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"We must combine conservation of nature with benefits to society"
2019/05/06 | Research | Environment & Matter
On May 6, 2019, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) presented its report on the state of biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide. The first such assessment since 2005, it concludes that biodiversity and ecosystem loss has reached the point where it threatens human well-being. Andreas Heinimann of the University of Bern was the one Swiss scientist who worked as a lead author on a chapter of the report.
Interview: Gaby Allheilig
Andreas Heinimann, just months after publication of the IPCC's Special Report on global warming, scientists are once again sounding the alarm – this time on account of species loss and nature's declining ecosystem services. What do you consider the most important message of the IPBES report?
The report highlights the urgent need to act against biodiversity loss. Many negative trends have accelerated markedly in recent decades: Our use of nature is increasingly focused on provision of material services to humanity – above all, food and energy production – while nature's regulating functions are rapidly diminishing. One example is loss of forests, which serve an extremely important function as carbon sinks. Meanwhile, certain non-material services – which are equally important to human beings – are also diminishing. Examples include nature's role providing space for recreation and shaping our identities.
Dr. Andreas Heinimann works at the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) and the Institute of Geography of the University of Bern. Image: © CDE / Manu Friederich
Several regional reports on biodiversity and ecosystem services have already been published, and their conclusions were similar. What is new about the IPBES global report? What's its added value?
The report's value is in its collaborative production by several hundred scientists from numerous disciplines and countries in the global North and South. The process was widely recognized, including by the 132 IPBES member countries. This gives the report legitimacy – and increases the chances of translating its findings into political action. Importantly, we not only describe the state of nature, but also highlight its contribution to human development and well-being. And finally, in contrast to earlier regional reports, this report's global perspective enabled us to emphasize the connections between various world regions.
Which are?
We see, above all, that nature's contributions to people are not distributed equally throughout the world, and that this inequality is becoming increasingly stark. For example, indigenous peoples currently manage 28 per cent of Earth's land mass. Meanwhile, 40 per cent of today's protected areas is found in these regions, and the decline of nature's regulating and non-material services is much slower here than elsewhere. One reason for this is usually that land use is partly based on non-monetary values. But pressure on these areas is rising continuously.
In recent years, scientists have launched several initiatives demanding that 30 to 50 per cent of Earth's surface be protected to save biodiversity...
These initiatives are important because they attract media attention and raise awareness of the problem. And there is indeed a need for protection of land by means of territorial regulatory measures. But that's not enough. Many of the causes behind declining biodiversity and ecosystem functions cannot be addressed by simply placing more land under protection. Protected areas must be interconnected, and we should also focus more on effectiveness. But the crucial point is that we must integrate nature conservation with benefits for different actors in society.
What does that mean concretely?
Take Laos: Depending on what you include, between 16 and 29 per cent of the country is protected. But we have evidence that the deforestation rate, at least in easily accessible protected areas, often isn't much better than in surrounding areas. In other words, the protection isn't really effective. In some cases, local populations weren't sufficiently involved to ensure incorporation of their interests. You have to work closely with locals to ensure solutions that benefit both nature and people.
Climatologists have been warning us of global warming for decades – but practically nothing has been done about it. Only now are things starting to move. How much time has to pass before we realize that we must also act on land use?
We're very glad that people are finally becoming aware of climate change. But we mustn't forget that changes in land use – and this concerns agriculture primarily – currently impact nature and ecosystems more than anything else. In addition, climate and land use are closely linked: Global land use change is driving global warming, which in turn impacts our options for land use. So, it's extremely important that we rapidly and growingly place land use high up on our political and social agendas.
Ultimately, this means that science must also play an active role. But the IPBES report reveals that science is largely concerned with describing the increasingly critical state of the world. By comparison, studies of how nature, its "services", and people are linked, and how such problems might be solved, remain few and far between. Does the scientific community's self-determined orientation contribute to the malaise?
That is indeed a problem. Given the urgency and complexity of the challenges we face, we need a new orientation, a kind of "science 2.0" – one that isn't inwardly oriented, but rather generates knowledge for changes towards sustainability. In other words, transformative research that is socially relevant. Such efforts exist – for example, at the University of Bern, which demands that science come up with solutions to socially relevant questions. But academia more broadly is not at all geared in this direction yet. What counts most towards researchers' careers is their publications – not the extent to which their research actually helps overcome the challenges facing society.
What should a country like Switzerland do now to promote biodiversity?
We face major challenges within our national borders, such as the dramatic decline in insect populations and its far-reaching consequences. Different agricultural incentives combined with changes in consumer behaviour could make a difference here. At the same time, however, more than 70 per cent of the land Switzerland uses for its consumption lies outside its borders. So we urgently need to look at where and how our footprint impacts people and nature outside Switzerland, and take measures to curb negative impacts. Territorial approaches alone no longer offer real solutions in our globalized world.
This interview was also published in the CDE magazine Spotlight.
Dr. Andreas Heinimann works at the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) and the Institute of Geography of the University of Bern.
PD Dr. Andreas Heinimann
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) and Institute of Geography
andreas.heinimann@cde.unibe.ch
IPBES and the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an independent intergovernmental body established by member states in 2012. It aims to strengthen the science-policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being, and sustainable development. IPBES regularly publishes regional, subregional, and thematic assessments of the state and trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Gaby Allheilig is CDE's Head of Communications.
© 2020 University of Bern


The start of another year marks also the start of another 12 months of getting dressed day in and day out which begs the question: are you happy with your style? If you've been feeling as if something is lacking in the fashion department of late and you need something to help you get excited about your wardrobe again then you've come to the right place. Here are a few easy ways to change up your look this year with minimal fuss.
We all have those pieces in our closet that we still like but admittedly don't wear all that often. So this year, make an effort to put those pieces into rotation. Often you can end up wearing the same things from your wardrobe all the time that incorporating something into your look that doesn't get used frequently can make it feel new again.
Accessories are honestly one of the easiest ways to inject some new life into your existing wardrobe. A pair of statement earrings here, a necklace there or a great pair of sunglasses can really lift an outfit and make it feel fresh.
Of course we all have our favourites as far as the style of clothing we go for goes but sometimes that can get a little monotonous. So why not try working with different silhouette styles? Relaxed pieces as opposed to fitted, long instead of shirt, dresses instead of pant—these are all easy ways to inject a little different style into your life.
A style refresh needs a little outfit inspiration to get it going. So why not check out what the women whose style you admire are doing? Often a quick scroll through your fave blogs or Instagram accounts can help you hone in on a few new trends to try and looks worth experimenting with.
It's easy to get caught up wearing the same ol' colours all the time so this year, make an effort to go beyond your favourites. Try colours you usually wouldn't wear to help add a new dimension to your fave outfits. Often a little injection of colour here and there can really transform your old favourites.
Tell me—what are some ways you're trying to change up your style this year?


Manchester United accepted a £80m bid from Real Madrid. If the deal goes through, it will break Real's transfer record which they made few days ago after getting Kaka from Ac Milan at £59m. The amount of money involved is crazy, the whole world is still suffering from the financial crisis but certainly not Real madrid.
As a Manchester United fan, i loved to see the transfer deal goes through. It's not that i don't like Cristiano Ronaldo, in fact i was a fan of him till the manchester city game. Enough is enough, his altitude is getting worse and displaying disrespect to the club, fans and manager is a big NO NO. In that game SAF sub him out to preserve his strength for next game but he throw his tantrum like a big baby. Hey come on we know you are good but no player is indispensable especially in Manchester United. We see big stars come and go, famous examples like Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Japp Stam, Beckham and etc.
£80m is a huge amount of money to be rejected. Farewell Cristiano Ronaldo, hello Ribery. Once again thank you for contribution for past few years.
Yeah, i think Ronaldo should have go but i prefer him at manchester city. How interesting it would be. If real does get david villa, they is really a force to be feared and watch! Hope liverpool beats real to him.
Oh btw, my englich is bery powderful.
I think david villa would probaby go Real than pool. In england, they are going to implement the new tax thingy which will hurt all footballers' pocket.


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How Tech Can Help Curb Emissions by Planting 500 Billion New Trees
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Trees are a low-tech, high-efficiency way to offset much of humankind's negative impact on the climate. What's even better, we have plenty of room for a lot more of them.
A new study conducted by researchers at Switzerland's ETH-Zürich, published in Science, details how Earth could support almost an additional billion hectares of trees without the new forests pushing into existing urban or agricultural areas. Once the trees grow to maturity, they could store more than 200 billion metric tons of carbon.
Great news indeed, but it still leaves us with some huge unanswered questions. Where and how are we going to plant all the new trees? What kind of trees should we plant? How can we ensure that the new forests become a boon for people in those areas?
Answers to all of the above likely involve technology.
Math + Trees = Challenges
The ETH-Zürich research team combined Google Earth mapping software with a database of nearly 80,000 existing forests to create a predictive model for optimal planting locations. In total, 0.9 billion hectares of new, continuous forest could be planted. Once mature, the 500 billion new trees in these forests would be capable of storing about two-thirds of the carbon we have emitted since the industrial revolution.
Other researchers have noted that the study may overestimate how efficient trees are at storing carbon, as well as underestimate how much carbon humans have emitted over time. However, all seem to agree that new forests would offset much of our cumulative carbon emissions - still an impressive feat as the target of keeping global warming this century at under 1.5 degrees Celsius becomes harder and harder to reach.
Recently, there was a story about a Brazilian couple who replanted trees in the valley where they live. The couple planted about 2.7 million trees in two decades. Back-of-the-napkin math shows that they on average planted 370 trees a day, meaning planting 500 billion trees would take about 3.7 million years. While an over-simplification, the point is that planting trees by hand is not realistic. Even with a million people going at a rate of 370 trees a day, it would take 83 years. Current technologies are also not likely to be able to meet the challenge, especially in remote locations.
Tree-Bombing Drones
Technology can speed up the planting process, including a new generation of drones that take tree planting to the skies. Drone planting generally involves dropping biodegradable seed pods at a designated area. The pods dissolve over time, and the tree seeds grow in the earth below. DroneSeed is one example; its 55-pound drones can plant up to 800 seeds an hour. Another startup, Biocarbon Engineering, has used various techniques, including drones, to plant 38 different species of trees across three continents.
Drone planting has distinct advantages when it comes to planting in hard-to-access areas - one example is mangrove forests, which are disappearing rapidly, increasing the risk of floods and storm surges.
Challenges include increasing the range and speed of drone planting, and perhaps most importantly, the success rate, as automatic planting from a height is still likely to be less accurate when it comes to what depth the tree saplings are planted. However, drones are already showing impressive numbers for sapling survival rates.
AI, Sensors, and Eye-In-the-Sky
Planting the trees is the first step in a long road toward an actual forest. Companies are leveraging artificial intelligence and satellite imagery in a multitude of ways to increase protection and understanding of forested areas.
20tree.ai, a Portugal-based startup, uses AI to analyze satellite imagery and monitor the state of entire forests at a fraction of the cost of manual monitoring. The approach can lead to faster identification of threats like pest infestation and a better understanding of the state of forests.
AI can also play a pivotal role in protecting existing forest areas by predicting where deforestation is likely to occur.
Closer to the ground - and sometimes in it - new networks of sensors can provide detailed information about the state and needs of trees.
One such project is Trace, where individual trees are equipped with a TreeTalker, an internet of things-based device that can provide real-time monitoring of the tree's functions and well-being. The information can be used to, among other things, optimize the use of available resources, such as providing the exact amount of water a tree needs.
Budding Technologies Are Controversial
Trees are in many ways fauna's marathon runners - slow-growing and sturdy, but still susceptible to sickness and pests. Many deforested areas are likely not as rich in nutrients as they once were, which could slow down reforestation. Much of the positive impact that said trees could have on carbon levels in the atmosphere is likely decades away.
Bioengineering, for example through CRISPR, could provide solutions, making trees more resistant and faster-growing. Such technologies are being explored in relation to Ghana's at-risk cocoa trees. Other exponential technologies could also hold much future potential - for instance micro-robots to assist the dwindling number of bees with pollination.
These technologies remain mired in controversy, and perhaps rightfully so. Bioengineering's massive potential is for many offset by the inherent risks of engineered plants out-competing existing fauna or growing beyond our control. Micro-robots for pollination may solve a problem, but don't do much to address the root cause: that we seem to be disrupting and destroying integral parts of natural cycles.
Tech Not The Whole Answer
So, is it realistic to plant 500 billion new trees? The short answer would be that yes, it's possible - with the help of technology.
However, there are many unanswered challenges. For example, many of areas identified by the ETH-Zürich research team are not readily available for reforestation. Some are currently reserved for grazing, others owned by private entities, and others again are located in remote areas or areas prone to political instability, beyond the reach of most replanting efforts.
If we do wish to plant 500 billion trees to offset some of the negative impacts we have had on the planet, we might well want to combine the best of exponential technology with reforestation as well as a move to other forms of agriculture.
Such an approach might also help address a major issue: that few of the proposed new forests will likely succeed without ensuring that people living in and around the areas where reforestation takes place become involved, and can reap rewards from turning arable land into forests.
MARC PROSSER
Marc is British, Danish, Geekish, Bookish, Sportish, and loves anything in the world that goes 'booiingg'. He is a freelance journalist and researcher living in Tokyo and writes about all things science and tech.
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Maraschino covers Cristina's "Things Fall Apart"
Maraschino, aka Piper Durabo, is a Los Angeles-based performing artist, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and radio DJ. So why cover her on the Deli NYC blog? Two reasons: First, having come across her music thanks to the gloriously askew "Synthmus" holiday special recently alluded to in this space, it turns out that Durabo started the Maraschino project while residing in the city in 2018 and had her live debut at a Red Bull Music Academy show in Coney Island; and second, because her featured performance on said holiday special, for which she also served as co-host, was a cover of Cristina's "Things Fall Apart," a song that's New York City to the core.
Cristina, full name Cristina Monet Zilkha (1956-2020), was a massively influential but still largely unheralded New York City native whose handful of singles and two albums--released on ZE Records between 1978 and 1984--established a template for '80s downtown cool in terms of music and fashion and overall attitude that helped shape not only the early careers of mainstream artists like Cyndi Lauper and Madonna, but also countless others in subsequent years/decades who fused elements of pop, disco, punk, new wave, and avant-gardism as a sort of "Brechtian pastiche" in Cristina's own words. Ms. Monet Zilkha sadly passed away on March 31, 2020 after suffering for years from autoimmune disorders and then contracting COVID early in its reign of horror. Obituaries can be found here and here.
The similarly single-monikered Maraschino is by all appearances a 21st-century inheritor to Cristina's legacy. From her output with the Teen Vogue touted sister-act Puro Instinct, who were once described as "Stevie Nicks through a lens of chiffon and horse tranquilizers" (Isn't Stevie Nicks usually already wearing chiffon? Oh well, nevermind!) to her several singles released under the new cherrubic rubric, Ms. Durabo is clearly an apprentice of Christina's outsider pop art, or as she herself puts it "mystic disco-pop for introverts." Along these lines Maraschino's debut single "True Lover" (2019) must have had Martin Gore clutching his leather chaps in jealousy with its earworm fusion of boppy major-key synths and sadomasochistic subtext--a dynamic that's effectively captured in the music video which itself matches the Mode for overall icy hotness.
Also not unlike Cristina, who recorded a clutch of memorable covers ranging from Prince's "When U Were Mine" to the Beatles' "Drive My Car" to Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is?" (the latter of which being one the greatest cover versions ever recorded in the history of humankind in the mind of this humble writer), Maraschino has likewise taken a shine to the art of the musical homage. To wit, this year she's put out covers of both the Carly Simon/Chic collab "Why" as well as the aforementioned "Things Fall Apart."
While technically a Christmas song, "Things Fall Apart" is one of those rare instances of a seasonal song that transcends its trappings--a tale of struggle and perseverance in the midst of poverty, perversion, romantic betrayal, tree murder, and motherly love. To her credit Maraschino pulls off a beautifully streamlined synthpop version of the song, capturing the melancholic yet oddly hopeful mood of the original (see the top of this page for the video) and Cristina's finely-honed deadpan yet fully engaged vocal delivery:
The party was a huge success
"But where should we go next?" they said
They killed a tree of 97 years
And smothered it in lights and silver tears
They all got wrecked
They laughed too loud
I started to feel queasy in the crowd
I caught a cab back to my flat
And wept a bit
And fed the cat
Most widely known from its inclusion on Cristina's swan song Sleep It Off (1984), "Things Fall Apart" was first released on ZE Records' 1981 LP A Christmas Record which also introduced the world to the Waitresses' now perennial "Christmas Wrapping" (by far the most quasi-cheery song on the album). The Xmas comp didn't shy away from the avant-pop experimentalism and No Wave severity that were ZE's stock in trade (home to releases by James Chance and the Contortions, Suicide, Was (Not Was), and Lydia Lunch/Teenage Jesus and the Jerks among others) and has been called "the first alternative Christmas album" and "the darkest Christmas record of all time." So now you know where to go for one last dose of holiday weirdness this year. And should you go there (trivia alert!) you'll also learn where Madonna found inspiration for the hook on her first hit single. (Jason Lee)
Lady Bits on the "Look Out"
You better look out / you better decide
If Santa's your man / or patriarchy must die
Lady Bits is coming to town
He stalks you when you're sleeping
Gaslights and violates
He thinks he knows what's bad or good
So be bad for goodness sake
You better look out / you better get wise
Cuz yr gonna find out / that being naughty is nice
Lady Bits is coming to town...
Lady Bits' new single "Look Out" is out so give it a listen, grab a beer and have a happy new year. And for the stocking stuffer, check out their Lose The Thread EP below!
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2020 Year in Review: Tempers
People don't often mention classic country and darkwave in the same breath but Tempers make me think of what would happen if Hank Williams and Patsy Cline were simultaneously reincarnated, went out and bought some modern-day gear and settled down in Brooklyn to write electro-tinged laments and darkwave floor-fillers. Electro-pop is the new honky-tonk after all.
Here's a game to play called "Is This a Tempers Lyric or a Hank Williams Lyric"?
There's a space in the night
where I tear a hole
the moon just went
behind the sky
to hide it's face and cry
Trick question. It's both. And speaking of both, Hank Williams and Tempers are both adept at taking inconvenient feelings like loneliness, heartbreak and longing and making something beautiful out of them, while each wisely throw some love songs and dance songs into the mix too because we can't be So Lonesome We Could Cry all the time. A couple caveats to these parallel tracks: Hank Williams never made a concept album based on a German intellectual's essay on shopping mall architecture and, to my knowledge, Patsy Cline wasn't ethnically half-Iranian/half-Latvian and nor was she born in Florida and reared in England.
Tempers are the mixed-gender duo of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper and they started putting out singles together in 2013, with their first full-length arriving in 2015. The full-length in question is called Services and just this month they reissued the record on their current label Dais Records--seeing as the original was released on a German label (one factor in their sizeable European following) and only 500 copies pressed on vinyl. Vinyl festishist alert: the re-release can be had in clear vinyl, pink, marble smoke, or plain ol' black plastic while supplies last.
In conjunction with the reissue, Tempers recorded an aching, acoustic self-cover of "Bright Over Me" the original of which is on Services. Besides this one the other track we got from the duo this year is "The Use of My Belonging." A bedroom production released over the summer, it's got a reflective vibe ("Well I didn't see it coming / now I feel so out of place / what's the use of my belonging") written as it was in response to the Black Lives Matter protests and lockdown in the city. And while these two singles are certainly representative of the Year From Hell that somehow still isn't over, I would submit that Tempers 2019 LP Private Life captures the stupefaction of late 2020 just as well as these other two releases. In fact, I'd go so far to name it the best album of 2020 released in 2019. Read on for further explanation.
Take a song like "Peace of Mind" which both in mood and in lyric captures a familiar experience, especially familiar this past year, that's rarely addressed in song--namely just f*cking staring at these four walls--where isolation or boredom or insomnia or quarantine or whatever causes your mind to be both dulled and sharpened to the point where you pick up nearly every surrounding detail of your internal and external landscapes: "Lying in the bath, it's half past three in the morning / this time alone, this time I know, is overrated / my hand's a wave, my hand's a tide, my hand's a flood / picking up the light, water makes shadows on the wall / my hands a sky, my hand's a bridge, my hand's a home / this time alone, I'm feeling now, starting over." But who actually writes a song about this? Brilliant.
Private Life opens with a song that'll make your spine tingle if you're inclined to such feelings. It's called "Capital Pains" and its opening line is "It's just a way of killing time" going on to describe a strange but seductive mashup of longing, regret, determination, desperation, voyeurism, and maybe even some hint of fulfillment. These divergent sentiments are mixed-and-matched by a musical backing of danceable electro-rhythms, vocals bathed in wraithlike echo, and occasional waves of double-picked/double-tracked electric guitar that envelop the listener. It's hard to tell if this is supposed to be the sound of "peace of mind" or the start of the breakdown and maybe that's precisely the point.
Private Life by TEMPERS
The next song is titled "Leonard Cohen Afterworld" (*ahem* so I can sign eternally *ahem*) and by now you see where this is heading. Taken as a whole Private Life nails the general aura of this current moment in time (including the title) to the extent that I'm convinced Jasmine and Eddie recorded it in 2020 and travelled back in time to 2019 to release the thing and give us all a coping mechanism to deal with the upcoming year. I mean just look at the song titles alone: "More Than You Realized," "Guidance," "Daydreams," "Filters," and "Sleep." And the cover image. It's all so very 2020. Given this evidence, you'd be advised to seek out Tempers' music released next year to see what's on the horizon for 2022. (Jason Lee)
2020 Year In Review: Slut Magic
It's 2020 roundup time, whereupon we cast our music blogging net wide and pull in releases that didn't make it into our annals as of yet.
Slut Magic are a fulsome foursome who make music for moderns, especially those of the sex-positive and queer-positive variety. Their music and image are chock full of good humor, man, beautifully boundary-crossing but still humanistic. With songs full of strum und twang, imagine Orville Peck for the punk rock set (and many other stylistic hybrids besides) and you're getting warm. They once you actually hear them you'll be getting pretty hot.
Following up on 2018's debut LP In My Mouth the Slut Magic crew pulled out Trauma Queen earlier this year, a full-length musical insurrection made up of songs that run the spectrum from expressing empathy for victims of f*ckery (see the title track) to healthy doses of "just don't give a f*ck"-ery (fave lines along these lines: "maybe it's the DayQuil / but you look pretty good tonight") to righteous howls of "f*ck this sh*t" ("God Is A Bad Dom") which are all quite appropriate sentiments for this dumpster fire of a year.
Nearly as exciting as the release itself is the reveal that the band have made full-on music videos for each and every track — ranging from a first-generation PlayStation homage to a Christian broadcast TV montage to a choreographed rooftop assemblage (which rhymes if you say it right). So head on over to the band's SlutTube and Slutcamp sites and take their full load of content right into your earholes and eyeholes. (Jason Lee)
Slut Magic
2020 Year In Review: Acetone 4
"ALIEN HUNTERS DETECT MYSTERIOUS RADIO SIGNAL FROM NEARBY STAR"
No, this isn't the headline from a recent Weekly World News cover story but instead a legit National Geographic headline posted online two days ago. The mysterious radio signal in question was detected by an organization called Breakthrough Listen, a project with $100 million in funding that's taken on the task of monitoring over a million stars for radio or laser transmissions. The signal appears to originate from Proxima Centauri which is the star nearest to our very own sun and that happens to have two planets in its own orbit, one of which, known as Planet B, resembles Earth with its rocky surfaces, temperate environment, and extensive network of Wawa franchises (ok, I made that last part up). This transmission has been labelled BLC-1.
The band: Acetone 4. The band's music: A bit mysterious, more than a bit mesmeric. The band's identity: Even more mysterious. The music of Acetone 4 sounds like it's been beamed to this planet from across the universe, and it's my working hypothesis that this is in fact precisely the case. In other words, BLC-1 equals Acetone 4. A transmission from the satellite heart. A sad, sexy satellite heart. Acetone 4 have released two songs thus far alongside a couple photos posted on Instagram and Bandcamp: one ghostly, blown-out Polaroid of the band in humanoid form (see above) and one other spectral image. And that's it. Otherwise there's no names attached and no other information or explanation of any kind provided. So yes, this is obviously the work of extraterrestrials attempting to utilize our primitive social media to reach out to the cosmos.
The first song to be shot out into the ether by Acetone 4 is called "Linden Hill." This is a name of the neighborhood in Queens where the Proxima Centaurians clearly plan to set up their first base of operation. The track opens with the sound of an interstellar beacon sending out a scratchy, repeated distress signal. A few seconds later they wisely add a guitar melody to help keep the humans' attention and next there's some droney, pulsating synth and a thumping beat accompanied by a female voice simulator unit that appears to be singing in English, but the words are mostly indecipherable. All the while you can hear the Proxima Centaurians in the background working on emergency spacecraft repairs with little bleeps and bloops echoing into the vastness of space. This transmission was received on 17 August of this year and its proceeds benefit the Sex Workers Outreach Program of Brooklyn in solidarity with misunderstood and demonized "Others" across all dimensions.
The second and most recent transmission was received on 5 September 2020. The Proxima Centaurians are clearly beginning to get a better grasp of our modes of communication and psychological points of entry. The track "PSR" (mysterious acronyms!) kicks in straight away with a slinky beat that's likely to prick up the ears of most homo sapiens and to lead many of them to look up some Internet porn. Then there's some garbled alien communication not unlike the sounds of truckers on their CB radios to our human ears. Enter the female voice simulator unit again saying something along the lines of "Trying to pull together / reflect in a dream" followed by "call / response / no answer" which aptly summarizes our collective failure to establish contact. From here the voice unit repeats a sort of stressed-out mantra declaring "insomnia / no dreams" and it's obvious the Proxima Centaurians are getting to better understand this planet and our current precarious situation. Whether this will all result in them wanting to help us out, or to get the hell out of Dodge, remains to be seen.
Here's hoping that Acetone 4 reestablishes contact in 2021. It may be our only hope. (Jason Lee)


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PACIFIC JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
The Pacific Judicial Development Programme (PJDP) Phase 2 operated from July 2010-June 2015 and was funded by the Government of New Zealand (MFAT). It served the judiciaries of 14 Pacific Island Countries (PICs), namely: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Fiji has earlier participated but its membership is presently suspended.
6th Chief Justices' Leadership Workshop - Auckland, New Zealand (March 2014)
First row (left to right): Chief Justice Sir; Albert Palmer; Chief Justice Sir John Muria; Chief Justice Vincent Lunabek; Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias; Chief Justice Patu Sapolu; Chief Justice Martin Yinug.
Second row (left to right): Deputy Chief Justice Gibbs Salika; Chief Justice Geoffrey Eames; Lord Chief Justice Michael Scott; Chief Justice Tom Weston; Chief Justice Sir Gordon Ward; Chief Justice Carl Ingram; Chief Justice Arthur Ngiraklsong.
The founding vision of PJDP, earlier known as the Pacific Judicial Education Programme (PJEP), was to train judges and magistrates. The goal of PJDP was to strengthen governance and rule of law in PICs through enhanced access to justice and professional judicial officers who act independently according to legal principles. Its purpose was to support PICs to enhance the professional competence of judicial officers and court officers, and the processes and systems that they use.
Key Results at a Glance
Over the past five years, the Pacific Judicial Development Programme (PJDP) has improved the quality of justice across the Pacific in ways that are relevant, effective, efficient and sustainable. These improvements have been captured in the Programme Completion Report (pdf - 1.3mb), and have a measurable impact on promoting a fairer society and improving human wellbeing in the Pacific.
Citizens Live in Fairer Societies with Better Access to Justice (pdf - 511 kb)
Citizens in Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are more empowered to access and use the courts to redress injustice, and the courts are more responsive to the needs of the public seeking justice.
"While some initiative may be local, the PJDP developed the initial concepts for these which inspired these local initiatives - PJDP provided the ignition key"
Chief Justice Sapolu (Samoa)
Judicial Leaders are Directing the Delivery of More Substantive Justice Outcomes (pdf - 392 kb)
Courts are more proactively managing improvements with Chief Justices networking across the region to drive, plan and administer justice locally.
"We use PJDP because we have confidence in it as a judicial programme which is unique in the world in the sense that it is regionally managed by a court. We have tremendously benefited from PJDP"
Chief Justice Lunabek (Vanuatu)
Public is Enabled to Demand Judicial Integrity, Transparency and Accountability (pdf - 433 kb)
Improvements in professionalism, integrity and conduct have built public trust in the courts. The 15 "Cook Island Performance Indicators" and regular annual reporting equip courts and the public with knowledge and capacity to drive continuing improvements in judicial quality.
PJDP has achieved phenomenal work in increasing capacities of judges and judicial officers as well as improving courts' processes and systems…"
Chief Justice Ngiraklsong (Palau)
Courts Administer and Deliver Justice More Efficiently (pdf - 277 kb)
Courts are increasingly disposing of cases and reducing backlogs according to established time standards. Improved efficiency, and public awareness of this, is strengthening public trust and consolidating confidence in courts.
"PJDP has been one of the best programs; I was very impressed from the beginning; there was no better way to maximise the use of resources."
Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer (Solomon Islands)
Continuing Improvements are Transforming Court Performance (pdf - 665 kb)
Courts are more able to build capacity through experienced local trainers conducting sustainable judicial development across the region.
"PJDP has built our confidence in our ability to do these things (judicial development) ourselves."
Deputy Chief Justice Salika (PNG)
PJDP is funded by the Government of New Zealand
and managed by the
Federal Court of Australia
Materials developed by PJDP
Benchbooks
PJDP Toolkits
PJDP in the media
PJDP newsletters
Programme Executive Committee
Please click here for the Programme Completion Report


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JOB OPPORTUNITY – A&R COORDINATOR
(12 MONTH CONTRACT) – 2 Positions Available
Closing Date: December 11, 2020
The UMC team is currently working from home due to the global pandemic and plans on going back into the office in 2021. You must be comfortable working in a virtual/remote environment.
Universal Music Canada is Canada's leading music company, engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content. Home to the most comprehensive catalogue of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMC is committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship in broadening opportunities for our artists on both the domestic and world stages as well as creating new experiences for fans.
Universal Music Canada is part of Universal Music Group, the world leader in music-based entertainment.
We are searching for creative, innovative and passionate people to join our team. If you love music and got excited just thinking about joining this amazing organization, we would love to meet you!
Reporting to the Manager, Artists & Repertoire, this role will provide support to the A&R department and will contribute to a positive work environment with an emphasis on a 'team' concept. The ideal candidate is an enthusiastic, creative and energetic individual with a huge passion for music.
Provide ongoing support to the A&R team by assisting with the A&R operational process and enforce departmental best practices
Coordinate internal scheduling process, transitioning releases from A&R to Universal Music Canada's production grid
Assist in gathering and verifying metadata and label copy, ensuring accuracy for system setup (lyrics, artist, producer, musician, studio credits, thank you's, liner notes, etc.)
Input data into UMG's repertoire systems as needed
Coordinate asset delivery to ensure deadlines are met
Liaise on behalf of the A&R with all internal departments, including Marketing, Creative, Digital, and Operations
Schedule studio time and help find suitable producers, writers/co-writers, and sound engineers
Coordinate pre-production and production, mixing and mastering for each artist project
Collect and archive audio masters for each artist project
Provide creative input and direction on artist's material
Actively participate in team meetings, discussions, and planning activities
Request payments throughout the creative process, including producers/mixers/remixers
Assist with various special projects
Bachelor/College Degree preferred
Ability to successfully multi-task, prioritize and work under pressure & meet deadlines in a fast-paced, high volume environment
Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, and to identify potential issues and successfully problem solve with business deliverables in mind
Excellent communication and organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail
Great strategic and analytical thinking with the curiosity to optimize processes
Knowledge of today's music scene, trends, emerging artists and a strong understanding of the recording process
Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.
Availability to work and attend various events on weekends and evenings (once allowed and safe to do so)
Ability to work and think clearly in a loud environment
Please apply before December 11, 2020
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TRS' Walk-In Center is easily accessible through the entrance at the southeast corner of the building, facing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza. You will need a valid government-issued photo ID that includes a signature to enter the building.
Water Taxi/Ferry services are also nearby.


This page is a translated version of the page KMail and the translation is 59% complete.
KMail è il componente per la posta elettronica di Kontact, il gestore integrato di informazioni personali di KDE.
Supports the standard mail protocols IMAP, POP3 and SMTP.
Supports plain text and secure logins, using SSL and TLS.
Native support for inline OpenPGP, PGP/MIME, and S/MIME.
Reading and writing of HTML mail.
Ability to display plain text only from an HTML mail.
Allows you to receive and accept invitations.
Integration with popular spam checkers, e.g. SpamAssassin, Bogofilter, etc.
Import Options for many other clients/formats.
KMail supporta la funzionalità Groupware. Puoi ricevere inviti da colleghi e accettarli. Una volta accettati questi vengono inseriti nel tuo calendario. Per vedere il tuo calendario avvia KOrganizer o Kontact.
Guarda questa pagina per altre immagini.
How to encrypt your mail with PGP or S/MIME?
KMail is available in all major Linux distribution repositories, as tarballs, and soon a Flatpak version will also be available. Ancient versions were compatible with Windows, the Kontact team is looking for help to improve Windows support. For more information look at the Kontact download page.
If you need help to install KMail, look at this tutorial about how to install KDE software.
Un elenco dei numerosi sviluppatori è disponibile qui.
Per facilitare la lettura queste sono state spostate in una pagina specifica.
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Published on May 25th, 2018 | by Dana Folkard
NORROWAY, BOOK 1: THE BLACK BULL BRINGS THE CLASSIC FOLKTALE TO LIFE THIS NOVEMBER!
This November, sibling writer/artist duo Cat Seaton and Kit Seaton (AFAR) team up for NORROWAY, BOOK 1: THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY, the first in an original graphic novel series based on the Scottish tale of the same name.
Sibylla had always craved adventure, but she never guessed it would show up at her door in the form of a giant, magical bull. Who knew a prophecy could be so literal?
"NORROWAY is the result of the stories my sister Cat and I told to each other on dark nights when we were growing up," said Kit Seaton. "This is a new series inspired by all the things we love about ghost stories and the old dark fairy tales. It's about curses run amok, doomed knights, dancing princesses, shipwrecks, and young peasant girls destined for adventure. Take warning, however: even good intentions can lead to dangerous places."
"I remember hours spent in the car with the family, winding through misty mountain roads as our father played J.R.R. Tolkien, Clive Barker, and Stephen King on cassette over the tinny car speakers," said Cat Seaton. "Fairy stories and quests and nightmares and triumphs merged into one as the miles spilled on before us. Since I was a child I have pursued folk tales, and my favorites have always been those that grow ever darker but are edged with a glimmer of light. We hope you find the light in NORROWAY. 'Be brave, you have many trials to come.'"
This November, pick up the first book in the ongoing NORROWAY series and find out why Leila del Duca (SLEEPLESS, AFAR, SHUTTER) raves: "Cat and Kit Seaton have created a story and characters so breathtaking that I think of this book almost every day. Sibylla is an energetic and headstrong protagonist who encounters mesmerizing characters, gorgeous lands, and high-stakes curses throughout her journey. I am smitten."
NORROWAY, BOOK 1: THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY (ISBN: 978-1-5343-0855-8) hits comic shops on Wednesday, November 7th and bookstores on Tuesday, November 11th. It's available for preorder via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Indiebound, and Indigo.


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The Honourable Janice Filmon, C.M., O.M., L.L.D., Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
Janice Filmon was installed as Manitoba's 25th Lieutenant Governor on June 19, 2015.
Janice Filmon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics and is a past chair of the University of Manitoba Alumni Association. As the wife of Gary Filmon — former Premier of Manitoba — she has four grown children, nine grandchildren, and has one great-grandchild.
She has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Cancer Care Manitoba Foundation, Founding Chair of the Nellie McClung Foundation which recently placed a monument of the "Famous Five" on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building and continues to be involved in youth leadership. She was the Founding Co-Chair of Leadership Winnipeg and the Chair of Festivals for the 1999 Pan American Games. She has been honoured with the Guardian Angel Award by the Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation. As well, the Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation & Great West Life created the Janice C. Filmon Award for Leadership in Cancer Care in Manitoba, to honour those who make significant contributions in this field. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Canon Law by St. John's College in 2007 and an Honorary Doctorate of Law by the University of Manitoba in 2011.
Janice was inducted into the Order of Manitoba in 2007 and the Order of Canada in 2013.
The board of directors is made up of volunteers who oversee the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. The board is comprised of individuals from a variety of disciplines, including law enforcement, education, psychology, medicine, law, finance, and public service. Board members sit on the board in an individual capacity to provide an independent perspective from their field of expertise and do not represent their employer.
The current board of directors includes:
Kathie King, Chair
Kathie King is a retired RCMP staff sergeant who served in Manitoba for 35 dedicated years. Early in her career she specialized in child abuse investigations and assisted in developing interviewing techniques that were both compassionate and more likely to result in a conviction than previous practices. She focussed her expertise in child exploitation as an investigator and teacher for 20+ years, leading the development of both the very first integrated child exploitation (ICE) unit in Canada, and the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit. As a member of the Children Online Protection Committee, Kathie was involved in the establishment of Cybertip.ca, Canada's tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children.
Kathie is a recipient of the Ian Logan Memorial Award for her leadership in the prevention of child maltreatment, the RCMP Commissioners Ensign Group Award as a member of the ICE Unit, the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, and is a Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces. She has served on the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors since 2002.
Brian Brown, First Vice Chair
Brian Brown has worked in the internal audit profession for more than 30 years, retiring as the chief audit & evaluation executive for the Canadian Grain Commission in 2019. Prior to entering the public sector, Brian spent 25 years in the private sector leading internal audit functions for several national agribusiness, insurance and retail companies. Brian has shared his expertise by holding several board positions, including the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) at the local, national and global levels, and the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD). He has operated a consulting and education practice focused on internal audit, risk management and governance, holding faculty positions at The Directors College, IIA, ICD and the Caribbean Governance Training Institute.
His 40+ years of volunteer experience includes serving on several sports and community boards, a long-time commitment to coaching soccer, and as a dedicated leader of child serving organizations. Brian is the recipient of the City of Winnipeg Civic Appreciation Award and the IIA Canada Distinguished Service Award, and has served on the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors since 2009.
Janet Sigurdson, Second Vice Chair
Janet Sigurdson is a general counsel in the Family Law Section, Legal Services Branch, Manitoba Department of Justice. She is responsible for Manitoba's Central Authority functions under The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. In this role she has participated in collaborative national and international activities, including being part of the Canadian delegation to The Hague for the Sixth Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the 1980 (Abduction) and 1996 (Protection of Children) Hague Conventions.
Janet's main practice areas are child protection, parental child abduction, and adoption. Her work includes participating in significant legislative and service initiatives with provincial, territorial and federal colleagues, providing advice, training, and litigation support to child and family services staff, and liaising with law enforcement officials and other stakeholders in cases of domestic and international parental child abduction and breach of custody/access orders. Janet has served on the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors since 2002.
Dr. Deborah Lindsay, Secretary
Dr. Deborah Lindsay retired in December of 2019 from her long time career as a part-time pediatrician, and former director of the Child Protection Centre (CPC) in Winnipeg. She has been with the Child Protection Centre since the mid-80s but has always kept an active role in general pediatrics with monthly and weekly pediatric clinics, including at the Manitoba Youth Centre and the Ambulatory Clinic at Children's Hospital. In her role at CPC she was involved in medical examinations of children and youth, as well as education of various medical and professional groups. She has attended court approximately 200 times in child protection cases and has been qualified as an expert witness in both provincial and superior courts in Manitoba, being called primarily by the Crown. She has also acted as an expert witness in child protection matters in other provinces of Canada.
Dr. Lindsay was an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada in Pediatrics and served as a member, then chair, of the Pediatric Test Committee of the Medical Council of Canada. She has served on many committees and boards, including the Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre Board of Directors, and has served on the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors since 2010.
Michael Susser, Treasurer
Michael Susser is a senior executive in the financial services industry with over 30 years of experience in banking, corporate finance, investment management, income tax and estate planning, and insurance. He is currently the managing director and chief executive officer of Quadrant Asset Management.
Michael has volunteered his expertise in the financial sector to help charities successfully achieve their mandates, including as a trustee with Fort Whyte Alive, the vice president of the GiftPact Foundation, and on the Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights capital campaign. He has served on the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors since 2010.
Dr. John Wiens, Past Chair
Dr. John R. Wiens, dean emeritus and retired professor from the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba, has served in the public education system for more than 50 years and continues to do so. During his distinguished career he has been a teacher, counselor, principal, and superintendent. He has served in too many positions to list, including as the president of the Association of Canadian Deans of Education, the Manitoba Teachers' Society, and the Canadian Education Association, as a director of the Canadian Teachers' Federation, the Manitoba Board of Teacher Education and Certification, and the Manitoba Association of School Superintendents.
John's awards and achievements include: the John M. Brown Award for contributions to teacher education, an honorary doctorate from Brandon University, the Manitoba Association of School Trustees President's Council Award, the Queen's Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medal for service in education, the Graduate Student Teaching Award, and life memberships in the Manitoba Teachers' Society, the Manitoba Association of School Superintendents, and the Canadian Education Association. He has served on the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors since 2006.
Gerry Miller
Gerry Miller is the executive director of MRnet, responsible for the management and operation of the Manitoba Research and Education Network which serves the provincial, national and international connectivity needs of all Manitoba post-secondary institutions, as well as the K–12 sector and research labs. Previously, he was the executive director of Information Services and Technology at the University of Manitoba and held senior information technology positions from August 1974 until his retirement in May 2010.
Gerry has been involved in many national and provincial networking activities, including CA*net, MBnet, MRnet, and the CANARIE Research and Education Network. He has been involved with CANARIE as treasurer and board member, as well as with national initiatives Smart Communities, Community Access Program, SchoolNet, the Information Highway Advisory Council I and II, the National Broadband Task Force, and the Anti-Spam Task Force. He is also a member of the National Research and Education Network Governing Council. Gerry has served on the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors since 2006.
Dr. Laura Mills
Dr. Laura Mills is a registered psychologist and certified play therapist. She has taught at the University of Winnipeg, University of Manitoba, and the University of Victoria in both psychology and family studies. Dr. Mills provided psychological services at the Winnipeg Children's Hospital Child Development Clinic and the Child Protection Centre, which included assessment and treatment of children and adolescents who likely experienced child maltreatment or neglect. After moving to British Columbia in 1999, Dr. Mills provided psychology services to the Health and Resources for Children child maltreatment team and the Vancouver Island Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect team. She served as the psychologist for the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health Ledger House Adolescent Program in Victoria and the Child and Youth Mental Health Program in Duncan, British Columbia.
She has served on the board of the Canadian Association for Child and Play Therapy and the BC Hear the Child Society. Dr. Mills is the Vancouver intake facilitator for the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program and has served on the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors since 2015.
Alan Scott is the chief risk officer for the Office of Risk Management at the University of Manitoba, responsible for risk management, security, and environmental health and safety. Before joining the university, Alan spent more than 33 years with the Winnipeg Police Service and retired at the rank of Inspector. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Business Continuity Professional, and holds a Certification in Risk Management Assurance. In 2006, Alan was chosen as one of 16 senior Canadian police officers to participate in an Executive Global Studies Program sponsored by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), examining police integration and emergency preparation issues at several locations in the United Kingdom.
He is a life member of the CACP and an associate member of the Manitoba Association of Chiefs of Police. Twice Alan has been awarded the Canadian Police Exemplary Service Medal (1977 & 2007), and is a recipient of the Manitoba Attorney General's Excellence in Law Enforcement Award (2004). He joined the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors in 2005.
Sue Snider
Sue Snider is the executive director of Community Safety Partners, a volunteer organization in Ontario that conducts safety programs for all ages, and is also a travel agent. A former athlete, coach, and athletic therapist, Sue founded Top Form Athletics in 1988, the first value-based track club in the world created in response to the doping crisis in sport. For many years, she has coached track and field at the national level, as well as hockey. In 2003, Sue became the deputy mayor in the Township of Mulmur, a position she held for seven years. She also sat on the board of Child Find Canada from 2003 to 2008.
In 2004, Sue received a Volunteer of the Year Award for her work with Child Find Ontario, and has received the Gary Putnam Award for her commitment to the safety of children from Dufferin Child and Family Services. She has served on the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors since 2010.
Brian Tario
Brian Tario is a business advisor in Investigative and Forensic Services at MNP. He is responsible for investigations in the areas of due diligence and background inquiries, fraud, theft, secret commissions, foreign corruption, money laundering, and the assessment of risk for clients across Canada. Prior to joining MNP, Brian was a member of the RCMP. He was involved in numerous national and international investigations involving money laundering, white collar crime, gambling, drugs, smuggling, and the proceeds of crime. As part of the RCMP's Commercial Crime Unit in Winnipeg, Brian was in charge of the Market Unit where he conducted numerous investigations involving securities, commodities, and investment related activity.
Brian is a certified forensic investigator and a director with the local chapter (in Calgary) of the Association of Certified Forensic Investigators. Active in his community and profession, Brian speaks to a wide variety of groups on fraud, theft, and money laundering. He has served on the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors since 2005.
Peter Henschel
Peter Henschel is a retired RCMP Deputy Commissioner. During his 36-year career, Peter was involved in a diversity of policing and law enforcement activities, and held a series of senior leadership and executive positions. As Deputy Commissioner, Specialized Policing Services, Peter was responsible for the leadership, strategic direction and national delivery of a broad range of critical policing services, including National Police Services (NPS), a suite of specialized services delivered to the broader Canadian law enforcement community and criminal justice system. During his tenure, he transformed the governance and service delivery of NPS and oversaw the development of the RCMP's first Cybercrime Strategy.
Peter is active on several boards and advisory committees. He is also a strategic advisor in the private sector and a strong advocate for diverse leadership and inclusive organizations. Peter joined the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors in 2019.
Scott Kolody
Scott Kolody is the Assistant Deputy Minister of Community Safety for Manitoba Justice. He retired from the RCMP as an Assistant Commissioner and commanding officer of "D" Division, where he was responsible for the overall command of the RCMP in Manitoba and its 1,500 employees. In his 34+ years with the RCMP, Scott held a number of senior roles within the RCMP including Officer in Charge, Criminal Operations; District Command; Integrated Proceeds of Crime; Contracts; and Aboriginal Policing, and held various ranks in drug enforcement and general duty operations in Alberta.
In September 2014, Scott received the Order of Merit of the Police Forces from Governor General David Johnston, and was awarded the Manitoba Award of Excellence in Law Enforcement in October 2013. Scott has served as president of the Manitoba Association of Chiefs of Police and as a board of director for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and for the Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics Manitoba (LETR). He joined the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors in 2019.
Jennifer Mann
Jennifer Mann is General Counsel for the Manitoba Prosecution Service and is currently in the Appeal Unit, specializing in criminal appeals before the Manitoba Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. In her 20+ years with Manitoba Justice, Jennifer has practiced in the areas of administrative law, civil litigation, and criminal law. She has been responsible for overseeing the Domestic Violence Unit and was the Child Exploitation Coordinator, where she supervised a team of Crown attorneys who prosecute child pornography cases. For the past 10 years, Jennifer has focused on child abuse, child exploitation, sexual assault, domestic violence, and homicide cases.
Jennifer has always been dedicated to further education for Crown attorneys and has developed a comprehensive education program for Manitoba Prosecution Service. Jennifer has been a presenter at Crown conferences, the Crown Defence Conference, and the Law Society of Manitoba. She was a sessional instructor at the University of Manitoba from 2015 to 2018 and joined the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors in 2019.
Matthew Pilloud
Matthew Pilloud joined MNP, a national accounting, tax and business consulting firm, in 2007 and has steadily worked his way up to his current position as Partner. Matt supervises teams in the execution of complex financial audits, helps with tax planning and compliance, and advises clients on financial reporting, business acquisition and general business matters.
In 2019, Matthew received the Early Achievement Award from CPA Manitoba in recognition of his significant professional accomplishment. He has previously served as President and Director of CurlManitoba and as a committee member with CPA Manitoba among other community roles. Matthew joined the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Board of Directors in 2019.
Lianna McDonald, Executive Director
As Executive Director, Lianna McDonald leads the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) in all efforts to reduce the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and assist in the location of missing children. In 1998, Lianna joined the organization — then known as Child Find Manitoba — and guided the agency from a grassroots volunteer organization to a national charity fighting child victimization around the world.
Over the past two decades, Lianna has worked with all levels of government, senior law enforcement, educators, and industry to advocate for the safety of Canadian children. She worked with Attorneys General across the country to establish what is now Canada's luring legislation and oversaw the development and implementation of Cybertip.ca as part of the Government of Canada's National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet . She spearheaded the development of the Canadian Centre's national education programs on child personal safety, and has most recently lead the efforts to implement Project Arachnid around the world. Lianna is the recipient of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal (2002) and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012) for her continued dedication to the safety of children.
Signy Arnason, Associate Executive Director
Signy Arnason is the Associate Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. She joined the organization in 2001 and played an instrumental role in establishing and then overseeing Cybertip.ca — Canada's tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children. For 15 years, she was the Director of Cybertip.ca and now, as the Associate Executive Director, oversees the day-to-day operations of the Canadian Centre's frontline services and many programs, including the development and international implementation of Project Arachnid.
Signy regularly presents to senior law enforcement, industry, and government leadership and interviews with media across the country on issues related to child victimization on the internet.
Noni Classen, Director of Education
Noni Classen is the Director of Education at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. Since joining the organization in 2004, she has led the development of three national education programs to reduce the sexual victimization of children: Commit to Kids, Kids in the Know, and Teatree Tells. Noni works closely with education, sport, and other child-serving organizations across the country to help implement a systems-based approach to safeguarding children from child sexual abuse.
Prior to working at the Canadian Centre, Noni spent 10 years specializing in academic programming for youth with complex trauma and assisted in the development of a trauma-informed alternative high school. Noni presents nationally on the issue of child sexual victimization and on best practices to help organizations build capacity to safeguard children.
Lloyd Richardson, Director of IT
Lloyd Richardson is the Director of IT at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre), where he oversees technical operations for the agency and leads the development of technological efforts to combat the online sexual victimization of children. Lloyd has been central to the advancement of the Canadian Centre's major tech initiatives, including Project Arachnid and Cleanfeed.
Lloyd oversees the management of internal systems, networks, and security protocols for the organization. Before joining the Canadian Centre as the IT and Operations Manager in 2006, he worked for a local internet service provider, focusing on network operations.
Stephen Sauer, Director of Cybertip.ca
Stephen Sauer started with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) as a Cybertip.ca analyst in 2005, and, after three years, moved into the role of systems specialist for the program, which leveraged both his technical background and his knowledge of tipline operations. In 2017, Stephen became the Director of Cybertip.ca, responsible for overseeing its operations and the team of analysts that triage reports to the tipline. He also assists with advancing the organization's innovative technological developments to battle the sexual victimization of children on the internet.
Stephen regularly liaises with law enforcement and child welfare. Before starting with the Canadian Centre, Stephen worked for Manitoba Justice.
Monique St. Germain, General Counsel
In her role as General Counsel, Monique St. Germain is responsible for overseeing all legal affairs at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre). This includes conducting legal research, preparing papers and submissions on policy and legislative issues, and working with Crown attorneys across Canada to help ensure the voices of victims of child sexual abuse material are heard in court. Monique has presented at numerous legal education sessions and conferences, and has appeared as a witness for the Canadian Centre before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, and as counsel for the Canadian Centre when it intervened in the Supreme Court of Canada case, R. v. Barabash .
Monique was a senior lawyer for a major telecom before joining the Canadian Centre in 2010. She is the Secretary for the Child and Youth Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, and in 2017, was named one of Canada's top 25 most influential lawyers by Canadian Lawyer magazine.
Kristin Olson, Director of Finance and Administration
Kristin Olson joined the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) as an accountant in 2010, and after two years, was promoted to Financial Reporting Manager. She assumed responsibilities as the Director of Finance and Administration in 2017, and is responsible for overseeing all budgetary, grant management, administrative, and human resource activities for the agency.
Working with the Executive and Associate Executive Director, Kristin manages the development and execution of the organization's strategic planning process, helping to implement the Canadian Centre's mission of a safer world for children. Before joining the Canadian Centre, she worked for an accounting firm managing small business portfolios and for a humanitarian non-profit organization.


Ben Bradford and co-author Andy Myhill, from the College of Policing, have a new paper out in Criminology and Criminal Justice which examines the play off between instrumental and expressive 'drivers' of public confidence in the police and Criminal Justice System. The paper finds that expressive concerns about low level disorder and collective efficacy in local areas play a more important role in shaping confidence than instrumental factors such as victimisation.
The abstract is reproduced below, and a full copy of the paper can be found here.
Accounts of public 'trust and confidence' in criminal justice agencies often fall into one of two camps. Instrumental accounts suggest that people trust police and the criminal justice system (CJS) when they believe them to be effective in fighting crime and reducing offending. Expressive or affective accounts, by contrast, suggest people place as much or more emphasis on the social meaning of justice institutions as on their instrumental activities. In this paper we add to recent studies that have sought to weigh up the balance between instrumental and expressive factors. Using data from the Crime Survey of England and Wales panel experiment, we present evidence that trust in police and the wider CJS is implicated in public concerns about the nature of local order and cohesion. The expressive account appears to offer a better understanding of why people may grant trust to, or withdraw trust from, the police and CJS.


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By Carmen Singer, Erica Sanchez and Joe McCarthy
Members of the opposition hold up placards that spell out "Justice" during a gathering to propose amnesty laws for police and military, in Las Mercedes neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 26, 2019.
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7 Things You Should Know About the Crisis in Venezuela
A crisis that began nearly a decade ago gets worse by the day.
The scale of suffering in Venezuela resembles a war zone, as the country copes with a humanitarian crisis that has triggered one of the fastest growing refugee crises in the world. You can join us in taking action on this issue here.
Flanked by members of the military, self-declared president of Venezuela Juan Guaidó called on his supporters to protest in the capital Caracas on April 30 until President Nicolas Maduro stepped down from power.
Guaidó was hoping that the high-ranking military officials would defect once the scale of the uprising became clear, the New York Times reports.
But that didn't happen.
Now the country stands at its latest standstill, as Maduro and his supporters denounce Guaidó's "coup attempt," and opposition leaders scramble for an opening with the support of more than 50 countries around the world.
An anti-government protester holds up the Spanish message: "Venezuela free" near La Carlota airbase in Caracas, Venezuela, May 1, 2019.
Image: Ariana Cubillos/AP
Amid this geopolitical turmoil, the country's humanitarian crisis, which began nearly a decade ago, continues to deteriorate.
Take Action: Help Kids Facing Conflict and Crisis Stay in School
Here are seven things to know about the state of Venezuela.
1. Poverty Affects 90% of the Population
An elderly woman is offered cash as she begs at a wholesale food market in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 28, 2019.
Image: Rodrigo Abd/AP
Nearly 9 in 10 Venezuelans live in poverty. The country's economy has tanked so extensively that the industries that once enabled a broad social safety net have mostly collapsed. As a result, inflation in Venezuela reached an astronomical 10 million percent this year, and prices of basic goods doubled every 19 days on average, putting everyday necessities like bread essentially out of reach for the majority of the population.
Read More: Wars Are Getting Longer, Trapping People in Starvation: Report
2. Hunger Is Pervasive
Customers hold their shopping bags of newly bought corn flour and toilet paper as they line up outside a private supermarket in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 16, 2015.
Image: Fernando Llano/AP
Widespread food insecurity was one of the primary factors behind the massive protests that roiled the country in 2015, and since then, access to food has become far worse.
A recent report by the United Nations found that 3.7 million Venezuelans are undernourished, and a 2017 survey found that 75% of the population had lost a dangerous amount of weight.
3. Health Care Has Become Hard to Access
As the economy declines, hospitals have run out of supplies and health care professionals have fled the country en masse. NGOs have had to fill in the growing medical gaps and a roaring black market now supplies desperate patients with everything from cancer drugs to insulin, according to IRIN. More than 85% of pharmacies are facing medicine shortages, the UN report notes.
Read More: There Are Now More Than 3 Million Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants
Rates of infant and maternal mortality rates have dramatically climbed, and infectious diseases like malaria are spreading.
4. The Education System Is Failing
The broader humanitarian crisis has imperiled Venezuela's school system. More than 3 million children are missing all or some of their classes, thousands of teachers have fled the country, and the schools that do remain open often operate on a reduced schedule, according to Reuters. The UN's report found that school attendance declined from 78% in 2014 to 70% in 2018.
5. Access to Water & Sanitation Worsens
Wealthy families have been able to drill private wells to cope with the lack of water flowing from their faucets, but for the vast majority of Venezuelans, water availability has slowed to a trickle, according to AP. The UN's report reports that just 29% of households had daily access to water.
Although Venezuela is rich in water sources, government mismanagement has caused taps to run dry for decades and the ongoing crisis has worsened the problem as infrastructure breaks. To make matters worse, the military has turned water access into a mafia-like racket.
Read More: Desperate Pregnant Women Flee Venezuela to Find Lifesaving Health Care
6. Refugee Crisis Continues to Grow
Venezuelan migrants line up for free bread and coffee, donated by a Colombian family from their car, at a gas station in Pamplona, Colombia on Aug. 31, 2018. Millions have fled Venezuela's deadly shortages and spiraling hyperinflation.
All of the factors above, and more, have triggered one of the fastest-growing refugee crises in the world. Since the country began to decline in 2015, more than 3.4 million people have fled to neighboring countries, primarily to Peru and Colombia, according to the UN.
7. Human Trafficking Is on the Rise
As Venezuela unravels and people flee the country, women and children have become highly vulnerable to human trafficking. Child refugees are often being forced to beg and do unpaid domestic work, while many women are being pushed into the illicit sex industry, according to a report. Oftentimes, people are forced into exploitative situations because of a desperate need to earn money to send back to their families in Venezuela, underscoring the urgent need to find a regional solution to the country's crisis.
UPDATE: May 1, 11:20 a.m. ET: This article was originally published on Jan. 29 and has been updated to further reflect unfolding events in Venezuela.
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For American performing artist and creative producer Charleene Closshey, music was her first language: Charleene learned to read music before words when she began studying the piano at age 2. Since then, her storytelling mediums have expanded: she's appeared on Broadway, scored music for films, produced and starred in a feature film next to a pious Viking, released both singles and LPs across diverse musical genres, played Irish fiddle with Celtic Thunder, sang opera in Rome, was called out by Frank Sinatra, Jr. on stage as the 'violinist who knows my dad's songs as well as I', and dueled fiddles with Charlie Daniels (twice).
This Capricorn with a Taurus moon seldom lets an initial roadblock stop her…admittedly, once she's considered every detail. A trained technician attentive to her crafts coupled with the self-proclaimed freedom to approach a situation with an artist's unencumbered creativity, Charleene shines in her roles both in front of and behind the camera or microphone.
"I believe success is a culmination of projected vision and tenacity of spirit. You can wish for something all day long, but if you don't engage in allowing, success seldom manifests. Success is defined by each individual…it can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people.
Charleene's first starring role in feature film AN EVERGREEN CHRISTMAS (Netflix) was a seamless fit, combining her talents of acting, singing, and playing both the piano and violin on screen and in the score, working beside Academy Award Nominee Robert Loggia and country music legend Naomi Judd. She received a Best Actress nomination at the 2014 California Independent Film Festival, where the film was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Director. AEC won the Audience Choice Award at the AMFM Palm Springs Film Festival the same year.
Charleene says she relies a grounded approach with an unsullied belief in possibility to both her acting and musical work, a capacity which has been likened to Magical Realism.
Charleene has appeared in dramas, comedies, and musicals across the globe, making her Broadway debut in 2014 in Tony Award winning musical "Once" on the same stage as Julia Roberts debuted eight years prior. Her inaugural theatre piece titled "Feather: A Musical Portrait" in which she composed the score made its U.S. premiere Off Broadway in the 2013 New York Musical Theatre Festival, a run in which Charleene starred in and produced.
A self-confessed Christmas Spirit junkie, Charleene and Brent created their first Christmas album to release November 2019, featuring innovative new takes on classic holiday tunes including "O Holy Night," "Good King Wenceslas," "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," and "O Come, O Come Emmanuel." Charleene even penned an original version of the sacred prayer "Ave Maria" to debut on the album, but only after it makes its world premiere December 25, 2018 with the Sofia Philharmonic and national Boy's Choir of Sofia, Bulgaria.
Admittedly, she's excited about the continued opportunities which keep unfolding and restless for the next phase of connecting audiences with her artistic works, many of which center around the construct of Choice.


The Modeling Hydrologic Systems in Elementary Science (MoHSES) exploratory Discovery Research K-12 project, funded by the National Science Foundation, involves three years of research and development to investigate 3rd-grade students' model-based reasoning about geospheric components of the hydrologic cycle (i.e., groundwater) and how elementary teachers scaffold students' model-based reasoning. We draw upon an existing modeling learning performances framework to guide the development and integration of a long-term conceptual modeling task into the Full Option Science System (FOSS) Water module, collaborative work with five 3rd-grade elementary teachers recruited from diverse institutional settings, and the execution of a design-based research program. We use classroom observations, in-depth interviews with students and teachers, and student artifacts to produce empirical findings, an empirically-tested learning performances framework, and pilot-tested student modeling tasks. These deliverables will ground future work to investigate students' model-based reasoning about hydrologic systems across the K-16 grades and develop an empirically-tested learning progression for students' model-based reasoning about hydrologic systems. The project leverages a partnership involving the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Michigan State University (MSU), the Iowa Van Allen Science Teaching (VAST) Center and Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA).
Instructional resources developed through this project include supplemental teacher materials, a student packet, and student assessment (with answer key).
Stay up to date with current news associated with the MoHSES project here.
Laura Zangori – Laura Zangori is an Assistant Professor of Science Education at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She was a graduate research assistant on the MoHSES project from 2012-2015.
Tina Vo – Tina Vo is an Assistant Professor of Science Education at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV). She was a graduate research assistant on the MoHSES project from 2013-2017.
Baumfalk, B., Bhattacharya, D., Vo, T., Forbes, C.T., Zangori, L., & Schwarz, C. (2019). Impact of model-based curriculum and instruction on 3rd-grade students' scientific explanations for the hydrosphere. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 56(5), 570-597.
Böschl, F., Vo, T., Gogolin, S., Lange-Schubert, K., Hartinger, A., & Forbes, C. (forthcoming). Entwicklung von aufgaben zur erfassung von modellkompetenzen von grundschulkindern im Mixed-Methods-Design [Development of tasks to assess primary school students' modeling competencies]. In E. Gläser, H. Giest, A. Hartinger (Eds.), Methodologien der Forschungen zur Didaktik des Sachunterrichts. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt. (GDSU Forschungsband 9).
Forbes, C.T., Lange-Schubert, K., Böschl, F., & Vo, T. (forthcoming) Supporting primary students' developing modeling competency for water systems. In A. Upmeier zu Belzen, D. Krüger, & J. van Driel (Eds.), Towards a Competence-based View on Models and Modeling in Science Education.
Zangori, L., Vo, T., Forbes, C.T., & Schwarz, C. (2017). Supporting 3rd-grade students' model-based explanations about groundwater: A quasi-experimental study of a curricular intervention. In International Journal of Science Education, 39(11), 1421-1442.
Lange-Schubert, K., Schubert, J., Böschl, F., & Forbes, C.T. (2016). Wasser – Boden – Interaktionen: Durch wissenschaftliches Beobachten, Untersuchen und Modellieren über den Was-serkreislauf lernen [Water – soil interactions: Learning through scientific monitoring, investigating, and modeling on the water cycle]. In M. Adamina, M. Hemmer, & J.C. Schubert, (Eds.), Die Geographische Perspektive Konkret – Begleitband 3 zum Perspektivrahmen Sachunterricht (pp. 29-42). Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt.
Forbes, C.T., Vo, T., Zangori, L., & Schwarz, C. (2015). Supporting students' scientific modeling when learning about the water cycle, Science and Children, 53(2), 42-49.
Forbes, C.T., Zangori, L., Schwarz, C.V. (2015). Empirical validation of integrated learning performances for hydrologic phenomena: 3rd-grade students' model-driven explanation-construction. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 52(7), 895-921.
Vo, T., Forbes, C.T., Zangori, L., & Schwarz, C. (2015). Fostering 3rd-grade students' use of scientific models with the water cycle: Elementary teachers' conceptions and practices. International Journal of Science Education, 37(15), 2411-2432.
Zangori, L. Forbes, C.T., & Schwarz, C.V. (2015). Exploring the effect of embedded scaffolding within curricular tasks on 3rd-grade students' model-based explanations about hydrologic cycling. Science & Education, 24(7-8), 957-981.
Forbes, C.T., Schwarz, C., & Zangori, L. (2014). Development of an empirically-based learning performances framework for 3rd-grade students' model-based explanations about hydrologic cycling. In Polman, J. L., Kyza, E. A., O'Neill, D. K., Tabak, I., Penuel, W. R., Jurow, A. S., O'Connor, K., Lee, T., and D'Amico, L. (Eds.), Learning and becoming in practice: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2014, Volume 1, (pp. 46-53). Boulder, CO: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Lange, K., Forbes, C.T., Helm, K., & Hartinger, A. (2014). Forschen heißt auch Modellieren! Wie kann das im naturwissenschaftlichen Sachunterricht der Grundschule aussehen? [Inquiry includes modelling – how can this look in elementary classrooms?]. Grundschulunterricht, 4, 17-22.
Zangori, L. & Forbes, C.T. (2014). Scientific practices in elementary classrooms: 3rd-grade students' scientific explanations for seed structure and function. Science Education, 98(4), 614-639.
Zangori, L., Forbes, C.T., & Schwarz, C. (2014). Investigating the effect of curricular scaffolds on 3rd-grade students' model-based explanations for hydrologic cycling. In Polman, J. L., Kyza, E. A., O'Neill, D. K., Tabak, I., Penuel, W. R., Jurow, A. S., O'Connor, K., Lee, T., and D'Amico, L. (Eds.), Learning and becoming in practice: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2014, Volume 2, (pp. 942-946). Boulder, CO: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Forbes, C.T., Vo, T., Zangori, L., & Schwarz, C.V. (2016). Modeling Hydrologic Systems in Elementary Science (MoHSES) project. Poster presented at the 2016 NSF DR K-12 PI Conference, Washington, DC.
Vo, T., Forbes, C. T. (2016). Learning to support students' model-based learning about the water cycle: A three-year longitudinal case study of two 3rd-grade teachers. Paper presented at the 2016 annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Baltimore, MD.
Zangori, L., Vo, T., Forbes, C.T., Schwarz, C.V. (2016). Exploring links between 3rd-grade students' model-based explanations and teachers' model-based science instruction about groundwater. Paper presented at the 2016 annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Baltimore, MD.