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Home News Business News Rall's open letter on the Brian Duffy matter
Rall's open letter on the Brian Duffy matter
Editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy was recently let go from his job at the Des Moines Register; after leaving, he discovered that his artwork, which had been left behind, was not going to be returned to him but was planned to be donated to the University of Iowa.
Duffy said he was always under the impression that his sketches were a joint copyright, just like when he published his book.
"Copyright Brian Duffy and the Des Moines Register, not just the Des Moines Register," said Duffy. "I have no problem donating a large body of work to the University of Iowa. In fact, I'd love to do that."
But he wants to do it on his terms not on behalf of the newspaper that shooed him out the door.
Now Ted Rall, president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, has written an open letter to Carolyn Washburn, the editor of the paper:
Dear Ms. Washburn:
As President of The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC), I am writing to express the collective dismay of our membership at reports that you plan to dispose of Brian Duffy's original political cartoons without his consent.
While your newspaper may claim ownership of Brian's thousands of original cartoons he drew during 25 years as The Register's staff editorial cartoonist, there remain compelling questions of what is customary and what is right.
Although it used to be common for newspapers to keep their cartoonists' original artwork, that practice changed decades ago, and almost universally cartoonists now leave their newspapers with their artwork. These original drawings represent an artist's life work, and while newspapers pay for the its production, they do so in order to publish the work on its editorial page—not to possess each piece as artwork.
Mr. Duffy is understandably attached to his quarter-century's worth of drawings, and may wish to archive some of them for his children. Others he may want to donate to charities or sell at galleries. Regardless, they offer him a potential source of revenue after retirement, and reasonable people would assume that he should have them.
Although your reported plan to donate Brian's cartoons to the University of Iowa is commendable, cynics may charge that your purpose is to cash in on Brian's firing by taking a tax write-off for a sizable donation.
By your own admission, Brian produced "very excellent work" for your organization. On behalf of his professional organization, I encourage you to reconsider your plans and return his artwork to him.
Ted Rall
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
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Torsten Adair 02/26/2009 1:14 pm At 1:14 pm
So sad to see the Des Moines Register tarnish a sterling reputation.
Al 02/26/2009 1:26 pm At 1:26 pm
I'm not sure what the common practise is, but if the Register purchased Duffy's paper, pencils, erasers, ink, brushes, drawing table, chair, telephone and computer; AND paid Duffy a salary, it could be debated that he produced those cartoons specifically for them.
If he had a contract with the Register for his services, or was self employed and worked from an off-site studio or from his home, he would have a stronger case.
mario boon 02/26/2009 1:49 pm At 1:49 pm
Al: that doesn't matter who bought what with what. A cartoonist will always remain the owner of the artwork, unless specifically stipulated in his contract. A publisher licenses the produced work for reproduction, not ownership.
Brian Wood 02/26/2009 3:08 pm At 3:08 pm
If Duffy was on staff and on salary, then yeah, the cartoons belong to the paper. Any of you who are on staff at your job, its the same thing. The work you do for your employers belongs to them.
In this case, like Rall says, a case can be made for what is right over what is customary (or legal). The paper has nothing to lose, really, by returning the artwork and I hope they do. They could and would still retain publication rights, just not ownership of the physical objects.
Dingo 02/26/2009 6:25 pm At 6:25 pm
Nothing to lose except the tax write-off for the sizeable donation of course.
not....guy 02/27/2009 4:47 am At 4:47 am
Since when has what is right stood in the way of what is legal? If anything, this is a lesson to read and understand your contracts before signing them.
michael 02/27/2009 5:39 am At 5:39 am
So….did he get them returned to him?
Brian Wood 02/27/2009 9:34 am At 9:34 am
"Since when has what is right stood in the way of what is legal? If anything, this is a lesson to read and understand your contracts before signing them. "
Well, time is passing these sorts of contracts by. 25 years ago, a full-buyout sort of contract was the norm and probably no one thought otherwise about it. But times and attitudes and norms are changing and after so many years of dedicated work by Duffy the newspaper should get with the times and retroactively make this right.
Aren't there still some cases of Silver Age comics artists still not in possession of the drawings they did back in the day? I hope not, but I seem to recall hearing about this from time to time.
Greg Bulmash 02/27/2009 7:08 pm At 7:08 pm
If they're refusing to give him his works, they probably have a contract that will stand up to a law suit. Rall's point that they should do the right thing instead of what the law allows is pretty much the only argument with any weight here.
He also makes the point that they get a write-off for any works they donate. So the people saying they have nothing to lose are in error. If they can convince the IRS that each original is worth $100 for purposes of the tax write off for the donation, then every 10 cartoons they let Duffy keep is a $1000 write off they can't take.
Then you get into arguments of what is a fair amount of art to let him keep? Should he get a number of them selected at random? Should the university get to go through the collection and select the cartoons they feel most historically significant (like a post-9/11 cartoon), or should Duffy get to pick and choose? How would the process of him getting to choose work? SOP is that you do not invite laid-off employees back on premises for security reasons.
And, if they give any of them back, no matter what the process, they have to pay someone's salary while that person handles the selection and transfer of the works that Duffy would get to keep (as opposed to just boxing everything up and letting the university send a truck for it).
The last option is this… Unless the newspaper puts specific restrictions on what the university can do with the physical donation, the university could volunteer to give some of them back. The newspaper gets its write off and no headaches, and the university assumes the responsibility of working out how much Duffy gets to keep. That's probably the win-win-win solution.
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<field name="authors">Gustavo Mourglia-Ettlin, Juan Martín Marqués, José Alejandro Chabalgoity, Sylvia Dematteis</field>
<field name="title">Early Peritoneal Immune Response during Echinococcus granulosus Establishment Displays a Biphasic Behavior</field>
<field name="journal">PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases</field>
<field name="year">2011</field>
<field name="volume">5</field>
<field name="number">8</field>
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Abstract

Background

Cystic echinococcosis is a worldwide distributed helminth zoonosis caused by
the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. Human secondary cystic
echinococcosis is caused by dissemination of protoscoleces after accidental
rupture of fertile cysts and is due to protoscoleces ability to develop into
new metacestodes. In the experimental model of secondary cystic echinococcosis
mice react against protoscoleces producing inefficient immune responses,
allowing parasites to develop into cysts. Although the chronic phase of
infection has been analyzed in depth, early immune responses at the site of
infection establishment, e.g., peritoneal cavity, have not been well studied.
Because during early stages of infection parasites are thought to be more
susceptible to immune attack, this work focused on the study of cellular and
molecular events triggered early in the peritoneal cavity of infected mice.

Principal Findings

Data obtained showed disparate behaviors among subpopulations within the
peritoneal lymphoid compartment. Regarding B cells, there is an active
molecular process of plasma cell differentiation accompanied by significant
local production of specific IgM and IgG2b antibodies. In addition, peritoneal
NK cells showed a rapid increase with a significant percentage of activated
cells. Peritoneal T cells showed a substantial increase, with predominance in
CD4+ T lymphocytes. There was also a local increase in Treg cells. Finally,
cytokine response showed local biphasic kinetics: an early predominant
induction of Th1-type cytokines (IFN-γ, IL-2 and IL-15), followed by a shift
toward a Th2-type profile (IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-10 and IL-13).

Conclusions

Results reported here open new ways to investigate the involvement of immune
effectors players in E. granulosus establishment, and also in the sequential
promotion of Th1- toward Th2-type responses in experimental secondary cystic
echinococcosis. These data would be relevant for designing rational therapies
based on stimulation of effective responses and blockade of evasion
mechanisms.

Author Summary

Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the larval stage of the
cestode Echinococcus granulosus and shows a cosmopolitan distribution with a
worldwide prevalence of roughly 6 million infected people. Human cystic
echinococcosis can develop in two types of infection. Primary infection occurs
by ingestion of oncospheres, while secondary infection is caused by
dissemination of protoscoleces after accidental rupture of fertile cysts.
Murine experimental secondary infection in Balb/c mice is the current model to
study E. granulosus-host interaction. Secondary infection can be divided into
two stages: an early stage in which protoscoleces develop into hydatid cysts
(infection establishment) and a later stage in which already differentiated
cysts grow and eventually become fertile cysts (chronic infection). During
infection establishment parasites are more susceptible to immune attack, thus
our study focused on the immunological phenomena triggered early in the
peritoneal cavity of experimentally infected mice. Our results suggest that
early and local Th2-type responses are permissive for infection establishment.

Introduction

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Q: Very low performance even after oversampling dataset I'm using an MLPClassifier for classification of heart diseases. I used imblearn.SMOTE to balance the objects of each class. I was getting very good results (85% balanced  acc.), but i was advised that i would not use SMOTE on test data, only for train data. After i made this changes, the performance of my classifier fell down too much (~35% balanced accuracy) and i don't know what can be wrong.
Here is a simple benchmark with training data balanced but test data unbalanced:

And this is the code:
    def makeOverSamplesSMOTE(X,y):
         from imblearn.over_sampling import SMOTE
         sm = SMOTE(sampling_strategy='all')
         X, y = sm.fit_sample(X, y)
         return X,y
    X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.2, random_state=20)

    ## Normalize data
    from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
    sc_X = StandardScaler()
    X_train = sc_X.fit_transform(X_train)
    X_test = sc_X.fit_transform(X_test)

    ## SMOTE only on training data
    X_train, y_train = makeOverSamplesSMOTE(X_train, y_train)

    clf = MLPClassifier(hidden_layer_sizes=(20),verbose=10,
                        learning_rate_init=0.5, max_iter=2000,
                        activation='logistic', solver='sgd', shuffle=True, random_state=30)

    clf.fit(X_train, y_train)
    y_pred = clf.predict(X_test)

I'd like to know what i'm doing wrong, since this seems to be the proper way of preparing data.

A: The first mistake in your code is when you are transforming data into standard format. You only need to fit StandardScaler once and that is on X_train. You shouldn't refit it on X_test. So the correct code will be:
def makeOverSamplesSMOTE(X,y):
     from imblearn.over_sampling import SMOTE
     sm = SMOTE(sampling_strategy='all')
     X, y = sm.fit_sample(X, y)
     return X,y
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.2, random_state=20)

## Normalize data
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
sc_X = StandardScaler()
X_train = sc_X.fit_transform(X_train)
X_test = sc_X.transform(X_test)

## SMOTE only on training data
X_train, y_train = makeOverSamplesSMOTE(X_train, y_train)

clf = MLPClassifier(hidden_layer_sizes=(20),verbose=10,
                    learning_rate_init=0.5, max_iter=2000,
                    activation='logistic', solver='sgd', shuffle=True, random_state=30)

clf.fit(X_train, y_train)
y_pred = clf.predict(X_test)

For the machine learning model, try reducing the learning rate. it is too high. the default learning rate in sklearn is 0.001. Try changing the activation function and the number of layers. Also not every ML model works on every dataset so you might need to look at your data and choose ML model accordingly.

A: Hope you have already got better result for your model.I tried by changing few parameter, and I getting accuracy of 65%, when I change it to 90:10 sample I got an accuracy of 70%.
But accuracy can mislead,so I calculated F1 score which give you better picture of prediction.
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPClassifier
clf = MLPClassifier(hidden_layer_sizes=(1,),verbose=False,
                    learning_rate_init=0.001,
                    max_iter=2000,
                    activation='logistic', solver='sgd', shuffle=True, random_state=50)

clf.fit(X_train_res, y_train_res)
y_pred = clf.predict(X_test)

from sklearn.metrics import accuracy_score, confusion_matrix ,classification_report
score=accuracy_score(y_test, y_pred, )
print(score)
cr=classification_report(y_test, clf.predict(X_test))
print(cr)

Accuracy = 0.65
classification report :
              precision    recall  f1-score   support
       0       0.82      0.97      0.89        33
       1       0.67      0.31      0.42        13
       2       0.00      0.00      0.00         6
       3       0.00      0.00      0.00         4
       4       0.29      0.80      0.42         5

   micro avg       0.66      0.66      0.66        61
   macro avg       0.35      0.42      0.35        61
weighted avg       0.61      0.66      0.61        61

confusion_matrix:
array([[32,  0,  0,  0,  1],
       [ 4,  4,  2,  0,  3],
       [ 1,  1,  0,  0,  4],
       [ 1,  1,  0,  0,  2],
       [ 1,  0,  0,  0,  4]], dtype=int64)

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package com.flushoutsolutions.foheart.modules;

import android.util.TypedValue;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;

import com.flushoutsolutions.foheart.application.FoHeart;
import com.flushoutsolutions.foheart.globals.Variables;
import com.flushoutsolutions.foheart.logic.Procedures;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.io.IOException;

public class ListScreen
{
	private String name;
	private String container;
	private int style = 1;
	private String list = null;
	private boolean disclosured = true;

	private int index = -1;
	private String selected_value = "";
	private String selected_title = "";

	private String ev_on_select_cell = null;

	private ViewGroup layout;

	public ListScreen(String name, String container, ViewGroup layout)
	{
		this.name = name;
		this.layout = layout;
		this.container = container;
	}

	public ListScreen(String name, String container, ViewGroup layout, String properties, String events) throws JSONException
	{
		this.name = name;
		this.layout = layout;
		this.container = container;

		JSONObject jsonProperties = new JSONObject(properties);

		if (!jsonProperties.isNull("style"))
			this.style = jsonProperties.getInt("style");

		if (!jsonProperties.isNull("list"))
			this.list = jsonProperties.getString("list");

		if (!jsonProperties.isNull("disclosured"))
			this.disclosured = jsonProperties.getBoolean("disclosured");

		JSONObject jsonEvents = new JSONObject(events);

		if (!jsonEvents.isNull("onSelectCell"))
			this.ev_on_select_cell = jsonEvents.getString("onSelectCell");

	}

	public String get_name_addressed()
	{
		return this.container + "__"+this.name;
	}

	public void set_style(int style)
	{
		this.style = style;
	}

	public void set_disclosured(boolean disclosured)
	{
		this.disclosured = disclosured;
	}

	public void set_list(String list)
	{
		this.list = list;
	}

	public void render() throws JSONException, IOException
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The Kremlin has denied receiving a supposed letter to President Vladimir Putin from anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny with allegations that Russia's chief criminal investigator, Alexander Bastrykin, used to have business interests and residency in the Czech Republic.
However, if such a letter does arrive, the allegations will be investigated by the Prosecutor general's Office, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Saturday.
"Citizen Navalny claims through the Internet that he has sent an appeal to Putin. The presidential administration has not received this appeal about Bastrykin - I've just checked, it hasn't arrived," Peskov said.
The spokesman said it was a typical situation where "many applicants prefer to inform the media first and only afterward send off the material." He said there is an appeal-processing division in the presidential administration and that that department was the official recipient of letters of this kind.
"At the same time, the division has a written appeal from Navalny that was received earlier with effectively similar requests about Bastrykin to the president of the country, which contains references to Novaya Gazeta and members of staff of Novaya Gazeta," Peskov said.
In compliance with the law, this appeal would be forwarded to the Prosecutor General's Office as would the other appeal if it arrived, he said.
Going back to the issue of Navalny's alleged letter about Bastrykin's supposed business and residency in the Czech Republic, Peskov said: "We don't have any such appeal, and we have no intention to speak to citizens through the Internet and in Internet language, and we won't do this either. If he'd at least sent it to our website it would have been possible, but writing in some social network, where information is of dubious quality anyway, and alleging that he had sent something to the president - this, of course, isn't something that we can take seriously, and it's in no way a call to action for us."


The task: A whole house transformation of a tired 80's tract home nestle amongst its siblings on a developer's cul-de-sac in suburban Minneapolis.
The approach: Although a freestanding home, this 2500 s.f. 5-level split is similar in plan to an attached townhouse with most of its windows on the front and back and virtually none in the longer sidewalls. This, coupled with the use of solid half walls and stair rails, made the house light on the ends and dark in the middle.
The net result was a staggered assembly of drywall boxes and beams with long punched openings for standing peeks into adjacent spaces. So we simply opened the boxes, leaving only a series of vertical drywall planes and horizontal wood slabs that allow the light and views to pass and the space to flow. What once was cordoned off and crowded now is open and expansive, with the warmth and variety of their furniture and artwork reflected in the palette of the transformation.
We also let a plane of natural wood slip out the door onto the entry deck and down its stairs as a modest counterpoint and a foreshadowing of what's inside.


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August 9, 2010 9:42AM
What Do Prince and H.R. 1586 Have in Common?
By Jim Harper
Both have adopted highly unconventional names in their lifetimes. In Prince's case, it was the adoption of a symbol to protest Warner Brothers' artistic and financial control of his output.
Following suit, H.R. 1586 has adopted the name, the "______Act of____," apparently because of the haste with which the Senate wanted to pass the bill last week.
The Senate's substitute amendment on this $26 billion spending bill had a placeholder bill name, and it could not take time to replace the placeholder. The House is expected to return this week and pass the Senate amendment, sending it to the president.
As reported on the WashingtonWatch.com blog and cnet news, this highly unconventional name may be what goes into law. With the Senate out of town until September, there is no chance to pass a correcting amendment in both houses. The constitution requires both to pass identical bills, so the House must take up the "______Act of____" and pass it as such.
If it does, the "law with no name" will stand as a lasting tribute to the inattention Congress gives its work. Spending billions of taxpayer dollars is a hurried and casual affair for our lawmakers.
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I'm a non-traditional senior student at Bradley - though I'm currently a junior cohort in the Interactive Media degree program as a Game Design Major. I've had several years of experience in the workforce, ranging from entry level positions to the opportunity to restructure an entire company. I have a love of games and game design beyond just the entertainment aspect. I love the diverse ways they challenge a person.
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I was the art lead and team lead for this project. The team consisted of 7 team members developing a point-and-click adventure prototype in Unity.
Team Lead and Art lead of a 7 person team designing a platforming game in Unity. Joni Joni combines conventional platforming puzzle with a new twist of adding your own platforms as you go. Dark humor and clever solutions abound.
Part of a solo web design class, the challenge of the Zen Garden site is to redesign the site only using CSS.


This is a single player experience for all terminator fans using the unreal engine III by Epic Games. set in the year 2029 you are placed in the boots a of soldier serving for humankind against the ruthless army of machines. The final campaign will feature nine chapters of a roller coaster ride, inspired by James Cameron's masterpiece franchise.
Confront the many killing machines at skynet's disposal including the HK aerial, the HK tank, the mini HK, and the legendary T800 with an arsenal of futuristic plasma weapons.
The effect has been emphasized for the purpose of this demo.
Looks similar to the effect used in Battlefield BC2. Very nice.
dunno why but eyecandy like this just do that 100% for the "in the thick of it" feeling while gaming.
You could make a Terminator movie with this game heh.
Good work, looks like it'll turn out great.
You guys are doing an excellent job.
I came in expecting something along the lines of the default Photoshop lens flare, and came out pleasantly surprised. Good work.
Puts other unreal devs to shame. Especially since you were able to do this and to this day I still see that cheesy *** billboard lens flare in unreal games from paid devs.
Hey, you gonna try out anamorphic lens flare? It would fit a lot since Cameron himself loves to ***** those lenses.
I love what you've done with the lighting. It looks amazing.
Well I'm getting the hang of HLSL for creating custom effects.


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Emmanuel Bondeville est un compositeur français, né le  à Rouen et mort le  à Versailles.

Il était secrétaire perpétuel de l'Académie des beaux-arts.

Biographie
Emmanuel Bondeville naît le 29 octobre 1898 dans une famille modeste de Rouen, en Seine-Inférieure. Son père, bedeau à l'église Saint-Nicaise, le mettra tôt au contact de la musique par le truchement de l'orgue et de la musique sacrée. Il sera élève de Jean Déré.

Son père meurt en 1916 de la tuberculose, la ruine de la famille qui s'ensuit le force à abandonner en classe de première des études pourtant brillantes (prix d'excellence et quatorze nominations) au collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-La-Salle, à Rouen, faute de moyens. Il entre alors comme ouvrier aux Chantiers navals de Normandie, tout en poursuivant des activités musicales grâce à un cousin, l'abbé Charmoilles, curé d'une paroisse où il peut continuer à exercer sa maîtrise de l'orgue. Sa mère se suicide en 1917. En avril 1918, il devance l'appel sous les drapeaux rejoignant tout d'abord le  d'artillerie, puis le 28e régiment d'artillerie de campagne, son engagement au front en septembre 1918 lui valant une citation et la Croix de guerre.

Il débute la musique par l'orgue et est organiste de l'église Saint-Nicaise de Rouen ou Notre-Dame de Caen. Après la guerre, il s'installe à Paris et travaille la composition avec le professeur au Conservatoire, Jean Déré. Il compose des œuvres pour pianos, des poèmes symphoniques, des opéras-comiques et même des opéras.

Parallèlement, il devient en 1935 directeur musical de radios (Radio Tour Eiffel, Radio Paris, Radiodiffusion française) puis directeur artistique de Radio Monte-Carlo.

Il est nommé directeur de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo en 1945 jusqu'en 1949, année où il devient directeur de l'Opéra-Comique à Paris, et de 1950 à 1970, directeur de l'Opéra de Paris.

Parallèlement à sa carrière de directeur d'Opéra et de compositeur de musique, il entre à l'Institut de France en étant élu en 1959 au fauteuil 4 de la section de composition musicale à l'Académie des beaux-arts, puis est élu Secrétaire Perpétuel de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts en 1964. Il sera nommé en 1986 secrétaire perpétuel d'honneur. Sa troisième épouse, Dominique Plessis, avec qui il animait une émission sur France Musique, Une saison d'opéra, meurt en 1970.

Il épouse alors la mezzo-soprano d'origine roumaine Viorica Cortez à qui il avait dédié son opéra Antoine et Cléopâtre.

En 1966, il fut élu président de la Fondation Maurice Ravel succédant à Marguerite Long, fonction qu'il occupa jusqu'à sa mort en 1987.

Il présida pendant 20 ans (de 1961 à 1981) le jury du Concours international de chant de Toulouse et celui du Concours Marguerite Long - Jacques Thibaud. Il présidait également le jury du concours de composition musicale de la Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco.

Œuvre
 Les Illuminations, triptyque symphonique composé de :
 Le Bal des pendus (1929)
 Ophélie (1931)
 Marine (1933)
 L'École des maris, opéra-comique d'après la comédie homonyme de Molière
 Madame Bovary, drame lyrique d'après le roman homonyme de Flaubert, créé à l'Opéra-Comique le
 Illustrations pour Faust (1942)
 Gaultier-Garguille, poème symphonique (1951)
 Symphonie lyrique (1956)
 Symphonie chorégraphique (1961)
 Antoine et Cléopâtre, opéra créé à l'Opéra de Rouen en 1974

ainsi que des mélodies ou quelques motets de musique sacrée (Tantum Ergo, Ecce Panis, etc.)

Distinctions
  : Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
  : Grand officier de l'Ordre national du Mérite
  : Croix de guerre 1914-1918,une étoile de bronze
 : Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
  : Croix du combattant 1914-1918
  : Commandeur de l'Ordre de Léopold (Belgique)
  : Grand officier de l'Ordre du Mérite de la République fédérale d'Allemagne
  : Commandeur de l'Ordre de Saint-Charles (Monaco)

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Biographie
 Discours de son successeur à l'académie des beaux-arts Serge Nigg

Compositeur français de musique classique de la période contemporaine
Compositeur français de musique classique de la période moderne
Compositeur français d'opéra
Musicien normand
Directeur d'opéra
Titulaire de la croix de guerre 1914-1918
Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Grand officier de l'ordre national du Mérite
Commandeur de l'ordre de Léopold
Grand officier de l'ordre du Mérite de la République fédérale d'Allemagne
Commandeur de l'ordre de Saint-Charles
Académie des beaux-arts (France)
Naissance en octobre 1898
Naissance à Rouen
Décès en novembre 1987
Décès à Versailles
Décès à 89 ans
Personnalité liée à la musique classique décorée de la Légion d'honneur

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Q: Converting Yearly Salary to Weekly in Swift I am trying to convert yearly salary to weekly. So, 312,000 yearly salary should come out as $6000 weekly.
Here is my formula which is not giving the desired result:
weeklySalary = (yearlySalary / 12) / 4

Also, how can I convert yearly to hourly!

A: There are 52 weeks in a year, so weeklySalary = yearlySalary / 52. If you want hourly, there are 40 working hours in a week, so hourlySalary = weeklySalary / 40.


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Maria João Pires (Lissabon, 23 juli 1944) is een Portugees pianiste, die sinds 2006 in Brazilië woont.

Levensloop
Pires begon met pianospelen toen ze 3 jaar oud was en gaf haar eerste recital op haar 5e. Ze speelde pianoconcerten van Mozart voor publiek toen ze zeven jaar oud was. Twee jaar later ontving ze een belangrijke prijs voor jonge musici in Portugal. In de jaren daarna, van 1953 tot 1960, studeerde ze compositieleer, muziektheorie en muziekgeschiedenis bij Campos Coelho aan het Conservatorium van Lissabon, waar ze op haar zestiende afstudeerde. Ze vervolgde haar studie in Duitsland, eerst aan de Staatliche Hochschule für Musik van München bij Rosl Schmid, daarna in Hannover bij Karl Engel.

Internationale roem kwam in 1970, toen ze de Internationale Beethoven Bicentennial Wedstrijd in Brussel won. Sindsdien treedt ze op over de gehele wereld. Ze speelt veel werken van Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Mozart, Brahms en Chopin. In 1986 debuteerde ze in Londen, waar ze samenspeelde met violist Augustin Dumay, en in Canada met het Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. Pires en Dumay hebben veel kamermuziek uitgevoerd door heel Europa. Samen met cellist Jiang Wang treden zij ook regelmatig op als trio.

In 1987 nam Pires deel aan de inwijdingstournee van het Gustav Mahler Jeugdorkest onder leiding van Claudio Abbado. In 1990 trad ze opnieuw op met Abbado, deze keer met de Wiener Philharmoniker tijdens de Paaseditie van de Salzburger Festspiele. Ook trad ze regelmatig op met de Berliner Philharmoniker en met het Concertgebouworkest onder leiding van Riccardo Chailly.

In 1989 tekende ze een exclusief contract met Deutsche Grammophon. Ze heeft opnames gemaakt van de pianosonates van Beethoven, waaronder de Mondscheinsonate, de complete impromptus van Schubert, de complete Nocturnes en andere werken van Chopin, en Mozart pianotrio's met Augustin Dumay (viool) en Jiang Wang (cello). Haar opname van de Nocturnes van Chopin bereikte nummer één in de hitlijsten voor klassieke muziek in 1997.

In 1989 won ze de Portugese Pessoa Prijs. Ook heeft ze het Belgais Centre for Study of the Arts opgericht.

In 2006 verhuisde ze naar Salvador in Brazilië. In een cryptische opmerking zei ze dat haar leven in Portugal een marteling was geweest en dat ze daardoor Portugal wel moest verlaten.

In 2012 startte ze twee projecten op in België gericht op de uitwisseling van ideeën tussen verschillende soorten mensen. Het eerste was het Equinox Project, dat verschillende koren oprichtte voor kansarme gezinnen. Het tweede was het Partitura Project dat streeft naar een dynamiek tussen artiesten.

Oud-leerlingen
Pires geeft ook les. Oud- en huidige leerlingen:
 Emmanuel Strosser uit Straatsburg, finalist in 1991 van de Clara Haskil International Piano Competition
 Lucas en Arthur Jussen
 Asjot Chatsjatoerjan

Portugees pianist


So....here's the truth about the premiere the other night. We were late. Keith didn't get off work early as planned and then hit traffic. We then hit traffic on the way there and ended up getting there right as they closed the red carpet.
And Keith successfully crashed a group shot with the cast.
This one makes me laugh. It's like he was being sure to say, "But we were here, too!"
My attempt at taking the shot. Not great.
The intro from the producers (including Corey).
I actually didn't think I caught it, but check out the very top name. Keith!
Look to the right....another photo crashing Keith.
This shot was meant to look arty. It's a group shot taken from behind.


Our sponsors do so much to support the education of their students, and we encourage all of our donors to see all of the work we do in person! Visiting Guatemala and seeing what Mayan Families does firsthand is an amazing and rewarding experience, and it is a wonderful opportunity to create a special relationship between sponsors and their sponsored students. Whether you are in Panajachel for a day or a week, we have various options for groups, volunteers, and visiting donors of all ages and abilities.
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This approximately 2-hour activity includes the support fee of transportation to the village of San Jorge plus a translator or volunteer coordinator.
Dependent upon the village and the number of stoves installed in one day, this may be a 2-3 hour activity. Based on the number of people in your party and the staff support required (driver, stove building instructor, translator, volunteer coordinator), a support fee will be quoted before your confirmation.
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The price includes transportation for the Artisans to come to our office and the materials used for the demonstration.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (November 1, 2017) – U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers have recognized Moore & Van Allen PLLC in their 2018 "Best Law Firms" rankings, both nationally and within the Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina metropolitan regions.
Moore & Van Allen's (MVA) Charlotte office was named a Tier 1 Metropolitan "Best Law Firm" in 22 practice areas. The Firm's Research Triangle office was named a Tier 1 Metropolitan "Best Law Firm" in five practice areas, and MVA's Charleston office was named a Tier 1 Metropolitan "Best Law Firm" in three practice areas. The Firm's Corporate, Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – ERISA, Securities/Capital Markets, Securitization and Structured Finance Law, and Trademark practices were also recognized nationally. MVA's complete list of 2018 rankings, which includes recognition of 57 total metro practice areas, can be seen here.
The U. S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" rankings are considered to be a leading survey of lawyers worldwide, ranking more than 12,000 firms in 120 practice areas. Rankings are based on a collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer reviews from leading attorneys, and a review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be eligible for a ranking in a particular practice area and metro region, a law firm must have at least one lawyer who is included in Best Lawyers in that particular practice area and metro.
Moore & Van Allen PLLC (www.mvalaw.com) is one of the largest law firms in the Southeast, with nearly 300 attorneys and offices in Charlotte and Research Triangle, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina. The attorneys at Moore & Van Allen provide sophisticated legal services within their nationally recognized Litigation, Corporate, Finance and Intellectual Property law practices for international banks and manufacturers, energy leaders, and growing healthcare and technology companies. The Firm is composed of 23 primary industry and practice groups. Moore & Van Allen is the only Charlotte-based law firm identified in the prestigious "Am Law 200" list. U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers recognized Moore & Van Allen in their 2018 "Best Law Firms" rankings, both regionally and nationally.


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Category: Moto GP
Marc Marquez Will Back To His Optimal Condition ?
The former MotoGP rider, Marco Melandri, doubts Marc Marquez can return to the way he was after a severe injury. Currently Marquez is in the process of recovering.
The Repsol Honda rider suffered a broken right arm in the first race of MotoGP 2020, last July. However, just a few days after climbing the surgical table Marquez forced himself to follow the Andalusian series even though only until the free practice session.
As a result, Marquez's injury got worse so he had to undergo a second operation. The eight-time world champion in the process must miss the rest of the championship before returning to surgery for the third time last week. Marquez is predicted to miss at least half a year from now. Although it is not certain when he will make a comeback.
Marquez rival, Maverick Vinales, believes the 27-year-old racer will have no trouble once he gets back on the track again. However, not a few are worried about Marc Marquez's future after suffering a serious injury that took a long time to recover. One of them is Melandri.
Melandri has raced in MotoGP between 2003-2010 including defending the factory Honda team where he finished runner-up in 2005. According to him, Marquez will not be able to race optimally again.
"Very difficult," Melandri replied when asked if Marquez could return to the way he was before. "On the one hand he has the passion, the determination to do it more than before but on the other hand I tell you it is very difficult."
"He has spent a year without touching his bike and even if he can come back he will definitely not return to optimal conditions. Then with the current MotoGP condition you are riding very little on the bike. Even though you need it to be competitive again," he concluded, quoted by Tuttomotoriweb.
The absence of Marc Marquez will force Honda to find a replacement racer to meet Pol Espargaro. So far, the Japanese manufacturer has been linked with Andrea Dovizioso.
Posted on January 5, 2021 December 21, 2020 Categories Moto GP, SportsTags Andalusian series, Andrea Dovizioso, Honda, Japan, marc marquez, Marco Melandri, Maverick Vinales, Melandri, motogp, Pol Espargaro, The Repsol HondaLeave a comment on Marc Marquez Will Back To His Optimal Condition ?
When Rossi was World Champion This 3 Rider Have Not Born
At least three riders in MotoGP 2021 were not born when Valentino Rossi first became world champion in 1997 in the 125 CC class.
The composition of the 2021 MotoGP riders has been released. A total of 22 racers will participate in a series of races in the premier class next season.
Meanwhile, the second oldest racer after Rossi is Aleix Espargaro (31 years) after Cal Crutchlow (36) and Andrea Dovizioso (34) are confirmed to be absent. Cal will be the test racer for the Yamaha team, while Dovizioso is on hiatus until 2022.
Rossi became the holder of the most world championships, namely nine times. First came out as world champion in 1997 in the 125 CC class. Two years later, The Doctor is world champion in the 250 CC class.
Rossi then leveled up to the premier class at 500 CC (now MotoGP). In total, he has won the world champion seven times in the highest class. Namely in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2009.
Until 2021, Rossi is still racing. If you look at the achievements, then from the list of riders in MotoGP 2021, there are three young riders who were not born when Rossi first became world champion in 1997.
The three racers, first, Red Bull KTM Tech3 racer, Iker Lecuona. He was born on January 6, 2000. Then Fabio Quartararo. The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP racer was born on April 20, 1999. Finally, the Pramac Racing racer, Jorge Martin, was born on January 29, 1998.
Posted on December 4, 2020 December 1, 2020 Categories Moto GP, SportsTags Fabio Quartararo, Iker Lecuona, Jorge Martin, Moto GP, Rossi, Valentino RossiLeave a comment on When Rossi was World Champion This 3 Rider Have Not Born
The Complete List of MotoGP Riders in 2021
Including Aprilia, who had previously been aggressively looking for a replacement for Andrea Iannone.
The MotoGP transfer market has been going on since last summer. Most of the riders who took part in MotoGP 2020 will return to fight next season, which is planned to hold 20 series.
There are no more names like Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati), Tito Rabat (Esponsorama Racing), and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda). Three riders from Moto2, namely Enea Bastianini, Luca Marini and Jorge Martin entered as rookies, filling that void.
Bastianini, the 2020 Moto2 world champion, will meet Marini at Esponsorama Racing. Martin joins Pramac Racing, and will partner Johann Zarco. Meanwhile, Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller moved to the factory Ducati team.
At Yamaha, there was only an exchange of positions. Fabio Quartararo went up to accompany Maverick Vinales in the factory team, while Valentino Rossi 'descended' to the Petronas Yamaha SRT satellite team, which also included his student, Franco Morbidelli.
Other Riders
Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro will again try to lift the name Repsol Honda, which has been sagging this year. Meanwhile Alex Marquez moved to the satellite team LCR Honda, partnered with Takaaki Nakagami.
The defending champion Joan Mir and his partner, Alex Rins, are still trusted by Suzuki to enter MotoGP 2021. In the KTM group, the Red Bull team will be filled by Brand Binder and Miguel Oliveira. Meanwhile, the Tech 3 team was filled by Iker Lecuona and Danilo Petrucci.
The last team, Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, has also announced the names of their riders. The first name is Aleix Espargaro. For the second rider, Aprilia is currently registering the names Lorenzo Savadori and Bradley Smith.
Later, they will again hold tests in winter. The test results will be used to determine who will be Aleix's partner for the next season.
So, that's the list of MotoGP riders for 2021 season.
Posted on November 28, 2020 November 26, 2020 Categories Moto GPTags 2021 riders, Alex Rins, Joan Mir, marc marquez, motogp, MotoGP 2021, MotoGP Riders, Valentino Rossi


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Wayne, Westland families can enjoy "Oz, the Great and Powerful"
WESTLAND — State Representative Robert Kosowski (D-Westland) announced today he will be hosting a free movie night, along with Phoenix Theatres, at State Wayne Theatres, 35310 W. Michigan Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 11.
This will be the first of a series of "Rep on the Road" events in the city of Wayne where residents will have an opportunity to speak to the representative about topics that are important to them. Citizens of Wayne and Westland are asked to reserve their spots for the upcoming event by calling Kosowski's Lansing office at (517) 373-2576. Space is limited to the first 250 guests. As well as screening the movie, guests will be offered a popcorn and soda combo for $4.
The "Rep on the Road" series is looking for future additional locations. If your organization or group is interested in being included in a future event, please call (517)373-2576.


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Science Fiction: E.T. model auctioned for millions
The ET model from Steven Spielberg's 1982 sci-fi classic ET The Extra-Terrestrial fetched $2.
The ET model from Steven Spielberg's 1982 sci-fi classic ET The Extra-Terrestrial fetched $2.56 million at an auction in California . This was announced by the auction house Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills.
The initial bid for designer Carlo Rambaldi's original mechatronic model was $500,000. It was estimated to be worth between $2 million and $4 million. It was not announced who won the contract.
According to the catalog, the model has 85 movement points and is considered a technical masterpiece. The movement points could be used to control facial expressions, nose, eyes, mouth, eyelids, shoulders, arms, hands and fingers, among other things. E.T. was operated by twelve professional animators. The film tells the story of an alien who befriends a boy while stuck on earth. Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore star in the lead roles.
Barrymore revealed on her eponymous show in October that she has her alien co-star on E.T. believed to be real when she saw him at the age of seven. "I really loved him deeply," Barrymore was quoted as saying by People magazine. "I would bring him lunch."
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Q: Ubuntu get stuck on a daily basis I'm using Trusty 14.04 and my computer gets frozen on a daily basis. My machine is a laptop, Dell Latitude 3340.
This usually happens when I watch videos on VLC, or when I exit full screen videos (using escape) in websites like YouTube.
It also happens when i scroll or switch between tabs in my browser (chromium).
After the last time my computer got froze I ran
tail -n 50 /var/log/kern.log

and I noticed this error:
snd_hda_codec_hdmi hdaudioC0D0: HDMI: Unknown ELD version 1

Thought it might be related, though I wasn't able to find it's accurate meaning in google. It's also worth mentioning that as far as I'm concerned my Audio works find, other than some popping noise I hear from time to time.
Your help would be appreciated.


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KENYA: Government Agencies Laud Church's Stand against Corruption
NAIROBI, OCTOBER 11, 2019 (CISA)-The Director Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji, and Director of Criminal Investigations, George Kinoti, have lauded the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) for taking a stand and for their spiritual and moral leadership in the war against corruption.
"The stand by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has provided clear directions through which faithful can back their faith claims with corresponding praxis of morality and accountability," reads a joint statement released on October 9.
Referring to the statement by KCCB titled, "Promoting the Justice of God: A campaign Against Corruption," the DPP, and the DCI commended the steps outlined by the bishops saying they are practical, bold and, "…indicate resonating with the direction we desire to have as institutions and a country."
"Corruption must be fought using not only constitutional instruments but also through and with our social and cultural institutions; of which faith and religion form a key cornerstone," the statement adds.
According to the agencies, corruption has slowed development and compromised the State's ability to deliver services to Kenyans.
"It weakens public institutions and erodes public trust diminishing common mwananchi's confidence in both our National and County Administrations. As a people, it has robbed us our morality and values slowly but steadily degenerating the societal fabric," they said.
On Sunday, October 6, a day after the anti-corruption declaration by the bishops, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) CEO, Twalib Mbarak, commended the move calling for proper accountability and transparency in handling all financial donations to the church.
"The decision by the Catholic Church to rally its faithful to strongly support the fight against corruption and ban all donations without proper source is welcomed," said Mbarak.
In the past churches in Kenya have been accused of derailing the war on corruption by accepting "dirty money" from politicians.
ZIMBABWE: Clerics call for Suspension of Elections for Seven Years to Break Politicking
ETHIOPIA: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize


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Once your blog starts to get established, it's time to think about making money, or monetizing. Even if you just blog for fun (and most of us started out that way), you still want to be aware of the ways you can bring in some extra cash with your blog. One of the primary ways to make money with your blog is with advertising. The easiest way to work with ads is through an Ad Network.
Ad networks are businesses that are basically the middle-man between Advertisers (the company with something to sell) and Publishers (bloggers). Ad networks make it easy for bloggers to get started immediately with ads, without having to find advertisers or deal with ad sales.
Our #crafterminds chat today was about Ad Networks. If you'd like to join us in the future, we chat every Monday at 4pm Eastern on Twitter. More details about the chat are on our sidebar.
Here are some tidbits from today's chat, or scroll all the way down the post for the full transcript.
Ad Networks are companies that help get those attractive sidebar ads on your blog!
Ad networks are a very important piece in the puzzle of making money with your blog.
The way most traditional ad networks calculate payment, is CPM, which stands for "cost per 1000" impressions.
Therefore, a $1 CPM would give you $1 when your ad has been served 1000 times.
If you get low traffic, having ads on your blog might not be worth it. It wasn't for me for at least a year.
RT @thezenofmaking "Above the fold" just means that you see the add without having to scroll down on the screen.
"Backfill" is when you have 2 ad networks – if the 1st one doesn't have any ad inventory, it fills in with your 2nd.
If you want to sell your own ads (on a wordpress blog), I recommend WP Plugin AdRotate.
Be VERY judicious of agreeing to popup or rollover, autoplay ads.
Reason I love Adsense: They are consistent, pay on time, make it easy.
Don't feel guilty for monetizing your blog, but just be mindful of the ways you monetize.
You shouldn't feel guilty for having ads on your blog, tho it might take a bit of getting used to once you start.
It might help to write a post about "why I'm putting ads on the blog" when you decide to do it. Readers will appreciate.


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by Liam Bull January 18, 2023
"I grew up in a home where we knew ourselves to be new immigrants to Canada. My parents were amongst the first of the 1920s wave of Mennonites to come to Canada from Ukraine, and I learned stories from them." – Harold Jantz
by Harold Jantz January 16, 2023
When [Lorlie's] children came forward to pay tribute to this gentle father, whose well-employed multiple gifts had blessed so many, each began with "Dear Dad."
by CCMBC Communications January 10, 2023
A Legacy in the Making Bertha's career with CCMBC began in 1990. As a lifelong member of the MB Church, Bertha had been involved in analytical areas that she was…
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Volunteers in B.C. honour Leamington woman tragically killed a year ago
by Mennonite Disaster Service October 3, 2022
"It was perfect timing," he said, adding cars started rolling by and dogs barked right after the time of silence ended. "If felt like God was with us."
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Believers bring water for drought baptism
by Mennonite World Conference release September 22, 2022
In the drought-prone Borena region of Ethiopia, believers saved water to hold a baptism for 120 new believers. The area in Southern Ethiopia currently has a severe water shortage.
MB HeraldNewsPeople and Events
MWC Assembly small but full of joy
by Mennonite World Conference release August 3, 2022
With its national motto of "unity in diversity," Indonesia proved a fitting host for the 17th Assembly of Mennonite World Conference – downsized by COVID-19 restrictions but full of joy,…
Bad back doesn't hold back MDS volunteer
by Mennonite Disaster Service July 30, 2022
Helmut Hein serves in kitchen at Monte Lake, B.C. Each morning, when Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers head out to job sites in Monte Lake, B.C., Helmut Hein of Abbotsford,…
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Transition in CCMBC National Faith and Life Leadership
by CCMBC July 29, 2022
"I want to personally thank Ingrid for her many valuable contributions to our family of churches, particularly her care and oversight of our confessional agreements. I pray God's grace and wisdom as she takes on new challenges and opportunities."
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Following Jesus together across barriers
by Mennonite World Conference release July 18, 2022
Barriers of internet access and recording quality, of jetlag and illness, of language and culture stand in the way of MWC Assemblies but in Indonesia 5 July 2022, they did…
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A mennonite heart for refugees
by Holly Hannigan May 10, 2022
"The very fact that our people, especially as a church, has had that experience in their background. That they understand what it means to be a refugee. What it means to be resettled. What it means to pick up on a new life. But even more so the terror and the upheavals which was the reason for them leaving their home country. It's something that has to be part of our giving back. A reason for a response."
Praising God together across barriers
by Karla Braun April 19, 2022
When I close my eyes, I see lots of people around me,…with people from Africa, USA, Canada, we are together, we are praising God. Between them I am in that moment, in that place, that gives me very big joy
A different journey
by Multiply March 21, 2022
Throughout her life, Lavern has come back to that simple question again and again: "God, what do you want to do in and through me?"
Fraser Valley MB Church and MDS Canada partner for disaster recovery in B.C.
by John Longhurst March 14, 2022
"The way the church responded spoke volumes not only to me, but it is a testament to the community of how Christians help others in time of need."
AppointmentsLife & FaithPeople and Events
CCMBC appoints interim NFLT director
by Staff October 1, 2021
Effective October 1, 2021, Ken Esau will serve CCMBC in the interim role of National Faith and Life (NFLT) director. Ken commits to a six-month term while current NFLT director Ingrid Reichard is on a leave of absence.
Arts & CultureLife & FaithMB HeraldNewsPeople and Events
Pray for Canada
by Robyn Serez September 17, 2021
A familiar Scripture passage comes to mind when I ponder how to pray for the upcoming federal elections. According to Matthew 6:9-10, Jesus identifies us as people or citizens of God's kingdom, and as the children or family of God. In our identity as citizens of God's kingdom family, we are invited to pray for our nation — for his kingdom to come and his will to be done here in Canada as it is in heaven.


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Robbie Moore MP
Fireworks Survey
Mental Health Guide
Elections Bill and Policing Bill
Thank you for contacting me about the Elections Bill and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. I have addressed each Bill below:
Elections Bill
Our democracy is admired around the world for its values that have been upheld for generations. I recognise the importance of ensuring that those values are robustly defended.
That is why the Elections Bill will put British citizens' participation at the heart of democracy and support voters in making free and informed choices at elections. Measures will address postal vote harvesting, introduce digital imprints, as well as require a photographic ID before voting at a General Election – a requirement in Northern Ireland since 2003.
I understand concerns about civil society organisations (CSOs) being prevented from adding their voice to the debate but let me assure you that this would not be the case. I recognise the important role CSOs play in providing valuable information on a variety of policies. The Bill instead aims to make elections fairer and more transparent by requiring greater transparency from campaigners.
Clauses 24 of the Bill, for instance, would require third party campaigns to give notice to the Electoral Commission at a lower level of expenditure that is currently required. Clause 25 would require campaign spending, which is part of a joint plan between a registered party and a third party or parties, to be counted as part of the spending limits of all parties involved.
I believe that joint campaigning has an important role to play in our electoral system but it should be transparently and fairly regulated, particularly when it could be regarded as intending to achieve a common purpose.
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
I understand your concerns about the proposed new powers to deal better with protests.
As I have made very clear, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression are vital rights that I wholeheartedly support, and I can reassure you that the Government is clear that the right of an individual to express their opinion and protest is a cornerstone to our democratic society. This Bill does not ban people's rights to protest as many have falsely claimed.
The issue at hand relates to the balance between the rights of a protestor and the rights of individuals to go about their daily business. There have been examples where protests have caused unjustifiable disruption and distress to other citizens. For example, some of the scenes we saw from the Extinction Rebellion protests, where ambulances were stopped from reaching hospitals and efforts to prevent the printing of newspapers, were deeply troubling and concerning.
Therefore, the measures in the Bill are not about stopping or clamping down on right to protest but ensuring the police can better manage highly disruptive protests and maintain the balance I have outlined.
You may ask how protesters' rights will be protected. It is the case that when using these powers, or existing public order powers, the police must act within the law. Importantly, the police must be able to demonstrate that their use of powers are necessary and proportionate. It is also clear that the police must act compatibly with human rights, in particular Article 10 (freedom of expression) and Article 11 (freedom of association).
I am aware that much has been said regarding the proposed public nuisance offence. As you may be aware, Clause 59 gives effect to recommendations made by the Law Commission in their July 2015 Report on 'Simplification of the Criminal Law: Public Nuisance and Outraging Public Decency'. The report stated that the common law offence of public nuisance should be replaced by a statutory offence covering any conduct which endangers the life, health, property or comfort of a section of the public or obstructs them in the exercise of their rights. You can find the Law Commission report on this issue at the following link - https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lawcom-prod-storage-11jsxou24uy7q/uploads/2015/06/lc358_public_nuisance.pdf.
Importantly, the new statutory offence of public nuisance will cover the same conduct as the existing common law offence of public nuisance.
It has also been claimed that this Bill will "criminalise noisy protests, ban protests outside the UK Parliament and crack down on harmless one-person protests". This is incorrect. This Bill will not criminalise any of the above.
I fully understand your strong feelings on this issue and you were right to ensure I was made aware of these. I hope this response has outlined clearly the changes in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill relating to the management of protests and has put to bed any myths about banning or restricting the right to protest.
Thank you again for contacting me about these matters.
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