ICC Switzerland ist entschieden gegen die Selbstbestimmungsinitiative. Sie ist kontraproduktiv für alle Unternehmen, welche aus der Schweiz international aktiv sind und entscheidend zum Wohlstand unseres Landes beitragen. Es ist wichtig, dass am 25. November ein wuchtiges NEIN zur SBI in die Urnen gelegt wird.
Bekanntlich verdienen wir Schweizerinnen und Schweizer unseren Wohlstand auch im Ausland, und zwar nicht nur durch Exporte, sondern auch durch Investitionen. ICC Switzerland bildet als Schweizer Nationalkomitee der Internationalen Handelskammer (ICC) die Brücke für unsere Unternehmen zur globalen Wirtschaft. ICC ist in über 90 Ländern vertreten und tritt seit 100 Jahren für gute internationale Rahmenbedingungen zu Gunsten aller ein.
Gerade im Investitionsschutz sind Vertrauen, Verlässlichkeit und transparente, berechenbare Rahmenbedingungen von grosser Bedeutung. Der Investitionsschutz steht jedoch unter Druck. Die Selbstbestimmungsinitiative bringt zusätzlich Unsicherheit. Die Schweiz kann von Partnerländern nicht erwarten, dass sie einen Investitionsschutz nach internationalen Regeln akzeptieren, wenn sie gleichzeitig signalisiert, dass sie dem nationalen Recht stets den (fast) bedingungslosen Vorrang einräumt. Dieser negative Effekt tritt bereits weit vor einer allfälligen Kündigung eines Abkommens ein. Das Fundament für den Handel und den Schutz von Investitionen wird damit durch Treibsand ersetzt.
ICC Switzerland regularly offers opportunities to discuss topics of current business interest. The last Chairman's Lunch took place at Restaurant "Belvoirpark", in Zurich, on 14 November 2018.
All participants could enjoy a clear and exhaustive analysis on the US mid-term elections with Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., Partner Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, and Chairman of the American Swiss Foundation.
Die Initianten der Selbstbestimmungsinitiative behaupten, dass die Wirtschaft von der Vorlage nicht negativ betroffen sei. Dies kann nicht ohne Widerspruch bleiben. In meiner Tätigkeit für Swiss Re und die Internationale Handelskammer (ICC) erlebe ich tagtäglich, wie wichtig stabile und berechenbare Beziehungen für eine funktionierende internationale Wirtschaft sind.
According to Thomas Wellauer, Chairman of ICC Switzerland and Group COO of Swiss Re, the "Self-Determination Initiative" (SDI) weakens Swiss companies abroad.
An acceptance would be fatal for the Swiss export industry.
Thomas Wellauer, according to SDI supporters, the survival of Swiss democracy is at stake on 25 November. Would you agree?
No. Direct democracy is firmly anchored in Switzerland, nobody questions that. The Swiss people can already vote today on all important foreign policy decisions. The Swiss People's Party (PP) is concealing what is really at stake in this radical proposal: The success of Switzerland as an export nation. As the Swiss National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, we want to ensure that our companies continue to enjoy good conditions for their activities abroad.
ICC Switzerland has a co-organized a seminar on «Trust and Arbitration», on which occasion the new 2018 ICC Clause on Trust and Arbitration have been launched. The event took place on 1st November at Bär & Karrer in Zurich.
To stimulate and facilitate the exchange with international organisations and the respective diplomatic representations in Geneva, ICC Switzerland continues its Geneva Business Dialogue with a series of high-ranking roundtables. The third of such discussions, on the topic of extraterritoriality, took place on 1st October 2018.
The topic was based on an ICC issue paper on extraterritoriality which has been adapted in order to put the issue back on the table. Matthias Audit, Chairman of the Working Group, introduced the discussion with the negative Impact of Extraterritorial Application of National Legal Norms on International Business Transactions. His speech was followed by a panel with companies.
In the discussion, a multiplication of extraterritorial and protectionist measures worldwide were ascertained. It is no longer a single appearance. And this is why everyone will learn, since all are now on the receiving side. One member of the panel reminded us to look at history: usually national norms have multiplied first, afterwards bilateral agreements have been negotiated and as a last step a multilateral framework has been created. He is optimistic in view of a possible regulation of extraterritorial norms and is also of the opinion that a large part of the issue is not really Extraterritoriality, but rather a conflict between companies with a global reach due to economic globalization and states that are forcing their diverging views on those companies. It is inevitable that more extraterritorial norms will be issued. But he also thinks that this will lead companies, facing those laws, to push their countries to act on them. Those countries are hopefully going to adopt a more converging solution.
ICC Switzerland would like to thank Matthias Audit and the members of the panel: David Frick, Nestlé, Jean-Yves Art, Microsoft, Eric Seassaud, VINCI Construction Grands Projets and Nikolaus Schultz, ICC International, for the success of this event.


This weather is crazy compared to last year. There hasn't been a day in the last month that I haven't needed my big winter jacket. The weather has stayed so cold for so long and now the hedgehog has predicted another six weeks of winter!
Because of the amount of snow yesterday there was a snow day!! Hello three day weekend!! 🙂 I spent the day sleeping, catching up on homework and building a fort! Above is a picture of a snowman someone else at Lehigh made, but collectively I'd say the campus was excited to take a little time away from work and play outside. The fraternity next to my house went so far as to build an igloo. I think I saw a plow about to run over the fort this morning… which was unfortunate, but there's a chance of another big storm tonight and tomorrow, though!
The downside to this though, is that although homework deadlines can be delayed–some of my big projects are still due on the same time and I'm still procrastinating those.


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New York's MTA Unveils Proposal to Redevelop Jamaica Bus Depot for ZEB Fleet
The MTA currently operates 15 all-electric buses and plans to purchase another 500 electric buses as part of the MTA 2020-2024 Capital Plan, which includes $1.1 billion in funding.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Jamaica Bus Depot in Queens will be redeveloped to fully support an all zero-emissions fleet of up to 60 electric buses upon opening in summer 2026. A construction contract for the depot is expected to be appointed by the end of 2022.
The MTA currently operates 15 all-electric buses and plans to purchase another 500 electric buses as part of the MTA 2020-2024 Capital Plan, which includes $1.1 billion in funding. That funding will also go toward modifying up to eight bus depots with the required charging infrastructure to accommodate the additional electric buses.
The commencement of this project is a significant step toward fulfilling the MTA's commitment made in April 2018 of deploying a zero-emissions bus fleet by 2040 and an important milestone toward completely modernizing the agency's bus fleet. The reconstructed bus depot will hold approximately 300 buses, with 60 charging stations supporting 60 electric buses at depot opening.
"This is exactly the kind of investment New York needs to build back better at this critical moment and it solidifies the MTA's status as the transit agency most dedicated to protecting the environment," said MTA Acting Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. "We are serious about zero-emissions buses and our 2040 goal. We all know buses need to move faster, and we're working closely with the City to improve service by adding new bus lanes and busways, installing cameras to keep private cars out of these lanes and implementing transit signal priority. Buses are the true engines of equity in this city."
To deliver the Jamaica Bus Depot, a few steps must take place before construction can begin including:
A design-build contract to be awarded in December 2022.
Agreement with New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) on the primary bus depot entrance.
Agreement with the City University of New York (CUNY) over placement of the temporary parking lot at York College.
Additional environmental assessment to address the location of temporary bus parking and the closing of Tuskegee Airman Way.

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Prenuptial Agreements – how long do they take?
Prenuptial Agreements – how long do they take and how long before our wedding should we apply for one?
A prenuptial agreement is an agreement which a couple can enter into, which sets out the way in which their assets (and liabilities) will be divided in the event their relationship breaks down in the future. This form of agreement is similar to a contract, however, it is made pursuant to the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth).
A Financial Agreement can be entered into prior to a marriage, prior to a de facto relationship, during a marriage and during a de facto relationship, and after the breakdown of a marriage or relationship. Another name for a prenuptial agreement is a Binding Financial Agreement (before or during the relationship).
Sometimes parties enter into prenuptial agreements because they want to protect certain assets that they are entering into the relationship with, such as a company, a trust, an inheritance which has been received, superannuation, property, and many other assets. Sometimes parties have significant debts at the commencement of the relationship and do not wish to be made liable for the other's debts.
Once the prenuptial agreement has been finalised and in the unfortunate event a couple separates, their property will be divided in accordance with the terms of the agreement. This means that the Family Law Courts will not be able to be involved in the process of dividing the property.
Implementing the terms of a prenuptial agreement should have the effect of simplifying the property settlement process after the breakdown of a relationship and provide certainty to both parties in how the property will be divided.
A requirement of a prenuptial agreement is that both parties must receive independent legal advice prior to entering into the agreement. The two parties must obtain legal advice from their own separate Solicitor. It is not possible to have the same Solicitor advise both parties to an agreement as this is a conflict of interest.
The agreement will contain a certificate for each lawyer to sign, certifying that they have provided their client with advice regarding the agreement, their entitlements and the advantages and disadvantages of entering into the agreement.
If the prenuptial agreement has not been drafted in accordance with the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), then there is a possibility that it could be set aside by the Family Law Courts, and the couple will need to go through Court proceedings to obtain a property settlement.
The recent landmark High Court decision of Thorne v Kennedy [2017] HCA 49 demonstrated that the Court is not opposed to setting aside prenuptial agreements. In this case, the wife was 36 years old and the husband was 67 years old. The couple met online and quickly commenced a relationship. The wife was living in Europe and spoke little English, she had very few assets and no children. The husband was living in Australia, he was a wealthy property developer and had children from a previous relationship. The husband flew the wife over to Australia to have her move in with him, and they decided to marry. A mere 10 days before the wedding, when the wife's family had already flown into Australia from Europe, the husband provided the wife with a prenuptial agreement. He told her that if she did not sign the agreement, the wedding would be cancelled.
The wife obtained independent legal advice, wherein her lawyer told her not to sign the agreement, that it was a bad bargain and that it was the worst agreement she had ever seen. The wife decided to sign the agreement nonetheless, against the advice. The agreement stipulated that another agreement was to be signed within 30 days in similar terms. The wife's solicitor again urged her not to sign, particularly where she viewed the wife as being pressured to sign the agreement. The wife signed the second agreement which set aside the first agreement but was otherwise in similar terms. The parties then separated approximately 4 years after the first agreement was signed.
When the matter first went before the Court, the trial Judge in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia set both agreements aside and said that the wife signed the agreements under duress, in circumstances where she did not have equality of bargaining power and the outcome for her was not fair. When the matter was appealed by the husband's estate, the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia said that the agreements were binding on both parties and that there was no undue influence, unconscionable conduct or duress.
The matter then went to the High Court, where it was determined that the agreements were not valid as the husband had used unconscionable conduct and undue influence. The High Court said of the wife (at paragraph 47):
"She was in Australia only in furtherance of their relationship. She had left behind her life and minimal possessions … She brought no assets of substance to the relationship. If the relationship ended, she would have nothing. No job, no visa, no home, no place, no community. The consequences of the relationship being at an end would have significant and serious consequences to Ms Thorne. She would not be entitled to remain in Australia and she had nothing to return to anywhere else in the world. Every bargaining chip and every power was in Mr Kennedy's hands. Either the document, as it was, was signed, or the relationship was at an end. The husband made that clear".
The High Court confirmed that these agreements signed by the wife were bad bargains and that due to her inequality of bargaining power and in spite of the legal advice she received, she had signed. Therefore, the agreements were set aside.
Being aware that prenuptial agreements are effective tools for setting out how a couple's property should be divided in the event of a relationship breakdown is an effective means of providing some certainty and guidance for an unwanted relationship breakdown in the future, but given the recent outcome of Thorne v Kennedy, couples should be aware that these agreements are not bulletproof, especially where there are factors of undue influence, unconscionable conduct or duress.


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Trek Bicycle Corporation é um fabricante estadounidense de bicicletas,  acessórios e componentes de ciclismo, que distribui baixo as marcas: Trek, Gary Fisher, Bontrager, Klein e, anteriormente, também Lemond Racing Cycles. Com sede principal em Waterloo (Wisconsin), as bicicletas Trek são comercializadas através de 1 700 comerciais na América do Norte, subsidiárias na Europa e Ásia e revendedores em 90 países do mundo.

O nome Trek vem da palavra da língua africâner qual significa «viagem».

História

1975-1979: os começos

Em dezembro de 1975, Richard (Dick) Burke e Bevel Hogg criaram a Trek Bicycle como uma subsidiária de Roth Corporation, um revendedor estabelecido em Milwakee. A princípios de 1976, com um modelo de cinco trabalhadores, Trek começou a construir quadros de aço em Waterloo (Wisconsin), no marco de um mercado de faixa média e alta dominado por modelos japoneses e italianos. Trek construiu em torno de 900 quadros soldados manualmente nesse primeiro ano, vendendo a cada um por menos de 200 dólares. Mais adiante, e nesse mesmo ano, Trek Bicycle foi constituído em sociedade.

Em 1977 abriu o seu primeiro revendedor a varejo, Penn Cycle, em Bloomington (Minnesota). Em três anos as vendas atingiram os 2 milhões de dólares.

1980-1984

1985-1991
No ano 1991, a marca Trek introduziu-se em Espanha.

1992-1996
No ano 1995 Trek apresenta a sua popular série E com quadros de carbono, a série incluía os modelos E50, E33, E22 e E11

1997-2005

2006-actualidade

Trek é considerada uma das melhores marcas de bicicletas do mundo. Em 2006 o modelo revolução da Trek foi a "Trek E26" de alumínio, já que até a data compete entre os modelos mais destacados da "Scott" e "GT" a qual foi a última de fabricação americana (posteriormente se descontinuou o modelo e começaram as trek chinesas ou taiwanesas) as Trek Americanas se diferenciam por trazer o número de série baixo a massa motor, enquanto as Trek Chinesas ou Taiwanesas trazem o número de série baixo a Tee do volante (exemplo, trek 4100, 4300, 3700, etc.) que passariam a ser a mais baixa categoria que a Trek original Americana.

Referências

Ligações externas
 Vintage Trek site
 Museum of Mountain Bike Art & Technology – Trek Mountain Bike History

Fabricantes de bicicletas
Fabricantes de componentes de bicicletas
Empresas patrocinadoras de equipas ciclistas

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This Day in '67: The Young Rascals Play Central Park
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49 years ago today, the Young Rascals headlined the 10th day of the summer-long Rheingold Central Park Music Festival, a concert series featuring a startling list of talent over the course of June, July, and August of 1967.
We won't spotlight every single artist who graced the Rheingold Stage during those three months, but we'll happily throw some names your way, if only to hear you gasp all the way from here at Rhino HQ. On Friday, June 23, the first day of the festival, Flip Wilson opened for Louis Armstrong, with Peter Nero headlining the evening of the 24th, and Stan Getz, Buddy Rich and his Orchestra, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band all getting to shine during the course of the month. In advance of the Young Rascals' appearance, the Four Tops and Nina Simone each had a headlining evening, and from there July brought…well, heck, here's just a quick list for your reading enjoyment:
Phil Ochs Dave Brubeck Duke Ellington Stevie Wonder The Four Seasons Judy Collins…with opener Leonard Cohen! The New Christy Minstrels Mel Torme Smokey Robinson and the Miracles The Byds Pete Seeger
As for August, you could've seen – among many others – Neil Diamond, Ferrante & Teicher, John Lee Hooker, Theodore Bikel, The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Dionne Warwick, Jerry Butler, Lou Rawls, and to wrap up the whole shebang on August 27, Flatt & Scruggs with opener Doc Watson.
Alas, the set list for the Young Rascals' performance at the Rheingold Central Park Music Festival has been lost to the ages, but it's a fair bet that if you'd been there that day, you would've heard most, perhaps even all, of their Groovin' album, which was released that year. And let's face it, if you're gonna be groovin', Central Park is a damned fine place to be doing it.
Oh, right, we almost forgot: there were a couple of other artists on the bill that day, too. One was folk singer Len Chandler, whose debut album, To Be a Man, and his sophomore effort, The Lovin' People, both came out in '67. The other artist? A fella by the name of Jimi Hendrix.
And while no one seems to remember what the Young Rascals played, Hendrix's set list has been documented. While that might seem like a little unfair to Felix Cavaliere and the gang, hey, it was only four songs, and the four songs in question were "Purple Haze," "Hey Joe," "Like a Rolling Stone," and "Wild Thing." No matter how much you might love the Young Rascals, you have to admit: Hendrix's set was one for the ages.
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Budapest VIII. kerülete Budapest egyik, a pesti oldalon fekvő kerülete. Hagyományos elnevezése, amelyet a kerületi önkormányzat is használ: Józsefváros.

Története

A középkortól a török hódoltságig
A pesti városfalon kívül, a Hatvani kapuból induló kerepesi- és a Kecskeméti kapuból induló szolnoki országutak közé eső terület már 12. században is lakott lehetett. A mai Szent Rókus-kápolna helyén egy, a 11. században épült temetőkápolna állt, körülötte pedig a pestiek temetője terült el.  Nagyjából a SOTE területén lehetett Ákosnyíre település, ami a tatárjárás alatt valószínűleg elpusztult, bár utána a Nyulak-szigete kolostorának adományozta IV. Béla. A Rákos-mezőn (ez a mai Astoria és az ELTE BTK területe) a ferencrendű szerzetesek a 13. század folyamán telepedtek le. Veronai Szent Péter vértanú tiszteletére szentelt templomukat és kolostorukat 1250—1260 között építtették. 1298-ban III. Endre koronázása alkalmával itt hallgattak misét az ország nagyjai. 1307-ben Károly Róbert megválasztása szintén a "Szent Péter templom mellett", tehát a Rákoson történt. A ferencesek temploma tehát mai helyén kellett, hogy álljon, mivel a Rákos-mező abban az időben kb. a mai Kossuth Lajos utca végénél kezdődött. A templomot a törökök 1541-ben elvették a ferencesektől és mecsetté alakították át. Temetőjükben a szerzeteseken és a világiakon kívül a Szt. Ferenc harmadik rendjéhez tartozó begina-apácák temetkeztek. A török hódoltság idején a törökök is ide temetkeztek. A mai Kálvária tértől délre eső területeken – beleértve a Füvészkert és az Orczy-kert területét is – volt Mátyás király vadaskertje.

17-18. század
A terület a törökök elűzése után, egészen a mai Dózsa György út vonaláig Pest város Törvényszékének hatálya alá tartozott, így Pest külterületének számított. Az első, városfalakon túli építkezésre szóló engedélyek 1690-ből ismertek.

A Rókus kápolna
Az 1710-es pesti pestisjárvány után 1711. szeptember 4-én avatták fel a Szent Rókus Fogadalmi Kápolnát, amely Pest  első kápolnája volt a városfalakon kívül.

Az első betelepülők
Mária Terézia idején a Pacsirtamező (Lerchenfeld) és a Tavaszmező (Frühlingsfeld) közötti területre frankok, svábok és bajorok települtek be. Emléküket őrzi a Német utca elnevezése. A Tavaszmező utcát szlovákok, a Koszorú utca környékét magyarok, az attól keletre eső területeket rácok (szerbek) lakták, akik utóbbiak főleg szőlőt termesztettek errefelé. Erre utalt a Dankó utca régi elnevezése a Szőlőkert utca.

A városi tanács 1766-ban a külterületeket a Kerepesi (ma Rákóczi) út vonalával két részre osztva, közigazgatásilag megszervezi a Felső- (északi) és a (déli) Alsó-külvárost.

A névadás
A 18. század második felére a Pacsirtamező – Tavaszmező – Keresztúri út (a mai Népszínház utca) – Rákos-árok közötti területen falusias település alakult ki, melynek 1777. november 7-én Mária Terézia engedélyezte, hogy fiáról Josephinumnak neveztessék(sic!) el.

A Rókus kórház építése
A következő nagyobb járvány idején (1739–40), a város tanácsa szükségesnek látta Pest városfalain kívül járvány-barakk-kórház létesítését, amely a pestis elmúltával is fennmaradt és évről évre bővült. Az 1777-ben elhunyt Tausch Anna-Mária a városra hagyta a vagyonát azzal, hogy abból a város szegényházat építtet. Ő a Rókus-kápolna bejárata feletti domborművön látható, ruhátlan beteget ápoló, idősebb nőalak. 1781-ben azután Jung József tervei alapján, Kardetter Tamás kivitelezésében el is kezdték építeni az épületet, melyhez Pintés Fülöp királyi tanácsos is nagyobb adománnyal járult hozzá. Az eredeti terveket folyamatosan bővítették, először 75 ágyas kórházzá, amely 1794-re készült el, majd újabb épületrész hozzáépítésével 1798-ra  207 férőhelyesre bővítették. A Pesti Polgári Köz Ispotály, melynek első igazgatója dr. Haffner Mihály lett, és aki tisztiorvosként maga is részt vett a tervezésben, jelenleg is működik – a Szent Rókus Kórház Európa egyik legrégebbi, nagy múltú egészségügyi intézménye, 2001 óta a Magyar Örökség része.

Az egykori Rákos-árok partján, a Rókus-mező déli részén, nagyjából azon a területen, ahol ma a Gutenberg tér és a Rákóczi tér helyezkedik el, téglavetők és -égetők működtek. A Rókus kórház és a Palotanegyed azon házainak, melyek a 18. század végén, a 19. század elején épültek, a nagy része ebből a téglából épült.

1785-ben a városfal északnyugati csücske alól (a mai Erzsébet tér) a mai Teleki tér – II. János Pál pápa tér – Rózsák tere által elfoglalt területre költöztették az állatvásárt.

A Szent József Plébánia
A Pacsirtamező keleti oldalán (ma Horváth Mihály tér) Batthyány József hercegprímás Szent József titulussal 1777-ben plébániát alapít. Előzőleg domonkos és pálos szerzetesek miséztek a néhány száz, szétszórtan élő hívőnek a különféle (Rókus, Kálvária, Óhegyi) kápolnákban. Az új plébánia első temploma a mai helyén fából készült. A kőtemplom építését 1797-ben kezdik meg Tallher József terve alapján és 1798-ban már használatba vették. A tornyok 1810-ben készültek el. Kasselik Fidél (1814), majd Barcza Elek (1891–95) az előzőleg klasszicista stílusú templomnak a millenniumra adja meg gazdag, neobarokk díszbe öltöztetett, mai alakját.

A Nemzeti Múzeum és a Palotanegyed
Az 1802-ben alapított Nemzeti Múzeum az 1832–36-os országgyűlés határozatára Pollack Mihály tervei alapján 1837 és 1847 között épült meg. Mögötte, az északon a Rákos-mező, keleten a Rókus-mező és a Rákos-árok, délen a Steinbruch- (Kőbánya) árok által határolt területen, főképp vályogból épült, földszintes porták álltak. Az 1838-as árvíz ezek nagy részét elmosta, ill. romba döntötte. Ezután kezdődött meg a felszabaduló telkeken, a később sokáig "mágnásnegyednek" csúfolt területen a paloták és nagypolgári bérházak építése. A Józsefváros 1850-re egy tizenhét és félezer lakosú kisvárossá nőtte ki magát. A parcellázásokból befolyt összegekből feltöltötték és rendezték a régi téglavető és téglaégető területeket, betemették a Rákos árkot. 1873-ban, a főváros egyesítésekor Józsefvárosnak 8 tere és 62 utcája volt.

A Ludovika
Az 1808. évi 7. tc. határozott a Magyar Hadi Akadémia alapításáról. A királyi tanács a hadsereg egységét féltve ott gáncsolta az akadémia ügyét, ahol csak tudta. 1829-ben a báró Orczy-család kedvezményes áron eladta az Üllői út mentén fekvő parkszerű kertjét, amelyben üvegházak és kerti épületek is álltak. Festetics Antal gróf olcsón, Pest városa pedig ingyen engedte át szomszédos telkét. Az összesen 27 hektáros területen az 1830. június 28-án tartott ünnepélyes alapkőletétellel indult meg az építkezés. A terveket Pollack Mihály készítette, a kivitelezést Gömöry Károly építőmester vezette. 1836 végén elkészült a 124 szobát, 37 tantermet, 17 konyhát, 62 éléskamrát, lovardát és kápolnát magában foglaló épületkomplexum. Az angolpark-jellegű Orczy-kert, benne a több mint egy holdas tóval, továbbra is nyitva állt a sétálók előtt. Az 1838-as nagy pesti árvíz idején az üres házba menekítették a saját épülettel még nem rendelkező Nemzeti Múzeum gyűjteményeinek egy részét, és átmenetileg itt szállásolták el a hajléktalanná vált pestiek ezreit is. A következő országgyűlések újra és újra követelték az akadémia megnyitását, de mivel az oktatási rendszer és a tanítási nyelv kérdésében mindkét fél mereven ragaszkodott álláspontjához, egy lépést sem haladt előre az ügy. Végül csak 1872. november 1-jén, nyolc évtizedes huzavona után kezdte meg működését falai között a Magyar Királyi Honvédségi Ludovika Akadémia, amely a közös hadsereg kiegészítő részét alkotó honvédség számára képzett tiszteket.

Nemzeti- és Népszínház, valamint Színészeti Tanoda
Az első Nemzeti Színház (ekkor még Pesti Magyar Színház néven) az Astoria Józsefvárosi sarkán nyitotta meg kapuit 1837. augusztus 22-én. 1840-ben az addig Pest vármegye által fenntartott Pesti Magyar Színház országos intézmény lett, és Nemzeti Színház néven működött tovább. A színházépületet 1875-ben átalakították, és kibővítették, 1908. nyarán azonban bezárták, mivel tűz- és életveszélyesnek nyilvánították. 1908-ban, miután a főváros végleg megtagadta a nyitási engedélyt, a Vallás- és Közoktatási Minisztérium határozata alapján a társulat számára "átmenetileg" a Népszínházat bérelték ki. A mai Blaha Lujza téren felépült Népszínház 1875. október 15-i ünnepélyes avatását személyes jelenlétével tüntette ki Ferenc József király és Rudolf trónörökös is. Megnyitása után húsz évig virágzott itt a népi színjátszás, majd a közönség igényét követve, helyét a színház repertoárjában az operett vette át. Máder Rezső, a m. kir. operaház  igazgatója a színház bérleti jogát 1907. október 1-én kapta meg, azonban fél év után sehogy nem tudta költségeit kitermelni, így a bérbeadó bizottmány elfogadta a kormány ajánlatát és a 10 éves időszakból fennmaradó időre a Nemzeti Színházzal kötött bérleti szerződést úgy, hogy az mind a csődbe jutott igazgatóknak, mind az színházat tulajdonló alapítványnak is előnyös volt. A bérletet ezután többször meghosszabbították, egészen 1947-ig, amikor a színházat államosították. A társulat végül 56 éven át játszott itt, majd 1965-ben az épületet lebontották. I. Ferenc József 1863. május 10. napján elrendelte a művészi erők gyarapításának céljából egy Színészeti Tanoda felállítását. Ez az akkori Nemzeti Színház melletti bérházban kezdte meg működését, majd hosszas hányattatás után 1905-ben  költözhetett állandó otthonba az ekkor már Országos Magyar Királyi Színművészeti Akadémiának nevezett intézmény.

VIII. kerület
Pest, Buda és Óbuda 1873-as egyesülésekor az Alsó-külváros Józsefvárosra eső része a VIII-as számozást kapta a kialakított tíz kerület között. A kerület számozása és határai ezután, ellentétben a többi kerülettel, már sem az 1930-as, sem az 1950-es bővítés és átszabás során sem módosult.

Egyetemek a Józsefvárosban
A Királyi Magyar Tudományegyetem első fakultása, amely a Józsefvárosba költözött az orvosi volt. Ez az Astorián álló Nemzeti színház mögött, a Kiskörúton kapott helyet, ami viszont már a beköltözéskor kicsinek bizonyult, így az orvosi karnak csak az 1873-ban építeni kezdett Üllői úti épülettömbök jelentenek majd hosszabb időre megoldást. 1871-ben a Trefort-kertben felépült a Vegytani Intézet, majd 1881-ben a Múzeum körúton a Műegyetemnek szánt épület, amibe végül a Bölcsészkar költözik be. 1978-ban készült el a Nagyvárad téri Elméleti Tömb (NET), ami sokáig a SOTE jelképe volt és a maga 89 méteres magasságával Magyarország legmagasabb épülete.

A mai Népszínáz utca és József körút sarkán 1879-ben alapították meg a Budapesti Állami Közép-Ipartanodát, mely 1898-tól Magyar Királyi Állami Felső-ipariskolaként működött. Az iskola az alapításának 75. évfordulóján az intézmény ünnepélyes keretek között vette fel a XX. század egyik legkiemelkedőbb hazai gépészmérnöke, nemzetközi hírű professzora, Bánki Donát nevét.

Az 1898-ban alapított Magyar Királyi Állami Mechanikai és Órásipari Szakiskola egy bérházban működött a Kisfaludy utca 26. szám alatt, amíg 1901-ben Pártos Gyula építőművész tervei alapján fel nem épült a Tavaszmező utcai épület. Az 1920/1921-es tanévben megváltozott az iskola neve: Magyar Királyi Állami Mechanikai és Elektromosipari Szakiskola lett, ezzel is kifejezve az egyre erősödő elektrotechnikai irányultságot. Az iskola neve 1941-ben ismét változott, ekkor Magyar Királyi Állami Kandó Kálmán Villamosipari Középiskolára. 1955-ben technikum, 1962-ben felsőfokú technikum lett. 1969-ben azután főiskolává alakították, így lett Kandó Kálmán Villamosipari Műszaki Főiskola. Ma a Bánkival együtt az Óbudai Egyetem része.

A rendszerváltás után megalapított egyházi egyetemek, így a Pázmány Péter Katolikus- és a Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem egyes karai is a Józsefvárosban kerültek elhelyezésre.

A 2002-ben alapított Andrássy Gyula Német Nyelvű Egyetem a Pollack Mihály téri Festetics-palotában került elhelyezésre.

A kerület legújabb egyeteme a 2011-ben alapított Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem, amely U alakban öleli körbe az Orczy-kertet.

Földrajz
A pesti oldal egyik kerülete. Nyugatról Budapest V. kerülete Belváros városrésze, északnyugatról Budapest VII. kerülete (Erzsébetváros), északról Budapest XIV. kerületeIstvánmező városrésze, keletről Budapest X. kerülete Laposdűlő, délkeletről Népliget városrésze, délről Budapest IX. kerülete Külső-, délnyugatról Belső- és Középső-Ferencváros városrésze határolja.

Közigazgatás és politika

1949-ig a kerületet elöljárók vezették, akiket a "Budapest székes főváros kerületi elöljáróságairól" szóló 1893. évi XXXIII. törvénycikk 5.§-a alapján élethosszig nevezett ki a főváros törvényhatósági bizottsága. Az utolsó elöljáró Lakatos Imre volt.

1950-ben átalakították a közigazgatást. Az elöljáróságokból kerületi Tanácsok lettek. A VIII. kerületi Tanács első elnöke Barabás Bertalanné gépmunkás lett.

A kerület lakosai először 1990-ben választhatták meg (közvetve) a polgármesterüket. A képviselő-testület a kerület első polgármesterének az SZDSZ frakcióvezetőjét, Koppány Zoltánt választotta. Koppány és fideszes alpolgármestere Lőrinczi Reich József ellen, a pénzügyi fegyelem megsértése és korrupciós ügyek miatt fegyelmi eljárást folytatott a képviselő-testület, majd el is marasztalta őket. Emiatt kihátrált mögülük az SZDSZ-frakció és a Fidesz felmondta a koalíciós együttműködést. Ennek hatására mindketten lemondtak tisztségükről. Ezután csak hosszas huzavona után sikerült polgármestert választani a kerület élére. A kerület új polgármestere 1993-tól bő másfél évtizeden át Csécsei Béla volt, aki 2009. szeptember 2-án régóta húzódó betegeskedésére hivatkozva lemondott tisztségéről. Csécsei 2009 júliusáig volt az SZDSZ tagja, azután függetlenként politizált. Helyét a november 22-i időközi választás nyertese, Kocsis Máté (Fidesz-KDNP) töltötte be. 2010-ben az önkormányzati testület létszáma a 2010. évi L. törvény alapján 27-ről 17 főre csökkent. A helyi önkormányzat egy polgármesterből és 17 képviselőből áll. A 17 képviselői helyből, 12 egyéni választókerületi és 5 kompenzációs listás mandátum. A polgármestert a település összes választópolgára közvetlenül választja, míg a képviselőket csak az egyéni választókerületbe bejelentett választópolgárok választják meg közvetlenül. A kompenzációs listára a választó nem voksolhat, mert arról a mandátumokat az egyéni választókerületekben összesített töredékszavazatok (vagyis az egyéni választókerületben mandátumot nem szerző jelöltekre leadott érvényes szavazatok) arányában osztják ki. A polgármestert és a képviselőket az alkotmány értelmében 5 évre választják meg. A polgármester és az önkormányzati testület tagjai egyenlő szavazati joggal rendelkeznek. 2018-ban Kocsis Máté lemondott a polgármesterségről, mivel országgyűlési képviselő lett, és ezzel időközi választást kellett kiírni, amelyet Sára Botond (Fidesz) alpolgármester nyert meg. A 2019-es önkormányzati választásokat az összellenzéki Pikó András nyerte meg, így ő váltotta Sára Botondot a polgármesteri székben.

Részönkormányzat működik a kerületi önkormányzat által újabban Palotanegyednek nevezett Belső-Józsefváros területén, a kerület Nagykörút és Kiskörút közötti részén.

Polgármesterek

Időközi polgármester-választások a kerületben
A kerületben a rendszerváltás óta eltelt időszakban eddig három ízben kellett időközi polgármester-választást tartani: 1993-ban, 2009-ben és 2018-ban. Ezek közül az elsőre azért volt szükség, mert az 1990-ben megválasztott Koppány Zoltán 1992. október 19-én benyújtotta lemondását Demszky Gábor főpolgármesternek. 2009. november 22-én is hasonló okból került sor az időközi választásra: az 1993-ban megválasztott, majd négy ciklusra újraválasztott Csécsei Béla 2009. szeptember 2-án leköszönt posztjáról, megromlott egészségügyi állapotára hivatkozva. Ugyancsak lemondás volt az oka a 2018. július 8-i időközi választásnak: ezúttal dr. Kocsis Máté vált meg a polgármesteri széktől, 2018. április 17-ével, de ő azért, mert a 2018-as országgyűlési választáson egyéni mandátumot szerzett, ami összeférhetetlennek minősült a polgármesteri szerepkörrel, és ő a parlamenti munkát választotta.

A 2019-es önkormányzati választás eredménye

1Csak az érvényes szavazatok száma (jelölteknél szintén). Érvénytelen szavazatok száma: 332

Országgyűlési képviselők

A régi választójogi törvény, az 1989. évi XXXIV. törvény hatálya alatt a kerület két választókerülethez tartozott, a Budapest 10. és 11. számú választókerületekhez.

Régi Budapest 10. számú választókerület
 Somogyi Tamás (MDF) (1990–1994)
 Szabó Zoltán (MSZP) (1994–1998)
 Rockenbauer Zoltán (Fidesz) (1998–2002)
 Szabó Zoltán (MSZP) (2002–2010)
 Fónagy János (Fidesz) (2010–2014)

Régi Budapest 11. számú választókerület
 Haraszti Miklós (SZDSZ) (1990–1994)
 Kósáné Kovács Magda (MSZP) (1994–1998)
 Juharos Róbert (Fidesz) (1998–2002)
 Hárs Péter (MSZP) (2002–2010)
 Kocsis Máté (Fidesz) (2010–2014)

Jelenleg a VIII. kerület szintén két országgyűlési egyéni választókerülethez tartozik, a Budapesti 1. sz. és a Budapesti 6. sz.-hoz.

Budapesti 1. sz. országgyűlési egyéni választókerület

Budapesti 6. sz. országgyűlési egyéni választókerület

Városrészei

A kerületnek korábban négy városrésze volt (Józsefváros, Istvánmező (egy része), Kerepesdűlő és Tisztviselőtelep), de a Fővárosi Közgyűlés a városrészeket rendező 2012. december 12-i rendeletében újraosztotta a kerületet, így jött létre a Corvin-negyed, a Csarnoknegyed, a Ganznegyed, a Losoncinegyed, a Magdolnanegyed, a Népszínháznegyed, az Orczynegyed, a Palotanegyed és a Századosnegyed. A kerületnek jelenleg 11 városrésze van.

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Népesség

Józsefváros lakónépessége 2011. január 1-jén  fő volt, ami Budapest össznépességének 4,4%-át tette ki. Józsefváros, Budapest harmadik legsűrűbben lakott kerülete, ebben az évben az egy km²-en lakók száma, átlagosan  volt. Józsefváros népességének korösszetétele igen kedvezőtlen. A 2011-es év elején a 19 évesnél fiatalabbak népességen belüli súlya 15%, a 60 éven felülieké 21% volt. A nemek aránya se előnyös, ugyanis ezer férfira 1151 nő jut. 2009-ben a férfiaknak 69,9, a nőknek 76,9 év volt a születéskor várható átlagos élettartamuk.  A népszámlálás adatai alapján a kerület lakónépességének 11,9%-a, mintegy 9 086 személy vallotta magát valamely kisebbséghez tartozónak. A kisebbségek közül cigány, német és román nemzetiséginek vallották magukat a legtöbben.

A 19. század utolsó harmadától Józsefváros lakosságszáma viharos gyorsasággal növekedett, egészen 1910-ig. A közlekedési infrastruktúra kiépülése, és a fejlődő ipar is hozzájárult a pozitív folyamathoz. Az 1910-es éveket követő gazdasági pangás következtében a növekedés megtorpant. A legtöbben 1941-ben éltek a kerületben, -an. Az 1940-es évektől egészen napjainkig csökken a kerület népessége, ma már kevesebben laknak Józsefvárosban, mint 1890-ben.

A 2011-es népszámlálási adatok szerint a magukat vallási közösséghez tartozónak valló józsefvárosiak túlnyomó többsége római katolikusnak tartja magát. Emellett jelentős egyház a kerületben még a református és az evangélikus.

Etnikai összetétel

A 2001-es népszámlálás adatok szerint a kerület lakossága 81 787 fő volt, ebből a válaszadók 78 663 fő volt, 73 388 fő magyarnak, míg 2771 fő cigánynak vallotta magát, azonban meg kell jegyezni, hogy a magyarországi cigányok (romák) aránya a népszámlálásokban szereplőnél lényegesen magasabb. 659 fő német, 443 fő kínai, 249 fő szlovák, 223 fő román, 112 fő arab etnikumúnak vallotta magát.

A 2011-es népszámlálás adatok szerint a kerület lakossága 76 250 fő volt, ebből a válaszadók 67 836 fő volt, 58 750 fő magyarnak vallotta magát, az adatokból az derül ki, hogy a magyarnak vallók száma jelentősen csökkent tíz év alatt, ennek egyik fő oka, hogy többen nem válaszoltak. Az elmúlt tíz év alatt, a nemzetiségiek közül a legjelentősebben a románok (622 fő), arabok (301 fő) és az oroszok (254 fő) száma nőtt. A román nemzetiségűek és az arabok száma megháromszorozódott. Kismértékben nőtt a cigányok (3050 fő), németek (998 fő) és a kínaiak (547 fő) száma. A magukat szlováknak vallók száma (161 fő) kismértékben csökkent, az elmúlt tíz év alatt. A budapesti kerületek közül, a Józsefvárosban él a legtöbb magát cigánynak valló nemzetiségi.

Vallási összetétel

A 2001-es népszámlálási adatok alapján, Józsefvárosban a lakosság több mint fele (64,8%) kötődik valamelyik vallási felekezethez. A legnagyobb vallás a kerületben a kereszténység, melynek legelterjedtebb formája a katolicizmus (46,6%). A katolikus egyházon belül a római katolikusok száma 36 639 fő, míg a görögkatolikusok 1427 fő. A kerületben népes protestáns közösségek is élnek, főleg reformátusok (11 026 fő) és evangélikusok (1742 fő). Az ortodox kereszténység inkább az országban élő egyes nemzeti kisebbségek (oroszok, románok, szerbek, bolgárok, görögök) felekezetének számít, számuk elenyésző az egész kerületi lakosságához képest (190 fő). Szerte a kerületben számos egyéb kisebb keresztény egyházi közösség működik. A zsidó vallási közösséghez tartózók száma 480 fő. Jelentős a száma azoknak a kerületben, akik vallási hovatartozásukat illetően nem kívántak válaszolni (17,3%). Felekezeten kívülinek a kerület lakosságának 17,9%-a vallotta magát.

A 2011-es népszámlálás adatai alapján, a Józsefvárosban a lakosság kevesebb mint fele (41,6%) kötődik valamelyik vallási felekezethez. Az elmúlt tíz év alatt a kerületi lakosság vallási felekezethez tartozása jelentősen csökkent, ennek egyik oka, hogy sokan nem válaszoltak. A legszámosabb vallási csoport a kerületben a kereszténység, melynek legelterjedtebb formája a katolicizmus (27,6%). Az elmúlt tíz év alatt, a katolikus valláshoz tartozók száma közel felére esett vissza. A katolikus egyházon belül a római katolikusok száma 20 325 fő, míg a görögkatolikusok 704 fő. A kerületben népes protestáns közösségek is élnek, főleg reformátusok (6504 fő) és evangélikusok (1018 fő). Az ortodox kereszténység inkább az országban élő egyes nemzeti kisebbségek (oroszok, románok, szerbek, bolgárok, görögök) felekezetének számít, számuk elenyésző az egész kerületi lakosságához képest (215 fő). Szerte a kerületben számos egyéb kisebb keresztény egyházi közösség működik. Közülük kiemelkedő a Jehova tanúi (439 fő) és a Hit Gyülekezete (260 fő). A zsidó vallási közösséghez tartózók száma 340 fő. A kerületben emelkedett a buddhizmus hitvallók (254 fő), illetve az iszlám hitvallók (235 fő) száma. Jelentős a száma azoknak a kerületben, akik vallási hovatartozásukat illetően nem kívántak válaszolni (37%), tíz év alatt a duplájára nőtt a számuk. Felekezeten kívülinek a kerület lakosságának 21,4%-a vallotta magát.

Közlekedés

Metróállomások a kerületben

Kultúra
 Auróra
 Erkel Színház
 Fiumei Úti Sírkert, régebben Kerepesi temető, benne a Nemzeti Panteon, Fiumei út 16.
 Gutenberg-otthon (Gutenberg tér)
 Közkincs Könyvtár
 Mikszáth Kálmán szobra (Kocsis András, 1960, Mikszáth Kálmán tér)
 Orczy-park
 Régi Országház (Ybl Miklós tervei alapján, Bródy Sándor utca) ma a Budapesti Olasz Kultúrintézet
 Szent Rókus-kápolna (Budapest)
 Százados úti művésztelep
 Turay Ida Színház
 Vas utca 9–11. (tervezte: Lajta Béla)

Múzeumok, gyűjtemények
 Bölcsődei Múzeum
Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Központi Könyvtára (Szabó Ervin tér 1.), a Budapest-gyűjtemény lelőhelye
 Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Zenei Gyűjteménye (Ötpacsirta u. 4.), az ország legnagyobb nyilvános zenei könyvtára
 Füvészkert – Az Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Botanikus Kertje
 Gázmúzeum
 Kegyeleti Múzeum és Szakgyűjtemény (Budapesti Temetkezési Intézet Zrt.)
 Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum és a Múzeumkert
Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum
 Országos Pedagógiai Könyvtár és Múzeum
 Rendőrség-történeti Múzeum
 Zászlómúzeum

Közoktatás
A Józsefváros jelentősebb közoktatási intézményei:
 Atalanta Oktatási Központ
 Budapesti Fazekas Mihály Gyakorló Általános Iskola és Gimnázium
 ELTE Trefort Ágoston Gyakorlóiskola
 Józsefvárosi Zeneiskola
 Vörösmarty Mihály Gimnázium
 Fővárosi Pedagógiai Intézet
 Raoul Wallenberg Szakgimnázium és Szakközépiskola

Egyetemi, főiskolai karok
 Andrássy Gyula Budapesti Német Nyelvű Egyetem
 Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (ELTE) Bölcsészettudományi Kar
 Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem Bölcsészettudományi Kar
 Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem
 Országos Rabbiképző – Zsidó Egyetem
 Óbudai Egyetem Bánki Donát Gépész és Biztonságtechnikai Mérnöki Kar
 Óbudai Egyetem Kandó Kálmán Villamosmérnöki Kar
 Óbudai Egyetem Keleti Károly Gazdasági Főiskolai Kar
 Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem Információs Technológiai Kar
 Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem Hittudomány Posztgraduális Intézet
 Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem Jog- és Államtudományi Kara
 Pünkösdi Teológiai Főiskola
 Semmelweis Egyetem Egészségügyi Főiskolai Kar
 Semmelweis Egyetem
 Színház- és Filmművészeti Egyetem
 Wekerle Sándor Üzleti Főiskola
 Wesley János Lelkészképző Főiskola

Fontosabb közterületek
 Blaha Lujza tér
 Kálvária tér
 II. János Pál pápa tér
 Mátyás tér
 Mikszáth Kálmán tér
 Nagykörút (József körút)
 Nagyvárad tér
 Rákóczi tér
 Rákóczi út
 Teleki tér

Testvérvárosok
  Bécs– Josefstadt, Ausztria
  Temesvár, Románia

Képgaléria

Kapcsolódó szócikkek
 Emléktáblák Budapest VIII. kerületében
 Budapest VIII. kerületének műemléki listája
 Balaton kávéház

Jegyzetek

Források
 Budapest Teljes Utcanévlexikona (Sprinter Kiadó, 2003)

További információk
 Fotók
 Irányítószámok
 Videó a VIII. kerületről
 Józsefváros anno
 A kerület műemlékei
György Eszter: Köztes terek. A rendszerváltás utáni nyócker identitása; L'Harmattan, Budapest, 2020 (Humaniórák)
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State releases school grades
Deborah Strange and Mari Faiello The Gainesville Sun
The state Department of Education released public school grades on Wednesday, and Alachua County scored a "B" grade overall. But one county school fighting for its future still doesn't know its fate.
Hawthorne Middle/High School, which needs at least a "C" grade to avoid restructuring, received an incomplete. Buchholz High School also received an incomplete.
State education officials said they were doing additional review of the schools' data, Alachua County Public Schools spokeswoman Jackie Johnson said, but they gave no timeline of when the reviews would be complete.
Hawthorne Middle/High received "D" grades from the Education Department in 2017, 2016 and 2015.
The state Legislature last year passed a bill requiring schools that earn three consecutive grades lower than a "C" reassign students to another school, close the school and reopen it as a charter school or contract with an outside entity to operate the school.
"We're on pins and needles right now," Hawthorne Mayor Matt Surrency said. Town and school officials have discussed contingency plans in case the school receives a "D" or "F," he said, but the plan won't be decided upon until the school's official grade is announced.
Alachua County School Board member Rob Hyatt said there are variables in state school grades from year to year, so "the goalpost is never exactly in the same place," he said.
"Are we really looking at apples to apples?" he asked, adding that the requirements of earning a certain grade aren't constant.
Surrency said he expects many school officials throughout the state will attend the state Board of Education meeting in July to appeal grades or discuss school turnaround plans.
Terwilliger Elementary School received a "D" this year, its third "D" grade in a row. That makes it vulnerable to closing in 2019 or changing hands.
Administrators at Hawthorne Middle/High and at Terwilliger Elementary were not available for comment Wednesday.
School grades are based on standardized test scores, graduation rates and students' performance in advanced and career-tech classes. Alachua County received an overall "B" grade last year.
Within the district, 19 schools had the same grade as last year, four had higher grades and 10 had lower grades.
In a statement, Superintendent Karen Clarke said district officials will try to offer more resources to lower-performing schools in the upcoming academic year.
Littlewood Elementary School raised its grade this year to a "B" from a "C" this year. Principal Justin Russell said the school tried to keep students with disabilities in their regular reading classrooms instead of pulling them out for different instructional time.
The school's biggest gains were reading scores in the lowest percentile, he said. School officials also had professional development opportunities to reading and language arts achievement.
Russell said he wants to see students in the most rigorous environment possible. More students were included in mainstream classes than in previous years, he said.
"Overall, I was very pleased," he said of the school's grade.
School grades are available on the education department's website.
Dooley Noted


Andrew Parker has been adamant for six years that his successful Pride of the Northside tournament wasn't going anywhere. Now he can take pride that the four-on-four street ball event attracted the attention of Mayor Don Iveson, who is expected to pay a visit to the Londonderry outdoor basketball courts this weekend.
EDMONTON – Andrew Parker has been adamant for six years that his successful Pride of the Northside tournament wasn't going anywhere.
Now he can take pride that the four-on-four street ball event attracted the attention of Mayor Don Iveson, who is expected to pay a visit to the Londonderry outdoor basketball courts this weekend.
Parker has been told over the years that he should move the tournament to one of Edmonton's better basketball facilities, but he keeps resisting.
Besides raising money for the Stollery Children's Hospital, Parker is hoping the tournament can continue to grow and provide funds to revitalize the neighbourhood courts so he doesn't have to repave the surfaces, paint lines and remove broken glass like he did this past week.
According to Parker, the courts see extensive use from the community. He'd like to see the surface completely repaved and backboards and nets replaced. Parker is hoping that revitalization will push more kids towards an active lifestyle.
"For many, it's their introduction to sport and fitness and to physical well-being," he said.
There's a new wrinkle in this year's tournament, with girls divisions added to the junior high (12-15) and high school (15-18) age groups.
Two months of groundwork and a year of promotion will finally culminate in the weekend tournament Parker holds close to his heart. He hopes to have upwards of 50 teams registered by the weekend.
"It's a lot and I sound a little bit exhausted. Life is a grind, but I love it, I just love it so much when it all comes together on Saturday and Sunday. It's more than worth it," he said.
The tournament runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.


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National Veterinary Associates catches dose of ransomware
26 Nov 2019 0 Data loss, Malware, Ransomware, Security threats
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Ransomware attacks don't discriminate. They are just as happy targeting those with four legs as those with two.
Anonymous sources told cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs this week that National Veterinary Associates (NVA) has fallen victim to a ransomware attack that has affected hundreds of hospitals.
NVA describes itself as one of the largest veterinary pet care services organisations in the world. It partners with over 700 general practice veterinary hospitals, spanning general practice clinics, equine hospitals, and pet resorts in a network spanning the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Founded in 1996 by Dr. Stan Creighton, it began by buying hospitals from retiring veterinarians. It now has 2,600 veterinarians in its network.
Ryuk ransomware
NVA didn't respond to our requests for comment, but reports said that the company discovered a ransomware attack on Sunday 27 October. The culprit was apparently Ryuk, an especially pernicious form of ransomware first detected by researchers in August 2018.
According to sources quoted by Krebs, the ransomware hit nearly 400 hospitals in the company's 700-strong network. The infection wasn't ubiquitous because hospitals have some autonomy in how they run their IT networks, but some were left struggling to provide care after they lost access to their patient information management systems, reports said.
A source also told Krebs that this wasn't the first Ryuk infection than the company has endured. The company had discussed the first attack more openly, the source said.
Things were different this time, according to Krebs. The company reportedly sent out instructions explaining how members of its network should discuss the incident. A screenshot read:
Use the verbiage "Computer Outage" – Joe would like us to use generic terms.
Ryuk kills over 40 processes and stops more than 180 services on infected computers, including some anti-virus tools. It also writes itself to the Run registry key to maintain persistence. It has been involved in ransomware attacks against organizations including the Chicago Tribune and cloud hosting provider DataResolution.net.
In the UK, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is investigating Ryuk ransomware campaigns linked to Emotet and Trickbot. The Centre says that Ryuk is a targeted strain of ransomware that allows its owner to set the ransom according to the victim's perceived ability to pay. It often operates under the radar for a period of time ranging up to months, enabling the attacker to move laterally through the network and infect as many assets as possible.
Krebs' source expressed concern that NVA may not have completely eradicated the first attack.
How to protect yourself from ransomware
Pick strong passwords. And don't re-use passwords, ever.
Make regular backups. They could be your last line of defense against a six-figure ransom demand. Be sure to keep them offsite where attackers can't find them.
Patch early, patch often. Ransomware like WannaCry and NotPetya relied on unpatched vulnerabilities to spread around the globe.
Lock down RDP. Criminal gangs exploit weak RDP credentials to launch targeted ransomware attacks. Turn off RDP if you don't need it, and use rate limiting, 2FA or a VPN if you do.
Use anti-ransomware protection. Sophos Intercept X and XG Firewall are designed to work hand in hand to combat ransomware and its effects. Individuals can protect themselves with Sophos Home.
For more advice, please check out our END OF RANSOMWARE page.
Cult videogame company Capcom pays a big round $0.00 to ransomware crooks
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The Overlooked Irony of the Red Hen Restaurant Incident
News at Home
tags: Stonewall Jackson, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Red Hen, Lost Cause
by Wallace Hettle
Wallace Hettle, Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa, is the author of The Confederate Homefront: A History in Documents (LSU Press, 2017).
Recently, Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave the Red Hen, a small farm to table restaurant in Lexington, Virginia. After exiting quietly, Sanders unleashed a very uncivil right-wing outrage machine. She spread news of the incident via Twitter, leading Fox News and even the President to denounce the establishment. The restaurant had to shut down for more than a week in reaction to picketing and online harassment, ranging from death threats to hundreds of negative reviews on Yelp.
Sanders's eviction happened in a week when she disingenuously defended the administration's policy of tearing thousands of children from the arms of their parents, who had sought asylum in the United States. She even invoked the Bible to justify the cruelty. Immigration was not the only issue involved. Gay and transgender employees at the Red Hen objected to Donald Trump's homophobic policies.
In the "Breaking News" coverage of this event, the media missed something that struck me as ironic. The Red Hen is across the street from the house of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, which is still open to visitors.
The Red Hen, with its local cuisine, caters to a relatively new group: "foodies," many of whom are liberals who deplore the industrialization of American agriculture. While not all visitors to Jackson's house revere the Confederacy, it is a must see for the many tourists who romanticize the Lost Cause. Both establishments cater to tourists, but as Sanders discovered to her chagrin, not all tourist attractions are created equal.
Located in Virginia's gorgeous Shenandoah Valley, Lexington is host to two colleges, Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Like most college communities, the town typically votes Democratic. But Lexington is not a typical college town. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are both interred there, and Confederate heritage tourism thrives. The southern poet and literary critic Allan Tate once declared that Virginia's reverence for Civil War heroes resembles "ancestor worship." If Tate was right, Lexington is practically Mecca.
In the 1850s, Jackson taught optics—a combination of math and physics—at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He also oversaw artillery exercises. Famously, his teaching was so inept that the school nearly fired him. Following the war, Robert E. Lee spent the last five years of his life serving as president of the financially troubled Washington College. After his death, it was renamed Washington and Lee.
Local attractions include two statues of Jackson, one at his grave and another at VMI. A wall at VMI is inscribed with Jackson's dictum: "you can be whatever you resolve to be." Ironically, Jackson copied that modern phrase from a best-selling advice manual by William Andrus Alcott, an abolitionist and the uncle of Louisa May Alcott.
The VMI museum, which gets 50,000 visits a year, features Jackson memorabilia, including the mounted hide of Little Sorrel, his trusted warhorse. Its bones are interred on the school's parade grounds, which also displays artillery from Jackson's brigade.
At nearby Washington and Lee University, Confederate heritage abounds. In recent years, Confederate legacy has become more noticeably problematic than at VMI. The school has climbed in the rankings for liberal arts institutions. However, it is hard to imagine Washington and Lee attaining more national prestige without shaking off symbols associated with racism.
The University's backers often package Lee as a man of "honor," usually downplaying his antebellum activities in trading slaves and his brutal military tactics on behalf of a proslavery government. Instead, they try to market Lee's college presidency and portray him, unconvincingly, as a figure of sectional reconciliation. Today, an institution of higher learning that celebrates such a person seems hopelessly out of date and tremendously callous.
Unfortunately, the school includes a chapel where Lee and his family are interred under a sentimental marble statue of the general in repose. Until very recently, the college held official events in the building, which included replica Confederate flags.
In recent years, the school has removed Confederate flags from the chapel, stopped conducting official events there, and installed a plaque tactfully recounting the "difficult, yet undeniable" history of slavery on campus. The school faculty voted to "suspend classes" on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 2016. This belated action rings in as less than a full-throated celebration of the holiday.
Both Washington and Lee and VMI are haunted by ghosts of the Confederacy. At the former, only 2% of students identify as African-American. In contrast, over 19% of students come from families in the top 1% of the nation's income brackets. VMI is a public institution, but its student body hardly resembles the state of Virginia. About 5% of students are African-American, and female enrollment hovers a little over 10%.
Kicking Trump administration officials out of restaurants is not a viable strategy for change. It allows conservatives like Sanders to portray themselves as victims, even as they put children into cages without a fig leaf of due process. But while the restaurant's action was politically off target, the impulse was courageous and humane. The irony that this controversy broke out in the shadow of Stonewall Jackson's house would make him spin in his grave, and that's a good thing.


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Is Trump Getting Ready to Sell Out South Korea and Japan?
The Daily Beast 26 November 2019
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SEOUL—President Donald Trump's demands for vast increases in South Korean and Japanese financial contributions to maintain U.S. bases and forces has triggered fears here that he's eager for massive troop withdrawals from the territory of these U.S. allies. And while the scale and the history are very different, the capricious way that Trump ordered U.S. forces pulled out of northeast Syria in October is seen as a cautionary example.
Although some U.S. troops reportedly are back in action in Syria, Trump created murderous confusion when he suddenly decided to pull about 1,000 of them out on Oct. 6, betraying longtime Kurdish allies beleaguered by the Turks, Syrians, Russians, and ISIS guerrillas. The overwhelming concern here is that the impetuous and ill-informed action in Syria was a rehearsal for much greater reductions in U.S. forces in northeast Asia. Trump has questioned the need for them, and their cost, for many years.
Trump Wants to Turn America's Alliances Into Protection Rackets
"My Korean colleagues worry that the Syria withdrawal could also be applied to Korea, and potentially with similar very negative consequences," says Bruce Bennett, senior researcher at RAND Corp. "Actions like the Syria withdrawal cause our allies to worry that they could be next, and that worry undermines the strength of our alliances."
The U.S. role in Korea was put to the test last week when James DeHart, chief U.S. negotiator on the bases, staged a precipitous walkout after two hours getting nowhere in a meeting here with South Korea's negotiator.
South Korea contributed approximately $900 million this year to the bases, up 8 percent from 2018. But Trump wants to up the price to Seoul by 400 percent to $5 billion, a figure he seems to have pulled out of thin air and that the Pentagon has had trouble justifying. (As MIT Prof. Vipin Narang told CNN in a memorable remark, "Nothing says 'I love you' like a shakedown.")
DeHart, Trump's negotiator, read a brief statement saying South Korea's counter-proposal to Trump's demand for raising the South Korean outlay was "not responsive to our request for fair and equitable burden-sharing." Thus "we cut short our participation in the talks" in hopes the Koreans would "put forward new proposals…."
Maybe the Trump team thinks this is just the way things are done here on the peninsula. DeHart's remarks bear an uncanny resemblance to those of the North Korean negotiator who broke off talks in Stockholm last month with U.S. nuclear negotiator Stephen Biegun, claiming the U.S. had added nothing to the dialogue on the North's nukes and missiles.
It's not only the U.S. presence in South Korea that's imperiled; bases also are in doubt in Japan, where conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is balking at Trump's demand for a $4 billion increase in its annual contribution.
Bruce Bennett at RAND raises the question of who has military superiority in the region if the U.S. breaks its historic alliances. North Korea has 1.1 million troops plus 30 to 60 nuclear warheads, he notes, while South Korea's armed forces, bereft of nukes, will be down to 365,000 by 2022.
"If the North is in a position of dominance," Bennett asks, "what will the rest of the world conclude about the value of an alliance with the U.S., and what will the world conclude about the need for national nuclear weapon programs?" Such a move could well lead to "the end of effective U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts."
During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump seemed to embrace the idea that South Korea and Japan should have their own nuclear weapons to defend against North Korea. "At some point," he told Anderson Cooper in a CNN town hall, "we have to say, you know what, we're better off if Japan protects itself against this maniac in North Korea, we're better off, frankly, if South Korea is going to start to protect itself.... Wouldn't you rather in a certain sense have Japan have nuclear weapons when North Korea has nuclear weapons?... Wouldn't you rather have Japan, perhaps, they're over there, they're very close, they're very fearful of North Korea."
By law Trump cannot arbitrarily slash the number of U.S. troops in Korea, now about 28,500, to below 22,000 without talking to the South Koreans and proving the drawdown won't compromise the alliance or defense of the South. Trump, however, has said repeatedly that he believes South Korea and Japan can fend for themselves and American forces are no longer needed.
The danger is Trump means what he says, but his friend Kim Jong Un is not cutting him much slack. On Monday, nine years after North Korean artillery killed four South Koreans on an island in the Yellow Sea, the North's state media reported Kim had presided over an artillery exercise on a nearby island—as menacing as the North's recent short-range missile tests in view of its proximity to South Korean territory but apparently not much of a worry for POTUS.
"Trump is unafraid to push to the wire and beyond on cost-sharing negotiations with Korea and Japan because he believes he has all the leverage," says Victor Cha at Georgetown University. "If they don't want to pay, he will pull them out."
Cha, who served on the National Security Council during the presidency of George W. Bush, bases this conviction on what he sees as Trump's "unappreciation of the benefits of having allies around the world." His outlook as a businessman, he observes, leads him to "a monetization of foreign policy in general."
Trump's tough bargaining position throws into doubt the future of the delicate alliance relationships that the U.S. has had since the Korean War to ward off another North Korean assault on South Korea—and possible Chinese intervention, too. Backing up U.S. forces in Korea, the U.S. has 50,000 troops in Japan, including a Marine division on Okinawa, plus more air and naval forces on Guam.
"He truly believes that 'free rider' stuff he's been saying since the 1980s," says Van Jackson, author of On the Brink: Trump, Kim, and the Threat of Nuclear War. "He thinks we're being taken to the cleaners by our allies, he doesn't get the security value of alliances or forward military presence, and the only acceptable redress for his grievance is maximal rent-seeking."
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, on a recent visit here, said South Korea "is a wealthy country and could and should pay more to help offset the cost of defense," but "we're not threatening our allies over this." Jackson, who now lectures at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, says he would be "willing to bet Trump pulls a troop withdrawal stunt sometime in the next year if South Korea doesn't make some huge concessions."
The issue arouses intense fears and debate among South Koreans. Not only conservatives but also middle-of-the-roaders who supported President Moon Jae-in in the Candlelight Revolution of 2016 and 2017 are increasingly disillusioned by his policy of appeasing North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in the quest for reconciliation. And the concern intensifies as the American defensive shield appears to be threatened.
At a rally Saturday in central Seoul, several hundred thousand people waving American and South Korean flags shouted slogans denouncing Moon.
There, Fred and Cindy Warmbier, the parents of Otto Warmbier, who was jailed in North Korea nearly four years ago for stealing a poster near the end of a brief tourist trip to Pyongyang, described their son's torture before he was sent home to die in June 2017. "We look forward to working with you to solve the problem of North Korea," said Fred Warmbier, whose words were translated over mega-loudspeakers to thunderous applause. "What we need to do is to change the regime in North Korea. That's why we're here today."
In the crowd, Ahn Chang, who had been jailed for refusing to leave a government office while protesting Moon's policies, worried about whatever Trump will do. "I am very afraid he will pull out troops," says Ahn. "Unlike typical U.S. presidents, he's against this whole Korean-American alliance. If he pulled out troops, we are left alone to fight."
Ahn believes South Korean leftists have fallen for North Korean propaganda and won't stand up against attack from the North. "The leftists are brain-washed," he says. "We are already losing because of the lies they were telling to the people."
Moon's real stance, however, may be somewhat ambivalent. On Friday, his government announced it would not take the controversial step of withdrawing from its deal for exchanging military intelligence information with Japan, as it had threatened to do. A Moon spokesman said South Korea would remain committed to GSOMIA (an acronym pronounced Gee-soh-mee-ya, for General Security of Military Intelligence Agreement) for the sake of "national interest."
To Shake Up Trump, Kim Jong Un Gets All Mystical—Then Launches Missiles
But South Korea will continue to press Japan to do away with constraints on export of vital chemicals and other equipment imposed after Korea's supreme court ruled that Nippon Steel and others had to compensate Koreans forced to work for the Japanese as de facto slave labor in World War II.
The sense is that Moon and others would not be thrilled by a U.S. decision to cut down the number of U.S. troops while North Korea shows no signs of scaling back, much less giving up, its nuclear and missile program. In fact, some analysts believe Trump would hesitate for fear of the rising power of China, which supports North Korea.
"We know Trump doesn't want to spend money for alliances," says Choi Jin-wook, former director of the Korea Institute of National Unification, but "he cannot withdraw U.S. troops from South Korea and Japan because of China."
But, really, there's no telling what Trump really has in mind. "He does not seem to care about the post-World War II consensus on the U.S.-built liberal world order," says Daniel Pinkston, a longtime Korea analyst and lecturer at Troy University. He and "a large part of his coalition view the liberal world order as 'rigged' or 'ripping off the U.S.'" They would "would rather ruin it and be spoilers."
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For many months, players have been asking Rare to add story-based quests, harpooning, fishing, and other features to the game. While the team has promised to look into this, it wasn't confirmed until today. This morning, the developer said that all of those features, and more, were coming to Sea of Thieves with the Anniversary Update on April 30.
The Anniversary Update brings two major additions to the world. A new competitive mode called "The Arena" will pit pirates against other crews in search of loot. Additionally, Rare announced "Tall Tales," a story-rich collection of quests players can experience on their own or with a crew. The first Tall Tale is called "Shores of Gold," and invites players to embark on an epic adventure of love, honor, and betrayal in search of the mythical "Shores of Gold."
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LERC
Welcome to Long Eaton Running Club
Colin Bostock (M65)
Current member : Yes
Best time for 1m is 6:16 (6:16) Link to race
Best time for 5k is 19:48 (6:23) Link to race
Best time for 4m is 26:07 (6:32) Link to race
Best time for 10k is 40:10 (6:29) Link to race
Best time for 10m is 1:07:00 (6:42) Link to race
Best time for half is 1:29:49 (6:51) Link to race
Best time for full is 3:21:31 (7:41) Link to race
Was Runner Of The Month for
A member for over 21 years, Colin has been a rock for the club, taking on a number of roles over the years benefitting LERC and taking us forward.
Naturally, after such a long time of competing, Colin isn't regularly smashing PB's - in fact you'd do well to find him running over a 'normal' 5k or 10k distance. Colin is a man of the mountains and loves a fell race or two (hundred), regularly heading out and putting his body through the pain.
Recently, Colin clocked up his 1,000th race for LERC, which is a phenomenal feat and not something I'm sure we'll see again, certainly not in the near future anyway.
This achievement didn't stop Colin though and through August he accumulated many more miles of inclines, as well as supporting the club at the league races and club nights.
A man who has time for a pint with anyone, his team spirit and his commitment to LERC are outstanding. Without him, Long Eaton Running Club would not be what it is today!
For a full look at Colin's long, long, long history of results and his incredible career, click here, it's quite something...
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History for 1m
History for 5k
History for 10k
History for 10m
History for half
History for full
2nd m60 @ Wroclaw Parkrun (Poland)
2nd m60 @ T'Owd Man (1917ft/14.2m)
3rd m60 @ Chrome Hill (700ft)
3rd male team @ Chrome Hill (700ft)
1st m60 @ Hathersage Night Race (1300 ft)
1st m60 @ Castle Canter Fell Race 1529ft
3rd m60 @ Long Eaton Parkrun
3rd m55 @ MMAC 4 x 4.4k road relays
series 2nd m60 @ Grin and Bear it (1939ft)
county v60 silver @ Notts 10
1st male team @ Lingmell Dash (2360ft)
Races competed in (8274 miles over 1054 races.) download
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