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A new ad campaign in Sweden questions the existence of God. Billboards in several of Stockholm's subway station as well as around town proclaim "Gud finns nog inte" (God probably doesn't exist). The ads also feature images of three flags with symbols from Judaism, Islam and Christianity, fashioned in the same blue and yellow found on the Swedish flag. The ads are courtesy of Humanisterna (The Swedish Humanist Association) and part of a campaign to further the debate about the impact of religion in public life. Says Christer Sturmark, Chair of the association: "We want to get people to reflect on the fact that religion plays a bigger role than they might think." The Swedish Humanists claim in the ad that less than 20% of all Swedes are religious, and they mean that it's worth considering how religion affect the life of the remaining Swedes, those who are not religious, when it comes to issues such as abortion, homosexuality, and religious independent schools ("friskolor"). Continues Sturmark: "It's not that we want to stop the religious community, but we want to level the playing field. Religious groups get huge sums from the state every year. We're dependent on our members." The campaign was paid for by donations from some of the members of the association (it has roughly 5,000 members).
Do you look like somebody famous? Say, Princess Madeleine? If so, you can moonlight in a glamorous way! Isn't that Queen Silvia over there, eating a hot dog? No, it's Marja Leena Kallatsén. She is 59 years old and her job is being the Swedish queen's look-alike. Already when Silvia married the king, Kallatsén was told she looked like her, and a few years later she became a look-alike extra. Her first job was a huge gala at Berns, arranged by hundreds of Germans. "It was an amazing feeling, people applauded and I really felt like a queen," Kallatsén says. After that other jobs followed, she played the queen in Roy Andersson's "Sånger från andra våningen", she has participated in charity parties in Florida and opened a gala at Stadshuset. Every time it's the same, Kallatsén is made-up and dressed up just to resemble Queen Silvia, and then she mingles with the rest of the people. Anette Walles, director of Entertainmix (a company that hires look-alikes for private parties and events) says they're now looking for a king for Kallatsén's queen, as well as a Carl Philip, a Daniel Westling, and a Madonna. Anyone?
You might remember him as Göran in Lukas Moodysson's film "Together" or as Gunnar in the comedy "Skenbart". But this summer you will discover him in what promises to be an international hit: Gustaf Hammarsten from Stadsteatern has a leading role in the big budget film "Brüno". "Brüno" is the latest creation from Sacha Baron Cohen, his first was "Borat". This time Cohen is transforming himself into an Austrian fashion journalist named Brüno, and Hammarsten plays a lover. Hammarsten himself cannot reveal much about the film, or he'd be sued by Sacha Baron Cohen's lawyers, but one thing he can say: "I've never been happier. No other filming beats this, it is so real. It's all about improvising and it can take almost any kind of turn. It's great." The working title of the film was "Brüno. Delicious journeys through America for the purpose of making heterosexual males visibly uncomfortable in the presence of a gay foreigner in a mesh t-shirt". We await the film with bated breath.
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Alan Greenspan The Map and the Territory: Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting Allen Lane 2013
Greenspan acknowledges that in the light of the financial crises of 2006-8 the usual justifications of unfettered capitalism were seen to be 'not wholly accurate', reviews the situation and concludes that unregulated free-market capitalism, unencumbered by welfare commitments or attempts at redistribution, is still best for everyone in the long-run.
The book is well presented, well supported by data and well reasoned. So much so, that a reader with different (or less settled)prejudices can easily identify clear points of departure.
Why pick on welfare? And doesn't it have an up-side?
Greenspan combines three things in his conclusion: lack of regulation, lack of benefit spending and lack of redistribution. His book predates the current debate on inequality – although he does briefly discuss the subject – and so he doesn't really consider redistribution as anything other than a means to fund benefits. Like Keynes, he regards 'animal spirits' and particularly irrational optimism as an essential part of the workings of a free market, and considers that high government spending damps down that optimism and so endangers the free market.
Much of the argument about the bad effect of spending on welfare would apply to other forms of spending, such as on defense. In the UK, 100 years ago it was found that the bulk of the population were in a very poor state, making poor soldiers. This was part of the motivation for the introduction of the welfare state, and for improvements following the second world war. If spending in support of defense is to be exempt from cuts, how much of welfare, health and education spending can be considered as essential to provide a pool of citizens from which soldiers can be drawn?
Greenspan also acknowledges the critical role of innovation in both normal growth and recoveries. But if – as he also acknowledges – wealth is increasingly concentrated and without government spending an increasing proportion of the population becomes unhealthy, poorly educated and disaffected, who is going to be innovative?
Investment: too little or too junky?
Greenspan also shows how government spending results in increased interest rates and hence reduced investments.
But Greenspan also details the role of sub-prime 'investments' in the crisis. Thus the problem seems to have been not too little investment but too much poor-quality investment. Although Greenspan doesn't labour the point, government regulation (in the board sense) was partly to blame here.
Regulation: is it ever good?
Greenspan also regards regulation generally as damping down growth, and hence bad. He makes an exception for banks' capital requirements, which he thinks should be bigger. This might drive some banks to the wall, but he would regard this as 'creative destruction'. He is also – somewhat reluctantly – in favour of capping the size of financial institutions.
It seems to me that, despite his rhetoric, Greenspan is in favour of regulation, as long as it drives 'bad' organisations to reform or fail, resulting in a more vigorous economy. He is against regulation that is either a drag, or which props up 'lame ducks'.
Which Pragmatism?
While Greenspan does not explicitly make reference to it, a key factor behind his thinking seems to be his 'pragmatism' of a certain kind. He seems to suppose that everyone has similar maps, and that while these do not accurately reflect the full risk territory they are all that anyone has, and in consequence a regulator can only follow their map, and so can do little about the kind of shocks of 2006-8.
An alternative view is that – particularly if one caps the size of financial institutions – no players will be observing the full territory and most players will be driven by share prices and bonuses and hence be taking relatively short term views. There is this scope for a regulator who can take a longer, broader, view and who is trusted to share players' fears and – with the support of academia and international institutions – which can develop a more realistic map, focussing on longer-run issues, such as avoiding crises or capture.
I suspect that Greenspan would be cynical about this, but maybe the UK – for example – could do better?
Can regulators regulate?
Greenspan regards regulators as increasing uncertainty. This seems to be because they are a tool of governments, who sometimes like to be seen to be doing 'something', even if the consequences are uncertain. (Presumably limits on the size and capital ratios of banks could be stable, and hence would not necessarily increase uncertainty.)
In the UK there are attempts to minimise this by making the regulators quasi-independent. What matters is the overall impact on uncertainty. Greenspan doesn't think that a regulator can really regulate effectively, and so only sees the bad side. But even if we suppose that regulators could help avoid or ameliorate crises, what matters is not some objective measure of uncertainty but business perception. This is a serious challenge for any regulator, but may not be insurmountable.
Is all growth equally good?
Greenspan claims that despite growing inequality everyone is better off, and he continually treats total growth as if were clearly the thing to maximize.
From the recent debate, it is not clear that 'everyone' or even most people are better off than they were a generation or two ago, or that even if this is the case that it will necessarily continue. Technically, median change in wealth would seem a better target than mean change. Since Greenspan doesn't consider this, it could even be that by having this as a target 90% of the population would be better off in the long-run. This would require a radical rethink of economics (perhaps stimulated by a regulator?)
Do economies have unique equilibria?
Behind Greenspan's analysis is the assumption that a real economy has a long-run equilibrium growth that it returns to after a shock.
Keynes showed that this is not necessarily so, and Greenspan gives no reason at all for relying on it. Keynes argued that it tended to be true because people believed it, and it informed their plans. Greenspan is assuming that this will continue, and that while shocks will recur, they will not be so great as to alter these long-run expectations.
Greenspan notes that booms and busts have taken place between limits, and – 'pragmatically' assumes that these limits will not be breached in the future. Yet Greenspan also acknowledges the tiny size of our sample of crises.
The key issue behind the book seems to be this: if anything exogenous to the 'natural economy', such as the reactions of governments or other big players, or coincidence with a natural disaster, had gone differently, could things have been very much worse? Would it have been – as Greenspan supposes – a temporary 'creative destruction' set-back followed by a bounce back, or could it have been worse?
Greenspan makes many comments that do not logically contribute to his conclusions and are not supported by his arguments, but which are presumably intended to curry the favour of his readers. These include:
That behavioural economics gives valuable insights.
That distributions have 'fat tails'.
That innovators may fail many times before they 'come good'.
The only real use that Greenspan makes of behavioural economics is to acknowledge that his previous views were ill-founded, and that there may be systematic divergences from normative rationality. This is an insight that he might have got from Keynes, amongst others.
Next, Greenspan echoes Taleb in arguing that economies cannot be said to have narrow-tailed distributions. But in saying that they have fat-tailed distributions they are implicitly claiming that economies can be described as probabilistic. Now it may be, as they seem to suppose, that the only accessible maps are probabilistic, but that doesn't mean that the 'territory' is. (I spoke on this at a mathematical finance conference in 2013.)
To me, his most interesting suggestion is that 'creative destruction' and hence growth relies on innovators who may fail multiple times before they succeed:
I see no way of removing periodic irrational exuberances without at the same time significantly diminishing the average rate of economic growth and the standards of living. For rising standards of living require innovators who have unlimited expectation of success and perseverance, no matter how many times they fail. Exuberance, the propensity for optimism, is required even if it runs to excess.
It would seem to follow from this reliance on perseverance that financiers should be protected from their failures, the exact opposite of Taleb's view. This would seem to be an issue for regulators.
Crisis economics.
My general notes on:
Rationality and uncertainty.
Psychology.
Reviews from:
Mankiw in NY Times.
Summers in FT.
Pearlstein in the Washington Post.
The Economist.
See also a book launch, in which Greenspan notes that volatility has increased with time, and attributes this to increasing animal spirits. (I didn't see this in the book. Alternative explanations could be a concentration of capital, increasing speculative market participation and technical developments such as high-frequency trading.) Pollock comments:
… with tossing a fair coin, we know the odds, but with forecasting the financial future, we don't even know the odds. That's because we're dealing with uncertainty, not mere risk.
… innovations are creators of long-term growth, but they also create uncertainty and surprises, good and bad.
These seem good corrective insights. It would be good to see a fuller debate.

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India cricket captain Virat Kohli fined and gets demerit for bad behaviour
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South Africa; Kohli sanctioned by The International Cricket Council (ICC).
by Jane Flowers India
16 January 2018 at 6:49 PM Updated on 16 January 2018 at 10:57 PM
India Cricket captain Virat Kohli has been sanctioned in South Africa by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for his bad behaviour. According to a report by Eye Witness News, they gave him a fine and demerits for "repeatedly complaining to the umpires about a damp ball and then aggressively throwing it to the floor during the second Test against South Africa in Pretoria."
The news came on January 16, the day after the incident. The ICC gave out a statement saying that in the 25th over of the match, on the 3rd day of the game, that Kohli "continued to complain to umpire Michael Gough," about the ball being damp after a "rain delay." He then threw the ball down in an "aggressive manner."
ICC fines Virat Kohli
The fine for Virat Kholi by the ICC for his bad behaviour was set at 25 percent of his match fee.
He also was given one demerit. The offence is actually a Level One Offence and he could have been fined as much as 50 percent and could have earned two demerits.
While one demerit does not sound like a lot, if they start adding up, it can impact on them. For example, if a player gets as many as four or more demerit points inside of a two-year period, they can get suspended. While Kholi was fined in 2016 for dissenting after being given out in one-day international against Pakistan, this is his first offence for the current period.
Virat Kohli's game so far
It was unfortunate that this incident happened as Virat Kohli was playing very well. Having lost the opening match by 72 runs down in Cape Town, Kohli had run up a brilliant 153 runs which kept India in the game in this, the second test.
In fact, Sport24 pointed out that if India does win this match it will be thanks to Kohli's excellent play. They wrote, " it was the Indian captain's phenomenal 153 in the first innings that kept his side alive." If it had not been for his runs, then India might very well have given South Africa a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
It was the Proteas' Morne Morkel who noted that getting Kohli out was vital as he is a "quality batsman and has time to adjust," when the wicket is slow, EWN reported.
It is no big surprise that Virat demonstrated his temper and ended up getting a fine and a demerit. He is a fiery and passionate player who is not scared to pull up his teammates, and often makes over-the-top appeals.
While the South African team boasted they would just ignore his outbursts and his agitated demeanour, the India cricket team captain gave the Proteas a hard run for their money on both Sunday and Monday.
Jane Flowers India
I am a freelance writer, video editor and content editor with Blasting news UK, US, and India. I studied journalism and communication in Australia and New Zealand.
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Altius
JOSEPHINE "B" DEFRANCIS – PROPRIETOR
As the leader of Altius, B sets the standards for excellence. She founded, co-owns and operates the ever-popular Bistro 19 in Mt. Lebanon. B has been in the food and beverage industry since the age of 16. She spent 13 years honing her service and training skills at Morton's of Chicago, the steakhouse in Pittsburgh. After completing her B.A. in Communications and Rhetoric at the University of Pittsburgh (while working full-time and taking classes), the idea of Bistro 19 was born. It opened in November of 2006 to critical acclaim, winning numerous awards including: Best Service, Best Design, Best Continental, Top 25 Best Restaurants in Pittsburgh and Best American Restaurant three years in a row. Using these collective experiences B created Altius as a reflection of her vision for fine dining and of her passion for hospitality and service.
JESSICA BAUER – EXECUTIVE CHEF/PARTNER
As a Pittsburgh native, Jessica relocated to Michigan during high school where she began her restaurant experience. Her greatest joy was found in her family's delight and support of her early cooking competency preparing her family meals. She found a sense of accomplishment and pride that she carries with her today. After graduating from Pennsylvania Culinary Isnstitute, Jessica was accepted to continue her culinary training at The Boca Raton Resort & Club. Most influential to her cooking style was working with Chef Gregory Waters at 27 Ocean Blue, a 4-star Mobil Travel Restaurant Review and 5-Diamond AAA Restaurant Guide. His use of international cooking styles and passion for upscale local ingredients allowed Jessica firsthand experience that transformed her professional culinary artistry.
Upon her return to Pittsburgh, Jessica became a member of The Carlton Restaurant culinary staff. Her newly gained incisive knowledge allowed her to expediently climb to the top of the ranks as Sous Chef. Assisting Chef Mark Swomley with menu creation and wine pairing dinners proved an invaluable experience that she was able to utilize as Executive Chef of Bistro 19.
Jessica strives to keep Bistro 19 as one of the top destinations in Pittsburgh's restaurant market. She frequently travels to such cities as Chicago, New York and Philadelphia to inspire her menus. Guests do not encounter a pretentious menu at Bistro 19. They are instead treated to a modern and eclectic selection that delights all. Jessica cooks at events all over the city and as far as Cincinnati to show off her talent, and has also been featured in magazines like Whirl and Pittsburgh Magazine. At cooking classes around the city, she enjoys giving back to the community and teaching students how to prepare some delightful dishes for their own families.
MICHAEL GUADAGNOLO – CHEF DE CUISINE
Born and raised in a suburb of western Pennsylvania, Michael grew up watching his Sicilian grandmother cooking for holiday feasts and every Sunday. The flavors and aromas of the kitchen would flourish into a career for him in the culinary field. He decided to attend International Culinary Academy where he graduated with honors. During school, he got a job working for Jacky Francois in the Omni William Penn Hotel where he would work his way up to sous chef. Honed his skills in planning and developing menus for extravagant weddings, parties, and holiday events. Chef Jacky taught him the importance of the quality of the ingredients and the level of expectation that the guest held.
Michael travels to New York City and other large cities often to stay ahead of the current culinary trends. He is an avid home gardener and appreciates the importance of organic quality ingredients that he has learned from his Italian grandparents. Although Michael was trained in traditional French cuisine he also believes in a minimalist style of cooking.
ADAM SCHAUB – KITCHEN MANAGER
SELINA PROGAR – EXECUTIVE PASTRY CHEF
Born and raised in Washington, Pennsylvania, Selina got her start baking during the holidays with her family. Growing up in a Slovenian and Polish family, she learned traditional pastries such as apple strudel before branching out further in the pastry world! Selina then entered the baking and pastry program at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York where she honed her skills in petit gateaux, artisanal breads, wedding cakes, and truffles.
After graduating in 2012, Selina started working at La Gourmandine in Pittsburgh, where she was promoted to lead pastry and pastry manager. In 2014, she pursued an opportunity to be the assistant pastry chef for Toppers at the Wauwinet, a 4-Diamond restaurant on Nantucket, Massachusetts. Selina then went to Deer Valley, Utah to experience the pastry line at the 5-Diamond Apex restaurant.
After traveling and experiencing various chef techniques, Selina returned to Pittsburgh to accept the Executive Pastry Chef position at Altius. Here she uses a blend of French and American styles to provide the finishing touches on you dining experience. Every day she experiments with new truffles flavors, classic and artisanal breads, and dessert flavors that are sure to be an exciting delight!
MICHAEL "MICK" DOHERTY –GENERAL MANAGER
Mick graduated from Pennsylvania Culinary Institute with an Associate's Degree in Specialized Technology. He was a part of the opening team at Morton's of Chicago, the Steakhouse in Pittsburgh in 1993 as a pantry cook and was promoted from within to First Line Cook and Assistant Food and Beverage Manager. In 2000, Mick was brought on board at the Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh International Airport Property (a 193 room hotel) as a Restaurant and Lounge Manager and was promoted from within to the P.M. Operations Manager. In 2010 Mick accepted a position at Bistro 19 as a server and was quickly promoted to Shift Manager to assist the team in executing their high standards of service. Mick brings years of experience in all aspects of the food and beverage industry to Altius.
CHRISTINE CHARLES – DIRECTOR OF PRIVATE DINING AND EVENTS
Christine brings many years of experience in our industry to Altius. She has developed and managed several established restaurants in Pittsburgh including Bistro 19 in Mt. Lebanon. More recently she has broadened her work experience by holding a position as a Dining Services Manager at an upscale retirement community. Prior to that she worked as a Wedding/ Special Event planner for a private banquet facility, and as a Event Manager for a the township of Upper St. Clair Community and Recreation Center at Boyce Mayview Park. Christine is excited to be returning to the restaurant industry and for the opportunity to work again for B and Chef Jessica at Altius.
ROB ZGONC – SERVICE DIRECTOR
When Rob met B as part of the opening team at Morton's of Chicago, the steakhouse in Pittsburgh, he had already been in the restaurant business for a number of years. They quickly realized that they shared the same passion and values when it came to service and the guest experience. Two years later Rob was one of four people selected from across the country to open Morton's on the west coast. Before returning to Pittsburgh in 1999, he worked as a concierge with American Express Platinum and at Absinthe in San Francisco. Once back in Pittsburgh he began work at The Pittsburgh Fish Market, a dynamic new concept in downtown dining. He quickly started training the service staff and was selected, along with Nick Floulis of Pushback Wines in Napa, to open and train the staff at the second location in San Diego: a prestigious distinction. During his 14-year tenure at The Fish Market, Rob remained as an in-house trainer for all new service staff. He has also done work as a restaurant consultant and is a tennis teaching professional.
HILLARY FULLER – WINE DIRECTOR
Hillary came to Altius two years ago as a bartender after years as a high volume retail manager. She quickly caught the wine bug, and began to voraciously read about and taste wine. Her newfound passion morphed into a career, as she was promoted to Wine Director in 2018. Hillary passed WSET II with merits, and is currently studying WSET III. She plans to sit for the Court of Masters Sommeliers shortly after completing her current course. Hillary is ecstatic to marry her love of wine, education, and service in this position.
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The Dole Changes People
By ajohnstone February 24, 2015
New research suggests long stints of unemployment can have long-term effects on personality traits, changes that may become near-permanent.
It's accepted knowledge that unemployment can have negative psychological consequences. Not only is a person's job status is not only often tied inextricably to a person's self-worth, but it's the life jacket that keeps the rising tides of poverty at bay. But how does unemployment affect the psyche long-term?
researchers found that men who spent several years looking unsuccessfully for work tended to demonstrate higher levels of "agreeableness" during their first two years of unemployment. Agreeableness is one of the Big Five personality traits identified by psychology's five-factor model (FFM) -- along with openness, conscientiousness, extroversion and neuroticism. The testing showed after an uptick in agreeableness during the first two years, men's agreeableness levels began to quickly slump, with long-term ag…
Only human nature, ain't it?
By ajohnstone August 07, 2013
Human nature is something that ordinary people have very badly – which is why we need tough laws. All the ills of present-day society are attributed to the imperfection of human nature. This is what we are taught.
Marx explained that "each new class which puts itself in the place of the one ruling before it, is compelled, simply in order to achieve its aims, to represent its interest as the common interest of all members of society i.e. ..to give its ideas the form of universality and to represent them as the only rational and universally valid ones". Ideas become presented as if they are universal, neutral, common sense. However, more subtly, we find concepts such as freedom, democracy, liberty or phrases such as "a fair days work for a fair days pay" being bandied around by opinion makers as if they were not contentious. They are, in Marxist terms, ideological constructs, in so far as they are ideas serving as weapons for social interests. They are put forward …
"It's only human nature , isn't it?"
By ajohnstone May 10, 2013
Sooner or later a socialist will be faced with the question "What about human nature? Socialism is against human nature" as the reason to why the struggle for socialism is doomed and why socialism itself will not work. Rarely, if ever, is the question phrased "What aspect of human nature do we feel we should encourage to achieve socialism?"
Human nature has always been invoked every time there has been any question of social progress. The slave-holders said some people were born to be slaves. The slave was a possession of the slave owner and only lived and worked for his benefit. The master had full control of the life and family of the slave. The owner was everything, the slave nothing. It was the natural order of things.
Capitalism has been responsible for a great deal of human suffering. Concentration of wealth and property, exploitation of labour, the abuse of nature for profit, the violent suppression of opposition, the manipulation of democracy and control of information, …


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Early this morning, while most Americans were sleeping, the Republican-led Congress passed its fifth spending bill funding the government through March 23, the "Bipartisan Budget Act." I opposed this bill. Under its current Republican leadership, Congress has lurched from crisis to crisis over the federal budget since this fiscal year started in October, voting five times for stopgap spending bills and shutting down the government twice. It's a disgrace, and these repeated failures have left the government damaged by congressional fecklessness and important priorities still unaddressed. Among them is finding a solution for Dreamers, who are integral members of our communities in Colorado and across the land. Read more about my views here.
To draw attention to this situation, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday spearheaded a record-breaking, non-stop effort calling for a vote on bipartisan immigration reforms, including a legislative solution to DACA. It was time well spent, sharing the stories of Dreamers across the country. While I held the floor with her in solidarity, I listened proudly as she honored my constituent Marco Dorado. He was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, and settled with his family in Denver's Globeville neighborhood at age three. Marco has thrived here, graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder as student body president with a degree in finance. He exemplifies the hard work and leadership typical of Dreamers who deserve to remain in the United States. I am honored to represent Marco and others like him, and will continue fighting to protect dreamers from GOP inaction or worse.
Also this week, the effort continued in Congress to combat the growing opioid epidemic. On Tuesday, I joined a bipartisan group of colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where I serve as ranking member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, to provide an update on our investigation into alleged pill dumping in West Virginia, which has national implications. The shipment of millions of opioid pills into tiny towns in the state during a short time raises serious concerns about the integrity of the drug supply chain. We sent a strong message to the Drug Enforcement Agency, demanding they stop playing games. They are refusing to fully cooperate with our investigation, responding to our requests for information with pitiful, redacted documents. Despite this setback, we will continue working to dig deep into the causes and effects of this public-health crisis. The lives of people in Colorado and across the country depend on it.
In another show of bipartisan unity, House Democrats and Republicans worked together to pass important legislation addressing sexual harassment and discrimination. Two bills will overhaul how Congress responds to such incidents within the Capitol Hill community: colleagues, staff and others deserve better than the system we now have, and reforms are long overdue. The current process doesn't empower victims to speak out against transgressors. These fixes represent a step toward giving victims the courage to come forward, but we can't stop here. We must ensure every workplace provides their employees with the proper tools to seek justice.
While Americans may be divided on many things, we're uniting to support our diverse, dedicated athletes at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea, which kicked off this morning. I can't wait to watch the highlights of the opening ceremony while home in Denver tonight! Coloradans excel at winter sports, so it's a point of pride but no surprise that more members of Team USA hail from Colorado than any other state – 31 in all. I'm sending best wishes to all our athletes, especially bobsledder Lauren Gibbs – who's a constituent of mine – and former Denver residents Noah Hoffman and Troy Terry, competing in cross-country skiing and ice hockey, respectively. All these Americans exhibit the passion, perseverance and pursuit of excellence that we should all aspire to emulate. Best of luck, team. You're all good as gold to me!
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Why is Google AdWords better than others?
I have been asked today why is Google AdWords better than other companies and competitors?
What is the best answer for that?
I think you'll get some who say that Adwords is not better than others. Depends on how you define better.
Those saying that may also be confusing the fact that Google is the most-used search engine. Does that make Adwords better than Bing Adcenter?
My own take is that yes, Adwords is better than other search engine PPC services out there. But remember that there's only a few general search engines out there. In China, there's Baidu and I'm sure that they consider Baidu the best simply because there's no competition.
* access to huge number of searchers. Bing would be next but far behind. Still doesn't mean you should ignore Bing.
* huge ad network with a few million sites if one wishes to have content ads. I don't think any other ad network even comes close to this size.
* Google Shopping ads on Google search engine itself which provides another advertising opportunity that others don't have.
None of these are about the interface, which admittedly can be complicated (because of all the features), especially for those who use Adwords only occasionally. They are all about reach - how to I advertise to the most people at once. It's very important but that doesn't make it better. If Adwords was very complicated to use, it may not matter that more people use Google.
Google is also a very innovative company. While they didn't invent PPC, they made it what it is today. If they were not innovative, we'd probably still have PPC where the highest bidder would get first position. Others just followed Adwords and implemented the same things because it made sense. Bing is never the one to come up with something new and different because Microsoft is not an innovator but a follower. If Overture (then Goto then Yahoo) had been more of an innovator, your question today may have been why is Yahoo Search Marketing the best.
So in the end, I think the answer is that Adwords is "better" mostly because of the millions of people you can reach, a no-brainer. Marketing by Google also helped, both marketing the search engine to make it the most popular and marketing Adwords. Mix in the constant innovation and you have a winner that's hard to beat.
Because Google is behind Adwords, and they are......Google?
Simply put, no other marketing channel can match the reach of AdWords, be it on Search Ads, Display Ads, or Video ads, AdWords offers you a reach of 90% or more of most any targeted market segment.
If you use any other channel you are likely missing out on the majority of your targeted market, (some exceptions apply, but generally true in most instances). If you are bypassing AdWords you may be bypassing the majority of your targeted audience. This is especially true in Search marketing where Google dominates over all other competitors combined.
Search Ads offer you the opportunity to reach the majority of your targeted market and to reach the exact people looking for your product/service at the exact moment they are looking for it. That is very powerful marketing, and nobody can deliver it on the same scale as AdWords is able to do. AdWords is the only platform that allows you to advertise on the 2 largest search engines (Google, and Youtube).
Google Adwords is an advertising platform owned by Google. Advertisers can use this platform to position their ads in the Google Search Result Pages, Google Products and to thousands of other websites that participate in the AdWords program as publishers.
We can't say Google Adwords is always best for all industries advertisement. Like if you going to advertise any jewellery store than Facebook ads are good. If you want to target services like real estate, plumbing, doctors or legal than Google AdWords are better. Every industry has different marketing solution according to theme and goal of business.
Google adwords shows more and accurate information other than..so always Google Adwords is good and best.
I don't agree with Tushar, Google Adwords results are not accurate. If you check the log of your website and compare the traffic with Google Adwords results then there would always some difference.
You can not say it's best, but at least you have the most traffic on Google and you can potentially attract more customers.
I have only really ever had any luck with Adwords. It does the best job targeting my readers with truly relevant ads. Because I have had success I never really pay attention to the others so I really have nothing to compare it to.
With Google AdWords, every single aspect of your marketing campaign is measurable.
You only pay when someone clicks on your ad (i.e. you pay per click) and you determine exactly how much you want to spend.
Google AdWords is paid advertising or pay per click (PPC) advertising on Google.
It is better because the way it works is simple as if the keywords you've chosen match what people search for, your paid ad will appear next to or above organic Google search results. And it depends that how you make it better, which keywords you are using.
Hope my answer will help you.
Here's a more real summary about better choosing Google. Your mileage will differ in light of your industry and circumstance, obviously.
* It's one of the main place individuals go to start their research. Also, consider that the larger part of mobile gadget users are on Google's Android.
* There is no contract with Google Adwords.
* Google Adwords gives huge amounts of incredible information on precisely what keywords are driving traffic, campaign performance, and coordinates totally with Google Analytics.
* People finishing Google inquiries are pre-qualified; you know precisely what queries are driving clicks to your site and which inquiries are turning to leads.
* Many of your clients won't change over on the first visit to your site, yet that is alright in case you're utilizing Google Remarketing in light of the fact that you can focus on those individuals for up to a year serving them promotions about your image to take them back to turn them into a lead.
* Google Adwords enables you to begin or stop a campaign rapidly, and in this way control your spend.
* Flexibility to go after different kinds of clients: keyword selection in Google Adwords enables us to target clients at various phases of the buying cycle based on the kind of inquiry.
* You can make Google ad campaigns focusing simply on your site visitors that are coming from Facebook.
* Google's Adwords auction system is composed with the goal that you pay precisely the lowest cost per click likely to keep up your promotion position and its Smart Pricing system will certainly reduce the cost-per-click on the off chance that it believes a click is more likely to lead a conversion.
Google Adword is a software offered by Google for paid advertising.
Main reason behind is that it's Google's product.
Another one, if you want quality traffic then definitely you must try once.
Yes Google Adwords is much better than other tools available in market. Its shows better and exact data collections. Google Keyword planner is most polpular tool that use for keyword research.
Transparency is a big plus. Many of the other PPC companies do not provide accurate traffic reporting or tracking.
google,is the biggest market, better as in better roi-no, better as in vast market-yes, the biggest.
Google Adwords has the biggest reach as Google is the world's most popular search engine. By advertising here, you ensure that your ads will be viewed by a vast majority of people that are actually looking for your products. These type of leads are hot leads and have a good chance of converting.
I normally used AdWords for better targeting and for better audience. They have audience for almost every type of business.
Adwords is product of google itself and its free also.
There are the few reasons GOOGLE ADWORDS BETTER THAN OTHERS.
It's not that it's better but we believe that AdWords can work for almost any type of business. Using AdWords requires time and money, but thousands of businesses have found that it's time and money well spent because AdWords delivers a measurable return on investment.
Despite all the people above claiming otherwise Google Adwords is NOT BETTER than all the rest. Most people who claim that have not had much experience with other platforms.
The truth is better or best has to do simply with which one YOU make more money with. It is an individualized situation. I make more money with Bing on some things and Adwords on others.
Facebook is better than Adwords for some things. Adwords is better than Bing for others.
THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL ONE IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER.
I have clients that do only facebook and thrive. Adwords not so much.
Don't ever say one is better than the other point blank, because you do not want to knock one off as your crediblity will drop.
But you can respond by saying every business is unique and different and until you dont test you will not know.
Facebook would be good for viral video campaigns for awareness etc..
If Google is mostly used Search Engine in your Targeted Country then Google Adwords is better than others.
Suppose we will use Google Adwords in China then it will not helpful because Baidu is mostly uses Search Engine in China.
I thought facebook was the best?
Google AdWords can bring a lot of high-quality traffic to your store.


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'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Season 7.07 & 7.08 Review: The 1980s Sees the Team Do Some Soul Searching
by Marmaduke Karlston
Anyone who knows me knows I like the eighties. The clothes, the music, the movies, etc.; I love it all. So I was pretty excited to see the team stuck in this decade for a two-episode stint. However, "The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and The D" didn't feature much in the way of any of the things I loved to see in films of that era. I mean besides the Chopping Mall robots and Deke singing his rendition of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" there wasn't too much in the way of '80s references.
Honestly, my favorite part of the episode was seeing the shotgun axe return. Unfortunately, it was underused in the episode and I didn't see one glimpse of it in the following episode when Mack and Deke reunite with the rest of the team. Oh, and Coulson escaped death which I think we all knew he would. It is definitely his superpower now.
Although episode 7 did include some good character building moments between Deke and Mack, I found "After, Before" to be the better episode of the two. We got to see the whole team (except for Fitz!!!) argue and interact, as well as see May and Yo-Yo embark on their own personal mission… which brought Jiaying, Daisy's mother, back for a guest shot. It was great seeing a younger version of Jiaying help Yo-Yo come to grips with her inhuman powers, though it was May in the end who helped her learn not to always bounce back. So Yo-Yo is now essentially a speedster which takes away a bit of what made her power so interesting, but is a good development for the character.
Speaking of character development, you know who's lacking in some? FITZ! Where is he? I was under the impression that Iain De Caestecker was only going to miss the first six episode due to a scheduling conflict. The season is now more than half over and we still haven't seen a glimpse of him. I would like to see the full team reunited before the series finale!
However, I have a theory about where Fitz is an what he might be planning. As we saw in "Before, After," May gave Jiaying and a young Gordon a watch with coordinates and a timer for where they have to be for the next time jump. Now if that watch continues to reset it's possible that Jiaying and Gordon could have a future role to play in the season. In fact, I think that the season (which is setting up Nathaniel Malick as the big bad) will culminate with an Avengers: Endgame like moment that sees past heroes and allies from the show plucked from their timelines to help defeat Malick and his burgeoning team of rogue inhumans.
Imagine seeing Ghost Rider, Grant Ward, Tripp, Mockingbird, Lance Hunter, Lincoln, Deathlok, Victoria Hand, maybe even Lady Sif and Maria Hill step out of portals ready to fight Malick. It would be epic! The season is definitely looking to shift away from the Chronicoms by incorporating more inhumans in the back half which I think is a smart move as the inhumans were always some of the best storylines the show dealt with. Seeing all the fan favorites appear in the last episode would certainly make the show go out with a bang!
To wrap up this random stream of thoughts I will add that Sousa has definitely been the best part of this season (asking Yo-Yo what powers she had was a great moment), but I am unsure of the relationship with Daisy the show seems to subtly be teasing. I would definitely choose Sousa over Deke, but I hope the writers aren't just doing it to have Deke have some petty jealousy against Sousa.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 7 continues tonight with episode 9 "As I Have Always Been," directed by Simmons herself Elizabeth Henstridge.
What were some of your favorite moments from these two episodes of the season? Which characters do you hope to see return during back half of the season? Tell me down in the comments!
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Q: Eliminar todo los caracteres dentro de <> lenguaje C Me gustaria saber alguna forma de eliminar las letras dentro de <> ya que necesito realizar un programa que sea capaz de limpiar las etiquetas html. Ya realice un programa pero esta algo mal estructurado, apenas estoy iniciando con programación. Además de eliminar las etiquetas, tengo que agregar espacios si la etiqueta es para una palabra en negritas. Mi programa funciona, pero tiene algunos fallos y me gustaría saber alguna otra forma para deshacerme de aquello que esta entre <>.

#include <stdio.h>

int main(){

    int c;
    int state = 0;
    int s;
    int i = 0;
    char strong[7]={"strong"};

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            if(c == '<'){
                    state == 0;
                    for(s = 0; (c = getchar()) == strong[s]; s++){
                            ;
                    }
                if (s != 6){
                while( (c = getchar()) != '>' ){
                        ;
                }
            }
            else {
                while( c != '>' ){
                        ;
                }
            }
                ++ i;
            if( (c = getchar()) == '<'){
                state == 1;
                while( (c = getchar()) != '>' ){
                    ;
                }
                i++;
            }

        }
        if(c != '<' && c!= '>'){
            i = 0;
        }
           if(state == 0 && i == 0 && s != 6){
            putchar(c);
            i = 0;
           }
           if(s == 6){
                if(c == ' '){
                    printf("_");
                    c = getchar();
                }
            putchar(c);
           }
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A: Te estás complicando demasiado la vida. En principio solo hay 2 posibles condiciones:

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*Que el caracter actual sea < (inicio de etiqueta)

*Que sea cualquier otro

En el primer caso deberás descartar todo lo que te encuentres hasta dar con el cierre de etiqueta >. En el segundo caso, en cambio, te puedes limitar a volcar el caracter:
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{
    if(c == '<')
    {
        do
        {
            c = getchar();
        } while(c != EOF && c != '>');
    }
    else
    {
        putchar(c);
    }
}

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An All About Me Worksheet lets children tell a little bit about themselves, and then share it with their peers. This fun activity is a great way for teachers to get to know their students at the beginning of a new school year.
Each of the sentences in the worksheet has been placed on a cartoon sign. I thought this was creative way to display some unique shapes, while still maintaining a cohesive theme.
Not only is this great printable absolutely free for kids, parents and teachers, it also comes to you in full color, in both portrait and landscape format.
Now there's already a few All About Me Worksheets floating around on the the internet, but none like these.
Children may also enjoy handing a copy of the worksheet to grown ups. They'll be delighted to learn what Grandpa wants to be when he grows up.
If you like the cartoon signs from the About Me Worksheet, you can download larger versions of them at my Sign Templates post.
Feel free to look at a few more of my printables! Thanks for visiting!
Thank you very much for this site and the generous offer of printables!
Very nice and handy to use!
Thank you for these printable worksheets. I'm a grandmother, and my grandkids love to do these worksheets with me.


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acquired characteristic a change in the structure or function of a living organism that is caused by environmental factors and may not be transmitted genetically.
acquired immune deficiency syndrome see AIDS.
acquirement the act of acquiring or attaining, esp. by learning. [2 definitions]
acquisition the act or process of acquiring. [2 definitions]
acquisitive having an eager desire to gain or possess, esp. material goods.
acquit to clear (someone) of a charge or accusation, as in a court of law. [3 definitions]
acquittal the act of acquitting, or the fact or condition of being acquitted.
acquittance discharge from a debt or obligation, or a formal notice of this.
acre a unit of area equal to 43,560 square feet or 4,047 square meters, used in measuring land. [2 definitions]
acreage an area or areas of land measured in acres; acres collectively. [2 definitions]
Acremonium the genus of fungi, formerly known as Cephalosporium, from which the antibiotic cephalosporin was originally isolated. Several species may cause disease in humans, esp. pneumonia.
acrid bitter in taste or smell; sharply irritating. [2 definitions]
acrimonious filled with bitterness or rancor.
acrimony bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior.
acro- top; peak; height. [2 definitions]
acrobat a person who performs feats of balance and physical dexterity.
acrobatic having to do with acrobats or feats of balance and skill.
acrobatics the moves of an acrobat; gymnastic feats. [3 definitions]
acrogen a plant that produces no flower and grows only from the tip of the stem, such as a fern or moss.
acromegaly a chronic disease causing abnormal enlargement of the hands, feet, and parts of the face, usu. caused by a tumor of the pituitary gland.
acronym a type of abbreviation used as a word, formed by combining the initial letters (or initial parts) of words that make up a particular string. The pronunciation of an acronym is based on the typical rules of pronouncing words in a language and is not made up of the sounds of the names of individual letters.


Did I mention that my little blog may change as often as my hair color/hair style? I have had to change blog sites due to a spelling error on my part. I misspelled the URL on the "journey to health and healing" site. There was no way to correct it. Anyway, drkevyn is much easier than the other. All you have to do now is put this URL in you bookmarks, and you will be here. Check in regularly as I will continue to post daily (almost) between now and the end of our class. Please leave any comments or questions you have and I will respond promptly.
The old blog site is still up. Refer to it for information about the class, starting time, etc. Let me know if you want me to re-send you the link for it.
This is a picture of me, Eli (the boy), and Frankie (the cat). I am submitting this as proof that my hair can change !


If you visit Japan, you should put yakatabune cruising on your "want to do" list.
Yakatabune is an old-fashioned Japanese house boat, on which people eat, drink and sing.
It's perfect for a large group party and also a couple or family.
Yakatabune is open for day and night.
During cherry blossom season, it might be better to take daytime cruise to see beautiful cherry blossoms, and in the summer, take night cruising to see fire works.
The typical foods they serve on the boat are tempura, sashimi, nabe (hot pot), and seasonal food.
Many yakatabune have "all you can drink" on their menus.
You can enjoy karaoke, see a traditional performance, or fishing on the sea.
To take a yakatabune, reservation is required. You can reserve one from these sites.
Japanese Kei-car Flexes its Muscles on a Snowy Day!


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Wołodymyriwka (ukr. Володимирівка) – wieś na Ukrainie, w obwodzie winnickim, w rejonie ilinieckim.

Linki zewnętrzne
 Wołodymyriwka na stronie Rady Najwyższej Ukrainy

Wsie w rejonie ilinieckim

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Shreveport, LA – Injury Accident Reported at I-220 & Airline Dr
Shreveport, LA (June 13, 2021) – Authorities were requested at the scene of an accident in the Shreveport area that ended in injuries. Just after 7 p.m., on June 9, the Shreveport police, firefighters, and EMS responded to the scene of an accident on Interstate 220.
Reports from authorities show that a collision between vehicles occurred on the eastbound side of the roadway at the intersection of Airline Drive. The incident caused severe congestion that expanded 3-miles down the highway.
Police and firefighters arrived at the scene and went to work on clearing vehicles and debris to restore the flow of traffic. At least one person was transported to a local hospital for the treatment of injuries. At this time, the incident remains under investigation.
Our thoughts are with the victims who were injured in this accident. We hope for their full recovery.
Car accidents can have a debilitating impact on a person's life. Although most people take precautions to ensure their safety and the safety of others when entering the road, there is no guarantee that every person is going to provide you with the same consideration. Regrettably, hundreds of injury collisions take place in our state each week. In many cases, accident victims have to go through immediate and long-term treatment for their injuries. Being left with broken bones, spinal cord injuries, or even traumatic brain injuries can abruptly change your life. When victims are harmed in accidents due to the negligence of others, they may have legal options available to help them obtain compensation to help cover the towering medical costs and alleviate the impact of lost wages. If you have been injured in a car accident, it is crucial that you seek legal guidance from a skilled and knowledgeable car accident attorney in Louisiana as soon as possible.
The Louisiana car accident attorneys at Smiley Law Firm have decades of experience helping clients hold wrongdoers accountable after being harmed. Our team remains available for our clients and strives to provide responsive and effective legal guidance, answer questions our clients have, and deal with legal complications as they arise. Our Louisiana personal injury attorneys are dedicated to protecting the legal rights of our clients to ensure they are able to maximize their recoveries and get the compensation they need and deserve. From drafting contracts to reviewing full-fledged litigations, our team understands personal injury law, the unique needs of our clients, and the legal options available to help each one of them move forward after being harmed. If you have been injured in a car accident, contact our personal injury law firm at 504-688-3494 or 504-822-2222. Schedule a free case review with our team of responsive and knowledgeable car accident attorneys in Louisiana at your earliest convenience to discuss legal options available for you.
Lafayette, LA – Car Accident at E Gloria Switch Rd & Rain Tree Trail Ends in Injuries
Lafayette, LA – Auto Wreck on University Ave near I-10 Ends in Injuries


text: news UPFRONT WORKPLACE CULTURE AND CAREER PROGRESSION OUTSHINE PAYCHEQUE IN EVOLVING CANADIAN WORKFORCE From the shiny towers on Bay Street to the busy construction sites of Vancouver, Canadians are shifting their attitudes about what they want from work. According to a recent survey by Hays Canada, company culture has significantly moved up the list when evaluating work options and 74 per cent of Canadians are willing to take a pay cut for their ideal job. The Hays What People Want Survey gathered insights from more than 4,000 employees across Canada, offering a snapshot of the shifting priorities of the Canadian workforce when it comes to salary, benefits, culture and career growth. Respondents were asked about what they considered to be most important in their current role and when weighing other opportunities. Hays Canada first surveyed Canadians about their career pref-erences in 2013. The findings released today reveal that in the past four years, overall work satisfaction has declined by 19 per cent and that 89.8 per cent of Canadian employees would consider leaving their current job for something else, up from the 77.6 per cent reported in 2013. While financial compensation continues to dominate career decisions, there has been an 11 per cent drop in how salary is weighted, with Canadians placing increased impor-tance on company culture, up 26 per cent since 2013. In fact, the combination of career progression and workplace culture surpass paycheque when it comes to making career decisions. "Canadians want a company culture that speaks to their core values. Their priorities are changing and employers that want to attract and retain the best and brightest also need to be willing THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT WORK SHOULD DELIVER MORE THAN JUST A PAYCHEQUE. to change. They cannot continue to offer the same incentives and compensation and expect to remain competitive in this tight talent market. Strong leadership, open communication, flexibility and career training are only going to grow in importance as Generation Y moves up the corporate ladder," said Rowan O'Grady, president of Hays Canada. The 2017 survey's key findings: ■■ Getting past the paycheque: The Hays survey indicates that there is an expectation that work should deliver more than just a paycheque. This shift may partly be attributed to the rise in Generation Y, now the biggest cohort in Canada's workforce. As this group reaches their mid-30s and become managers and senior managers, preferences for informal work environments and increased focus on career growth are becoming more pronounced. Across demographics, two-thirds of job seekers would take a step down in seniority and three-quarters would take a pay cut for their ideal job. Generation Y was most likely to say they would take a pay cut of more than 10 per cent for their ideal job. Andrey_Popov / Shutterstock.com Continued on page 11 HRPROFESSIONALNOW.CA ❚ OCTOBER 2017 ❚ 9 /HRPROFESSIONALNOW.CA


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Babies behind bars: Should moms do time with their newborns?
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BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. – Jennifer Dumas sits on a sofa, her smiling 6-month-old girl on her lap. The room is full of bright toys and children's books. A rainbow-colored activity mat is on the floor, and Winnie the Pooh is painted on the walls.
It looks like any other nursery, except that there are bars on the windows and barbed-wire fences outside the austere brick building.
Not enough being done to help hundreds of Canadians detained abroad: lawyers
New York's maximum-security Bedford Hills Correctional Facility is one of the very few prisons in the U.S. that allow inmates and their babies to live together, a century-old approach that not all corrections experts agree is the best way to deal with women locked up while pregnant.
Mothers who get such a chance say it's better than the alternative: In most prisons, babies born behind bars must be given up within a day to a relative or foster care.
"Before I came here, I thought it was a terrible idea. A baby in prison? No, thank you," the 24-year-old Dumas said as her daughter, Codylynn, gleefully rocked in a bouncy seat. "But it's actually wonderful to be able to spend this much time with my little girl. … I'm blessed to be able to go through this."
Nobody thinks raising babies behind bars is ideal, and some worry that the children could be scarred by the experience. But some advocates say that the practice allows mother and child to develop a vital psychological attachment, and that the parenting classes and other practical instruction help the moms stay out of trouble when they get out.
WATCH: Should convicted mothers be allowed to keep their babies in prison? 16×9 investigates
About 112,000 women are in U.S. state and federal prisons, mostly for drug or property crimes. And an estimated 1 in 25 are pregnant when they enter, according to the non-profit Sentencing Project. But there are no national statistics on the number of babies born to inmates.
Of the more than 100 women's prisons in the U.S., there are eight nurseries. While nearly 100 countries, including South Sudan and France, have national laws that allow for incarcerated mothers to stay with their babies, the U.S. is not among them.
Dumas was three weeks pregnant when she was arrested last year, along with her boyfriend, on charges they tried to steal a safe packed with $32,000 in cash and jewelry. Her baby was born just days after she took a plea bargain on attempted burglary charges that sent her to Bedford Hills, about an hour north of New York City, for up to two years.
She is now among 15 carefully screened new mothers allowed to serve up to 18 months of their sentences in a nursery unit that includes a communal playroom stocked with toys and mother-and-child rooms equipped with a single bed and a crib. The walls are painted with rainbows, fluffy clouds and jungle and barnyard scenes. The nursery currently has 16 babies, including a set of twins.
During workday hours, the babies are taken across the street to a day care centre, where they are watched by staff and other inmates while the moms go to school or vocational programs.
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But there are constant reminders it is a prison. Armed officers patrol the unit. And the moms know their babies can be taken away for such infractions as fighting or even leaving a toy in a crib while the baby sleeps.
"It's still scary," Dumas said. "At any given point if you do what you're not supposed to your baby could get sent home."
Some women have been dropped from the program from time to time for breaking the rules, but corrections officials and advocates said they could not recall any instances in recent years in which a baby was harmed.
Still, some argue that prison should be reserved for punishment and that women should instead consider putting their children up for adoption.
"The focus should be on what's best for the baby," said James Dwyer, a law professor at the College of William & Mary who has written a paper on the topic. "There is skepticism about these women being adequate parents."
Columbia University researcher Mary Byrne, who spent years studying mothers and children who started life in Bedford Hills, said that the youngsters formed critical attachments to their mothers and that a second study after they were released found they were no different from children raised entirely on the outside.
"Many people would assume any exposure to prison would cause problems … they'll be exposed to violence and horrible people, it will scar them," she said. "But that's not what we found."
Sister Teresa Fitzgerald, the Roman Catholic nun who runs Hour Children, the non-profit organization that operates Bedford Hills' nursery, put it more bluntly:
"Babies belong with their mother. In a palace or a prison, they don't know and don't care as long as they feel loved and supported."
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The nursery is operated under an annual contract with the state of about $170,000, the correction department said. It would cost $480,000 a year to put 16 babies in foster care, according to state figures.
Bedford Hills' recidivism rate for women in the nursery program is fairly typical of such programs, at 13 per cent versus 26 per cent for all female inmates at the prison, according to a report by the Women's Prison Association, an advocacy group.
Bedford Hills has the oldest continuously operating prison nursery in the country, opened in 1901. There were many nurseries years ago, according to Elaine Lord, the former superintendent. But they fell out of favour amid a huge influx of prisoners in the 1980s and a shift in thinking that said the privilege of living with your baby was inconsistent with the concept of punishment.
Most of the nation's prison nurseries have cropped up in the past 20 years.
The nursery at the Indiana Women's Prison houses up to 10 mother-infant pairs for up to 18 months. In South Dakota, a child can stay only 30 days. In Washington state, it's three years. The Decatur Correctional Center in Illinois opened a nursery in 2007, and 73 moms have participated.
In Decatur, Kalee Ford, who is about 26 weeks pregnant and in prison on a drug-related conviction, already has been accepted into the program and is taking prenatal courses. She said she wasn't the mother she could have been to her two other children because of methamphetamine. The program is giving her hope that she can clean up for good.
"I believe that everybody deserves at least one chance to fix mistakes that they've made," she said. "My children didn't do this, and they deserve to have me back."
At Decatur, Bedford Hills and other programs, mothers-to-be are selected based on their crimes and whether there is any history of child abuse.
Many advocates question why such women need to be incarcerated at all. Typically, women accepted into these programs are nonviolent offenders serving fairly short sentences — ideal candidates for less-expensive, halfway house-like programs for mother and child.
After their sentences are up, almost all of the mothers at Bedford go to a live-in halfway house in New York City run by Fitzgerald's organization that also helps with day care and jobs. Mothers say it's a golden ticket.
Dumas, who has a son on the outside, hopes to go there, too.
"It's a way to get on my feet, try being a parent again on the outside but with a safety net," she said. "I don't know anyone who gets that."
Associated Press video journalist Teresa Crawford contributed to this report from Decatur, Ill.
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Keir Starmer accused of jobs 'hypocrisy' as 90 staff face redundancy
Diane Abbott and former members of Jeremy Corbyn's team lashed out at new Labour policies on jobs as party staff face losing their jobs
by: Seb Whale
Labour leader Keir Starmer.
Labour figures have accused Keir Starmer of hypocrisy after he pledged to make Britain "the best place to work" despite 90 party staff members facing redundancy.
The Labour Party has spent the week unveiling a tranche of new announcements on jobs, including pledging the same rights for all workers from direct employees to those in the gig economy.
Today Angela Rayner, the shadow secretary of state for the future of work, revealed plans to make flexible working "a force for good".
But last week it emerged that 90 staff members faced the axe, as Labour seeks to address its poor financial situation. The party also faced criticism for hiring an agency on temporary contracts to work on the backlog of internal complaints.
On Monday, Starmer said: "Today we're launching a campaign to make Britain the best place to work. Family incomes have stagnated, millions are in insecure work and in-work poverty is at a record high. Covid has brutally exposed the injustices that have been growing for years."
The former Labour frontbencher, Diane Abbott, tweeted this morning: "So Keir will make Britain the best place to work – unless you work for @UKLabour. He has made 90 staff redundant. But is also recruiting workers on insecure temporary contracts with worse employment conditions #FutureOfWork".
So Keir will make Britain the best place to work – unless you work for @UKLabour He has made 90 staff redundant. But is also recruiting workers on insecure temporary contracts with worse employment conditions #FutureOfWorkhttps://t.co/3CbUeEKuCY
— Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) July 28, 2021
A former aide to Jeremy Corbyn added to the criticisms of Keir Starmer, telling The Big Issue: "Not only is this a bad look to the electorate, which doesn't stand for hypocrisy, but what does it say about Labour under Starmer that it treats its own workers like this?
"While at the same time, the party takes on dozens of agency staff to deal with complaints. The root of all this is chronic mismanagement from people whose brains are infested with factionalism."
The GMB and Unite trade unions lamented a "lack of communication and consultation" over the jobs cuts in an angry letter to the party seen by the website LabourList.
Labour has told the staff members who were asked to consider voluntary redundancy that senior staff will not be taking pay cuts, arguing their salaries are necessary to attract and retain people.
Staff have been offered three weeks of pay for every year served.
Andrew Fisher, another senior Corbyn aide who wrote the party's 2017 manifesto, said today: "The issue here is that the Labour Party is making 90 of its own staff redundant on poor terms and without ruling out compulsory redundancies and without having consulted the unions beforehand."
The Labour Party did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication. A party source said last week: "This is not an easy decision and we recognise it will be a very difficult time for staff and we will fully engage and consult with them and the trade unions throughout. We are reshaping our party's operation with a view towards being fighting fit for upcoming campaigns and the next general election."
Today, Rayner, Labour's deputy leader, pledged to make flexible working the "new normal" as she announced plans to widen the definition of flexible working and grant employers legal responsibility to accommodate it unless they can prove it is unworkable.
Earlier this week, the party unveiled plans to ensure all workers would be eligible for sick pay, holiday, parental leave and the minimum wage from their first day.
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From the advent of industrialization and the invention of photography in the mid-19th century to the more recent claims of its untimely demise, the supposed "death of panting" has remained a rich and complex trope within the discourse of modern and contemporary art. And, while painting has certainly been subject to a reappraisal during the last few decades as postmodern theory, conceptual and time-based art practices have challenged the primacy of painting and increasingly advocated for the dematerialization of the traditional art object, the tenets and practice of painting far from disappearing or being weakened by this realignment, have indeed emerged revitalized and re-imagined in the hand of many a creative practioner. Indeed as art critic Howard Halle so eloquently asserts, "Painting is a philosophical enterprise that doesn't always involve paint."  To that end, this exhibition explores the expanded field of painting through a wide range of works in a variety of media (i.e., installation, video, sculpture, and painting) that provide fertile territory for examining the legacy and meaning of painting and painterly practices in contemporary art today.
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KAZANSKI
About Jensen
Turmoil in Eastern Europe sets the stage for the three thrillers with the CIA agent Jan Jordi Kazanski. The books, which gave Jens Henrik Jensen his breakthrough as a writer, are characterised by international intrigues and convincing descriptions of the environment.
The trilogy about Jan Jordi Kazanski, the American CIA agent of Polish-Spanish descent, takes the reader on hair-raising journeys to a wide range of different countries and localities. From Kazanski's base in Madrid to the old historic city of Krákow; via the Russian city of Murmansk north of the Arctic Circle to the former Yugoslavia and a Banja Luka ravaged by civil war.
Jens Henrik Jensen made no compromises when writing the series. With a backpack on the back, he toured a changing Eastern Europe in the footsteps of his main character. His thorough research and descriptions of the very diverse environments are, in fact, one of the many qualities highlighted by the book reviewers.
The trilogy, which was published between 1997 and 2002, were extremely well received and gave Jens Henrik Jensen his breakthrough as a crime writer.
Jan Jordi Kazanski
... an American of Polish-Spanish descent employed by the CIA. Kazanski is a man in his 30s, initially with alcohol problems due to the loss of his daughter and wife during a posting in Moscow. Kazanski is the only main character in the series. Other important characters vary from one book to another.
Ewa Theresa Siwonia
... violinist and daughter of the mysterious underground figure The Shrew in Krakow. She is introduced in the first volume and reappears in an important subordinate role in the third volume.
Valentina Susjko
... is a brash and efficient woman – and a Major in the Russian intelligence service FSB. She plays an important but minor role in volume two: The Jester in Murmansk.
Marko Popovic
... is an ageing Serbian employee at the International War Crime Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague. Popovic is employed by the Tribunal as a researcher and assists Kazanski in the third volume, The Wolf in Banja Luka.
The Kazanski Trilogy
NOT PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH * * * The series about the CIA agent Jan Jordi Kazanski was published during the years 1997-2002 and has since been redesigned and republished numerous times. Kazanski is still in demand, and new editions of the series are published every year.
Kazanski - The Wolf in Banja Luka
"With The Wolf in Banja Luka Jens Henrik Jensen establishes himself as one of our very best thriller writers."
Kazanski - The Jester in Murmansk
"An extremely well-written political thriller – not just by Danish standards, but also in an international perspective."
Kazanski - The Shrew in Craców
"Tightly composed, full of surprises and atmosphere. Told with vigor and overview. Thrillers do not get much better than this."
The Shrew goes abroad
The Shrew in Craców was the first of Jens Henrik Jensen's books to be translated. It was published in Norway in 1999 by the Ex Libris publishing house under the title "Kvinnfolket i Kraków". Later the novel was also published in Sweden by the Nordstedts/Prisma publishing house.
Research with a backpack
The Kazanski Trilogy is based on extensive geographical research. Jens Henrik Jensen thus covered several thousand kilometres with his backpack during the years 1996-2001 in order to walk in the footsteps of his main character, Jan Jordi Kazanski.
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21 years later - Craców revisited
An iron ring around a Serbian heart
Darkness over Murmansk
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