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Ruky founded the Firm for the Culture after years of serving as an intellectual property attorney in the Silicon Valley Office of the top litigation firm in the country. Firm for the Culture was borne out of Ruky's passion for the law, social impact, social entrepreneurship, and strategically scaling to create sustainable change. As a Social Entrepreneur herself, Ruky knows what it's like to seek social change while learning to protect a business's assets. And her mission is to help Social Entrepreneurs Trademark their Brands as they Scale their Impact™.
Drawing on her extensive experience as an intellectual property attorney in the Silicon Valley office of the top litigation firm in the Country, Ruky provides extensive, detail-oriented and comprehensive trademark education, strategy, and application services to a host of social entrepreneurs and innovative founders at accessible flat-fee prices.
In addition to serving as Managing Attorney for Firm for the Culture, Ruky is also the Founder and Creator of the First Generation Purpose Project ®("FGPP"), an initiative designed to help First Generation Professionals and Entrepreneurs navigate life and career by utilizing the grit and tenacity that is already on the inside of them.
Ruky has provided workshops to students, young professionals, and creatives at New York University School of Law, Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and Berkeley Law School. Her workshops have been praised as candid, insightful, empowering, and practical. She has been recognized as a California Change Lawyer for Legal Diversity, been featured in XONecole and Above the Law, and taken part in several podcast interviews, including the Happy Lawyers Project and the First-Gen Lounge.
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Juvenile Transfers to Adult Court: A Lingering Outcome of the Super-Predator Craze
September 28, 2016 John Kelly Justice, Juvenile Justice, Subscriber Content, Youth Services Insider Comments Off on Juvenile Transfers to Adult Court: A Lingering Outcome of the Super-Predator Craze
Twenty years ago, in a speech at Keene State College in New Hampshire, then-First Lady Hillary Clinton made a comment about juvenile crime that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called her out on in Monday's debate.
Discussing the need for a top-level fight against gangs that harkened the mob-busting of previous decades, Clinton told reporters that "they are not just gangs of kids anymore."
"They are often the kinds of kids that are called 'super-predators,' " Clinton continued. "No conscience, no empathy, we can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel."
The term super-predator was coined by author John DiIulio in a book that foresaw an America done in by child armies. From "Moral Poverty – and How to Win America's War Against Crime and Drugs":
"America is now home to thickening ranks of juvenile 'super-predators' – radically impulsive, brutally remorseless youngsters, including ever more pre-teenage boys, who murder, assault, rape, rob, burglarize, deal deadly drugs, join gun-toting gangs and create serious communal disorders. They do not fear the stigma of arrest, the pains of imprisonment or the pangs of conscience … At core the problem is that most inner-city children grow up surrounded by teenagers and adults who are themselves deviant, delinquent and criminal."
DiIulio's prose was based largely on the predictions of researcher James Alan Fox, who had forecasted a "bloodbath of teenage violence" coming in the 1990s and beyond.
None of the super-predator/bloodbath stuff turned out to be true, of course. Juvenile crime, and specifically violent crime, plummeted in the United States after the racially tinged prognostications of the time.
DiIulio, who would go on to lead the newly established Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives for George W. Bush, had publicly disavowed the super-predator comment by 2001. Fox pretty much immediately backed off his comments, conceding in a 1996 USA Today column that "I never meant there would be a blood bath. Some of it was part of getting people's attention."
Clinton was publicly mum on the topic for 20 years until this year's presidential primaries, when a young protestor disrupted a fundraiser to challenge on the subject. Clinton responded in a statement to The Washington Post the next day:
"Looking back, I shouldn't have used those words, and I wouldn't use them today. My life's work has been about lifting up children and young people who've been let down by the system or by society, kids who never got the chance they deserved. And unfortunately today, there are way too many of those kids, especially in African-American communities. We haven't done right by them. We need to."
In the years since the super-predator forecast, some of the harshest punishments handed down to juveniles have been rolled back. Since 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court has separately ruled the following things to be unconstitutional:
Death penalty for juveniles.
Juveniles getting life without parole for any crime other than a homicide.
Juveniles automatically getting life without parole under any state sentencing guideline.
In addition, several states have reconsidered their age of jurisdiction. Massachusetts and Illinois no longer consider 17-year-olds to be adults in the eyes of the law; Connecticut used to consider 16- and 17-year-olds to be adults.
But if Clinton is elected and feels the need to atone for her contribution to the super-predator fiasco, she might take an interest in the largest facilitator of adult crime for adult time: transfer policies, the ways in which counties and states shift a juvenile offender into adult court after arrest.
There are a few basic policies used for transfers of juvenile offenders into the adult system:
Direct file: Prosecutors have the discretion, on certain specified crimes, to begin a juvenile's case in adult court.
Judicial waiver: The judge has the discretion to move a case into adult court.
Automatic: Established law or policy calls for instantaneous transfer for a certain threshold of offenses.
Once an adult: Rules that mandate a transfer to adult court for any crime if the juvenile has been transferred before.
It would be unfair to lay transfer laws wholly at the doorstep of the super-predator craze. Florida, which transfers more juveniles to adult court than any state, has permitted direct files by prosecutors since the 1970s.
But as the party platforms from the 1996 presidential race suggest, there was a particular zeal for the promotion of these policies at the time.
From the G.O.P.'s 1996 platform:
"We will stress accountability at every step in the system and require adult trials for juveniles who commit adult crimes."
From the Democrats' 1996 platform:
"When young people cross the line, they must be punished. When young people commit serious violent crimes, they should be prosecuted like adults."
A more accurate description would be that the super-predator craze did two things. First, it validated the increase in transfer permissions that immediately preceded. Between 1992 and 1995, 41 states adopted or expanded laws in a way that facilitated more transfers of juveniles.
Second, it facilitated further elimination of transfer restrictions that opened up adult court as a possibility for younger juveniles, or juveniles accused of lesser offenses.
The use of transfers varies widely from state to state. But every state has at least one way to transfer juveniles into adult court. And few states have changed their policies about transfers in the years since the super-predator craze, even as national juvenile justice advocacy groups have focused attention on the subject.
There is growing recognition that the incarceration of juvenile offenders in adult settings is a bad idea. A 2008 paper published by the Justice Department found that juveniles were more likely to reoffend after being sent to adult facilities than those sent to juvenile facilities.
But incarceration is just one end result of a juvenile case getting transferred to adult court. Others include case dismissal, acquittal, time served, probation and, in some states, a reversal of the case back to juvenile court by a judge.
And decades after transfer laws were stepped up, we know very little about their impact other than that the juveniles who get jailed or imprisoned with adults do worse than similar offenders housed in the juvenile system. The fate of juveniles transferred to adult court is one of the biggest blind spots in what we know about youth who come into contact with either family or criminal court.
After years of delays, a federal study on the subject funded back in 2010 appears to be near completion, though Youth Services Insider has heard that some states are being less than helpful in the collection of information for it. We were told that at least some numbers would come out in 2016; our guess is that you'll see them after the election.
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Klobuchar and Yang supporters may be the most powerful Iowans on caucus night
(CNN) -- The most consequential moment of the Iowa caucuses won't be the first time that people across the state line up in support of their preferred candidate on February 3.
It will be when they do it for the second time -- and it has the chance to give supporters of Amy Klobuchar and Andrew Yang an outsized amount of power.
A new rule implemented by the Iowa Democratic Party to streamline the caucus process has changed what is known as the realignment process, a uniquely Iowa moment where the supporters of a candidate who fails to reach a certain threshold are free agents in the middle of the caucus.
In caucuses past, everyone was able to realign, regardless of who they supported the first time. But the new rule means that only supporters of candidates who don't meet that threshold -- or "viability" -- will be allowed to pick another candidate the second time. That could mean that, upon realignment. people backing the current pack of front-runners -- Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren -- may be locked into their choices, while those who are behind candidates with less support -- Klobuchar and Yang -- are free to choose. Support from those free agents could make the difference between victory and a middling finish.
Troy Price, the chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, said that the party made the change, in part, because past realignment processes have taken hours and they have been rife with gamesmanship from other campaigns; supporters from certain campaigns would go to another campaign to deny yet another campaign the ability to grow their support or gain viability.
"We have known in years past the realignment process had taken a long time, sometimes hours," Price said. "In addition to that, it just cuts down on some of the games campaigns liked to play and gives a more accurate view of what happened in the room."
Breaking down the process
Here's how it will work: When an Iowa voter walks into a caucus site on February 3, they will be asked to line up with their preferred candidate. If that candidate fails to reach viability -- 15% of the number of people in the room in most caucus large sites, but anywhere between 18% to just over 50% in some of the smallest caucus sites -- the caucusgoer can either leave the caucus, decide to support another candidate who was viable or join with other non-viable people to make a candidate viable.
Once realignment happens, the heads of the caucus sites will count the newly formed groups and that number -- not the first -- will dictate how many delegates each candidate gets from each site and, eventually, the winner of the Iowa caucuses.
The realignment process, in many ways, becomes a social experiment, with neighbors pressuring neighbors to join their candidates. And the public nature of a caucus -- everyone sees who you are supporting -- means it all plays out in full view.
And the new rule stipulates that only Iowans who supported candidates on the first alignment who failed to reach that viability threshold can move during the realignment process, meaning if a voter backed Joe Biden in a certain caucus where the former Vice President reached viability, they cannot realign to support former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
That's new -- in past caucuses, everyone was able to realign, meaning there was a larger group of people to woo and sway on caucus night.
Support, but just not enough
And that is where Klobuchar and Yang supporters come in.
Both candidates enjoy some support in Iowa -- Klobuchar was at 6% in the latest CNN/Des Moines Register poll, while Yang was at 5% - but both are widely seen across the state as the candidates who will most likely struggle to be viable in certain areas.
That means that their supporters will be prime targets during the realignment process. While support in the mid-single digits is far from overwhelming, it could be the difference between winning and finishing in the middle of the pack. Top tier candidates are already quietly talking to their precinct captains about how to tailor their message to each group.
Pastor Steven Broers, a Yang supporter and precinct captain in rural Fontanelle, said he hopes to be viable in his town and has already targeted what he believes will be the five Yang supporters he believes he needs to reach the 15% threshold. But Broers is just as aware that Yang may not reach viability and his job could become finding supporters from other non-viable group.
His tactic: Do you really want to lose Andrew Yang?
"If there is a huge turnout and we aren't viable, I am going to say, 'Did you watch the last debate? Who did you miss?'" Broers said, referencing the fact that Yang missed the January debate in Iowa. "If you want Andrew Yang to continue, to hear his message, than join us, because this is how we keep his message coming."
He added: "In the general election, you are going to be stuck voting for the Democratic candidate or Donald Trump. Now is the time say... whose message do you want to keep hearing from."
This process has Iowa Democrats closely watching which candidates are garnering the most consideration -- not necessarily support -- from likely caucus-goers. A recent CNN/Des Moines Register poll found this month that candidate could be Buttigieg, who 60% of likely caucusgoers said he was either their first or second choice or someone they were "actively considering," or Warren who was at 59%.
Jane Meyer, a 62-year old Buttigieg precinct captain in Northwest Des Moines, said she has told the mayor's supporters in her area to open any conversation during the realignment process with a simple comment: "We're sorry their candidate didn't make it because if we worked hard, they worked hard."
But then, Meyer said, the selling begins. For Klobuchar supporters, she wants Buttigieg supporters to highlight similarities in "experience outside of Washington" and being from the Midwest. For Yang, she said, she would highlight both being from outside of Washington, as well as being "young" and having "energy."
Then there are precinct captains like Rachel Phillips, a 40-year old Buttigieg precinct captain from the Des Moines area, who have started to think about the neighbors she knows plan to support people like Yang and Klobuchar.
"As part of our training, we've been taught to meet as many people in your precinct as possible. So, we have personal relationships with a lot of people who are in our precinct," she said. "Maybe somebody that we do have in Pete's corner may know that person who is going for Amy and may know things that are important to them. We are trying to form those personal relationships before caucus night."
A Sanders spokesman said they were confident that their "4-level precinct captain training" process in Iowa -- where the campaign's volunteer representatives are trained how to woo and win over support at all different levels of the caucus process -- "sets us up to not only win realignment in both large and small precincts."
The Sanders' campaign's goal: Have "fully trained volunteers in every single precinct in the state."
Most other Iowa campaigns don't want to talk about realignment because they don't want to tip their hand on caucus strategy. Campaign spokespeople for Klobuchar, Biden and Warren did not respond to requests to talk about realignment.
Klobuchar supporters are well aware of the fact that they will be some of the most targeted Iowans during the realignment process.
Barbara Wells, a Des Moines resident who recently decided to caucus for Klobuchar after weighing Buttigieg and Warren, said one reason she wants to back the Minnesota senator is because she wants to make sure she is viable and gets to move on past Iowa.
"In my precinct, I think Pete will probably win it, right? And so, if I can go over to Amy and make Amy viable, that would be really important to me because it keeps her in the race," said Wells.
The importance of realignment -- and the impact that a few percentage points could play on caucus night -- was made clear earlier this week when New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker ended his campaign.
Even though Booker's campaign had a small coalition of supporters in Iowa -- the recent CNN/Des Moines Register poll had him at 3% - campaigns across Iowa said that his supporters could be the difference.
So in the wake of Booker dropping out, all leading campaigns have told CNN that they had their organizers begin to go through their voter lists to find people who said they were committed to Booker but would consider supporting another candidate.
Most Iowa experts said they believe candidates like Buttigieg, Biden and Klobuchar would likely divvy up former Booker supporters. But that support may be late breaking because those same experts said they expect Booker supporters to hold off fully getting behind another candidate given their preferred choice just dropped out.
"A lot of his people were really invested in him personally," said a top Iowa Democrat, "and I imagine a lot will sit out for a while before making a decision."


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Weirdbook #31 edited by Doug Draa. 'Zine review
Posted on 13/02/2016 in Reviews
Weirdbook #31 edited by Doug Draa, Wildside Press LLC, p/b, £7.99 / Kindle, £3.31, Website
Reviewed by Dave Brzeski
Weirdbook is back! If, like me, you're a fan of W.Paul Ganley's World Fantasy Award winning original run of the magazine, which was published from 1977 to 1997, then you'll need to hear no more. There have been many attempts to revive Weird Tales over the decades and the most recent is still running. For me, one of the best, most successful wasn't even called Weird Tales. It was called Weirdbook. It's so good to have it back, but does it hold up against the best of that original run?
The magazine hits the ground running with John R. Fultz's "Chivaine", and I have a new name to add to my list of new (to me) authors to watch. A dead hero is brought back to defend the land against a brutal invader. It's classic sword and sorcery, told in a style that reminded me of Lord Dunsany. They don't write 'em like that anymore—except it seems they do.
This magazine's association with fantasy awards is strengthened by the inclusion of a new Nick Nightmare story by Adrian Cole. In "Give Me the Daggers", Nick Nightmare has to call upon the "Astral Surfer" to help him solve a case involving a carnival that travels between worlds, and the Angels of Malice. It's a worthy addition to the tales which won him the 2015 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection.
In "The Music of Bleak Entrainment", Gary A. Braunbeck takes us into what will be familiar territory for many readers, but he does it via a very unfamiliar route. I can't deny that I found the journey more interesting than the destination.
The tone shifts to pure horror as Christian Riley gives us "Into the Mountains with Mother Old Growth", a genuinely scary tale of the thing encountered by a city man, while hiking through the forests of north Washington.
A man finds himself trapped underground in a cave, with a magical being who wants his heart—one way, or another. "The Grimlorn Under the Mountain" by James Aquilone has a creepy Brothers Grimm quality to it.
I really liked Paul Dale Anderson's "Dolls", which introduces us to a very different interpretation of witches—creatures that have to feed on the inner beauty of humans, because, if they don't they become what they eat.
"Gut Punch", by Jason A. Wykoff is quite hard to describe, so I won't. I'll just say that it's one of several truly excellent tales in the magazine.
Another is "Educational Upgrade", by Bret McCormick. A man visits an establishment in an extremely dodgy district, where he hopes to find a way to be taught Mandarin Chinese, very quickly. It's a great stand-alone story, but I'd like to see it expanded with more tales of Mind Expansion Enterprises.
Darrell Schweitzer was a regular contributor to the original run of Weirdbook, and one of my favourites. "Bones of Dead Children" certainly doesn't change that opinion. The very rich protagonist simply wants to be left alone, so he buys himself a house on a remote peninsular on the Maine coast. It's huge, an insane mix of architectural styles and, of course, haunted.
"The Forgotten", by D.C. Lozar was something of a surprise, and the least pulpy tale in the book. Running just over three pages, it's a deeply poignant look into the mind of a lonely old man.
We appear to be firmly into the flash fiction portion of the magazine by this point, as Jessica Amanda Salmonson contributes "Coffee with Dad's Ghost", a single page dream story, followed by Greg Chamberlain's "Missed it by That Much", an amusing two page tale of an author trying and failing to break out of his literary rut. Both are considerably more interesting than those brief descriptions sound.
Erica Ruppert's "A Clockwork Muse" is a story concerning artificial life-forms that comes straight out of the Twilight Zone, while Kurt Newton's short short, "The Rookery", is just plain odd.
"Odd" certainly also applies to J.T. Glover's excellent "Wolf of Hunger, Wolf of Shame". This is yet another one of those stories that is hard to describe without spoilers.
"Zuchini Season", by Janet Harriot, is a wry little flash piece, in which an avatar of death does his latest charge a favour, albeit probably not in the way she would have preferred.
Llanwyre Laish's "The Jewels That Were Their Eyes" is another of the better stories in the collection. The leader of a cadre of ravens, charged with gathering shiny eyeballs to decorate the nest of the raven king, is set upon another path when he meets those who loved the dead owner of his latest intended prize.
Kevin Strange certainly lives up to his name with "The Twins". It could almost be considered an exceptionally original take on the vampire trope. Another serious prospect for nomination on "best horror short story" award lists, I think.
Finally, we have "Princess, or Warrior", S.W. Lauden's interesting cross between a drug trip and a time travel story, in which the protagonist tries to fix his disastrous life.
I haven't even touched on the poetry in this issue. There are eight pieces of verse, of varying length, by Ann K. Schwader, Frederick J. Mayer, K.A. Opperman, W.H. Pugmire, Ashley Dioses, Wade German, Dave Reeder and Chad Hensley. I'm not confident criticising poetry, but Schwader and Reeder were my personal favourites of the batch.
To answer my earlier question: yes, it certainly lives up to the quality of W. Paul Ganley's original run of the magazine. The new paperback format, with glossy colour covers is an obvious improvement, although I'll admit that I kind of missed the old A4 magazine format, with black and white covers, even though that wouldn't be likely to sell well in today's market. My nostalgic feelings were somewhat assuaged by the lovely black and white back cover picture by Stephen Fabian, who was the mainstay of Weirdbook cover and internal artwork during the original run. The full colour front cover artwork by Dusan Kostic is very good too.
Weirdbook is back, and it simply can't be allowed to go away again, so I hope it sells as well as it deserves to, which would be very well indeed.
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Catholic Social Services To Hold Blessing For New Gazebo At Our Lady Of Fatima Worship Site Community Garden
Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CSS) along with Saint Charles Borromeo Parish in Bensalem (Bucks County) will hold a blessing for a new gazebo at their community garden at Our Lady of Fatima Worship Site.
The gazebo was made possible by a generous donation from Thomas Edison Electric Inc. and the company's CEO, Mr. Joseph White.
5:30 p.m. (Blessing)
Our Lady of Fatima Worship Site
2913 Street Road
Bensalem, PA 19020
Reverend Philip M. Forlano, pastor of Saint Charles Borromeo Parish will preside over the blessing. In addition, Mr. James Amato, Secretary for Catholic Human Services, will be joined by Mr. White, participating gardeners, and members of the local community.
The gazebo is the latest asset added to the community garden at Our Lady of Fatima Worship Site. In early June, CSS along with Saint Charles Borromeo Parish welcomed community partners and supporters at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 10,000-square-foot community garden. This effort, which includes substantial participation from Hispanic and Latino Catholics, resulted in a new utility shed, compost system, protective fencing, seed planting, and 44 garden plots.
Currently, the site hosts games for a local soccer league and food vendors every Sunday. Additional plans for the communal space include adding picnic tables.
Editor's Notes: To learn more about Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, please visit http://cssphiladelphia.org.
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Eagles' Jaylen Watkins ready to face off against brother Sammy
It should be quite a weekend for the Watkins family.
by BY ED BARKOWITZ, Staff Writer
CLEANING OUT the notebook after another routine week down at the NovaCare Complex.
For the first time since his sons were in Pop Warner together, Samuel Watkins III will get to see both play in person when Sammy Watkins, the Buffalo Bills' heralded receiver, steps onto Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday against Jaylen Watkins and the Eagles.
"Usually, I just go to a sports bar, where I can sit in front of two TVs," said Samuel, who watched last week's games at a Hooters near his Orlando home. "I always had to choose."
The Eagles, amazingly, enter the game with a 5-7 record and a share of first place with the Giants and Redskins in the sagging NFC East. Buffalo (6-6) is in the hunt for an AFC playoff spot, so it's not only a family reunion, but a monster game for postseason hopes.
"I want my brother to do well, but, obviously, not this week," Jaylen said.
Jaylen, a defensive back who played at the University of Florida, was a fourth-round pick of the Eagles in 2014, but failed to make the club this past summer and was released. He signed with Buffalo in September and was on the Bills' practice squad for two months. He was not active on game days.
The Eagles re-signed Jaylen from Buffalo on Nov. 27, the day after cornerback Nolan Carroll broke his ankle. Jaylen saw only three snaps Sunday against New England and likely won't see much more this week.
Though he is very close with Sammy, he knows where his loyalty lies.
"We want to get a win," Jaylen said. "I definitely help my teammates whenever I can, but he's a very, very good athlete. There's a lot of things that he does that you can't defend. I can't tell (teammates) anything about his speed. It's on film. I can't tell them anything about how physical he is or how he gets (off the line of scrimmage), because it's on film."
Sammy is about a year and a half younger than Jaylen, but left Clemson after his junior season and was in the same 2014 draft class. He was the fourth overall pick (Jaylen was 101st) and his progress has been steady. This kid will be in the Pro Bowl one day.
Sammy has shaken off an early-season ankle injury and posted three 100-yard games in his last five. He torched Kansas City two weeks ago for 158 yards and two TDs.
"He's a high level of concern for us," Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins said. "He's somebody that jumps off the tape immediately. His speed is probably the biggest threat. And their willingness to (often) throw it to him in coverage down the field . . . is something that we got to be ready to defend."
Three other Eagles have brothers in the NFL, but none has ever played against his sibling at this level. Brent Celek's brother Garrett is a tight end for San Francisco, who was recently put on injured reserve. Jason Kelce's brother Travis plays tight end for the Chiefs and Mychal Kendricks' sibling Eric is a linebacker at Minnesota.
Why Bills?
The Buffalo Bills are named after "Buffalo" Bill Cody, a 19th-century frontiersman and noted bison hunter. Just as "Buffalo" Bill helped open up the western United States, the first Buffalo Bills franchise, which played in the All-America Football Conference, opened up pro sports in western New York, according to an essay written by a fan in the late 1940s. And how's this? "Buffalo" Bill's mom, Mary Ann Bonsell Laycock, was born somewhere in South Jersey around 1820.
Rex romancing
In a conference call earlier in the week with reporters, Rex Ryan became somewhat wistful when asked whether this city held any significance to him.
"The way Philadelphia treated our family and my dad, it was awesome," said Ryan, who turns 53 on Sunday. "Any time my dad came back, you have no idea the smile that would come to his face. He loved Philadelphia. He identified big-time with the city, and I think the city appreciated him."
Buddy Ryan coached the Eagles from 1986-90, posting a 43-35-1 record. The legacy of his tenure was tough defenses, making fun of owner Norman Braman and going 0-3 in postseason games.
"It's unfortunate those teams could never quite be healthy by the time they hit the playoffs," said Ryan, who had just graduated Southwestern Oklahoma when Buddy took over for Marion Campbell here. "They had some special talent there, and, if they could have just been healthy, maybe they could have really done some damage.
"But you know what? He loved it there and I certainly appreciate the fans of Philadelphia and the way people treated my dad."
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Making the Most of Margaret River - Useful Tips
The Margaret River region can be cooler than Perth. It draws down visitors from the capital city not only to take in its beaches and forests, but also to escape the intense summer heat. Cars are the best way to get to the award-winning wineries, caves, and natural beauty spots. Margaret River is also known as a gourmands' paradise, making it popular with food lovers.
Southern winter months can be wet and cool, but if you want to see whales cavorting in the waters south of Margaret River near Augusta, June to September is the best time to come. October is the best month to catch the spectacular display of wildflowers, including kangaroo paws and banksia, which bloom from September to November. In November it starts to warm up, usually staying hot, and perfect for the beach, until April. But you may have to book ahead during school holidays in late December and January, when families leave busy Perth for the beaches.
Not to miss
No visit to Margaret River would be complete without tasting its wine. Leave your car behind, and go on one of the many wine tours to try out award-winning vintages. And, for an experience you won't forget, take a tour of the underground worlds of the Jewel, Mammoth and Lake Caves. Head to the coast for a surf or a swim, or go for a walk or a drive through the tall jarrah and karri forests, especially in October, when the fields are full of wildflowers.
The best way to explore the wineries, beaches, and other attractions of Margaret River is by car. Perth's international airport (PER) is about 3 hours' drive away. There are plenty of car rental places at the airport, or you can rent a car in Margaret River itself. There are also buses that run 3 to 4 times a day between Perth and Margaret River, but there are no local bus services. If you are fit, you can rent a bicycle to get around. Or hop on one of the many wine-tasting and sightseeing tours.
Margaret River is known for its fresh produce and award-winning gourmet food. Try a "marron," the largest freshwater crayfish in Western Australia, and native to the southwest of the state. Or, for a more saltwater variety of seafood, sample barramundi or scallops. Locally raised beef and lamb should also get the mouth watering, accompanied by a glass of cabernet sauvignon or chardonnay. And don't forget to go for a chocolate tasting.
Customs and etiquette
In general, the dress code in Margaret River is very casual. In summer, you see both women and men in shorts and sandals or "thongs" (flip-flops). However, some venues may operate a "no shorts, singlets (tank tops) or thongs" policy. Make sure you have a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen in summer to protect you from the strong sun. Tips are not the norm in Australia, but if you feel the service you've had really merits extra payment, around 5 to 10 percent is a good guide. Smoking is not allowed in public places – including many outdoor ones.
Population: 14,000 (Augusta-Margaret River region)
Spoken languages: English
Electrical: 230 volts, 50 Hz, plug type I
Phone calling code: +61 8
Emergency number: 000; 112 on cell phone
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Three-D Issue 18: MeCCSA 2013: Spaces and Places of Culture
Posted on April 30, 2012 in News, Newsletter, Three-D Issue 18
Máire Messenger Davies
The MeCCSA Conference in 2013 will be hosted by the University of Ulster's School of Media, Film and Journalism at the historic Magee Campus in Derry/Londonderry, from Wednesday 9th January to Friday 11th January, 2013.
Taking advantage of the location of Derry/Londonderry as the 2013 UK City of Culture, (see www.cityofculture2013.com) the University of Ulster plans a programme built around themes relevant to the city itself: cultural geography – 'space, place, walls, bridges' – and the conflicted history represented there. Given Northern Ireland's current screen successes – the popularity of Game of Thrones, shot here, and the 2012 Oscar for Terry George's short film The Shore, there will be a focus on film and television studies, with screenings and contributions from film makers; delegates are encouraged to submit their own creative material for exhibition during the conference and film policy will be a conference theme. The programme also includes a special tribute lecture to the late Stuart Hood and his contribution to radical TV drama.
Derry: space and place
Derry walls overlooking Bogside
Derry/Londonderry, as its dual name and nickname, Stroke City, implies, has been a divided space, geographically, politically and culturally. Its selection as UK City of Culture highlights this conflicted identity since the city's traditions are both Irish and British (which currently encompasses Scottish, but 2013 may bring a new perspective on that …) We expect Irish and other aspects of national and regional identity, to be themes throughout the conference programme, to which we hope scholars from the Republic of Ireland will contribute. The City of Culture concept – which will be discussed in our opening plenary – also represents general economic and social regeneration. As the local team puts it: 'City of Culture is now the catalyst for the transformation and regeneration of Derry, with plans to invest more than £200 million in its infrastructure including the recent construction of the iconic Peace Bridge (see picture) and the redevelopment of the historic Ebrington Military Site, adding a whole new dimension to the city's product offering.'
Reporting spaces and places
Derry/Londonderry has attracted a great deal of international press attention during its recent history, so it is fitting that contemporary journalism, its ethics, problems and pressures, will be a further key topic in the conference. Our keynote journalism panel, headed by Prof Roy Greenslade, of the Guardian, and City University, will address ethical issues such as those raised by the Leveson Inquiry, including the specific ethical pressures of reporting in conflict situations. Radio has made a major contribution to such reporting – and in the 30th anniversary year of the Community Radio Association, the MeCCSA conference will include spaces to address the role of an often mistakenly under-valued medium in media policy discourse.
Increasingly spaces are being mediated in a variety of ways through developments in digital technology, heritage site mapping and gaming – an area of research a number of colleagues at Ulster are exploring. One of our keynote panels will address this through the work of Prof. Adriana de Souza e Silva, of North Carolina State University, co-author (with Jordan Frith) of Mobile interfaces in public spaces: Control, privacy, and urban sociability (Routledge, 2012); see http://www.souzaesilva.com We hope that contributors to the conference will develop these issues, in both creative and academic presentations.
Place of scholarship
As every year, there will be a special session on issues of concern to those working, teaching and researching, in our HE field. This year, as we approach the deadline for the Research Excellence Framework (REF), we will have a keynote address from the Chair of Main Panel D, Professor Bruce Brown.
As always, there will be an open call for papers on topics of interest to all MeCCSA participants so the shape of the conference still remains to be decided by the contributions of the many scholars and postgraduate students who we hope will want to make the trip to Derry.
Custom House Table Setting
The Derry Visitor and Convention Bureau, see www.derryvisitor.com, along with the City of Culture team, are offering support to the conference in a variety of ways, including negotiating special deals with hotels, helping with transport, setting up venues for events and entertainment, and publicity. The bureau has provided a suggested itinerary for visitors who might like to spend longer in the city. We've also tried to make time within the conference programme for sampling the city's striking landmarks during daylight (alas, days are short in January). Alongside the conference programme will be cultural events – screenings, tours, music, exhibitions, and of course the traditional pub quiz. This will take place after the Conference dinner on the middle night, Thursday 10th January. Both dinner and quiz will be in the beautifully restored Custom House restaurant close to the Derry quayside (see accompanying pictures). With the help of the Bureau, a number of hotels have offered special conference rates for five nights, not just three, for visitors who'd like to spend longer in the city; several hotels in the city are holding reserved accommodation for us. The city is small, and virtually all the venues and hotels are within walking distance of each other and of the Magee Campus. Help with transport arrangements is being offered by the City of Culture organisers.
Keynote speaker Phil Redmond, Photo: Andy Miah
Agreed participants and speakers so far include:
Dr. Beatriz Garcia
Head of Research at the Institute of Cultural Capital, University of Liverpool, and expert on Cities of Culture programmes
Prof. Roy Greenslade
Professor of Journalism at City University, writer and blogger for The Guardian.
Prof. Bruce Brown
Professor of Design, Pro-Vice Chancellor of Research at the University of Brighton, and Chair of Main Panel D for the 2014 REF
Prof. Adriana de Souza
University of North Carolina, authority on digital technology and virtual spaces
Prof John Hill
Royal Holloway College, University of London, author of books on Irish and British cinema, and most recently of a study of Ken Loach
Producer of classic television, Brookside, Hollyoaks and Grange Hill, Honorary Professor at Liverpool John Moores University and a veteran of Liverpool's European City of Culture year in 2008.
Phil is assisting the City of Culture team; the Director of the team, Shona McCarthy, (an alumna of our School), will also welcome delegates, as will the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Richard Barnett.
Further speakers' invitations and planned events are in the pipeline and when these are confirmed they will be announced via the MeCCSA website and mailing lists.
Prof. Martin McLoone at m.mcloone@ulster.ac.uk,
and keep an eye on the conference website, as it develops, at
www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/meccsa2013
For more about Derry/Londonderry:
www.derryvisitor.com and
www.cityofculture2013.com
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May 2, 2019 - Science
Evidence of ripples in the fabric of space found 5 times this month
Miriam Kramer, author of Space
Scientists hunting for gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space and time sent out by cataclysmic collisions — have had a busy month.
The impact: The LIGO and Virgo observatories tasked with detecting these waves began their newest observing run on April 1, and they've already found evidence of 5 possible gravitational wave signals. The observatories are 40% more sensitive following upgrades made since the last observing run ended.
The big question: By detecting these gravitational waves on Earth, scientists can work backward to find out more about what created those ripples, giving us new insights into some of the most extreme objects in the universe.
"The entire astrophysics community is very excited that we've already seen 5 candidate events in four weeks."
— LIGO astrophysicist Jess McIver said during a press conference Thursday
Details: Three of the gravitational wave signals are thought to be from two merging black holes, with the fourth believed to have been emitted by colliding neutron stars. The fifth, and perhaps most exciting, seems to be from the merger of a black hole and a neutron star.
If confirmed, this will mark the first neutron star-black hole merger ever documented.
All five signals still need to be confirmed through follow-up analysis.
How it works: LIGO and Virgo are able to detect these gravitational waves through very precise instrumentation. When a gravitational wave passes through Earth's part of space, every atom warps ever so slightly.
A laser runs down the arms of LIGO and Virgo's three L-shaped detectors. Once the laser hits the end of the detector, a mirror bounces the light back to the middle.
If no gravitational wave has passed through, the beams of light should arrive back at the bend in the L at the same time, but if there's a mismatch, a gravitational wave may have been observed.
What's next: Unlike earlier observing campaigns, the two observatories have started releasing their detections in real time, allowing other observatories to make follow-up observations.


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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's iTClamp wins MHS research award
The iTClamp, a mechanical wound closure device, is being demonstrated at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. NMCP's Combat Trauma Research Group recently won the 2020 Military Health System Research Symposium's Team Research Award for their redesign of the device, which is superior in treating battlefield wounds, controlling blood loss from potentially lethal hemorrhages, and is faster to employ than traditional methods. (Photo by MC Seaman Ariana Torman.)
9/11/2020 By: MC Seaman Ariana Torman
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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's (NMCP) Combat Trauma Research Group (CTRG) recently received the 2020 Military Health System Research Symposium's Team Research Award for their redesign of a mechanical wound closure device, the iTClamp.
The iTClamp is a mechanical wound closure device that seals wounds versus just putting pressure around the outside of the wound. With the new design, the product works better in junctional areas, parts of the body such as the armpit, neck, and crease of the groin, where it is more difficult to get a wrapping around the wound.
"This idea actually came about by accident," said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Sean Stuart, NMCP's medical director of the Emergency Department and director of the CTRG. "Our initial goal was to test the iTClamp and my team and I saw the potential for it to be used in conjunction with hemostatic wound dressing."
During the testing process, the team had several failures and observed that the design of the device was the cause. The team then decided to publish their research and work on a redesign of the product that would make it more effective. The resulting product was superior in treating battlefield wounds, controlling blood loss from potentially lethal hemorrhages and was faster to employ than traditional methods.
Before winning the award, the CTRG conducted three trials with the first beginning two years ago. The first trial was a research trial that identified areas that needed to be addressed to successfully redesign the device. The second trial was another research trial where the device was tested. The third trial tested not only how the device worked in general, but how it worked in the hands of its intended users, corpsmen. Stuart believes that adding this element to the trial is what set their group apart from others.
"I need to know how my corpsmen can perform with devices and how it will be used on the front lines," said Stuart. "Is it easy to use? Is it functional? The results from their feedback validated the feasibility of service wide employment of this device."
The collaborative effort by the members of the CTRG through these three trials resulted in a new, effective, in-field hemorrhage-control technique that will advance the mission of preserving life on the battlefield.
"Hemorrhage control of bleeding is one our biggest problems in military medicine," said Stuart. "Our motto is 'saving lives on the battlefield', and as operational physicians, we have experiences that give us unique insight that backs our research, which others may not have."
Stuart believes that research is a team effort and a very involved process.
"We have a robust team with a lot of moving parts and that's why we've been able to win this award and do such great things," said Stuart. "Only through a team approach can you pull off something so complex without missing anything."
Stuart recognized Dr. Emily Fredrick, the CTRG's program manager, for keeping all of the parts of the project moving forward.
"It certainly does feel good to have won this award," said Stuart. "People may not realize the hundreds of hours that goes into developing, designing, and acquiring funds for a study. The group's purpose is to conduct research that impacts the operational warfighter, so it was rewarding to get that positive feedback and know that something we did is making an impact."
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February 10, 2020 by Colltales
A Triple Threat Stalks Us, Colltalers
Trump's crossed another line last week, to eyes-rolling everywhere: he went from firing not-loyal-enough staffers to purge dissenters. Being a decorated war hero means little to a draft dodger. Stalin comes to mind. So does Don Corleone. But his spiked ratings owe a lot to the Democratic leadership.
64.9°F was also a crossed-line of sorts; Antarctica's temperature last week was its highest ever. Will sea level be next in climate emergency immediate threats? Or will viruses like the coronavirus, now deadlier than SARS? Not if drama, not factual implications, it's all one hears about in the media.
But let's start with something less topic: the Catholic Church. It's been accused of hoarding charity donations to fill up holes on Santa See's budget. It reminds us of a certain president who's also been accused, again, of misusing donations to his inauguration for personal gain. Corruption is contagious. On related news, investigative journalism ProPublica has compiled a searchable, 900-page database of priests accused of sexual child abuse. Finally.
This has been such an upsidedown era. Remember Gandhi? India's arguably greatest global figure, whose non-violent resistance movement inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has fallen from grace in his own country. Even more depressing, it's his assassin who's not being named here the one now celebrated. This travesty may be attributed to rising Hindu nationalism, but blame must be placed at the doorsteps of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Since ascending to power in 2014, he's presided over a lethal spiral of poverty and religious hatred against 200 million of its increasing 1.339 billion population: Muslims. Why Gandhi? misinformation
perhaps for he opposed the 1947 Partition of India that created what's today's Islamic Pakistan.
In wild wild Brazil, one of the hitmen who executed Rio councilwoman and LBGT activist Marielle Franco two years ago this March was himself shot dead by the police. The news raised concerns that it was a hit job to silence those involved in the murder of the popular politician, as the nameless thug had been part of the entourage of President Bolsonaro and his sons. 'Dead men don't tell tales,' as they'd say in his underworld.' Heavens have mercy.
Which was not given to yet another protector of monarch butterflies in Mexico: Raúl Hernández Romero was stabbed to death a week after the body of Homero Gómez González was found with similar wounds. Thus the majestic creature has now another formidable foe, besides extreme poverty and a climate going berserk: illegal loggers linked to drug gangs operating in Mexico. How unsung are these environmental heroes? Let us count the ways.
The Trump administration's immigration policies are blatantly racist, discriminatory, and we should all brace ourselves for it to worsen. But it didn't start the fire so to speak. A Human Rights Watch report, for instance, found that 138 people deported back to El Salvador between 2013 and 2019 were either killed or abused or both. That is, they came for Lady Liberty's help only to be given back to those they were fleeing from. Well done, America.
Speaking of which, the past week saw the president celebrating his impeachment acquittal with his trademark brutality: by going after those who dared to tell the truth about him. When war hero Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was escorted out of the White House like a criminal, it was a revengeful perp walk not even Joseph Stalin granted his enemies (before slaughtering them). Some day, history will come after those who stood silently by this.
But the Democratic Party should also take credit for his giddiness, and not just by the catastrophic Iowa caucus, still without an official vote counting. More troubling is the way it's clearly trying to pick winners in its presidential candidate race. Liberal talk show host Bill Maher was no match to guest Steve Bannon, an archenemy of democracies everywhere, who ostensibly threw a bait at potentially disappointed supporters of Bernie Sanders, in case the now frontrunner's schemed out of contention. It was a gift to his ex-boss and proof that he's more than ever engaged in sabotaging the U.S. election.
As for the 'heatwaves' being ever more frequent around the poles, there's no more question that the melting of ancient glaciers is already at full clip. It won't be subtle: once multiple icebergs the size of Manhattan start getting lose, coastal areas will flood and people will die. It'll put an unbearable strain in impoverished communities and force millions to flee or perish. It will happen but we'll be informed about it only with waters suddenly cover Miami.
It's been 56 years ago yesterday. When the Beatles performed at the Ed Sullivan show, it was a fateful correction to a decade that had started with much optimism only to be crushed by the weight of the nuclear threat, and in the U.S., by the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The four musicians started a new conversation, one about love and peace and faith in the future. But even they couldn't stand for all our hopes and dreams and quit five years later.
It's unfair to pressure anyone to please us to no end. It's also irresponsible of grown-ups to rely on the young to carry on ideals of rebellion they once held dear to their hearts. But the new generations must change this world if they're to survive and the least we can do is joining them at the trenches. Trump, nukes and the climate are here to wipe us out of our humanity. Fight them as if your life depends on it because it actually does. Cheers WC
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Biografia

La sua carriera artistica ebbe inizio come "boy soprano" (voce bianca), e fu interprete di alcune opere liriche del musicista inglese Benjamin Britten, la più famosa delle quali è The Turn of The Screw, tratta dal romanzo Il giro di vite di Henry James. Il compositore costruì l'opera proprio attorno alla voce del giovane interprete, con il quale formò un affiatato sodalizio artistico che ebbe termine solo nel 1956 quando, con il sopraggiungere dell'adolescenza, la voce di Hemmings inevitabilmente si ruppe. Il successo e l'esperienza sulle scene come cantante tuttavia gli aprirono le porte del cinema per un'intensa carriera di attore bambino che nel 1957 lo vide protagonista di ben quattro film.

Proseguendo con continuità la carriera di attore, nel 1966 giunse al successo grazie al film Blow-Up di Michelangelo Antonioni. Nel 1969 venne scelto dal regista Roger Vadim per il film Barbarella. Nel 1975 il regista Dario Argento, che aveva sentito parlare del suo virtuosismo al pianoforte, lo scelse per interpretare il pianista Marc Daly in Profondo rosso. Nel 1977 recitò a fianco di Tomas Milian in Squadra antitruffa. Cimentatosi nella regia fin dal 1973 con il film I 14 della Bond Street, nel 1979 diresse Gigolò, che vide nel cast David Bowie e Marlene Dietrich (alla sua ultima apparizione sugli schermi) e negli anni ottanta proseguì la carriera in tale veste dirigendo alcuni episodi delle serie A-Team, Magnum P.I. e Airwolf.

Nel 2000, dopo molti anni dietro la macchina da presa, tornò nelle vesti di attore per interpretare il senatore Cassio nel film Il gladiatore di Ridley Scott. La sua ultima apparizione risale al 2003, al fianco di Sean Connery, nel film La leggenda degli uomini straordinari. Hemmings morì in Romania il 3 dicembre 2003, all'età di 62 anni, sul set del film Blessed - Il seme del male. La causa ufficiale del decesso fu un arresto cardiaco.

Vita privata
Si sposò quattro volte: dal 1960 al 1967 con Genista Ouvry, da cui ebbe una figlia, Deborah; poco dopo il divorzio dalla prima moglie, conobbe l'attrice Gayle Hunnicutt, alla promozione del film Blow-Up; si sposarono nel 1968 e dal loro matrimonio nacque un figlio, Nolan. I due divorziarono nel 1975; l'anno dopo Hemmings sposò la sua segretaria Prudence de Casembroot, da cui ebbe quattro figli: George, Edward, Charlotte e William. Nel 1997 la coppia divorziò e nel 2002 l'attore si risposò con Lucy Williams, con cui rimase fino alla morte, avvenuta un anno dopo a causa di un infarto occorsogli sul set del film Blessed - Il seme del male.

Filmografia parziale

Attore

Cinema
 Blow-Up, regia di Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)
 Cerimonia per un delitto (Eye of the Devil), regia di J. Lee Thompson (1967)
 Camelot, regia di Joshua Logan (1967)
 I seicento di Balaklava (The Charge of the Light Brigade), regia di Tony Richardson (1968)
 ...Solo quando rido (Only When I Larf), regia di Basil Dearden (1968)
 Un lungo giorno per morire (The Long Day's Dying), regia di Peter Collinson (1968)
 Barbarella, regia di Roger Vadim (1968)
 Il club dei libertini (The Best House in London), regia di Philip Saville (1969)
 Alfredo il Grande (Alfred the Great), regia di Clive Donner (1969)
 La ragazza con il bastone (The Walking Stick), regia di Eric Till (1970)
 Frammenti di paura (Fragment of Fear), regia di Richard C. Sarafian (1970)
 Morte di un professore (Unman, Wittering and Zigo), regia di John Mackenzie (1971)
 La macchina dell'amore (The Love Machine), regia di Jack Haley Jr. (1971)
 E se oggi... fosse già domani? (Voices), regia di Kevin Billington (1973)
 Provocazione (No es nada, mamá, sólo un juego), regia di José Maria Forqué (1974)
 Juggernaut, regia di Richard Lester (1974)
 Profondo rosso, regia di Dario Argento (1975)
 Isole nella corrente (Islands in the Stream), regia di Franklin J. Schaffner (1977)
 Il racket dei sequestri (The Squeeze), regia di Michael Apted (1977)
 Il principe e il povero (The Prince and the Pauper), regia di Richard Fleischer (1977)
 La via della droga, regia di Enzo G. Castellari (1977)
 ...unico indizio, un anello di fumo (The Disappearance), regia di Stuart Cooper (1977)
 Squadra antitruffa, regia di Bruno Corbucci (1977)
 Rosso nel buio (Les Liens de sang), regia di Claude Chabrol (1978)
 Il gioco del potere (Power Play), regia di Martyn Burke (1978)
 Gigolò (Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo), regia di David Hemmings (1978)
 Assassinio su commissione (Murder by Decree), regia di Bob Clark (1979)
 Al di là di ogni dubbio (Beyond Reasonable Doubt), regia di John Laing (1982)
 Un uomo, una donna e un bambino (Man, Woman and Child), regia di Dick Richards (1983)
 La vita è un arcobaleno (The Rainbow), regia di Ken Russell (1989)
 Il gladiatore (Gladiator), regia di Ridley Scott (2000)
 L'ultimo bicchiere (Last Orders), regia di Fred Schepisi (2001)
 Spy Game, regia di Tony Scott (2001)
 Mean Machine, regia di Barry Skolnick (2001)
 Slap Shot 2: sfida sul ghiaccio (Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice), regia di Steve Boyum (2002)
 Equilibrium, regia di Kurt Wimmer (2002)
 Gangs of New York, regia di Martin Scorsese (2002)
 La leggenda degli uomini straordinari (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), regia di Stephen Norrington (2003)
 Blessed - Il seme del male (Blessed), regia di Simon Fellows (2004) - postumo

Televisione
 L'abbraccio dell'orso (Charlie Muffin), regia di Jack Gold (1979) - film TV
 Calamity Jane, regia di James Goldstone - film TV (1984)
 Il Codice Rebecca (The Key to Rebecca), regista e attore - film TV (1985)
 Magnum, P.I. - serie TV, episodio 7x19 (1986)
 La signora in giallo (Murder, She Wrote) - serie TV, episodio 3x12 (1987)

Regista
 I 14 della Bond Street (The 14) (1973)
 Gigolò (Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo) (1978)
 Survivor - L'aereo maledetto (The Survivor) (1981)
 Il tesoro dello Yankee Zephyr (Race for the Yankee Zephyr) (1981)
 A-Team, regista di 8 episodi (1983-1987)
 Il Codice Rebecca (The Key to Rebecca), regista e attore (1985)
 La signora in giallo (Murder, She Wrote) - serie TV (1 episodio, 1987)
 Amici per la vita (Dark Horse) (1992)
 Lone Justice 3 (1996)

Doppiatori italiani
 Cesare Barbetti in I seicento di Balaklava, Alfredo il Grande, Frammenti di paura, Rosso nel buio
 Gino La Monica in Profondo rosso
 Giancarlo Giannini in Blow-Up
 Oreste Lionello in Barbarella
 Ferruccio Amendola in Isole nella corrente
 Sergio Graziani in Il principe e il povero
 Luciano De Ambrosis in La via della droga
 Pino Colizzi in Assassinio su commissione
 Giorgio Lopez in La signora in giallo
 Eugenio Marinelli in Il gladiatore
 Pietro Biondi in L'ultimo bicchiere
 Franco Zucca in Mean Machine
 Renato Mori in Gangs of New York
 Stefano Mondini in Blessed
 Saverio Moriones in La leggenda degli uomini straordinari

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Bibliografia
  John Holmstrom, The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 229.
  Stephen R. Beet, The Better Land: In Search of the Lost Boy Sopranos, Portlaw: Rectory Press, 2005.

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Phillies give Ryan Howard well-deserved farewell
By Stephen Gross
| Of The Morning Call |
Ryan Howard received the farewell he deserved Sunday afternoon as he played his final game as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies.
PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies and their fans have gotten pretty good at saying goodbye.
It's probably because they've had a lot of practice.
So many players — most of whom were later traded or signed with other teams — played a pivotal role in Philadelphia's only World Series title in the last 36 years. There were Jimmy Rollins, Cole Hamels, Chase Utley and Carlos Ruiz, to name a few. One by one, they've left.
Sunday afternoon, it was time for Philadelphia to say farewell to the last remaining link to that 2008 title — Ryan Howard.
The Phillies have yet to officially announce they'll buy out Howard's 2017 $23 million option for $10 million, although that's what will happen. They'll have five days until after the World Series is complete to decline next year's option.
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Howard may have left on a higher note career-wise had he bowed out before becoming a platooned player. If he had been traded to an American League team this past offseason, he could take have taken full advantage of the designated hitter rule. But over the last month, fans began to recognize that his career as a Phillie was nearing an end, as they slowly stopped booing his strikeouts and thanked him for the many accomplishments he allowed them to witness.
That all led up to the ultimate celebration of Howard's time as a Phillie in Game No. 162.
Before the Phillies' 5-2 win Sunday, a pregame tribute to Howard began with a video highlighting the biggest moments of the first baseman's career while Mariah Carey's "Hero" played. Fans held larger-than-life placards of Howard's face, while he watched from the dugout — teary-eyed.
"It was a roller coaster, man," Howard said. "I'm not going to lie. It was crazy. I really didn't know what to expect, what the organization was going to do, how I was going to feel. But, getting out there, seeing the people, seeing the different videos, everything just all kind of came in and hit me all at once."
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To commemorate his single-season franchise record 58 homers in 2006, the Phillies had Howard's son, Darien, place a plaque in the spot he hit that season's final dinger while Mike Schmidt gave Howard a copy on the field.
Joined by his wife, Krystle, the 36-year-old Howard also was presented with a hand-painted glove listing some of his notable accomplishments. There were even two Howard filters for fans documenting the event on the social media platform Snapchat.
Howard addressed the crowd and thanked the fans, saying how much he's grown with them. He then paused as he became visibly choked up.
Howard received a standing ovation during the pregame ceremony and again before each at-bat. Before striking out in his first plate appearance, he tipped his helmet, acknowledging the fans.
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The rest of the game, he grounded out to first, hit a grounder back to the pitcher became a 1-6-3 double play, and then a sky-high popup in the eighth.
After that last at-bat as a Phillie, Howard received another standing ovation and a curtain call.
He returned to the field in the top of the ninth but as promised before the game, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin promptly removed Howard, giving one more opportunity for the fans to recognize him.
An ovation that lasted about two minutes and included a "Ry-an How-ard" chant and a "Thank You, Ryan" message on the scoreboard ended with a final curtain call from the left-handed slugger.
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Among Howard's accolades from his 13-year career in Philadelphia were being named the 2005 National League Rookie of the Year, the 2006 NL MVP, the 2009 NLCS MVP and being named to three NL All-Star teams.
Howard may be forced to say adios to the Phillies, but if it's up to him, he's not saying goodbye to baseball. If somebody wants him, he plans on suiting up in 2017.
It's certainly not a storybook ending here — he was unable to leave on his own terms and he failed to hit .200 for the first time in his big league career as he became a part-time player — but you wouldn't know it by the send-off he received.
Despite his decline in performance since he tore his Achilles on the final swing of the 2011 NLDS, Howard received the farewell he deserved. Without him, 2008 wouldn't have happened, and it's possible neither would the five-straight NL East division titles or many of the other successes at Citizens Bank Park over the last decade.
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It was clear that as the Phillies ended another season shy of the playoffs, the "Big Piece," as former manager Charlie Manuel once nicknamed him, holds a big spot in Philadelphia fans' hearts and will be missed just as much as any of the other departures from that 2008 championship squad.
And while both the Phillies and their fans have had practice saying farewell, it's also apparent it hasn't made it any easier to say those parting words. Especially when it's someone who has done as much for them as Howard has.
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A year on from the grand opening of Australia's first interactive dementia care garden, ABC Gold Coast's Candice Marshall visits the Tweed Heads facility to see if it has proved a success.
Just over a year ago a Banora Point aged care facility made headlines when it opened Australia's first sensory garden specifically designed for dementia patients.
The Bupa Care facility was officially opened by the Minister for Ageing Justine Elliott, who said the garden would improve the mood, physical health and mobility of the centre's dementia patients.
The leafy garden boasts a beach area, a green for activities such as lawn bowls, an aviary, bus stop, letter box, barbeques, garden bed, and a washing line, all providing cognitive and sensory stimulation.
The then general manager of the facility, Jo Spirit-Jones said at the time that Bupa Care would carry out ongoing evaluations of the garden to determine its impact on the wellbeing of residents.
So, just over a year later, has the garden delivered all that was promised?
Jo Spirit-Jones has since moved on from the facility, but the present general manager, Sharon Stevens, says it has indeed been a huge success.
She says it has improved both the mental and physical health of her patients.
"For dementia it's about taking them back to their comfort level and that does decrease their anxiety. They're also more active and getting their hands into flower beds and into the dirt and that's very therapeutic, both emotionally and physically."
She says each patient has their own favourite part of the garden but the bowls, washing line, and bird aviary are especially the big hits.
Sharon says she is so impressed and grateful to be working in a facility as advanced as this one.
"It's very patient-centred here, it looks at the individual and the group and it's very different from what I'm used to. It's very important for me that I now the residents are getting their emotional needs met, their physical needs met, and just being cared for and being happy, so it makes me feel very good to be here and part of the team."
She says she'd like to see similar interactive gardens be rolled out into more dementia and aged care facilities.
"I've had dementia units in my previous job but nothing like this, it really does enhance their life experience and their everyday living."
Listen to the audio to hear the full interview with Sharon, as well as chats with the some of the patients in the garden.


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A Realist, Universal Ethical Theory.
The Principle of Goodness asserts that Good and evil are realities, described as follows:
Goodness is to attempt to benefit everyone;
evil is to attempt to harm even a single innocent one.
The theory is intended to be scientific. That doesn't mean it can be examined in a physics lab, but it does mean it should be able to be tested in appropriate ways, both for confirmation and disconfirmation. For a theory of ethics, this might be expected to include assessments of outcomes in personal happiness, freedom and openness of society, flourishing communities, and so on. In order to be tested, the basic claim of the theory (that Good and evil are described as above) must have consequences that differ from those of other ethical theories; but, by its nature, such a theory might forever elude the degree of confidence that one might gain in a theory of physics, say. This should not discourage us; perhaps questions about how we should live are really harder than some others!
Like many people (or, it is perhaps true to say, like most), I once assumed unthinkingly that we should try to make as many people happy as possible. After all, what else would a nice person want? But things aren't so simple. This idea is the philosophy called utilitarianism, and if we accept it, we are confronted with questions such as "What if we could make everyone else blissfully happy at the cost of torturing one innocent baby to death?" The true utilitarian would have to answer that the baby be tortured, even though almost everyone can probably see in their hearts that there is something terribly wrong here. But that is such a pathological, made-up problem that I used to assume no such tricky cases would arise in practice, and that, on the whole, this was an ethical way to live.
But difficulties kept cropping up. Is a crime really bad only if there are "sufficient" victims? If a minority, or the weak, or the poor, can be harmed quietly out of the way, so their agonies don't disturb the rest of us, is it really okay to live in happiness off the products of their sufferings? Is a few dispossessed peasants or tribespeople a reasonable price to pay for a really productive mine or farm or electricity-generating dam? The ethics of the "greatest happiness of the greatest number" would have to answer yes.
It was many years until I suddenly saw that this very answer is the damning evidence against this beguiling, but false, ethic. Anything can be excused if we can weigh this and that and decide that this matters more than that. There really is no objective way to measure happiness or misery, so every argument based upon 'on the whole' kinds of considerations are, in the end, flim-flam, and the large and powerful will always carry the day. The poor, the few, the inarticulate, the powerless, will always lose because there is always some way for the well-resourced and well-connected to put their point of view across as being 'on the whole' best, or 'most people will be better off', or 'at the end of the day' is 'necessary' for 'the big picture' or 'the economy' or 'the bottom line'... and so it goes on.
These are the kinds of thoughts that some years ago, quite suddenly, opened my eyes. I saw that nothing else except the welfare of everyone was a worthy goal for a genuine morality. And I found that this is also wanted by others who care for our fellow humans and, indeed, for all our fellow creatures sharing this earth with us. It is the recurring theme of the great religions ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."); it is the inspiration of the best and finest members of our species: Buddha, Jesus, Gandhi, and so on. And yet we haven't noticed that the thing they taught was not the false ethic that most of us allow to rule our decisions. The thing they taught, it seems, has never been formulated as an identifiable, self-contained ethical philosophy, and so, when the bottom-liners decide, after 'weighing competing interests', that someone or some fellow creature must suffer, those of us who see that it is wrong have never been able to counter with rational, cogent arguments based on ethical principles. My hope is that the Principle of Goodness will fill that urgent need.
Some Properties of the Theory
The Principle concerns the mind: the willed intention put into action. It does not concern outcomes, and is therefore inconsistent with all consequentialist ethics such as utilitarianism. Outcomes can be magnificantly happy or tragically damaging, but that is a different thing from the ethical dimension; it is the intentions of the moral agents, not the outcomes, that can be described by ethical statements. This is good news, because it has been shown that the kinds of calculations involved in assessing benefits and harms of outcomes, such as any utilitarian theory requires, are impossible.
The Principle appears to be consistent with Kant's categorical imperative (act such that your actions can be examples of a general rule), because the recommendation "Practise Goodness and avoid evil" is a general rule. This question should be investigated in more depth, but if this assumption is correct, it would mean that Kant's imperative is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for moral action.
Developing Guidelines for Understanding and Action
In times past, and even today, it has been, or is, assumed that ordinary men and women need so-called experts (rulers, clergy, academics, economists, wealthy community leaders, etc.) to wisely guide their opinions and choices. The time has come when the last vestiges of this outmoded idea can be cast off, and in no field is this more important than in ethics. By putting a simple test for good and evil in plain words, the Principle gives every person a tool for making ethical choices and for evaluating for themselves the acts of governments, corporations, and other authorities. Often, simply comparing some public policy or government decision against the Principle shows up ethical oversights very easily. And it empowers the individual for ethical action, without restricting each person's individual creativity and preferences. It does not lead to just one allowable act in any given circumstance, but rather rules out some acts and commends others, leaving the moral agent a wide field for individual choice. But it does place limits on the possible choices. Further, these limits are not the same as those of other ethical theories. For example, utilitarianism, faced with a case where one innocent could be harmed to benefit many, must recommend doing the evil, or else it fudges things by positing undemonstrable "wider harm" resulting from the choice to harm the innocent — which, of course, is just special pleading to get the desired result.
The Principle of Goodness, however, tells us not to attempt to harm the innocent, even if we suffer losses from not doing so. We all have our own opinions about what is beneficial, what is harmful, and so on, but this test is much simpler and less easily twisted to suit vested interests than is a utilitarian assessment of whether this or that policy is more or less harmful to more or fewer people, or whether harm A is outweighted by benefit B. For example, is wrecking the environment in a poor country 'outweighed' by the benefits of cheap oil, or lumber, or whatnot, to an importing wealthy country? A utilitarian assessment of such a question can drag on interminably. Not so with the Principle of Goodness: the poor are being knowingly harmed by deliberate action, and that is enough to show that such an action is immoral. If we traded utilitarianism for Goodness, we could all trust that any attempt to intentionally harm anyone for reasons outside their control would be detected and denounced. No one can have this security in a world that runs things according to "the bottom line" or "the big picture" or "strategic considerations", and so on.
The Seminal Paper provides a beginning in analysing the kinds of personal, social, and political arrangements that could be constructed upon a personal or community commitment to the Principle.
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Petr Cech Vows To End Career On A High Ahead Of Europa League Semi-Final
Posted On May 9, 2019 May 10, 2019 By Nick D'Urbano
Retiring Arsenal goal-keeper Petr Cech is looking to add one more trophy to his esteemed professional career.
The former Czech Republic and Chelsea stopper's career will come to an end at the conclusion of this season and is hoping his Arsenal side can go on and come away with a Europa League crown.
The Gunners defeated Valencia in the first leg of their Europe League semi-final tie 3-1 at home while his former side Chelsea claimed a 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt who they host tomorrow.
The possibility of playing his former club in his last game is a tantalising prospect which Cech described as potentially being an emotional contest.
"It looks a big possibility, with us being in a good position and them having the second game at home. I don't know if it's a dream scenario or not," Cech said.
"You have the last game of your career, a European final and then at the end you have an emotional attachment to the opposition team from the past, which probably is a bit too much. But if it happens, it happens. It's the way it is."
Arsenal will end their Premier League season on Sunday when they travel to Burnley as they currently sit fifth and will need to win the Europa League if they are to assure themselves of a Champions League place next season.
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