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Meet Thomas Banks, he is 24, gay and single - but hopefully not for too long. He also lives with cerebral palsy. Beginning as a short piece in 2010 that has since been developed to this full length and predominantly one-man show, Someone Like Thomas Banks focuses on Bank's own experiences with online dating, hook ups and not only discovering his own voice and identity but holding on to it.
Banks uses a variety of cleverly executed multimedia tools to share his story, such as projected text, a Lightwriter, animation, social media and pre-filmed segments. The projections of closing doors throughout the show speak volumes as to the rejection that Banks faces in his want for love. At another point, an audience member reads out Banks' experience of being bullied as a student on the school bus. As this is happening (and in relation to the story), Banks augments the narrative by walking around the stage dropping coins on the floor clearly showing his resilience and determined nature.
Banks depicts a number of relationships to show the various sides of his personality. Scenes with his psychologist provide the opportunity for Banks to share intimate moments of his life, while the conversations with his mother show his vulnerability and loving nature. Despite the story being a little repetitious during the first half of the show, its use of different media and contexts prevent the audience from ever feeling the pace is slowing down.
Bank's personable nature and outgoing manner shine throughout, especially when he greets each of the audience "volunteers" with a hug and a selfie. However, when he delves into darker territory, and sometimes unexpectedly so, our instinct is to dwell on that and wonder how he overcame such adversity. Banks chooses not to focus on these stories any longer than necessary though, and moves on to better things, as if to emphasise bad things do and will continue happen, but these moments only define us if we let them.
Someone Like Thomas Banks is not about a gay man living with a disability looking for love. It is a story about a person looking for love, to connect with other people. It is a well-crafted and appealing story to remind us to enjoy the life we have, to take chances and have fun with everything we do. We should all be fortunate enough to have the outlook in life of someone like Thomas Banks.


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Q: How to detect empty table when selecting a row in a jQuery Datatable Giving a simple table like this

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Also, using the jQuery Datatable plugin and making the rows selectable, like in this example. The Javascript goes like this:
var exampleTable = $("#exampleTable").DataTable(
                    {
                        "bDestroy": true,
                        "lengthChange": false,
                        "bPaginate": false
                    });

$('#exampleTable tbody').on( 'click', 'tr', function () {
        if ( $(this).hasClass('selected') ) {
            $(this).removeClass('selected');
        }
        else {
            $('#exampleTable tr.selected').removeClass('selected');
            $(this).addClass('selected');
        }
    } );

So, when the table is empty, it shows a selectable row which says something like:

No data available in table

How to detect the table is empty and not allow selection on that kind of "message rows"?
Here is a fiddle with the code.

A: you can check if there is td with the class dataTables_empty like this:
$('#exampleTable tbody').on( 'click', 'tr', function () {
        if ( $(this).hasClass('selected')) {
            $(this).removeClass('selected');
        }
        else if(! $(this).find('td.dataTables_empty').length){
            $('#exampleTable').DataTable().rows().nodes().each(function(){
               $(this).removeClass('selected');
            });
            $(this).addClass('selected');
        }
    } );

A: You can use the - .row().data() method to see if there is data. if this returns undefined, you can disable selection of the row.
i also think this would be an ideal solution instead of dom traversal which is more expensive. what do you guys think ?
below is the updated fiddle. you can comment the tbody from the html to test it.
Let me know if this helps.
Modified Fiddle

A: inside your click method, add before everything
if($('#exampleTable tbody tr td').length == 1){
      return;
    }

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Clinton Group Inc invested in 2,433 shares or 0% of the stock. Growth in EPS is an important measure of administration performance because it shows how much money the company is making for it's investors or shareholders, not only because of changes in profit, but also after all the effects of issuance of new shares (this is especially important when the growth comes as a result of acquisition). Morgan Stanley owned about 0.57% of UnitedHealth Group worth $1,349,017,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. The stock traded with the average Volume of 2.58 Million at the end of last session. Maple Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of UnitedHealth Group during the first quarter worth about $5,482,000.
Its EPS was $5.85 while outstanding shares of the company were 1.30B. Welch Group LLC purchased a new position in UnitedHealth Group during the 2nd quarter worth $106,000. The stock is moving with a change -1.26%. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Argent Trust Co grew its holdings in shares of UnitedHealth Group by 8.3% during the fourth quarter. The stock institutional ownership counted 88.30% while insider ownership held at 0.50%.
A simple moving average (SMA) is an arithmetic moving average calculated by adding the closing price of the security for some time periods and then dividing this total by the number of time periods. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. He also has an enormous knowledge of stock market. The shares were sold at an average price of $265.00, for a total transaction of $2,157,630.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 66,402 shares in the company, valued at $17,549,384.58. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. The insider HOOPER MICHELE J sold 5,000 shares worth $1.32M. Csu Producer Incorporated has invested 6.58% in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH). The company has a market capitalization of $256.06 billion, a PE ratio of 26.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 0.75 and a quick ratio of 0.75.
UnitedHealth also raised its outlook for 2018 profit to approaching $12.80 per share from a prior forecast of between $12.50 and $12.75. The Gilead Sciences, Inc. remained 2.73% volatile for recent the week and 2.1% for the current month. The healthcare conglomerate reported $3.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.30 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $56.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $56.34 billion. UnitedHealth Group had a return on equity of 22.79% and a net margin of 5.55%. Over the past 12 months the stock has embarked on a rally that has seen it rise 41.08% and is now up by 23.64% since start of this year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.46 EPS. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 7th were given a $0.90 dividend. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 6th.
A number of equities analysts have weighed in on UNH shares. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on UnitedHealth Group from $278.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock an overweight rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 5th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a report on Thursday, July 5th. UnitedHealth Group presently has a consensus rating of Buy and a consensus target price of $279.26. Bank of America increased their price objective on UnitedHealth Group from $315.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday.
Moving average convergence divergence (MACD) shows that ING Group, N.V. (NYSE:ING) is on a PRICE RELATIVITY trend While UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) is on PRICE RELATIVITY trend.
UnitedHealth Group is trading at price-to-earnings (PE) ratio of 21.2x, which tells us the stock is undervalued based on its latest annual earnings update compared to the healthcare average of 21.8x, and overvalued compared to the USA market average ratio of 19.35x.This multiple is a median of profitable companies of 24 Healthcare companies in United States including Quantum Medical Transport, Cross Country Healthcare and U.S. NeuroSurgical Holdings.


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Dredging project to cause temporary river closure near Keithsburg, Illinois
Rock Island District
Published Sept. 7, 2021
Dredge Goetz working in Pool 18 on the Mississippi River
ROCK ISLAND, Illinois --
Beginning today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, will temporarily close the main channel of the Mississippi River at river mile 425.7 in Pool 18 near Keithsburg, Illinois, to move dredged material from Willow Bar Island to the Iowa shore. The closure is anticipated to last three weeks and will impact navigation.
During the closure, recreational boats will be permitted to pass up or down river through the dredging pipeline area during two designated times. The dredging crew will break the pipeline apart to allow for safe navigation from 11:30 a.m. to noon and from 4:30 to 5 p.m. daily. Recreational boaters will also be permitted to pass after a commercial vessel has navigated the area and before the pipeline has been reconnected. Outside of these times, boaters are asked to avoid the pipeline area and be mindful of other vessels which may be stopped by the closure. The dredging crew can be reached on channel 13 or 82 using a marine radio if needed.
For more information, contact the Rock Island District at 309-794-5729 or email: cemvr-cc@usace.army.mil.
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I announced this on Facebook, so for many of you it will be old news. I apologize for the redundancy, but I wanted to keep those who are too cool for Facebook in the loop.
I just finished the second week of my new job! I am very happy to say that I am the new Research Assistant for Secure Fisheries, a program of One Earth Future, a non-profit based in Broomfield, CO. I am working on a report about the state of fisheries in Somalia, specifically trying to determine how much illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU, get it now?) fishing is occurring there. No, I'm not going to Africa; it's all computer research. I've already learned more than I ever thought existed about fisheries in Somalia and I've got a ways to go.
I feel lucky to have found something that will further my career while I await my Peace Corps placement. As for that, I still don't know when I'm going, but it will likely be next summer. I have my fingers and toes crossed for the Philippines where they do work on fish catch reporting and establishing marine protected areas. Send some supportive thoughts for me to the Peace Corps on that one. It would be perfect and it's the only program they have like that.
The only downside to getting a job is that my travels are over for now…kind of. I still have some trips to write about and one coming up, so don't give up on the blog yet!
I guess those are mountains.
I left Yellowstone and drove south on a dreary Friday morning. I was up early and on the prowl for a good campsite in Grand Teton National Park. In spite of the misty weather, I was very excited to see the legendary views of the Tetons as I drove in. But where were the mountains? I knew where they were supposed to be; I could see the bottoms, but the drama of driving into the park and seeing the craggy peaks looming over the sagebrush meadows was taken from me by the clouds. Then it started to pour. What a bummer!
I found a good little campsite surrounded by shrubs and aspens in my second-choice campground, Signal Mountain, about a hundred feet from the shore of Jackson Lake. Not too shabby! Already a step up from the sardine-esque Yellowstone accommodations. Setting up my tent in the rain is not my favorite, so I took refuge at the Signal Mountain Lodge restaurant and planned my wet day in the park.
I decided to save the hiking for Saturday and go to the visitors center and then do some birding and a tour of Menor's Ferry Historic District. At least that way I would be near my car if (when) the rain started. I went to Mormon Row and saw an green tailed towhee and some ground squirrels along with some old farm buildings. Yeah, I didn't really read much about the place. I was looking at the animals and willing the clouds to part so I could see the mountains.
A mountain bluebird (look closely) perched on the cable of the rehabilitated Menors Ferry, still in use today for park visitors when the water is lower than when I was there.
The Menor's Ferry tour was interesting and then the sun came out! The tops of the mountains were still shrouded in clouds, but I caught a glimpse at least. The tour guide was a very nice intern with the park and he invited me to go hiking that afternoon. I was happy to have someone to explore with so we made a plan to meet up later. I took advantage of the sunshine and went to Lupine Meadows for a short hike. Not fifteen minutes in, the sky darkened and it was pouring again. Grr. No hike that afternoon. Instead, I met the intern and some of the other park employees at a pizza place and got some beers and food and had a great time hearing all their stories about the stupid questions from visitors. I was so glad to not be sitting in my tent in the rain.
After dinner, the intern had to pick up another of his cohort from the airport. I went with him and we drove to the town of Kelly to see the site of one of the largest landslides in North American history. It was impressive and the landscape on that side of the park was very different than the park itself. This was not an adventure I would have known to take by myself. I'm so glad I met that intern and his buddy. We drove back to the park in the dark singing along to The Head and the Heart. In spite of the rain, it had been a good evening after all!
I was feeling good cruising back to my campsite. The rain abated for a little while and I thought I might make it back during a break so I wouldn't have to set up my tent in the dark AND the rain. In my Tetons revery, I stopped paying attention to my speed. Then I got pulled over. Double grr. Who would have thought there are cops giving out speeding tickets at 10pm in a National Park? Not me, but there are. You have been warned. I took that as a sign from the universe that my trip was nearing its natural end. I decided I'd spend one more day in the park and then make tracks to Boulder.
I awoke to no rain! Hooray! I hiked around Jenny Lake to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point, the most popular and lauded hikes in the park. I'm not really sure why. The lake is pretty, the falls are impressive, and the view from Inspiration Point was nice, but this walk really missed the point of seeing the Tetons in all their rocky glory. I did get up close to and almost in them at the last part of the hike, but I was underwhelmed. I wanted to see the scenery, not the woods!
The view from Inspiration Point. There is a marmot in the middle of the rocks.
Anyway, it was a pleasant way to spend the morning. I did take a nice detour to Moose Ponds where I got two life birds (yellow warbler and red-naped sapsucker). I got up close and personal with a marmot at Inspiration Point once I got away from all the people who had taken the easy way to the trailhead in the form of a boat ride. On my way back, I saw a moose too, so I can't really complain…oh, except for the hailstorm! Yeesh. The Tetons must not like me very much. Overall, I think my time might have been better spent on some more remote trails, but no regrets.
I thought I'd finish off my day with a hunt for trumpeter swans. Grand Teton is one of the only places that has a year-round population of the large waterfowl. I drove to some of the spots where the rangers told me they might be (some more helpful than others. One told me, "Look near water." Yeah. Got it.). The sun was out and the Tetons were finally visible too! I drove to a river and saw some birds, but nothing spectacular so I got back in the car and headed to Swan Lake. Sounds like a good bet, right?
I was waylaid by a traffic jam which can only mean one thing: wildlife near the road. I asked someone and they said it was a bear! Seeing a bear would definitely round out my big-game viewing experience, but I did not want to be one of those gawking idiots who ignored the rangers directing everyone to get back in their cars to get a grainy picture. I crept by in my car and there he was! A big grizzly eating some plants in a clearing by the side of the road. He (or she, I have no clue and definitely didn't get close enough to find out) was impressive and huge. I got a twinge of fear even from my car. I'm thankful I never met one while I was hiking.
Now on to Swan Lake. The trail took me past Colter Bay where I finally got my perfect view of the mountains. They really are incredible and unlike any other mountains I've seen. Don't worry though, Rocky Mountains, you'll always be my favorites. I made it to Swan Lake, and lo and behold, trumpeter swans! That was easy. They were sitting on a little island at the far end of the lake, but they were unmistakably large. Satisfied and rather afraid of seeing another bear, I turned around.
To top off my full day, I drove up Signal Mountain and watched a picture-perfect sunset over the peaks. Grand Teton treated me pretty well after all.
The next day I made it through Wyoming to Boulder, Colorado. I was a little sad my trip was over, but very happy to be home and not by myself anymore. Thanks to everyone who followed and supported me on my trip, friends and strangers alike. I have a couple more nuggets about this trip to post, but this is the last long post for now. However, I have more adventures in the works, so don't unfollow me yet!


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Naval Service specialists train Kenyan&nbspForces
Naval Service specialists met with Kenyan Forces to provide training on tackling issues such as illegal fishing, piracy, and the drugs trade.
Specialists from 1 Assault Group Royal Marines' Board and Search School and landing craftsmen from 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group trained Kenyan Forces in Mombasa to improve security in the Indian Ocean port. The team of Royal Marines and Royal Navy ranks were part of the Tri-Service British Peace Support Team, an organisation that aims to aid the United Nations and African Union Peace Support Operations.
The group aimed to gain a full understanding of the security issues affecting Kenya's economy, and provide training on dealing with suspicious vessels in the city, which is a major trading port. Around 30 personnel came from various Kenyan agencies to train with Naval forces, particularly in boarding and searching vessels suspected of criminal activity.
The first part of the training consisted of classroom-based sessions on board and search operations at sea before phase two saw coastguard, police and port authority teams work together to practise their new skills in the water. A new training operation will take place later this year.
The opening and closing ceremonies were attended by dignitaries which featured a demonstration of the skills learned. The Mombasa port is crucial to the Kenyan economy making it vital to tackle security threats from ships involved in illegal activity.
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_Block Island, a popular vacation spot sometimes called the "Bermuda of the North," has been known by mariners for its dangerous shoals and frequent fog. Between 1819 and 1838, 59 vessels were wrecked on or near the island.
_Block Island North Light was established to mark the entrances to Block Island Sound and Long Island Sound, as well as to warn mariners away from dangerous Sandy Point, extending a mile or so from the island. The first lighthouse built here in 1829 consisted of two lights on opposite ends of a building. Two years later, the schooner Warrior was wrecked at Sandy Point in a storm. Twenty-one people died and seven of them were buried on Block Island.
The first building was soon threatened by the ocean, and in 1837 a new lighthouse was built farther inland. Again, two lights were erected at either end of a dwelling. The lights were considered too dim, and mariners complained that they looked like a single light from more than three miles. Another structure was built in 1857, but this one was soon overcome by the shifting sands.
The fourth lighthouse at Sandy Point was built by a Fall River contractor at a cost of $15,000, 700 yards from the end of the point. It went into service on September 14, 1868.
_Hiram Ball had been the keeper of the previous light for six years; he remained at the station for another 30 years.
The lighthouse is a handsome granite dwelling with an iron tower. The building is very similar to several other lighthouses built about the same time, including Connecticut's Great Captain Island Light, Sheffield Island Light and Morgan Point Light, and New York's Field Point Light.
The new lighthouse received a fourth-order Fresnel lens, exhibiting a fixed white light visible for 13 1/2 miles. The light was later changed to an occulting light, and still later to a flashing light.
In August 1946, Frank Perry, an architect and photographer from Providence, Rhode Island, visited Block Island to take some photographs for a book.
After walking along the sandy beach to the North Light, he returned to his taxi and saw a man and a woman on bicycles fitted with carriers loaded with groceries.
Perry talked to the couple and found out the man was the Coast Guard keeper at the North Light. They were about to leave the bicycles at a friend's house and walk a mile on the beach to the lighthouse, carrying their heavy groceries. Perry felt that this situation was so deplorable that he described it in a letter to President Harry S. Truman.
"These people are in the employ of the U.S. Government," he wrote, "rendering a faithful service in caring for an important light and it seems to me that they are deserving of consideration. In other words they should be furnished means of transportation, a jeep, for example..."
Perry didn't receive an answer from the President, but the matter was referred to the Coast Guard and the Block Island North Light Station soon had a jeep.
Left: Howard Beebe, seen here with his family, was keeper from 1938 to 1945. Courtesy of his daughter, Barbara Gaspar.
_Block Island North Light was automated in 1956.
_ Donald Lawson of Boston was the last Coast Guard keeper at the station, where he lived with his wife Margaret, a registered nurse, and their one-year-old son, Ricky. In their last winter at the station, heavy snow left the Lawsons stranded and supplies had to be delivered by boat.
Lawson enjoyed the fishing and swimming at the station, but he wasn't too fond of having to crank the clockwork mechanism that turned the lens, a ritual that had to be repeated every four hours each night.
The lighthouse was deactivated in 1973. A skeleton tower a short distance away replaced "Old Granitesides."
In 1973 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service acquired Block Island North Light and 28 surrounding acres. It became a wildlife refuge, home to many species of birds. Little attention was paid to the lighthouse, which was the scene of much vandalism.
_In 1984 the Fish and Wildlife Service sold the lighthouse and two acres of land to the Town of New Shoreham for $1.
Much renovation was completed in the next few years, and the North Light Commission convinced the Coast Guard to move the optic from the skeleton tower back into the lighthouse.
On August 5, 1989, the lighthouse was relighted, and in 1993 the restored first floor was opened as a museum.
The lighthouse has undergone extensive renovation during the last few years under the tireless stewardship of North Light Commission Chair Rob Gilpin. "It started as a way to give back to the community," he told the Block Island Times. "I enjoy it or obviously I wouldn't do it. It just gets frustrating sometimes." North Light Commission co-Chairman Gilbert Plumb has also done a great deal of work to gain support for the lighthouse.
__An inspection in 2001 showed that the lighthouse needed major work.
_The iron tower had badly deteriorated, especially where it met the rest of the building. The cost of the restoration of the tower and roof is about $700,000.
The town was awarded $400,000 in June 2002 from the federal Transportation Enhancement Program, and a $100,000 State Preservation Grant was announced on December 6, 2006. Another $100,000 was awarded by the town, and $95,000 in donations to the North Light Association were applied to the project.
In anticipation of restoration, the navigational light was relocated from the lighthouse to a small tower to the north in 2003.
In June 2008, the lantern was removed from the building and transported to Georgetown Ironworks in Massachusetts for a complete overhaul. After the work on the building and the lantern was completed, the lantern was returned to its home in the summer of 2009.
The fourth-order Fresnel lens, on display for years in the interpretive center, has been returned to the lighthouse's lantern room. A ceremony to relight the North Light as a private aid to navigation took place on Saturday, October 23, 2010.
At right is a video about the restoration of the lighthouse.
William A. Weeden (sometimes identified as Edward Weeden) (1829-1839); Simeon Babcock (1839-1841 and 1845-1849); Edward Mott II (1841-1845 and 1849-1853); Enoch Rose, Jr. (1853-1858); Nicholas Littlefield (1858-1861); Hiram D. Ball (1861-1891); Elam Littlefield (1891-1923); John F. Anderson (1923-1926); Ezra B. Dunn (1926-1938); Howard B. Beebe (1938-1945); John Lee, Jr. (1945-1952); William H. McAffee (1952-1955); Donald M. Lawson (Coast Guard, 1955-1956).


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Thematic factsheet: SLAPP in Italy, a democratic emergency
by Paola Rosà
A limited selection of cases from an ocean of lawsuits. A paper sent to the INI rapporteurs of the Draft Report on the strengthening democracy and media freedom and pluralism in the EU: the undue use of actions under civil and criminal law to silence journalists, NGOs and civil society
Here the pdf version of the factsheet.
A democratic emergency / Daily bread for journalists / A traffic jam in criminal and civil courts
The gag with the tie / A bad habit that lacks public condemnation
Thanks for their contribution to:
Giuseppe Giulietti, president of the FNSI
and Claudio Silvestri, secretary of the regional journalists Union of Campania SUGC
For a detailed analysis of the Italian situation, we can refer to Chapter 5 of our special dossier about SLAPP, published in December 2019. The dossier, written by Claudia Pierobon and Paola Rosà, kindly reviewed by Charlie Holt (GP), includes definitions, historical background, legislative analysis in Europe and a special focus on Italy and the situation of journalists.
Exhaustive data, mission impossible?
Defamation lawsuits filed according to the Criminal Code (art. 595) or to the Press Law (law 47/1948), and civil claims for damages to the reputation or for other types of damages, are a daily occurance for journalists in Italy and a severe threat to freedom of expression for activists and human rights defenders.
According to the official data of the National Statistics Service ISTAT, available numbers are grouped according to the crime and to the legislative source they refer to.
The table shows the data clearly referred to journalism.
Another cathegory of the ISTAT table groups data related to a comprehensive definition of defamation, i.e. cases of defamation filed according to art. 595 of the Criminal Code: this group is very difficult to be interpreted, as these cases do not only refer to freedom of expression or to journalism. Article 595 includes 4 kinds of crime, such as 1) "simple" defamation, 2) defamation with accusation of fact, 3) defamation through the press, and 4) defamation of state institutions; therefore, this second collection doesn't allow to see a clear picture. We can report these numbers here, anyway, just to give an idea of the "traffic jam" in Italian courts: in 2017, 15,220 defamation lawsuits were filed according to art. 595 of the Criminal Code, and 11,350 cases were dismissed.
The intimidation is in the announcement, too
The President of the Italian Journalists Union (FNSI, Federazione Nazionale Stampa Italiana) Giuseppe Giulietti confirms (May 2021) that nobody has exact numbers. Still, there is a distinction to be done, the one between announced and filed lawsuits.
"We have to distinguish between threatened, simply announced lawsuits, and those cases where lawsuits are really filed": this is a distinction to be done for statistics. However, the general impact on freedom of expression and the direct impact on the activity of journalists seem to be the same.
According to Giuseppe Giulietti, an interesting example is the high number of lawsuits "promised", that is announced through the media, by Italia Viva, the party of former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi: "No news of the many lawsuits announced by Italia Viva", confirms the President of FNSI.
The threat is in the quantity and in the amount, too. But not only
Investigative journalists are the preferred victims of gagging lawsuits. They are sued by politicians, often local public officers, and members of organized crime.
Federica Angeli has so far collected 167 lawsuits, and 150 of those have been either dismissed by a judge or she has been fully acquitted in a trial.
These numbers picture a threatening landscape in growing dimensions: just a few months ago, when Federica Angeli recorded this video for Festival Imbavagliati and OBCT, she talked of 114 acquittals out of 130 lawsuits collected in 25 years of activity as an investigative journalist.
Her personal archive is richer and richer.
Another quite rich archive belongs to the tv show Report:
according to the latest data provided by FNSI, the investigative tv show has been sued in more than 150 cases, either with a criminal defamation lawsuit or with a civil claim for damages.
The issue is not new at all: in 2013, the then anchorwoman Milena Gabanelli talked of around 60 claims for damages and a dozen defamation lawsuits, for a total of 300 million Euro in claimed compensations.
In the meantime, trials have been completed, new lawsuits have been filed and Report was only condemned once, for a mistake in publishing a picture.
Some examples of the cases involving Report:
H3G, a mobile phone company, claimed 137 millions, but it was instead condemned to pay legal expenses and Report was acquitted, but after 7 years;
ENI, the oil state company, asked for 25 millions and after three years withdrew the claim;
in 2016, a judge dismissed 9 lawsuits (8 for defamation, 1 for boasted credit) filed in 2014 by the then mayor of Verona Flavio Tosi and other people; in this case, the judge also decided to charge the plaintiffs for slander.
The present anchorman Sigfrido Ranucci says that many politicians prefer to immediately file a lawsuit instead of answering questions, because procedural costs in Italy are really low: "Until our system is so cheap and you can file a lawsuit and claim for damages at such a low cost, I think democracy will continue to be gagged for ever".
Years lost in court dealing with lawyers and expenses
Acquittal and dismissal are the most common "happy ending" of defamation lawsuits hitting journalists in Italy. What happens in the meantime is what makes the difference for the journalist's health, reputation, career and wealth.
Another story of acquittal comes from Trapani, a town in Sicily: Giancarlo Guarrera, general manager of Airgest, the society managing the airport, had sued the local newspaper "Locale News" asking for a million Euro compensation, just because the outlet had written about the increase of wage decided by Guarrera. After 4 years, the court acquitted the journalist and condemned the plaintiff to pay legal expenses. "We welcome this decision that goes in the right direction – this was the comment of the local journalists' union Assostampa – these attempts to gag and intimidate journalists with millions of Euro of damage claims are a damage to democracy".
SLAPPs are seen as a threat to democracy by the Order of Journalists, the Italian professional Chamber: in his message to the Prime Minister during the joint press conference for the end of 2018, the president Carlo Verna said: "SLAPPs (literally he said: iniziative giudiziarie temerarie, i.e. wreckless legal actions) gag media freedom, and are a real limit to the right to inform and to be informed. They are a democratic emergency".
Lengthy trials contribute to worsen the situation for journalists and human rights defenders waiting for a decision by the court. Civil trials can sometimes be much longer than criminal ones.
This is what happened to Antonella Napoli, who was has been sued in 1998: even if the criminal trial was ended and she was acquitted, the civil case is still pending, and the heirs of the plaintiff (who died some years later) are still demanding damages from her. They have been keeping her hostage of a trial for more than two decades.
A tool in the hands of organized crime
According to a report by AGCOM, the Italian Authority on Telecommunications, there seem to be a geographical overlap between territories with a high level of criminality and those where courts are busy with SLAPPs.
This has been confirmed to us by Claudio Silvestri, secretary of the regional journalists union of Campania, the region of Naples: "We have a helpdesk to support colleagues who are sued, and in most cases these lawsuits are meritless, they are just a way to intimidate the reporter. I have been sued three times, myself, for my activity in the union".
One case supported by the helpdesk of SUGC, Sindacato unitario giornalisti Campania is the story of a journalist who has been sued in around 10 criminal proceedings for defamation in the last 10 years and was never condemned. One case is still pending (the lawsuit was filed 3 years ago), 4 have been dismissed the following year, 1 has been dismissed after 3 years and another one after 2 years; one trial lasted 6 years and ended with his acquittal, and another trial ended quite soon with a dismissal of the case.
Claudio Silvestri confirms that this is the most frequent pattern that applies to investigative journalists in his region, in the town of Naples and sorroundings.
In Sicily, it took 3 years to dismiss the lawsuit filed against the journalists of the monthly newspaper "S": in 2019, the judge for preliminary investigations of the court in Palermo dismissed the lawsuit, considering that the reportage published by "S" in 2016 was written implementing the "legitimate right to report", that the criterium of "truth" was respected and that all this was in the public interest. Besides, the judge added that the journalists never used an offensive language, and always "exposed facts in a neutral manner".
But the journalists and the publisher were busy with lawyers and hearings fot three years.
Time and money, cases can't be fully tracked
It took longer for Claudia Fusani, a journalist of L'Unità, to be acquitted in 2017: 7 years after the lawsuit, a decision of the Court of Cassation confirmed that the publication of a picture was justified by the public interest and was done respecting the right to inform and to be informed.
Talking of money, a 10-million-Euro request was filed in a civil case by Cardinal Becciu: he wants to be compensated for alleged damages to his career as a possible pope-to-be and accuses the weekly newspaper L'Espresso to have ruined his career. The investigative magazine is not new to such requests: his journalist Nello Trocchia was sued for 39 million Euro by a company providing university training and degrees. The request was filed by Pegaso and more than 100 plaintiffs.
Italian courts host cases that involve foreigners, too, like for example the pesticide trial in Bozen, where a local politicians and more than 1300 farmers are suing an Austrian documentary filmmaker and a German environmental activist.
An exhaustive monitoring of cases of meritless or vexatious lawsuits seems impossible.
Helpdesks implemented by the FNSI and its different regional units could be a valuable source of information and data. Besides, the ngo Ossigeno per l'Informazione does a good service in reporting about cases, offering financial support and publishing reports.
But real numbers are far from being fully recorded.
This was just an arbitrary selection, it is just the tip of the iceberg.
This selection was submitted to the rapporteurs of the INI Initiative Report about SLAPP.


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Rock and Roll Events
Timeline created by celloguitar
First Rock and Roll Song (Start of Rock and Roll)
Rocket 88 is the largest contendor for the title of first Rock and Roll song. Ike Turner wrote the song
Alan Freed uses term Rock and Roll
Freed started playing Rhythm and Blues music under the Phrase Rock and Roll thus coining the phrase.
Release of Heartbreak Hotel
With the release of "Heartbreak Hotel" Rock and Roll was brought before a greater audience as it was injected into the American Lifestyle. As the best selling single of 1956 it made the name Elvis Presley and the term "Rock and Roll" known throughout the world.
The Beatles are created
The Beatles opened the doors for Rock and Roll to the UK throughout the 1960's and took the American Billboard by storm in 1963. As the holders of the record for most albums sold in both the US and the UK there is no wonder as to why they are possibly the most influential rock and roll band.
The Jimi Hendrix Expieriance
Managed by the same manager of the Rolling Stones, The Jimi Hendrix Expieriance underwent a Rock and Roll transformation.
Originally a Magazine entirely devoted to the documenting of music and its story. Created by Jann Wenner and Ralph
Possibly the most pivotal moment in Rock and Roll history, the Woodstock music and arts festival hosted the biggest bands all in one place. More people to attend and single event at any one time., this Aquarian Exposition seated itself on Rolling Stones "50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll"
Hard Rock Cafe opens
Now a chain of restoraunts and casinos but back in the 70's they were dedicated to providing good food with an atmosphere of Rock and Roll History.
MTV Launches
As the only television network completely devoted to Music and Pop Culture MTV found itself amongst the most powerful Networks in the world.
An entire museum dedicated to the archiving of the most influential and best known Rock and Roll artists and producers.
Première option facultative arts plastiques / références artistiques
ESPAÑA SIGLO XIX
Food Development From the 19th to The 20th Century
Creative Commons- Tom Tran
Women's Suffrage Movement
revolución francesa
ANTECEDENTES DEL DERECHO CIVIL.
Alemania ME
Actividad 1. Origen de la Protección de Datos Personales
Regnat d'Alfons XIII (1902-1931)
GENERALIDADES DE LA PSICOFARMACOLOGÍA
Tiempos de reparación de los diversos tejidos: óseo, muscular, tendinoso y ligamentoso.
ANTECEDENTES HISTÓRICOS DEL DERECHO ELECTORAL EN MÉXICO
American Inventions and Innovations of the Early 1800s
events of 1920s and 1930s in Canada
Línea de Tiempo - Modelos atómicos
Presidentes EEUU y URSS durante la guerra fría.
LINEA DE TIEMPO DEL TELESCOPIO
Imperialism in China
The Main Events of "The Outsiders" made by S.E. Hinton
Inventions in the 1920s
U.S. History 1800-1900
Linea del Tiempo de la Historia del Dibujo Técnico
The 70's Events
Linea de tiempo clasificación de ls seres vivos


Born in France, raised by die-hard New Yorkers on the mean streets of Columbus, Ohio, I believe I see things differently.
Since my arrival in New York I have worn many creative hats. I worked in film and tv for many years, creating branding packages for cable, special effects, film title sequences as well as a stint in news journalism working alongside Bill Moyers.
Which leads me to today. Advertising is my passion and I'm happy to go to work every day.
I have been fortunate to work at some great places, with some great people on some great brands.
My strengths lie in creating compelling, integrated campaigns across all consumer touch points. From manifesto to print to video to digital to social to content creation to out of home to experiential and emerging platforms, I see no boundaries in telling brand stories and creating engaging experiences to captivate the consumer. I also have a strong background in UX design, creating large-scale sites and apps. Even though I am experienced in managing multiple art and copy teams, as well as presenting to client, I still make things and design. I love to collaborate on new business pitches, it is a time to shine and it's even better when we win.
Recent highlights include launching the Olive Garden and Wusthof digital platforms and the award winning Citibike campaign, which is also great since I ride it to work. Yes, even in the snow.
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ADELAIDE FESTIVAL
The ever-evolving string quartet
Chris Reid: Australian String Quartet; Zephyr Quartet
Australian String Quartet, Alleged Dances, Adelaide Festival 2016
photo Shane Reid
The evolution of the string quartet is continuing, as performers and composers rejuvenate and extend the musical forms associated with it, using augmented instrumentation and innovative presentation. In two great concerts, the Australian String Quartet worked with a percussionist and Zephyr Quartet with visual artists and sound effects.
The Australian String Quartet, Alleged Dances
The Adelaide-based ASQ is a standard-bearer for excellence in playing and for bringing us the best of the traditional quartet repertoire. The ASQ's performances of the Beethoven B flat major quartet (Op. 18, no 6), the opening work on this program, and Schumann's A minor quartet (Op. 41 no1), the closing work, were delightful. This was the first time the Australian String Quartet had performed with its two new violinists, Dale Barltrop (first violin) and Francesca Hiew (second). The Quartet musicians are of the highest calibre and their understanding of ensemble playing is excellent.
In between the Beethoven (a musical revolutionary in his day) and the Schumann, percussionist Claire Edwardes joined the ASQ for the premiere of Matthew Hindson's fine new String Quartet No 4 for quartet and vibraphone, a magical work. The bell-like tones of the vibraphone contrast with the strings and while there is the potential for the vibraphone to dominate the sound, Hindson nicely balances the instrumental forces and brings each instrument to the fore. The first of the two movements is a bright, celebratory fanfare, written on the occasion of the birth of the composer's daughter, and it proceeds at an allegro rhythm through a series of crescendi. The slower second movement is dreamily elegiac, even wistful, a lovely piece of writing for any combination of instruments, let alone one as challenging as this. The violin solo is built on a delightful melodic line, the interplay of the contrasting sounds creates a miasma of sonic light and colour and the mood gently invites thoughtful introspection.
The mood became light-hearted with the ASQ's performance of Claire Edwardes' arrangement of three excerpts—Habanera, Rag the Bone and Judah to Ocean— from US composer John Adams' 1994 work John's Book of Alleged Dances. Each of these has a strong dance rhythm but, as the steps had not been invented, they remain "alleged" dances. Adams scored the dances for a quartet using a pre-recorded tape of a prepared piano, but in her wonderful new arrangement, Edwardes has transcribed the taped piano element for percussion instruments that retain the playfulness and the sonic character of the original. The close understanding between the five performers that results from this transformation of Adams' work makes for lively and enchanting music.
Zephyr Quartet, Exquisite Corpse with animations by Jo Kerlogue and Luku Kukuku, Adelaide Festival 2016
photo Luku Kukuku
Zephyr Quartet, Exquisite Corpse
In 2015, Zephyr Quartet won both Arts SA's award for innovation and the corresponding Adelaide Critics Circle award, acknowledging their extraordinary concert Music for Strings and iThings. Zephyr has a long history of collaborating with artists in a variety of media and they have an unlimited supply of new ideas. This program, Exquisite Corpse, is inspired by the parlour game created by the Surrealists in which several people contribute to an accumulating artwork. Zephyr has adapted the game by engaging a diverse group of contemporary composers—Zoë Barry and Jed Palmer, Zephyr violinist Belinda Gehlert, Jarrad Payne, Andrea Keller, Jherek Bischoff, Adam Page, Robert Davidson, Kate Moore, Erik Griswold, Jason Sweeney and JG Thirlwell—to contribute elements to the composition of a single work for string quartet. The result is a unique piece of music lasting an hour in total. Each composer's contribution, of several minutes, builds on the previous contributions. As you listen you try to guess who the composers might be.
The work is supplemented by a video installation. The quartet sits behind what looks like a giant octopus with tentacles spreading across the stage. As the audience enters, the octopus emits smoke and, as the performance progresses, its tentacles glow with coloured lights and there are video projections on its body and on a screen behind the players. As the music unfolds we see a succession of cartoon drawings of bizarre, surrealistic, but very cute creatures. The delightful animations by artists Jo Kerlogue and Luku Kukuku evolve in tandem with the music. To emphasise the surrealist character of the composition, the players are closely miked and the amplified sound mixed to create subtle effects such as echoes, looping and distortion, underscoring the fantasy imagery.
There is some fine writing in Exquisite Corpse's 11 continuous movements. The music is generally tonal and melodic, nicely voiced for a quartet, and many passages display a strong jazz influence. There being no single composer, no overarching character or theme emerges, but the result is a lot of fun and the graphics are superb. Exquisite Corpse should be made into a movie.
Zephyr's artistic direction prioritises new ideas and collaboration, and they have again produced an experimental work that should inspire further development. In assembling what is in effect a collective of composers, artists and performers for this concert, their approach is a significant departure from the traditional role and functioning of a string quartet. Once Zephyr has realised an idea, however, they typically move onto the next; it would be interesting to see them further refine this kind of work.
Adelaide Festival, The Australian String Quartet, Alleged Dances, Adelaide Town Hall, 29 Feb; Zephyr Quartet, Exquisite Corpse, The Space, Adelaide Festival Centre, 7 March
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Change is the only constant in life. Change means growth. Change can demand you to be patient or it can hit you suddenly.
Change is something we fear, and something I have always had difficulty with. It is something I have always craved for yet was afraid to take upon. A desire for change pushed me to reach outside my comfort zone and move many miles away alone for grad school. Big life changes have also come with lots of turmoil but have provided an understanding of the inner-workings of life - like the passing of my grandparents.
It is indeed important to realize life is full of changes. That is how life unfolds and so, change is an integral part of life. Through change opportunities are created, friends are made, relationships end, careers moves forward. Thus it is through Change that one develops as a human being.
Thus it is important to realize the type of change and the dose of change which is healthy for you. In doing so you will be able to recognize what type of change is not for you. Sometimes there is a certain change in your life that might set you back. This is manifested in various ways - maybe you are not ready to move across the world, maybe you are not ready to be in the relationship, or maybe this might not be the right time to make a career change. In today's world we are quite obsessed with doing everything at once or taking upon too much. Often times this is influenced by the false reality presented by social media. It presents a false image of all these big changes happening in others lives that seem to be lacking in ours. So we seek constant change and the idea of busy.
Tweet: Our dilemma is that we hate change & love it at the same time;what we really want is 4 things 2 remain the same but get better -Sydney J. H.
Change can be good, but change can be bad, so it is up to you to figure out in which type of changing situation you strive in and which one stunts you.
All my life I wanted to go away for school, experiencing living away, new place, new people, and new experiences. But as I grew older, with my anxiety really taking a toll on my health, the fear of moving away became bigger and bigger. So after my 2nd undergrad degree I decided to apply for grad schools and so I applied all over the country, the continent and across the pond in England. I got into every school I applied to - except for one - the one that was here, in my hometown. I received a scholarship to one in my home country but on the other end and was accepted to another program just a few hours away in the states. To add to this I got into one of the best/competitive schools to get into in my field - and it was in England.
I had taken a year off after undergrad and did not apply to grad school because I wasn't ready to move away. But here I was a year after faced with really hard decisions. I took my time to think and I decided it was time to get out of my comfort zone. It was time to take the leap of faith. I gathered all my courage and thought it was time - time for change - how could I let such a wonderful opportunity go? So I moved across the pond...to England.
I enjoyed my Masters program and made some great friends. But it was one of the hardest years of my life. My anxiety and depression hit me harder, I ended up in the ER twice ( I have a legit fear of hospitals). I was so sick at one point that my mom had to fly in to be with me. My professors had me wanting to put my dissertation on hold for a year. But I somehow pushed through, upon reflection I honestly feel it was because of the unconditional support of my family. I came back home early and finished my dissertation on time from home. And finished with good marks.
Am I glad I went? Yes. Am I glad I got to experience going away for school and meeting wonderful people? Yes. But in hindsight, I wasn't ready. And that resulted in my depression hitting me mid way through the year, which coupled with my anxiety and being so far from my emotional support system, resulted in me being in the ER in a foreign country. Till this point in my life I had not really dealt with or tackled my anxiety + depression. I had just pushed through (the only way I knew how to cope) and naively thought I would be able to do the same this time. But I wasn't able to and the consequences were not so great.
Thus, taking upon this change of going to Grad School and moving so far away was probably not done in the right time in my life. Meaning, it was not the right dose of change that I could handle at that point in my life. In fact, it stunted me in some ways. I have been traumatized about living alone and so far from home ever again. The good outcome was I learned a lot about myself and have decided to focus on dealing with my anxiety and depression.
Health has been a constant struggle for me since I was an infant. I have had to deal with many health complications and visits to the doctor and specialist offices, making it a routine for me. But as I mentioned in this post, being proactive about my health has always taken a back seat for me. I was too focused on my academics and moving forward to become "successful" in life that I didn't realize that without good health none of that is possible.
My biggest wake up call was going away for Grad School and realizing I couldn't ignore my health anymore. Before leaving for Grad School, when I was starting to realize that I needed to pay some attention to my health in a proactive manner, I had seen a naturopath and had been on supplements and a strict no gluten/wheat diet. But it was honestly once I got back from Grad School I decided that this was it, I need to make a CHANGE. A change in my lifestyle and needed to live a more healthier lifestyle. Whether that was sleeping at regular time, going for walks, going to yoga consistently, eating in a healthier manner or just taking time for myself. This change was needed in my life in order for me to live a positive life. I also decided to tackle my mental health issues as well. This was a scary change for me, but it was something I had to tackle head on.
Through these two examples, that are in actuality linked, I wanted to demonstrate, firstly, that change can be good. Secondly, that change can be bad if you do not realize that the timing of the change or the dose of the change might not be right for you right at that given time. Lastly, that a single change, so in my case going away for Grad school, can produce many other changes that can be both positive and negative, making change a constant part of our life.
Get out of your comfort zone? YES! Take that leap of faith? YES .....BUT at the same time assess before doing all that. Really assess. I'm sure we all want to drop everything and go on a crazy adventurous year long trip like the ones that our social media is flooded with, but really assess if this change is something you really need right now. If so, then you just need to GO! But if it realistically wouldn't be the right thing right now in your life as in you might not be mentally or physically ready for it then it can in turn have many adverse effects on your life moving forward. For example, a trip taken at the wrong time for you may become a negative experience because you're not in the right frame of mind or you're not physically fit enough to participate and may end up ruining the idea of travelling for you in general or travelling to that particular area etc.
At the same time we must remember that if change is a constant then we can retain the hope that if something is not for you right now in life, like that amazing trip, then it may be in the future.
We must learn to view ourselves and our lives in a more flexible manner and not be so rigid. This means, that although identifying what changes may be bad for us in the present is a good thing we must not deter ourselves from thinking that that means that particular change is now and forever impossible for you, because that is simply not true. Another important thing to remember is that even bad experiences from changes you were not ready for have some positives to them, you just have to learn to see them and this way the bad changes wont have an entirely negative impact on you.
So, do I regret any of my experiences brought through by change no - because to me that is part of my life's journey and you grow as a person and I can look back and learn.
Love this post dear! Great inspiration!
Greatly written! Loved this post, and the quote is SO accurate!
This is so great! It's so important to embrace change and roll with the punches because before you can get over one change another one is headed your way. I find that travelling and experiencing other cultures actually quickly helps with this. I owe my adaptability to experiencing so many different countries and cities!
Very inspiring your post! I like it so much!


Antai-ji (安泰寺) is a Buddhist temple that belongs to the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. It is located in the town of Shin'onsen, Mikata District, in northern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, where it sits on about 50 hectares of land in the mountains, close to a national park on the Sea of Japan. It accepts visitors in the summer months, but is inaccessible during the winter because of the heavy snow.
Antai-ji was founded in 1921 by Oka Sotan as a monastery for scholars to study the Shōbōgenzō. It was located in the Gentaku area of northern Kyoto and many leading scholars studied there. Vacated during World War II, Sawaki Kodo (1880-1965) and Kosho Uchiyama (1912-1998) moved into Antai-ji in 1949, and made it a place for Zazen. During the late 1960s, the name of this small temple became known both in Japan and abroad for its practice of Zazen and formal begging. It was unusual in Japan at the time for supporting itself without a parish. Instead of performing ceremonies such as funerals to make money, Antai-ji relied completely on donations from lay practitioners and takuhatsu, or ritualized begging.
Together with the quietude of the mountains, Watanabe Koho sought a new lifestyle that would bring Zen back to self-sufficiency when he moved Antai-ji to its present location. The former abbot Miyaura Shinyu (1948–2002) protected this quiet life of Zazen while putting the ideal of a self-sufficient monastery into practice, until his sudden death in the snow in February 2002. His disciple, the German monk Muho Noelke (b. 1968), continues as the present abbot. A documentary film about the monastery entitled "Zen for Nothing", directed by Werner Penzel and starring Sabine Timoteo, premiered at the Solothurn film festival in 2016.


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Energy policies under fire: One bill asks lawmakers to ditch Iowa's energy efficiency programs; another could hit solar users with higher charges.
Iowans would no longer get rebates for buying energy-efficient furnaces, adding insulation to drafty homes or installing smart thermostats under a bill introduced in the Iowa Legislature.
The bill would ax requirements that Iowa utilities provide energy efficiency programs for Iowans. Those programs reached $1.03 billion over five years ending in 2016.
Energy efficiency, touted in Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' energy strategy for the next decade, saves consumers money on their individual bills, postpones expensive investments in new electric generation plants, and lowers the overall cost of energy, advocates say.
The programs are popular with Iowa energy consumers who want to cut their energy bills, says Josh Mandelbaum, an attorney at the Environmental Law & Policy Center.
"We all benefit from energy efficiency," he said. "Energy efficiency keeps customers' utilities bills lower and stable longer."
Both MidAmerican Energy and Alliant Energy say they support energy efficiency, but they haven't taken a position on Senate Study Bill 3078.
It's one of two bills that critics say is bad for Iowa consumers — and the environment.
Senate Study Bill 3093 could let investor-owned utilities raise consumer bills without regulator approval — and boost charges to Iowans who have adopted solar energy at their homes, Mandelbaum said.
"It looks like the utilities' Christmas list was all rolled into one bill," said Mark Schuling, Iowa's consumer advocate. "It's good for utilities but not for customers."
Mandelbaum called the bills the most "significant attacks on Iowa energy policies that we've ever seen."
"It's clear they don't take Gov. Reynolds' Iowa energy plan very serious," he said.
Brenna Smith, a Reynolds spokeswoman, said the governor would not comment on the legislation before it reaches her desk.
But Smith added that Reynolds is proud of Iowa's "smart investments in a diversified energy portfolio, including biofuels, solar and wind."
Raise rates or add tariffs that are "revenue neutral." It gives the Iowa Utilities Board 30 days to consider the request, but if action isn't taken within that time, the request is considered approved.
Charge solar, wind and other renewable energy customers more, based on "the difference in cost of service and anticipated energy use."
"It has provisions that would potentially destroy solar in the state," Mandelbaum said. "And it would allow huge increases to rates without Iowa Utilities Board review."
Justin Foss, a spokesman for Alliant Energy, disagrees with Mandelbaum's assessment.
"It's not an attack on ... solar customers," Foss said. "At the end of the day, it still allows for Utilities Board approval. It still allows for regulation and it allows for input."
Foss said utilities want to "speed up the review process so we can get new programs to market faster — programs that are voluntary or are revenue neutral."
He uses building fueling stations for electric cars as an example.
Consumers are hesitant to buy electric cars without adequate fueling stations, and utilities are hesitant to build fueling stations without assurances that they'll get a return on the investment.
"In an era of Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple and Snapchat, bringing products to market faster is what consumers want and demand," he said.
Tina Hoffman, a spokeswoman for MidAmerican Energy, said the provision "appears to be a common-sense proposal that recognizes the need for flexibility in a modern economy."
Schuling sees the provisions opening the door for utilities and electric cooperatives to add charges on solar and wind customers.
For example, Pella Cooperative Electric charged renewable energy customers an $85 monthly fee a few years ago before consumer complaints prompted the utility to drop it.
Schuling said he's concerned the bills' reduced time for review from state regulators, the consumer advocate's office and consumers would ultimately mean higher costs for Iowans.
"Customers may not find out about it until after the fact, when they get a charge on their bills," he said. "It limits our investigation about whether it's a correct change in rates or charges."
Schuling also said that getting regulators' pre-approval for projects shifts the risk from utilities to consumers. "We have no way to challenge a project after it's built," he said.
Typically, the utilities build projects then come to regulators for approval to pass along the costs.
MidAmerican said it supports parts of Senate Study Bill 3093 that would scale back Iowa's energy efficiency programs.
The legislation calls for utilities to spend no more than 2 percent of revenue on energy efficiency programs.
MidAmerican, for example, spends 7.7 percent of revenue on home assessments, rebates and other practices that cut consumers' bills.
Hoffman, the MidAmerican spokeswoman, said the Des Moines utility believes Iowa's energy efficiency program needs to be "right-sized."
MidAmerican proposed spending $152 million less over the next five years on energy efficiency goals than it did from 2014 to 2018.
Hoffman said the utility has invested significantly in energy efficiency and met its energy efficiency goals.
And, the utility is moving toward its goal to meet 100 percent of consumers' energy needs with renewable energy sources.
"We're still offering a very robust set of programs that will achieve energy savings, but it's time to give our customers back those dollars to make decisions about how they want to spend it," Hoffman said.
The plan, submitted to the Utilities Board, proposes spending $360 million through 2023.


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