spread because of surrealism in the two super-powers, let us hope that things change for the better in both of them. In China, let us hope for a more open society where the messenger of bad news is not ignored and the system allows such people to come forward. In the US let us hope that voters can come to their senses and elect somebody fit for the role of president with the appropriate skills, character and intellect, attributes that are so lacking in the current occupant who failed to see what was happening and continues to put lives at risk because of his ego, ignorance and lack of empathy and intellect for such a crisis.
J Boima Rogers is principal consultant at Media and Event Management Oxford (MEMO)
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Steinkuehler to keynote Academic Esports Conference
The California-Irvine professor and former White House Senior Policy adviser will discuss 'The Intellectual Life of Esports' in the inaugural event's opening session.
By: Chris Burt | March 26, 2020
Dr. Constance Steinkuehler, Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, and a former Senior Policy adviser to the White House on video games and learning, has been announced as the opening keynote at this year's inaugural Academic Esports Conference & Expo, which is scheduled for October 19-21 in Chicago.
One of the most respected authorities on the connection of esports and education, Steinkuehler has worked tirelessly in areas such as game-based learning, early literacy and cognitive wellbeing throughout her career. She plans to share her latest research findings in a session titled "The Intellectual Life of Esports" that will focus on the esports ecosystem and the vehicle it provides to enrich students in so many aspects of their lives.
"I am delighted to be keynoting the Academic Esports Conference this year," said Steinkuehler. "In the past five years, esports has quickly emerged as one of the fastest-growing spectator and participatory sports for young people on a global scale. With this rise in popularity, so too have the number of university and high school programs. Although youth programs overwhelmingly tout the potential benefits, to date relatively little is known about their actual empirical outcomes. My keynote will describe a novel esports program for youth with academic, career and social-emotional learning built into its design."
A principal investigator for the non-profit North America Scholastic Esports Federation, Steinkuehler will outline NASEF's approach to esports as connected learning and its mission to provide opportunities for all students to use esports as a platform to acquire critical communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills. She plans to address what has worked and what hasn't, the important connection between academics and esports, future research, and whether educators are meeting student needs. Most importantly, she says is the mission for educators to turn "screen time into activity time" and build on "giving kids what they love."
"We are honored to have Constance presenting at our inaugural show and sharing her research from NASEF and Cal-Irvine," said Chris Burt, Conference Chair for the event and Esports Editor at LRP Media Group. "She has been a powerful force for the video gaming, esports and education community, and has been a continual advocate for child development, inclusion and diversity. Her keynote will provide participants with a unique window into the natural connection between academics and esports, which is the very mission of the conference."
Prior to her work at UC-Irvine, Steinkuehler worked in a variety of public-sector roles related to the "constructive potential of computer games." She is the founder of the Higher Education Video Game Alliance and also advised federal agencies and private foundations on ways to develop games that had positive social impact in her work with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. While there, she helped leverage games toward national priority areas, including childhood obesity, early literacy and STEM education. She also was a key figure in meetings conducted on the controversial debate over violent video games.
In addition to her work at NASEF, she is currently co-chair of the Connected Learning Summit and chair for the annual Esports Conference at UC-Irvine, as well as the UCI Esports Program Task Force for Diversity and Inclusion. In 2009, she served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Games, was founder and former President of the Higher Education Video Games Alliance (2014 to 2017), and was a founding fellow of the Games+Learning+Society (GLS). She also chaired the annual Games, Learning & Society Conference from 2012 to 2017.
Steinkuehler's keynote will kick off the first day of the Academic Esports Conference & Expo, which will feature more than 50 sessions in five unique learning tracks: Starting Up, Advanced Level, Academic Development, Infrastructure/Technology and Emerging Trends. The Expo Hall at the Hilton Chicago will showcase top esports solution providers and allow attendees to get hands-on and in-depth experience with the technologies and services available.
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