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Stormwater Management: Permeable Paving & Rainwater Harvesting
By: Cynthia Cook
When heavy rain falls cover Chicago, it's not only inhabitants who feel overwhelmed by rushing water–it's our sewer systems. Even with an expensive and complex underground deep tunnel that has helped reduce flooding and the rush of raw sewage into Lake Michigan, what can be done on a smaller scale? Is it possible to manage stormwater with permeable paving and rainwater harvesting?
THE WATER WOES OF CHICAGO
Many in Chicago know: our history with waterways is not exactly a love story, with polluted rivers and sewer overflows that are still a serious issue, so much in fact that our Friends of the Chicago River established overflow action day initiatives to encourage urbanites to use less water on rain-heavy days. In the 1970s, Chicago's Metropolitan Water Reclamation District started a massive public works project entitled the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP), better known as "The Deep Tunnel", designed to hold excessive storm water in huge underground areas until it can be processed by treatment plants after flooding has subsided. The plan, due to be completed by 2029, has an ambitious goal of creating swimmable Chicago rivers.
Deep Tunnel System (Cred: David Schalliol | Slate)
Even with riverside pool parties potentially in our future, the system still reaps problems. "It's a marvel," states Karen Hobbs, former deputy environmental commissioner, "[but] we have this tendency in this country to think we can build our way out of stuff. And we can't always build our way out." The deep tunnel system in Chicago has rendered some clean water success, but these colossal infrastructure projects are incredibly expensive and environmentally problematic. More water running off into our combined sewer systems means more energy used in water treatment to clean that water. Moreover, Chicago still floods. What if there was a more sustainable (and potentially less expensive) solution?
In what has been called a "vision for a green oasis" for Philadelphia, a green infrastructure overhaul is already underway for a more ecological and efficient stormwater management system. The plan for the 25 year project is to reduce Philadelphia's combined sewer overflows by 85%. This will be accomplished by converting the city's landscape into a "giant sponge" using rain gardens, permeable paving and large-scale trees lining the streets which will improve air quality and restore ecosystems. Is this a benchmark that Chicago can achieve?
SOAK UP THE RAIN WITH PERMEABLE PAVING
Increased awareness about the economic and environmental impact that stormwater overflow can have on a community has accelerated conservation efforts for both home owners and developers. Paving and landscape material options are more sustainable than ever and are highly effective at reducing stormwater runoff and pollutants.
Pervious pavement, also known as porous pavement or porous concrete, acts as a sponge by soaking up water and filtering it down through the gaps to the loose sand or gravel beneath the surface. Unlike impervious surfaces, permeable pavement treats, detains, and infiltrates stormwater runoff in areas where there is little to no landscape to absorb excess water. These pavements have multiple applications including sidewalks, alley ways, parking lots, or along gutter zones and in some instances, entire roadways.
Unlike impervious surfaces, permeable pavement can help keep polluted stormwater out of the sewer system. Pollutants like animal waste and vehicle fluids that collect on roadways and sidewalks mix with stormwater, then collect and heat up under the sun on impervious surfaces. Eventually, this hot polluted mess flows into the sewer which empties into our waterways. This creates a perfect recipe for a meal that algae loves to devour causing our rivers and lakes to be inundated with algae clouds that block sunlight and upset the fragile ecosystem. Cities and citizens can improve water quality by adding pervious surfaces during new construction and replacing portions of existing roadways, walkways and driveways.
Section showing how permeable paving and landscape collects rainwater and disseminates stormwater (Cred: Smart Cities Dive)
Reduce the concentration of pollutants entering the waterways
Trap pollutants
Mitigate the heat island effect caused by evaporation
In colder climates, can promote thawing and melting of ice and snow
Increased traction for pedestrians, bikers and vehicles during rainy or icy conditions
Less maintenance and, on rainy days, reduction of puddling and icing
Requires less roadway salt for deicing in the winter
Reduce the need for retention ponds or storm sewers with new construction
Channel more water to landscaping and tree roots, decreasing need for irrigation
The most commonly used permeable pavement surfaces are: interlocking concrete pavers, concrete grid pavers (aka Turfstone), pervious concrete, and porous asphalt. Other options include amended soils, or landscape rocks that add texture and contrast while maintaining high functionality.
Interlocking concrete pavement are separated by joints filled with stones that allow water to filter through and stream down to a soil subgrade. The stones located in the joints allow stormwater permeability and help filter pollutants. The pavement is available in a variety of colors, is durable, and can be installed mechanically, saving time and money. Outdoor patio grids surrounding pools and fire pits maintain an attractive look while entranceways in commercial spaces provide an ideal runoff system.
Concrete grid pavers allow rain water to gradually filter through and reach the earth to help irrigate and beautify lush landscaping. This gradual approach of water filtration decreases the rate of erosion (often an issue in suburban areas) and maintains a unique appearance. The cost-effective alternative works well in driveways, walkways, parking areas, and other pedestrian spaces.
Pervious concrete contains "a large volume (15 to 35 percent ) of interconnected "voids" containing little to no sand, allowing water to pass through more readily to the soil bed below. The composition is a blend of cement, coarse aggregates, and water — this combination provides sufficient pollutant filtration and stormwater retention.
Porous asphalt allows for water to seep through to a stone bed retainment center and then into the soil below the pavement. The pavement is slightly coarser and more expensive than traditional asphalt. However, the material is highly effective in stormwater management and shows little wear and tear–even after 20 years.
RAINWATER HARVESTING: STORM WATER RUNOFF MINIMIZATION
You can invest in a sustainable lifestyle at home and assist the city's stormwater management system at large. With rain barrels and rain gardens, your backyard can morph into a micro stormwater management system, funneling stormwater runoff into surrounding foliage to absorb into the ground instead of flowing directly into the sewer.
A rain barrel is an above ground storage tank system that captures rainwater and runoff from rooftop gutter downspouts and stores it for future use. Typically, barrels are available in 50 gallon drums and can be relatively simple to construct or purchase. For every inch of rain that falls on one square foot of your roof, you can collect just over half a gallon of water. If you want to collect more than 50 gallons from one downspout, you can add a second barrel to the system and connect it with an overflow hose. The harvested rain water can be used to water your garden or to bathe your dog who decided to roll around in the mud. Rain barrel water is naturally free of chlorine, lime, and calcium, making it a better preference for plants, and that mischievous dog.
The purpose of a rain garden is to improve water quality in nearby bodies of water, and they do this by cutting down on the amount of pollution reaching creeks and streams. Rain gardens are constructed in a downside depression slope, collecting stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces (rooftops, driveways, sidewalks) and slowly filtering it in to the ground. The soil and native plants in the gardens naturally filter out pollutants, reducing the amount of contaminated water flow. The Chicago Botanic Gardens suggests planting "native perennial plants with deep root systems" to deal with the large influx of water from big storms. Plant those that require more water at the deepest trench of the garden with more drought tolerant plants towards the perimeter.
BIOSWALES
Bioswales can achieve similar goals as rain gardens by filtering stormwater, however on a much larger scale. The trenches consist of native grasses, rocks and various vegetation, making them more aesthetically pleasing than typical concrete gutters. The swales assist in diverting water runoff from sidewalks and streets and filter out harmful chemicals and pollutants naturally and efficiently.
GREENING CHICAGO'S STREETSCAPE
In addition to rain gardens and pervious pavements installed in commercial developments and residential areas, can the city follow suite? Chicago has some instances of stormwater management through green streets infrastructure, but it's an expensive undertaking and one that requires collaboration with private developers to redesign and retrofit the streets. There have been four pilot propositions in the green alley program, using recycled materials, permeable pavements, reflective surfaces to absorb heat energy, and energy-efficient lighting.
So what's in the way? Permeable pavement can cost "two or three times greater" than regular concrete or asphalt. The benefits, we would argue, certainly outweigh the costs (both financial and environmental). Regardless whether Chicago takes a significant green infrastructure leap or not, incorporating stormwater management systems, on a micro level in and around your living space, can have a big impact.
Tags: Permeable Paving, Permeable Streets, Rain Garden, rain barrel

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Culture | Dining | Style
VISIT VIRGINIA: Beautiful Onancock beckons from Virginia's Eastern Shore
by Janine Latus
The great blue heron lifts off and then lands a few kayak-lengths away, dodging the boats as they silently slip by. Bald eagles perch in treetops while cormorants, their bodies iridescent and oily, duck and disappear then reappear improbably far away, climbing onto a log and standing in the sun, wings spread to dry.
The small town of Onancock sits 90 minutes up the Eastern Shore from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, firmly bracketed by the creek that shares its name. Kayak tours launch from its old steamboat ticket house, where travelers once began their long journey up the bay to Baltimore, picking up people and produce along the way.
The building is now home to Burnham Guides Paddling Adventures, where you can rent a stand-up paddleboard or kayak, or join one of the Burnham history and nature tours, paddling up tributaries with owners Mary and Bill Burnham to peek into the back yards of historic homes.
Next door to Burnham's is Mallards at the Wharf, a restaurant built into the Hopkins & Bro. general store, now mostly a museum where tourists and locals alike come to sip drinks as the sun settles into the bay.
photograph by Mark Edward Atkinson
Crab Cakes at Mallards in Onancock, VA
Onancock straddles the past and present. From here you can hop a ferry to disappearing Tangier Island, so stalled in time that inhabitants speak their own dialect, or take an hourlong country drive to Wallops Island to gawk as rockets soar into space.
The Inn at Onancock, a luxurious downtown bed and breakfast, runs happy hour boat tours down the creek, or you can stay on land for the inn's Wine Down Hour, which include hors d'oeuvres and the company of Dante, a stately German shepherd.
Kim Moore, right, and Matt Spuck, owners of The Inn at Onancock, and their dog Dante will welcome you home.
Owners Kim Moore and Matt Spuck ditched their six-figure jobs north of Boston during a window between college tuition for their kids. He's the money guy, an accountant. She calls herself a frustrated real estate agent because she loves to look at houses. In Massachusetts she worked for private schools, running golf tournaments and donor dinners, so the leap to full-time hospitality was easy. And this town, halfway between New York and the Outer Banks, is a natural stopping spot. Two years after it opened, The Inn at Onancock was named to the top 25 properties on BedAndBreakfast.com, primarily because of the friendliness of the owners, but its multi-course breakfasts capped with homemade meringues couldn't have hurt.
The people here are how's-your-mama friendly.
Belly up to the bar and someone is bound to commence to chatting – Where you from? What brings you here? This is a town of You-Have-to-Meets, of people dragging neighbors over to be introduced, to talk about the art they create, the plays they perform, and to make sure you've been out to the historic school to see the artists' studios there.
Onancock hosts Equity actors from New York for performances at the North Street Playhouse (which isn't on North Street) and thousands of fishing fans who compete in tournaments for rockfish and croaker, one event raising money for scholarships, the other for the Fire Department.
The locals divvy their time between watering holes – Mallards for the sunset and the Blarney Stone Pub downtown for sports on TV, depending on weather and who's playing. If you're hungry, try the pub's shepherd's pie or Mallards' jumbo lump crab cakes (held together, they say, with nothing but love). All of Mallards' food is accompanied by the singing of Mo, the musical chef.
In Onancock you can wait for your crab cakes to the tune of Mo the singing chef.
This is a walking town, a place where you can park your car and meander, down the main drag to the Corner Bakery (which isn't on a corner) for pastries with glaze that cracks under tooth and oozes creamy goodness. Then wander across the street to see the stunning aerial photographs of the Eastern Shore at the At
Altitude Gallery @ North Street Market. This gallery is an offshoot of owner Gordon Campbell's storefront in Cape Charles, the market half of the business offering flavored vinegars and oils, and kitchen tools you didn't know you needed.
Up the street is The Dogwood Branch, the historical society's thrift shop, filled with high-end treasures, the inventory ever changing, the proceeds supporting things like Ker Place, a Federal-era museum in Onancock. The historic home, built on the cusp of the 19th century, is furnished like the Architectural Digest of its day, with stenciled ceilings and fancy-era faux painting so that the hearth looks like marble even though it is of local oak.
photography by Mark Edward Atkinson
Janet's Cafe and The Charlotte Hotel in Onancock.
This is a surprisingly food-rich town. For either breakfast or lunch there's Janet's Cafe, inside the Onancock General Store, known for its heaping servings and cheery servers. For upscale dining there is Bizzotto's Gallery-Caffe, with its tuna poke with sesame seeds and multigrain red quinoa chia chips; or the Charlotte Hotel & Restaurant, with its brined pork chop in cherry sauce and the creaky automated chair lift that carries guests – slowly – to hotel rooms on the upper floors.
Janet Hotcaveg at Janet's Cafe
This is a town for leisurely shopping, for browsing local art at the historic school's classrooms-turned-art studios or the Red Queen Gallery downtown. Around the corner and up a flight of stairs is the eye-poppingly colorful gallery of Danny Doughty, his paintings primitive, of the black women of the Eastern Shore who were his refuge during a difficult childhood here on the Shore, in the years before the bridge-tunnel. His art is a joyous celebration, as is the overflowing container garden he creates on the sidewalk outside.
Danny Doughty and his primitive-style art occupy one place downtown;
nearby are the Red Queen and At Altitude galleries, and the historic Ker Place museum.
It is a town of art and food and friendly conversation, but it is not a town for rushing around. Onancock is worth a few days, for golfers and birders, but most of all, for those who just want to take a summer stroll.
Correction: 4/24/19
A previous version of this story contained an error. Kim Moore and Matt Spuck are the owners of The Inn at Onancock. The story has been updated.
Tagged With: Burnham Guides Paddling Adventures, Charlotte Hotel, Eastern Shore, Janet's Cafe, Mallards at the Wharf, North Street Playhouse, Onancock, Red Queen Gallery, Tangier, The Dogwood Branch, The Inn at Onancock, Virginia
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Meet Spiky Fish Games
Spiky Fish Games, founded Kendal Cormany (right) and later joined by Cameron Wirghtsman (left) , are one of the many Arizona independent game developers that will be attending the Arizona Video Game Showcase in May with their game SketchCross; a nonogram logic puzzle game. Not familiar with nonograms? Think of it as a mix between crossword and sudoku. Nongrams were first popularized in the Japanese game industry with the game Picross for the DS, Sketchcross hopes to bring the same type of popularity to America on the PS Vita.
Sketchcross will launch with 50 puzzles that will feature a variety of different sizes and difficulties. Puzzles will be as small as 5x5, while the more intricate puzzles can be as large as 30x30; each finished puzzle having it's own picture ranging from something as simple as a letter 'B' or something complex like elephant seen above.
SketchCross will launch on April 28th in the Playstation Store. Be sure to buy the game and check them out at the Arizona Video Game Showcase this May!


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Васи́ль Я́кович Шевчу́к (* 19 січня 1954, Андрієвичі, Ємільчинський район, Житомирська область, УРСР) — міністр охорони навколишнього природного середовища та ядерної безпеки України у 1998–2000 роках. Міністр екології та природних ресурсів України у 2002—03. Українець.

Доктор економічних наук (1992), професор (1997); заступник директора — завідувач відділу комплексних проблем державотворення Інституту законодавства ВР України; член Національної ради сталого розвитку при Президенті України (з 05.2003); член Міжвідомчої комісії з науково-технологічної безпеки при Раді національної безпеки і оборони України; голова Президії НУО Українського товариства охорони природи.

Біографія
Освіта: Київський інститут народного господарства, обліково-економічний факультет (1971–1975), економіст; аспірантура Ради з вивчення продуктивних сил України АНУ (1981).

У 1981 – 1992 роках працював молодшим науковим співробітником Ради по вивченню продуктивних сил НАН України; в системі Держбуду України і Монголії; провідним науковим співробітником, керівником Центру економічних досліджень і прогнозування Київського національного університету будівництва та архітектури Міносвіти України.

02.1992 – 01.1993 рр. – консультант, старший консультант Економічної служби Президента України. Координував розробку інвестиційної політики.

01.1993 – 03.1995 рр. – заступник міністра охорони навколишнього природного середовища України. Очолював розробку й впровадження економічного механізму раціонального природокористування та охорони навколишнього природного середовища, охорону й відтворення водних ресурсів та екосистем, фінансове забезпечення природно-заповідного фонду.

03.1995 – 09.1997 рр. – перший заступник міністра охорони навколишнього середовища та ядерної безпеки України. Організував розробку й впровадження Основних напрямів державної політики України у галузі охорони навколишнього природного середовища, використання природних ресурсів та
забезпечення екологічної безпеки.

09.1997 – 08.1998 рр. – перший заступник міністра економіки України. Організував розробку політики стимулювання інвестиційної діяльності в Україні, що дало змогу подолати спад і відновити економічний розвиток.

08.1998 – 03.2000 рр. – міністр охорони навколишнього середовища та ядерної безпеки України. Забезпечив державне регулювання ядерної, радіаційної та техногенно-екологічної безпеки; ліквідації наслідків Чорнобильської катастрофи; розробку й впровадження екологічного аудиту і некапіталомісткої модернізації виробництва; Національної програми екологічного оздоровлення басейну ріки Дніпро та поліпшення якості питної води; Державної програми охорони Чорного і Азовського морів та ін. Очолював делегації України на форумах МАГАТЕ, в ЄЕК ООН, Глобального екологічного фонду, що сприяло зростанню підтримки України.

03.2000 – 12.2002 рр. – керівник Апарату Ради національної безпеки і оборони України, директор Українського інституту досліджень навколишнього середовища і ресурсів при РНБО України. Організовував підготовку матеріалів до засідань РНБО з важливих питань, у тому числі науково-технологічної безпеки та інноваційної політики, безпеки водних ресурсів та якості питної води, глобальних змін клімату та національної політики у цій сфері, забезпечення техногенно-екологічної безпеки та ін.

Очолював наукову розробку проекту Концепції національної безпеки України (нової редакції), яка була затверджена Верховною Радою України Законом «Про основи національної безпеки України» і передбачала курс на Європейську інтеграцію та вступ до НАТО. Ініціював створення Міжвідомчої комісії з науково-технологічної безпеки при РНБО України. Разом з НАН України забезпечив розробку проекту Національної доктрини інноваційного розвитку та модернізації економіки України.

Забезпечив підготовку Національної доповіді України про стан впровадження на національному рівні «Порядку денного на XXI століття», взяв участь у складі державної делегації України у Всесвітньому саміті з сталого розвитку (Йоганнесбург, 2002 р.).

7.04.2000 року присвоєно перший ранг державного службовця.

12.2002 – 06.2003 рр. – міністр екології та природних ресурсів України. Глава делегації України та керівник Національного організаційного комітету 5-ї Пан-Європейської конференції міністрів «Довкілля для Європи» (м. Київ, 21-23 травня 2003 р.

Проводив активну міжнародну діяльність. Забезпечував підписання та ратифікацію Україною Кіотського протоколу до Рамкової конвенції ООН про зміну клімату, що принесло економіці України більше 1 млрд. дол. інвестицій.

Від імені України підписав Конвенцію про охорону і сталий розвиток Карпат, ряд міжнародних конвенцій та протоколів, двосторонніх міждержавних угод з багатьма країнами Європи.

06.2003 – 11.2003 р. – президент Фонду відродження Дніпра. Головна сфера діяльності – сприяння реалізації Національної програми екологічного оздоровлення басейну ріки Дніпро та поліпшення якості питної води.

11.2003 – 08.2006 рр. – керівник Секретаріату Голови Верховної Ради України.

08.2006 – 02.2011 рр. – заступник директора-завідувач відділу комплексних проблем державотворення Інституту законодавства Верховної Ради України. Забезпечував розробку актуалітетів політики розвитку.

03.2011 – т/ч – Генеральний директор Центру досліджень сталого розвитку; Президент Міжнародного фонду Дніпра.

03.2003 – т/ч – Голова Українського товариства охорони природи – всеукраїнської громадської організації, утвореної у 1946 р.,
яка об'єднує понад 1 млн. членів.

Член Наукової ради з навколишнього середовища і сталого розвитку НАН України.

Голова секції «Теорія ноосферогенезу і  розвитку» та член бюра Наукової ради з навколишнього середовища і сталого розвитку НАНУ. Дійсний член Російської академії будівельних наук і архітектури.

Позапартійний.

Нагороджений Почесною Грамотою Верховної Ради України.

Автор більше 200 наукових праць, у тому числі понад 30 монографій, книг і підручників з проблем державотворення, політики розвитку, економіки, екології, національної і глобальної безпеки, зокрема: «Макроекономічні проблеми сталого розвитку», «Енциклопедія водного господарства, природокористування, природовідтворення, сталого розвитку», «Основи інвестиційної діяльності», «Сталий розвиток і економіка природовідтворення», «Ноосферогенез і гармонійний розвиток», «Ріо-де-Жанейро — Йоганнесбург: паростки ноосферогенезу і відповідальність за майбутнє», «Екологічний аудит», Екологічне управління", «Модернізація виробництва: системно-екологічний підхід», «Гармонія життєвих сил Дніпра» та ін. Автор (співав.) численних законопроєктів, нормативно-правових актів, концепцій, доктрин, загальнодержавних і нац. програм. Здійснював наук. керівництво підготовкою «Основ національної безпеки України», «Концепції сталого розвитку України», «Національної доктрини інноваційного розвитку і модернізації економіки України», "Національної доповіді України про стан виконання положень «Порядку денного на XXI століття» до Всесвіт. самміту зі сталого розвитку (Йоґаннесбурґ, 2002), «Національної доповіді України про гармонізацію життєдіяльності суспільства у навколишньому природному середовищі» та інші.

Захоплення: міжнародні шашки (майстер спорту, чемпіон і призер всесоюзних і республіканських змагань).

Сім'я
Батько Яків Андрійович (1917—†1979) — хлібороб; мати Ольга Оксенівна (1926) — хлібороб; дружина Нєженцева Оксана Вадимівна (1959) — к.ек.н.; дочка Юлія (1983) — маґістр права.

Перелік вибраних публікацій
 В.Я.Шевчук. Як покращити фінансування природоохоронних територій в умовах дефіциту державного бюджету. – К., 17 лютого 2015 р. – Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Як перейти до енергоефективного розвитку України. – К., 20 березня 2015 р. – Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Політика енергоефективного розвитку і зміни клімату. Монографія / В.Я.Шевчук, Н.Р.Малишева, Т.Т.Ковальчук, І.Г.Манцуров та ін. // За ред. В.Я.Шевчука. – К.: ЦП «Компринт», 2014. – 218 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Як наблизити Коаліційну угоду до Європейських зразків. – К., 5 листопада 2014 р. - Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Війна на Донбасі – це друга після Чорнобиля військово-техногенна катастрофа. – К., 30 жовтня 2014 р. - Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Проявляється наша власна національна ідея – воля! – К., 14 серпня 2014 р. - Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Довести, що Україна як держава – відбулася! / Виступ на науково-практичній конференції «Україна сьогодні: виклики для економіки та державності», Київський національний університет ім. Тараса Шевченка, 26 червня 2014 р. – Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Природа визначила напрямок розвитку України / Виступ на Міжнародній конференції у м. Києві в Національному науково-природничому музеї, 15 квітня 2014 р. – Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Якою ми бачимо діяльність нового Уряду в екологічній сфері? – К., 25 лютого 2014 р., Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Як модернізувати промисловість України. – К., 3 липня 2014 р., Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Моніторинг довкілля – засіб від екологічної сліпоти. – К., 28 лютого 2013 р. - Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Еко-актуалітети політики розвитку. – К., 8 листопада 2012 р. - Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Проблеми видобутку сланцевого газу в Україні: еколого-економічні аспекти. – К., 17 жовня 2012 р. - Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Ноосферні засади нової політики розвитку: до 150-річчя В.І.Вернадського. – К., 12 березня 2012 р. - Електронний ресурс: www.ukrpryroda.org.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Економічні та соціогуманітарні проблеми державотворення // Проблеми законодавчого забезпечення пріоритетних сфер суспільних відносин. – К.: Інститут законодавства Верховної Ради України, 2010, 471 с. – С. 233-407.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Актуалітети політики розвитку / Т.Т.Ковальчук, В.К.Черняк, В.Я.Шевчук – К., 2009. – 326 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Економіко-правові проблеми державотворення в Україні (науково-експертні доповіді) / О.Л.Копиленко, Т.Т.Ковальчук, В.Я.Шевчук та ін. – К.: Ін-т законодавства Верховної Ради України, 2009. – 236 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Реструктуризація промисловості в умовах інвестиційно-інноваційного розвитку економіки: Монографія / О.А.Кириченко, М.П.Денисенко, А.П.Гречан, В.Я.Шевчук та ін. – К.: ТОВ «Дорадо-друк», 2009. – 719 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Актуальні проблеми економічної та соціальної політики в Україні // Ковальчук Т.Т., Черняк В.К., Шевчук В.Я. та ін. – К.: Парламентське видавництво, 2008. –  355 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Менеджмент зовнішньоекономічної діяльності: Підручник / О.А.Кириченко, В.Я.Шевчук, А.А.Мазаракі та ін. – 2-ге вид., перероб. і доп. – К.: Знання, 2008. – 518 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Актуальні проблеми державотворення на фундаменті ідеології сталого розвитку // Законодавча діяльність в Україні: стан, пріоритети, шляхи вдосконалення. – К.: Інститут законодавства Верховної Ради України, Вид-во «Фенікс», 2007, 736 с. – С. 7-54.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Макроекономічні проблеми сталого розвитку: Монографія. – К.: Геопринт, 2006. – 200 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Національна екологічна політика України: оцінка і стратегія розвитку / В.Я.Шевчук, Ю.М.Щербак, В.П.Кухар та ін. // За ред. В.Я.Шевчука. – К.: ПРООН Україна, 2007. – 184 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Енциклопедія водного господарства, природокористування, природовідтворення, сталого розвитку / А.В.Яцик, В.Я.Шевчук. – К.: Ґенеза, 2006. – 1000 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Глобальні зміни клімату: економіко-правові механізми імплементації Кіотського протоколу в Україні / В.Я.Шевчук та ін. // За ред. В.Я.Шевчука. – К.: Геопринт, 2005. – 150 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Екологічне управління: Підручник / В.Я.Шевчук, Ю.М.Саталкін, Г.О.Білявський та ін. – К.: Либідь, 2004. – 432 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Сталий розвиток і економіка природовідтворення: Монографія / В.Г.Сахаєв, В.Я.Шевчук. – К.: Геопринт, 2004. – 214 с.
 Національна доповідь про гармонізацію життєдіяльності суспільства у навколишньому природному середовищі / В.Я.Шевчук, Ю.М.Саталкін та ін. – К.: Новий друк, 2003. – 125 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Ноосферогенез і гармонійний розвиток / В.Я.Шевчук, Г.О.Білявський та ін. // За ред. В.Я.Шевчука. – К.: Геопринт, 2002. – 127 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Ріо-де-Жанейро – Йоганнесбург: паростки ноосферогенезу і відповідальність за майбутнє / В.Я.Шевчук, Г.О.Білявський, Ю.М.Саталкін та ін. // За ред. В.Я.Шевчука. - К.: Геопринт, 2002. – 118 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Порядок денний на XXI століття: національний шлях до гармонійного розвитку / В.Шевчук, Ю.Саталкін та ін. // За ред. В.Я.Шевчука. – К.: "Літсофт", 2002.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Гармонія життєвих сил Дніпра: еколого-духовні нариси (Переднє слово Б.Є.Патона) / В.Я.Шевчук, Ю.М.Саталкін, Г.О.Білявський та ін. // За ред. В.Я.Шевчука. – К.: Геопринт, 2002. – 155 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Основи професійного навчання з екологічної політики і управління: навчально-методичний посібник / В.Я.Шевчук, Г.О.Білявський, Ю.М.Саталкін та ін. – К.: Геопринт, 2002. – 78 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук.Екологізація енергетики: Навч. посібник / В.Я.Шевчук, Г.О.Білявський та ін. – К.: Вища освіта, 2002. – 111 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Проблеми і стратегія виконання Україною Рамкової конвенції ООН про зміну клімату / В.Я.Шевчук та ін. // За ред. В.Я.Шевчука. – К.: УІНСіР, 2001. – 96 с.
 Шевчук В.Я., Чеботько К.О., Разгуляєв В.М. Біотехнологія одержання органо-мінеральних добрив із вторинної сировини. – К.: «Фенікс», 2001. – 204 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Екологічне підприємництво: Навчальний посібник / В.Я.Шевчук, Ю.М.Саталкін, В.М.Навроцький та ін. – К.: Мета, 2001. – 191 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Екологічне оздоровлення Дніпра / В.Шевчук, О.Мазуркевич та ін. – К.: 2001. – 267 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Довідник з питань економіки та фінансування природокористування і природоохоронної діяльності / В.Я.Шевчук, М.О.Пилипчук та ін. – К.: Геопринт, 2000. – 412 с., 52,5 д.а. (17,0 д.а. авт.).
 В.Я.Шевчук. Екологічний аудит: Підручник / В.Я.Шевчук, Ю.М.Саталкін, В.М.Навроцький. – К.: Вища школа, 2000. – 344 с.
 Національна доповідь про стан навколишнього природного середовища України в 1997 році.// За ред. В.Я. Шевчука. - К.: Типографія "Столиця", 1999.-132 с.
 Національна доповідь про стан навколишнього природного середовища України в 1998 році. // За ред. В.Я. Шевчука. - К: Видання Українського транспортного університету, 1999. - 171 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Основи інвестиційної діяльності / В.Я.Шевчук, П.С.Рогожин. - К.: Ґенеза, 1997. - 384 с., 35,0 д.а. (17,5 д.а. авт.).
 В.Я.Шевчук. Модернізація виробництва: системно-екологічний підхід: Посібник з екологічного менеджменту. - К.: Символ-Т, 1997. - 245 с.,12,0 д.а. (6,0 д.а. авт.).
 В.Я.Шевчук. Екологічний аудит: Посібник з екологічного   менеджменту і екологічного аудиту. - К.: Символ-Т, 1997. - 219 с., 10,0 д.а. (5,0 д.а. авт.).
 В.Я.Шевчук. Україна: проблеми сталого розвитку (Наукова доповідь). - К.: РВПС України НАН України, 1997. - 149 с., 8,0 д.а.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Немає другого Дніпра... - К.: Вища школа, 1997. - 112 с., 14,53 д.а. (3,0 д.а. авт.).
 В.Я.Шевчук. Економіка і екологія водних ресурсів Дніпра: Посібник. - К.: Вища школа, 1996.- 208 с., 11,4 д.а. (7,0 д. а. авт.)
 В.Я.Шевчук. Економіка і організація охорони навколишнього середовища: Підручник / В.Г.Сахаєв, В.Я.Шевчук. - К.: Вища школа, 1995. - 272 с., 15,48 д.а. ( 7,74 д.а. авт.).
 В.Я.Шевчук. Украина: экономика и окружающая среда. – Женева: ЕЭК ООН, 1993. – 30 с.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Умови ефективного інвестування в будівництві: Монографія – К.: Будівельник, 1991, 8,0 д. а.
 В.Я.Шевчук. Повышение эффективности труда в строительстве. / В.Г.Федоренко, В.Я.Шевчук – К.: Будівельник, 1988, 8,0 д.а. (2.0 д.а. авт.)
 Кадастр-классификатор строительного минерального сырья Украинской ССР. – К.: Наукова думка, 1979, 124,0 д.а. (6,2 д.а. авт.).
 Preserving the Dnipro river: harmony, history and rehabilitation. – IDRC (Ottawa, Cairo, Dakar, Montevideo, Nairobi, New Delhi, Singapore), 2005. – 116 c.

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Russians Remain Patient for Thaw with US Under Trump
by By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press February 15, 2017 March 1, 2021
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko
A caricature picture showing U.S. President Donald Trump on sale in a shopping mall in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 15. The picture costs 70,000 rubles (about ,200). As President Donald Trump has become increasingly mired in internal political battles, the Kremlin is patiently waiting for him to deliver on his promises to mend ties with Russia weighing its statements to avoid jeopardizing a chance for a thaw.
MOSCOW (AP) — As questions over the Trump administration's contacts with Russia roil U.S. politics, the Kremlin is taking a decidedly measured approach, carefully weighing what it says to avoid jeopardizing a chance for better relations between Moscow and Washington.
This same patience is evident in Russian state media, helping to temper public expectations of the man who entered the White House with a friendly posture toward President Vladimir Putin.
Opinion polls have shown that the initial public euphoria in Russia after President Donald Trump's victory has given way to a more sober mood.
Last week, Putin used a visit by the president of Slovenia to raise the possibility of meeting Trump in the homeland of his wife, Melania. But he acknowledged it will take time for Trump to finish forming his team before both sides can set a time and place for such a summit.
"No one here is losing patience, because there haven't been any excessive expectations," said Alexander Baunov, an analyst with the Carnegie Moscow Center. "No one expected Trump to make some incredible moves on the Russian track in two or three weeks. Things here are viewed from a far more pessimistic, temporizing perspective."
State-controlled broadcasters have dampened public anticipation of a warming in Russia-U.S. ties with daily reporting on a host of challenges for Trump, including the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Yelena Sizova, a 47-year-old teacher, said she believes any possible steps toward a rapprochement with the U.S. will be blocked by Trump's foes in Congress.
"My feeling is that we won't get anything good from him," she said.
Russia – U.S. relations plunged to their lowest point in decades under former President Barack Obama because of the crisis in Ukraine, the war in Syria and the allegations of Russia's hacking of the Democrats.
Compared with Hillary Clinton's hawkish tone on Russia during the campaign, Trump's promises to repair relations and cooperate with Moscow on fighting international terrorism have fueled expectations of a positive change.
Baunov argues it's wrong to assert that there is widespread adulation of Trump among ordinary Russians.
"There is no great enthusiasm about him; there is just a feeling of relief," he said. "While in the United States he is perceived as a conduit of Russian influence, no one in Russia sees him as such."
Maria Katasonova, a pro-Kremlin political activist, said many Russians shuddered at the prospect of a Clinton victory because they hold her responsible for the breakdown in ties as secretary of state.
"Her policy has led to the worst period in Russia-U.S. relations since the Cold War," Katasonova said. "That's why people have pinned big hopes on Trump. The Russians who are interested in politics and geopolitics see Trump as a person with whom it will be possible to try to improve relations between our countries."
But even as Putin and his lieutenants hope for warmer ties with the U.S., they are fully aware of the strong resistance in Congress and U.S. political circles.
Members of the Russian political elite reacted with apparent shock to Flynn's resignation. He stepped down after allegations he had discussed the sanctions in place against Russia with Moscow's ambassador to Washington prior to Trump's inauguration.
Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer insists the problem was not that Flynn had the conversations but the fact that Flynn had misled Vice President Mike Pence about the content. That led to an unsustainable erosion of trust, Spicer said.
Flynn, who once sat next to Putin at a Kremlin gala dinner, was seen by many as someone who was friendly to Russia.
Konstantin Kosachev, the Kremlin-connected head of the foreign affairs committee in the upper house of parliament, said that "even a readiness for a dialogue with the Russians is perceived by the hawks in Washington as 'thoughtcrime,'" using a reference from George Orwell's novel "1984."
He added that Flynn's departure signaled that Trump has been either driven into a corner or that "Russophobia" is starting to permeate his administration.
The Kremlin took a neutral tone, describing Flynn's resignation as internal business in the U.S.
Carnegie's Baunov said the Flynn case demonstrated that any attempt by Trump to reach out to Russia would be cast by his opponents as a "deal with the devil."
"Trump's administration will face criticism and punishment for any rapprochement with Russia," he said, warning that it will be hard for Trump to change that attitude.
During the main weekly news program on Rossiya state television on Sunday night, anchor Dmitry Kiselyov portrayed an embattled Trump being besieged on all sides. The show included an excerpt from "Saturday Night Live" mocking Trump.
"They start pummeling Trump even before he makes a decision," he said.
Other channels carried similar notes of compassion, describing Trump as surrounded by unforgiving enemies who oppose any rapprochement with Russia.
The message seems to have resonated with the public.
A nationwide survey of 1,600 people conducted last month by the Levada Center, Russia's leading independent pollster, had 46 percent of respondents expecting an improvement of Russia-U.S. ties under Trump, compared with 54 percent in November. The poll had a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
Following the media, many Russians now fear that those in the U.S. who are bent on opposing Russia will force Trump's hand.
"They won't let him do what he wants," said Karim Kasachev, a 31-year-old security specialist. "Russia is a tempting target for them all."
Many still hope Trump will prevail over his political foes and fulfill his promise of mending the rift with Moscow.
Vladimir Lyashenko, a retired military officer, said he admires Trump for his ability to stand up to his opponents.
"The thing I like most in him is that he is seeing his program through," Lyashenko said. "He fears no one, no matter how hard they push him."
He said Trump's rugged determination makes him hope he would eventually succeed in forging friendly ties with Russia.
"He said that he wants to improve ties with Russia, and he will do so even though lawmakers will be putting a wrench in the spokes," Lyashenko said.
Ekaterina Chernyaeva and Iuiliia Subbotovska in Moscow contributed to this report.
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We are all on the mental health spectrum in one way or another. This course gives an overview of all aspects of mental health and wellbeing. The stigma surrounding mental health still has an effect on how we approach mental health and wellbeing but by becoming more aware of what mental health is, as well as some practical tips and helpful information on how to develop resilience, participants are better positioned to both look after themselves and help others.
The course works well with all types of staff and volunteers. It is interactive, with a full range of approaches including quizzes, poetry, case studies, presentations, lots of discussion, narratives of recovery and skills practice.
The course will give awareness of mental health and how to work well with people experiencing mental health difficulties.
• Think about how best to look after our own mental health.
Cindy Saunders leads a range of community-based services with Health in Mind. She has worked in and developed many different types of services supporting people and has been a leading training on a wide range of topics and skilled practice interventions.
Alan Burnett is the Learning and Development Assistant with over thirty years of living with mental health issues. He has been a leading trainer with Health in Mind for over five years.


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[TRACK OF THE WEEK] ENNOR - Farewell To Atlantis
Posted by Fred Bambridge on March 13, 2018
Last week we had ENNOR's brilliant new track "Farewell To Atlantis" premiering on the website, and since how much you guys loved it we've made it 'Track of the Week' for this week!. The band are the latest offering coming out from West Cornwall and it seems like they're here to stay, with an upbeat take on folk the band are certainly sticking to their roots with this latest number. Having a wide and wild county to call home it really reflects in their music as it sounds pure, raw and full of energy, much like the crashing waves on the beach.
The band went to Penzance to shoot the video for the track with director John Freddy Jones, it's set in an old outhouse overlooking the Atlantic which the singer (Tom Elliot) spent much of his youth writing in.
The band say - "It's a road song about travelling home after a long time away and the emotional experiences that come with that journey. You're happy to be home, but also find yourself having to face up to the fact that people and places shift in the wind. The glory days of growing up fade into the past. It's a humbling reality - one we need to accept in order to move onto the future."
ENNOR are just starting out but if they continue to make tracks as catchy and as beautiful as this then I'm sure this isn't the last that we will be hearing from them! So head on down below and check out the video.
You can even see Ennor live on the 25th of April at Thamesis Dock, London
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Oxford's Easter Island Statues share the driving 'Teddy'
Oxford indie-rock outfit Easter Island Statues have been subtly bubbling beneath the surface of the national indie rock scene, plying their ever-growing audience with hit after hit. It's genuinely surprising that not only can this three-piece create such an impressive wall of sound, but also, that they're not as renowned as their huge sound would dictate.
This is no doubt soon to change. We have the honour of serving up the first look of their new video for Teddy, which is lifted from their forthcoming EP I Wouldn't Worry About It. Garage rock, indie pop and so much more combine for a raucous three and a half minutes, which you can check out below.
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billy blond shares 'Glow Up'
Rarely do you hear tracks from burgeoning artists that make you think, "this is going to be a hit" and newcomer billy blond has exactly that with Glow Up. Gently touching on some pop greats from across the decades, this glossy indie-pop shimmers with a simultaneously refreshing and familiar feel.
"I had been depressed, broke, hating myself and drinking too much for too long, I'm a strong believer that life imitates art, so I wanted to write a song about the hard times but spin it to something positive—love bringing you back. Whether that's self-love, pure friendship or a romantic relationship."
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[TRACK OF THE WEEK] The Assist - Just a Dream Away
The Assist have recently come back from a short time in Russia and come back with loads of new fans and a belter of a new track. "Just a Dream Away" is the latest track from the Birmingham based band and really shows off what they've been crafting since their last release back in 2018. It does seem to be one giant leap for the band at a time at the moment, it'll be no time until these B-Town boys will be at every festival and all over the airwaves.
Since their stint of shows over in Russia the outfit have reached new highs with them getting a whole load of new adoring fans. "Just a Dream Away" is really just the start for a band that's on the cusp of something special. So head on down and check out the new track now!
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Community Festival 2019 triumphs as it celebrates biggest year
A young festival still only in its third year, Community Festival has established itself and built a reputation as a leader in its field. It has become a popular choice for music fans of all ages; to fans who live locally as well as those living further afield.
Perfect sunny conditions were the backdrop as the north London festival hosted some of the best names in British indie music to a crowd of 35,000 on Sunday 30th June. Finsbury Park has an authentic vibe and a distinguished track record in facilitating iconic rock shows.
Headliners The Kooks gave the Community crowd an outstanding career spanning set. Creating singalongs to iconic tracks such 'She Moves In Her Own Way', 'Seaside' and 'Naive', their show depicted a special moment that no one is likely to forget. It also represented the ideal soundtrack to the Summer Sunday by providing a suitably magnificent conclusion to the festival.
Still flying high after playing a massive show in their hometown, the glittery boys from Sto…
Al Moses' 'Taxidermy' is a blistering rock 'n' roll anthem
The increasingly hectic schedule of festival appearances and live commitments across the UK shows that the Welsh guitar wonders Al Moses are entering a new, exciting phase in their career.
This Saturday (6 July), they are playing at London's Macbeth of Hoxton to mark the release of their explosive new single 'Taxidermy'.
The success of their debut single 'I Want More' saw the band reach a wide UK audience, and the raucous 'Taxidermy' looks set to solidify the quartet's position as one of the best rising guitar bands.
"Hey pigeon what's your wager? do you play like the others? Vanity of our nature makes your cheap sex ugly", snarls co-frontman Daf Thomas.
The clever combination of stomping, aggressive beats and irresistible hooks makes 'Taxidermy' the most rollicking guitar-led anthem of 2019 yet.
Speaking of the track, co-frontman Jack Vill told it's All Indie, "It's a wild and ferocious take on the insecurity of b…


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Tuacahn Amphitheatre
1100 North Tuacahn Drive
Ivins, Utah 84738
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Lamoni Call opened the Surprise Theatre on 12 May 1909. The theater did so well that a company organized a year later to buy and enlarge the theater to 500 seats. A stage was to be added, "sufficiently large to accommodate the best traveling troupes that visit small towns."
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After moving to St. George in 1983, Doug Stewart began thinking about creating an outdoor theatrical venue. "Here you have 3 million-plus going through the gates of Zion National Park each year, and I asked myself, `Why aren't we providing something for these people at night?'''[1]
In 1991, Stewart drove to a canyon with "a broad bowl of space" surrounded by sandstone cliffs like "a high mountain fortress, blocks of red stone, rooted in time, with pocks of wind-blown texture accentuating the surface." Standing in this "natural amphitheater", he pictured "the wings of a stage growing out of the stone and sand before him, and hundreds of seats cropped up around him in the almost concave form of the hill. From cliff to cliff, he could hear the echoes of often-told and ancient stories, a heritage of the conscious past . . . the images of native blood and pioneer spirit, folding and dodging through the landscape, spilling the pain and joy of generations onto the canyon's solid canvas of sand and stone - and water, gushing from rocks in a wellspring of aspiration."[3]
Stewart wanted a name for the amphitheater that had a "Native American feel," so he "massaged" a Mayan word for "canyon of the gods" to create "Tuacahn."[1]
Encouraged by friends, Stewart began exploring funding possibilities. The Heritage Arts Foundation was founded in September 1991, with the goal of preserving "historical and cultural heritage through the arts, and to promote character and lasting values through the development of talents."[1]
Hyrum Smith of Franklin Quest, and others, helped provide the resources that made Tuacahn a reality.[3]
Construction began in June 1993, but was halted in May 1994 when two desert tortoises were found dead on the facility's entry road. Tuacahn spent "hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees and the cost of implementing a habitat conservation plan."[1] To protect the endangered species of tortoise, a fence was constructed along the road leading to the amphitheater.[4]
The Tuacahn Amphitheater and Center for the Performing Arts is located in the box-shaped Padre Canyon, near the south entrance of Snow Canyon, 10 miles northwest of St. George.[1 & 2] When Doug Stewart discovered the location, the 80-acre site was owned by Orval and Ruth Hafen, who had built a cabin below the 1,500-foot red rock cliffs.[6]
The $20-million performing arts complex features a 1,920-seat[6] amphitheater with "all the amenities necessary for major musical and stage productions." When the facility opened, it had a state-of-the-art music school in a 42,000-square-foot building, with theaters, dance studios, recording studio, teaching studios, recital room, and a shop for fixing instruments. One of the dance studios could be adapted into banquet facilities for large gatherings. Expansion plans included student housing for summer music camps, a 1,000-seat theater and concert hall, and a visual arts building.[1 & 3]
The gala opening for Tuacahn began on 5 April 1995, with the Utah Symphony performing the "Tuacahn Overture" by Kurt Bestor and Sam Cardon.[1] On 8 April 1995, President Gordon B. Hinckley of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints offered the dedicatory prayer, followed by a performance of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.[2]
Speaking of the pioneers from the area, President Hinckley said, "Jacob Hamblin and Dudley Leavitt and others with him walked back and forth across this desert land from Cedar City to Las Vegas. They had floods, drought, pestilence, but they kept the faith. . . . We remember them with grateful respect, and now we have pioneers of a different kind. A new generation has created this great facility, desiring to share it with the travelers. . . . It is fitting for the Tabernacle Choir to be present for these dedicatory ceremonies, for this (canyon) too is a tabernacle, a part of the divinity that is within each of us."[2]
When planning Tuacahn, Doug Stewart envisioned "an outdoor historical drama that would be second to none in the country, in which special effects and entertainment value would be paramount - because of our close proximity to Las Vegas."[1]
Opening on 23 June 1995, UTAH! told the story of Jacob Hamblin, who was sent by Brigham Young to supervise the early settlements in Southern Utah. Events covered by the musical included the Mountain Meadows Massacre, Johnston's army, the Navajo uprising, and the flood of 1862. Tuacahn's "signature special effect" featured a recreation of the Santa Clara River, with 30,000 gallons of water rushing down the hillside, washing over the stage toward the audience, and destroying a stone fort. The production continued through 1998 and featured a cast of 80 and music by Kurt Bestor and Sam Cardon.[1 & 6]
Tuacahn experienced a real flood on 6 September 1995, after two inches of water fell in one hour. Mud, debris, and water reached up to row H of the amphitheater and flooded the Black Box Theater, the Hafen Theater, and several classrooms. Mary Stewart, director of the Tuacahn School of the Arts, said, "It filled doorways about halfway up with water on top of the mud. It was as though half the mountain caved in." The road to the facility was closed by debris.[4] The floor of the Hafen Theatre stage had to be dismantled, dried, and replaced. The cast and crew of "The Fantasticks" rehearsed between shifts of shoveling mud.[5]
1. "Overtures to Garnish Opening of Tuacahn", Deseret News, 2 April 1995, page E3
2. "New Utah Art Center is Dedicated", Deseret News, 10 April 1995, page A1
3. "A Dream Springs Into Being at Tuacahn", Deseret News, 14 April 1995, page C1
4. "Storm Sends Wall of Red Mud into Tuacahn Amphitheater", Deseret News, 7 September 1995, page A1
5. "Tuacahn Theater to Show 'Fantasticks' 8 Times", Deseret News, 4 October 1995, page C7
6. "History", tuacahn.org, accessed October 2011


Celebrating the cycling legacy created by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Prudential Ride London 100 is equivalent to the world famous London Marathon, only on two wheels.
Starting in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the 100 mile route weaves through the capital and into Surrey's beautiful countryside before a spectacular finish on The Mall in central London.
There is no other closed road cycling challenge like this - Ride London 100 is one of the largest charity fundraising cycle events in the world. The day will see 25,000 amateur cyclists take on this unforgettable challenge, which is like no other!
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The ornamental qualities of Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, are with us all summer in a wide variety of bloom colors and lacey blue-green foliage that seems to defy the summer heat. But did you know that Yarrow is also known as Soldier's Wound Wort because it was once valued on the battlefield for closing wounds and arresting bleeding?
The chemical profile of Yarrow EO includes chamazulene, an effective anti-inflammatory and cell regenerator, whose characteristics made it a useful battlefield tool long before the age of mass spectrometry. Most often the oil is a brilliant blue color, owing to its content of chamazulene (sometimes shortened to Azulene).
Due to Yarrow's strong astringent and styptic properties, it makes a good healing wash for all kinds of wounds and sores that have already been cleaned, and is effective as a topical herbal infusion for oily and acne-prone skin. It would also be a great addition to facial oils used daily to combat sun damage.
'Coronation Gold' Yarrow coupled with Queen Anne's Lace in the Garden of & photo by Debbie Moore Clark.
Another quality that indicates Yarrow EO for wound treatment is its contribution to pain management. As an analgesic, it's applied externally for neuralgia or tendonitis.
Caution is required when using Yarrow EO because of its ketone content. "In general, ketones stimulate the formation of tissue, have mucolytic effects, dissolve fats and are potentially neurotoxic."1 The same component that stimulates cell and tissue regeneration can cross the blood-brain barrier and become a harmful neurotoxin. Though Yarrow EO has low ketone content, it should not be used by children under ten years old or by pregnant womenTB 2010 .


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They started from zero, and now they are eager to develop a nationwide handball programme: In the aftermath of the war handball in Sierra Leone was at the bottom. Except for some schools in the capital of Freetown the sport had rather disappeared in one of the poorest countries of the world. But for two years the Handball Federation of Sierra Leone has been building up handball from grass-roots level in this African country with a population of about 5.5 million.
Following an IHF coaching course in 2010 and a [email protected] project in 2011 IHF development expert Ton van Linder stayed in the country between September and December 2012 to set up basic conditions for school and youth team handball.
One major task of the programme was to spread handball in the country, as handball has been played in the Freetown area only. A first step was to choose four regions outside Freetown to start pilot projects and to generate interests and to promote handball at schools.
The long-term programme is split into four stages:
Phase 1: Promote handball for school children with help of media, teachers, etc.
Phase 2: Install playing courts and set up competitions for different age groups at interschool or regional matches
Phase 3: Find talents in all age groups and set up a national championship to include handball on the school curriculum
Phase 4: Develop national youth teams to get them ready to participate in international competitions
Aside, coaches, teachers and referees have to get involved in all lecturer programmes to build up a handball network and to keep all those groups updated about the latest trends in handball.
This so-called IHF development of national sports structure programme (funded by the Olympic Solidarity) started with a course held by Ton van Linder in September with ten boys and girls each to demonstrate the way of teaching beginners (basic skills and basic rules) to multipliers from Sierra Leone. Aside, those multipliers were provided with hand-outs for physical education teachers how to introduce mini-handball at schools which had been selected as pilot ones in the four regions of Sierra Leone.
In the following two months those local experts visited the selected schools to work with up to 30 boys and girls each to teach them the basics of handball in four-day courses. All selected coaches and teachers additionally took part in four-day courses, based on the IHF lecturers' material.
Finally in December, Ton van Linder returned to Sierra Leone to visit the pilot schools for two days and to evaluate the development there. He talked to pupils, coaches, teachers, school principals and other people involved in the programme to assess the situation where he felt a great will to develop handball in all fields. The kids showed great interest: 174 girls and 291 boys – aged between 10 and 21, most of them between 13 and 18 years old, took part in those handball lessons. In total, eight coaches, four coordinators and 24 PE teachers were involved in the project.
The first steps have been made to build up handball in Sierra Leone – and the general interest in this Olympic Solidarity Development programme was high. The public TV and radio of Sierra Leone followed all steps of the programme, including interviews in all regions and an interactive radio show, in which the IHF expert answered many questions about handball from the listeners.


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Evidence lost in abseiling death probe
Jake Gibbons, 31, was on his first abseiling trip.
by Jacob Miley
POLICE investigating an abseiling accident in which a man was fatally injured are appealing for public assistance to locate a vital piece of evidence left behind at the scene.
First-time abseiler Jake Gibbons, 31, was critically injured in the accident at a rock formation called The Sister located at The Leap, north of Mackay, on October 2.
He died in Townsville Hospital a day later.
The piece of equipment, called a descender, was inadvertently left at the base of the cliff - near the walking track that leads up the mountain - during the rescue operation, police said.
It is understood the device, along with other equipment, had been moved to make space for the rescue helicopter. The descender was then left behind and not seen in the dark when officers left.
The descender is a device that controls the rate of descent while abseiling.
Police searched the area on October 5 failed to locate the item.
As the area is frequently used by bushwalkers, it is thought someone might have picked up the equipment, police said.
Anyone who may have this item is asked to contact Policelink on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers online or on 1800 333 000.
Police are still preparing a report for the coroner.
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Josh gets a few minutes of explanation from Ken on why it's probably not RICO, and a few other lingering legal questions from Cohen's testimony. Then, it's on to Paul Manafort and Roger Stone. Ken makes a prediction for Manafort's sentence and Roger Stone miiiiiiight be in some serious trouble with Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Plus: why is James Comey writing about the Mueller report? And how should we evaluate new Attorney General Bill Barr's decision not to recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation?


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As other leagues rethink racist team names, it's time to rename Edmonton's CFL team
"I'm often told that it's only football and the name is harmless. Harmless to whom?"
Norma Dunning, University of Alberta
Helmets belonging to members of the Edmonton CFL team sit on the field during a team practice in Winnipeg, Man. on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015. (John Woods / The Canadian Press via The Conversation)
Content warning: This opinion piece names an offensive term applied to some Indigenous Arctic peoples in the course of arguing for its removal.
In the space of a few hours on July 3, three North American sports teams announced they were going to reassess their racist names.
Baseball's Cleveland Indians, the Washington Redskins of the National Football League and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League have for years resisted calls to drop their team nicknames. But recent worldwide protests about systemic racism have forced the sports franchises to address the issue once again.
As an Inuit writer, scholar and researcher, I've been an outspoken critic of Edmonton's refusal to rename its CFL team. I have never sat down and figured out how many hours I've logged into something that appears so very simple. Changing a sports team name. Getting rid of a racist moniker. Eliminating discrimination. Tossing out the detritus of bias and bigotry that lays on the field of Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium.
I have never given into the justifications others use for keeping the name: fan loyalty to a team they love; all the money that they have invested into Eskimos merchandise; how revered and idolized the players are; the countless Grey Cups and the benefits the city of Edmonton has gained through the team's many wins.
Edmonton player John Ojo, right, hoists the Grey Cup trophy up to fans after defeating the Ottawa Redblacks to win the 103rd Grey Cup in Winnipeg, Man., on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press via The Conversation)
I'm often told that it's only football and the name is harmless. Harmless to whom? Harmless to the future generations of Inuit children who will grow up hearing that word — that one word, "Eskimos" — and be conditioned into believing that it's OK?
A name no one uses
It's OK to take the smallest group of Indigenous Canadians and maintain the use of a word that is no longer in use in academia, in news stories, in present-day anthropology texts or even colouring books?
What are we supposed to do, as the people on the other side of the Eskimo coin – take a knee in support of fans who apparently have so very much disposable income that they can invest thousands of dollars over the course of a lifetime to show off their greedy pride? After all, "Eskimos" is only a word, so why couldn't fans rally around a new team name?
Last year, in its most recent attempt to justify keeping the racist nickname, the team made a trip to Canada's North with much fanfare and media coverage. They talked to the "real" Eskimos, the ones who live in the Arctic. The team returned to Edmonton and said "no consensus emerged to support a name change."
How comforting it must have been for the team to have found that one Inuk male who had no problem with the name. And that's all it takes. It takes only one positive comment to justify keeping a name that made the team millions of dollars off the backs of Inuit Canadians.
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On June 3, the team posted a statement on Instagram in support of Black Lives Matter that said: "We seek to understand what it must feel like to live in fear … To feel undervalued. To feel persecuted … We stand with those who are outraged, who are hurt and who hope for a better tomorrow."
A post shared by Edmonton Eskimos (@officialedmesks) on May 31, 2020 at 1:26pm PDT
We, as Inuit Canadians, understand what it must feel like to live in the fear of changing a team name.
We understand the importance of being able to wear the Edmonton Eskimos merchandise when exercising or drinking with friends in the comfort of your home while relaxing and watching the game.
We very much understand as Inuit Canadians what it feels like to be undervalued.
We understand what it is like to feel used … to feel persecuted at the mention of removing the word Eskimos. Add to that the reliving of the comments on social media any time the subject of removing the word Eskimos is brought to the attention of mainstream Canada, all while trying to survive a global pandemic and living as the smallest Indigenous Canadian population with the highest rates of poverty, food scarcity, over-crowded housing and teen suicide.
We stand as Inuit who are outraged, who are hurt by the use of the word "Eskimos." And we too hope for a better tomorrow.
In announcing it was once again reassessing its name, the Edmonton Eskimos said they will be "ramping up consultation with the Inuit community." That's the same thing they said last time, yet they ultimately decided to keep the name.
What will be different this time? If the team wants to ramp up consultations, I hope they give me a call.
Norma Dunning is a PhD candidate in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, Indigenous Peoples Education at The University of Alberta.
The views expressed here are the writer's and are not necessarily endorsed by ArcticToday, which welcomes a broad range of viewpoints — though in this case we totally agree that the Edmonton team should change their name. To submit a piece for consideration, email commentary (at) arctictoday.com.
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'Where's the logic, Southgate?' Our verdict on Aston Villa star Jack Grealish's England snub
Aston Villa latest | BirminghamLive look at why Jack Grealish more than deserves his place among England's elite after Gareth Southgate failed to name the Aston Villa star in his latest squad
Ashley Preece
Gareth Southgate: hang your head in shame.
To stare down the barrel of the Sky Sports cameras and to say Jack Grealish hasn't done enough to warrant an England call-up is simply bemusing as it is barmy. It's so far from the truth it's unreal.
The 24-year-old has been in blinding form. He's got four goals from 12 games, carrying the weight of Aston Villa on his shoulders as skipper and put in dazzling display after dazzling display throughout the month of October.
Southgate even watched Grealish win a game on his own against Brighton where he scored and put the match-winning strike on a plate for Matt Targett. The following week the Three Lions boss watched again, witnessing Grealish's ridiculous work rate to catch up with speed demon Raheem Sterling despite behind 10 paces off the Manchester City star.
"He's a very good player (Jack Grealish) and I've watched him closely this season," Southgate said, after being pulled up on Grealish's knock-back. "He played very well against Brighton. The reality of that is that he's up against Sterling, Rashford, Sancho, Hudson-Odoi in those wide areas.
"I know he can play as a number eight but that's not where Villa have played him in the last six or seven weeks. The competition in that area is really high level, they are all good players.
"I think Jack is a very good player, I've worked with him with the under-21s so I know all about him. He's very close, he's just got to keep on playing the way he is, and if we had issues over the weekend I wouldn't hesitate to call him into the squad."
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So Southgate appears to see Grealish as a winger, then, and not the more central inside-forward player currently ripping it up in the claret and blue. The four players Southgate name-checked as to being ahead of Grealish are all out-and-out wingmen, not kick-and-run merchants but players who find their space - and cause devastation - in wide areas.
I find it hard to believe, too, that Chelsea youngster Callum Hudson-Odoi, 19, is ahead of Grealish. Yes, the teenager has been a sensation since returning from injury but he last started a Premier League game on October 19 - almost a month ago. Hudson-Odoi has one goal to his name which came against Grimsby in September. Where's the logic, Gareth?
'Reality' - Gareth Southgate explains England snub for Jack Grealish
As for others, Grealish is streets ahead of Ross Barkley - who last played for Chelsea on October 19 - while Mason Mount remains only half-fit after limping off with an ankle injury against Ajax in midweek. I'm not buying the Grealish is injured card, either, as Southgate didn't allude to it while Dean Smith confirmed the star will shake off his dead calf and should be OK for Wolves on Sunday.
I just feel incredibly hurt for Grealish, who'll no doubt feel winded by being shunned by Southgate yet again.
For Grealish has, and continues to, "work like a Trojan" off the pitch, often doing daily double gym sessions while practically living at Bodymoor Heath in between daytime cat naps.
On the pitch, though, the Villa skipper continues to kick on and is up for the Premier League player of the month award, such has been the Villa icon's scintillating form. I thought you're supposed to pick players in form, Gareth?
'Bottled it' - Aston Villa fans in meltdown at Jack Grealish England snub
But back in March tells you all you need to know about our Jack. The way he handled himself against Birmingham City, when idiotic Bluenose Paul Mitchell cowardly lamped him from behind, was classy and ultimately told you everything about the Villa captain's character: laugh, pick yourself up and I'll show you - and boy did he do that by grabbing the winner. He'll now look to show Southgate. Again.
Aston Villa's Jack Grealish (Image: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images)
Villa's Solihull star has spent a lifetime picking himself up after setbacks, from family tragedy to getting knocked from pillar to post in his Gaelic football days to the shame of being papped sprawled on the streets of Tenerife. He's the comeback kid with the unbelievable hair and the good looks and opposition players - and fans - want to see him fail. Why? Because he's got it all.
But time and time again, Grealish continues to work at it and comes back even stronger. The photo back in Tenerife would have been enough to cripple any young player's career but not Grealish's, a player who simply dusts himself down and grafts to show the doubters he's the real Greal.
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Empire Clough was a  cargo ship which was built in 1942 by John Readhead & Sons Ltd of South Shields for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was torpedoed and sunk on her maiden voyage.

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The ship was built as yard number 527. She was launched on 2 April 1942 and completed in June 1942.

The ship was  long, with a beam of  and a depth of . She had a GRT of 6,147 and a NRT of 4,251.

The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of ,  and   diameter by  stroke. The engine was built by Foster, Yates & Thompson Ltd, Blackburn.

History
Empire Clough was built for the Ministry of War Transport and placed under the management of the Larringa Steamship Co Ltd. Her port of registry was South Shields and she was allocated the Code Letters BDVX and United Kingdom Official Number 168655.

On her maiden voyage, Empire Clough was a member of Convoy ON 100, which departed from Loch Ewe on 2 June 1942 bound for Boston and New York. At 03:40 on 10 June 1942, Empire Clough was torpedoed by  with the loss of five crew. The ship was abandoned, with the 44 survivors being rescued by  and the Portuguese trawler Argus. They were landed at St John's, Newfoundland and in Greenland respectively. Empire Clough sank at . Those lost on Empire Clough are commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial in London.

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HÀ NỘI — A concert featuring Vietnamese and Japanese talents and the National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) will begin on Friday at the Hà Nội Opera House.
Toyota Concert 2019 is held annually to promote Vietnamese music talents.
The concert will include opera and other musical pieces performed by young violinist Đỗ Phương Nhi, soprano vocalist Phạm Khánh Ngọc, tenor Fueda Hiroaki and the VNSO.
Ngọc and Hioaki will sing the extracts from the popular operas Cosi Fan Tutte, La Scala Di Seta, Gianni Schicchi and La Traviata.
Ngọc is a coloratura soprano who won second prize at the SLO-ASEAN Vocal Competition in Singapore. She has participated in master classes with Norwegian Siri Torjesen, South Korean Kim Shin-ja and Dutch Bernadette Heyne.
Japanese tenor Hiroaki is a member of the Fujiwara Opera Company. After graduating in music and vocal performance from Nagoya University of Arts he has won numerous awards, including the 20th Goto Memorial Cultural Award for Opera Newcomers and first place at the 50th Nihon Vocal Concorso, the Igarashi Kiyoshi Award and the Okabe Takiko Award.
A highlight of the concert will be Nhi's performance of Mozart's Violin Concerto.
Born to a musical family, Nhi's both parents are violinists. Nhi showed her passion for music at young age, beginning to learn violin at the age of four. At 11, she was able to perform difficult classical pieces and she has had a solo performance with the VNSO.
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Hillel Director Keeps His Job After Being Banned From Birthright For Inappropriate Comments
Batya Ungar-Sargon and Josh Nathan-KazisMarch 29, 2018Nikki Caasey
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Two summers ago, a female Purdue University sophomore stopped in at her campus Hillel house for a meeting. The building was empty, save for the student, a friend, and the man they had come to see, 53-year-old Hillel director Phillip Schlossberg.
When she started at Purdue the year before, the student had been eager to be part of Jewish life at the West Lafayette, Indiana university, where Jews make up just a tiny fraction of the 30,000-person student body. During her freshman year, Schlossberg had encouraged her to come and hang out at the Hillel, a squat building near the center of campus.
When she and her friend arrived at the empty building that summer day, Schlossberg showed them a list of Jews set to begin school at Purdue the following semester. As they went through the list together, the student scanning to see if she recognized any names, Schlossberg started commenting on the young women whose names appeared.
"He said things like, 'Oh I bet she's really hot,' or like, 'This sounds like the name of somebody who's either really ugly or like a hooker,'" the student said.
The student's friend told the Forward that he did not specifically recall the incident, though he does remember talking about incoming freshman.
The female student, who asked not to be named, said that it was "beyond uncomfortable." She went home and showered. "I just felt dirty," she said. Eventually, she called Hillel's headquarters in Washington, D.C., to report what Schlossberg had said.
Nearly two years later, the student has not been back to the Purdue Hillel. Schlossberg is still running the place. But in the intervening time, Schlossberg has been banned from leading Birthright Israel trips, something he'd done regularly for nearly two decades, after participants on a spring 2017 trip complained that he had made inappropriate comments. Now, amid a nationwide conversation about sexual harassment, the student is wondering why Schlossberg kept his job.
"I don't think it's appropriate to allow him to be working at Purdue's Hillel since it's obviously clear that he shouldn't be around students, something that Hillel recognized in banning him from leading future Birthright trips," she wrote in an email to Hillel late last year.
In response to questions about the comments he made at the Hillel and on Birthright, Schlossberg said in a statement to the Forward: "I am very sorry if any comments I have made to students made them feel uncomfortable. I have apologized directly to these students and will be more careful in my use of language in the future."
In a joint statement about both incidents, Hillel's headquarters and the board of the local Hillel at Purdue said that Schlossberg had made apologies. "This issue was addressed fully at the time it was raised, appropriate action was taken, and Mr. Schlossberg has issued an apology to students and publicly," the organizations said.
'A Goofy Guy'
Schlossberg has worked in Jewish education his entire professional life. Among Jewish students at Purdue, of which Hillel claims there are roughly 500, he is known for a suggestive sense of humor that some say is unusual in a Jewish educator.
"Everyone who knows him knows he's a goofy guy," said one Purdue student active at the Hillel. "My other leaders in the Jewish community haven't had, I guess, the kind of goofy, maybe a little bit more suggestive and inappropriate humor that he has," the student said. "That, for myself and others, can be a little bit startling."
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That student said that she had never been uncomfortable around him. "Some of my girlfriends are kind of like, eh, he has a weird sense of humor," the student said.
For other students, his demeanor puts them at ease. "He's that father figure," said one freshman active at the Purdue Hillel. "Your dad away from home."
But two young women told the Forward that his comments had driven them away from the Purdue Hillel.
"He makes a lot of inappropriate jokes," said one female student. "There was a while I did not want to go in his office by myself. I would take someone with me."
Schlossberg has worked for Hillel since 1996, and boasts that he has staffed two dozen Birthright trips, including the first ever Birthright trip Hillel operated. Before coming to the Purdue Hillel in 2004, he worked for eight years at the Hillel at the University of Georgia. He maintains a personal website full of pictures of himself smiling for the camera.
'Discuss Any Issues Or Concerns With Him Directly'
Early in the fall semester of 2016, the student to whom Schlossberg had made comments about freshman women's names confided in a staff member of another Jewish organization. That staff member suggested that she report the incident to Hillel International.
Campus Hillel staffers like Schlossberg generally work for local not-for-profits, not Hillel's Washington headquarters. Schlossberg is an employee of the Hillel Foundation at Purdue, an organization whose board includes Andrew Borans, the top executive at AEPi, the national Jewish fraternity. Still, local campus Hillel organizations like the one at Purdue have close ties to the national body.
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At first, the student said, the Hillel International staff member she spoke with, Hillel director of strategic human resources Amy Martasin, was kind and sensitive. Then months passed without any follow-up. Eventually, the student got back in touch with Martasin in December of 2016. In emails reviewed by the Forward, Martasin told the student said that she would speak with Schlossberg. A month later, Martasin wrote again to say that Schlossberg had said that students with concerns were welcome to speak with him directly.
"I did not tell him it was you who brought concerns to my attention, but he did say students are always welcome to discuss any issues or concerns with him directly," Martasin wrote.
The student was upset by the response.
"She really emphasized that, which frustrated me beyond belief because the entire issue is that I'm not comfortable around him," the student said. "I don't feel safe and I don't think they understood that or they cared."
In their statement, Hillel international and the board of the local Hillel at Purdue said their responses to the incidents at Hillel and Birthright were "consistent with Hillel's proactive approach to ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for all students. Hillel International is a leader in providing resources and training for Hillel professionals to ensure all students and community members are treated with dignity and respect. We encourage any students with concerns to connect with their local Hillel leadership or Hillel International, as appropriate."
Martasin referred a request for comment to a Hillel spokesman, who referred back to Hillel's statement.
The student said that she had not been back to Hillel since. "I kind of try to tell other women to be careful, but also Hillel is the only place on campus really where Jewish life exists, so it's a fine line between tainting people's Jewish experience and trying to keep my peers safe," she said.
'Shocked He's Still at Purdue'
Nine months after her interaction with Martasin, the student heard a strange rumor. Word at Purdue was that Schlossberg had said something inappropriate on a Hillel-sponsored Birthright trip, and that he had subsequently been banned from Birthright. The student emailed Martasin to check out the rumor.
"Thank you for reaching out," Martasin wrote. "I appreciate your concern and will look into this matter further."
The student didn't hear from her again. The rumor about Schlossberg being banned from Birthright, however, was true.
Partway through one of Hillel International's Birthright Israel trips in the spring of 2017, participants got in touch with Hillel to report a problem: Schlossberg, the trip leader, was being inappropriate.
"He was overall inappropriate in almost any way possible," said one person who was on the trip, who asked not to be named.
At the beginning of the trip, participants came up with a design for a t-shirt to be distributed at the trip's end, as is Birthright custom. The initial design for the trip's shirt was a picture of Schlossberg. By the end of the trip, the group decided not to get a shirt at all, the person said, because they didn't want to have that reminder of Schlossberg.
According to the person who was on the trip, Schlossberg at one point told the entire group to be on their best behavior when a group of Israelis were preparing to join the bus "because these Israelis are sexy and hot and everyone wants to get a good hookup." Later, once the Israelis had arrived, he said, in front of them: "Didn't I tell you they were sexy?"
The person also said that Schlossberg used homophobic language, such as: "Don't be gay about it," and, "What are you, gay?"
Another person on the bus said that Schlossberg had made a joke about finding a Jewish wife on the trip. "He did not understand where he was and if that would be appropriate," the person said. The person said that based on his behavior, "it was shocking" to know that Schlossberg worked as a Hillel director.
"I'm shocked he's still at Purdue," the first person who was on that trip told the Forward.
Schlossberg did not respond to an inquiry about the specific descriptions of his behavior on the Birthright trip. A Hillel spokesperson said that he disputed some of the details of the allegations, but would not identify which details.
A person with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Forward that Schlossberg had been banned from leading future Birthright trips. Neither Hillel, Schlossberg, or Birthright responded to direct questions about the ban.
"We were contacted by students during the trip and addressed the issue both on the trip and afterwards, as we do whenever a student or other member of our community raises such concerns," Hillel said in a statement. "Based on this, Hillel International and Birthright Israel took the actions that best protected both our students and professionals."
For the student who first complained to Hillel, the experience has cast doubt on the organization's claims to be an advocate against sexual harassment. She said that she didn't feel like her concerns had been taken seriously.
"They have no accountability," she said. "It shows that they don't actually stand for this. It takes a lot more than words to stand up to something like this."
Contact Josh Nathan-Kazis at nathankazis@forward.com or on Twitter, @joshnathankazis
Contact Batya Ungar-Sargon at batya@forward.com or on Twitter, @bungersargon
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One who originates or is the chief proponent of a heresy or heretical movement.
a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.
1. the originator of a heresy.
2. the leader of a group of heretics.
There is a proposition almost like it in the AUGUSTINUS of the heresiarch Jansenius, whose book will sooner or later be burned by the hands of the executioner.
Dante's treatment of Dolcino--whom the Church tarred as a heresiarch and burned at the stake--shows that the poet resists immediately labeling as "heresy" any expression of faith that falls outside the Church's narrow definition of orthodoxy.
Thomas Turley concludes that although Guido branded Joachim a heresiarch, he failed to shift the established understanding of heresy.
When he discusses Nestorius, the great episcopal heresiarch condemned at Ephesus, he says that his error was to think of himself as "the first and only one to understand Scripture.
All in all, Irresolute Heresiarch is thought-provoking and valuable criticism.
Irresolute Heresiarch Catholicism, Gnosticism and paganism in the poetry of Czeslaw Milosz By Charles S.
the case of the charismatic Zoroastrian heresiarch Behafarld, whom Abu Muslim executed reputedly in response to the petitions of Zoroastrian priests decrying the former's corruption of their religion, despite his having converted to Islam and joining the 'Abbasid cause (aslama wa-sawwada): see Abu 1-Faraj Muhammad b.
As what his friend Hollis Frampton would have called a heresiarch, Jacobs would rail against such a formulation of the tradition in which he plays so vital a part.
But the work of Ivan Illich deserves a happier afterlife, for he was a remarkably penetrating social critic, a secular heresiarch whose marrow-deep analyses of contemporary institutions--healthcare, education, transport, and economic development--remain pertinent.
Soon after, we learn that a heresiarch of Uqbar "habia declarado que los espejos y la copula son abominables" (Borges 1971d: 14) ("had declared that mirrors and copulation are abominable"--English tr.
For instance, it would be lawful to pray for the death of a perniciously active heresiarch with a view to putting a stop to his ravages among the Christian people.
In place of reasons and arguments, the heresiarch or the leftist, when cornered, will often dump a load of guilt, special pleading, and wholly bogus claims of oppression on the opposing side.