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Retail theft, bail jumping charges requested
At 4:19 p.m. loss prevention officers at a store on the 1100 block of W. Upham St. reported observing a 26-year-old woman conceal multiple items in her purse and exit the store without paying for them.
Contact was made with the woman, and the items were recovered. The items, which included energy drinks, bubbles, candy, and spray chalk, had a total value of $22.63.
Charges for retail theft and three counts of felony bail jumping will be forwarded to the Wood County district attorney.
Saturday, Sept. 16
Theft suspect provides fake identification
Officers responded to a report of a retail theft on the 2000 block of N. Central Ave. at 2:49 p.m. Upon receiving a citation for the theft, the suspect, a 24-year-old man, provided false identification. Charges for identity theft were requested.
Rented car reported stolen
An employee of a Marshfield car rental company wished to report a rented car as stolen. A 37-year-old Marshfield man had rented a vehicle on Aug. 31 and at the time of the report was 11 days late returning it. The car rental company had attempted calling the man and sending him certified mail with no response.
A stolen vehicle report was completed and entered into the Criminal Investigations Bureau and National Crime Information Center databases.
Police receive reports of vehicles entered, property stolen
A Marshfield man reported that someone had gone into his vehicle some time between 11 p.m. on Sept. 17 and 8 a.m. on Sept. 18 and stole an iPhone charger cord, an auxiliary cord, cologne, and a tire pump. The man said the vehicle, which was parked on the 900 block of S. Central Ave., was unlocked and that a possible suspect was his downstairs neighbor.
Police will contact the neighbor regarding the theft.
Another Marshfield man reported his vehicle, which was parked on the 800 block of S. Central Ave., was broken into as well some time after 11:13 p.m. on Sept. 17. The suspect stole a trauma kit. Investigation will continue.
A Marshfield woman reported someone had entered her unsecured vehicle on the 600 block of S. Cedar Ave. some time between 12:01 a.m. and 7 a.m. on Sept. 18 and stole $4.99 from the interior. The suspect also pulled items out of the glove box and removed a toy from its packaging in the back seat but did not take anything else.
Bicycle stolen from Arnold Street residence
A Marshfield woman reported noticing her son's bicycle was missing at 7:45 a.m. The bicycle was in a yard on the 300 block of W. Arnold St. The woman did not have any suspects.
Marijuana located during investigation of disturbance
Police responded at 4:17 p.m. to a report of a disturbance at a parking lot on the 1600 block of S. Locust Ave. When officers arrived, there was no sign of a disturbance. The person who reported the disturbance called police again to say the parties involved had returned to a residence.
Police made contact at the residence, and two people admitted to arguing but indicated no domestic abuse had occurred. There was an extremely strong odor of marijuana emanating from inside the residence, and a male subject's clothing smelled strongly of marijuana as well.
Both parties admitted there was marijuana in the residence, and the male consented to a search. Police located drug items inside the residence.
The man was arrested, transported to the Marshfield Police Department, booked, and then released. Charges are being referred to the Wood County DA's office.
Car radio stolen from vehicle on Maple Avenue
A Marshfield woman reported that someone had entered her unlocked vehicle on the 2200 block of S. Maple Ave. some time between 12 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. and stole her car radio. A canvass of the immediate area found no other vehicles were entered. There are no suspects at this time.
Theft suspect drops stolen items, runs away
A loss prevention officer at a store on the 2000 block of N. Central Ave. reported at 5:10 p.m. that an unidentified woman took several items — worth a total of $55.45 — from the store without purchasing them. When confronted, the woman dropped the items and ran toward a nearby business. Investigation will follow.
Bicycle reported stolen from garage on 18th Street
A Marshfield man reported a bicycle was stolen from a garage on the 400 block of E. 18th St. some time between noon on Sept. 19 and 12:40 p.m. on Sept. 20. No other items were removed from the garage. The garage was unlocked.
Woman arrested for probation violation, man for encouraging the violation
Officers assisted with a probation home visit on the 600 block of N. Ash Ave. at 12:33 p.m. and located a 20-year-old woman and 22-year-old man in violation. The man was previously warned to avoid contact with the woman, which was a violation of her rules.
Both subjects were taken into custody, booked, and transported to Wood County Jail. Charges were requested through the Wood County DA's office.
Suspicious subject arrested for OWI, meth possession
Police responded at 6:33 a.m. to a report of two suspicious males sitting in a parking lot on the 1700 block of N. Central Ave. Following an investigation, one male was arrested for operating while under the influence (OWI) and possession of methamphetamine. He was medically cleared, booked at the Marshfield Police Department, and then transported to jail. The other man was released.
Man kicks down woman's door, arrested in Waupaca
Police responded at 8:56 p.m. to a report than at unknown man had forcefully entered a woman's apartment on the 800 block of E. Harrison St. by kicking down the door. When officers arrived, they were unable to locate the man.
The man's identity was discovered a short time later, and he was arrested in the city of Waupaca. Officers made contact with the man and interviewed him at the Waupaca County Jail and then transported him to Wood County Jail.
Charges of disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, and criminal damage to property will be sent to the Wood County DA's office.
Items reported stolen from company vehicle
A Marshfield woman reported that items were stolen from a company van on the 500 block of S. Maple Ave. some time between 3 p.m. on Sept. 17 and 6 a.m. on Sept. 18. Items taken included a car radio, emergency medical push button unit, fire extinguisher, and emergency vehicle kit. There are no suspects.
Kaukauna man arrested for OWI, possession of THC, paraphernalia
Police arrested a 40-year-old Kaukauna man for OWI, fourth offense; possession of THC; and possession of drug paraphernalia near the intersection of Veterans Parkway and Central Avenue at 2:21 a.m. The man submitted to a blood draw, was booked at the Marshfield Police Department, and was ultimately transported to Wood County Jail. Charges are being forwarded to the Wood County DA.
Man cited for OAR
At 8:46 p.m. a 30-year-old Marshfield man was arrested during a traffic stop on the 1600 block of S. Maple Ave. for operating after revocation, OWI-related. He was transported to the Marshfield Police Department for booking procedures, cited, and released.
Marshfield woman with warrant jailed
Police took a 25-year-old Marshfield woman into custody on the 700 block of S. Cherry Ave. on a valid felony Department of Corrections warrant. She was transported to the Marshfield Police Department, where she was booked, and then to Wood County Jail.
Unidentified woman fails to pay for fuel
Police received a report of a gas drive-off that occurred at a station on the 2000 block of N. Central Ave. at 4:45 p.m. on Sept. 21. An unidentified woman pumped $11.53 worth of gas and left without paying for it.
The registered owner of the vehicle the woman drove was a 25-year-old Oshkosh man. An officer requested the Oshkosh Police Department attempt to contact the registered owner at his last known address.
An Oshkosh officer reported the owner of the vehicle no longer lived at the listed address and did not have any listed phone numbers. No further action was taken.
Tools stolen from truck on Central Avenue
A Marshfield man reported that some time between midnight and 4:30 a.m. on Sept. 16, a tool belt and various tools were stolen from the back of his truck, which was parked on the 400 block of S. Central Ave. The man also reported noticing two males — approximately 18-25 years old, one wearing a backpack — near his vehicle that evening and suspected they may have stolen the items. Investigation will continue.
Wallet reported stolen at Upham Avenue store
A Stratford man reported at 2:51 p.m. that he forgot his wallet at the checkout counter of a store on the 1100 block of W. Upham St., and when he returned, it was gone. Security footage showed what appeared to be a family of four individuals who checked out shortly after the man picking up the wallet and presumably leaving with it as no one had reported finding the wallet to employees.
In the wallet were various credit cards, the man's driver's license, and $42 in cash. The man was advised to cancel his credit cards, and police will do more follow-up with the store's loss prevention office for possibly better images of the suspects.
Neillsville man arrested for OWL
At 3:15 p.m. police arrested a 53-year-old Neillsville man on the 100 block of E. 17th St. for operating without a valid license, second offense. The man was brought to the Marshfield Police Department, booked, and then released.
Sunday, Sept. 24
Man warned for trespassing after taking fire pit
A Marshfield woman reported that her ex, a 33-year-old Marshfield man, came to her residence and took a fire pit without permission. She said there have been ongoing property disputes since their breakup. Police contacted the man, who said the fire pit was his.
During the investigation, it was unable to be determined who purchased the fire pit. Both parties agreed that all property was to be returned by Sept. 27, or the man would be issued a citation for trespassing.
Marshfield man found in violation of bond restriction
Police responded at 9:42 a.m. to a report of a 29-year-old Marshfield man causing a disturbance on the 600 block of St Joseph Ave. Contact was made with the man, and it was found that he was in violation of his bond restriction.
The man was transported to the Marshfield Police Department for booking procedures and later taken to Wood County Jail. Charges are being requested through the Wood County DA's office.
Woman burns lawn chair, arrested for OWI
Police responded at 9:08 p.m. to a report of a disturbance at a residence on the 1000 block of S. Cedar Ave. A 49-year-old Marshfield woman had reportedly been at the residence yelling and and swearing. When asked to leave, she refused, continued yelling, and then took a lawn chair and threw it into a fire pit, which destroyed the chair. She then drove away.
Officers contacted the woman at her residence and subsequently arrested her for OWI, first offense. She was also issued citations for disorderly conduct, operating without a valid driver's license, and criminal damage to property and was then released to a sober adult.
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Die Villa Jahr ist eine Villa im Norden des Geraer Stadtteils Heinrichsgrün, nahe dem linken Ufer der Weißen Elster.

Geschichte
Die Villa wurde in den Jahren 1905 bis 1907 im Stil des Historismus für den Geraer Industriellen Moritz Rudolf Jahr, Sohn und Erbe des Maschinenbauunternehmers Ernst Moritz Jahr (1816–1899), durch den Geraer Architekten Rudolf Schmidt erbaut.

1945 wurde die Familie Jahr enteignet. Die Villa wurde zunächst als Wohnung des sowjetischen Stadtkommandanten genutzt, später als Kinderheim sowie als Internat für das jetzige Goethe-Gymnasium.

Bundesgartenschau 2007
Zur Bundesgartenschau 2007 befand sich die Villa Jahr innerhalb des Ausstellungsbereiches Hofwiesenpark. Mit dem eigentlichen Park war sie durch eine neu errichtete Fußgängerbrücke, den Textimasteg, verbunden. Der im Stil eines englischen Landschaftsgarten gestaltete zur Villa gehörige Park diente als Ausstellungsfläche zum Thema Grabgestaltung, die Villa selbst wurde renoviert und wurde als Ausstellungsgebäude des Bundes deutscher Friedhofsgärtner genutzt.

Literatur
 Sabine Schellenberg, Ulla Dittmann, Susanne Spindler u. a.: Villa Jahr, in: Villen und Villengärten in Gera. herausgegeben von der Unteren Denkmalschutzbehörde Gera, 1999

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 Villa Jahr auf den offiziellen Seiten der Stadt Gera

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The Fight / April 6, 2016
Mr. Christopher St. West Leather Jeffrey
Erdman wins the title of Mr. L.A. Leather 2016.
BY PAULO MURILLO  |  PHOTO BY MOTORBOOT PHOTOGRAPHY
Jeffrey Erdman made history at Los Angeles Leather Pride this month for being the very first Mr. Christopher St. West Leather man to win the Mr. L.A. Leather 2016 title.
First runner up is Mr. SoCal Leather Eric Slayton; second runner up is Mr. Sister Leather Joe Gregory.
Erdman will now go on to compete at this year's International Mr. Leather (IML) competition in Chicago in May.
In an interview with THE FIGHT, moments after his name was announced as the winner, Erdman talked about what winning the title means to him, how he plans to use that title as a platform to bring awareness to an older LGBT generation and what he hopes to get out of IML.
I want to be able to use this as a platform to use my voice and speak out for positive changes—especially in my generation…"
Congratulations on your win! You're the first Mr. CSW Leather man to win the Mr. L.A. Leather title. How does that feel?
I can't breathe. I tend to hold my breath a lot. Oh my goodness. I feel amazing. This is really a rush. It's really exciting. I had no idea when I started this journey that this was going to happen.
Did you think that you were going to win?
Going into it, I thought there was no chance. I was the first contestant and I saw all the contestants come after me and I thought he's amazing, he's going to win. I didn't think this would happen until we started prepping for the contest and it was coming together and I thought, this could actually happen. People were asking me, do you really want to win? I had to ask myself the same question and thought, fuck yeah, I really do want to win.
What does wining this title mean to you?
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Are there other issues you'd like to address down the line?
Yes, there are obviously many things that need to be done or can be done. I have a 20 year-old son who was homeless at the age of 13. He was HIV positive and living in shelters and I was with him and mentored him into getting into college and he's finishing his second year, and that's really been my personal journey and I hope I continue to do that kind of work with gay youth and show them the importance of education.
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Nash & Franciskato obtained a $540,000 settlement for two employees of a gas company who sustained burn injuries as a result of a natural gas explosion. Our investigation revealed that the underground service line's curb box, which housed the shut-off valve for the natural gas, had been concreted over, thus prohibiting anyone from timely shutting off the gas. The explosion was so severe it destroyed a five-story apartment complex.
$489,500 Settlement: Defective Pain Pump Used in Shoulder Surgery
Nash & Franciskato obtained a $489,500 settlement for a 40-year old female hairstylist who underwent a shoulder repair surgery in which a pain pump was utilized post operatively. Research revealed that the pain pump caused a permanent condition known as chondrolysis, resulting in narrowing of the joint space and complete destruction of the cartilage in the shoulder joint. As a result of this damage, our client sustained permanent injuries that disabled her for the remainder of her life, precluding her to work and provide for her three children.
$270,000 Settlement: Wrongful Death, Failure to Maintain Smoke Detectors
Nash & Franciskato obtained a $270,000 settlement for the wrongful deaths resulting from a fire in an apartment building. Our investigation revealed that the landlord failed to maintain working smoke detectors in Governmental Assisted Section 8 Housing, in violation of Federal Regulations, resulting in the death of two children.
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Our client was shot in the back with a shotgun while attending a party in which alcohol was served by the homeowner to underage guests. We alleged the homeowner was negligent in allowing underage individuals, including the shooter, to consume alcoholic beverages on her property and that she failed to secure the firearms on her property when she knew intoxicated unsupervised individuals would have access to the firearms.
$800,000 Total Settlement for Passenger Rendered a Paraplegic
Nash & Franciskato obtained $800,000 in total settlements for a 19-year old who was a passenger in a pickup truck being driven by a drunk driver. The driver lost control and crashed. Our client was rendered a paraplegic. We were able to combine (or stack) three underinsured motorists policies as well as obtaining the policy limits from the drunk driver.
$100,000 Policy Limits Settlement, Intoxicated Driver
Nash & Franciskato obtained a $100,000 policy limits settlement for a windmill worker who suffered severe orthopedic injuries when he was thrown from a pickup truck. The pickup truck driver was intoxicated at the time of the accident and failed to negotiate a turn in the highway.
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Our client was driving a truck owned by his employer when he was struck from behind while stopped at a red light. He sustained a herniated disk in his neck that required surgery. A claim was made against the driver and the client's employer's underinsured motorist coverage.
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A client, who was a front seat passenger, sustained severe injuries to her legs and arms when the vehicle violently crashed into a semi-tractor trailer that was making an illegal U-turn on the interstate. The client underwent multiple surgeries that resulted in permanent injuries requiring her to retire early from her job as a school teacher.
$1,000,000 Settlement, Semi-truck Illegally Stopped in Interstate
Nash & Franciskato obtained a $1,000,000 settlement for a client who was traveling on the interstate when he suddenly came upon a semi-truck that was illegally stopped in the middle of the interstate. The client slammed on his brakes, but was unable to avoid crashing into the rear of the parked semi. The client sustained broken bones in his legs and feet requiring several surgeries.
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Okay, so there's this word: "unplugged". You may have heard it in the context of an Eric Clapton album, or perhaps as an explanation for why the ice cream in the freezer has melted. But you also may have heard it in association with weddings, and that's what I want to talk about today.
Alongside that, modern culture has steadily been encouraging us more and more to become documentarians, recording for posterity (whoever that is) the minutiae of daily life, from our children to our social life to that weird cloud formation in the sky to what we had for dinner. It's the urge to quite literally 'capture' the moment, to record the occasion just in case we want to re-live it again in future. Except there's a problem with that - how can you re-live something, if you never really lived it in the first place, observing from behind a digital screen rather than using one's own two eyes to be truly present in the moment?
1) THE WEDDING COUPLE: They spent a lot of time and money planning this day, and they've chosen a group of their favourite people to share in it with them. So it's only fair that those invited guests actually lend them their full attention.
2) THE GUESTS: And speaking of those lovely guests, this is all for their benefit too. Because does anyone really want to be stuck behind a digital screen, rather than enjoying a lovely moment? No, I think we're just slaves to our devices sometimes, and forcing people to take a break from them for a short time is probably quite a liberating experience for those poor techno-thrawls.
3) THE PHOTOGRAPHER: And don't forget the poor photographer, that is, the real photographer, the one that someone has paid some real money for to do a real job. These guys are really good at what they do, but even they can't work miracles if there's a sea of miniature digital screens leaning into the aisle and obscuring the view.
So what's the solution here? Well, to loop back to the top, an increasingly popular option for couples is to opt for an unplugged ceremony. For me, I find the trick is that it's not something you make a big deal of. Perhaps have a sign as people arrive, but signs can be missed - the main job on this front is done by the celebrant, usually in the context of a few words of housekeeping just prior to the start of the ceremony (alternatively, the MC could make these announcements, if they happen to be speaking to everyone pre-ceremony). It's just a few sentences politely asking people to switch off, put away their smartphones and digital cameras, reassuring them that a professional photographer will be capturing the whole occasion, and giving them permission to sit back, lean forward, and be present with the people upfront, inviting them to come on a wee journey with the ones about to get married.
And it's possible that the way an unplugged wedding is received by guests may vary depending on the country, depending on the culture, not 100% sure on that front. But I can happily report that from a New Zealand perspective at least, every unplugged wedding I've done so far (which has also been almost every wedding I've done) has seemed to work out very well. And occasionally you'll get a couple of people who insist on keeping their camera handy just for a few choice shots, but honestly I reckon that's okay too. I'm not gonna stop the ceremony and point at Uncle Jack down the back discreetly framing up a shot, cos a) the celebrant isn't a policeman, and more importantly b) once you announce the unplugged thing then at the very least they're going to be a whole lot more conscious of not getting in the way.


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Brands must adapt to an ad-free world, says Vice boss Shane Smith
Brands need to develop their media production skills and learn to work with media partners as young people increasingly reject traditional advertising, Vice Media CEO and co-founder Shane Smith has said.
By Jonathan Bacon	 23 Mar 2016 9:40 am
Vice Media CEO Shane Smith reporting from Libya. Credit: Tim Freccia
Smith has just been named the Cannes Lions 2016 Media Person of the Year. And the latest issue of Marketing Week includes exclusive access to a discussion between Smith and our guest editor for the week, Unilever CMO Keith Weed.
The conversation looked at the future of the media landscape, including the news that Vice will launch a TV channel in the UK later this year through a partnership with Sky. The channel, Viceland, is already broadcasting in the US and Vice is planning a total of 12 channels in Europe over the next year.
Vice, which is best known for its edgy news website Vice.com, has built up a huge following among the current generation of young people known as millennials or Gen Y. This has turned the site into a big draw for advertisers, which develop native content in partnership with Vice. In December, investors valued the media company at $4bn (£2.8bn).
Smith argued that the rise of ad blocking, digital video recorders and online streaming services like Netflix are forcing brands to find new ways of reaching audiences beyond conventional advertising.
"A lot of lip service was paid in the past to not calling a brand a client, but calling it a partner," he said. "Well you really have to partner now – and when I say partner I mean partner at the production level, because I don't think it works otherwise.
"Young people have grown up with ad-free content and so visionary brands are saying 'I get that and we're going to interweave and be part of the process'."
Shane Smith, CEO, Vice Media
Smith said Vice takes a "platform-agnostic" approach to creating content, which has included developing content for new virtual reality (VR) systems.
"Somebody is going to come up with the iPhone of VR and what we're saying is we want to have a repository of music, fashion, cooking and news stories [tailored to VR] so that when the take-up happens, we can populate it with our content," he said.
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What Are the Causes of Sadness in Teens?
Most Common Teenage Problems
Stages of Development in Adolescents
Extreme Moodiness in Teenagers
Problems of Teenagers in Everyday Life
Low Libido in Teenagers
Written by Jon Williams
Mother Nature has a wicked sense of humor. Libido – or sex drive -- reaches a peak in males during their adolescence and 20s. Women reach their sexual peak during the mid-30s, just as the men are beginning to wane in their sexual interest 2. While adolescent males fight pressure from their raging testosterone to be fruitful and multiply, adolescent females are still in the early phases of the development of their libido. Low libido in adolescents has varied causes and dynamics, which likely differ somewhat for males and females.
Some may question how low libido in teenagers is a problem. Teens shouldn't have sex, anyway, the reasoning goes, so if they don't feel like having sex that just takes a pressure off of everyone. The problem with this reasoning is that libido is a normal, healthy response. Low libido can indicate any of a number of problems. The underlying problem that disrupts libido should be identified and addressed.
Mental Causes
Most of the time, loss of libido has a psychogenic basis—its causes are rooted in psychology, not biology. Both male and female teens can lose interest in sex when they suffer from emotional distress, depression or anxiety. Some teens respond to anxiety with increased libido. To the dismay of their parents, these teens may choose to soothe their anxieties through the endorphin rush that accompanies sexual activity. Other teens respond to stress, anxiety and depression with a loss of libido.
Teens who suffer from depression, anxiety or other forms of emotional distress should seek emotional help and support. Often, teens feel more comfortable talking about personal issues with non-family members. School counselors, psychologists, friends and even parents can provide comfort and solace during difficult times. As emotional healing proceeds, hopefully libido will improve.
Sexuality and Relationship Issues
Some teens struggle with developmental, relationship and moral issues regarding their sexuality. Teens who are sorting through complex issues of gender identity, the rights and wrong of sexual behavior, residuals of past sexual abuse or their often ambivalent feelings toward their boy- or girl-friend, may put their sexual libido on ice. Again, it can be helpful to get some outside help when sifting through the many layers of adolescent sexuality.
Some teens suffer from poor body image or low esteem. They may feel they are inadequate and unappealing, and these feelings sabotage their sexual drive. These teens need help in identifying their strengths and bolstering their self-perceptions. They need to feel good about themselves before they can share themselves with others.
Although psychological issues usually account for most cases of low libido, medical problems can contribute to low libido. Medical issues such as nutritional deficiencies, kidney problems, epilepsy, diabetes and neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis can inhibit sex drive and disrupt the ability to have and maintain an erection. Testosterone contributes to libido in males and females. Loss of libido can indicate hormone problems. Teens with libido issues should obtain a full evaluation to rule out possible medical problems.
Certain medications can decrease sex drive. Antidepressants, particularly SSRIs, as well as certain anti-anxiety and neuroleptics decrease libido.
British Journal of Psychiatry: Sexual Dysfunction in Patients Taking Conventional Antipsychotic Medication
Doctor NDTV: When is the Sexual Drive at its Peak in Men and Women?
IVillage: Revive Your Sex Drive
New York Daily News: Low Libido in Young Women
Jon Williams is a clinical psychologist and freelance writer. He has performed, presented and published research on a variety of psychological and physical health issues.
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Kamsky-Topalov match to be held in Bulgaria – maybe
11/6/2008 – The Bulgarian Chess Federation had made a $150,000 bid for this special qualifier match for the world championship, but then Gata Kamsky's manager Alexander Chernenko offered a $750,000 prize fund for it in Lvov, Ukraine. Unfortunately the bank garantees were not forthcoming, and after a final deadline FIDE has reopened the bidding procedure. Press release.
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Moscow, 6 November 2008
Announcement of the FIDE President concerning the match Topalov - Kamsky
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Dear chess friends,
As already known, FIDE had initially reached a decision to award the Challenger's Match Topalov-Kamsky to the Bulgarian Chess Federation which offered a prize fund of 150,000 USD.
Afterwards, and following consultations with both sides, FIDE gave the opportunity to Alexander Chernenko, the manager of GM Gata Kamsky, to bring in an improved bid with Lviv suggested by Mr Chernenko as the host city. The prize fund offered by GM Gata Kamsky's manager was 750,000 USD. Since then, FIDE received several letters, by banks supposed to co-operate with Mr Chernenko, stating that the funds were "on their way". But up to this moment, and despite numerous reminders to Alexander Chernenko, no bank guarantees have been provided and of course no transfer of the prize fund has been made to the bank account of FIDE.
At this point I must say that I have deeply regretted the trust which I had shown to Alexander Chernenko, concerning the reliability of his offer. The actions of Mr Chernenko indicate an abuse of right to invoke my guarantee which was declared after his own request and in good faith to help him secure the necessary funds. Furthermore, I understand the complaints of the Bulgarian Chess Federation concerning the procedure followed, although FIDE was only trying to improve the financial conditions for both players.
In order to restore the procedure towards holding this very important match, FIDE announces the following:
a) The Bulgarian Chess Federation will be re-awarded with the event if it accepts in written form, by 14 November 2008 12:00 GMT, to hold the match with a prize fund of 250,000 USD plus 50,000 USD as contribution to FIDE and all organising expenses covered. In this case, the dates of the match Topalov-Kamsky remain as already announced (29 Nov. – 12 Dec. 2008) and I intend to nominate FIDE Vice President Mr William Kelleher of USA as the FIDE Supervisor of the Organising Committee (*duties of the FIDE Supervisor as annex 1 attached to this announcement). The confirmation letter of the Bulgarian Chess Federation should be sent by email at office@fide.com and by registered post to the FIDE Secreteriat, address: 9 Syggrou Ave, 11743 Athens, Greece.
b) By 14 November 2008, 12:00 GMT, both players have to officially confirm, in written form and in a clear and explicit way, that they will play the match. If GM Topalov refuses to confirm his participation, then GM Kamsky qualifies automatically for the 2009 WCC match. If GM Kamsky refuses to confirm his participation, he will be replaced by GM Shirov (the runner-up of the World Cup 2007). The confirmation letters should be sent by email at office@fide.com and by registered post to the FIDE Secreteriat, address: 9 Syggrou Ave, 11743 Athens, Greece.
c) If the Bulgarian Chess Federation will not confirm that it accepts the financial requirements of (a), an open bidding procedure will be launched with a deadline of 31 December 2008. The best bid will be awarded with the event which will then be held in February or March 2009.
The unfortunate handling of the situation by Alexander Chernenko has brought us to a point where the time limits are very tight. With this procedure, FIDE puts the Challengers Match back on track and with a clear timetable. We are all looking forward to a great match which will produce a worthy challenger to World Champion Vishy Anand for the year 2009.
Gens Una Sumus
FIDE President
Duties of the FIDE Supervisor for the Challengers Match 2008
A FIDE Supervisor will be appointed who will be above the Organising Committee in all issues involving:
a) fairness concerning treatment of both players in respect of organisational issues,
b) equal playing conditions
c) anti-cheating measures
d) fair publicity of both players through the event's press office
The FIDE Supervisor can request from the organizer and at their expense, any additional security arrangement he finds necessary in order to secure a fair match and equal match conditions for the players.
The Organising Committee has to follow the orders of the FIDE Supervisor in all issues involving the above aspects before and during the match. Any decision of the FIDE Supervisor can be appealed by one of the players ONLY to the Appeals Committee.
The position of FIDE Supervisor was first introduced in the WCC match Anand – Kramnik this year with FIDE Deputy President Mr Georgios Makropoulos holding this position. Although it is not included in the regulations yet, FIDE will establish the role of FIDE Supervisor in all important matches of the World Championship cycle.
Released by FIDE, 6 November 2008
A few days ago FIDE set a final deadline:
Yesterday 3 November 2008, FIDE received the following message from Alexander Chernienko, the manager of GM Gata Kamsky:
"Due to technical reasons (copy of the banking letter re delay of the transfer was sent by me on the 1st of November 2008), the payment of 935,000 USD according to the BID for the organisation of the Kamsky-Topalov match to the FIDE account, will be effected on the 5th November 2008."
As we have been receiving such letters by Mr Chernienko for a long time now, with yet no transfer made to the FIDE bank account (and we are only one month before the start of the event), this will be the last extension accepted by FIDE as all possible time limits, in order to assist Mr Chernienko with his bid, have been exhausted.
If the amount of 935,000 USD is not transferred to the bank account of FIDE by Wednesday 5 November 2008, FIDE will re-open negotiations with the Bulgarian Chess Federation, the original organiser awarded to hold this match.
FIDE is obliged to take all necessary steps in order to ensure that the Challengers Match shall indeed take place and a worthy challenger for World Champion Vishy Anand will be established. We are all looking forward to this exciting match!
Gens Una Sumus,
To this the United States Chess Federation reacted with the following letter to the President:
Thank you for your email. Everyone hopes that Mr. Chernienko's money finally arrives. But if not, why would FIDE even think about reopening negotiations with the Bulgarian Chess Federation?
On June 1, FIDE issued and posted the press release below, announcing that the Lvov match and its prize fund were guaranteed by the backing of FIDE President Ilyumzhinov. Surely, FIDE cannot be considering reneging on this public promise? This would be a terrible blow to the prestige of the organization and of world chess, as well as probably being illegal.
Bill Goichberg
President, US Chess Federation
ChessBase reports on this match
The following articles are in descending chronological order, i.e. the latest are at the top, the oldest at the bottom.
Bulgaria to Ilyumzhinov: we are worried
27.09.2008 – During the Bilbao Masters tournament Veselin Topalov's manager IM Silvio Danailov told journalists that there were no news regarding the Topalov vs Kamsky match. Now Stefan Sergiev, President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation has appealed to FIDE President: "Mr. Ilyumzhinov, please inform me where and when the match will take place!" Full story, now with official corrections.
Topalov: 'Next Year I Will Challenge the World Champion'
24.08.2008 – A few days ago former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov visited the International Alcubeirre Tournament in Spain, where he gave a simultaneous exhibition and spoke to a local newspaper about Kasparov, the Zaragoza Expo, Scarlett Johansson ("I like her more in some ways, but my thing is chess"), his chess career and chess playing computers. Heraldo interview.
'Topalov has not signed' – Challenger Match in doubt?
25.07.2008 – Just when we thought everything was settled for a World Championship Challengers' Match between Gata Kamsky and Veselin Topalov in Lvov, Ukraine – November 26 to December 14 – Topalov's manager Silvio Danialov says his his client has not yet signed anything. Turns out neither has Kamsky, since according to FIDE "the contract has not been finalized with the organisers". Details.
Alexei Shirov replies to Gata Kamsky
02.06.2008 – Last week Alexei Shirov published a press release asking FIDE to resolve the crisis surrounding the special Challengers' Match between Gata Kamsky and Veselin Topalov. Kamsky's representative replied, and then FIDE came up with a decision on the venue in Lvov, Ukraine. "This is exactly what I wanted with my press release five days ago," says Shirov in his new press release.
Ilyumzhinov guarantees Topalov-Kamsky match in Lvov
01.06.2008 – After a great deal of international bickering the matter is now settled: the special Challengers Match between Gata Kamsky and Veselin Topalov will take place between November 26th and December 14th 2008 in Lvov, Ukraine. This has just been announced by FIDE, with President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov guaranteeing the organiser's offer of US $750,000 with his personal finances. Press release.
Shirov's press release
29.05.2008 – After numerous extensions of the deadline for bids to stage the special Challengers Match between Gata Kamsky and Veselin Topalov FIDE is now faced with a demand by the next-in-line player to have a chance. Alexei Shirov is willing to play in Bulgaria, something Kamsky balked at. "According to the match regulations he should be replaced by me in this case," Shirov says. Press release.
Breaking news: Kamsky-Topalov in Lviv, Ukraine?
11.04.2008 – We reported yesterday on FIDE's decision to extend the deadline for bids for the Kamsky-Topalov match. The Bulgarian Chess Federation protested vigorously, but today the reason for FIDE's decision is becoming clear: there is a US $750,000 bid to stage the match in Lviv, western Ukraine. This stop press story comes from Yury Vasiliev of Sport Express. First details – and doubts.
FIDE extends deadline for Topalov-Kamsky, Bulgarians protest
10.04.2008 – The match between Gata Kamsky and Veselin Topalov for the right to challenge the World Champion is scheduled for the second half of 2008. The Bulgarian side offered to finance and stage the match, but Kamsky balked at playing on the territory of his opponent. Now FIDE has extended the deadline for rival bids by twelve days. The Bulgarian Chess Federation has protested sharply.
Challengers Match Kamsky-Topalov to be held in Bulgaria...
14.02.2008 – ...unless a country comes up with a US $250,000 bid by April 11th. FIDE has announced its decision to tentatively accept the US $150,000 bid made by the Bulgarian Chess Federation. The match is scheduled for Nov.-Dec. 2008, after the Anand-Kramnik match. Spanish Playwright Fernando Arrabal has published the entire correspondence between FIDE and Kamsky. Press release and links.
Khanty-Mansiysk Final: Kamsky wins, to challenge Topalov
16.12.2007 – American GM Gata Kamsky has won the FIDE World Cup. In the fourth game he was able to force a perpetual check and hold Alexei Shirov to a draw, which meant that he had won the Final with a score of 2.5:1.5 (three draws, one win). Kamsky won, did not lose a single game and performed 102 points higher than his nominal 2714 rating. Congratulations Gata!
Veselin Topalov and the new FIDE world championship cycle
24.06.2007 – At the Presidential Board meeting, which is currently being held in Tallinn, Estonia, FIDE has introduced a new Grand Prix series and a new world championship cycle. With a high-ranking Bulgarian delegation presenting a case for Veselin Topalov to enter the world championship FIDE made some special rules to govern the 2007-2009 stage. We have tried to decipher the new system.


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On the Increasingly Complex Relationship between Immigration Policy and (Inter)national Security
ImmigrationGreece, Italy, Morocco, North Africa, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United States, Western EuropeCommentary
Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia, Simon Reich, eds. Immigration, Integration, and Security: America and Europe in Comparative Perspective. The Security Continuum: Global Politics in the Modern Age. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008. xi + 480 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8229-4344-0; $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8229-5984-7.
Migration and security have always been linked, but, as Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia and Simon Reich argue in their editorial introduction to this volume, recent terrorist attacks in the United States and Europe have led to an increased awareness of the complex connections between immigration, integration policies, and national security. The result of this increasing securitization of immigration is central to understanding the challenges facing in the United States, individual European countries, and the European Union in the twenty-first century. These challenges include the vanishing line between border security and internal security, policies that support immigrant integration and multiculturalism, urban issues like housing and unemployment, and demands for political liberties and civil justice. While none of these challenges are unfamiliar on either side of the Atlantic, the editors argue that they have grown in importance over the past seven years. In particular, they justify their focus on jihadist terrorism by arguing that it represents an entirely new set of threats to be understood and countered, including the existence of significant Muslim populations in both Europe and the United States, many of whom remain economically and politically excluded from the wider society. This state of affairs, coupled with the globally dispersed nature of terrorist organizations and their history of recruiting among disaffected migrant communities (made clear in the 2005 attacks in London), has led to new demands on both internal and external security, as well as threats to ethnic and religious tolerance brought on by fears of a potential "enemy inside" (p. 2).
The volume represents a collaboration between scholars working at the Institut d'Études Politiques (IEP) and the University of Pittsburgh, which each put forward one editor and several contributors. The rest of the contributors come from other universities and research institutes in Spain, Germany, Britain, and the United States. Scholars who study migration, multiculturalism, religion, contemporary politics, or terrorism will find several of the articles particularly interesting. A few articles do touch on German issues via a comparative approach: Michael Minkenberg on religious observance and influence in western Europe and North America, Chebel d'Appollonia on immigration as a security issue across the European Union, Martin Schain on counterterrorism, and Jonathan Laurence on the relationships between Muslim groups (in Germany, the Deutsche Islam Konferenz [DIK]) and several western European states. Beyond these four, many of the other articles in the volume may point the way toward new approaches and new methods of analysis; these would be of interest to any scholar who studies the confluence of immigration and security.
The fourteen essays included in this volume are bookended by introductory and concluding chapters by the editors in which they lay out their arguments on the connections between immigration and security and pose three questions to the contributors. Some address the historical basis of the current situation, challenging the view that September 11 represented a clear break with past approaches to migration and security. Others look at the ways in which recent developments have led to new security challenges, not least of which is actually finding a concrete "enemy" to oppose. In Europe, at least, many have realized that these threats are simultaneously domestic and transnational, as opposed to the dominant American view that terrorism can only be confronted overseas. A third group addresses the ramifications of the "securitization of immigration policy" (p. 3), in particular the tensions between maintaining public safety and protecting the civil and human rights of immigrants and minorities.
The second and third chapters, by Ilya Prizel and Minkenberg, take a longer-term view of current challenges and issues, focusing on how perceptions of identities have shifted over the past several decades. Prizel argues that the post-September 11 era has seen the culmination of a significant restructuring of past religious, ethnic, and political divisions. A resurgence of identity discourse in forms that may seem unfamiliar to those schooled in the identity-based politics of past decades has been the result. Prizel notes that these changes arise out of the confluence of internal conflicts in the Islamic world, especially between populist Shia movements and Sunni attempts to restore the caliphate; the newly-found global messianism of American evangelicalism (and, increasingly, conservative Catholicism as well); and the end of communism as a viable and internationally supported form of government. The impact on contemporary migration has been undeniable, and the resulting tensions within immigrant groups, between immigrant groups, and between immigrant groups and host communities, have contributed to the challenges outlined by the editors. Looking at the United States, Prizel argues that the American response to immigration has been far more coherent and stable (and much less xenophobic) than the European response, noting that, despite recent political battles over changes to U.S. immigration laws, true nativism has become a fringe sentiment. Prizel thus discounts any talk of a unified "western" response to immigration issues.
Much like Prizel, Minkenberg focuses on the intersection of religion and migration and the significant differences between the United States and Europe. His analysis challenges common perceptions of the role and legacy of organized religion in various host societies, in part by positing that no single, easily defined "Christian" or "western" response determines attitudes toward migration and religious minorities, even when the migrants tend to be from non-Christian groups. Going beyond a monolithic "Christian" or even "denominational" understanding of religious legacies, Minkenberg argues that important factors in the relationship of religion and immigration policy include the status of church-state relations, official recognition of religion, the strength of secularism, and the power of religiously oriented political parties. Such national religious legacies pose a major obstacle to transnational agreement, understanding, and cooperation, even within the European Union. It is impossible here to reproduce the charts at the heart of Minkenberg's analysis, but he does find a correlation between higher levels of cultural integration and more open immigration policies, while finding less correlation between denominational presence, religious partisanship, types of democracy (majoritarian, consensus) and the recognition of group religious rights. However, Minkenberg concludes that established cultural and religious legacies continue to influence how societies respond to and accommodate non-Christian immigrant groups.
Following the contributions of Prizel and Minkenberg, articles by Didier Bigo, Jolyon Howorth, and Schain engage with the issue of terrorism, its expressions in the United States and Europe, and its direct impact on migration policy and security. Bigo writes on the "emerging consensus" among security professionals and scholars that internal and external security, long the separate concerns of police and armed forces, are becoming increasingly intertwined. He argues that the seeming prevalence of terrorism and international organized crime since the 1990s has created a new class of "global security experts" who recommend "new solutions, a new balance between freedom and security . . . and a new acceptance of and submission to the providers of global security" (p. 68). September 11 only reinforced this view, and had the added effect of realigning public discourse toward the needs of security. In the area of migration, this consensus has led to the increasing securitization of immigration and the expanded surveillance of migrants, often on grounds of shared nationality or religion with past offenders. Beyond this consensus, Bigo introduces two competing professional security discourses, those of the "classics" and the "moderns." Classics rely on the solutions to strife characteristic of nation-states throughout the last century: a military focus on external threats, a preference for secrecy, and a distrust of global solutions, while relegating internal security to lower-level police forces. Moderns, however, favor viewing all threats as potentially dangerous, especially those created by migration or transnational influence, and generally believe that networks trump borders in the twenty-first century. Neither group, however, focuses on the civil liberties side of the security continuum. As Bigo concludes, despite these two competing security discourses, no counter-discourse exists in support of civil liberties.
Howorth also addresses the convergence of internal and external security in the area of counterterrorism, particularly in the context of the European Union. He notes that cooperation between European governments was minimal until the attacks in Madrid and London, even as the EU-wide approach to terrorism diverged sharply from that seen in the United States. Howorth argues that this divergence stems from differing opinions on whether jihadist terrorism is qualitatively different from older forms of terrorism, familiar to Europeans from decades of experience with separatist groups and political activists, along with the structural and strategic differences that follow from these earlier experiences. In particular, Howorth identifies the European preference for "soft" approaches to counterterrorism evident in the initial response to September 11, including "intelligence sharing, judicial and police cooperation, and measures against terrorism financing" (p. 98), along with additional aid to countries in the developing world. Only after Madrid and London did European governments seek to implement a more cooperative (and draconian) stance against terrorism, producing a slight convergence with the military approaches favored by the United States.
Like Howorth, Schain argues that the divergent approaches to terrorism in Europe and the United States can be traced to Europe's experiences with forms of terrorism over the last four decades. In Britain, for example, many of the laws that focus on terrorism were passed in the 1970s and intended to combat the Irish Republican Army, while in France, terrorism policy has changed little since the 1980s. Schain argues that both examples reflect the European tendency to combat terrorism through legislation and the curtailment of civil liberties, and that the events of 2001 were not a watershed moment. Compared to Europe, the United States lacked a historic terrorist threat and terrorism policy was only developed in the 1990s at the level of executive policy, rather than through legislation. In the post-2001 era, American policy has developed in a dialogue between the executive branch and the courts, with minimal legislative input. Schain continues by comparing the effect of these divergent strategies on various countries' approaches to immigration policy and public attitudes toward immigrants, making the (perhaps) provocative argument that in all three countries, "the tendency since 2001 has been toward immigration expansion rather than exclusion" (p. 124). He cites several recent public opinion surveys that support this contention.
H. Richard Friman, Jennifer Chacón, Elena Baylis, and Anil Kalhan also point out, in separate articles, that the securitization of immigration, at least in the United States, is much older than the current focus on terrorism. Friman's central contention is that immigration has been considered a primary threat to national security for decades. However, the securitization of immigration has increased dramatically since the 1980s, when it was used to help control the illicit drug trade, and has accelerated in the wake of terrorist attacks. The complex and somewhat ambiguous understanding of the term "immigration" in the United States complicates this picture, for American migration enforcement makes few distinctions between foreign terrorists, criminal aliens, and undocumented immigrants. Even so, border security is not aided by such a wide-ranging approach. Instead, Friman argues that the increased securitization of immigration policy has instead led to greater exclusion of legitimate immigrants, higher levels of interior migration enforcement, erosion of immigrants' rights, and increasing distrust of authorities by immigrant communities.
Chacón also notes the effect of increasing securitization of migration on immigrant communities, focusing on the post-September 11 period, in which she finds a dramatic expansion of immigration enforcement. As terrorism became a primary focus of American politicians, immigration laws were adapted to help identify potential terrorists, and the existing U.S. immigration bureaucracy was drawn into the newly established Department of Homeland Security, to be used as a subsidiary of the criminal justice system. Chacón points out that the conflation of immigration with the needs of crime control and national security has the potential to create a two-tiered justice system, in which the thirty million (or more) foreign-born U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other immigrants can potentially be deprived of individual rights and civil liberties.
Baylis writes with a specific focus on the granting of political asylum, another area of immigration with a significant history in the United States. She argues that, while international norms for granting asylum have long been concerned with the convergence of international, national, and human security, changes made to asylum policy in the United States since 2001 have instead focused on defense and exclusion. These changes include the transfer of asylum-granting control to the Department of Homeland Security and several re-definitions of "terrorist activity" and "terrorist organization" that work primarily to exclude the majority of asylum-seekers from countries with even minimal terrorist presence. Baylis notes that these changes contradict nearly sixty years of established policy in the United States and Europe as well as international legal obligations for refugee relief. Her views on U.S.-EU convergence are that the U.S. response is conditioned primarily by concerns for terrorism and the EU response is conditioned by perceptions of migration and the threat to European social and cultural security.
While Friman, Chacón, and Baylis focus primarily on the U.S. federal government's immigration policies, Kalhan looks at the expanding role of state and local governments in immigration enforcement, particularly since the mid-1990s. As Kalhan points out, non-federal authorities had few responsibilities for immigration enforcement for most of the twentieth century and lacked the authority to enforce federal immigration laws. Over the past few years, however, the federal government has begun to enlist state and local police to help enforce federal immigration statutes, and has tried to impose federal guidelines on state issuance of identification cards and driver's licenses. Some states and municipalities have embraced the new regulatory responsibilities, but many others have expressed concern at apparent federal interference in state and local affairs. Kalhan argues that this ongoing evolution of federalism has the potential to create new sub-federal/sub-national forms of citizenship and immigration policy. Even though his analysis is based on the U.S. federal model (with its relatively powerful states and multi-tiered local government), his study may provide a basis for understanding the development of federal systems in Europe.
Often, concern for immigration and integration in contemporary Europe can be linked to anxiety over the presence of Muslim minorities. The second half of the volume contains several articles that address the various issues surrounding the growing Muslim communities in many European countries. Chebel d'Appollonia, Laurence, Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes, Sylvain Brouard, Vincent Tiberj, and Manlio Cinalli provide several approaches to analyzing the impact of security policy on Muslim immigration and integration, as well as public attitudes toward minorities.
Chebel d'Appolonia contributes an article focusing on the public ambivalence toward immigration and integration in contemporary Europe. She points out three familiar paradoxes: that Europeans generally want to reduce immigration, even though continued immigration is the only way to maintain their social welfare systems; that over the past three decades European states that have committed to stabilizing resident immigrant populations have allowed family reunification, which increases immigrant numbers and provides an incentive to stay in Europe; and that European states have become so concerned with the process of immigration that they have neglected to consider the ramifications of maintaining large minority populations, including housing, education, and integration. As a result, European governments have mistakenly sought to combat terrorism primarily though security measures, both external and internal, while failing to address — indeed, failing to admit — the much more pressing needs of dealing with their minority populations. Consequently, as Chebel d'Appollonia argues, "more security creates more insecurity" and "more security leads to fewer civil liberties" (p. 204). The domestic aspect of terrorism is overlooked, and increased securitization of immigration has actually limited minorities' abilities to pursue integration. The author does note that some European governments are beginning to realize that their past approaches have been problematic, but the gap between this realization and continued policy shows few signs of lessening.
Laurence argues that western European states — thought to be on the wane in an age of post-nationalism and globalization — are still the leading influence for the integration of minority communities. He is critical of the widespread view that dialogue and integration between largely secular societies and increasingly vocal Muslim minorities is nearly impossible, as well as the optimistic contention that, given more contact between the two sides, a Europeanized version of Islam, divorced from conservative influences, is likely to prevail. Both of these views discount the power of European states to structure group-state relationships in beneficial ways. Taking a more moderate view, Laurence finds that European states have accomplished a great deal in organizing institutional relationships with Muslim religious communities, and that they still play a major role in supporting the sociopolitical integration of Muslims through incorporating Muslim communities into already-existing systems of church-state relationships. He cites the relatively peaceful disputes over the Danish cartoon controversy in 2006 in those countries where Muslims enjoyed a certain level of institutional representation.
Similarly, Brouard and Tiberj, writing on the integration of Muslim minorities in France, also identify an increasing tendency to view immigration as a leading threat to French society (and European civilization). Prior to September 11 and the ensuing reelection of Jacques Chirac, concerns over immigration were mostly limited to extremist parties like the Front National, while in subsequent years, the future of cultural and ethnic diversity has become a leading issue across the political spectrum. Brouard and Tiberj analyze the results of two public opinion surveys focusing on migrant integration, sponsored by the Centre d'Étude pour la Vie Politique Française and conducted in spring 2005, one composed of respondents who emigrated from Africa and Turkey and a second, control survey, composed of a representative sample of the French electorate. The authors find that the two samples differed most on who was responsible for advancing integration. Perhaps unsurprisingly, immigrants tended to believe that French society was primarily responsible for a lack of integration, while the representative sample tended to believe that integration was the responsibility of the immigrants. They note that these results seemed to correspond with respondents' views on Islam: those with negative views on the religion tended to hold immigrants responsible for their own integration, while those with positive views saw French society as the problem.
This evidence leads Brouard and Tiberj to propose that the French electorate is divided into three distinct groups, each with its own views on integration. Assimilationists, who believe that it is immigrants' responsibility to assimilate with French society, that they should be given no special treatment, and that immigrants should participate in the common French culture, make up a bit less than half of the sample. Members of the second group, republicans, tend to have similar views on special treatment and cultural participation, but generally blame French society for its failure to help integrate the immigrants and have less negative views on immigration and Islam. This group constitutes around a third of the sample. The final and smallest group is the multiculturalists, who, like the republicans, have a positive view of Islam and tend to blame French society for lacking integration. However, they also support state intervention to preserve cultural diversity, and significant proportions favor public funding for immigrant-majority public schools and housing as well as mosques. Overall, they view the presence of immigrants as beneficial to France. However, multiculturalists make up less than 10 percent of the French electorate. In their survey of immigrants, Brouard and Tiberj find that many are more likely to identify with France than with their country of origin, and tend to identify more with those of similar social background and generation rather than with a particular ethnic or religious community. As the authors argue, a significant majority in France believes that past integration policies have failed, even as surveys indicate the opposite; such discrepancies have contributed to the tension over immigration, integration, and assimilation.
Perhaps no European countries better illustrate the changing nature of immigration policy and border controls than Mediterranean states like Spain and Italy. Until the past two decades or so, both of these countries were considered to be sources of migrants to northern and western Europe. However, the political realities of the Schengen era and the increasing affluence of southern Europe have placed Spain and Italy along with Portugal and Greece on the front line of EU border controls.
Moreno Fuentes and Cinalli both bring distinctive approaches to research in this area. Moreno Fuentes writes on how Spain achieved its transition: once a source of migrants to northern Europe, it has become a transit point and destination for migrants from Africa (in particular, through the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on the North African coast). He argues that before these developments, Spain primarily followed the EU lead on restrictive immigration policy, while recent years have seen greater tension between external influences and the growing need for more comprehensive (and less restrictive) policies regarding both entry and integration. Moreno Fuentes also finds that public perceptions of Muslim immigrant communities have been affected by growing levels of xenophobia, a process that began even before the bombings of March 11, 2004. He makes several suggestions for the continued development of Spanish immigration policies, including the creation of an immigration "buffer area" in Morocco and increased support for the integration of North African migrants.
The final article in the volume, by Cinalli, is a comparative study of pro-immigrant activism in Britain — relatively speaking, an inclusive and multicultural state — and Italy, which, like Spain, is still adapting to its new status as a destination for non-European immigrants. Cinalli maps out the relationships between pro-immigrant activist groups, including NGOs, charities, and other independent movements, and immigrants themselves, many of who fall into the gray area between asylum-seeking and economic migration. Although debates over border control, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants are among the most contentious issues in both countries, British activist organizations tend to have broader and more extensive networks with other advocacy groups, while those in Italy have much less influence. Cinalli suggests that the current drive toward a general EU policy on asylum and refugee issues is likely to lead to a greater role for supranational institutions and groups, though developments will depend on the support of individual European states for continued migrant advocacy.
In conclusion, the volume offers a good introduction to the most current research on the intersection of immigration policy and security on both sides of the Atlantic. This matter is clearly a major issue for both Europe and North America, and these articles provide a number of different approaches to understanding immigration, assimilation, integration, and (inter)national security. However, the nature of such works is that they often have a short shelf life; given rapid changes in policy and public discourse, some articles may not age well. Regardless, many of them have the potential to influence continuing and future research projects. For that, this book is a good investment.
Eric H. Limbach, Department of History, Michigan State University. This review was first published by H-German (July 2009) under a Creative Commons license.
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By: Caitlyn May - Updated: 3 years ago
Wolfclan Armory's Facebook page is full of links to videos decrying Antifa—a term used to describe a broad group of individuals identifying as anti-fascists. One link leads to a video asserting that Native Americans were actually "white Caucasians" and yet another that shows a man grinning in front of a confederate flag and promoting his book "Questioning the Hoax of the Six Million" that calls the Holocaust into question.
But according to Jeanette Laskey, it wasn't Wolfclan that posted those things. It was her son, Jacob who is currently in a Lane County jail after being charged with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and second-degree criminal trespass. The charges are in connection with a January stabbing incident at a Creswell mobile home.
According to Laskey, the incident is not what brought the family business, Wolfclan Armory, to Cottage Grove from Creswell. Neither is the 11-year federal prison stint her son completed—according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a group tasked with tracking hate groups around the country—in 2015.
"Creswell is too small of a town," Laskey said. The business, which is in the process of moving in on Main St. in Cottage Grove, sells knives, swords and other weaponry. "We do really well at shows and this building is perfect," she said.
On Wednesday, Laskey and other family members were renovating the old museum building next to Big Stuff BBQ on Main St. when a small group of protesters appeared in front of the store wielding a sign that read, "No hate on Main."
Cottage Grove Police responded to the scene.
"I was admittedly confrontational," Venice Mason said. Mason, a Cottage Grove resident, said she heard about Wolfclan moving into town and came down to protest the business.
"They're known racists," she said.
Law enforcement confirmed that the group was permitted to protest peacefully.
Laskey said she and her husband are not racist. She contended that they had been "threatened" by Antifa and that, while she couldn't discuss her son's latest court case, she believed he had stopped taking his medication. The last post to the Wolfclan Armory Facebook page was Jan. 18. Jacob Laskey was arrested on Jan. 20 in connection with a Jan. 19 stabbing.
He was photographed with known hate group American Front after his release from prison.
"We're Christians," she said.
According to the city manager's office, the city of Cottage Grove does not approve businesses and only issues licenses to taxi services and used merchandise stores.
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Q: Include File in exported JAR using packages not working I try to include a file into my (runnable) jar when exporting my application.
It's a ttf-file, that is important for my pdf-generator. I put the file under src\pdf_content\ but after exporting and running the program it tells me that the file cannot be found:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: src\pdf_content\bgcs.ttf (The system cannot find the path specified)
       at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
       at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:131)
       at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDTrueTypeFont.loadTTF(PDTrueTypeFont.ja
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       at com.hp.deu.vw.fis.db.schemavergleich.MainClass.main(MainClass.java:191)

Running the program in Eclipse works just fine.
I access the file using
// APACHE PDFBOX METHOD
bcgsFont = PDTrueTypeFont.loadTTF(doc, "src/pdf_content/bgcs.ttf");

A: You should pass into loadTTF method InputStream instead of file path. InputStream could be ontained using .class.getResourceAsStream() method. Something, like this:
bcgsFont = PDTrueTypeFont.loadTTF(doc, PdfContent.class.getResourceAsStream("bgcs.ttf"));

Which class to use instead of PdfContent - I don't know structure of your project. For example, any class which is located in pdf_content package.

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