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Freedom, bureaucracy & schooling
Published 1971 by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, NEA in Washington, DC .
Bureaucracy -- United States.,
Education -- United States.,
School management and organization -- United States.
Other titles Freedom, bureaucracy, and schooling.
Statement prepared by the ASCD 1971 Yearbook Committee ; Vernon F. Haubrich, chairman and editor.
Contributions Haubrich, Vernon F., ASCD 1971 Yearbook Committee., Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Weber believed that bureaucracy was the most efficient and rational way of organizing. For Weber, bureaucratization was the key process in his theory on rationalization of Western society. Weber popularly characterized a bureaucracy as having a hierarchy of authority, a clear division of labor, explicit rules, and impersonality. On Liberty is a philosophical essay by the English philosopher John Stuart hed in , it applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state. Mill suggests standards for the relationship between authority and emphasizes the importance of individuality, which he considers prerequisite to the higher pleasures—the summum bonum of : John Stuart Mill.
Mix Play all Mix - Freedom in Thought YouTube How School Makes Kids Less Intelligent | Eddy Zhong | [email protected] - Duration: TEDx Talks 4,, views. ADVERTISEMENTS: This article provides an essay on the intimate relationship between democracy and education. Subject Matter: It is an admitted fact that there is an intimate relationship between democracy and education. In a democracy, education is given primacy, for it is pre-requisite for the survival and success of the former. Similarly, education fosters a democratic [ ].
Katz noted that the core of the public school system is bureaucracy, and with bureaucracy, a class system in education, as bureaucracy causes class division in all areas of compulsory activity. Bureaucracy in education was not considered necessary by many Americans in the 19th century. Originally published by Yale University Press in , 'Bureaucracy' is a classic fundamental examination of the nature of bureaucracies and free markets in juxtaposition to various political systems. 'Bureaucracy' contrasts the two forms of economic management -- that of a free market economy and that of a bureaucracy. In the market economy entrepreneurs are driven to serve consumers by their 5/5(1).
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Freedom, Bureaucracy, & Schooling. [Author Unknown] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. OCLC Number: Description: viii, pages ; 24 cm: Contents: Forword / John D. Greene --Introduction / Vernon F.
Haubrich --Part One: Definitions and limitations --Freedom and Bureaucracy in the schools / Donald Arnstine --Schools as a "guidable" system / Amitai Etzioni --Law, freedom, equality: and schooling / Arthur E.
Wise and Michael E. Manley-Casimir --Bureaucracy and Curriculum. Schooling, Childhood, and Bureaucracy: Bureaucratizing the Child is a valuable addition to those who are trying to understand the place of public education in today's world and tensions inherent in this bureaucratic system." - John Benson, professor, School of Teaching and Learning, Minnesota State University MoorheadCited by: 4.
1 Donald Arnstine. "Freedom and Bureaucracy in the Schools." In: Vernon F. Haubrich, editor. Freedom, Bureaucracy, & Schooling. 1 Year book. Washington, D.C.: Association for Super vision and Curriculum Development, perhaps, no, actually, a plane would be a better way to travel.
Now I. Bureaucracy is a political book written by Austrian School economist and libertarian thinker Ludwig von author's motivation in writing the book is his concern with the spread of socialist ideals and the increasing bureaucratization of economic : Ludwig von Mises.
Schooling was used as a way of producing (and reproducing) bureaucracy. Educators often admitted this fact. A St. Louis superintendent and later the U.S. Commissioner of education, named William T. Harris was bureaucracy & schooling book as saying, "each pupil must be taught first and foremost to conform his behavior to a general standard." (Tyack, p.
"It occurred to Susan that bureaucracy & schooling book were always waiting for something cataclysmic--love or war or a giant asteroid. Every man wanted to be a hot-headed Bruce Willis character, fighting against the evil foreign enemy while despising the domestic bureaucracy. Freedom and Bureaucracy* Larry M.
Preston, Northern Arizona University Bureaucracy is a necessary and important part of our personal and collective lives. An authoritative system of decision, the predictability of established rules and fixed juris-dictional areas, and a technical division of labor make it possible for relevant expertise to.
Find books like Bureaucracy from the world's largest community of readers. Goodreads members who liked Bureaucracy also liked: What Has Government Done t. In his response, Arons affirmatively sets out some of the book's main themes of political /cultural conflict over standardized schooling, corrects some of what he sees as Glenn's misunderstandings, and notes that the book itself invites readers to eschew partisanship and recognize that there are deep structural problems in American public Author: Stephen Arons.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the U.S. homeschooling population more than doubled between andfromto million children, or percent of the K. In book: Weber's Rationalism and Modern Society: New Translations on Politics, Bureaucracy, and Social Stratification, Chapter: Six, Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, Editors: Tony Waters and Dagmar.
That change in schooling will very likely undermine the freedom of intellect and spirit that has been so essential to the American experience" (page 98). Keywords Book Review; Academic Freedom; Bureaucracy; Censorship; Community Control; Cultural Influences; Educational Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Family School Relationship Cited by: 1.
Freedom. Critics routinely represent bureaucracy as being antithetical to human freedom and individual liberty, both that of the employee and of the citizen, or consumer.
The absence of rules and of hierarchy is seen as liberating people at work, for instance, allowing them more freedom to experiment, make decisions and get things done. What is bureaucracy.
Are people right to see it as synonymous with red-tape, feather-bedding and inefficiency. Can it be controlled by politicians, or made more responsive to citizens. Is it only confined to the public sector, or is it pervasive throughout all modern organizations.
These are only some of the questions addressed in David Beetham's concise and wide-ranging study. bureaucracy (byŏŏrŏk´rəsē), the administrative structure of any large organization, public or private.
Ideally bureaucracy is characterized by hierarchical authority relations, defined spheres of competence subject to impersonal rules, recruitment by competence, and fixed salaries. Its goal is to be rational, efficient, and professional. A 'read' is counted each time someone views a publication summary (such as the title, abstract, and list of authors), clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the full-text.
DESCHOOLING SOCIETY: THE ESSENTIAL ARGUMENT AGAINST SCHOOLING Some Overview Comments on Ivan Illich's book: DESCHOOLING SOCIETY. Bob Corbett Illich longs for a different world than exists today. This world is a much more radically individualist world where fundamental responsibilities fall to the individual.
There is an irony here. Majority control of schooling undercuts the freedoms of expression and belief which are central to the First Amendment and to the political health of our society. In education, First Amendment rights can only be guaranteed insofar as choice is actually available to dissenting families.
However, battles over public orthodoxy are observable in family efforts to secure home education, in. That's what years of government schooling have given us. Back in the days of educational freedom we had 99 percent literacy. InDuPont de Nemours, the Frenchman who founded the DuPont chemical company, published a book entitled National Education in the United States of : Sam Blumenfeld.
3 books that helped me to understand bureaucracy. what struck me about this book was the story of an extraordinary man and his experience in an institution that suppressed him at.
Bureaucracy can't teach. American schools have been organized "on the totally erroneous assumption," management expert Peter Drucker observed. Bureaucracy is not the solution, and Max Weber saw its weakness: individual freedom and potential is trapped in an iron cage of rule-based control The estimated cost of unnecessary bureaucracy in OECD countries is nearly $9 trillion Bureaucratic schemes suck-up a lot of time and energy and undermine an organization's ability to innovate.
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Understanding the component skills and processes involved in reading for understanding, apart from decoding, has important implications for designing instruction in reading comprehension for all children as well as for designing interventions to strengthen reading comprehension skills in children with ASD and other developmental disorders.
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Mentor Commentary: Ezra & Nehemiah (MOT)
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Through the fascinating Old Testament books of Ezra and Nehemiah you will discover a God who is in control of history and the hearts of his people. It is a real encouragement to be reminded how Yahweh can even work through the lives of secular leaders, just as he did with the Persian Kings, Cyrus and Artaxerxes.
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"Tiberius Rata combines exegetical skill, knowledge of the ancient world, and a pastor's heart in this volume. His explanations of the text are clear, forceful, yet concise. This work will assist the church in understanding its call to godly service to Christ and will motivate its readers to re-consecrate their lives and possessions to the work of the Kingdom." — Kenneth A. Matthews, Professor of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Alabama
"Reasoned, researched, and concise, Rata's commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah opens a window on the historical setting for these significant books of the Old Testament. Carefully selected photographs, illustrations, and charts punctuate its pages and illuminate the text's background, literary context, and interpretation. This volume ably addresses the interests of laymen and pastors alike as they study the biblical text of the two books." — William D. Barrick, Professor of Old Testament; The Master?s Seminary, Sun Valley, California
"Tiberius Rata has provided the church with a clearly written, insightful synthesis of the often-neglected books of Ezra and Nehemiah. The author's style is concise and readable; he stays on track and refuses to deviate from his primary goal of illuminating the meaning and significance of the biblical text. One of the most useful features of this volume is its attention to contemporary relevance. Without violating the meaning of the ancient text in its context, the author derives helpful practical insights that are consistent with its original intention." — Robert B. Chisholm, Jr., Chair and Professor of Old Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas
"Tiberius Rata's work on Ezra-Nehemiah should be warmly received by pastors and teachers. His commentary is clear and to the point, yet he discusses some problems at length, furnishing thoughtfulness and insight for solutions. His viewpoint is solidly orthodox and reverent. His high view of Scripture and of the God of Scripture is reflected throughout the work. His work demonstrates competent scholarship and conveys a pastor's heart-the work of a pastor scholar. His outlines and comments are helpful for understanding the flow ofthe historical narrative and are suggestive for sermon preparation. He provides useful summaries-for example, summaries for the chronology of the book-for understanding the book within the Old Testament canon and timeframe. His use of Ancient Near Eastern sources and documents also give historical context for the books of Ezra-Nehemiah. I recommend this work for teachers in colleges and seminaries and also for teachers and pastors in the local church." — Russell Fuller, Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
A native of Romania, Tiberius Rata is the chair of the Biblical Studies Department and professor of Old Testament Studies at Grace College and Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Institute for Biblical Research and has presented papers at the national conventions of the Evangelical Theological Society. He is married to Carmen and they have two sons.
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State legislators soon will debate the fate of Lyft and Uber.
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Yesterday, Uber contacted its users and requested that they sign a petition urging Pennsylvania legislators to pass a bill that will allow the company to continue to operate in the state. That is the final effort to get Pennsylvania to change its mind on ridesharing with what the company calls "common sense" legislation that would allow the company to run its UberX platform permanently in Pittsburgh as well as in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, State College, the Lehigh Valley, the Wyoming Valley, Reading, Erie, Lancaster and conceivably every small town in between.
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Bringing ridesharing services such as these to Pennsylvania almost seems like a no-brainer, especially because it can be difficult to find a cab quickly in the city. We've already seen the effects ridesharing has had on other major metropolises (we're looking at you, LA and NYC). Fun fact: With a focus on data, Uber has been able to predict where its customers will go before they even get in the car; the company says that its drivers can do this with nearly 75 percent accuracy.
It's innovations like these that make ridesharing a hit with users and drivers alike. It's why there's a group of supporters outside of the state legislature rallying in support of creating a new category called "Transportation Network Companies" for Uber and Lyft. It's do or die this week for ridesharing in Pennsylvania. You can sign Uber's petition here.
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In this chapter, a study about how Italian SMEs understand and use FinTech technologies is presented. The study focuses on FinTech-aided banking services, in particular, due to the fact that these are, at present, the most widely used FinTech technologies available in Italy. The study shows how, despite FinTech entering Italy only in recently, the Italian SMEs market is very active and fruitful for digital companies. In the last years, a continuous growth of investment has seen the development of FinTech technologies in multiple areas, such as mobile networks, big data, trust management, mobile embedded systems, cloud computing, image processing, and data analytic techniques.
In the last years, the term Financial Technology (FinTech) has been adopted in order to describe a wide range of services, aided by several financial technologies (Gabor & Brooks, 2017), for different types of organizations, which mainly address the advancement of quality of financial products and services supported by Information Technology (IT) applications. FinTech has become important due to several important factors, ranging from technical advancement, enterprises innovation, the need for reducing costs, and for improving the relationship with the customers. The high speed in which FinTech has been adopted caused a great challenge, due to the multidisciplinarity, advanced usage of integrated platforms, and increased demand for such services (Gai, Qiu, & Sun, 2018). FinTech is supported with the development of cutting-edge technologies, among which the most relevant are those that can discover hidden information from various sources and thus improve the decision-making process in SMEs, which influence security, and enable easier communication with customers.
In Italy, from the end of the first decade of 2000, almost all banks decided to follow new paths, starting a process of exploiting digital opportunities and moving clients onto more agile and less costly channels (i.e., Internet Banking and Mobile Banking) envisioning novel ways for serving clients and generating profit (Premoli, 2017).
The chapter has three goals. The first goal of the chapter is to analyze the wealth of digital possibilities, embedded as FinTech solutions and strategic partnerships, that are available for banks to improve their current portfolio of products and services. The second goal is to provide the overview of the FinTech solutions for SMEs, with the focus to Italian banks and FinTech, and to provide the overview of two main venues for increasing their competitiveness: (i) online advisory and internationalization for SMEs, and (ii) product standardization and multichannel distribution. The third goal of the paper is to analyze the main emerging and disruptive technologies in banking domain, adopted by the FinTech industry today (e.g., big data, data mining, text mining, blockchain, AI), which provide a rich source for future research directions for FinTech.
The abovementioned goals are attained by (i) conducting a comprehensive literature overview, focusing on cutting-edge research in the area of disruptive technologies (e.g., big data, data mining, natural language processing); (ii) investigating the grey-literature research in order to collect knowledge on Italian FinTech, such as case studies, white papers and industry position papers.
The chapter consists of the following parts. After the introduction, the background of the research is provided, focusing on Italian SMEs and their significance for the economy. The third chapter discusses FinTech as a new venue for advancing financial products and services, presenting the main technologies used for FinTech applications, the relationship between FinTech and innovation, and the role of FinTech as a disruptive technology in the Italian context. The fourth chapter aims at providing solutions and recommendations for FinTech and Italian SMEs, while fifth chapter provides the overview of future research directions for FinTech, such as big data, data mining, text mining, and others. Finally, a conclusion is provided.


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Home News Authors United asks DOJ for Amazon probe
Authors United asks DOJ for Amazon probe
Published August 21, 2015 by Sarah Shaffi
Campaign group Authors United has written to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to ask it to investigate Amazon, which it says has "gained unprecedented...
Campaign group Authors United has written to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to ask it to investigate Amazon, which it says has "gained unprecedented power over America's market for books".
The letter, signed by 575 authors including Scott Turow, Nelson DeMille and Nora Roberts and submitted yesterday (Thursday 20th August), says that the signatories agreed with the authorities "in economics and law who have asserted that Amazon's dominant position makes it a monopoly as a seller of books and a monopsony as a buyer of books".
"In recent years, Amazon has used its dominance in ways that we believe harm the interests of America's readers, impoverish the book industry as a whole, damage the careers of (and generate fear among) many authors, and impede the free flow of ideas in our society," says the letter.
Authors United was set up by writer Douglas Preston during the dispute between Amazon and Hachette Book Group in the US.
In its letter to the DOJ, Authors United said that to pressure publishers over the past 11 years, Amazon "has blocked and curtailed the sale of millions of books by thousands of authors" and "during its dispute with Hachette in 2014, appears to have engaged in content control, selling some books but not others based on the author's prominence or the book's political leanings".
It also makes a series of accusations, including saying "Amazon has used its monopsony power, and its ability to threaten punishment, to extract an ever greater share of the total price of a book from publishers" which has "resulted in publishers dropping some midlist authors and not publishing certain riskier books, effectively silencing many voices".
The letter also says: "Amazon routinely sells many types of books below cost in order to acquire customers for unrelated lines of business and to drive less well capitalised retailers – like Borders – out of business.
"This practice, extending over many years, has caused price deflation across the industry and reduced the amount of revenue available for publishers to invest in new books, thus depriving readers of wider choice."
The letter ends by saying: "We respectfully request that the Antitrust Division investigate Amazon's power over the book market, and the ways in which that corporation exercises its power, bearing in mind the very special constitutional sensitivities that have historically been applied to any business that has established effective control of a medium of communication."
Amazon refused to comment on the letter to the Wall Street Journal, and a Justice Department spokesman told the newspaper that the agency would review the group's materials.
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The 15th Ordinary Meeting of the 165th Session of the Literific took place on the 20th of February in the Senate Room and was attended by something crazy like 85 people. In addition to this, I believe the Bareness Thatcher had been present due to a very unwise pledge a certain secretary had made in an effort to raise money for Cancer Research UK. However, a certain secretary may still wish to blame Harry Adair for this and not her own unwise judgment. My mummy was also there.
In keeping with tonight's motion and the fact I wrote these at 4 am we'll be keeping these minutes light-hearted. I know, shocker.
In Private Members' Business, Paddy Mallon read the final report of the Electoral Commission, like, the whole thing. Naturally, there were also a flurry of questions for the Prime Minister which she dealt with with the poise and elegance she is so well known for.
The motion was This House Believes There is a God.
Jess Livingston opened the debate with her maiden speech. The crowd went wild. She argued that the best things in life can't be explained and that believing in a God makes these things far easier to understand. She explained that in a situation where you can't determine if or if not a God exists, it comes down to faith to make you decide.
Ciarán Gallagher opened for the opposition. As per usual he was suited up to the max. He sort of focused on not offending people and accepted that it is a personal issue but that there is insufficient evidence to prove a god's existence. He asked if God was just a simple answer to very complex questions.
Important to note that by this time in the debate the burn levels, especially against Kelters, were over 3000 on a scale of burns.
David Cather continued for the proposition. He basically told everyone to go and read books because they'd explain his argument better #copout. He said that there was not one reason to believe in God, but many, and that one of them was due to personal experience. He determined that the world is far too finely balanced to not have something intervene and he even had science that didn't make me cry.
Nick Millington then continued for the opposition with a unique Nick spin on things. He said it was important for the House to understand his bias as an atheist and so while you can't say there is a god or that there isn't, you also can't say there's a mystical teapot floating about the universe. I actually couldn't keep up after this, random words I wrote down include: fire, brimstone and decay of tissue.
Professor David Glass closed for the proposition. There was a bit of fangirling about the University. He told the House that the universe would make more sense if a god did exist. He said that there is a myth that there is a conflict between science and religion (see first semester science v religion debate) and that without religion and belief, many scientists would not have discovered what we have today as they wouldn't have gone looking for God.
Paddy Mallon then closed the debate. He was wearing a robe too. He decided (I think) to pull a 'Jonny Gallagher' as it is so called within the Society and said he didn't believe there was 'a' God, but instead a load of them. Something Batman, something Irish Mythology reduces gods to fairies, to pixies. I was really tired when I wrote these, just take my word that the speeches were good.
We then went to the Floor. Questions were heard from Conor Conneally, Andrew Carruthers, James McAlister, Twitter (if God if a DJ), Ross Jordan, Jack Finlay, Hayley McNeile, Thomas Hislop and Andrew Hirte (?).
Both sides summarised, some with literature which is now a thing. The motion then went to a vote and was defeated with 10 abstentions, 18 ayes and 26 nays.


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La Font de la Vaca és una font situada a la urbanització La Granja, al Parc de la Font de la Vaca del municipi de Caldes de Malavella (Selva). És una obra inclosa en l'Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya.

Descripció
És de color gris i el seu brollador està situat dintre d'una fornícula decorada amb ceràmica blanca trencada i flanquejada per pilastres motllades. A sobre de la fornícula uns esgrafiats geomètrics i una ceràmica amb el dibuix en color blau d'una vaca. Cos central coronat per una cúpula decorada amb ceràmica trencada de terra cuita vitrificada i un element de gerreria. Una cornisa petita amb dentallons separa la cúpula de la resta. Els cossos laterals tenen una petita balustrada. Al costat de la font hi ha un petit eixidor.

Història
L'estiueig de la segona meitat del  i principis del segle XX tenia un caràcter elitista, ja que es limitava als sectors benestants de la societat. Anava lligat a pràctiques curatives i també començava a ser una activitat de lleure. La millora en els mitjans de transport va contribuir a consolidar els nuclis d'estiueig cosa que tingué un fort impacte en l'urbanisme i l'economia dels pobles amb aigües termals. El parc de la Font de la Vaca forma part de l'ambiciós projecte urbanístic promogut per Miquel Picó i Jou als anys vint, de materialitzar una urbanització de caràcter residencial a nomenada "Colònia La Granja".

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Patrimoni monumental de Caldes de Malavella
Vaca Caldes De Malavella

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Puntius spp has the largest number of species in the Asian tropics with some unsolved taxonomic problems at the species level. The phylogenetic relationships are inferred from DNA sequences of the three mitochondrial genes (Cytochrome oxi- dase b (875 bp), Cytochrome oxidase c (498 bp), 16s ribosomal RNA (574) and two nuclear genes, Recombination activating gene 2 (863 bp) and Beta actin (913 bp). A multi-locus molecu- lar phylogeny was constructed and calibrated using two fossil dates to estimate divergence times within the Cyprinid family. The topologies resulting from maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of combined genes are broad- ly congruent with each other. Two distinct clades within the genus were obtained with high bootstrap values, namely Clade I (P. schwanenfeldii , P. bulu , P. gonionotus , and P. daruphani) and Clade II (P. fasciatus , P. tetrazona hexazona , P. tetrazona partipentazona , P. lateristriga , P. binotatus and P. everetti). Divergence times estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA data calibrated in the data set showed a clear history of diversification over the last 47.87 million years ago (MYA) for cyprinid, and 26.85 (MYA ) for Puntius and supported early Oligocene origins for this genus.


PDQ Flyers is fortunate to be allowed access to our main flying field from the DND at a very modest rate. The field covers approximately 50 of 220 DND acres and our lease is for shared usage with (occasional) military activities taking precedence. The lease includes a liability waiver so our MAAC insurance coverage is essential.
Since the DND are motivated to provide this to us as a community service, it is extremely important that our members ensure that the agreed procedures and expectations be met or exceeded. The lease has a 5 year term but it may be cancelled at DND pleasure.
MAAC has gone to a great deal of trouble to define best practices in our hobby and have documented rules, guidelines, and R/C Field Etiquette to ensure that flyers and spectators are safe, that problems are minimized, and that we can enjoy our hobby. In addition, our insurance coverage is through MAAC and therefore we need to know and must abide by their rules.
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All M.A.A.C. and P.D.Q. Flyers Rules must be obeyed at all times, no exceptions.
EVERYONE is required to sign the DND waiver form (one time only).
M.A.A.C. Frequency Board to be used at all times. Transmitter and Frequency Pins for 72 MHZ radios must be kept in the impound area when not flying. 2.4 GHZ radios exempt from impound policy, but pins must be attached to Frequency Board. Be respectful to others, limit flights to 15 minutes if sharing a frequency.
Absolutely no flying behind the flight line, which is end to end of the cut grass field. Aircraft flying high alpha maneuvers commonly know as 3D can come no closer to the pits than the centre line of the runway (approximately 30' in front of the flight line).
No starting of engines before 10AM or after sunset.
Maximum 5 aircraft at one time before 5 PM and 3 after 5PM.
All Gas/Glow engines must be equipped with a proper muffler and current DB sticker attached in plain view, no exemptions for club members.
Fail Safe must be configured for either throttle off or low throttle position if radio is capable.
All garbage must be taken away by whoever brought it.
Guest flyers may visit our field 3 times per year (excluding events). If you visit more often you are expected to join the club. Current A.M.A. members are welcome.
Until Pilots have been trained and certified, all flying will be under Certified Club Instructors using the "Buddy Box Training System." Instructors are not to be held responsible for damage to a student's equipment, if there is a accident.
All Children and Pets must be kept under control at all times. Pets on a leash. During any active flying, Pets are restricted from the pits and pilot shack areas.
Absolutely no alcohol permitted on premises.
Parking in parking area only. Respect handicap parking area. As per M.A.A.C. rules no parking within 100 feet of the flight line. However, loading and unloading aircraft and accessories is permitted (at your own risk) in a loading zone adjacent to the tables for a MAXIMUM duration of 5 minutes.
First one at the field is responsible for ensuring that someone phones in to the gate house to advise them that the field is in use. The last one to leave the field is responsible to make sure that the gate house has been advised that everyone has left the premises.
Last one out must lock the gate.
Absolutely no flying of turbine aircraft during high or extreme forest fire conditions. Only concealed flameless (compressor equipped) turbine aircraft allowed and only with a horizontal jet blast. No starting propane bottles installed on the aircraft allowed. A spotter must always be present. Two people must be ready with 5 lb CO2 fire extinguishers. All aircraft must have Kevlar fuel tanks with a maximum 4 liters of fuel. Aircraft must be equipped with a mechanical fuel shut-off valve and a electric computer managed fuel feed valve. There must be a cell phone on site and the aircraft must have been inspected by thePDQ Flyers safety committee .
All aircraft must be tethered when starting or being run up on the tables. All aircraft should be facing the shack when started on the pit tables.
NO SMOKING in Pit area or pilot shack, be respectful of others.
Helicopters and Airplanes do not fly at the same time.


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Leandro J. "Gato" Barbieri (* 28. November 1932 in Rosario, Argentinien; † 2. April 2016 in New York City, USA) war ein Jazzmusiker (Tenorsaxofon) und Filmkomponist.

Leben und Wirken

Nach einem Musikstudium in Buenos Aires arbeitete er seit 1953 im Orchester von Lalo Schifrin. 1961 nahm er mit Jorge López Ruiz auf. 1962 zog er nach Europa (zunächst nach Rom), wo er mit Ted Curson, Jim Hall und ab 1965 Don Cherry arbeitete. Aufgrund der interessanten Arbeit im "Don Cherry Quintett" ging Barbieri mit diesem 1967 nach New York. Dort etablierte er sich in der Free-Jazz-Avantgarde durch Zusammenarbeit mit Gruppen wie dem "Jazz Composer's Orchestra" oder dem "Liberation Music Orchestra" von Charlie Haden. An der Wende zu den 1970er Jahren besann er sich auf seine Wurzeln, änderte seinen Stil und brachte nun verstärkt lateinamerikanische Musik (u. a. afrobrasilianische Musik) mit ihren vielfältigen Rhythmen in einen freien Jazzkontext ein. Dafür arbeitete er intensiv mit Perkussionisten wie Naná Vasconcelos, Airto Moreira oder James Mtume wie auch mit dem Bandoneonspieler Dino Saluzzi. Höhepunkt dieser Zeit waren seine Einspielungen Anfang der 1970er Jahre für die Plattenlabel Flying Dutchman und Impulse: The Third World (1970), Fenix (1971), El Pampero (1972) und Bolivia (1973) waren zu jener Zeit einzigartig in der Mischung aus Jazz und Latino. Die wilden Saxophon-Soli zu lateinamerikanischen Klassikern wie El dia que me quieras wurden niemals mehr erreicht – weder von Gato noch von anderen. Gato Barbieri wirkte auch in Carla Bleys Oratorium Escalator over the Hill mit, sowie in den Aufnahmen ihrer Suite A Genuine Tong Funeral mit dem Gary Burton Quartet und dem Jazz Composer's Orchestra. 1972 schrieb Barbieri die Filmmusik für Bernardo Bertoluccis Film Der letzte Tango in Paris und gewann damit einen Grammy.

Er diente als optisches Vorbild für die Figur des Saxophonisten Zoot aus der Muppet Show.

Seit Ende der 1970er Jahre spielte Gato Barbieri eine auf den breiten Publikumsgeschmack ausgerichtete Mischung aus modernem Jazz und Popmusik, etwa mit Carlos Santana (Europa), ohne dass sich aber dabei die Intensität seines melodischen Saxophonspiels wesentlich geändert hätte. Er war ein großer, kraftvoller Lyriker – so wie es sein Rufname Gato (der Kater) vermuten lässt. Seit dem Tod seiner Frau Michelle und einem Herzinfarkt ging er nur noch vereinzelt auf Tournee oder ins Plattenstudio. Er starb an einer Lungenentzündung.

Diskografie

Alben

Weitere Alben
 1967: In Search of the Mystery (Gato Barbieri Quartet, mit Sirone, Calo Scott und Bobby Kapp; ESP-Disk 1049)
 1968: Hamba Khale! (mit Dollar Brand; Aufnahme: Mai/Juni 1967 in Mailand; Togetherness 004)
 1970: The Third World (Flying Dutchman 117)
 1971: Fenix (Flying Dutchman 144)
 1972: El Pampero (Flying Dutchman 151); Liveaufnahme vom Montreux Jazz Festival 1971
 1973: Under Fire (Flying Dutchman 156)
 1973: Bolivia (Flying Dutchman 158)
 1973: Chapter One: Latin America (Impulse! 9248)
 1974: Chapter Two: Hasta Siempre (Impulse! 9263)
 1974: Yesterdays (Flying Dutchman 550)
 1974: Confluence (Reissue von Hamba Khale!; mit Dollar Brand; Freedom 1003)
 1975: Chapter Four: Alive in New York (Impulse! 9303)
 1975: El Gato (Flying Dutchman 1147)
 1978: Obsession (Aufnahme: Mai/Juni 1967 in Mailand; Affinity 12)
 1982: Bahia (Fania 608)
 1983: Gato … Para Los Amigos!! (Livealbum, Aufnahme: Juni 1981; Doctor Jazz 39204)
 1983: Apasionado (Doctor Jazz 40183)
 1984: Passion and Fire (A&M 3029)
 1988: The Third World Revisited (Reissue von Yesterdays; Bluebird 6945)
 1997: Qué Pasa (Columbia 67855)
 1999: Che Corazón (Columbia 69690)
 2002: The Shadow of the Cat (Peak 8509)

Singles

Weitere Singles
 1973: El Sertao
 1973: La China
 1973: Last Tango in Paris – Tango (… and His Orchestra)
 1976: I Want You (VÖ: September)
 1977: Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)
 1977: Nostalgia
 1978: Sunride
 1978: Poinciana (Song of the Tree)
 1978: Latin Lady
 1979: Firepower (VÖ: Mai)
 1979: Secret Fiesta (VÖ: September)
 1987: Tekno Mode (Leo Washington mit Gato Barbieri und Billy Cobham)

Filmmusik
 1969: Skizzen für eine afrikanische Orestie (Appunti per un'orestiade africana)
 1970: Im Abgrund der Nacht (Na boca da noite)
 1972: Der letzte Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)
 1975: La guerra del cerdo
 1979: Firepower
 1982: Der Kuss des Fremden (Stranger's Kiss)
 1996: Seven Servants

Lexigraphische Einträge
 Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley: Jazz. (Der ultimative Führer zum Jazz. 1700 Künstler und Bands von den Anfängen bis heute) (= Rough Guide.). Metzler, Stuttgart u. a. 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X.
 Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, Oxford u. a. 1999, ISBN 0-19-507418-1.

Quellen

Weblinks

 Webpräsenz
 Jahrhundertaufnahmen des Jazz: Chapter One

Musiker (Argentinien)
Jazz-Saxophonist
Filmkomponist
Grammy-Preisträger
Argentinier
Geboren 1932
Gestorben 2016
Mann


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Home » People & Places, Regional / International » Pablo Mis Appointed as Advisor to UN General Secretary on United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Pablo Mis Appointed as Advisor to UN General Secretary on United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Pablo Mis has been appointed to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples. In his capacity, Mis will serve as one of five persons on the Advisory Board of Trustees of the U.N. Fund. The fund was established some thirty-five years ago with the goal to enhance the participation of indigenous people in the U.N. system. Mis is the first indigenous representative from Belize to be appointed in this role. Mis says that his appointment will provide him with the opportunity to advise the U.N.'s Secretary General on the use of the fund for the next three years. Today, he shared what this appointment means for indigenous peoples across the Americas and what he is hoping to champion on their behalf in his advisory role:
Pablo Mis, Advisor to UN General Secretary
"I think that my nomination is one that didn't come simply as a result of my work alone but of course the work of all indigenous peoples in this region of the Americas and the Caribbean and for Belize, I think, this is also a recognition that we have indigenous peoples and their representatives are actively engaging on issues that is affecting them. So, I think is recognition of the present visibility and the efforts of indigenous peoples in Belize to become a part of the conversation on matters that are affecting them. I am honored to be a part of the board for the next three years and my hope then is that we are able to get more information directly to the various indigenous constituencies and see more participation within the corridors of the UN. I particularly have a keen interest in working closely with the indigenous peoples within the Caribbean. My experience has seen not a very strong presence of indigenous and tribal people within the Caribbean region in the UN system. I also take note that the voluntary fund recently expanded its mandate to look at issues related to climate change to make sure that indigenous peoples are a part of that and within the Caribbean region we will note that climate change impacts first most the indigenous and marginalized communities. So, we hope that in my capacity I would like to see that we are able to get the relevant information to the representatives of the indigenous peoples within the Caribbean and see how they can build their own capacity and see how they can facilitate their participation within these discussions which will ultimately impact their lives. The aim is that we would like to see more indigenous peoples being a part of the process of nation making within the UN system so that the nation building process takes into account the realities of indigenous peoples."
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Stichting ABN AMRO Kunstverzameling is een juridische constructie die in 1976 werd opgericht en sinds eind 2007 de kunstverzameling van de ABN AMRO Bank beheert.

De collectie
De kunstcollectie herbergt een dwarsdoorsnede van de Nederlandse naoorlogse kunst met namen als Karel Appel, Marlene Dumas, Eylem Aladogan en Heringa/Van Kalsbeek. Daarbuiten bevat de verzameling ook werken van bekende buitenlandse kunstenaars als Andy Warhol en Donald Judd. Oorspronkelijk was het de bedoeling door kunstaankopen de werkplekken te verfraaien. De in 25 jaar zorgvuldig opgebouwde collectie omvat ongeveer 16.000 kunstwerken en is daardoor de omvangrijkste kunstcollectie van een particulier bedrijf in Nederland buiten het museale circuit.

Toedracht
In oktober 2007 heeft de bank haar kunstcollectie voor een symbolisch bedrag van 1 euro overgedragen aan de stichting om te voorkomen dat het nieuwe consortium Fortis, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) en Banco Santander de verzameling zou opsplitsen. De rechtskundige eigendom ligt daarmee bij de stichting waardoor mogelijke schuldeisers geen aanspraak kunnen maken op delen of de gehele collectie bij een overname of een faillissement. De voormalige ABN AMRO-topman Rijkman Groenink fungeert als voorzitter van de nieuwe stichting en volgt oud-ABN AMRO-bestuurder Tom de Swaan in die functie op.

De stichting heeft alleen de (blote) juridische eigendom verkregen, maar niet het economische eigendomsrecht, dat wel bij ABN AMRO blijft. Hierdoor moesten de nieuwe eigenaren wel het onderhoud aan de kunstcollectie betalen, maar konden ze geen stukken ervan aan anderen overdragen. Om te garanderen dat het bankentrio de kunstcollectie niet kon opbreken werd in een contract vastgelegd dat bij pogingen hiertoe de stichting automatisch het recht krijgt om alle kunstwerken voor 1 euro te kopen en dat de eigendom ervan automatisch zou toekomen aan het Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. RBS stond in maart 2009, in het kader van een met de Nederlandse staat gesloten verdrag in december 2008, haar economische eigendom gratis af aan de genationaliseerde bank ABN AMRO Nederland, waardoor RBS zelf niet meer voor het onderhoud hoeft te betalen.

Eind mei 2009 werd bekend dat de stichting na twee jaar inactiviteit weer Nederlandse kunst zou gaan aankopen om hiaten op te vullen.

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  Kunstcollectie ABN AMRO

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According to a survey by B2B research company Clutch, just under 50 percent of small businesses will have a mobile app by 2017. As of 2017, more than 70% of small businesses see their total traffic coming from mobile where as 2 years ago, it was under 10%. So, if your business is looking at ways to increase sales and engage with customers, having a fitness app is a no brainer. Mobile apps are no longer considered a branding exercise but a marketing tool.
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I've spent the entirety of my evening reading and reading and reading about the ins and outs of the supreme courts decision to allow parts of the travel ban to proceed.
A large majority of these comments comes from a place of discontent from American born citizens with these refugees and immigrants for not "coming here legally". So, I thought I'd share, in loose detail, the process of how many become refugees (via personal experience). Please keep in mind that the process of admittance to the United States is even more complex and rigorous for those applying from Middle Eastern Muslim countries.
First, you apply for refugee status with a UN agency. This is a PROCESS and not something similar to an online college application that you can be done with in a half hour. You have to submit all documents that have ever been issued to you. Birth certificates, IDs, licenses, old utility bills, report cards. If you're displaced, you have to provide proof of that too. If your house burned down or if your parents were killed, yes, they want it verified. You have to tell/write your story. Everyone in your family does. From the day that you were born to the moment that your hand gripped the pen to write, everything that has happened to you that put you in that chair goes in that statement. This includes providing them with names of all of your family members. All of your friends, neighbors, teachers. And their contact info. If they are dead or missing, guess what they want? Proof of that. This is month one.
The next 12 months or so is spent verifying the validity of your documents, information, checking references and names. Nit picking over every which detail.
If ALL OF THIS checks out, you get called in for an interview. What a relief, right? No. This is one interview of many many many more to come. In this interview with a UN official, you tell them your story. Your mother and father tell them their stories. Your baby sister. They split you up then you tell them again, together. Your life before the war and your life after the war. Yugoslavia being socialist, your parents' Before The War stories were vital. Were they communists? Dissidents? They ask you a lot about the war and communism. Do you support it? Did you take up arms? Were you in the military? What's your stance on communism? How did you feel about Tito? Are you religious? How religious? Were you in a concentration camp? How can you prove that you were?
This entire interview is repeated again and again and again. Forward to month (maybe) 16.
They ask you, a child, the same questions. Never mind that you've never heard the word dissident before. They want more proof. They want a retina eye scan. They demand a medical exam. Another interview.
Then they tell you they will call. You wait, a cloud of uncertainty of the future follows you around EVERY DAY. Then you finally get the call of approval. And the only reason this happened was because your information matched up. Not because you needed help. Because your documents were valid.
They tell you that you cannot bring a majority of the little belongings you have left. They tell you the costs of travel. (BY THE WAY, THIS ENTIRE PROCESS COSTS MONEY. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AND YES, YOU PAY THIS.) You pack whatever you can. You have $200 from a ring your mother gifted you that you had to pawn. You say goodbye to your roots, your country, your people, your home, your family. Everything you ever knew. You cry the whole flight there. You get to America. Everyone speaks a language you don't understand and looks at you funny when you speak yours. Welcome home.
You're in America, the great! You're safe! You made it! But not quite yet because more interviews. Of course, they are gracious enough to let you sleep for the night. You tell them the story again. You provide the documents again. You do another medical exam. You get seven shots in one day. Your little sister cries because she can't stand the shots anymore.
They give your parents a month to do in a new foreign country what took them their entire lives to do at home. The extent of the Medicaid and food stamps is limited to this month but you do get old, donated furniture.
In the face of ALL OF THIS ADVERSITY, your parents find jobs. Both of them. They find two. They don't sleep and you barely see them. You and your sister raise each other. On the first day of class, you get called a terrorist and told that you have lice. You're dirty.
You keep your head down and excel in your ESL classes. You cry at home. But not to your parents because they're at work. Month one is over. No more assistance. Your parents, because they work, are able to buy new furniture and even a car. You never see your parents but you are grateful to have a safe bed to sleep in. Fast forward three years. You learn English, your parents find better jobs, though they can't shake the severe work ethic. They WORK. They work until they can afford to buy a house.
Fast forward nine years. You're in college, working on a higher degree. You have a steady job. You have friends, a role in your community, a passion. You're thankful for the fact that you were one of the lucky ones to survive. You're so thankful that you spend your time volunteering and organizing to make sure others can be as safe as you are.
That's what it means to be a refugee.
Hana Selimovic is a refugee from Bosnia who lives in upstate New York. She has been involved in community organizing and activism, and is a member of the Industrial Workers of the World.


Many of our friends in Poznań grew up in rural villages and still have family on a farm. Specials occasions such as Easter or a wedding call for slaughtering a hog. We were often the reciepiants of homemade pate and sausages made for these celebrations. My favorite? White sausage in a jar (biała kiełbasa w słoikach)! It's delicious paired with a good bread.
Major Demel was one known to send us treats like sausages. When Ed told him that I especially liked his white sausage in a jar, that I would have a little bit everyday. Major Demel sent a warning, that I should be sure to have a little vodka with it to protect my liver!
When we weren't the lucky reciepiants of white sausage in a jar, I could buy it on Saturday morings at Bio/Green (organic) market in Plac Bernardyński. There was an organic butcher that set up shop in a little refrigerated truck. He always had the longest line.
Seriously, people would wait for 30 or 40 minutes to buy from this butcher. Thinking back, I don't remember anyone cutting in front of us in line. Which makes this unique as queing up experiences go in Poland.
I've always wanted to find a recipe for white sausage in a jar (biała kiełbasa w słoikach), so that I'd be able to make it myself when we returned home. A search of the internet and I found several recipes to translate. As I read through the ingredients, I realized that the flavors are the same as smalec. You'll find garlic, salt, marjoram, and pork. The sausage is just more meaty.
The cooking process described in Polish recipes calls for heating the sausage inside the jar three times. It is commonly accepted in Poland that after being cooked three times, that the sausage in a jar in shelf-stable and can be kept for months without refrigeration. The process is known as Tyndallization.
Heating will kill bacteria, but not the spores. Leaving the jars at room temperature between heating allows the spores to germinate into bacterial cells which can be destroyed by a subsequent heating. I don't know a lot about canning, but this doesn't seem to match modern American thinking on the subject.
I will play it safe and refrigerate my sausage since I'm make a small amount and have room in the refrigerator. I probably shouldn't worry. I've heard stories about my grandmother cooking sausage when they butchered a hog on the ranch.
She would pack the cooked meat in a barrel and then pour melted lard over it to fill in any space and seal out any air. I suspect the barrel was kept in the root cellar for months. A long way from modern refrigeration. I faced a similar challenge when I made ajerkoniak. When putting bacteria up against grain alcohol, I trusted the Polish advice and left it in the cupboard.
I'm not sure what it is about this sausage that makes it different for me. Maybe it's because it's cooked very slowly, in a very moist environment. I realized one morning as a was warming up some of this sausage to serve with fried eggs for breakfast that it, in appearance anyway, resembled Spam.
Spam, the nemmisis of every camping trip I took as a child. Don't let that put you off. There's something about using good cuts of meat and delicious spices that set the two worlds apart!
PS. If you're struggling to find a recipe for some Polish traditional dish in the future, feel free to email me and I'll try to help!
Anula – thanks a bunch for the link and your generous offer!
The resident sausage maker had me print this recipe. He's eager to try it. And Spam is still one of my favorite foods, despite the huge amount of salt and fats.
Lois, your remark about queing reminded me about our visit to Poland in 1971 when queing during the Communist regime was de rigeur. In Torun, my mom's cousins qued from 4AM in order to get meat only to arrive at the front of the line and be offered the cow's tongue as that was all that was left. My grandfather in Warsaw qued to get cherries and was given the rotten along with some good ones……how times have changed. Love your stories that accompany the recipes. They are mini history lessons. Thank you.
Thank you, Elizabeth. Ed's Polish colleagues would talk about the coming of age rite of passage, when they were old enough to wait in line for the family. They said to took whatever was being offered whether it was what you wanted or not.
I think all this time in line, often for not much, has led to my biggest aggravation in Poland, the national pastime of cutting in front of people in line!
Hi Lois – Can you please clarify this part of the recipe: "add ¼ to ½ cup utablespoons of water" There's no water in the ingredient list. Thanks!
Thanks for catching this, Laurel. It should be 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water. I was switching back and forth between cups and tablespoons but didn't clean it up. I'll correct it.
This is so different from what I thought it would be! Potted meats are so flavorful and make for wonderful appetizers, or picnics. I can't wait to try this, Lois!
Thanks, David. I know you'll find a way to season without the garlic.
This recipe is delicious!! I was born in Poland, came to the Us when I was only 7. About 18 years ago, but I remember my mom making this for us and I loved it. This recipe reminded me of my home! Again it's delicious! Thank you for this recipe.
Oh, Sabina, I'm so happy to hear the white sausage reminded you of home! It's one of my favorites too. ❤❤❤ Thanks for taking time to comment.


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Independant Review Panel (IRP)
Candidate Whale Heritage Sites are judged by the Whale Heritage Sites Independent Review Panel (IRP) which comprises well-respected community leaders and experts from the ecotourism, conservation, and research sectors.
All are invited as judges due to their expertise and knowledge. The IRP reviews and assesses submissions from applicants, evaluating candidate sites against the criteria and either 1) awarding the site full WHS status; 2) awarding the site WHS status upon the fulfilment of certain specific conditions; or 3) denying WHS status with recommendations. A candidate Whale Heritage Site will become accredited ONLY following a successful IRP review.
Certified sites will be expected to prepare and submit annual reports explaining how criteria are met, and will be subject to IRP review every three years.
Meet the Review Panel
Sophie Bachet Grenados
Sophie Bachet Grenados is the International Director of the worldwide renowned Blue Flag eco-label (blueflag.global), run by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). Her six-year experience at this position and her ten-year experience in the Foundation for Environmental Education both enable her to lead the programme towards excellency of environmental coastal management, in close relationship with the FEE members worldwide.
The new development of Blue Flag award towards sustainable boating tourism operators in 2016 is one of the new challenges which she is excited to grow within the network of 50 countries working on the Blue Flag programme. She hopes many sustainable boating tourism operators will join the already existing network of more than 4,000 Blue Flag awarded sites in the world, in order to improve safety, education, environmental management and responsible tourism for those types of activities, including whale watching.
Sophie has studied Environmental Sciences, with a major in environmental systems analysis, and obtained her Master of Sciences in Wageningen University, The Netherlands. She also holds an Engineer diploma in Agronomical sciences, from LaSalle engineer school, France, and a Technical Degree in Microbiology and Laboratory Techniques from Toulouse University, France. One of Sophie's joys is to dive and reconnect with the marine world whenever she has the opportunity to do so.
Mike Donoghue
Mike Donoghue is the Threatened and Migratory Species Adviser for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), a position he has held since October 2013. Previously, he worked developing SPREP's Whale and Dolphin Action Plan, involving 22 Pacific Island States and territories and covering over 30 million square kilometres of the Pacific Ocean. He is currently leading SPREP's Year of the Whale programme.
Formerly, Mike worked as Senior International Relations Adviser for the New Zealand Government's Department of Conservation, where he helped establishment marine mammal sanctuaries in Banks Peninsula (to protect the endemic Hector's dolphin) and the subantarctic Auckland Islands (to protect breeding populations of the New Zealand sea lion and southern right whale). Mike is also a Principal Investigator for the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium, which brings together biologists studying whales in eastern Australia, New Caledonia, Tonga, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Niue, Samoa, Chile and Colombia.
He is also a Board Member of the Marine Conservation Action Fund, a Boston-based non-profit organisation providing funding to support community-based activities that promote marine biodiversity.
Justin Francis
Justin Francis co-founded Responsible Travel, the world's first and largest travel agent dedicated to green/responsible tourism in 2001. Prior to that he spent 10 years at J. Walter Thompson Advertising and was Head of Worldwide Marketing at The Body Shop. Since 2004 Justin has organised and run the worlds' most prestigious Award scheme for responsible holidays – the World Responsible Tourism Awards www.responsibletourismawards.com.
Justin was named one of The Times 50 most influential people in travel, and is one of the Courvoisier Future 500. In 2010 Thames and Hudson included him in their book of 60 global 'Innovators Shaping our Creative future'.
Rachel McCaffery
Rachel McCaffery, Director of GreenCase Consulting, holds a Masters Degree in International Tourism Policy and has over twenty years international experience in tourism and sustainability. A keen scuba diver with a deep passion for marine conservation she has extensive experience in driving sustainability within commercial tour operations having worked with Airtours, Virgin Holidays, STA Travel and Virgin Atlantic. She advises The European Commission on tourism sustainability as a member of the Experts Group on tourism indicators and, as former Head of Sustainable Tourism for global non-profit INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE she has input into to the many climate change adaptation and sustainable development projects with tourism industry crossover.
These have included creation of a sustainability monitoring tool for the European Commission and blue economy initiatives such as the introduction of tourism to support alternative livelihoods development in fishing communities surrounding Marine Protected Areas in The Caribbean, funded by the UK Department for International Development.
Professor Mark Orams
Professor Mark Orams is a respected yachtsman having been involved in successful campaigns from around the world ocean races, the America's Cup, and world and New Zealand championships in a range of small yacht classes. His involvement in the sailing has extended into coaching at the Olympic and elite World Cup level through to learn to sail coaching for children.
He is an important leader in the governance of the sport and has served as a New Zealand selector, as a captain of New Zealand representative teams, he is on the board of the New Zealand Sailing Trust and the New Zealand International Yachting Trust and is a key member of the organising team for the largest small boat regatta in the Southern Hemisphere, the Sir Peter Blake Torbay Regatta. He has been honoured by Yachting New Zealand twice for services to sailing and was part of the crew awarded the Halberg Sports Team of the Year Award in 1990.
Mark also has a strong interest and background in adventure and exploration having been involved in expeditions to Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic islands, the Amazon and remote islands and reefs in the South Pacific. He has authored a number of books and over 150 scientific journal articles, book chapters and scientific conference papers. A surfer, sailor, stand-up-paddle boarder, scuba diver and ocean swimmer, he is a sought after public speaker, a proud New Zealander and a strong advocate for marine conservation, the importance of nature-based outdoor recreation and healthy, active lifestyles.


This rendering shows what will be the Flowery Brush Library at the Huntington Library's Chinese Garden.
The City Council will publicly review budget proposals for the city and its various departments at its Friday study session in the Barth Room at Crowell Public Library.
8th grade at Huntington Middle School in 1972, shared his memories at the school during its Centennial Breakfast last week commemorating the school's 100th year. For additional photos, see page 22.
Bookmark contest winners Kimberly Pan (from left), Caitlin Chwang, Irene Xue, Ken Chen and Ashley Tanaka show off their winning bookmarks at Crowell Public Library's open house with Linda Chang, Brent Chang and Ann Gluck, whose company the Chang Group was a contest sponsor. Madeleine Cham (not pictured) also was a contest winner.
Local families and community leaders gathered Saturday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Crowell Public Library. A fun-filled day of activities was sponsored by the library's board of trustees, Friends of the Library and the San Marino Public Library Foundation.
In one of his first major addresses as mayor, Steve Talt outlined to the Rotary Club of San Marino the City Council's plan to identify and target financial investments with the goal of altering the city's future.
In a discussion at Crowell Public Library, the group Partnership for Awareness hopes Larry Wong can assist parents — especially immigrants — learn how to help their children balance the adoption of American culture alongside that of their native country.
Jann Eldnor, wearing his recognizable outfit, has operated his barbershop Jann of Sweden in San Marino for decades and isn't short on stories to tell.
As a barber, cowboy, storyteller, Santa Claus and parade rider, Jann Eldnor certainly qualifies as one of the most interesting men in San Marino.
For good, better or worse, San Marino residents and workers were treated to a year full of events, happenings and developments.


We have 4 mini-suites and 6 connecting units. Standard rooms have 2 full-size beds. We also have units with king size beds, 11 allergenic rooms and 3 rooms for handicapped.
All rooms are fully air-conditioned, and furnished with direct dial phone, remote color TV, refrigerator and coffee maker. A microwave oven, toaster, and hair dryer are available upon request. We also have daily maid service, guest laundry and ample private parking with handicapped access.


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Double win for OD Racing at BGTA finale
December 5, 2017 Absolute News, Blancpain GT Asia Posted by Absolute Racing Leave your thoughts
Shanghai, October 16th, 2017 – OD Racing pair Aditya Patel and Mitch Gilbert started off the weekend with an outside chance of clinching the title and they did everything they needed to be done. Patel and Gilbert won both Blancpain GT Series Asia races at the Zhejiang International Circuit, finishing one point shy of the title on a very wet race weekend.
Going into the season's final weekend in third place in the Drivers Championship, 28 points shy of fellow Audi R8 LMS GT3 runners Marchy Lee and Shaun Thong, the OD Racing pair needed to be on top form again. On Friday's Qualifying they showed their true colors, with Patel conquering the second place for race one grid and Gilbert taking the fifth pole-position of the season for Absolute Racing serviced teams in the series in the second qualifying session.
The two other Audi R8 LMS serviced by the Absolute Racing technical crew once again showed strong pace in Qualifying. J-Fly by Absolute Racing's Jeffrey Lee and Alessio Picariello qualified P13 and P3. Milestone Racing did not disappointed too. Franky Cheng qualified fourth for race two and team-mate Sun Jingzu qualified his blue Audi in tenth for the opening race.
Absolute Racing enjoyed an excellent opening race, which started behind the safety car due to treacherous weather conditions, with Patel immediately dispatching polesitter for the lead and then set about establishing a gap to negate the five-second-success penalty. Gilbert carried on Patel's good work after taking over the #86 Audi R8 LMS in the second stint. Crossing the line with almost a six-second-lead, the Indo-Malaysian duo celebrated a hard-earned return to the top step of podium with their second win of the season.
The result saw them reduce their championship deficit to 15 points ahead of the season finale.
Not only Absolute Racing prepared cars won the race, but also shined in the GT3 Pro-Am Class. Milestone Racing pair Franky Cheng Congfu/Sun Jingzu finished the race sixth overall and second in the GT3 Pro-Am Class, getting the best result of the season.
Following a superb stint of Alessio Picariello, J-Fly by Absolute Racing returned to Pro-Am class podium. Lee have passed the #7 Audi R8 LMS over to Picariello in thirteenth and the young Belgian driver made his way up to seventh, third in the GT3 Pro-Am Class.
Sunday was the day of all decisions. To conquer the crown, the OD Racing duo needed to win and their opponents to finish fifth or lower. Starting from the pole-position and behind the safety-car, due to the equally treacherous conditions, Gilbert went wide at T1 and gave away the lead, but did well not to fall too far behind. Patel took over from Gilbert in the second stint and started charging down the leader car, until it spun and gifted the Asian duo a much-deserved victory.
However, with Hunter Abbott finishing the race in fourth place, they had to settle for the second place in the championship, a single point away from the title.
Further back in the field, Lee and Picariello rounded off the top-10 overall but the fourth place in the GT3-Am field was sufficient for Lee to claim the third position in the class. Picariello, who claimed three overall pole positions this season but missed the opening round of the championship in Malaysia, finished fifth in the GT3 Pro-Am class standings.
Cheng and Sun concluded the weekend with a twelfth place finish overall and fifth position in the GT3 Pro-Am class. The Chinese racers end the season in 7th place of their category.
Team Manager Michael Schneider, said "This weekend we made history in the Blancpain GT Series Asia, no other team ever won both races! We had a great result this weekend, not only with Aditya and Mitchell in their OD Racing car, but also with our other two entries, which finished both in the ProAm class podium. We end the season with a strong result – the most we've scored at any race this season. This strong result is the ideal way to conclude the most successful season in the team's GT racing history. The cars have been working perfectly and the team and drivers have done a fantastic job to deliver a competitive performance over the whole year. I'd also like to thank the whole team for all their hard work during this year, it's been great!"
The 2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia season gets underway at the Sepang International Circuit on April 14/15.
AbsoluteRacing, Audi, BlancpainGTAsia


We stayed at The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park for two nights over Thanksgiving. On Friday morning, we ate breakfast at The Egg and I. Sally had avocado toast for the first time, and liked it. I had a skillet, which would have been good if not for the hollendaise sauce dumped on top. The service was great, and when we asked on the way out where the best place to park in town would be, the manager told us to leave the car in his lot.
We didn't make it far. The wind was howling, as it would continue to do all day, and the stores didn't open for another hour. We headed back to the car and went back to The Stanley to visit its gift shop.
We made another try in town shortly after 10:00. One of the first stores we visited was an antique store that specialized in small stuff—jewelry, coins, autographs of famous people. There were drawers and drawers of interesting stuff. I bought a Confederate States of America $5 bill. Sally got a locket and an old tin of gramophone needles. It's unlikely I'll ever drive through the town again without stopping there. We visited several other stores and spent a lot of money on stuff. We bought some caramel corn at the most interesting-looking store in town, but the corn wasn't very good.
When we'd exhausted our capacity for shopping, we went to the Estes Park Pie Shop. We split a grilled-cheese sandwich and each had a piece of pie. The food was good but not over the top, but once again, the service was amazing.
We hung out in the hotel in the afternoon. After our tour, we walked down the hill in the dark and found a spot on the sidewalk in time to watch the "Catch the Glow" Christmas parade. This was serendipitous—we had no idea it would happen while we were in town. The wind was still blowing hard, but we were adequately attired. The parade wasn't long, but the floats were pretty fancy and well done. The only criticism I can come up with is that the town isn't all that well lit, so much of the parade stuff was hard to see—as you can can't see.
On Saturday morning, on our way out of town, we ate breakfast at the Notchtop Cafe. Once again, we had adequate food but very competent and friendly service. Everyone we met in Estes Park, excluding some of the staff at The Stanley, was very friendly. For such a well-known and popular place, I expected a vibe more like Manitou Springs or Boulder. But the town had a conservative feel. We saw evidence that at least a couple of the store owners were some brand of evangelicals. We liked the town a lot.
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Pit Bull Talk • View topic - Vet Asks: Is Vick the Problem or is it the "Punishment"?
Veterinarian asks: Is Vick the problem or is it the 'punishment'?
It was a great performance. Brown passed some stinging zingers. Vick handled almost every one with unexpected aplomb. It was just what you'd expect from a well-coached player working hard to prove he's still got game. Based on his performance, I'd say he probably does. At the very least, he seems to want it bad. But does he deserve the "second chance" he and his stakeholders so clearly crave?
Looking into Vick's big brown eyes, courtesy of CBS, it was hard to recall the lurid details of the crimes that happened under his watch. But it was easy for me to decide that nothing he said was believable. It doesn't take an empath to know this was not a man who had achieved animal enlightenment after a stint in prison. Desperate? Maybe. Rehabilitated? Definitely not.
But my personal beliefs may seem beside the point given that Vick has now "paid his debt to society" to the extent our justice system was able to enforce. Now it's all about what's fair and what's not when it comes to his career and his role as a spokesman for animal friendliness. Time to ratchet down the anti-Vick vitriol and cast him as a respectable man on the mend.
No, Vick's media peeps want you to see him for what he now seems: a more mature, self-flagellatingly repentant core of a man who has thrown off the husk of adolescent hoodery via a seething trial-by-fire only Leavenworth, Kansas, and American bankruptcy can conjure.
"Second chances," all his supporters recited on 60 Minutes. It's the American way, they implicitly intoned. Even the Humane Society's media-savvy Wayne Pacelle threw off questions regarding HSUS liability in the face of Vick's poor risk potential: No, because "it's all up to Vick now." In other words, if he chokes, no one loses. And also because millions of eyeballs means a big win for the HSUS and others who can "learn to forgive" in the face of a PR windfall.
Like you, like Mr. Pacelle says he does, I believe in redemption. I believe in second chances (though for Vick it's closer to 17 than to two, but who's counting?). I can even look beyond Vick's confessed sins and muster the same kind of compassion I can for any one of my patients as I do my best to heal their limbs and fix their ills. Animal-loving people are just like that.
Yet even if I were to believe in his apparent emotional transformation, even if I wanted desperately to see him minister to children headed down his same tortured path, even if I knew deep in my soul that Vick's participation in anti-dogfighting campaigns would save dogs' lives and alter society's perception of animals forever, reality has a way of smothering my softhearted veterinary impulses.
Why? Because despite my bent towards a compassionate read of the man behind the cruelty, it's my contention that Vick hasn't yet paid for his crimes against animals.
Call it a technicality if you will, but to my mind, "Conspiracy to Travel in Interstate Commerce in Aid of Unlawful Activities and to Sponsor a Dog in an Animal Fighting Venture" doesn't come anywhere close to condemning this man for what he has confessed to have done —— not if the animal cruelty inherent to such a charge doesn't merit additional repercussions.
Even if you don't see it that way, veterinarians like me always will. That's why after all we do to protect animals and alleviate their suffering, it's especially outrageous to watch the HSUS and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals jump onto the Vick bandwagon.
In so doing, they offer Vick a high moral stomping ground from which to revive his career while effectively endorsing the criminal justice system's lax treatment of those who finance and operate establishments that trade daily in animal cruelty. What does that say to the children they'd have Vick preach to?
Though it might surprise you, I don't blame the NFL and the Philadelphia Eagles so much. Though I'd never buy a ticket to see Vick play and will boycott NFL football altogether out of disgust, Vick has done his time by American legal standards and, therefore, deserves to work his trade. Sadly, I've come to expect nothing less from the NFL —— or our celebrity culture in general.
Consequently, the real problem here is not Vick per se, it's a society whose laws would deem 18 months an acceptable prison sentence for a charge that by its very definition denotes animal abuse. If the sentence fit the crime, I'd argue, there'd be far less of a backlash against a Vick in sports.
Still, while others in animal welfare may feel righteous and just as they trade on Vick's downfall, his fame, and his career's holy resurrection, the rest of us animal advocacy workers know better. For my part, I'll consider him good and rehabilitated when he has done the time that fits the crime.


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NetGalley Summer Reading Part Three
The Final Strife
In an empire where people's lives and opportunities are dictated by the colour of their blood, Sylah was meant to bring the ruling class to its knees. A red-blooded Ember brought up by blue-blooded Dusters, she was to enter the Aktibar (a set of trials used to determine the next rulers of the empire) and win. But when her adopted family are brutally slaughtered, Sylah is left adrift and without purpose. When a ghost from her past reappears on the eve of the Aktibar, Sylah is thrown abruptly back into a world of secrets and rebellion. But is she really the right person to win? Or is the rebellion a smokescreen for the problems facing the empire?
The Final Strife is an epic opening fantasy story in what is set to be an immersive and action-packed series. It has superb world building, a tight plot and really great character development. Everything about this book is so, so good. And the final twist at the end? Well, you'll have to read the book to find out just how brilliant it is.
This Vicious Grace
Alessa is the Finestra, chosen to protect her people from a swarm of bloodthirsty demons who descend upon her world at regular intervals. But to do this, she needs a partner whose magic she can amplify - unfortunately for Alessa (and the people relying on her for their survival), everyone she touches dies.
When the people of Saverio start to doubt whether Alessa truly is the chosen one who can save them all, she hires Dante to protect her. But, Dante has a secret of his own, which might put Alessa and Saverio in even greater danger.
This Vicious Grace is a high-stakes, YA fantasy with a really cool concept. The world building was brilliant and it was a fast-paced novel that I couldn't put down. There were some great side characters too, helping (or hindering) Alessa in her attempt to save her people - a calling she never asked for or wanted. I also loved the romance elements and cannot wait for book two!
Little Tiger Board Books


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#PERILLmNACTEC competition on Instagram
A prize will be awarded to the best photograph of the exhibition "DANGER! Saved by technology"
The National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia is organising the photography competition #PERILLmNACTEC on Instagram, to coincide with the new exhibition "DANGER! Saved by technology", which can be visited at the Museum until 30 June 2019.
Anybody wishing to take part in the competition must upload their photographs to a public Instagram account. These photographs must reflect their vision of the exhibition or related activities (guided visits, workshops, talks, etc.). In order to participate users must follow the @mnactec account, using the #PERILLmNACTEC hashtag in the image text and tagging @mnactec in the publication.
Participation is free and there is no limit to the number of photographs which can be submitted to the competition, providing they respect intellectual property rights and the rights of third parties. Photographs taken from any device - digital camera, mobile phone, tablet, etc. - are all eligible.
The period for submissions begins on 25 January 2019 and ends on 30 June. At the end of every month (from February to June) the jury will select a finalist photograph (5 in total). The last finalist will be announced on 2 July and the competition verdict will be made public on 5 July.
Finalists will be contacted through a message to their Instagram photograph, and these images will be posted to the @mnactec account. The winner will be contacted through a message to his or her photograph and the winner's name will be published on the Museum's website and Facebook and Twitter accounts. The winners must contact the organisation in writing at info.mnactec@gencat.cat in order to organise the delivery of the prize.
The jury is made up of supervisors from the different areas of the National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia.
The prize is a GoPro HERO 7 White camera or a gift of the same value. Prizes cannot be exchanged for cash or any other prize.
By posting images to Instagram with the hashtag #PERILLmNACTEC, the user accepts their publication on the website and social networks of the National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia. By participating the photographer confirms authorship of these photographs, none of which may contravene any public or private rights. Participants grant the Museum the reproduction rights of the photographs published with the aforementioned tag for their participation in this competition. Participant photographs may be used for promotion and advertising. These photographs will not be used for commercial purposes.
The competition reserves the right to withdraw from the competition any photographs which do not comply with the requirements specified here, as well as any contravening the criteria for publication associated with the social network.
Participation in the competition implies the acceptance of these terms and conditions. Non-acceptance on the part of the participants will lead them to disqualification.
Exhibition "DANGER! Saved by technology"
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