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Humphrey Chen of CLIPr explores the untapped opportunities of video in communities
from Community Leaders Magazine - Issue 3
by communityleaders
Heidi Williams spoke with Humphrey Chen, CEO of CLIPr, about how their powerful new tool is transforming video into a time-efficient powerhouse of repurposable content
HW: What's the purpose of CLIPr?
HC: At CLIPr, we want to make re-engagement around video as effortless and as efficient as possible.
We think that not all minutes or moments in video are created equally nor are they equally relevant to everyone. So CLIPr uses machine learning to index every minute of video and make it searchable. We generate an automated table of contents and if only 5% of that content matters to you, or is relevant to you, we want you to be able to find that immediately
CLIPr uses AI and machine learning to index video into Moments that are searchable, shareable, and actionable
There are occasions where there is content you didn't know you needed to know so we also want to provide you with the tools to find that as well. If you get 10% utility out of the recorded video that's mission accomplished because you didn't have to wade through the other 90% to find it.
When you think about recorded video and all the power that's trapped within, the tools to actually more efficiently consume the video haven't really existed until now. Part of this is because historically there hasn't been a need to more efficiently consume videos. Entertainment video, like Netflix, is very different from everyday video because there's a story arc -you can't just pick and choose parts you want to watch because you won't be able to follow the story.
But in everyday videos you can say 'hey this part might be really useful for my work', 'this part might be useful for colleague X' and 'this thing might be really useful for my community'.
When someone is speaking, they're aiming at serving their audience, but their audience is often varied. So, for us, we're all about getting the maximum utility out of that video and getting it in front of the people that need to hear it.
When you transition into a 365 world, that means that the content can keep living and keep evolving throughout the year, and keep adding value. Those memories that would normally have been trapped in our head can be repurposed.
The tools that we've been focused on now not only help you to find those moments but also mean you can bookmark and save those moments. We want you to share those moments.
"Not all minutes or moments in video are created equally. We want to make re-engagement around video as effortless and efficient as possible."
HW: Where does it fit, in relation to video hosting sites like YouTube and Vimeo?
HC: We host and manage your video in the cloud, like YouTube and Vimeo and then provide you with the tools that determine who you want to have access to it.
At the most foundational level, CLIPr is the player and so you can use it instead of the Vimeo or YouTube player. It also means you can stream to CLIPr and watch live events through it, react with emojis and have that be part of the metadata after the event is finished too.
With CLIPr's live capabilities we can actually receive and ingest during the live event. As soon as it's finished, we transition to the post event experience and the topics will show up, helping watchers shortcut to relevant points in the video.
CLIPr SimuLive invites reactions and comments during the livestreamed session, and delivers indexed video and analytics immediately afterwards.
Previous engagement from emojis also show up, helping prioritize which information people end up seeing when they actually get caught up afterwards or when they want to remind themselves what they had experienced.
The emojis actually really help you understand what people are engaging with in terms of content marketing and also in
terms of what else to push to them. They end up being your feedback. We have also gone one step further in reducing the friction, so we can ingest any existing content into Clipr from other platforms and formats. If you tell us how you want it presented, we work with you to get it perfect so you can send it back to your audience.
We eliminate the step that requires someone to have to upload, so we've made uploading and ingesting free because we don't want to charge for that part of the experience. There might be charges associated with the customization around how it gets delivered, but we don't want to provide a reason for someone not to try it out.
There is the default free experience and a modifiable enhanced paid-for experience. The other area where we monetize is when you want advanced analytics around what people are doing with the video. In that case you're only paying for the part you value and nothing else. In a way we are really designing it to make it as easy as possible for you to figure out what people value and what they need.
HW: Monetizing can be a big challenge for events and communities, how does CLIPr help with that?
HC: From a monetization standpoint it's more useful to think about it as a subscription, as an all-round thing rather than a one-off. If you think about passes and access to content throughout the year, that becomes a premium level where the CLIPr components of that content end up being all year-round content that people can actually access.
This allows for the collaboration and discussion to continue in between events. In the time between the events there's also sponsorships and real estate, because when people are re-engaging with the video, you have extra eyeballs, you have extra impressions, you have all these extra things where you can actually populate the relevant advertisers throughout our experiences.
Event organizers can also sell leads to their customers based on what people have done with it, if someone has shared it, bookmarked it, or saved it, those are signs of higher value around what that user cares about.
Sponsorships can be persistent branding, traditional banners, or pre-roll video
In some cases, people want ads or sponsors and we're able to integrate that in there as well. CLIPr is much more around having it your way, rather than being subject to the ads on other platforms. If you wanted it to be an integrated experience inside of your platform or if you wanted it inside your own website, we can accommodate that as well.
HW: How is CLIPr being used in Communities?
HC: Content is a key asset for many communities but, as time goes on and more content is created, it can overwhelm or great content simply gets lost in the volume.
Just because a video ended, doesn't mean it's no longer valuable – it just needs to be accessed efficiently to allow for re-engagement to occur. Then, you find the specific moments your audience engaged with and can amplify that to your wider audience. It's a powerful way to unleash the potential of libraries of content.
"Inside Ideas" - a community of environmental thought-leaders and activists built around a podcast by global activist Marc Buckley
Helping community owners to index, bookmark and search community content is a game-changer in helping users shortcut right to the heart of what's important to them. The content is always on, is searchable, so it's easier for people to react to a specific moment in a video. YouTube comments are on the whole video, not on a specific moment in time, whereas our comments align with the moment-in-time it relates to, so if someone has an ah-ha moment, others can see exactly what prompted that response.
We've been working with Grip, a supplier to event and media companies and they're looking at multi-year arrangements to gain insight around the engagement of the data. It's good for us but it's also good for the platform that ends up getting powered and enriched by CLIPr. It also says that the client values it enough that they can already anticipate needing it that far into the future. They are also looking retroactively about previous years content that they'd like indexed by CLIPr too. We think clipr could be an incredible value-add for community platform owners to offer their customers.
HW: What about customer to customer? Can somebody with a CLIPr account watch and share video with their network?
HC: Yes absolutely, that is the power of CLIPr. It doesn't really matter what video it is - it can be stored in a drive, a zoom video, on YouTube – it's all ingestible into CLIPr. At that point you can view it through our platform or you can make it public and just have it be a URL and it can be embedded into your platform.
We recently just launched CLIPr for Microsoft Teams, so for any enterprise that has all-hands meetings, CLIPr will index that completely for free. This speaks to the fact that we can make videos easier and more efficient to consume, which reduces video fatigue – if you're at an event or in a meeting, if you're not essential to that meeting, the ability to spend your time where you need to and be able to catch up and get what you need when you need from watching it back on clipr is incredibly powerful. Our analytics tools then help organisers understand what people watched, and for events or for communities that's really powerful data – where it gets bookmarked, what gets saved, where people are reacting, all creates incredible feedback which is so much more powerful than surveys.
CLIPr makes community engagement effortless and powerful with its powerful video capabilities – sign up for a free trial here.
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Petition of New Hampshire Secretary of State
The New Hampshire Supreme Court accepted a petition in its original jurisdiction to determine whether the Superior Court erred in ordering the New Hampshire Secretary of State and the New Hampshire Attorney General, defendants in litigation pending before that court, to produce to plaintiffs in the litigation, the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Democratic Party, and various individuals, the New Hampshire Centralized Voter Registration Database established pursuant to RSA 654:45 (Supp. 2018). The Supreme Court concluded the Database was exempt from disclosure by statute, and therefore vacated the trial court's order. View "Petition of New Hampshire Secretary of State" on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Procedure, Election Law, Government & Administrative Law, New Hampshire Supreme Court
Opinion of the Justices (Definition of Resident and Residence)
July 12, 2018 by Justia
The New Hampshire Secretary of State transmitted a certified copy of a resolution of the Governor and Executive Council requesting an opinion of the New Hampshire Supreme Court regarding House Bill 1264, an act to amend the definition of "resident" and "residence" in RSA 21:6 and 21:6-a. The Supreme Court concluded the request was proper for it to issue an advisory opinion. The problem that gave rise to the proposed change in the law of residency set forth in HB 1264 was that the definitions were interpreted to impose requirements that went beyond the traditional definition of "domicile. The result – counterintuitive as it may be – is that, notwithstanding the 'resident' and 'residence' labels used in their titles, to satisfy the current definitions… requires a degree of connection to a place that is greater than that required to be domiciled in this state for voting purposes pursuant to RSA 654:1, I (2016)." To correct this problem, HB 1264 removed the words "for the indefinite future" from the text of RSA 21:6 and :6-a. If HB 1264 became law, out-of-state students who come to New Hampshire to attend a postsecondary institution or others, who were able to establish a "sufficient attachment to the state" to satisfy the requirements of domicile, would be entitled to vote in New Hampshire. "There is nothing unfair or unconstitutional about state laws that require persons to make this choice." View "Opinion of the Justices (Definition of Resident and Residence)" on Justia Law
Posted in: Constitutional Law, Election Law, Government & Administrative Law, New Hampshire Supreme Court
New Hampshire v. Gibson
The State appealed a superior court order granting news reporter Nicholas Reid's (Reid) motion to quash the State's subpoena compelling him to testify against defendant Carl Gibson. Republican candidate Yvonne Dean-Bailey (Dean-Bailey) was running in a May 19, 2015 special election for State Representative from Rockingham County District 32. On May 14, 2015, the defendant, a volunteer for the opposing Democratic Party candidate, allegedly issued a false press release stating that Dean-Bailey was dropping out of the race. Reid, who was covering the special election as a reporter for the Concord Monitor, received the e-mail with the attached press release and became suspicious because of the form and content of the e-mail and attached file. He contacted a representative of the New Hampshire Republican Party who was unaware of Dean-Bailey withdrawing from the race. Reid then wrote a short article for the May 15, 2015 issue of the newspaper titled "Email claiming Dean-Bailey is conceding called a hoax." Reid reviewed the metadata of the press release which lead to him finding a way to contact Gibson. Based upon that conversation and his conversations with other sources, Reid wrote a second article published in the Concord Monitor on May 16 under the headline, "Man who sent hoax email from GOP candidate had 'too many beers' before 'prank.'" Defendant was ultimately charged with "False Documents, Names or Endorsements," attempted voter suppression, and voter suppression. Reid was served with a subpoena requiring him "to testify what [he] know[s] relating to a criminal matter to be heard and tried between the State . . . and Carl Gibson." Reid moved to quash the subpoena on the ground that it violated his "newsgathering privilege" under Part I, Article 22 of the New Hampshire Constitution and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. On appeal, the State argued that the trial court erred "by expanding the scope of the news-gathering privilege to include non-confidential sources." Although Reid based his motion to quash upon the ground that it violated his newsgathering privilege under the State and Federal Constitutions, the trial court based its decision solely upon the State Constitution. The New Hampshire Supreme Court held the trial court's determination was erroneous, and remanded for the trial court to consider, in the first instance, Reid's federal constitutional claim. View "New Hampshire v. Gibson" on Justia Law
Posted in: Constitutional Law, Election Law, New Hampshire Supreme Court
Deborah Sumner v. New Hampshire Secretary of State
Pro-se plaintiff Deborah Sumner appealed a superior court order denying her Right-to-Know Law request put to the New Hampshire Secretary of State. The order also granted defendant's motion for summary judgment. Sumner sought to inspect ballots cast in the town of Jaffrey during the 2012 general election. The Secretary denied her request, citing RSA 659:95, II (Supp. 2015), which exempted ballots which have been cast from the Right-to-Know Law. On appeal, Sumner argued that RSA 659:95, II, along with RSA 660:16, II (2008) and RSA 669:33, II (2008) (collectively, "the ballot exemption statutes"), violated several articles of the New Hampshire Constitution. After review, the Supreme Court held that the ballot exemption statutes did not violate the State constitution, and, therefore, affirmed. View "Deborah Sumner v. New Hampshire Secretary of State" on Justia Law
Posted in: Election Law, Government & Administrative Law, New Hampshire Supreme Court
Olson v. Town of Grafton
In 2015, the Town of Grafton's three-member selectboard reviewed and discussed the 36 warrant articles to be placed on the ballot for the annual Town meeting scheduled for March 10, including 20 articles that plaintiffs had petitioned to include on the ballot. At the January 20 meeting, one selectboard member moved that the ballot include the phrase "the Selectmen do not recommend this article" relative to each of the plaintiffs' warrant articles. The motion passed unanimously. On March 5, the plaintiffs filed their petition for injunctive and declaratory relief. The trial court held a final hearing on offers of proof and, on March 9, denied the petition, concluding that RSA 32:5, V-a authorized the Town to place recommendations on any warrant article. Plaintiff Jeremy Olson appealed a superior court order denying a petition he and co-plaintiffs, Thomas Ploszaj, Christopher Kairnes, and Howard Boucher filed for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Town. On appeal, Olson argued that the trial court erroneously determined that it was lawful for the Town to include on the official ballot for the annual Town meeting the phrase, "The Selectmen do not recommend this article," below each of the plaintiffs' 20 warrant articles, which the plaintiffs had petitioned to include on the ballot. Finding no reversible error, the Supreme Court affirmed. View "Olson v. Town of Grafton" on Justia Law
City of Manchester v. Secretary of State
Consolidated cases were brought before the Supreme Court on interlocutory transfer without a ruling from the superior court. Petitioners are New Hampshire voters and the towns and municipalities in which some of them live. They sought a declaration that Laws 2012 Chapter 9 violated the State Constitution. After thorough review of the record, the Supreme Court determined that the petitioners did not meet their burden of proving that the redistricting plan in Laws 2012 Chapter 9 violated the State Constitution, therefore, they were not entitled to the declaration they sought. View "City of Manchester v. Secretary of State " on Justia Law

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Home/Offices/Ombuds Office/Essentials/Charter
I. Purpose
The Lewis & Clark Ombuds Office was established in 2008 by President Thomas J. Hochstettler to serve as a supplemental channel for open communication and issue resolution. The office was established as part of a comprehensive plan to increase effective communication and feedback at Lewis & Clark.
The office is available to assist faculty, staff, students, and other community members who seek guidance in addressing the range of issues that can occur in a college community. The Lewis & Clark Ombuds Office provides confidential, neutral and informal services that supplement, but do not replace, other administrative processes at the College. The Office works to facilitate communication and assist Office visitors in developing strategies to address challenges with which they struggle, with emphasis on supporting fair and equitable process at the College. The Ombuds Office also reports general trends of issues and provides feedback throughout the organization, and advocates systems change when appropriate without disclosing confidential communications.
The Lewis & Clark Ombuds Office shall confidentially receive visitors' concerns and inquiries within the Office's defined jurisdiction. In response, the Ombuds Office staff will listen, may suggest and assist in developing a range of options, and make referrals. When requested by Office visitors and as appropriate, Ombuds Office staff may participate as a third party to facilitate potentially difficult conversations. All actions shall be conducted independently and impartially. In addition, the Ombuds Office staff shall serve as an information and communication resource, consultant, and catalyst for institutional change.
II. Reporting
The Office functions independently with respect to issue handling and management, and reports to the President's Office for administrative and budgetary purposes only. To fulfill its functions, the Ombuds Office shall have a specific allocated budget, adequate space, and sufficient resources to meet operating needs and pursue continuing professional development.
On an ongoing basis the Ombuds Office will provide feedback, while maintaining confidentiality, to the President and other leadership team members throughout Lewis & Clark to inform them of the kinds of issues and trends the Ombuds Office may be hearing about, explain the relevance of such information, and provide guidance to those leaders.
III. Standards
The Ombuds Office operates in accordance with the International Ombudsman Association Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice as specified in 2008. These tenets require ombuds offices to function independently of the organization, to be confidential and neutral, and to offer only informal services. The IOA Standards and Code delineate minimum standards, and the Lewis & Clark Ombuds Office shall strive to use "best practices" and to operate the Ombuds Office in a way that serves the mission of the College.
A. Independence
Independence is essential to the effective functioning of the Ombuds Office. The Ombuds Office shall be, and shall appear to be, free from interference in the legitimate performance of its duties. This independence is achieved primarily through reporting structure, neutrality and organizational recognition and respect for the independent role of the Ombuds Office. To ensure objectivity, the Ombuds Office shall function independent from administrative authorities. This includes not disclosing confidential information about matters discussed in the Ombuds Office with anyone in the organization, including the person to whom the Ombuds Office reports, except as clearly delineated in Section III.B.
B. Confidentiality
The Ombuds Office shall not disclose any information provided in confidence, unless in the course of discussions with a visitor, the visitor requests it, the ombudsperson asks for and receives permission to make a disclosure, or the ombuds determines that there is an imminent risk of serious harm. The Ombuds Office asserts that there is a privilege of confidentiality with respect to the identity of visitors and their issues, subject only to court order. The Ombuds Office shall not confirm communicating with any party or parties. The Ombuds Office shall neither willingly participate as witnesses with respect to any confidential communication, nor participate in any formal process inside or outside the College except under court order.
C. Neutrality
The Ombuds Office shall not take sides in any conflict, dispute or issue. The Ombuds Office shall consider the interests and concerns of all visitors impartially with the aim of facilitating communication and supporting fair and equitable process.
D. Informality
The Ombuds Office shall be a resource for informal services. The Ombuds Office shall not investigate, arbitrate, adjudicate or in any other way participate in any internal or external formal process or action. The Ombuds Office does not keep records for the College, and shall not create or maintain documents or records for the College about individual cases. Notes, if any, taken during the course of working on a case shall be routinely destroyed at regular intervals and at the conclusion of a matter.
IV. Authority and Limits of the Ombuds Office
A. Authority of the Ombuds Office
The Ombuds Office at Lewis & Clark was created at the specific direction of the President. The Ombuds Office shall be entitled to inquire about any issue concerning the College which affects any member of the College community, and shall respect the confidentiality of that information. The Ombuds office is authorized to informally address issues which fall under federal, state and local labor and employment laws, rules and regulations. The Ombuds Office shall have access to records and personnel at Lewis & Clark for the purpose of facilitating situations. The Ombuds Office has the authority to break confidence if the Ombuds believes there is an imminent risk of serious harm.
The Ombuds Office may, without having received a specific complaint from a member of the College community, act on its own discretion, and initiate inquiries concerning matters the Ombuds Office believe warrant such treatment. The Ombuds Office may decline to inquire into a matter or may withdraw from a case if the Ombuds believes involvement is inappropriate for any reason, including matters not brought in good faith, or which appear to be misuses of the ombuds function. The Ombuds Office has the authority to discuss a range of options available to the visitor, including both informal and formal processes. The Ombuds Office may require legal or other professional advice, from time to time, in order to fulfill their required functions. The Ombuds Office shall be provided legal counsel independent from the College in the event a conflict of interest arises between the Ombuds Office and the administration or the College.
B. Limitations on the Authority of the Ombuds Office
1. Receiving Notice for the College
Communication to the Ombuds Office shall not constitute notice to the College. The Ombuds Office shall publicize its non-notice role to the College. This includes allegations that may be perceived to be violations of laws, regulations or policies, such as sexual harassment, issues covered by the College's Financial Whistleblower policy, or incidents subject to reporting under the Clery Act. Because the Ombuds does not function as part of the administration of the College, even if the Ombuds become aware of such allegations, the Ombuds is not required to report it to the College.
If a user of the Ombuds office would like to put the College on notice regarding a specific situation, or desires that certain information to be provided to the College, the Ombuds will provide that person with information so that the person may do so himself or herself.
2. Collective Bargaining Agreements
The Ombuds Office shall not address any issues arising under a collective bargaining agreement ("CBA"), unless allowed by specific language in the CBA. This means that while the Ombuds Office may provide services to union members, those services may not include addressing issues that are covered in the CBA, including, but not limited to, issues such as grievable claims for termination of employment or formal discipline. In those cases, the ombuds shall refer the employee to the CBA and to his or her union representative. The Ombuds Office may work with union members regarding all other issues not covered by the contracts, such as communication issues with co-workers.
3. Formal Processes and Investigations
The Ombuds Office shall not conduct formal investigations of any kind. The Ombuds Office staff shall not willingly participate in formal dispute processes or outside agency complaints or lawsuits, either on behalf of a user of the Ombuds Office or on behalf of the College. The Ombuds Office provides an informal and alternate communication channel for concerns in the campus community, and all use of ombuds services shall be voluntary. Because confidentiality, independence, neutrality and informality are critically important to the Ombuds Office, all communications with the Office are made with the understanding that they are confidential, off-the-record, and that no one from the office will be called to testify as a witness in any formal or legal proceeding to reveal confidential communications. However, all users should understand that the State of Oregon does not presently recognize a privilege for communications with ombuds. Consequently, ombuds may be compelled to testify in formal court proceedings.
4. Record Keeping
The Ombuds Office does not keep records for the College, and shall not create or maintain documents or records for the College about individual cases. Notes, if any, taken during the course of working on a case shall be routinely destroyed at regular intervals. All materials related to a case shall be maintained in a secure location and manner, and shall be destroyed immediately after the case is concluded. The ombuds may maintain non-confidential statistical data to assist the ombuds in reporting trends and giving feedback.
5. Advocacy for Parties
Because of its neutrality, the The Ombuds Office shall not act as an advocate for any party in a dispute, nor shall they represent management or visitors to their office.
6. Adjudication of Issues
The Ombuds Office shall not have authority to adjudicate, impose remedies or sanctions, or to enforce or change policies or rules.
7. Conflict of Interest
Individual ombuds shall avoid involvement in cases where there may be a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest occurs when the ombuds' private interests, real or perceived, supersede or compete with his or her dedication to the impartial and independent nature of the role of the ombuds. When a real or perceived conflict exists, the ombuds should take all steps necessary to disclose and/or avoid the conflict.
IOA Standards of Practice (http://www.ombudsassociation. org/standards/Stds_Practice_1- 07.pdf)
IOA Code of Ethics (http://www.ombudsassociation. org/standards/Code_Ethics_1- 07.pdf)
IOA Guidance for Best Practices and Commentary on the American Bar Association Standards for the Establishment and Operation of Ombuds Offices, revised February 2004; March 14, 2006 (http://www.ombudsassociation. org/pdfs/GuidanceOnABAStandards%20_final.pdf)
approved by David Ellis 04.09.08
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About the Ombudsperson
Ombuds is located in Flanagan Chapel on the Undergraduate Campus.
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Ombudsperson Valerie White
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'Blood Vessel' MOVIE REVIEW: Impressive Aussie Horror Delivers Vampire Mayhem on the High Seas
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Wicked of Oz
Director Justin Dix is a local go-to guy for special effects and makeup design. Based out of his Wicked of Oz studio in the Melbourne suburb of Williamstown, his body of work includes films like The Babadook, Star Wars Episodes II & III, The Loved Ones, and Red Hill, amongst others. He also directs and made his feature length debut with the claustrophobic sci-fi horror Crawlspace (2012).
Having cut his teeth with that previous low-budget chiller, Dix returns with his sophomore film Blood Vessel, a gothic lore set on the high seas, featuring an impressive ensemble cast and phenomenal production design.
The year is 1945, and a life raft floats adrift in the Atlantic Ocean. Its occupants are the survivors of a torpedoed hospital ship and they are entirely out of rations. Unable to survive another day at sea, fortune smiles upon them when they're able to climb on board of a Nazi minesweeper ship that charges towards them. Abandoned and cruising aimlessly through the eerie fog-swept seas, the group of multi-national survivors soon discover that the ship's cargo is nocturnal, thirsty for blood, and the reason why there's no crew on board.
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Much like Crawlspace, Blood Vessel is deeply rooted in a specific genre and adheres to the conventions vehemently. It makes no apologies for recreating a classic brand of horror and wears its influences on its sleeves. Taking unabashed cues from the world of Bram Stoker, Dix has conjured a nostalgic atmosphere that presents itself as an ode to Dracula and specifically tips its hat to Nosferatu.
If you haven't cottoned on by this point, the monsters of Blood Vessel are vampires, and they have been deliciously designed to recall the earlier cinematic incarnations of Max Schreck and numerous Hammer Horror creations. And by placing his human characters on a German war ship, Dix cleverly capitalises on the ever-popular Nazi-horror sub genre without actually featuring Nazis, giving himself a fantastic setting that he exploits to amazing effect.
Shot mostly inside the HMAS Castlemaine, docked at Williamstown, the film's production design is as equally authentic as it is fantastical. The confined spaces are lit with blues and reds, lending to a similar claustrophobic environment as previously created in Crawlspace, and with the creatures of the night protected from daylight, the scene is set for a low-budget horror movie with a larger-than-life atmosphere.
Amongst the impressive cast are Nathan Phillips (These Final Hours), Robert Taylor (Longmire), Alyssa Sutherland (The Mist), Christopher Kirby (Upgrade) and Alex Cooke (Sunshine), who all offer well-measured performances while lending the film an international appeal. Phillips leads the film effortlessly and continues to prove himself as stalwart of the genre.
The one detriment to Blood Vessel, however, is its pacing. Suffering the same fate as Crawlspace (albeit less severely), the story meanders considerably throughout the first two acts. Very little happens as Dix establishes the tone of the movie, and were it not for the delicious cinematography from Sky Davies, the film runs the high risk of disengaging its audience. Nevertheless, it all comes together in the end, dodging that proverbial bullet.
It would be remiss of me to ignore the abundance of practical effects throughout the movie, with almost no sign of digital trickery. From the wonderful prosthetics and rubbery monster costumes to the incredible use of miniatures, Justin Dix has delivered a thoroughly absorbing and delightfully classic brand of horror. He has proven what is possible in spite of restraints, and continues to position himself as an important voice within the genre.
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Glenn Cochrane is the producer and host of Good Movie Monday and the founder of FakeShemp.Net. In addition to writing for Screen Realm, he is a lead contributor for Stack Magazine and freelances for various other publications. He is currently a committee member of the Australian Film Critics Association, despite having a love of 'Caddyshack 2', for which he makes no apologies.
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Carolina Moon" by Scotty McCreery.
North Carolina (Home In My Heart)" by Claudia Church (1999).
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ONGC plans to acquire the government's 51% stake in HPCL. Graphic: Naveen Kumar Saini/Mint
ONGC-HPCL deal: A marriage of convenience
3 min read . Updated: 21 Jul 2017, 09:28 AM IST Pallavi Pengonda, Harsha Jethmalani
A merger of HPCL with ONGC would have been a neat structure, combining both businesses with the full benefits of integration available to claim
The government is moving ahead with its proposal to create an integrated public sector 'oil major' but in the process, is also filling its own coffers. It is, however, denying minority shareholders that opportunity.
A merger of Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) with Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd (ONGC) would have been a neat structure, combining both businesses with the full benefits of integration available to claim. There would be no cash to be paid or debt to be raised. Instead, ONGC plans to acquire the government's 51% stake in HPCL.
Whether this will be followed by a merger is not known, but is not on the cards yet.
The Street is rather unimpressed, with HPCL's shares falling by 4.3% while ONGC's share rose by 1.8% on Thursday. ONGC's shareholders would have preferred a merger.
HPCL's shareholders would be disappointed that the acquisition is unlikely to be accompanied by an open offer. That would be unfair as they too should get a chance to exit at the same price as the government.
A BloombergQuint article dated 20 July cites a precedent of Indian Oil Corp. Ltd (IOC) acquiring public sector IBP Co. Ltd, and then making an open offer. There have been instances where promoters have made an inter-se transfer and also sought exemption from making an open offer.
The government may have had a stronger case for an exemption, for instance, if it had created a holding company for all PSUs, and transferred its stake in HPCL to that entity. In this case, the market regulator will be making a special exemption. ONGC is acquiring the government's stake by paying cash. It's not the same thing as the stake moving within the government from one arm to another.
The government wears many conflicting hats, in this case of an owner, policy-maker and a law-maker. But it should set the right precedent for private sector promoters by tipping its hat to good corporate governance.
The gains in ONGC's shares can be partly attributed to not having to spend cash for an open offer. Since 31 January, when the government first proposed consolidation of its oil assets till 19 June, ONGC's shares have fallen by about 20% while that of HPCL have gained by 10%. ONGC's fall was made worse by crude oil prices not having strengthened as much as expected.
The consideration has not been disclosed but, at current prices, a 51% stake in HPCL will cost ONGC ₹ 29,000 crore. ONGC's debt to equity ratio is a mere 0.25 times as of 31 March and even if it funds the entire purchase through debt, this ratio will increase to only 0.4 times.
Its cash and equivalents stood at ₹ 16,648 crore. HPCL's debt-equity, on the other hand, is relatively higher at about 1 times with cash and equivalents of ₹ ,245 crore.
Analysts do not believe ONGC gains much since the transaction is being structured as an acquisition. A merger could have been used to extract improvements in profitability from cost savings and better operational efficiency.
For integrated oil companies, a lot depends on oil price levels and how best companies are able to hedge against price movements.
For instance, even as crude oil prices dropped in recent years weighing on earnings of oil producers, refining companies have been able to perform relatively better as refining margins have been more resilient.
That's the benefit ONGC can hope to attain after acquiring a majority stake in HPCL. In FY17, for instance, HPCL's standalone profit increased by two-thirds over a year ago. Some of that was due to inventory gains which may not accrue this year. That and competition from private companies are a threat to HPCL's performance in FY18.
What can the impact on valuations be? Global integrated oil companies do not necessarily fetch better valuations than global pure-play refiners, according to Bloomberg data. But the structure of this transaction leaves ONGC looking more like a holding company rather than a fully integrated oil and gas major. While HPCL's financials will be consolidated with ONGC, it may suffer a holding company discount.
For now, the government is the main beneficiary in this transaction, which helps it meet its divestment target to that extent. Investors will keep a close watch on whether an open offer is indeed not on, and then in the longer run, what plan does ONGC have—merger or not—to make the HPCL acquisition a worthwhile one.


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Israeli Army Investigating Shooting of Unarmed Palestinian Who 'Rushed' Soldiers
In incident near Silwad in West Bank, 38-year-old Iyad Zakaria Hamed was shot dead by Kfir Brigade soldiers after he allegedly ran toward their guard post. Military Police to investigate claim that he was shot in the back.
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Israeli soldiers gather at the scene where a suspected Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli troops at the entrance to the West Bank village of Silwad on August 26, 2016.Abbas Momani / AFP
Israeli army says Palestinian shot dead was not a terrorist
The IDF's Military Police have launched an investigation into the shooting death Friday of a 38-year-old unarmed Palestinian near the West Bank village of Silwad.
According to soldiers, the man, Iyad Zakaria Hamed was running toward a concrete guard tower near Silwad, not far from the settlement of Ofra. A preliminary investigation showed that Hamed did not try to harm the soldiers.
According to the policy of the military prosecution, a Military Police investigation is launched in the case of any death of a Palestinian in the West Bank who was "not involved in actual fighting." The investigation will look into what exactly the soldiers were doing before they opened fire and why they fired when danger was not immediately clear. The claim that Hamed was shot in the back will also be investigated.
During the initial investigation at the scene, the soldiers reported that they were on patrol near the guard tower when they saw a Palestinian running toward them. The soldiers, from the ultra-Orthodox battalion of the Kfir Brigade, said they launched the procedure for arresting a suspect, which included firing into the air.
According to the rules of engagement, before opening fire the source of danger to the soldiers must be identified, and in this case it is unclear what this danger was.
The army on Friday discounted Palestinian reports that Hamed was in a car, and reiterated the statement that Hamed had been running toward the guard tower.
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Over the past 15 to 20 years, school shootings and other violent incidents at schools have garnered national attention. Schools and their communities have struggled with how to prevent these kinds of incidents. One of the more prominent of these prevention strategies has been the adoption of "zero tolerance" discipline procedures. Zero tolerance is often defined as "swift, certain, and severe" punishments for any form of behavioral misconduct at school, no matter how minor the infraction. Unfortunately, there is virtually no evidence that zero tolerance discipline policies in schools reduce school behavior problems, and there is some evidence that they may even result in negative outcomes.
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Summer seems far off but that doesn't stop CEC from getting ready for the second annual Special Education Legislative Summit. This year we want it to be bigger and better than ever so mark your calendars for July 9–13, 2016 to join us in Alexandria, Va., where you will receive the knowledge and skills to prepare you as you take to Capitol Hill to advocate for children and youth with disabilities and gifts and talents. More information to come soon. READ MORE
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How far should ESSA negotiated rulemaking go on tests and spending?
Should advocates, educators and others writing rules on tests and spending under the Every Student Succeeds Act hew very closely to the new law and preserve as much flexibility as possible for states — or use the opportunity of "negotiated rulemaking" to help advance an equity agenda? It's tough to tell where the regulations will end up, but that general philosophical question has undergirded at least some of the discussion during the negotiated rulemaking sessions. READ MORE
CDC offers new stats on disability prevalence
More than 1 in 7 American children have a mental, behavioral or developmental disorder, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but prevalence is far from steady across the country. At the high end, 21.5 percent of kids in Arkansas and Kentucky have one of the conditions. By contrast, California logs the lowest rate in the nation at 10.6 percent. READ MORE
What do special educators need to succeed?
A shortage of special education teachers is threatening the ability of schools in many states to provide high-quality education to students with disabilities. On a national level, 49 states identified a shortage of special education and related service personnel during the 2013-2014 school year. In Arizona, for instance, where districts reported a 29 percent increase from 2013 to 2014 in the number of positions that remained vacant, special education was one of the areas with the highest vacancy rates. READ MORE
Experts say dyslexia simulation fails to fairly depict learning disorder
Although dyslexia is one of the most common learning disorders in the U.S., it's among the hardest to relate to if you don't have it. A neurobiological difference in the brain, dyslexia can affect reading, spelling, writing and verbal expression, according to the International Dyslexia Association. Consequences "may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge." READ MORE
Canines in the classroom
A cadre of canines visits San Francisco Bay Area elementary schools, where struggling readers gain confidence and improve literacy by reading aloud to their furry friends. Readers of the Pack, a program run by the nonprofit 4Paws Learning and Wellness Center, sends certified therapy dogs and handlers to schools, libraries and after-school programs. "Young students really believe the dog is listening to them," says Mara Kahn, 4Paws coordinator of Sonoma County. "It's greatly improved their reading." READ MORE
Why listening to podcasts helps kids improve reading skills
English teacher Michael Godsey is an early adopter of podcasts as a teaching tool in his high school. At first he used episodes of This American Life and Serial because he was impressed by the critical thinking and engagement he saw from students. He also liked that students were having deep discussions about the stories with other adults who were listening to the same podcasts. But recently, he noticed something else important: listening to podcasts makes his students want to read more. READ MORE
Panel: Ditch grades now, focus on student learning
Teach without grades. Teach without tests. Teach without homework. That's the message from a growing number of educators who are not only advocating but actually making substantial changes in their classroom practices by eliminating grades and scores entirely. Sound like fantasy in this age of ubiquitous high-stakes standardized testing and "accountability" mandates? It's actually happening. In American schools. And it's working for many of those who are trying it. READ MORE
ADHD diagnoses? Why the youngest kids in class are most affected
By the time they're in elementary school, some kids prove to be more troublesome than others. They can't sit still or they're not socializing or they can't focus enough to complete tasks that the other kids are handling well. Sounds like ADHD. But it might be that they're just a little young for their grade. Studies done in several countries including Iceland, Canada, Israel, Sweden and Taiwan show children who are at the young end of their grade cohort are more likely to get an ADHD diagnosis than their older classmates. READ MORE
Is your school asking the right questions about poverty?
Devon dropped out of school at age 13. No one knows where he is today. Most likely, he's not in school. Devon was going to be retained to spend another year in the sixth grade as a 13-year-old. He was embarrassed and felt alone. He didn't want to be with a new group of kids who were younger. Truth was, Devon had been passed along with low reading skills for years. Now, in the beginning of his adolescent years, he was told he was going back. He gave the class a try for three weeks and then disappeared. With good intentions, Devon's teachers had recommended an intervention — retention — that resulted in the opposite effect of what they had hoped. READ MORE
FEDERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
Type: Grant Announcement
Program: Technical Assistance and Dissemination To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities — Model Demonstration Projects To Improve Literacy Outcomes for English Learners With Disabilities in Grades Three Through Five or Three Through Six
Date: Monday, March 07
CFDA: 84.326M
Summary: The purpose of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program is:
to promote academic achievement and to improve results for children with disabilities by providing technical assistance,
supporting model demonstration projects,
disseminating useful information, and
implementing activities that are supported by scientifically based research.
Deadlines: Applications Available: March 7.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 21.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 20.
Program: Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities; Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities; and Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals With Disabilities Programs — Postsecondary Education Center for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Date: Friday, March 4
CFDA: 84.326D
Summary: Funding from three Department of Education (Department) programs supports this competition: The TA&D program, the Personnel Development program, and the ETechM2 program. The purpose of the TA&D program is to promote academic achievement and to improve results for children with disabilities by
providing technical assistance (TA),
The purposes of the Personnel Development program are to:
Help address State-identified needs for personnel — in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education — to work with children with disabilities; and
ensure that those personnel have the skills and knowledge — derived from practices that have been determined through research and experience to be successful — that are needed to serve those children.
Finally, the purposes of the ETechM2 program are to:
Improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology;
support educational activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom for students with disabilities;
provide support for captioning and video description that is appropriate for use in the classroom; and
provide accessible educational materials to students with disabilities in a timely manner.
Deadlines: Applications Available: March 4, 2016.
Type: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
Program:	Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities: Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities
Date: Wednesday, March 2
CFDA: 84.173
Summary: The Secretary proposes to amend regulations under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governing the Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities program and the Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities program. With the goal of promoting equity in IDEA, the regulations would:
establish a standard methodology states must use to determine whether significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity is occurring in the state and in its local educational agencies (LEAs);
clarify that states must address significant disproportionality in the incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary actions, including suspensions and expulsions, using the same statutory remedies required to address significant disproportionality in the identification and placement of children with disabilities;
clarify requirements for the review and revision of policies, practices, and procedures when significant disproportionality is found; and
require that LEAs identify and address the factors contributing to significant disproportionality as part of comprehensive coordinated early intervening services (comprehensive CEIS) and allow such services for children from age 3 through grade 12, with and without disabilities.
Deadlines: NPRM Available: March 2.
Deadline for Comments: May 16.
Program: Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities — National Center for Students With Disabilities Who Require Intensive Intervention
CFDA: 84.326Q
Summary: The purpose of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program is to promote academic achievement and to improve results for children with disabilities by:
Deadlines: Applications Available: March 14
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 28
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 27
Program: Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs.
Date: Tuesday, March 8
CFDA: 84.305A, 84.305B, 84.305D, 84.305H, 84.305L, 84.305N, 84.324A, 84.324B, and 84.324L
Summary: The central purpose of the Institute of Education Sciences' (Institute) research grant programs is to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all students. These interested individuals include parents, educators, students, researchers, and policymakers. In carrying out its grant programs, the Institute provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need.
Competitions in This Notice:
The Institute will conduct nine research competitions in FY 2017 through two of its centers:
The Institute's National Center for Education Research will hold six competitions, one in each of the following areas:
Education research;
Education research training;
Statistical and research methodology in education;
Partnerships and collaborations focused on problems of practice or policy;
Low-cost, short-duration evaluations; and
Research networks.
The Institute's National Center for Special Education Research will hold three competitions, one in each of the following areas:
Special education research;
Special education research training; and
Low-cost, short-duration evaluations.
Deadlines: The dates when applications are available and the deadlines for transmittal of applications invited under this notice are indicated in the chart at the end of the FR notice.
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Catherine and I were speakers at the 16th Annual Self Employment in the Arts Conference. I spoke on a panel about portfolios and Catherine spoke about social media marketing. Together we sat on a panel about the pros and cons of freelancing. Over the two days we mingled, did some portfolio reviews, met a number of talented students, and had some great conversations with our fellow presenters. By far the presentation that was the most interesting to us was the one we did together on "Our Life In The Visual Arts." We covered it all- going all the way back to our first awkward promotional pieces and business cards. We talked about what it's like to work together as a team, and how we take care of marketing, billing, and finding new clients. It was fun for the both of us to look back to where we started and how far we've come. And I hope it was helpful to the students to see some of the mistakes we made and how we learned from them.


You have probably heard about the advantages of watching movies and television shows over the internet. If you belong to the old school and still have subscription(s) to pay TV, but don't get why more and more people are now falling away from subscription TV, it can be tough to understand. There are many benefits you receive when you take a look at what's available on Netflix in the US, Amazon Prime, Sling TV, Hulu, YouTube Premium, and DIRECTV NOW. But if you're a first-time cord-cutter, you might be confused about all the services and apps out there you might use.
First, let's define what we're talking about: "cord cutting" refers to the process of unsubscribing from expensive pay TV connections like satellite or cable and moving to an alternative multi-channel source. Those channels could be accessed through over-the-air (OTA) for free with a relatively inexpensive antenna or through the internet, sometimes through a set-top box — sometimes referred to as over-the-top or OTT.
OTT became widely recognized almost a decade ago as more streaming companies started operations. Since about 2010, about 33 million people in America alone have already canceled their satellite or cable subscriptions and chose low-cost internet video-streaming subscription services.
There are certainly some minor drawbacks in watching movies through antenna or internet. For the networks, live video streaming rights for programming like sports matches are more challenging to handle. That means that you might have to search around to find the channel with the game you want to see. Some programs and channels might be unavailable altogether. And if you don't have a decent internet connection, the picture quality might suffer a bit — a 5Mbps connection is suggested as the bare minimum for streaming while a 25Mbps downlink is considered optimal.
Yet, these are truly minor disadvantages that pale in comparison with the advantages that cord cutting brings to viewers like you. By watching movies and shows through the internet, you won't be interrupted by incessant advertisements — most ad breaks on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming companies are shorter than ones you see on traditional TV. You won't need to subscribe to channels which you don't want to watch because there are no useless package deals in these video-streaming subscription services. All that and you get to save some money, too!
The streaming service market has grown so rapidly over the last few years that choosing the right streaming application has become a serious dilemma. Which one can get you the most channels for the least cash? Well, if you don't want to continue paying for cable but still want to keep your TV set, Sling TV and DIRECTV NOW should fit your bill.
DIRECTV NOW has more channels in its base package than its rivals; from $35 to $70 a month, it offers the lowest price after Sling TV as well as your local ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox stations. You can add HBO or Cinemax for only $5 per month extra each. The service has recently added cloud-based DVR to store up to 20 hours of local recordings.
DIRECTV NOW has an easy-on-the-eyes interface that's available on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku, but the service can be accessed on a TV with a Chromecast dongle or a Google Cast-enabled TV as well as your iPhone, iPad, Android device, Mac or Windows computer — results are best on Chrome and Safari web browsers. Customer can try the service free for one week.
On the other hand, Sling TV only costs $25 per month for its base package which includes ESPN, CNN, AMC, History Channel and Disney Channel. There is also a wide variety of add-ons, such as sports channels, for the taking at relatively low cost.
As with DIRECTV NOW, you don't need a cable box. You can get the free Sling TV app for your existing streaming stick or box, smart TV, or game console. And again, the app's also free for your computer, tablet, and phone. For both services, there are no term contracts and no penalties for canceling or re-signing.
There are also tons of alternatives to even these services. The best services among them are Fubo, Hulu, and YouTube TV. They offer a rich catalog of channels and do not require you to set up specific hardware to use them. There are even smaller services with highly-curated content: Philo, ESPN+, Sony's Crackle, Mubi, Plex, and Vimeo. You'll want to research what they offer and choose one that suits your watching purposes best.


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Pequeños paraísos
El espíritu de los jardines
Author Mario Satz
Publisher Acantilado
Place of publication Barcelona
Austere Gardens
Marc Treib Thoughts on Landscape, Restraint, & Attending
Cultural Village of the Portland Japonese Gardens
Kengo Kuma United States
Julian Raxworthy Practices between Landscape Architecure and Gardening
Fragments of Atlantis
Richard Ingersoll The ancient Greek myth of the lost continent of Atlantis, which allegedly sank into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, giving it its name, has for two millennia offered an alternative narrative to Western civilization. Here an imaginary parallel cultu
Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria, Mendoza Partida
Mendoza Partida Spain The Catalan practice of Héctor Mendoza and Mara Partida has won the competition for ideas for the new Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria in Santander, The complex will encompass 18,441 square meters, 7,500 of which will go into an admi
Looking for Koolhaas
Luis Fernández-Galiano This monograph was begun twenty years ago, started to take shape ten years later, and finally comes to light now, when all of us involved in it have changed, and so has the world. An explanation of the delay is in order, along with some information o
Aprender a esperar
Luis Fernández-Galiano Patience is the sister of hope. The philosopher Ernst Bloch, who wrote the three volumes of The Principle of Hope while exiled in the United States from 1938 to 1947, often spoke of the importance of optimism. Now, while everyone from The Economist t
Yoshino Nursery School and Kindergarten, Mutsu
Tezuka Architects Japan The building's design adapts to the needs of children: the sloping ellipse prompts them to run in endless circles; the rubber roof prevents injuries, and the underfloor heating using warm air prevents burns that could occur with conventional systems.
Reporting from the Front
Alejandro Aravena In his trip to South America Bruce Chatwin encountered an old lady walking the desert carrying an aluminum ladder on her shoulder. It was German archeologist Maria Reiche studying the Nazca lines. Standing on the ground, the stones did not make any s
Apple Campus 2 (In project), Cupertino
Norman Foster United States Located on a plot close to the current Apple headquarters in Cupertino, the new campus demolishes the existing scattered constructions and offers a set of buildings which reduces the ecological footprint, situated strategically according to use, secu
Irenaeus Herok
Trained in Fine Arts and with experience in design and visual effects, the photographer Irenaeus Herok, born in Poland and based in Sydney, specializes in portraits, landscape, and aerial photography. His travels have taken him to remote places aroun
Estética Stealth
El País Luis Fernández-Galiano Jacob will never forget the day Rem Koolhaas introduced him to the pleasures of meat. The son of the director of the Seattle Public Library had decided to give up his vegetarian diet and the architect treated him to dinner at Wild Ginger, ordering al
Arquitectura Viva 201 50 from Africa and Asia Open the digital publication


filed: March 7, 2019 • California, Opinions, U.S.
As Los Angeles Times reporter Sammy Roth drily noted, achieving those renewable-energy goals "will require cooperation from local governments – and big solar and wind farms, like many infrastructure projects, are often unpopular at the local level." All across the country rural landowners and governments have been rejecting or restricting renewable projects, and they're doing so at the very same time that left-leaning politicians and some of the country's biggest environmental groups are claiming that the U.S. must quit using hydrocarbons and nuclear energy, and instead rely solely on renewable energy for our electricity.
In Henry County, Ind., more than half a dozen small communities have passed measures banning wind turbines within four miles of their borders. In an article last year titled "County Towns Putting Up Walls Against Wind," Darrel Radford, a reporter for the New Castle Courier-Times, wrote that "there's still lots of anti-turbine activity" in the county and that "as many as half" of the incorporated communities in the county had passed anti-wind measures.
The land-use fights over renewable energy reflect the urban–rural divide in American politics – a divide that was obvious in the 2016 presidential race. Hillary Clinton won big in urban areas; Donald Trump dominated in rural areas. Big environmental groups and urban liberal voters like the idea of renewable energy and want more of it. But the all-renewable scenario they are pushing depends on what I call the vacant-land myth: There's an endless amount of unused, uninteresting territory out in the boondocks that's ready and waiting to be covered with energy infrastructure.
The urban–rural divide is particularly obvious in New York, which has a 50 percent renewable-electricity mandate by 2030. Despite the mandate, three upstate New York counties – Erie, Orleans, and Niagara – as well as the towns of Yates and Somerset, have been fighting a proposed 200-megawatt wind project called Lighthouse Wind for four years. In an interview on Wednesday, I asked Dan Engert, the supervisor in Somerset, about the urban–rural divide and how it affects the promotion and siting of renewable-energy projects.


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È figlia di Per Carlén, allenatore ed ex pallamanista.

Carriera

Palmarès

LdB FC Malmö: 2011

Linköpings: 2010
LdB FC Malmö: 2011, 2012

Nazionale

 2018 (a pari merito con i )

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Calciatrici della Nazionale svedese
Vincitori di medaglia d'argento olimpica per la Svezia

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