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Inference with Difference-in-Differences and Other Panel Data
Stephen G Donald,
Stephen G Donald
Kevin Lang
Boston University and NBER
Received: October 29 2004
Accepted: March 02 2006
Copyright by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.89.2.221
Stephen G Donald, Kevin Lang; Inference with Difference-in-Differences and Other Panel Data. The Review of Economics and Statistics 2007; 89 (2): 221–233. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.89.2.221
We examine inference in panel data when the number of groups is small, as is typically the case for difference-in-differences estimation and when some variables are fixed within groups. In this case, standard asymptotics based on the number of groups going to infinity provide a poor approximation to the finite sample distribution. We show that in some cases the t-statistic is distributed as t and propose simple two-step estimators for these cases. We apply our analysis to two well-known papers. We confirm our theoretical analysis with Monte Carlo simulations.
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WHAT IS INFINITY?
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La prelatura territoriale di Itaituba (in latino: Praelatura Territorialis Itaitubaënsis) è una sede della Chiesa cattolica in Brasile suffraganea dell'arcidiocesi di Santarém appartenente alla regione ecclesiastica Norte 2. Nel 2020 contava 184.245 battezzati su 258.508 abitanti. È retta dal vescovo Wilmar Santin, O.Carm.

Territorio
La prelatura territoriale comprende 5 comuni nella parte sud-occidentale dello stato brasiliano di Pará: Itaituba, Jacareacanga, Novo Progresso, Rurópolis e Trairão e la località di Castelo de Sonhos, parte del municipio di Altamira, ma distante  chilometri dal capoluogo.

Sede prelatizia è la città di Itaituba, dove si trova la cattedrale di Sant'Anna.

Il territorio ha una superficie complessiva di 177.743 km² ed è suddiviso in 8 parrocchie:
 Sant'Anna e Nostra Signora del Buon Rimedio a Itaituba;
 Nostra Signora Aparecida a Trairão;
 Santa Lucia a Novo Progresso;
 Santissima Trinità a Rurópolis;
 Santi Antonio e Pietro a Jacareacanga;
 San Giuseppe Lavoratore a Jamanxim;
 Sant'Antonio di Padova a Castelo de Sonhos.

Nel 2012, in seguito ad un accordo tra i prelati di Itaituba e di Xingu, la parrocchia di Sant'Antonio da Padova del distretto di Castelo de Sonhos nel comune di Altamira fu affidata alla cura pastorale dei prelati di Itaituba, pur conservando ancora l'appartenenza canonica alla prelatura di Xingu. Dal 6 novembre 2019 la parrocchia fa parte della diocesi di Xingu-Altamira.

Oltre alle parrocchie, il territorio della prelatura comprende anche tre regioni pastorali e una missione indigena, affidate alle cure di diversi istituti religiosi maschili e femminili.

Storia
La prelatura territoriale è stata eretta il 6 luglio 1988 con la bolla De peramplis quidem di papa Giovanni Paolo II, ricavandone il territorio dalla diocesi di Santarém (oggi arcidiocesi).

Originariamente suffraganea dell'arcidiocesi di Belém do Pará, il 6 novembre 2019 è entrata a far parte della provincia ecclesiastica dell'arcidiocesi di Santarém.

Cronotassi dei vescovi
Si omettono i periodi di sede vacante non superiori ai 2 anni o non storicamente accertati.
 Capistrano Francisco Heim, O.F.M. † (6 luglio 1988 - 8 dicembre 2010 ritirato)
 Wilmar Santin, O.Carm., dall'8 dicembre 2010

Statistiche
La prelatura territoriale nel 2020 su una popolazione di 258.508 persone contava 184.245 battezzati, corrispondenti al 71,27% del totale.

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| 1990 || 184.000 || 204.000 || 90,2 || 8 ||  || 8 || 23.000 ||  || 10 || 4 || 4
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| 1999 || 216.000 || 235.000 || 91,9 || 12 ||  || 12 || 18.000 ||  || 13 || 10 || 5
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| 2000 || 209.000 || 215.000 || 97,2 || 14 ||  || 14 || 14.928 ||  || 16 || 10 || 5
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| 2001 || 195.500 || 203.000 || 96,3 || 13 ||  || 13 || 15.038 ||  || 15 || 11 || 5
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| 2002 || 194.200 || 201.700 || 96,3 || 14 ||  || 14 || 13.871 ||  || 16 || 14 || 5
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| 2003 || 194.200 || 201.700 || 96,3 || 19 ||  || 19 || 10.221 ||  || 19 || 14 || 5
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| 2004 || 194.200 || 201.700 || 96,3 || 18 || 1 || 17 || 10.788 ||  || 17 || 12 || 5
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| 2013 || 201.200 || 211.500 || 95,1 || 15 || 1 || 14 || 13.413 || 1 || 18 || 10 || 6
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| 2016 || 206.200 || 216.600 || 95,2 || 17 || 1 || 16 || 12.129 ||  || 20 || 8 || 7
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| 2019 || 211.180 || 221.800 || 95,2 || 17 ||  || 17 || 12.422 ||  || 20 || 8 || 8
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| 2020 || 184.245 || 258.508 || 71,3 || 21 || 2 || 19 || 8.774 ||  || 24 || 9 || 8
|}

Note

Bibliografia
 Bolla De peramplis quidem, AAS 81 (1989), pp. 5–7
Annuario pontificio cartaceo del 2021

Collegamenti esterni
Annuario pontificio del 2020 e precedenti, in
 Sito ufficiale della prelatura

  Scheda della prelatura dal sito della Conferenza dei Vescovi brasiliani della Regione Nord 2

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AuthordanweedinPosted on May 8, 2017 May 7, 2017 CategoriesExtra Points, UncategorizedTagsBusiness, Dan Weedin, generations, Generations in Workplace, Leadership, Millenials, Rotary, small business, Unleashed!
This past weekend was my annual Rotary District Training & Conference where 500 Rotarians gather to learn and have fun together. In addition to that number, there are about 50 exchange students from across the globe that join in to share their experiences from the past year, display their amazing talents, and fellowship with the us Rotarians. Their participation was significant; in fact you could say they were ubiquitous throughout the weekend.
I talk to business owners and leaders regularly and one of the hot topics is about generations in the workplace. I often hear complaints about "millenials." The concerns are manifest around how they are tied to technology; are all about instant gratification; and don't aren't willing to put in the effort. Funny…many of the same complaints were lobbied against my generation when we were joining the workplace. I have a feeling that history repeats itself.
What business owners and leaders must do is get out of their own way when it comes to developing younger people. Instead of trying to force them to do things in a way that might now be archaic, why not commit to identifying what can be learned from this generation? I'd submit that people are people, no matter their age. We just have different ways that we learned and developed based on when we were born. From what I saw this weekend, we can learn a lot from the "next generation," but only if we take off the blinders of preconceived notions and arrogance. The new generation might just have the answers we need and all we need to do is use our experience to help them and us succeed faster.
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At a recent conference organised by BOHECO and CSIR-NBRI, the DCGI positively viewed the pursuance of scientific research in medical cannabis towards creating pharmaceutical products for the Indian market, but indicated that cannabis' reputation as a banned recreational drug might bring about regulatory hurdles.
Ondansetron is used to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery.
New York-headquartered pharmaceutical giant is likely to leverage its latest European approval for multi-dose vials of pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar 13 in the Indian market.
If the deal materialises, the promoter family of Ravi Penmetsa may sell its entire equity stake of nearly 60% for a valuation of over $1.2 billion.
The order is estimated to impact pharmaceutical brands worth Rs 3,800 crore sold in the Indian market, according to market research experts.
In its monthly review of the local market, IMS Health said in its note titled Market Reflections that Indian companies took over three-fourth of the market share during the month.
The Sweden-based drug firm Recipharm has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Nitin Lifesciences Ltd.
Janssen's Remicade is the third biggest pharmaceutical brand globally with sales exceeding $8 billion last year.
The Reddys are said to have expressed displeasure more than once, including communicating this to the IHH management soon after the Continental purchase in March.
Vora will be replaced by Alok Sonig, who is currently responsible for the Indian market and is a member of the management council at the company.
Stringent benchmarks likely for lead content, food additives, pesticides etc.


The senior officer in a murder investigation has described a death in a Somerset city as 'very tragic', after revealing more details about a shocking 'disturbance'.
Avon and Somerset police have said eight people were arrested after a man died in Wells.
Officers - including armed police - were called to the residential area of Merlin Drive at 4.25pm after a 'disturbance' involving a number of people was reported.
Witnesses say several police and ambulance vehicles then "blocked off" the area, including Wookey Hole Road.
A man in his 30s was pronounced dead at the scene.
A joint statement from the police and senior officer earlier today (March 24) gave insight into the ongoing investigation.
The man in his 30s was found by officers with knife wounds.
He was treated by members of the South Western Ambulance service but police said that in spite of their best efforts, he "died of his injuries at the scene."
Another man was also at the scene when officers arrived, and he had knife wounds of his own.
However, police have assured that the second victim's injuries are not life-threatening.
Police said: "The injuries sustained by the other man, who is also in his 30s, aren't life-threatening or life-changing but he continues to receive medical treatment at hospital for them."
Six men and two women, all from Somerset, have been arrested following the incident, and as of this morning (March 24), they were in police custody.
Police have said that while a formal identification and post-mortem examination have yet to occur, the man's next-of-kin have been informed of his death.
Senior investigating officer, Detective Inspector Alistair Hammett added: "Specially trained officers will be providing support to the man's family and our thoughts are with them as they come to terms with the devastating news they have been given."
Armed officers were spotted at the scene of the incident, and police have confirmed that they assisted in carrying out a number of arrests.
Inspector Hammett eased fears of the incident repeating elsewhere and said: "At this stage, we believe this to be an isolated incident involving people known to each other."
Witnesses recalled seeing a heavy police presence in and around Merlin Drive last night and police have advised that a larger-than-normal presence, as well as a cordon, are likely to remain "for some time".
A forensics tent was spotted within the cordon earlier today.
Police added that they will also be increasing their patrols in the area "to provide reassurance".


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I have algae in my tank and its thriving.... it's starting to look pretty lol... what's the name of it and your best tip on fighting it?
Not sure what type, but the tank looks a little dirty.
First step should be ripping out all of it, shaking up the substate and leaves with the filter off and doing a water change.
Normal next steps is measuring your nitrate, phosphate, ph, kh, co2 and lighting twice a day for a week.
It is cyanobacteria. I would try to siphon as much as you can out. Maintain a regular water change regime (75-70% now and then at least 50% weekly thereafter). I would also clean filters and increase the tank circulation as well. If you can, also filter with Purigen (this will diminish your organic bioload).
Your title was catchy and made me chuckle. "My algae is doing great"~ the opposite of "Help! Algae is ruining my life" ~ lol!
livebearerlove and pinkkiwi1230 like this.
If you really want help, you should list as much information as possible about the tank.
Good advice above about getting the tank cleaned up and uber clean, which will surely help.
But considering the tank in it's entirety is the best way to develop a plan to avoid it in the future.
I ordered new filters the other day, I hoping that help... i have slacked on the water changes with work and busy schedule... the tank used to look great but when I moved it to my new place, I've had the worst luck getting the ech system established again.
guys, I've replaced and changed alot of things.... but I think the best thing so far has been a black out..... I decided to turn the lights off for 3 days and turning back on, my plants are lessed cover in algae, the gravel too... gonna leave the light on tonight and do another 3 day black out.
clean the tank, big water changes.
If blackouts work, that means there is an imbalance someplace. I never recommend 'replacing the filter' as you did create good bacteria there, starting over can be difficult (instead just try rinsing the filter in your own tank water in a bucket).


In November 2011 Technical College - Yambol is transform into Faculty of Technics and Technologies of Trakia University - Stara Zagora.
Vice Dean of Academic Affairs is Assoc. Prof. Tanya Pehlivanova, PhD.
Vice Dean of Scientific - research, International Relations and Adiministrative activities is Assoc. Prof. Zlatina Kazlacheva, PhD.
Head of Qualification activities and Center of professional education is Assoc. Prof. Stancho Stanchev, PhD.
Deaprtment "General Pedagogy and General Training"; Chief Department Assoc.Prof.Zdravka Djandarmova.
The FET has a School Building with modern furnished rooms and laboratories. The practical training takes place in the base and practical training in basic schools and enterprises. For students there is a sports complex, indoor swimming pool, sauna, coffee club, library, student canteen and two student hostels with a capacity of 450 persons.
The duration of training courses for all students is three years. The successful graduated students acquire the degree of "professional bachelor" and the teacher.
The students are prepared for specialists who can organize and manage all activities in the professional field. Theoretical and practical knowledge of required courses on directions makes them possible to work as professionals in public and private business.
Automation, Information and Controlling Equipment - Graduates of Technical College have the opportunity to work as specialists in field of implementation, installation and operation of modern means of automation and information-control systems.
Electrical Engineering - A Technologist in the production of electric machines and apparatus, a organizer of assembly, installation, operation and repair of electrical machines and appliances in the units of the national electricity company, industries and companies.
Auto transport and Agricultural Technique and Technologies - Specialists, technologists and technicians in all departments and companies that own, use , maintenance and repair motor transport and agricultural machinery .
Design, technology and Management of Fashion Industry - The 'Design, Technology and Management of the Fashion Industry' alumni have worked as fashion designers and pattern makers, technologists of apparel and textile industry, managers of fashion houses and studios, apparel and textile firms.
Food Technology - The students can be realized as technologists and organizers of production processes in food industry and commercial refrigeration systems , quality controllers of raw material and products in the food production.
Heat and Gas Supply - Graduates can be realized as entrepreneurs, investors and managers of small and medium-sized companies to build installations and their maintenance, providers of distribution of pumping and compressor stations 'pipeline highways' supervisors, heads of laboratory workshops of setting up and repairing of gas equipment and gas-saving controllers in services.
On 11.05.2011 the Technical College –Yambol was 47 years. Technical College - Yambol is the successor of two important city schools - Pedagogical High School and' Pedagogical Teachers Institute . The Pedagogical High School lasted several years until 1964 when was founded the Teachers Institute, with main activity - preparing of teachers in practice. This Institute began its history with a major "Mechanization of agriculture" in the building of the School of mechanization of agriculture. In the beginning the number of students exceeds 60 people, and the number of lecturers is about ten . The first director of the Teachers Institute is Todor Angelov Mihailov .
In the early 70's the number of students increased and the number of lecturers doubled . The Institute moved into the building of the School of Food Industry. In 1973 it become an independent institute for training and qualification of teachers in practice. In 1974 it opened a new major - "Vehicle's Maintains" and two years later – a new major -"Technology of Textile Industry". Simultaneously, in the institute is launched part time education.
In the late 70's and early 80's the Teacher education institute in the town of Yambol is already large and leading educational organization among the institutes, training teachers in practice. During this period the institute already has a qualified academic staff and improved facilities and equipment. Teaching staff at the institute are well trained theoretically and practically.
In 1984 the Teaching Educational Institute has a new building and campus that were built by voluntary labor participation of the lecturers and the students.
In 1987 in the Teaching Educational Institute are educated 1030 regular training students and 300 part-time students on over 10 majors.
In 1989 the Teaching Educational Institute was reorganized as the College structure of the University "Angel Kanchev" - Rousse.
By Decree № 374/15.10.1997 of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria the College was transformed into a Technical College in the structure of the Trakia University in Stara Zagora with main activity to educate in Technical science area teacher qualification.
By Decree No 308 / 17.11.2011 Technical College was transform into Faculty of Technics and Technologies of Trakia University - Stara Zagora.


The Miele Lab is part of The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco, CA. Joshua A. Miele, Ph.D., is the principal investigator of this innovative team, conducting cutting-edge research into some of the most challenging and exciting areas of access to information for blind and visually-impaired people of all ages. The lab is part of Smith-Kettlewell's Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center.


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Minnesota opens new campground at Whitewater State Park
#LSN_Outdoors Located 3 miles south of Elba on State Highway 74.
ST PAUL, MINNESOTA, October 2, 2017 (LSN) Minnesota marked the opening of its newest state campground on Saturday as outdoor enthusiasts, along with state and local officials, gathered at Whitewater State Park to celebrate National Public Lands Day with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Minneiska campground. The 40-site campground is designed to be more energy efficient and user friendly at one of Minnesota's most popular state parks.
"Whitewater State Park is one of Minnesota's great treasures, with more than 2,700 acres of limestone bluffs and spring-fed streams. The park is great for hiking, snowshoeing, and trout fishing," said Lt. Gov. Tina Smith. "The brand new Minneiska campground gives Minnesotans another way to enjoy Whitewater State Park. I encourage Minnesotans to book a stay at Minneiska and enjoy everything Whitewater State Park has to offer."
The new campground features 40 sites with electrical hookups, four nonelectric tent sites, four camper cabins and three group camps.
"Whitewater State Park is one of Minnesota's oldest state parks and it's a popular place to go trout fishing, hiking and camping," said Erika Rivers, director of Minnesota state parks and trails, who was joined by DNR Deputy Commissioner Dave Schad and Assistant Commissioner Sarah Strommen at the ribbon-cutting event. "Staying at the Minneiska campground will be an unforgettable experience. It is a model of energy efficiency and accessibility for a new generation of outdoor enthusiasts."
Energy-saving features of the new Minneiska campground include:
A photo-voltaic array installed on the north end of the campground (not visible from here) designed to fully offset the increased electrical power used by the new campground development.
Plumbing fixtures activated by sensors to conserve water.
Solar panels on the rooftops of both of the sanitation buildings that help heat water and take some of the pressure off the water heater.
LED lights on the interior and exterior light fixtures.
The new campground also features campsites, camper cabins and bathrooms that meet ADA standards. Accessible parking is available in front of all of these facilities, and a crushed rock trail connects the campground to the visitor center.
The three group camps each have their own picnic shelter and share a modern restroom building, with showers and flush toilets. One of the group camps can accommodate both RVs and tent campers.
"Minneiska" is the Dakota word for "white water." According to story, the river used to run white in the spring time when the snow melt caused the water level to rise and reach clay deposits that once lined the riverbanks. The clay made the water turn milky white.
The Minneiska campground will replace the Gooseberry Glen campground, where flooding has been an ongoing problem. The park also has 75 campsites at its Cedar Hill Campground.
More than 270,000 visitors enjoy Whitewater State Park annually, making it the top tourist attraction in Minnesota's southern tourism region, according to Explore Minnesota Tourism. With more than 43,000 overnight visitors in 2016, it was the third busiest Minnesota state park for overnight stays, after Itasca and St. Croix state parks.
Construction of the Minneiska campground was entirely made possible by the Parks and Trails Fund, created after voters approved the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment in November 2008. The Parks and Trails Fund receives 14.25 percent of the sales tax revenue and may only be spent to support parks and trails of regional or statewide significance.
National Public Lands Day is celebrated annually across the country to promote conservation, stewardship and enjoyment of public lands such as parks and nature preserves. It began in 1994 with activities at three sites, and has grown into a nationwide event that in 2016 engaged more than 200,000 participants at 2,600 sites across the country.
To make a reservation for the Minneiska Campground or campgrounds at any of Minnesota's 75 state parks, visit mndnr.gov/reservations.
For more information about Whitewater State Park and other opportunities to enjoy Minnesota's public lands, contact the DNR Information Center at info.dnr@state.mn.us or 888-646-6367 (8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday) or visit www.mndnr.gov.
from left: Stacy Smith (DNR, natural resources planner); Stacy's son Grady; Brent Anderson, park manager at Whitewater State Park; Sarah Strommen, DNR assistant commissioner; Dave Schad, DNR deputy commissioner; Larry Peterson, retired DNR natural resource planner; Erika Rivers, DNR director of Parks and Trails.

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Director: Tsui Hark Cast: Angelica Lee, Isabella Leong, Guo Xiaodong Tsui Hark,
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A whirlwind romance dies beneath the icy depths of the Pacific Ocean after a diver vanishes in the ancient ruins off Yonaguni Island, and his would-be fiancé embarks on a desperate quest to uncover his true fate. Years ago, acclaimed underwater photographer Dave Chen (Guo Xiao Dong) hid a sparking engagement ring in the 10,000 year old ruins at the westernmost tip of Japan. The ruins are Dave's greatest passion in life, and he always looked forward to the day he would return to the site with his true love, and propose to her in that awe-inspiring setting. Now Dave's dreams of finding the perfect mate have come true, and he's ready to propose to the beautiful Jing Gao (Lee Sinje). But as Dave, his sister Helen (Isabella Leong), and Jing Gao board a boat and set sail for the ruins, Helen implores her brother to take some time and weight his options. Insistent that he has found the woman he longs to share his life with, Dave follows Jing Gao into the ocean, never to be seen again. Soon thereafter, the decapitated corpse of a man is discovered, though lack of proper DNA evidence prevents the authorities from claiming that the body belonged to Dave. Devastated, Jing Gao drifts into a fantasy world populated by mysterious phantoms, where she discovers a strange piece of glass marked with the number "1016." As Jing Gao turns to her friend Simon for advice on finding out what really happened to Dave, Helen follows her instincts and travels to nearby Turtle Island in Taiwan in search of clues. What she finds there - a human head and a video camera featuring footage of the fateful dive - may be crucial to solving the mystery of her brother's disappearance.
Angelica Lee Actor
Isabella Leong Jing Gao
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Fighting Justin
Five years ago, Canadian politics changed inside a boxing ring. The then backbencher MP Justin Trudeau fought the Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau. Trudeau won so convincingly that he began his rise to power. Now on the anniversary of the fight Toronto Star contributor Declan Hill – who also fought that night – jumped in the ring with our Prime Minister to check his boxing form and to interview him about the fight and the state of our nation.
In the United States they have Presidential press conferences: up here the Prime Minister tried to punch me in the jaw before an interview. I blocked his blow and then, as I started a counter-attack, realized something odd: it is difficult to hit a Prime Minister. I do not just mean that this particular Prime Minister is six foot two, has a long, left-handed jab and is a good boxer. I mean, that he is – well – you know, the leader of our country. Regardless of one's politics, fighting such a symbolically important person is strange. He stood there in the ring wearing a black shirt and white shorts with Canadian flags on them and for a very brief moment I found it difficult to attack him.
Then Justin Trudeau hit me in the face and I forget about any niceties and tried to punch him out.
When the historians of our era come to examine one of the moments that ended Stephen Harper's Conservative government, they will not write of a speech like Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' or an action like Viola Desmond's refusal to move from her cinema seat or Gandhi's protest march across India. Rather they will point to Round Three of a boxing match on March 31st, 2012 when one man battered the other against the ropes so hard that the fight was stopped.
It was the Fight for the Cure, an Ottawa fundraising event for cancer victims where a group of mostly businessmen, lawyers and real estate developers box it out. At the centre of this event were two politicians: Patrick Brazeau and Justin Trudeau.
At the time Trudeau was a well-known but largely-ignored back-bench MP blessed and cursed with the name of his famous father. The right-wing journalist Ezra Levant captured the view of many Canadians that Trudeau was a 'Shiny Pony': a rich, privileged kid who just did not get the problems of ordinary people.
Patrick Brazeau was a relatively-young Conservative Senator with a reputation as a tough, street-fighter in the world of native politics. He also had a black-belt in martial arts and was expected to beat Trudeau easily.
Sun TV was so certain that Trudeau would be defeated that they televised the fight nationally. The room was packed with Tory supporters and Levant was there to see the downfall of the 'Shiny Pony'.
That night, I had a unique view of both men and the fight as I fought in a bout just before them against the manager of a local pub.
The whole world goes grey when you fight in a boxing ring. To the spectator the fight is a multi-coloured theatrical event: the uniforms of the fighters, the bow-tied referee, the clothes of the other spectators. To the fighter the only thing that matters is that you are confined in a ring with another person who wants to hurt you very badly. Your world is focused on one single other fighter. Every other sound or detail is removed from your brain.
Trudeau did not just win that night. He pummeled Brazeau into submission. Harper's government was stunned. The rest of the country was equally surprised and the imagination of the nation was caught. There were, for sure, other twists in the story that changed the government but that fight was a key, symbolic moment in the political history of Canada.
At the end of the night – I had also managed to win my fight – Trudeau and I stood at the back of the hall. The Conservative supporters were streaming out their heads down. The only two tables of Liberals in the vast hall were dancing on their chairs.
I turned to him and said, "This is where it all starts for you, isn't it?"
Five years later, Trudeau and I decided to go back into the ring to do a couple of rounds of sparring and then an interview about the night that changed Canadian politics. He has continued to train hard and has even built a small boxing ring in the bottom of a government building in Ottawa but Trudeau chose to fight at Ali Nestor's gym in his own multi-cultural riding of Montreal North. Nestor was Trudeau's secret weapon – a former MMA and boxing professional – who trained him. On a cold March night, Nestor had the two of us spar at the ring in the centre of his gym.
In the ring, Nestor had us warm-up by practicing jabs. The point of the exercise is for the fighters to get their range and timing of only their left-handed jabs. At first, Trudeau and I circled around each other hitting and blocking. Then having received a jab in the head, I stepped forward and unleashed a straight right into the Prime Ministerial face.
"My gosh! I am sorry," I said putting my arms in the air.
Trudeau replied through his mouth guard, "If you apologize again. I am going to hit you even harder…"
We kept fighting.
"Anyone who steps into a boxing ring. Anyone who stands calm even when being punched. Even if you get knocked down and you get up again. It gives you a certain amount of respect and credibility."
At the end of the sparing, Trudeau sits on the side of the ring and talks. He is in a reflective mood and speaks of 'narratives and story arcs' but says that he could not have become Prime Minister without winning the fight.
"If I was going to embark on a high-risk endeavour like that (fight) without knowing to a very-high degree of confidence that I was going to be able to pull it off. Then probably I wouldn't be suitable to be PM because I would have made a very serious miscalculation and I would not know myself as much as someone who aspires to lead the country should know themselves."
Trudeau adds with a smile, that it also gave Canadians, many who did not know him well, something to talk about, "You see a backbench politician walking down the street and you don't say, "Hey nice speech in the House of Commons but then it became 'Nice fight and everyone could relate…'
"Hit him! Hit him hard, he is a journalist!"
There were only a few people in the gym that night but one of them was a local City Councillor. She leaned over the ropes screaming for Trudeau to hit me harder. Her voice was so loud that it even broke into my fight concentration.
One round finished, I went over to her, "So a little bit of tension between you and journalists?"
A smile broke over her face. "I'm just joking. There are lots of good journalists. But for a politician this is a great opportunity to level the playing field."
"The same narrative happened when I became a leader," says Trudeau staring at the floor and speaking about how most people thought he would easily be beaten in the fight. Then he draws the parallel to himself as a politician.
"When I ran for nomination here – ten years ago, this week. Nobody gave me a snowball's chance in hell of winning. They said, 'He doesn't get it. He doesn't have the substance. He doesn't know the riding. He is not going to be able to win it.'
I surprised everyone by outworking everyone else on the ground. And showing that I am a very quick study.
So I thought after that it will be difficult because I sneaked up on everyone and I won.
But then when I ran in my first national election campaign, people said the same thing, 'There is no way that he is going to be able to win. He is not serious enough…' People had completely written me off and I surprised them…
Then when I became Prime Minister I keep waiting for pundits, my opposition and critics to realize that this isn't a fluke. They do have to take me seriously but they don't. Canadians have always connected with me and kept faith with me to a great degree. And thats why I have won because I relied on my constituents or Liberals for the leadership or Canadians in general."
Given Trudeau's international appeal it is odd that he has this Rodney Dangerfield – "I don't get no respect" – view of the Canadian political class. But when asked about the challenges of dealing with Donald Trump and the new American political elite he replies,
"I respond by finding common ground. He (Trump) got elected on improving the middle class and that is what I got elected on. We are going to have points of agreement because we both want to get things done. It is not a zero sum gain between Canada and the US. Where one side does well, the other side does well and we can actually amplify our success by being properly complimentary. So we find the common ground on things that we agree on and we work hard to make sure that we are benefiting people."
Ten seconds left in the sparring round. Trudeau came at me with three upper-cuts. I blocked and then grabbed him into a clinch. We tussled briefly against the ring. Then the referee blew the whistle. The fight with the Prime Minister was over.
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2 thoughts on "Fighting Justin"
James Cork says:
"Canadians have always connected with me?" It looks like I'm going to have to apply for a passport from countries around the world to find out what citizenship I have because I am certainly not Canadian.
Ian Bell says:
That fight cemented the notion that Trudeau, for me, could be a leader. He took on a challenge, took the best advice he could get, and then won. Underestimate him at your peril.
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Eric Lambin awarded Blue Planet Prize 2019
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Written by Perrine Laroche, ESR 04 Last February (2019), I went for my academic secondment at the Senckenberg Institute in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. An academic secondment is a mandatory opportunity, in Innovative Training Networks such as COUPLED, to experience a different research environment and build up interdisciplinary collaboration. For one month, I sat closer to Thomas…
Scientists demand greater action on sustainability in EU trade talks with Brazil
Written by Simon Bager & Tiago Reis, Ph.D. candidates at UCLouvain in Belgium and Early Stage Researchers in COUPLED This blog post expands upon a letter recently published in Science, signed by 600+ scientists (including the authors of this post) and 300 Indigenous Peoples groups. Human consumption of food and agricultural products has a significant…
Just conservation in a globalized world: a telecoupling perspective
Written by Sébastien Boillat, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland This blog post was written as part of a series of external contributions on topics related to telecoupling. Biological diversity on the planet is declining fast. To curb this crisis, governments, associations and private foundations have joined forces to create vast networks of national…
How advanced are we in understanding what causes telecoupling processes?
Written by Julie Zaehringer and Andrew K. Carlson. This blog post was written as part of a series of external contributions on topics related to telecoupling. Telecoupling is a relatively new framework that helps to describe how human-environment systems across the globe are connected across through flows of goods, money, information, and so on. A…
The Art of Writing
Advanced Training Course "Scientific Writing", 11-15 March 2019. Written by Finn Mempel. It is no secret that some of the most creative painters have looked for inspiration by visiting and immersing themselves into natural and cultural landscapes. While producing academic papers might seem a world apart from the color-splashing, emotive process of creating a piece…
Book Publication on Telecoupling – How Researchers track Land-Use Change in a Globalised World
In a newly published book, COUPLED researchers examine how global land-use change can be better understood through 'telecoupling' Land use is essential to our well-being and therefore central to many of the largest sustainability challenges in the 21st Century, including global food security, climate change mitigation, access to clean water and air, and biodiversity conservation.…
A busy week in breath-taking Barcelona
Advanced Training Course "Governance and Justice in Telecoupling", 5-7 March 2019. Written by Joel Persson. On Tuesday morning, ESRs gathered at the Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (or for the non-catalan-speakers amongst us, ICTA) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona for nearly three days packed full with stimulating content, exciting presentations and non-stop intense…
Embracing complexity in the assessment of environmental impacts caused by global food systems
Chocolate demand can promote the expansion of cocoa plantations and displace previously cultivated crops to new areas, starting a chain of deforestation events or other types of land use change in different places. Image source: pexels.com and commons.wikimedia.org. Written by Claudia Parra Paitan. Sometimes it is difficult to be aware of all the impacts that…
Is the EU stepping up its effort to tackle deforestation and forest degradation?
Image source: Wikimedia Commons. Written by Nicolas Roux, Louise Marie Busck Lumholt, Tiago Reis, Manan Bhan, PhD candidates from COUPLED and HEFT*. The world's forestlands and native vegetation are disappearing at an alarming rate. Most of this loss is due to the production of agricultural commodities for export to distant places. The products consumed in…
Postcards from the field: A gold mine in Tanzania
Written by Anna Frohn Pedersen. Postcards from a gold mine in Tanzania. In October 2018, I travelled to Tanzania, seeking to understand how an increased global focus on sustainable mining has affected small scale mining practices. What I encountered was a sector with much entrepreneurship and where hope and risk go hand in hand. It…
Postcards from the field: Laos, October 2018
Written by Joel Persson. The Long Road Ahead – Reflections on a few weeks of preliminary fieldwork in Laos. When I arrived in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, I had, luckily, already established a few leads and contacts to get me going during these initial few days. While in Vientiane, I spent most of my…
Getting theoretical
Advanced Training Course on Place-based Assessments of Land Systems Louvain-la-Neuve, 28-30 November 2018 After two intense days in Amsterdam, COUPLED PhD students boarded the Thalys train to Brussels before arriving with the local train in Louvain-la-Neuve on Tuesday evening. We almost lost our coordinator on the way, but it turned out that Prof.Jonas Nielsen had…
Modelling our way to a better understanding of land use
Advanced Training Course on Modelling Land-Use Change (Amsterdam, 26-27 November 2018) After two days of intense work the goals were accomplished, the fear of models was gone and our understanding of land use models notably increased, up to the point where some of the PhD fellows realized they knew a lot less than they thought.…
We welcome our PhD fellow Nicolas at Institute of Social Ecology, Vienna
We are very happy to introduce our PhD fellow Nicolas! Nicolas Roux, supervised by Helmut Haberl, will be working on the research project Socio-ecological metabolism approaches to analyse telecoupling related to international trade (ESR 02), based at Institute of Social Ecology (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna). From its early stage, Nicolas' research has always…
We welcome our PhD fellow Gabi at University of Bern
We are very happy to introduce our PhD fellow Gabi! Gabi Sonderegger (ESR 09), supervised by Andreas Heinimann, will be working on the research project Characterisation and visualisation of telecouplings in Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Southeast Asia, based at University of Bern. Gabi has a multi-disciplinary background in Geography, Sustainable Development and International Development studies.…
Forests and food production at stake in Brazilian elections?
Photo: Forests burning in Brazil's agricultural frontier (by Thiago Foresti/IPAM) Forests and food production at stake in Brazilian elections? By Tiago Reis and Simon Bager, PhD candidates at Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium *Any views expressed in this article are those of the authors and not of COUPLED This blog post is a modified and commented…
We welcome our PhD fellow Johanna at Leuphana University of Lüneburg
We are very happy to introduce our PhD fellow Johanna! Johanna Coenen (ESR 12), supervised by Jens Newig, will be working on the research project Governance Institutions for Sustainability in Globally Telecoupled Systems, based at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. After studying abroad, Johanna is now back in her home country to do a PhD at Leuphana University…
COUPLED Training Course on Communicating Science (Vienna, 21-23 September)
In mid-September, the PhD fellows of COUPLED convened in Vienna, Austria. At Institute of Social Ecology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), located in the heart of the city, we spent five days immersed in an intense learning environment. We met to complete two courses: one on "Assessing Flows of Land-based…
COUPLED Training Course on Flows of Land-based Products (Vienna, 19-21 September)
We welcome our PhD fellow Floris at Unilever UK
We are very happy to introduce our PhD fellow Floris! Floris Leijten (ESR 05), supervised by Sarah Sim (Unilever UK) and Peter Verburg (VU Amsterdam), will be working on the research project Measuring the effectiveness of corporate zero deforestation commitments in South East Asia, based at Unilever UK. Floris holds a MSc degree in Environmental Economics from…
We welcome our PhD fellow Finn at Autonomous University of Barcelona
We are very happy to introduce our PhD fellow Finn! Finn Mempel (ESR 08), supervised by Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos, will be working on the research project Justices and Injustices in the Soy Value Chain, based at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Finn is from Germany, where he completed his undergraduate studies in Environmental and Resource Management,…
We welcome our PhD fellow Anna at Humboldt University Berlin
We are very happy to introduce our PhD fellow Anna! Anna Frohn Pedersen (ESR 11), supervised by Jonas Østergaard Nielsen, will be working on the research project Exploring telecouplings between mining and land change in Africa, based at Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin. Anna holds a master in Visual Anthropology from University of Manchester and in…
We welcome our PhD fellow Simon at University of Louvain
We are very happy to introduce our COUPLED fellow Simon! Simon Bager (ESR 3), supervised by Eric Lambin, will be working on How can private companies promote sustainable land use through their supply chains, based at the University of Louvain. Until recently, Simon worked at COWI, a Scandinavian environment and engineering consultancy with offices in…
Looking back on our Summer School
I walked into a very complex world, and I, myself, cannot answer all of those interesting questions. But knowing that there is a whole network of people all pursuing slightly different pathways, looking at slightly different subjects, but all trying to answer this one question, is for me the most exciting part of COUPLED. Siyu Qin…
We welcome our PhD fellow Claudia at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
We are very happy to introduce our next COUPLED fellow, Claudia! Claudia Parra Paitan (ESR 07), supervised by Peter Verburg, will be working on the research project Environmental impact assessments in a telecoupled world, based at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Claudia comes from Lima, the capital city of Peru. She has a Bachelor in Biology from…
We welcome our PhD fellow Perrine at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
We are very happy to welcome a new COUPLED fellow, Perrine! Perrine Laroche (ESR 04), supervised by Nynke Schulp, will be working on the research project Impacts of changing lifestyles and ecosystem service demands, based at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Perrine comes from France She first studied Geography and Spatial Planning (BSc) in Lyon. She then…
We welcome our PhD fellow Siyu at Humboldt University Berlin
We are very happy to welcome a new COUPLED fellow, Siyu! Siyu Qin (ESR 01), supervised by Tobias Kuemmerle, will be working on the research project Understanding conservation telecouplings, based at Humboldt University, Berlin. Before COUPLED, Siyu was working at Conservation International's Moore Center for Science as a researcher and project manager. Her work involved…
We welcome our PhD fellow Louise at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
We are very happy to welcome a new COUPLED fellow, Louise! Louise Marie Busck Lumholt (ESR 13), supervised by Esteve Corbera, will be working on the research project 13, Land use impacts of the clean development mechanism in a telecoupled world, based at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Louise comes from Copenhagen in Denmark where she…
We welcome our PhD fellow Tiago at University of Louvain
We are very happy to welcome a new COUPLED fellow, Tiago! Tiago Reis (ESR 10), supervised by Patrick Meyfroidt, will be working on the research project 10, Stickiness in international trade of agricultural and forestry products, based at the University of Louvain. Until recently, Tiago worked at IPAM, a Brazilian science-based NGO located in Brasília and…
New paper on spillover systems in a telecoupled Anthropocene in "Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability"
A new paper by our Advisory Board member Jianguo Liu et al. (among others our colleagues Ed Challies and Cecilie Friis) on Spillover systems in a telecoupled Anthropocene: typology, methods, and governance for global sustainability has been published. The paper is the outcome of a collaboration based on a symposium at the Conference of the International Association…
We welcome our first fellow Joel at University of Copenhagen
We are very happy to welcome our first COUPLED fellow, Joel! Joel Persson (ESR 15), supervised by Ole Mertz, will be working on the research project 15, International forest conservation discourses and local decisions as telecoupled systems, based at the University of Copenhagen. Joel completed his Master's programme in International Development and Management at Lund…
The Research Group on Governance, Participation and Sustainability, affiliated both with Leuphana's Faculty of Sustainability and with its Centre for the Study of Democracy, seeks highly qualified and motivated candidates for 1 PhD position (3 years) in Governance Institutions for Sustainability in Globally Telecoupled Systems, starting from 01 July 2018 (preferred). We seek a candidate with an…
1 PhD position (3 years) in Characterisation and visualisation of telecouplings in Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Southeast Asia (CDE, Bern)
The Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) at University of Bern (Switzerland) seeks highly qualified and motivated candidates for 1 PhD position (3 years) in Characterisation and visualisation of telecouplings in Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Southeast Asia, starting from 01 July 2018 (preferred). We seek a candidate with MSc in Geography, Sustainability Science, Environmental Science or related disciplines.…
1 PhD position (3 years) in Socio-ecological metabolism approaches to analyse telecoupling related to international trade (SEC, Vienna)
The Institute of Social Ecology Vienna (SEC) at Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt (UNI-KLU) seeks highly qualified and motivated candidates for 1 PhD position (3 years) in Socio-ecological metabolism approaches to analyse telecoupling related to international trade, starting from 01 September 2018 or earlier. We seek a candidate with an above-average MSc (or equivalent degree) in interdisciplinary environmental sciences such…
Special issue on "Telecoupling: A new frontier for Global Sustainability" in Ecology & Society
The first papers of a special issue on Telecoupling: A new frontier for Global Sustainability in Ecology & Society have now been published and are available online: https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/issues/view.php?sf=125. It was guest-edited by Jack Liu, one of our Advisory Board Member. We are happy that Cecilie Friis and Jonas Ø Nielsen contribute to the Telecoupling Issue…
The application window is now closed
Thank you very much for submitting applications for the COUPLED Innovative Training Network We do appreciate the time that you invested in this application. The application window is now closed. But please check our website and social media channels for updated information in case we might re-open the call for some of the positions: http://coupled-itn.eu/. Thanks…
Become part of a new generation of young scientists to solve sustainability challenges in land use – the call for 15 PhD positions is open now!
Start you PhD with us! Are you interested in land-use change? Would you like to be trained in the telecoupling framework and be on the forefront of understanding processes and actors that influence land-use in an interconnected world? Would you like to become an expert in trans- and interdisciplinary concepts and methodologies?…
COUPLED will kick off in 2018
The network "COUPLED – Operationalising Telecoupling for Solving Sustainability Challenges for Land Use" is a joint graduate school of Humboldt University in Berlin, other European universities and partner organisations from business and civil society. It is funded by the European Union. The program will run until 2022 and will train outstanding PhD students in trans-…