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Siobhan's meatspace profile includes presentations at Edmonton's BECA conference and regular appearances for the Alberta Sex Positive Education Community Centre. Her published work can also be found at VICE, the Edmonton Quotient, Shadowproof and The Establishment.
Decreasing world suck is the primary goal. Side effects may include bruising, gibbering, high fever, cracked desks, or cracked heads. Siobhan is not for everyone, consult your doctor before use.
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Calgary Physician Calls Transgender People "Demented, Distorted" January 30, 2019
Trans Activism and the Success of the Victim January 20, 2019
Siobhan in Rewire.News: The Rejection of 'Conversion Therapy' Isn't Motivated by Politics—It's Motivated By Science November 21, 2018
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Larry Nassar and transformative justice
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Below is the result of an investigation that was originally commissioned by a Canadian news publication. The piece was killed two days ago. I believe the findings to be important enough that it is in the public's interest to be reported regardless. I discuss further after the piece.
A Calgary pediatric surgeon employed by Alberta Health Services has taken to social media to call transgender people and their supporters "soft headed" and "dangerous," among numerous other inflammatory remarks.
Between November 18, 2018 and December 21, 2018, Dr. Jacob Edward Les wrote several articles at length on his website, during which he described being transgender as "identifying as a cucumber" and compared them to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, an anecdote by neurologist Oliver Sacks on a patient with visual agnosia. In another post, he wrote that teaching children about the existence of transgender people amounted to "indoctrination," and that androgyny occurs "as a civilisation is starting to unravel." Responding to a January 9, 2019 article from the Daily Mail about a transgender man giving birth, Les described support for the man as "blithering idiocy" and said that the child would be born into "distorted transgender reality."
Shortly after I attempted to authenticate the social media profiles, Les deleted his Twitter and several blog posts. His Twitter was restored on Jan. 28, 2019, along with a new blog post stating "How dare you impugn my integrity and professionalism?" after characterizing the Canadian Medical Association's findings on gender dysphoric youth as "conjecture." He also included several remarks directed at me after I wrote that I was looking into medical ethics governing bodies in Alberta that can receive complaints. "[Trans activists] seem unable or unwilling to make their points without hurling F-bombs or insulting their interlocutors in the most vile manner possible," wrote Les.
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One of the more annoying rhetorical sleights-of-hand deployed by anti-trans feminists is their tendency to claim they "speak for women." One brilliant Scot decided to test that theory by contacting every women's crisis resource in Scotland to query their policy on trans women. As it turns out, antagonistic positions are far from guaranteed to be the norm, or even represented at all:
It was stated that Scottish Women's Aid don't speak for individual Women's Aid services, so unless we somehow managed the impossible task of ringing round all 40 to check if they were trans inclusive, we couldn't possibly know. Spoiler alert: the only reason that's impossible is because there's actually 36, but more on that in a bit. I had a midweek day off and my maw got me unlimited minutes for Christmas, so I rang them and asked.
Catriona 'We Simply Don't Know' Stewart is a senior journalist at the Herald & Times Group. To me that means she's got a fancy desk, a big salary and every contact under the Scottish not sun at her fingertips. But rather than try and find out so she didn't give ground to the misrepresentation of services and instill fear in women who might need to one day present at their local Women's Aid and might also be trans, she sent a pointed and scary tweet, then logged out. Brass neck points for pulling us up for not speaking to individual services, while choosing to imply something more than a bit dodgy without… speaking to individual services. (Just ring them, Catriona, and if you can't be arsed surely there's an underpaid intern somewhere who's fed up shredding Iain Macwhirter's draft novellas).
We weren't surprised that frontline workers and specifically support and refuge workers were the people this mibby, mibby not but probably transphobia was being attributed to. No one is else going to say it so I will because none of you know my real name: that's because those workers are more likely to be working class women. And of course the implication is that while national officers might understand the ever so complicated dance of being sound to trans women, workers on the ground have been caught in a whirlwind of confusion and outright rage, turning up to work head to toe in trans panic alarms for the last 10 year. Gies peace. And let them do their job.
Antagonistic positions are still taken elsewhere in the world, and they're devastating when they happen because a person in crisis is pretty much, by definition, going to lack the resources to combat that. But it's worthwhile to remind anti-trans feminists that they represent a minority, and not "women."
-Shiv
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An example of material support
One of my peers in journalism, Katelyn Burns, interviewed the founder of Hypatia Software Org (unrelated to the journal of a similar name). Burns' interview highlights a few key points to providing substantial, material support for trans people:
The cycle of systemic poverty and homelessness is nearly impossible for anyone to break out of. The combination of not having enough funds for everyday necessities under capitalism and a lack of a suitable shelter under which to sleep can be crushing to the human spirit.
Under structural transphobia, trans people are at increased risk for unemployment and homelessness, with trans women of color—who are three times as likely as the general population to be unemployed—bearing the brunt of this oppression.
When I began my own transition, of course, homelessness lingered as a fear in the back of my mind. I'd watched too many trans women be run out of their jobs under suspicious circumstances and subsequently struggle to find another job to believe I was entirely immune to the possibility.
Housing insecurity is a major issue for the trans community and already sparse shelter resources could potentially be a hostile environment for a trans woman, myself included.
As a trans woman, I have a natural fear of cis-operated spaces, as the potential for transphobia is ever present. For example, the Salvation Army has been accused several times of harassing or even banning trans women from their shelters. I wouldn't even risk availing myself of their services.
Taking into account that a great many shelters and anti-poverty charities are affiliated with or operated by churches, I would be leery of seeking the same help as a homeless cis person.
And with trans people making up just 0.6% of the population, it's especially difficult for organizations to provide appropriate local trans-specific resources and a welcoming support system in order to help folks breakout of the systemic poverty cycle.
In order to figure out the best ways to help trans people breakout of systemic homelessness, I turned to the trans-run organization Hypatia Software Org.
According to President/CEO, Lisa-Marie Maginnis, Hypatia's mission is "to end homelessness and the disenfranchisement of people who experience transmisogyny through peer mentorship, emergency cash relief, and community building."
Here are 4 ways they say we can help get trans people out of poverty now:
Trans feminism and the law
Florence Ashley opens this essay by distinguishing between the "rule of law" and the "rule of man," describing the latter as a widely undesirable state of governing (or lack thereof) while the former is supposed to be a steady and reliable foundation of order:
The rule of law is a lot like gender. The analogy is puzzling, at first glance. Coming from a trans experience, the parallels are much more visible to me: "Then an analysis can focus not on what the rule of law is, or what it should be, but on what it does, what it accomplishes, what it produces. Indeed, if the only thing we know for sure about the rule of law is what any of these many state actors say it is in any particular instance, the rule of law will turn out to be as messy and diffuse a concept as the state[2]." This passage is perfectly intelligible, and yet every reference to the rule of law in the passage was a replacement of the term "sex". Both the rule of law and gender, in legal contexts, are normative notions which seek to define the proper relationship between citizens and between citizens and the state. Whereas the supported relationship is a cisheteronormative[3] one with regards to gender, the rule of law promotes a law-abiding relationship between citizens and state. In the negative chasm of each conception, we find transgender people and emancipatory actors. Gender as a state construct makes trans lives either impossible or difficult, whereas the rule of law makes emancipatory lives either impossible or difficult. That trans lives are often led as emancipatory lives attests to importance of transfeminist analyses of the rule of law. The analogy is also interesting insofar as the enforcement of gender as a legal-administrative category to the disadvantage of trans people is frequently defended by appeal to the rule of law.
However, Ashley argues that it's a false distinction: Man must apply the law, and discretionary power brings us back to square one.
The notion of the rule of law implies that we are ruled by law. However much a truism as this sentence may be, it is not a trivial point. There must be a meaningful way in which laws, rather than people, are what rule our lives[4]. For some rule of law theorists, the enforcement of laws satisfies the rule of law if it is exercised by those in power in their role as agents of the law, in a good faith belief that the law mandates them to exercise their powers in that manner[5].
Inherent in this notion is that being ruled by law is possible. We have room to doubt this assertion on two grounds. First, discretionary power is distributed widely and unevenly. Too many people have too much discretionary power for us to realistically ensure that they always act in accordance to such a good faith belief. Second, good faith beliefs cannot be so detached from the agents which hold them that their imposition can be reasonably interpreted as a rule by law rather than by men.
Ashley then examines what it means for the agents of law to import their own experience of the world into legal constructs, and relates that to the current state of struggle for trans folk. I thoroughly recommend it.
Cissexist vocabulary
I have a very specific set of vocabulary I use when discussing gender variance and trans issues. Although it has tweaked and developed over time, I don't always stop to explain my reasoning for why I use one particular term and not another. Florence Ashley reviews some of the vocabulary used commonly in the media, and explains why other terms are preferable.
Prioritisation of cisgender embodiment
Terms such as "biological woman", "genetic woman", "chromosomal woman", "woman-born-woman", "biological sex", and "real woman" are common. This terminological family prioritises cisgender embodiment by associating gender to cisgender anatomy, erasing the possibility of transitude, or relegating it to anomalousness or liminality.
These terms — let us take the term "biological woman" as an example — insinuate that trans women are not biologically women. Cis women are designated as women in every aspect, whereas trans women are excluded from the category of "woman" in some aspects of their being. If cis women are biological, genetic, chromosomal, and born women, it must be that trans women are biological, genetic, chromosomal, or born men. Quite contrary to terms that are closer to trans realities, such as "assigned male at birth".
By affirming the invariable character of gender and by privileging the experience of cis people, trans women are relegated to the background as quasi-women, sometimes-women. The lived experiences of trans women who have identified as such since childhood is ignored. An artificial and undue division between trans women and cis women is created, weaponising the body of trans women in a way that excludes them from sisterhood.
"In practice, cis people are never satisfied by the sacrifice of trans people's dignity"
The UK's current system of acquiring a legal gender change is needlessly onerous, and absurd in its implied assumption that a council of disinterested bureaucrats can determine the "truth" of an applicant's gender. However, after the proposal to make the process less difficult, TERFs and the media have responded by grossly exaggerating what these updates to the Gender Recognition Act entail. Heather explains:
In fact, none of the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act pose any risk to any of the cis women in the UK. The changes serve only to benefit transgender men and women who, for whatever reason, would be unable to prove they meet the current criteria to the satisfaction of their local council. While it certainly is a lot easier to access a counselor or other medical services in the UK than it is in the USA, there's never a guarantee that said professional would be willing to diagnose a transgender person properly and there is no demonstrable need for this barrier in any case. Exactly zero overly impulsive cis people have been stopped from making silly mistakes. The hurdles in place serve only to satisfy the anxieties of cisgender people. In practice, transphobic cisgender people are not satisfied anyway and the sacrifice of transgender citizens' dignity and agency so far has been in vain.
Since threats to cisgender women have already been addressed and in changes to these protections aren't actually a part of the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act, the clown car vomiting op-eds and TERF concerns can and should be easily ignored by members of government reviewing the proposed changes. It cannot be ignored by transgender people in UK and anywhere else they might be subjected to the dialogue. It is neither necessary nor acceptable for the conversation on transgender rights to be dominated by noise about crimes that cisgender men might commit as though transgender people are enabling them. Law abiding transgender people are never to blame for the crimes of cisgender men.
Read more about the UK media's fever pitch here, and why it's baseless scaremongering.
I thought the Section 28 boat set sail already
Section 28 was a British law until 2000 that required government authorities to censor and omit any information on homosexuality. Nearly two decades after its repeal, gay Brits lambasted the law for the damage it caused it in their youth–the deafening silence of the resources available to them led many to believe something was inherently wrong with them. Its heinous effects haven't deterred the press from quoting Section 28 arguments verbatim, only this time against trans people.
Dr. Becky, PhD
A teaching assistant at Wilfrid Laurier University was recently disciplined for making the dignity of trans people the subject of a debate. Lindsey Shepherd–or Dr. Becky, PhD as I've come to call her–recorded audio of her meeting with the administration, and leaked the subsequent recording. Since then, a horde of tedious dudebros have followed her every tweet, and Dr. Becky has taken up the reactionary dipshit speaking circuit. Whatever benefit of the doubt I might have given her before vanished once she signed up for generously paid speaking circuits to lambast the evil transes.
Her fans sound suspiciously similar to Jordan Peterson's, for reasons that should be transparently obvious.
Still, I didn't feel the need to respond myself because there has been nothing I've said about J Pete that doesn't apply to Dr. Becky, PhD. But Florence Ashley looked at the typical frozen peaches lobbed in the name of ceaselessly litigating my humanity, and I'm sharing what she found:
Free speech only benefits those who have a voice. If you're not invited to speak, freedom of expression is pointless. Those who have a platform don't concern themselves with the difficulties of obtaining one as much as those who don't have one.
When free speech is reduced to a justification for one's intuitive reaction or opinion on a given case, it is instrumentalized in defence of those we agree with. It becomes a mere shadow of the right we have enshrined in our Constitution.
There is much to be said about balancing free speech with other human rights, such as the right to equality. But even for free speech absolutists, a lot more can be done without talking about other rights. The distribution of outrage and the equality of access to platforms are free-speech issues.
Read the rest here.
I know what the antis will say before they've even said it
It's become something of a running joke in the tran hivemind:
Kent Host: Hi, and welcome. Today, we're discussing transgenderismology. We've got our experts, Miranda Nimby from Concerned Mums Who Have Never Met A Trans Person, and Professor Doctor Barry Scienceman (area of expertise: Astrophysics).
Miranda: Thanks, Kent,
Barry: Great to be here.
Kent Host: So, Miranda, why don't you start by outlining your concerns?
Miranda: Well, Kent, I just think that all these things are moving too fast. When I was a child, I loved reading about George in the Famous Five. But did you know that if George existed today, she would be forcibly bundled off to a Gender Reassignment Camp, force-fed hormones, sterilised, have a beard superglued to her face, and then indoctrinated into the patriarchy?
Kent Host: Wow, that sounds dreadful. Barry, what's your perspective?
Barry: Well, as an astrophysicist, this isn't really a subject I'm qualified to comment on. But if I were to wildly speculate, I would assume that this is the end of civilisation as we know it, and a probable contributor to the heat death of the universe.
Kent Host: So if I understand you correctly, the existence of trans people could be the end of life on Earth?
Miranda: Absolutely.
Barry: That is a very strong possibility.
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The real transition regret
Cis journalists are notoriously shitty at having this conversation. They often bias their piece, badly, by selecting specific interviewees to paint their twisted narrative. Nowhere is this more clear than transgender children, where journalists notably omit actual clinicians who work with transgender children.
Zinnia Jones reviews what the research actually says. A more common regret than transitioning? Not transitioning young:
However, one phenomenon of gender identity development in youth is far more substantiated than these concerns about transition regret, while receiving far less attention: cases of de-desistance (or "re-persistence"). These youth express gender dysphoria in their childhood, report that their dysphoria desists in adolescence, but later find that their dysphoria has not desisted and go on to seek out transition treatment.


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Jeh Johnson, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security takes part in a panel discussion at the 70th International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (Photo: AP)
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced on Monday the agency will rollout of a new national terror alert system that warns Americans of risks on U.S. soil. Secretary Johnson also said DHS will unveil the new system, which will reflect the "new phase" of the terror threat, in the next few days.
The new system, which will include an intermediate terror threat warning, will mark the third since the attacks on September 11, 2001. The original color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System was replaced with the current system, one Johnson said was never used because it has a "trigger that is a pretty high bar."
He added the new system would represent "the current environment and current realities," though it marks a complete 180 for the administration on the issue. Previously, the Obama White House downplayed the need for a new, more comprehensive system because they downplayed the terror threat to the homeland. That all changed with the attack in San Bernardino, Calif., last week that killed 14 and injured more.
Now Johnson, who made the announcement at a Defense One magazine event, said threats to the U.S. homeland have evolved. He did not reveal any more specifics of the new system, he did say the changes will are aimed at keeping Americans better informed about the threat.
"We need a system that informs the public at large of what we are seeing," he said. "Removing some of the mystery about the global terrorist threat, what we are doing about it and what we are asking the public to do."
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Home/News/Obsessed by the Present, Who's Got Time for Old Masters?
Obsessed by the Present, Who's Got Time for Old Masters?
The art market, like pretty much everything else in our culture, has become all about the here and now.
The seismic shift in collecting taste from the old to the very new was summed up in December by a little-reported result in Christie's annual evening auction of master paintings in London.
A sale of old masters at Christie's in London in December.Credit…Christie's
Highest price of the night was $3.6 million for the 1735 canvas "The Reading Party," an acutely observed scene of an elegant young woman reading aloud to two aristocratic friends in a park. One of just 11 known "tableaux de mode," or "pictures of fashionable life," by Jean-Françoisde Troy, this museum-worthy masterwork set a seemingly impressive auction high for the artist.
But that price was the same as the record $3.6 million given in March for the British artist Flora Yukhnovich's 2020 semi-abstract canvas "Warm, Wet 'N' Wild," inspired by another 18th-century French painting. Admired for her highly decorative, ironically titled riffs on Rococo-era old masters, Yukhnovich is one of several young female painters whose works soared to seven figures at auction last year. In 2019, large new paintings by Yukhnovich were selling for $40,000 at a London gallery.
European pictures dating from before 1850 aren't as fashionable with collectors as they once were. Yet Sotheby's and Christie's will be hoping to buck the trend when they offer a bumper haul of old masters paintings with a combined estimated value of more than $175 million in New York this month.
Sotheby's has great expectations for Rubens's gruesome 1609 painting "Salome Presented With the Head of St. John the Baptist" that is the star lot of its Jan. 26 auction of Baroque masterworks from the Fisch Davidson collection. (The painting has been guaranteed by Sotheby's to sell for at least $25 million.)
"Salome Presented With the Head of St. John the Baptist" by Rubens (1609).Credit…Sotheby's
Like a scene from "Game of Thrones," the Rubens shows a grinning maidservant pulling the tongue out from St. John the Baptist's freshly severed head as she presents it on a platter to Salome. Traders in old masters say that this is the sort of subject that appeals to a new group of contemporary-minded clients.
Eric Turquin, a Paris-based painting expert, said that in recent years, some "people from the contemporary art world" have been buying old masters. They were drawn to "very strong images of violence" from the Baroque period, but, he added, "Our buyers are fewer and richer."
Fifty years ago, when the Metropolitan Museum purchased Velázquez's "Portrait of Juan de Pareja" for $5.5 million at Christie's in London, a record for any artwork at auction, old masters were the dominant sales category. Last year, they accounted for just 4 percent of auction and private sales at Sotheby's and Christie's, according to data provided to The Times by the companies' press offices.
Now, contemporary art holds sway, reflecting the fast-forward cultural preoccupations of our society.
"Warm, Wet 'N' Wild" by Flora Yukhnovich (2020).Credit…Sotheby's
Experts say that younger collectors often regard art from the distant past as remote and irrelevant, and find the technical aspects of a sale off-putting. "Old masters are difficult to approach because of the problem of condition and attribution," Turquin said. Today's buyers tend to be interested in paintings by artists who are under 45, not over 400.
Anders Petterson, a founder of the London-based auction analysts ArtTactic, said, "Over the last three years, we have seen a significant increase in demand for artworks by a younger generation of artists." In January, ArtTactic published a report on the outlook for "NextGen" artists, defined as those under 45. Works by younger, Instagram-lauded artists such as Yukhnovich have routinely been "flipped" at auction for many multiples of their original gallery prices. Last year, Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips offered works by a record 670 artists in that demographic, grossing more than $300 million, according to ArtTactic.
The fixation with "the Now" (as Sotheby's calls its most of-the-moment auction category) could be viewed as just a byproduct of fashionable 21st-century life. But for sociologists, changes in the art market are one of the many elements that reflect how the pace and preoccupations of our culture have altered over more than 100 years. In 1899, Thorstein Veblen's landmark socio-economic study, "The Theory of the Leisure Class," showed how free time and superfluity — what we now call luxury — conferred status, or "reputability," on the wealthiest individuals in late 19th-century America.
Giana M. Eckhardt, professor of marketing at King's College London, is co-author of a 2020 paper called "New Dynamics of Social Status and Distinction" that summarizes 21st-century academia's attempts to update Veblen. For Eckhardt, technology has contributed to a speeding up of the tempo of contemporary existence — a phenomenon called "social acceleration" — which profoundly changes human perceptions of the passage of time.
"If you look back at human development, there were tens of thousands of years in which things didn't change that much," Eckhardt said in an interview. "Humans have not developed enough to be able to react to social change that is this quick. This leads to people putting a value on the new in different ways from the past."
So where does that leave the art of the past?
"Basket of Wild Strawberries" by Chardin (1761).Credit…Cabinet Turquin
Clearly, the most famous names of art history still have enduring value. In Amsterdam, the Rijksmuseum's coming Vermeer exhibition, opening next month, is generating huge public interest. An old master is still the world's most expensive painting at auction, after the $450.3 million given for Leonardo's "Salvator Mundi" in 2017. And last year, an exquisite Chardin still life, "Basket of Wild Strawberries," dating from 1761, was sold by the Paris auction house Artcurial for $22.6 million. The painting was bought by the Kimbell Art Museum in Texas, which must wait until December 2024 to learn if the work, classified by the French authorities as a national treasure, can be exported to the United States.
"The Kimbell, which refrains from following fashion, acquires works not just for today, but for the next hundred years — works that will stand the test of time," Eric Lee, the Kimbell's director, said by phone. Lee did concede, however, that technology was accelerating the way that visitors experienced time's passage. "Attention spans are getting shorter and shorter," he noted.
In the market, the question is whether the art of the distant past can make some kind of comeback. For all the upbeat talk of contemporary-art collectors rediscovering old masters, there is, in reality, little chatter about Rubens, Chardin or de Troy overheard at Art Basel or at Frieze.
"In terms of an individual purchasing art, art that reflects the new is going to provide a higher social status," Eckhardt said. "That will be reflected in the price as well."
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As we have reported, the Obama administration and Secretary of State Clinton not only switched sides in the war on terror by pushing for the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi and aiding al-Qaeda-linked rebels, but they also betrayed those Americans in Benghazi by leaving them on the ground to fend for themselves while under attack. This was unquestionably a dereliction of duty. Our Citizens' Commission on Benghazi dealt with all aspects of this scandal at a press conference we held back in June at the National Press Club.


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The sun also rises the lost generation essay
During summer and fall he recovered in Milan where his nurse was Agnes von Kurowsky, she was 8 years his senior and he fell in love with her, but she didnt felt the same way. The above preview is unformatted text. Furthermore nearly every character of The Sun Also Rises is a compulsive manipulator, this kind of behavior is well described in Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, which is a major publication of Alcoholics Anonymous (cf. All for literature." "She took great pride in telling me which of my guests were well brought up, which were of good family, who were sportsmen, a French word pronounced with the accent on the men. However the most prominent writers of the lost generation were. Without his ever saying anything they were simply a little something shameful between us, like the spilling open of the horses in bull-fighting." "It was like certain dinners I remember from the war. (Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises 84). The Life and Writings of Ernest Hemingway. It was lousy to enjoy it, but I felt lousy. The release date of The. After Brett meets Pedro Romero, the absence of God in her life can be seen again. You hang around cafés." "For one who had aficion he could forgive anything.
Five Ways Hemingway s Characters Represent a Lost Generation
The characters of The Sun Also Rises never do manage to get away from themselves. 1921 Hemingway went to Paris because one of his friends Sherwood Anderson told him that it is the perfect place for writers, there he was introduced to Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and Sylvia Beach, which were famous writers. While fighting in the War, Jake suffers an injury that leaves him impotent, but still desiring sexual activity. There is a sense that Jake and his generation don't belong anywhere. On another occasion a different character says what people think about their generation, Youre an expatriate. You hang around cafés." Bill Related Characters: (speaker Page Number and Citation: 120 Chapter 13"s Those who were aficionados could always get rooms even when the hotel was full.
Jake knows this from experience, but he also keeps reliving it every time he goes away. After trying to pray for only a couple of seconds, Brett leaves the cathedral. You couldnt stand. During his childhood in Oak Park, Illinois, he was protected by city ordinances from uncensored movies, boxing matches, any information on venereal disease or birth control, all forms of gambling and prostitution and all consumption of alcohol (cf. Retrieved May 8, 2019. (Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises 40). quot;s From Chapter Eleven Through Chapter Nineteen of The. It seems like they no longer belief in anything and they try to fill that whole with drinking, dancing and sexual promiscuity. 1937 Hemingway went to Spain to report on the Spanish civil war, that year he was on the cover of the Time Magazine and began an affair with 29 years old Martha Gellhorn. The young men were attracted by serving in a foreign country, they wanted to experience the excitement of death without the pain (cf.
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When you look at The Sun Also Rises you can clearly see his writing style, We had several fines after the coffee, and I said I must be going. Send a girl off with one man. All rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again(Ecclesiastes) (Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises ). After the Lost Generation. The car slowed suddenly pressing Brett against. Sun, also, rises and its connection to the lost generation. The fact that I took it as a matter of course did not alter that any.
Hemingway, unlike most American writers, never wrote a single word about his hometown, even though it was a cultural, technological and sociological sophisticated town. Right after the introduction of the novel you can see why this book is a perfect portrayal of the lost generation. However he spent his winters in Key West and his summers in Wyoming where he was deer and bear hunting with his friend Dos Passos. Jake Related Characters: (speaker Page Number and Citation: 153 Chapter 15"s At noon on Sunday, July 6th, the fiesta exploded. It's like a wonderful nightmare." "Sure I said. Ive tried all that.
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You gave something up the sun also rises the lost generation essay and got something else. Sun, also, rises is a perfect portrayal of the lost generation. You drink yourself to death. Ernest Hemingways The Sun Also Rises. Now go and bring her back. During his Time in Paris, Hemingway wrote many articles for the Toronto Star and traveled around Europe as a reporter.
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The characters spend their time socializing, drinking, dancing, and playing games. However his style of writing, was not only influenced by the war, it was influenced by his work as a journalist and by Gertrude Stein. Jake Barnes nearly seems like an alter ego to Hemingway. Hemingway could not sleep at night without a light switched on, many years he had problems with insomnia, he seemed to be aimless throughout his life, lived in different places and had several affairs and marriages, he was. This is true for the entire "lost generation" affected by the War. She re-emphasizes her pagan state at the end of the novel when she commends herself for deciding to end her relationship with Romero in an effort to save him. The Sun Also Rises and the Lost Generation In this part of my term paper I will take a closer look at Hemingways novel The Sun Also Rises and will show how the lost generation in portrayed. "Yes, isn't it pretty to think so?" is Jake's reply (Hemingway 222). Though seldom mentioned, World War I hangs like a shadow over the characters in The, sun, also, rises. There was no other way to describe. Jake Related Characters: (speaker) Page Number and Citation: 37 It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night is another thing.
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Reviews In-Car Audio Systems Tesla Model 3 audio review: Standard vs Premium audio comparison
Tesla Model 3 audio review: Standard vs Premium audio comparison
The Tesla Model 3 is an electric car that has an impressive range and performance, plenty of standardised features and offers a comprehensive infotainment system – it rightfully received TotallyEV's Best Buy award.
When it comes to audio, there are two systems available: the Model 3 – formerly known as the Standard Range Plus (SR+) – costs £42,990 houses an eight-speaker system with 'Immersive Sound'. Move up to either of the AWD models – Long Range (LR) at £50,990 and the Performance (P) at £57,990 – and you'll be treated with a 'Premium Interior' package instead. This comprises a 15-speaker audio system with 'Full Immersive Sound'.
We previously reviewed the premium audio system and found it to be the best-sounding EV on the market. In this review, however, we'll be concentrating on the RWD's audio system – does it live up to its more expensive sibling?
Click here to read the full Tesla Model 3 review
Tesla Model 3 audio setup
To tinker with the vehicle's audio settings, one has to navigate to the 'Audio Settings' tab on the 15.4″ infotainment system. Here, you'll find a five-band equaliser, where we added 1 dB to the Bass, -0.5 dB from the next frequency, left the following two bands untouched and added 1 dB to the Treble. The balance and fader were centred, while the Immersive Sound toggle was set to 'Low'.
To connect up to the vehicle's audio system using your smartphone, you'll be limited to using Bluetooth only – the USB Type-C ports are for charging only. As Tesla's infotainment system doesn't support Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, this is the only way to playback media files from a phone. Here, the system supports the AAC and SBC codecs; it's, however, a shame that the aptX and LDAC codecs aren't.
On the plus side, there is the option to plug in a USB drive – must be formatted to FAT32 – where you'll be able to playback MP3 and higher-resolution files that have been recorded in the FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec File) and WAV formats – up to 24-bit 192 kHz is supported. This makes the Model 3 among a finite group of cars that can support higher resolution playback – making it ideal for budding audiophiles. Elsewhere, the entry-level Model 3 has a 30-day trial of Spotify and video streaming platforms, Netflix, YouTube and Twitch.
As for media controls, there are the onscreen touch controls and the physical left scroll wheel on the steering wheel. When pressed it pauses or resumes, and when it's shifted to the left or right will go back or skip a track respectively. If you roll the wheel upwards or downwards it'll adjust the overall playback volume.
Read next: Tesla Model 3 comparative review: Which trim should you buy?
Tesla Model 3 audio performance
For a demo of the Model 3's standard audio system head on over to our YouTube channel.
When it comes to its audio configuration, the entry-level Model 3 has eight speakers in total: one 8″ 80W woofer within the front two doors, three 4″ 33W mid-range drivers within the front cowl (the area between the dashboard and windscreen), a single 1″ 25W tweeter housed at the centre of the dashboard and one 4″ 33W mid-range driver within each of the rear doors. The driver sizes and wattage are unofficial claims – according to data, this would mean the entry-level Tesla has 350 Watts of power, as opposed to the 630 Watts of its more expensive siblings.
You will see, however, speaker grills are present throughout the cabin but have been disconnected in the entry-level Model 3. Indeed, the speakers found on the AWD LR/P models are present at the front of the cabin, whereby a 1″ 25W tweeter is located by each of the side mirrors and a 2.5″ 2W mid-range driver is found on both of the A-pillars. The rear parcel shelf speakers, subwoofer and the two amplifiers are completely omitted in the entry-level Tesla. Why is this of relevance? As part of our research, we found there might be ways to re-enable the front-mounted drivers. Note, this might break your warranty terms and conditions with Tesla, where TotallyEV isn't responsible for any damages.
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Given the omission of the subwoofer in the entry-level Tesla Model 3, it should come as no surprise to learn that the sub-bass tones are cut short, with rumbles in Mario's song 'Music For Love' not coming across as prominently as we'd like. Make no mistake, however, the woofer drivers found within the cabin still do a competent job but are no match for the likes of the AWD Model 3, Kia Soul EV, Volvo XC40 Recharge Twin Pro, Audi e-tron GT and Polestar 2, all of which house a subwoofer in the boot.
On the plus side, the mid-bass is pinpoint accurate. Both in terms of the quantity and quality reproduced throughout this frequency range, we were left extremely impressed – the entry-level model is comparable to the AWD models in this department. However, when it comes to its EQ, we added 1 dB to the Bass EQ in the former model while we reduced it by 2 dB in the latter variant.
Moving onto the mids, the speakers around the cabin do a stupendously good job. In comparison to the vast majority of its competitors, the entry-level Model 3 sounds superior, especially with vocal tracks. Take Jennifer Hudson's 'Spotlight' for example, the artist's voice is in the foreground and doesn't sound pushed back or overly recessed. Nevertheless, the RWD model is no match for the class-leading performance one can experience in one of the AWD models; due to two mid-range drivers missing at the front of the cabin and a further two missing at the rear, it means the mids aren't as prominent in the entry-level Model 3.
The same could be said about the highs, where the omission of extra tweeters at the front of the cabin result in a more subdued cymbal reproduction. Here, we had to add 1 dB to the Treble EQ, while in the AWD models we reduced this frequency band by 0.5 dB instead. Suffice to say, the highs in the RWD model are still impressive but just won't give you that same level of sparkle at the top end.
A similar story could be said about its soundstage, which isn't as impressive as the more expensive variant. Yet again, due to the lower number of audio drivers present (or active) within the RWD model, it results in a lessened width and depth, both at the front and rear of the cabin. One could adjust the 'Immersive Sound' to 'Standard' or 'Auto', but we found these options took away from the mid-range frequency band whereby it reduced the overall accuracy. Nevertheless, on the 'Low' setting, we were still left satisfied, especially when pitted against other systems on the market – instrument separation being the real star of the show.
Finally, onto cabin noise, the Model 3 does an excellent job at keeping exterior noise down to a minimum. Using a sound meter we recorded, 35 dBA at a standstill; 48-52 dBA, while driving at 20-30mph; 54-58 dBA, while driving at 40mph; and just 62 dBA when at 70mph. As for when the windows are brought down, the level increases by roughly 12 dBA. This makes the Model 3 one of the quietest cabins we've tested to date, sitting toe-to-toe with the BMW iX3.
Read next: Tesla Model 3 audio review: Better than the Polestar 2?
TotallyEV's verdict on the Tesla Model 3's audio system
On the whole, the RWD or entry-level Model 3's audio system isn't as impressive as its more expensive siblings, the Long Range and Performance models. However, that's not to say it isn't impressive, far from it. Across the frequency range, the system excites, and while the RWD's audio system doesn't score as highly (9.8/10), it's still supremely impressive. As such, it receives TotallyEV's Best Buy award.
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How would you compare the standard and premium audio systems in the Tesla Model 3? Let us know in the comments section below or via social media; we're on: YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
The entry-level Tesla Model 3 features eight speakers within the cabin – six less than its more expensive siblings, and doesn't feature two amplifiers nor a subwoofer either. Nevertheless, it still manages to reproduce a compelling sound across the frequency range and should be considered as one of the top-tier audio systems one can find in an electric vehicle. As a result, it receives TotallyEV's Best Buy award.
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tesla-model-3-audio-review-standard-vs-premium-audio-comparisonThe entry-level Tesla Model 3 features eight speakers within the cabin – six less than its more expensive siblings, and doesn't feature two amplifiers nor a subwoofer either. Nevertheless, it still manages to reproduce a compelling sound across the frequency range and should be considered as one of the top-tier audio systems one can find in an electric vehicle. As a result, it receives TotallyEV's Best Buy award.
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Maria Jaworska (ur. 8 marca 1885 w Wiedniu, zm. 5 lutego 1957 we Lwowie) – polska pedagog, działaczka społeczna okresu II RP, posłanka na Sejm II RP w latach 1928–1935.

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Studiowała polonistykę i historię na Uniwersytecie Jana Kazimierza we Lwowie. W 1926 otrzymała dyplom nauczyciela szkół średnich. W latach 1904–1914 prowadziła tajne grupy samokształceniowe dla dziewcząt. Od 1905 pracowała w szkołach prywatnych, w latach 1911–1918 w Seminarium Nauczycielskim we Lwowie, od 1921 w Kuratorium Okręgu Szkolnego Lwowskiego, w latach 1923–26 uczyła w Seminarium Nauczycielskim im. Szymona Konarskiego, w latach 1926–28 była dyrektorką Seminarium Nauczycielskiego Żeńskiego im. Adama Asnyka, w latach 1935–39 wizytatorką szkół okręgu lwowskiego. Należała do Lwowskiego Koła Polskiego Towarzystwa Antropozoficznego.

Przewodnicząca oddziału lwowskiego Związku Pracy Obywatelskiej Kobiet i wiceprzewodnicząca Zarządu Głównego tej organizacji. Sprawowała mandat posła II i III kadencji z listy BBWR z okręgu Lwów. W Sejmie była członkiem komisji budżetowej oświaty, pracowała w komisjach opieki społecznej i inwalidzkiej.

W czasie II wojny światowej, do 1941 pracowała w polskiej szkole średniej, następnie w szkole zawodowej, uczestnicząc w tajnym nauczaniu. Po 1945 i wysiedleniu Polaków ze Lwowa zdecydowała się pozostać w mieście, gdzie udzielała się w lokalnych kołach polskich – m.in. uczyła dzieci języka polskiego, także w sowieckich szkołach z polskim językiem wykładowym. Zmarła we Lwowie. Pochowana na Cmentarzu Łyczakowskim.

Ordery i odznaczenia

 Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (11 listopada 1936)
 Medal Niepodległości (19 grudnia 1933)
 Złoty Wawrzyn Akademicki (5 listopada 1935)

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Linki zewnętrzne
Jaworska Maria 1885–1957 Biblioteka Sejmowa.

Członkowie Związku Patriotycznego
Kobiety – parlamentarzyści II Rzeczypospolitej
Ludzie urodzeni w Wiedniu
Odznaczeni Medalem Niepodległości
Odznaczeni Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi (II Rzeczpospolita)
Odznaczeni Złotym Wawrzynem Akademickim
Pochowani na Cmentarzu Łyczakowskim we Lwowie
Polacy we Lwowie po II wojnie światowej
Politycy Bezpartyjnego Bloku Współpracy z Rządem
Posłowie na Sejm II kadencji (1928–1930)
Posłowie na Sejm III kadencji (1930–1935)
Posłowie na Sejm II Rzeczypospolitej (województwo lwowskie)
Urodzeni w 1885
Zmarli w 1957

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Respect Rights in COVID-19 Response
Recommendations for Governments in Addressing Pandemic
School workers load food packs as they distribute meals to students at Fairfield Middle School in Richmond, Virginia, March 18, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Steve Helber
(New York) – Governments should respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by prioritizing the right to health for all and respect for human rights, Human Rights Watch said today in a new report.
The report, "Human Rights Dimensions of the COVID-19 Response," analyzes government obligations and the human rights concerns posed by the coronavirus outbreak along with examples of responses so far. Human Rights Watch proposes recommendations for governments to address the outbreak while respecting fundamental human rights, including the rights to health, free expression, nondiscrimination, and freedom of movement.
This document provides an overview of human rights concerns posed by the coronavirus outbreak and recommends ways governments and other actors can respect human rights in their response.
"As governments are starting to scale-up their public health response, the threat posed by COVID-19 is reason to reaffirm, not abandon, everyone's rights," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. "That means prioritizing science over politics, caring for those most at risk, avoiding censorship, limiting lockdowns, and building the public trust that is essential to an effective response."
Governments should avoid sweeping and overly broad restrictions on movement and personal liberty, rely upon voluntary social distancing, and move toward mandatory restrictions only when scientifically warranted and necessary and when systems to support those affected can be ensured. When quarantines or lockdowns are imposed, governments are obligated to ensure access to food, water, health care, and care-giving support. They should address the special concerns of people in prisons, jails, and migrant detention centers, older people, and people with disabilities in institutions.
In a number of countries, the COVID-19 outbreak has exposed shortcomings in public health and social welfare protection systems that make it harder to protect at-risk populations and reduce disease transmission. Governments should scale-up information campaigns to ensure that people are aware of the risk of COVID-19 and of strategies to avoid infection. They should ensure that everyone can access essential health care, including migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees; target relief to assist affected low-wage workers; and address the disproportionate impact on women and girls. They should also take specific policy measures to fulfill the right to education – even if schools are temporarily closed.
Since a new coronavirus was first identified in December in Wuhan, China, Human Rights Watch has reported on rights abuses linked to the Chinese government's authoritarian response, risks to prisoners and detainees in the United States, Syria, and Iran, the impact on older people, school closures in the United Kingdom, the collapsing health system in Venezuela, and other human rights impacts of the outbreak and response measures.
"The best way to combat COVID-19 is to be scrupulously honest with the public, restrict movement only as needed to limit transmission, and address those most at risk," Roth said. "The coronavirus knows no borders and has shown that our own health is only strong as that of the person standing next to us. Its rapid spread reminds us of our global connectedness and shared responsibility."
For more Human Rights Watch reporting on COVID-19 and health, please visit:
https://www.hrw.org/tag/coronavirus
March 19, 2020 Q & A
Human Rights Dimensions of COVID-19 Response
March 16, 2020 Commentary
Postcard from Milan: Life in Italy's Lockdown
"Whoever Finds the Vaccine Must Share It"
Strengthening Human Rights and Transparency Around Covid-19 Vaccines


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by AMU Editor | Jan 10, 2019 | 2018 Fall Newsletter, AMU Newsletter, News | 0 comments
The St. Mary's University School of Law has joined forces with the University of Dayton School of Law to offer Dayton Law students summer study law abroad experiences on two continents. "I am very excited that the two Marianist law schools are now collaborating to provide outstanding foreign legal experiences to our students," said Stephen M. Sheppard, J.S.D., Dean of St. Mary's Law. "Sharing a single mission of justice in the global setting makes great sense for Dayton and St. Mary's."
"We are proud to be joining St. Mary's, our sister Marianist law school, as cosponsors of its two storied study abroad programs in Innsbruck, Austria, and Beijing, China," said Andrew J. Strauss, Dean of the University of Dayton School of Law. "As the world becomes more globalized, the ability to understand foreign and international law firsthand is becoming increasingly important." Through St. Mary's Law's summer programs, Dayton Law students can pursue a greater understanding of legal issues important in other parts of the world.
In the Institute on Chinese Law and Business Summer Program, Dayton Law students may join with law students from St. Mary's and elsewhere to learn about the practical realities of doing business in China, as well as the dispute resolution mechanisms that play a large role in enforcing private agreements between enterprises in China and the United States.
At the Institute on World Legal Problems in Innsbruck, Austria, Dayton Law students can participate in one of the longest continuously operated summer law study programs offered by any American law school. In Innsbruck, students will be able to visit local government offices and the state seat of government, and sit in on guest lectures presented by European professors and scholars traveling abroad. Classes are scheduled to allow students time to travel on weekends to such destinations as Rome, Paris, the French Riviera, Venice, Vienna, Zurich, Munich, Prague and Budapest.
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Ryan Giggs expects Manchester United to use the bitter memory of their title slip at Chelsea to kill off Barcelona in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final second-leg.
Sir Alex Ferguson's side missed a chance to effectively wrap up the Premier League on Saturday as Michael Ballack's late penalty moved Chelsea level on points with the leaders.
United can still retain the crown by winning their last two matches but they departed Stamford Bridge in a cloud of acrimony.
Their frustration at such a lacklustre display against Chelsea boiled over in spectacular fashion with Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra involved in separate angry altercations with stewards and ground staff after the match.
Now they must regain their equilibrium as Barcelona arrive in Manchester. After the first leg 0-0 draw last week, United are slight favourites but a score-draw would send the Catalan club through on away goals.
With so much at stake against Frank Rijkaard's side, United captain Giggs believes there is no chance of a hangover from their meltdown in west London.
"We've got to lift ourselves as there is no bigger game," Giggs said. "We want to win the league and we want to get in the Champions League final and we've got a chance to do that.
United's form in recent weeks is hardly encouraging for Ferguson's team. They have won only two of their last six matches and the injuries suffered by Nemanja Vidic and Wayne Rooney at Chelsea have come at the worst possible time.
But playing for a first Champions League final appearance for nine years should be all the motivation United need. And if that isn't enough Giggs's team-mate Darren Fletcher insists the desire to erase the pain of that Chelsea setback is an extra incentive.
"The most important thing is to pick ourselves up. We've got some big games coming up now," Fletcher said.
A May 21 final against Chelsea or Liverpool in Moscow lies in wait for the winners on Tuesday.
The European Cup has been Ferguson's holy grail in recent seasons as the gap grows since his only triumph in the competition against Bayern Munich in 1999.
Ferguson's United legacy is secure but three previous defeats at this stage of Europe's elite club competition have left him unfulfilled.
Perhaps it was that desperation to not to crash out again that caused Ferguson to send out a cautious team in the Nou Camp last Wednesday. Barcelona were certainly unimpressed by United's timidity as they bossed the game.
All that was missing from Bara's most impressive display for months was a cutting edge.
Rijkaard could remedy that flaw by recalling Thierry Henry, whose brief cameo in the first leg suggests he could add a much-needed directness to Barca's fluent approach play.
The France striker expects United to be far more adventurous this time in what is certain to be a raucous atmosphere. But he is confident his side will cope with the Old Trafford experience.
"It's not like Anfield, which has an incredible atmosphere, but there is some atmosphere," Henry said. "With Arsenal we played some incredible games there. It was always a pretty fight.
"It will be an important moment for United after playing Chelsea, especially knowing that playing against us won't be easy.


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my husband was hurt at work 9 days ago. We filed for industrial at the hospital on the date of injury. husband works for a private (self employed) man who is the HR, owner, CEO all of that. He gave vague info in regards to his policy other then it was a new policy and his figgin premium is going to go up. i spoke with insurance broker who gave little more information, but never got a contact number for ins company. on day 8 I finally got a hold of the company number and spoke with the adjuster, he said he could not accept any claims until he speaks with the boss. today the adjuster called back stating he still could not get the boss to answer. He said he will give him until tomorrow then he will call the insurance broker. The employer expressed to us the other day that hedidn'tt need to call because he gave us his ins info. I know that we could get a lawyer but what is best for my family. We have 2 daughters that need to eat, and bills to pay.what we have saved will only get us so far. If i sure it is aguaranteee that he will lose his job, which he has been at for over 10 yrs. What do i do?
You need to contact your state labor board asap and let them know what's going on. Your husband's employer has to have that insurance and has to cooperate under most state laws. I would also contact a lawyer asap as well. The fact that this employer is balking at cooperating means he is going to try to skate on paying.


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ARBITRATOR SIN KIM SEAN | THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
Despite the fact women and men have equal rights under the law in Cambodia, in reality; many women continue to face significant challenges. For example, in rural areas many females drop out of school early to undertake domestic work as well as other work to contribute to their families' income. Less than 50% of females attend primary school. This puts them at a distinct disadvantage to their male counterparts, where they lack employment opportunities and leadership roles in society. However, one 53-years-old lady has overcome many of these difficulties to become an important person contributing to the development of Cambodia.
Born in 1960, Arbitrator Kim Sean was a successful student who studied very hard to brighten her future. After finishing high school she then started working for the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) in 1990 and for the Cambodian National Election in 1993. Because of her exemplary performance in her work, Arbitrator Kim Sean landed a job at International Organization called The Asia Foundation (TAF) and at the same time received financial support from the organization to study Laws from the National Institute of Management, Cambodia and the Royal University of Law and Economics. Throughout her university studies, she was an exceptional student. With her academic achievements, commitment and diligence, Arbitrator Kim Sean was also rewarded scholarships to study and obtain: a Master of International Laws and Economics from the World Trade Institute, Switzerland; a Research Program Certificate from the University of Michigan Law School, USA; and 1999 from the University of San Francisco, USA.
Arbitrator Kim Sean has remained motivated and demonstrated a strong commitment in order to achieve her goals. Arbitrator Kim Sean said that it was not an easy task to complete her study successfully since she faced many issues during that time. However, she always felt optimistic about that.
Among the challenges she faced, Arbitrator Kim Sean recognises that study abroad was the hardest experience. Indeed, it involved an enormous amount of hard work, particularly at the start. She needed to settle into a new environment in term of living, eating and culture. In addition, she had to be very economical so that she could continue to support her two children in Cambodia.
Despite of these difficulties, she always encouraged herself to work hard and never gave up reminding herself that only few people can have the great opportunity to study abroad. Besides this, she wanted to be a good ambassador for Cambodia and for her family and was mindful of, not letting down those who offered her the scholarship.
Prior to obtaining a master degree in international law and economics, Arbitrator Kim Sean, worked various jobs including: Program Officer at The Asia Foundation (human rights issues); Legal Instructor at the University of San Francisco/Community Legal Education Center; Legal Assistant of the Legal Center for Research Documentation; and Program Officer of the Human Rights Task Force in Cambodia.
After finishing her master degree from Switzerland, Arbitrator Kim Sean worked on various jobs such as Senior Grants Manager at the East-West Management Institute (EWMI) (human rights and rule of law issues), and later was promoted to be Grants Coordinator at the East-West Management Institute (EWMI) (human rights and rule of law issues).
With her great educational background and work experience in field of law and international law for many years, Arbitrator Kim Sean was appointed by a Prakas of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training as a member of the Arbitration Council (AC) on the employee list when it was established in 2003.
"I am so proud to be an arbitrator with the AC because I can contribute in seeking justice for employees and employers, as well as society as a whole," she said.
Since its inception in 2003, the AC has been recongised as an important justice platform for resolving labour dispute for management and workers in Cambodia. This is because all the AC arbitrators are independent They issued the awards based on the Labour Law, international standards and principles of equity.
"Independence and transparency are assets that instills trust and confidence in the parties," she said, adding that "this is not just important for the AC, but also for the professionalism of the arbitrators"
Besides working as arbitrator at the AC, Arbitrator Kim Sean is the Bar Liaison and Legal Aid Grants Coordinator at the East-West Management Institute (EWMI), a lawyer and a commercial arbitrator of the National Arbitration Center (NAC). She is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb). She said that her accomplishments can be attributed to her integrity work, professionalism and perseverance to which she herself calls "the secret of success."
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I just got my hands on the new mini keyboard from Lenovo today. Targeted at HTPC setups, this wireless wonder solves the problem of needing full PC controls in a remote form factor. But does it work as well as one would hope? Mostly.
The overall feel of the device is nice. It fits in your hand as you would expect from a well made remote. The underside is a soft matte plastic that I wish they had continued on the top of the device. The shiny black plastic around the trackball isn't nearly as supple and quickly accumulates fingerprints (see pic below). At 126 grams with batteries the device is noticeably lighter than a Tivo remote (164 grams). The fact that you don't need a driver disk is another bonus.
The Lenovo N5901 uses 2.4G wireless promises up to 10 meters of range, and in my testing I had no problems at 23 feet or even at 27 feet through a wall. At 35 feet and through two walls the controls would work sometimes. Needless to say, if your media room is larger than this thing's range – you can afford a much more elaborate solution. The fact that the micro transmitter fits inside the battery compartment is a nice touch especially if you are using this for on-the-road power points instead of sofa surfing.
Levovo is famous for keyboard quality and this mini is no exception. The keys are straight off any good texting device, and provide solid feedback when thumbing away. However, since this "media remote" is targeted HTPC use, I would have like to see back lighting on the keys. Which would come in handy during dimly lit movies. The media buttons across the top are a welcome addition. The orange button launches your "my computer" window – good for easy DVD access or an extra HD filled with media.
This is the most disappointing part of the otherwise top notch package. The trackball seems cheaper than the rest of the device. The feedback is just a tad off. It can both seem too jumpy when clicking a link and too slow when moving around the screen. Again this isn't a huge issue, it is just not a smooth as you would expect. Another problem is that trackball is too tall. (see pic below) It is too easy when right clicking to hit the track ball and move the curser. (Lefties would have the opposite problem) A slightly larger trackball sitting lower probably would have reduced this problem. And the Lenovo eraser nub may have been the best solution. Though it may have been price considerations that left that off the table.
Is the Mini Wireless Keyboard perfect? No. However considering the other options on the market, you'd be hard pressed to find a better solution anywhere near the $60 list price. Watch for a coupon from ThinkPads.com and it becomes an easy decision.


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