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Do the number of public charging sites make a critical difference in increasing electric vehicle acceptance in the EU? Not really, says Transport & Environment study
The chicken and egg dilemma presented in a recent study by Transport & Environment (T&E) is whether the acceptance of electric vehicles (EVs) will expand from more charging sites to drive sales or from sales of more EVs. The answer is important because it defines, to some extent, where funding is focused, including on how many charging sites are necessary.
Perhaps most opinion would have argued that it seems like common sense that you have to have more public charging sites before the public will feel comfortable in switching from fossil-fuel cars to EVs. That sense may be common but it is not necessarily accurate.
For the T&E study finds that public chargers are used by the public for only 5% of charging events. Instead, the public relies on charging their cars at home and/or at work where faster chargers are generally available, in contrast to the typically slower kerbside sites. There is a difference on this issue between western/northern Europe and southern/central/eastern Europe.
In western and northern Europe, the evidence indicates that there are, and will be, sufficient charging sites to provide service for the current and planned number of EVs on the road. While the Commission recommends that each charging point be able to service 10 EVs, at present there are only 5 EVs on the road for each pubic charging point. So there is plenty of room to handle current levels of EVs. Based on estimated increases in both EVs and chargers there will be 220,000 chargers by 2020 and a ratio of 10:1 EVs per charging point, within the Commission's target.
Along EU highways there is also abundant capacity of chargers. By 2020 there will be 1,000 ultra-fast (150-350 kW) chargers that will provide replenishing an EV for an additional 400 km of range in 15 minutes. More than 2,500 fast chargers (50 kW) are available today and this number will double by 2020. That capacity will equal a charging point every 34 km along the strategic TEN-T (Trans-European Transport) Core Network.
The study notes that fast charging along highways is the only charging type that has increased, e.g., in Norway, and that is likely due to improved coverage, faster charging networks, and increased driving ranges. Moreover, since it is recommended that drivers take 10-15 minute breaks every two hours of driving (typically over major roadways), having sites that make it possible to recharge the EV in that time will considerably reduce range anxiety.
The study concludes that all this capacity will support the early EV market. Moreover, the study finds that the need for public investment in public charging sites will gradually reduce between 2020 and 2025 and that the cumulative cost of public charging at €12 billion is a small fraction of the EU spend of €100bn every year in transport infrastructures.
The situation in the rest of Europe lags behind western/northern Europe by 5-10 years. While the supply of EV chargers in these regions is much lower than in western/northern Europe, so are the number of EVs sold, so the balance between the two does not undermine acceptance of EVs. There is some hope for improvement because the Commission budget for 2020-27 commits at least 60% of the EU cross-borer infrastructure fund on schemes to fight climate change, including €30bn for transport in the Connecting Europe Facility. Moreover, the study notes that as EV technology becomes cheaper, in part due to the advances made possible by deployment in western/northern Europe, e-mobility will increase in southern/central/eastern Europe.
The challenge of cities
Recharging in cities presents particular challenges. By 2050 about 75% of all people will live in urban areas, and cities remain a major destination point for travels. Therefore, most public recharging infrastructure will be found in cities, and on highways leading to these cities. It is expected that cities will rely on a mixture of slow, fast and ultra-fast charging points, while highways will rely on fast and ultra-fast chargers.
Since 95% of charging is done at home or work, cities present particular challenges. Home often means a multi-user building where occupants would have to have access to chargers in their own or a commercial garage, which may or may not have the space to house sufficient chargers, which likely would have to be subject to some schedule of users. Charging at work may also present problems as many city dwellers (and hopefully more and more) will commute to work by public transport, or walk or cycle, so their EV will stay home, wherever that might be.
The increase in shared rides, and shared ownership of EVs, especially in urban areas, will also impact the use and accessibility of charging points in the near future.
One factor relieving some of the pressure on recharging in cities is that EVs are expanding their real-world ranges, and are expected to soon reach 400 km. One of the consequences is that the average urban driver typically will need to recharge only once a week.
Conclusion: Psychological Tipping Point
The study presents solid evidence that the availability of public chargers is not determinative of broader support for purchase of EVs. At the same time, it is acknowledged that if there were a shortage of public chargers that would most likely have a psychological effect on reducing demand for EVs, even though most users would not rely on these public chargers once they bought the EV. Such a phenomenon should not be discounted because switching to EVs, and other forms of renewable energy, is as much about behavior as technology.
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The building offers a sense of mystery and a huge selection of drinks
Philip Marsh
On the canal in Leamington Spa sits a coffee shop which appears no different to any other, but below it is a thriving bar you're sure to love, if you can get to it.
Procaffeinate is one of Leamington's newest cafes, but unlike others, this shop is keeping a secret from you.
Below Procaffeinate sits Ape Hangers, a live-music basement bar with a beer garden along the canal. The entrance, however, is hidden in plain sight, similar to speakeasy bars in London.
Inside Ape Hangers - a secret bar in Leamington
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"This bar is incredibly unique," said general manager Stance Haddleton. "There is a real sense of mystery surrounding the whole building and the two floors couldn't be more different, they're like yin and yang.
Procaffeinate, the cafe which holds the secret to Ape Hangers
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A selection of beers at Ape Hangers
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tv CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield CNN November 3, 2018 11:00am-12:00pm PDT
back. thanks for being with me this saturday. i'm fredericka whitfield. the jewish community remains in shock one week after 11 innocent lives were tragically taken inside a pittsburgh synagogue. this morning the squirrel hill community of pittsburgh came together to honor those victims with a pair of services. a private service for the congregation and another for all whoa are rallying around them. many are making the same trip their late friends and family made last saturday, entering the tree of life synagogue to pray. communities across the country also showing strength in numbers. last night congregations from coast to coast held special show up for shabbat services to honor the 11 victims. let's begin with cnn's alisyn camerota. alisyn was inside today for the service. it's been an emotional morning and people have shared their personal experiences with you.
>> reporter: fred, it's so true. no cameras were allowed inside beth shalom behind me. so i will just tell you what it was like when a thousand people filled the temple. we saw people of all denominations in there. this is the first service since the massacre in the tree of life synagogue. at 9:52 a.m. on the dot they paused for a moment of silence for one minute and 11 seconds to honor the beloved members of their congregation. for the first time we saw rabbi myers broke down publicly, hung his head and wept openly. you could hear other people sobbing throughout the temple. it was a sad and touching moment. yesterday rabbi myers brought us back to the synagogue, the scene of the crime where this
happened. he wanted to show us what this past week has been like for him and where he's getting his strength. >> these just showed up. we didn't put them here. they just showed up. >> reporter: they just organically showed up. and these are the names of the victims. >> and it just showed up. this is an outpouring of love. >> reporter: oh, my gosh. >> from countless people. i'm floored by the love. i don't know where the tents came from. these were here yesterday. >> reporter: is that right? >> the rain is coming in. somebody brought in tents. this is amazing. >> reporter: to shelter all of these stars. >> this was not done by the synagogue. we didn't do this. the community did this. i'm just amazed. amazed. >> reporter: what is it like for you to walk around here just six days after you ran for your life from this building? >> it was painful. it still is. it's painful. i mean, i know it's part of the grieving process. but, you know, i'm a witness.
i'm a victim. and i'm a survivor. and i'm also a pastor. i'm also human. and i stand here. and i'm in pain. >> reporter: are you scared when you see this building? >> no, i'm not scared. i'm angry. how dare you defile our holy space? what made you think you could ever do that? how would you feel if someone did that to your mother's house of worship? how would you feel? and those are questions he's going to have to deal with. >> reporter: you sense anxiety and fear from the community. >> yes. yes. they're afraid. >> reporter: they're afraid this is going to happen again? >> yes. >> reporter: you've been so stoical on national tv. you've given your message of love and to tone down the hate. do you have moments where you break down, or are you still on
adrenaline. >> a perfect example, after the last funeral today, it was the last one, i appreciate the fact that we have a contemplative garden. i sat down and cried like a baby. i couldn't stop. i thought the procession was waiting for any. i couldn't stop. it just came out. i haven't held it in me nonstop. this was the last funeral. and every time i do one, particularly, for me, because i'm a cantor, when i chant the memorial prayer, it takes a piece of my soul away. and i have no more left to give. my tank is empty. >> reporter: and so what do you say to your congregants who say, why, how does this happen, how does god let this happen? >> i don't believe god lets this stuff happen. humans have a choice. and this person made this choice. to me, god is the one that i turn to when i have the
strength, to say, god, give me strength to get through this. that's what i do, every moment of every day, give me strength. somehow god does. i never thought i would see the horror of this, ever. >> reporter: show me what stands out to you. when you come here to look at this outpouring of the community. >> it's the sheer immensity of love. it gives me hope, because it reminds me, there are so many good people. and this gives me strength to say hate will never win. >> reporter: so, fred, one of the things we've learned about rabbi myers is that he does not shy away from frank discussions. and he had one with the 1,000 people inside the temple today. many of them were vocal critics of his decision to welcome president trump and the first family with open arms at the tree of life synagogue.
and what the rabbi said is that that's what the bible teaches us to do, to welcome the stranger with open arms. but he did have a message for president trump and he wanted him to know, he said, hate speech leads to hateful actions. he told him, quote, stop the hate speech. only love and respect, he said, can stop hate. he wanted to deliver that message directly to president trump and when he shared that with the congregation, the congregation broke into applause. >> and that's interesting, because, alisyn, because the president and the rabbi had time for a private conversation. the rabbi said he didn't want to divulge too much of what they talked about, but perhaps this was some of the messaging that took place between the two men speaking. >> reporter: that's exactly right. he said again today that they had more private conversation and he wasn't going to divulge all of it but he felt it was important for the thousand people inside here to know that he delivered that message to
president trump. now, he says whether or not the recipient of that message hears it, that's not really up to him. but as a rabbi, it's his duty to deliver that message. >> being a messenger. all right, alisyn camerota, thank you so much, from pittsburgh, really appreciate that. as pittsburgh copies with that tragic synagogue massacre, we're following another deadly shooting, in florida, where a gunman opened fire in a yoga studio in tallahassee last night, killing two people and injuring five more before turning the gun on himself. cnn's dianne gallagher has been following this. i understand the people in this yoga studio tried to fight back. >> they fought for their lives. you think of the peace, relaxation in a yoga studio. people say the students in the class attempted to take him
down, they tried to fight back. according to officers, though, by the time they got there, he had turned the gun on himself and killed himself, 40-year-old scott bierly. they're working to figure out the connection between him and that yoga studio. he shot six people, pistol whipped one other. two people died, nancy van vessem and maura binkley, both associated with the nearby university. we've seen a hospice pick out about how wonderful nancy van vessem. maura's sorority called her brave, bold, and kind.
>> i know this has touched and shocked to many in the community, and really in a state that has been dealing with so much in this past year in terms of, you know, mass shootings from parkland, you know, to orlando more than a year ago, and then of course earlier this year jacksonville. so all of this taking place, i mean, you know, while you've got these campaigns that are in full speed right now, just days ahead of the midterms. how do these candidates handle it? >> the fact that this happened in it tallahassee i think provided -- made it even more serious, because andrew gillum is the mayor of tallahassee. he's running as the democratic candidate to be governor. of course rick scott is a governor. his governor's mansion is located in tallahassee as well, he's running as the republican nominee to be senator. both of them went immediately to tallahassee, pausing campaign activities at that point. andrew gillum was at a show up for shabbat service in south
florida when he got word of the shooting and came out there. he did go back into his campaign mode a little bit ago and he said, after speaking to some of the victims in the hospital, both rick scott and andrew gillum went together last night to do that, he said one woman was shot nine different times. another woman had a bullet that went straight through her body. he said one of them pulled him aside and said, you've got to do something about this gun violence. again, that was today back on the campaign trail. rick scott had events that were scheduled this morning, but he has not attended those, it appears he's abstaining right now. they do not know what connected him to this yoga studio, law enforcement is still investigating, working this through. two people remain in the hospital now. >> keep us posted on the investigation. thank you so much, dianne gallagher. coming up, president trump isn't slowing down. with just three days now until midterms, he's criss-crossing
the country, stumbliping in mona today. you see the sizable crowd, they're awaiting the arrival of the president. a live report, coming up. this place isn't for me. that last place was pretty nice. i don't like this whole thing. i think we can do better. change is hard. try to keep an open mind. come on, dad. this is for me, son? principal. we can help you plan for that.
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>> the democrats want to invite caravan after caravan. republicans want strong voters, no drugs, no gangs. and we want no caravans, thank you. i think they overplayed their hand on this one, folks. because between justice kavanaugh and the caravans, you people are energized. >> the president in montana, as you just saw with air force one, landing where democratic senator jon tester is neck and neck with republican matt rosendale. cnn's jeff zeleny is there. the president has said he loves airports and hangars because it's easy landing and the crowd is there and then he picks up and moves on to the next location. what is likely the message there in belgrade? >> reporter: fredericka, you're seeing the trump show here live.
air force one just landed here. this is exactly what his supporters are seeing. as you said, he likes to do this. it's why he's flying all over the country. but this is the fourth time that president trump has visited montana since july. that underscores how important he believes this senate race is. he is taking it as one of his personal goals of this midterm election season to try and defeat jon tester. of course democratic senator jon tester running for his third term in the u.s. senate, facing a credible challenge here largely because president trump has decided to engage so much in this race. montanans have never seen a u.s. president visit so much as president trump has. we'll see if that actually results in a win on tuesday. despite the excitement, you can see the crowd cheering as he's about to step off air force one, most people here have already voted. more than two-thirds of montana voters have mailed in their
ballots. so these rallies certainly drive attention and the president is trying to get any trump supporters who voted for him in 2016 to come out and vote if they have not already done so. as the president tries to nationalize this race, talking about judge kavanaugh, talking about immigration, jon tester and other democrats are trying to localize this race, talking about health care, talking about access to public lands. so we will see which argument wins out. fredericka, watch tuesday night to see if jon tester wins or loses, it will largely depends on the president's strength and it will determine if he has the ability to do something other presidents have not, and that is encourage voters to go to the polls for someone other than themselves. so i a very close race here. the president travels from here to florida and continues campaigning tomorrow and monday, fredericka.
>> jeff zeleny, thank you so much. we'll continue to monitor the president's comments. meantime president trump will finish the day with a rally this evening in pensacola, florida, a state where there is a bitter battle. democrat andrew gillum is neck and neck with republican ron desantis. cnn's boris sanchez is there. boris, floridians saw obama yesterday who was really trying to set the record straight and also encourage the vote, people to get out and vote. and now trump will be right on his heels. and pence, the vice president, will also be there. what is the likely message? >> reporter: hey there, fred. we'll likely here the president say what he's said before, confirming justice kavanaugh to the supreme court, fighting the press, all the lines that
energize his supporters. it's no surprise he's coming to pensacola in the florida panhandle in the closing days of the election. his eyes will certainly be attached to that gubernatorial race you mentioned between ron desantis and andrew gillum. it encapsulates the broader picture of where these two parties stand now. desantis was an underdog in the primary fight. he faced a republican, an establishment figure in andrew putnam who he ultimately beat with that infamous commercial showing his children building a toy wall. andrew gillum could be seen as the kind of candidate the democrats want to run in 2020, a bernie sanders style progressive who they believe can bring out minorities, latinos, african-americans, young people. if he can succeed in florida, it will give democrats a lot of
confidence moving forward to 2020. right now both candidates are neck and neck with desantis squeezing in some late momentum among independents and republicans. let's not forget that the president recently has been bashing the tallahassee mayor, gillum, calling him a thief, suggesting he has ties to a fbi investigation. that could potentially play into tuesday's vote. we know the president is watching because he's often called florida his second home. >> all right, boris sanchez there in pensacola, we'll be checking in with you, thanks so much. so president trump not only ramping up his rhetoric on the campaign trail but also in campaign ads, as he tries to sway the election to republicans. here is one of his more controversial ads, where he tries to make the indication that the election is a choice between what he says is jobs, not mobs. >> the lowest unemployment rate since december of 1969. the american economy is on fire. >> it's on fire like it was in
the '60s. >> tell them they're not welcome. >> they go low, we kick them. >> with me now, dave jacobson, a democratic strategist. also john thomas, a republican consultant. thanks, good to see both of you. okay, so that ad among others really raising a whole lot of eyebrows. you know, john, we heard from president obama yesterday who said this fearmongering, you know, is not acceptable, and it's not american, says obama. but might it also be effective to secure the votes that trump is hoping to do? >> it might be effective, and that's the business that dave and i are in, is making sure that we win elections. at this point, honestly, television advertising has a
very limited impact. unless it's shocking, grabs attention. and trump is going back to the classics that got him elected through a primary in 2016 and elected in a general election, and that is immigration is the number one issue in the republican electorate. and of course reminding republicans of how they're better off economically. fredericka, i think that's what it's going to take, is trump, not just at these rallies making that case, but throttling his base, to say, you have to vote, there is something actually at stake and don't just be complacent. >> so dave, different messages about a lot at stake. and fear, or trying to imply that, you know, choosing one might elicit mob behavior. i mean, you know, is it at all -- is the message, at all costs, whatever it takes to get your vote? >> do the ends justify the means. that ad underscores the
political terrorism that donald trump has incited. that's precisely why that kind of rhetoric and behavior that you see in that ad is why there were pipe bombs sent to donald trump's enemies, to news outlets. it's how he stokes fear and paranoia and anxiety across this country. it's clearly not working because the polls show he's going to lose the house, there's an enormous tsunami-like blue wave coming, and now he's just trying to hold the senate. >> john, you look at that ad, some of those images, that's not the hope, that's not the inspiration of america that you would hope would get out the vote. >> well, you have to make the case. you have to make the contrast in campaign messaging, fredericka. all of the clips that he put in that last ad that you showed are actually real life scenarios. the clip of maxine waters saying you push back. the economic story is a real
one. you have to convince voters, particularly your base, that there is something that will be lost. >> but there is no context. there isn't any context. and so it really is just imagery that frightens people. >> well, look. we use -- we use contrast and fear all the time to persuade voters, both democrats and republicans do that. i think in the 30-second spot, you can't have an academic dialogue about public policy. but you can remind voters of events, very iconic events, that people have already seen but might have forgotten about. i think that's what he's trying to do in the advertising. >> interesting. dave, let's contrast the president's message with the message of former president barack obama in florida. >> in the closing weeks of this election we've seen repeated attempt to divide us with rhetoric designed to make us anger and make us fearful. it's designed to exploit our
history of racial and ethnic and religious division. that pits us against one another and makes us believe that order will somehow be restored if it just weren't for those folks who don't look like we look or don't love like we love or pray like we do. >> so, dave, does that exemplify, intellectual arguments can be made in 30 seconds, whether you're stumping, on a platform, or on a campaign ad. you can do that in 30 seconds. >> you absolutely can. as an ad maker who runs a campaign firm, we do that every day for our candidates. fred, the reality is president obama versus president trump is reflective of a past microcosm that we saw in 2017 with the gubernatorial race between ralph northam and ed gillespie. ed gillespie ran a trump-like
campaign, engaging in fearmongering, trying to divide the state of virginia. and ralph northam won by a whopping nine points, won with african-americans, won with women, one with young people. democrats are poised to take the house and are leading in key battleground states like arizona and nevada. democrats kyrsten sinema and jackie rosen are leading republicans. >> john? >> look, here is the issue. this is the issue. the last year and a half since trump has been president, it's not been a positive message. it's been a resist message. every policy proposal that the republicans and donald trump has made whether it was health care or tax reform, the democrats' message is negative, you are going to die if this goes through. democrats are not making this positive. >> john, the republicans have the majority in the house and the senate. >> i understand that. but what i'm saying is the
democrats are not running on a hope and change platform. they're running a resist and a mob platform. so to basically sit on the high ground and say democrats are making an obama positive argument isn't the case. >> it was the president who brought up the mob stuff. okay. >> right, democrats are running on protecting people with preexisting conditions, for expanding access to health care, to lower costs, to pass compassionate immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship that protects dreamers. that's what democrats are running on. donald trump is running a scorched earth campaign. >> we'll leave it there for now, see you soon, 72-ish hours before election day, give or take a couple of hours. don't miss "cnn prime time" tomorrow night starting with "anderson cooper 360," it all starts tomorrow evening, 7:00 eastern. first you'll see victor and christie from d.c. talking
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welcome back. the immigration debate is playing out in elections across the country. but maybe none more than in the state of texas, the state which shares a 1,200-mile border with mexico. president trump's anti-immigration stance has become his driving message as he campaigns across the country. >> these caravans and illegal migrants are drawn to our country by democrat-backed laws and left-wing judicial rulings.
we're getting rulings that are so ridiculous, so bad, that writing the laws, can't do that, collectively known, as an example, catch and release. it's a disgrace that we have to put up with it. these policies lead to the release of illegal aliens into our communities after they've been apprehended. we're not releasing anymore. big change, as of a couple of days ago. we're going to no longer release. we're going to catch. we're not going to release. >> all right. here with me right now, texas democrat and member of the house armed services committee, congressman mark vessy, good to see you, congressman. so you are running for reelection in texas' 33rd district. do you see immigration as a marriage concern as you talk and stump with voters? >> of course, with us being a
border state, and the dallas-ft. worth economy being an -- immigration being such a crucial part of the dallas-ft. worth economy. immigration has helped us with job growth. it's a big concern. i have families that live here in north texas that i represent that they fear deportation. it's a very big issue. not only that, the local businesses will tell you that we don't have the workforce that we need, that without immigrants, then we're lost, and our economy actually suffers. so what i think the president needs to do, instead of all of this rhetoric and all of these political stunts and what have you that he's talking about, if he's serious about doing something about immigration and caravans, what he needs to do is bring congress back, tell us to come back, and write and pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill now. that's the real solution. the military and all these other things that he's talking about
is completely ridiculous and just, again, a political stunt. if he's serious about doing something about this, bring us back and ask us to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill. the business community wants it. groups like the u.s. chamber of commerce, and the immigrant groups and families like i just talked about that i represent, they want to see a bill passed. let's get something done and stop all this talking. >> what are you hearing, what are your constituents hearing, when the president uses language like "invaders" or "caravan threatening our borders," that u.s. troops need to be on the border, and by the way, reportedly the pentagon says no to the use of u.s. troops to enforce domestic law. however, we have seen that there are troops that have arrived on the border, as the president promised, to help install barricades and assist with security. translation, when you see these images, when your constituents see the images, when they hear
the language the president has been using, what do you discern? what do your constituents discern in all of this? >> people are frustrated, because, again, people know this is the president and him trying to pull political stunts, that he's trying to stoke his base and get them triggered. we saw that with the racist video that was released earlier of the guy in the courtroom. it was a willie horton-esque type ad. people are sick and tired of it. the one thing the american public has stated over and over, and what i'm hearing from people here in dallas-ft. worth, we want republicans and democrats to work together to pass a solution, to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill and get something done. we're tired of the politics. we're tired of the talk. we want to see something done. trying to make people not like their neighbors and pit person against person, this sort of
us-versus-them type of america that trump is trying to create with these videos and his rhetoric isn't getting us anywhere. that's what i'm hearing over and over. >> finally, do you believe that where you stand on immigration, not just you, you know, as you run again, you know, to secure your seat, but others who are running, where one stands on immigration, is that going to dictate, you know, the outcome of this race? because the president is spending, putting most of his capital on the issue of immigration and not the economy. will the same be seen in your race and others in terms of where you stand on immigration, whether it will secure, you know, your reelection or not? >> i think that the president has done and said so many things, whether it's immigration or things that are dealing with a host of other topics that are so bizarre, so inflammatory, filled with lunacy, that people want a new congress that's going
to push back against a lot of things that they've heard over the last two years. democrats, i believe, will take back the house. people are going to take all of this into consideration, a lot of things they've seen, and that it's going to be a good night for democrats because of that. and i hope the president realizes what he's done. he has absolutely hurt his party with just the crazy things that he's said and done and with the just ridiculous tweets that we've read over the last two years. it's out of control. and it needs to stop. >> congressman marc veasey, thank you so much, appreciate it. we have invited republicans to join us on the air in this push toward midterms, but thus far we have not received any yeses. still ahead, lots of stars are hitting the campaign trail in the peach state. the hotly contested georgia governor's race is attracting big names from hollywood and
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polls show the race for governor of georgia is about has close as it can get. it's attracting national attention. president trump visits georgia tomorrow to campaign for republican candidate brian kemp. and democrat stacey abrams has some big names supporting her bid to become the nation's first african-american female governor. cnn's kaylee hartung reports on the state of the race. >> this tuesday, i believe, may be the most important election of our lifetime. >> reporter: in the final days of georgia's contentious governor's race. >> i'm kind of a big deal too. >> reporter: the leading candidates bringing unprecedented star power to the
state. >> i've been watching what's been going on down here. y'all about to make some history down here. >> reporter: stacey abrams and brian kemp are deadlocked in the polls. early voting ended friday with a record number of ballots cast, more than double the amount at the same point in the last midterm election. >> i'm very, very excited that we are getting the national attention that we're getting, because i hope that it's actually encouraging the local people to be involved. >> i have my vote shirt on and i'm going to do it today. >> reporter: these big names continue the campaign-long mission, appeal to the candidates' polarized bases. >> let me make you a promise. with president trump in the white house and brian kemp in the statehouse, we will never abolish i.c.e. >> you can't think there's anything proper about ripping
immigrant children from their mother's bosoms at the border. >> reporter: georgia's race has garnered national attention over claims that kemp is suppressing voter access, putting more than 50,000 registrations on hold in his capacity as secretary of state. kemp's office says the reg registrants, nearly 70% of them african-americans, will be able to vote if they bring the proper i.d. >> everybody says if it's done in numbers too big to tamper with, it cannot be suppressed and cannot be denied. >> reporter: vice president pence leaning on familiar lines of attack, saying abrams is out of touch with georgia. >> i got a message for all of stacey abrams' liberal hollywood friends. this ain't hollywood. this is georgia. >> reporter: what's notable is not just who is delivering these pointed messages but where.
abrams' surrogates in the metro atlanta area where they hope to motivate first time voters, and kemp's campaign concentrating on the rural areas. >> she is not qualified. >> reporter: trump has voiced his opinion from afar. sunday, he'll do it on peach state soil. kaylee hartung, cnn, atlanta. and we'll be right back. got directions to the nightclub here.
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Know Your Customers' "Jobs to Be Done"
For as long as we can remember, innovation has been a top priority — and a top frustration — for leaders. In a recent McKinsey poll, 84% of global executives reported that innovation was extremely important to their growth strategies, but a staggering 94% were dissatisfied with their organizations' innovation performance. Most people would agree that the vast majority of innovations fall far short of ambitions.
On paper, this makes no sense. Never have businesses known more about their customers. Thanks to the big data revolution, companies now can collect an enormous variety and volume of customer information, at unprecedented speed, and perform sophisticated analyses of it. Many firms have established structured, disciplined innovation processes and brought in highly skilled talent to run them. Most firms carefully calculate and mitigate innovations' risks. From the outside, it looks as if companies have mastered a precise, scientific process. But for most of them, innovation is still painfully hit-or-miss.
What has gone so wrong?
The fundamental problem is, most of the masses of customer data companies create is structured to show correlations: This customer looks like that one, or 68% of customers say they prefer version A to version B. While it's exciting to find patterns in the numbers, they don't mean that one thing actually caused another. And though it's no surprise that correlation isn't causality, we suspect that most managers have grown comfortable basing decisions on correlations.
Why is this misguided? Consider the case of one of this article's coauthors, Clayton Christensen. He's 64 years old. He's six feet eight inches tall. His shoe size is 16. He and his wife have sent all their children off to college. He drives a Honda minivan to work. He has a lot of characteristics, but none of them has caused him to go out and buy the New York Times. His reasons for buying the paper are much more specific. He might buy it because he needs something to read on a plane or because he's a basketball fan and it's March Madness time. Marketers who collect demographic or psychographic information about him — and look for correlations with other buyer segments — are not going to capture those reasons.
After decades of watching great companies fail, we've come to the conclusion that the focus on correlation — and on knowing more and more about customers — is taking firms in the wrong direction. What they really need to home in on is the progress that the customer is trying to make in a given circumstance — what the customer hopes to accomplish. This is what we've come to call the job to be done.
We all have many jobs to be done in our lives. Some are little (pass the time while waiting in line); some are big (find a more fulfilling career). Some surface unpredictably (dress for an out-of-town business meeting after the airline lost my suitcase); some regularly (pack a healthful lunch for my daughter to take to school). When we buy a product, we essentially "hire" it to help us do a job. If it does the job well, the next time we're confronted with the same job, we tend to hire that product again. And if it does a crummy job, we "fire" it and look for an alternative. (We're using the word "product" here as shorthand for any solution that companies can sell; of course, the full set of "candidates" we consider hiring can often go well beyond just offerings from companies.)
This insight emerged over the past two decades in a course taught by Clay at Harvard Business School. (See "Marketing Malpractice," HBR, December 2005.) The theory of jobs to be done was developed in part as a complement to the theory of disruptive innovation — which at its core is about competitive responses to innovation: It explains and predicts the behavior of companies in danger of being disrupted and helps them understand which new entrants pose the greatest threats.
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Lessons 4&5: The hierarchy of settlements and services…
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L.O: To be able to explain the reasons for the hierarchy of settlements and services
(source: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/884426268353757184)
Key skill development:
Geographical Reasoning
Photograph Analysis
Key terms:
Settlement Hierarchy
High-, middle- and low-order settlements and services.
Sphere of influence
threshold population
Starter – Task 1: Look at photograph 1 below and try to answer the below inquiry questions…
What services can you see?
Who do you think lives or works there?
How many people can you see?
Why do you think so many people are there?
Where could this be?
Photograph 1: A city centre
(source: https://www.alamy.com/glasgow-scotland-busy-city-centre)
So what is the settlement hierarchy???
A settlement hierarchy is a way of arranging settlements into a hierarchy based upon their population size and number of services available…
(source: https://crystalsamuel.weebly.com/settlement.html)
Development – Task 2: Complete the following activities to become more familiar with the settlement hierarchy so that you can explain the reasons for the hierarchy of settlements and services…
Define the following key terms (use your ipads):
High-, middle- and low-order settlements and services
Conurbation
Make a sketch diagram of the settlement hierarchy above in your notes…On your diagrams can you annotate:
The population size usually founded in that settlement
The types of services you would expect to see and whether they are High, middle or low order services
An example location of this settlement type
Next, look at the photographs below and answer the questions with each one:
Photograph 2:
1) Identify the type of settlement in the photograph (1mark)
2) Explain why you chose this settlement (5marks)
Plenary – Task 3: Practice exam question…
Q. Using examples, explain the settlement hierarchy (5marks)
Homework Task:
Look at the below diagram.
Sphere of influence of a settlement (source: https://www.thegeographeronline.net/settlements.html)
Lessons 2&3: Factors influencing the sites, growth and functions of settlements…
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Germany, Bavaria, Wolfratshausen, Aerial view of countryside town
(source: Google Earth)
L.O: Describe and explain the factors which may influence the sites, growth and functions of settlements
Identification & Description
Geographical Explanation
Factors (Physical/Human) – relief, soil, water supply and other factors including accessibility, resources
Starter – Task 1: Think outside the box a little…
What might we need to live on Mars???
(source:https://edition.cnn.com/)
Human Settlement on Mars
Establishing a human settlement on Mars is a daunting task. Watch the below video on the below link and identify some ideas of what we would need to survive on Mars
(source: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/settling-mars/?utm_source=BibblioRCM_Row#mars-novo-mundo)
Task 2 – definitions : Using your ipads research and define today's key terms…(Resource 1 in todays lesson below can help too).
Task 2 – Research & Collect: Use the video clip below and fill in the below table link to explore different factors that affect settlement location (no need to explain anything, just identify and classify as many factors as you can…)
Identification table of physical and human factors affecting settlement location
Resource 1: Youtube clip on Why are towns and cities found in certain places?
(source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msQb9b064hg)
(source: https://slideplayer.com/slide/6148949/)
Key Questions…taken from previous IGCSE papers…
Define what the physical aspect is (2marks) (you may need your ipad for this to just quickly research)
Define what a bridging point is (2marks)
Define what a nodal point is (2marks)
Describe what a wet point site is. (3marks)
Describe what a dry point site is. (3marks)
Describe what a defensive site is. (3marks)
Development – Task 3: Access the link below to the task sheet and complete the table by looking at each photograph and using your knowledge from the previous tasks…
Photograph and explanation exercise of factors affecting site, location and function of a settlement tasksheet
Plenary:
Explain the differences between site , situation and settlement on the IGCE curriculum.
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Lesson 1: The Patterns of Settlement…
L.O: To be able to explain the patterns of settlement
Nucleated
Dispersed
Isoloated
Starter – Task 1: Look at the photograph below and in pairs, try to identify physical reasons that could attract the formation of a settlement in this area…
Key Question…Why do you think this settlement has formed like this?
(source: google search engine)
Development – Task 2: Identifying and Explaining the different settlement types…
Early settlers forming villages in the rural areas would often live together for safety, for friendship, and to share services. These early settlements would take on distinctive patterns based on the shape of the land around them. Here we can see some examples of different settlement patterns. (source: http://onezerosixgeographers.blogspot.com/)
Look at the below photographs and answer the questions underneath each one…(source of all photographs google search engine)
Photographs of settlement types for your notes
1) Identify the settlement type (1mark)
2) Describe its main features (3marks)
2) Explain why this settlement took this formation (annotate your photo with key features) (5marks)
Photograph 2.
2) Explain why this settlement took this formation(annotate your photo with key features) (5marks)
Plenary – Task 3: Geography Poetry…
As a final task today, try to create an 8 line descriptive poem of a settlement type of your choice. Try to use words that connect to that settlement and most all be CREATIVE, use ADJECTIVES and put your HEART into it…
Lesson 8: A deeper look into population pyramids…
L.O: To further develop our knowledge of population pyramids through group work and exam practice…
Task 1: In your groups of 4 assign yourself a student role (A,B,C &D) and try to perform the task that is described in each role so that we can workout where this population pyramid comes from?
WHAT CAUSED SUCH A GENDER IMBALANCE???
Student A:
Student A, using the key terminology from your previous lesson, can you describe the shape of this population pyramid (to help think of the "Gucci Geography" words identified – convex sides/concave sides/straight sides; contracting/expanding/stationary; narrow base or top/bulging middle; pyramid/oval/"coffin" shaped). Try to aim for a description of approximately 100 words so that you can be sure you have enough detail…
Student B:
Student B, You are to focus on the different sections of this population and try to answer the following questions:
The youthful dependent population (age 0-19):
1) Identify the total number of youthful dependent populous – be as accurate as possible
2) Explain the possible reasons for this total number in this section of the population
The Economic Active Workforce (age 20-69):
1) Identify the total number of economic active populous – be as accurate as possible
The old aged dependent population (age 70+):
1) Identify the total number of old age dependent populous – be as accurate as possible
Student C:
Student C is to concentrate on the causes of this gender imbalance of the Population Pyramid. Using SEEP classification (Social, Economic, Environmental & Political) can you identify the different reasons why such a gender imbalance could have taken place?
Student D:
Student D is to focus on what the possible consequences could be of a population having this structure. Using SEEP classification (Social, Economic, Environmental & Political) can you identify the different consequences of having such a gender imbalance in a country?
***IF ONE STUDENT COMPLETES THEIR TASK EARLIER THAN OTHERS THEN THAT STUDFENT SHOULD HELP YOUR TEAM MATES COMPLETE THEIR TASK***
Exam style question for you to practice:
Q. Using a population you have studied – discuss the causes and consequences of a gender imbalance in population(7marks)
Use the below framework to help structure your response!
Easy Framework to use for long responses in IGCSE Geography
(source:www.coolgeography.com)
Lessons 9&10: Population distribution and density…
Title: Population distribution and density…
L.O: To be able to describe the factors influencing the density and distribution of population
Key terms/phrases:
Densely populated
Sparsely populated
Key questions:
Lesson starter: Task 1: Analyse the map underneath and attempt the task.
Map showing population distribution and levels of population density around the world. The darker the red the more people in the region.
Q. Describe the world's population distribution (3marks)
(Tip – Can you OSO this map? Remember OSO stands for describing something:
This technique will help you achieve 3marks…
Main development:
Task 2: Factors that affect population distribution and density…create a table highlighting the human and physical factors that affect population distribution and density
Task 3: Show your understanding of population distribution and population density by completing the worksheet links…
Population Distribution Worksheet (task derived from www.geographyalltheway.com)
Population Density Worksheet
Task 4: Case study revision sheets…
Using your course text books (PGS. 34-37) and google search engine – you are to create two contrasting case studies of high and low population density focusing on Japan and Namibia.
Use the link below as a way of structuring your case studies…
how to structure your population density case studies
Review: Create three exam style questions of your own that could have the information below as some of the answers
Lesson 7: Different types of Population structure…
Title: Different types of population structure
L.O: To be able to identify and give reasons for and implications of different types of population structure
Population pyramids
Economic Active Workforce
Old age dependents
Young age dependents
Dependency ratio
Demographic dividend
Key question: What factors might cause countries to have different population structures?
Lesson starter: Watch the below clip and answer the following questions:
Q. What is a population pyramid?
Q. How do they help you understand the structure of a countries population structure?
Population Pyramid Worksheet (activity derived from www.geographyalltheway.com)
Review: Look at the below population pyramids – annotate them with appropriate descriptive words about their shape (think about describing the whole pyramid and the key words at the start of the lesson)
Exam Practice:
Q. A country that has an ageing population also has a high dependent population, using a country you have studied, describe the impacts of an ageing population on a country (think of your previous case study!!!)(7marks)
Lesson 11&12: The Reasons for Population Migration and its Impacts
Title: The Reasons for Population Migration and its Impacts
L.O: To be able to explain and give reasons for population migration.
To demonstrate an understanding of the impacts of migration
Push Factors
Pull Factors
Rural-Urban migration (internal migration)
Involuntary
SEEP impacts
key questions/points: Internal movements such as rural-urban migration, as well as international migrations, both voluntary and involuntary
Lesson Starter: Task 1: Define the key terms above in your notes.
Then, watch the Andrew Marr Mega Cities short film to gain an understanding of why people are moving to city…(can just view the first ten minutes to help with a lesson starter activity)
Main Development: So why do people migrate?
Lee's model of migration helps us to understand the "push" and "pull" factors that help us to understand why people are moving from the rural countryside to the urban city areas/ or from country to country…
Task 2: Group work (3-4): Make a copy of the above diagram in your notes. Can you then make a table with two columns and discuss in your groups possible push and pull factors for migration and fill in your tables with as many ideas as you can…
Discuss as a whole class your ideas about examples of push and pull factors….
Task 3: Case study – China's Internal migration…
Use the resources below to create a 5W case study on China's internal migration. Start off with reading the newspaper extract from pg. 25 in your course text books…
What kind of migration is it and what is the situation in terms of numbers
When did people start migrating (can you also produce a timeline of the before, during and after key events surrounding the migration)
Who is migrating? Specifics?
Where are they coming from and where are they migrating to? Specific areas?
Why are they migrating? (Explain your answer in a s much detail as possible)
Identify the SEEP impacts of the migration on the origin place (where they have come) and the destination place (where they have moved to) (make a table with bullet point list for your notes)
A map to show internal migration patterns within China (source www.geogalot.com)
Key articles to support your research:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/25/china-rural-migrants-more-respect
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34290986
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180416-i-hadnt-been-home-for-three-years-one-migrants-struggle
Task 4: An international migration case study – South East Asia – Qatar
Use the resources below to create a 5W case study on the international migration into Qatar. Start off with reading from pgs. 26-27 in your course text books…
Map showing where migrants are coming from into Qatar
Key articles to help your research with videos:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/28/-sp-qatar-migrants-tower-football-world-cup
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/28/qatar-world-cup-migrants-not-paid-building-office
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2012/06/201261472812737158.html
Review: exam style questions:
Q. Define the term internal migration (1mark)
Q. Describe where migrants come from in Qatar (3marks)
Q. Explain the push factors for internal migrants in China (5marks)
Case study covered:
An international migration
Lessons 5&6: Changes in Population Size – Population Policies…
Title: Pro-Natalist and Anti-Natalist Population Policies:
L.O: To know how pro-natalist and anti-natalist population policies impact upon the population size of a country and to evaluate a case study country for each policy
Population policy
Pro-Natalist policy
Anti-Natalist policy
Fertility Rate
SEEP Impacts (social, economical, environmental, political)
Key questions: Why might a country introduce such policies? How might government population policies impact upon birth and death rates?
Pro-Natalist Policies
Lesson starter: We are going to start with looking at a pro-natalist population policy case study. To start off with we need to define what we mean by "pro-natalist policy". In pairs, work to find the answers to the below two questions either using your mobile devices or course text books (pgs 20-21 can help you)…
Q. Define the term pro-natalist policy (1mark)
Q. Suggest three reasons why a country might decide to bring out this kind of policy
Main development…
Case study – Singapore's Pro-Natalist Policy
You are going to conduct a 5W Enquiry into why Singapore introduced their pro-natalist policy. You can use the resources embedded on this page or from your course text books or from the google search engine.
Your case study in your notes must follow the following framework of questions:
What were the specifics to the policy (we know its pro-birth but can you explain any other points)
When was the policy first introduced (can you also produce a timeline of the before, during and after key events surrounding the polciy?)
Who implemented the policy?
Where was the policy put into place (was there a difference in level of policy implementation bewteen the rural and urban areas?)
Why was the policy implemented? (Explain your answer in a s much detail as possible)
Identify the SEEP impacts of the policy (make a table with bullet point list for your notes)
Answer the questions as as detailed as you can for your review exam style question at the end…
Key articles that can help your research:
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/weird/lets-make-a-baby-mentos-takes-on-singapores-population-crisis/news-story/e422c8a894be07632b83d18ab6248380?sv=dcf1f663aa49563c68085862df52af96
Review: Exam style question…
Q. Using a pro-natalist case study you have researched, describe and evaluate the level of success the policy had (7marks)
Tips to help with this question:
Case study – China's Anti-Natalist Policy (the one child policy)
You are going to conduct a 5W Enquiry into why China introduced their anti-natalist policy. You can use the resources embedded on this page or from your course text books or from the google search engine.
What were the specifics to the policy (we know its anti-birth but can you explain any other points)
When was the policy first introduced (can you also produce a timeline of the before, during and after key events surrounding the policy? Why has the policy now changed to a "two child policy" since 2016?)
Where was the policy put into place (was there a difference in level of policy implementation between the rural and urban areas?)
Identify the SEEP impacts of the policy (make a table with a bullet point list for your notes)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34674393
Q. Using a anti-natalist case study you have researched, describe and evaluate the level of success the policy had (7marks)
Tips to help with question:
Begin with identifying your case study and delivering opening statement – state whether you think the policy was a success or not, that way you are dealing with answering the question straight away. Then identify the factors/points you want to discuss in your main body of text that will help support your point of view, for example:
"In focusing on China's one child policy that was originally put into place in 1979, I believe that this policy, in terms of slowing the birth rate of the country was a success as the rate dropped dramatically over the following the 30years. However this, from my opinion, came at a huge cost to the people of China as huge human rights issues came about including forced abortions; economic
Lessons 3&4: Causes of changes in Population Size – Ageing/Youthful Populations…
Title: Causes of changes in Population Size
L.O: To know the main causes of a change in population size
Ageing population
Youthful Population
Population Policies
HIV/Aids epidemic
Physical and Human causes
Positive and Negative SEEP IMPACTS
Explain the Impacts of social, economic and other factors (including government policies, HIV/AIDS) on birth and death rates
Case Study construction
Lesson starter: Task 1: Paired work: Look at the cartoon pictures below and with one sentence identify how it could cause birth rates to fall
Task 2: Falling birth rates (population decline)
Case Study of Population Decline – Italy, Southern Europe
Ageing populations can be studied at a national scale or at a smaller scale at the town and city level.
An ageing population is where the proportion of old people is increasing, becoming greater than the younger proportion
Study Italy's population pyramid above from 2016.
Describe the shape of the pyramid (words that could help could be narrow base, oval shaped, convex shaped, expansive middle)
Next is an article that reports on a village in Italy, its ageing population and its impacts on falling birth rates. Read it and then answer the questions that follow:
Italian village's mayor hopes tax on singles leads to babies
Too busy hunting boar, making wine or playing soccer to settle down, the aging bachelors of a dying Italian village have been catapulted to infamy by their mayor's ultimatum: Marry or pay a singles' tax.
Vastogirardi, founded almost 2,000 years ago on a mountain in southern Italy, will soon cease to exist unless its citizens start having children, Mayor Vincenzo Venditti said.
In the latest symptom of a demographic time bomb that church and state have been powerless to defuse, the mayor has declared war on the self-sufficient old boys who cluster in bars every night and return to empty homes.
Venditti intends to levy a tax on the 50 men and 20 women who show no desire to marry or have children despite prominently advertised government aid to families.
"We are reaching the point of no return. When the school dies, society dies," he said. Funerals in the village outnumber weddings by 3 to 1. There is no secondary school, not enough children to fill the primary school and the kindergarten will close within three years unless more babies are born.
One was born last year, none this year.
In three decades, the population has shriveled from more than 3,000 to 823. Once famed for its delicate, handmade mozzarella cheese, Vastogirardi no longer has a bank, plumber, shoemaker or priest.
But for the bachelors, life is sweet. Hunting, fishing, a soccer field, three bars and wine-making fill their free time. Some of them have been engaged to the same woman for 20 years.
"It suits us," said Antonio Bisciotti, 29, sitting in the Bar Central with friends. "We're lazy. We like our lives."
The bachelors are not intimidated by the proposed tax; it would most likely be declared unconstitutional. But the proposal has hit a nerve in a country where the average birthrate of 1.2 children per woman is the lowest in the world.
Many bachelors are part of Italy's army of so-called mammoni, grown-up sons who never leave their mothers and the comforts of home. The phenomenon carries no stigma in Italy.
Like their male counterparts, the village's new generation of educated, career-driven women are in no rush to bag partners. Vincenza Marracino, 43, returned 16 years ago after studying in Rome to build the village's only pharmacy. A family would come second, if at all.
Q1. Describe Italy's baby crisis
Q2. Make a list of 5 changes happening in the village of Vastogiradi as it gets smaller
Q3. Why Is Italy's birth rate falling so rapidly? Give three reasons
Q4. Describe and Explain three changes on Italy if the population structure changes in all villages
Extension: Read about a possible management solution for the problems in Italy.
Task 3: High rate of natural population growth rate (youthful population)
Case study of high natural population growth rate – Uganda, Africa
A youthful population is where the proportion of young people is increasing, becoming greater than the adult population
Study Uganda's population pyramid above from 2016.
Describe the shape of the pyramid (words that could help could be narrow top, pyramid shaped, concave, expansive base)
Below is an article that reports on Africa's and Uganda's growing youthful populations. Read it and then answer the questions that follow:
High birthrate threatens to trap Africa in cycle of poverty
There are 27.7 million people in Uganda. But by 2025 the population will almost double to 56 million, close to that of Britain, which has a similar land mass. In 44 years its population will have grown by nearly as much as China's.
"You look at these numbers and think 'that's impossible'," said Carl Haub, senior demographer at the US-based Population Reference Bureau, whose latest global projections show Uganda as the fastest-growing country in the world. Midway through the 21st century, if current birthrates persist, Uganda will be the world's 12th most populous country with 130 million people – more than Russia or Japan.
Startling as they are, the projections are feasible, and a glance at some of the variables shows why. A typical Ugandan woman gives birth to seven children – an extraordinarily high fertility rate that has remained largely unchanged for more than 30 years. Half the population is under 15, and will soon move into childbearing age. Only one in five married women has access to contraception.
Taken together, the factors point to a population explosion that has demographers and family planning experts warning that efforts to cut poverty are doomed unless urgent measures are taken.
And not just in Uganda. Across much of sub-Saharan Africa the population is expanding so quickly that the planet's demographic map is changing.
In the rest of world, including developing nations in Asia and South America, fertility rates have steadily declined to an average of 2.3 children to each mother. Most will experience only modest population growth in coming decades. Some countries, particularly in eastern Europe, will see their numbers decline.
But by 2050 Chad, Mali, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Niger, Burundi and Malawi – all among the poorest nations in the world – are projected to triple in size. Nigeria will have become the world's fourth-biggest country. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia will have vaulted into the top 10 for the first time. Nearly one in four of the world's population will come from Africa – up from one in seven today.
"What's happening is alarming and depressing," said Jotham Musinguzi, director of the population secretariat in Uganda's ministry of finance, pointing out the clear correlation between high fertility levels and poverty. "Are we really going to be able to give these extra people jobs, homes, healthcare and education?"
Development may not be the only casualty of the population boom. With increased competition for scarce resources such as land, conflict is likely to increase. Consequences will be felt far beyond Africa: pressure to migrate abroad – already great – can only grow, experts say.
It is not yet a lost cause. Experience has shown that with strong political will population growth can be tackled in Africa. Southern Africa's population is expected to remain stable thanks to sustained efforts to cut fertility rates, although Aids-related deaths are also a factor. In 1978 Uganda's neighbour Kenya had the world's highest fertility rate – more than eight children per mother. The government made family planning a national priority and by the mid-1990s the figure had dropped to below five.
But a number of African leaders, including Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, believe that their countries are underpopulated, and that a bigger internal market and workforce will boost their economic prospects. In a speech to MPs in July Mr Museveni said: "I am not one of those worried about the 'population explosion'. This is a great resource."
Studies across Africa have shown that the desire for large families remains powerful. In Nigeria a recent survey revealed that only 4% of women with two children said they wanted no more. Part of the reason is cultural, with bigger families seen as a sign of security. It is also because of fears of high levels of infant mortality.
Stigmas about birth control are another factor. Reproductive health experts say that a lack of information and of availability of female contraceptives plays a major role. In Ethiopia only 8% of married women use contraceptives. In Uganda more than a third of all women say they would like to stop – or at least stall – having children.
For that, donors must share the blame, said Steven Sinding, director-general of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. He said the world had declared premature victory in the battle to cut fertility rates. Curbing population growth is not one of the UN's Millennium Development Goals, which aim to halve poverty by 2015, and barely features in the Commission for Africa report championed by Tony Blair.
"In sub-Saharan Africa population remains a very serious problem," said Mr Sinding. "Yet donors have completely shifted their focus to HIV/Aids and nobody is talking about it any more."
Elly Mugumya, head of the Family Planning Association of Uganda, agreed. Cost is not the problem in Uganda, he explained: a three-month supply of birth-control pills costs about 25 cents; condoms are free for the men. The problem is access – in most parts of Uganda clinics simply do not exist.
NEED TO PLACE QUESTIONS HERE!!!
Extension: Use populationpyramid.net to find population pyramids for countries with youthful populations.
Task 5: Plenary: Look at the cartoon pictures below and with one sentence identify how it could cause death rates to fall
Case Studies covered:
A country with a high rate of natural population growth
A country with a low rate of population growth (or population decline)
Lesson 2: Over-population/Under-population
Title. Overpopulation/Under-population
L.O: To show an understanding of over-population and under-population
Under-population
Optimum population
Birth Rate/ Death Rate/Migration
Physical and Human causes / Positive and Negative SEEP IMPACTS (social, economical, environmental, political)
How do birth rate, death rate and migration contribute to the population of a country increasing or declining?
Lesson starter: Task 1:
Watch the below clip and after watching try to sum up what the message is in no more than 50words.
Overpoulated:
"When a country or region does not have enough resources to keep its people at a reasonable standard of living".
Underpopulated:
"When a country or region has more resources available than are being used by people living there"
There is a third definition we are interested in too:
Optimum population:
"The size of a population that produces the best results according to chosen end targets. These end targets could be largest per capita income, long term sustainability, efficient operation of democracy, preservation of personal freedom and preservation of biodiversity.
Key Question: How might a country go about achieving a optimum population? What strategies might it implement? Discuss as a whole class…
Task 2: Key questions – Think, Pair ,Share:
Work in pairs to try and answer the following questions:
Q. Explain why a country with a large population may not be overpopulated?
Q. Explain why a country with a small population may be overpopulated?
Discuss as a whole class…
Task 3: Research Skills:
Using your mobile devices or laptops, access the following website link and investigate the following questions:
www.populationmatters.org
Name the three most populated countries according to the Optimum Population Trust
Case Study construction:
Use the internet to find out why Singapore is overpopulated. Bullet point the main reasons in your notes
Task 4: Consequences of over-population and under-population:
Create a table like the one below.
Title one column over-populated and the other under – populated. Use pg. 7 in your course text books to complete the table and answer Task 4 with reference to source E.
Plenary: Task 5: – Show your understanding:
Use the evidence in the photographs below to create definitions of overpopulation and under-population (match your definitions with the ones at the start of the lesson, but do not cheat and look at them before)
Picture 1 – downtown Tokyo
Picture 2 – small village in rural Iceland
A country which is over-populated
A country which is under-populated


Fifty years ago today, 39-year-old Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot dead by hate. Civil-rights concerns remain front and center in 2018, as trial lawyer and Fenwick alumnus Tony Romanucci reflects.
Our country had to fight a brutal internal war to abolish slavery that cost this country economic, moral, emotional and philosophical scars that, to this day, cause deep controversy. Witness the takedowns of the statutes of General Robert E. Lee within the past 12 months because parts of the South remain loyal to a past that most of this country would rather forget. One of the unfortunate consequences of the Civil War left many African-Americans looking in from the outside. Many argue those ills have not been remedied since, despite the passage of the Ku Klux Klan act of 1871 and its nascent 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983, the civil rights movement associated with Brown v. Board of Education; the tumultuous times of Emmit Tills and Rosa Parks; the aforementioned MLK era; and then, of course, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which strengthened the rights of private citizens to sue municipalities, cities, states and government when they infringe on one's constitutional rights.
April 5, 1968 – Chicago was burning: In the aftermath of King's murder, rioting broke out on the city's West Side, not far from Fenwick. The violence got so bad that the National Guard was called in to protect citizens.
Indeed, modern-day civil rights are an extension of the CRA and the powers that now lie in the hands of citizens to tell local, state and federal governments that the constitution and its amendments are sacrosanct and cannot be willfully violated — ever. The civil rights lawyer is a protector of those citizens and ensures that government violations are dealt with and, if necessary, paid for. Rest assured that without the civil rights lawyer existing, there would be no civil rights to protect in this country. I have become a civil rights trial lawyer. I am deeply proud of what I do for our people and our country.
The first thing required to determine if there is a viable claim to move forward with an action against a governmental entity for a civil-rights violation is whether or not the constitution was violated. Specifically, when it comes to my personal practice, was there a violation of the 4th, 8th or 14th amendment? What we are looking for is a determination whether there was an unlawful search and seizure, cruel and unusual punishment for a detained citizen or a deprivation of due process, respectively. The vast majority of clients we represented involve the 4th Amendment search and seizure issues.
Do police "profile," or worse?
Now the question you may be asking yourself is how does a violation of the 4th Amendment extend itself into the arena of civil rights? First, the protections afforded by the 4th Amendment and the right to pursue governments is, in and of itself, a protection of a civil right for all private citizens. Secondly, and of great dispute, is whether some of the violations of the 4th Amendment are racially biased. As a result, the modern civil rights era is born and the issues surrounding whether the killing of black men by the hands of police is racially charged or not.
In August 2014 Michael Brown, an unarmed suspect in a convenience-store robbery, was shot and killed by a white police officer. The lack of an indictment incited rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb.
In August of 2014, a young black male by the name of Michael Brown was shot and killed outside of St. Louis, Missouri. Unbelievably, in almost rapid succession following Brown's killing, were the deaths of Eric Garner, Walter Scott, Tamir Rice, Laquan McDonald and others – and all shared one trait; they were African-American males, young and old. They all died at the hands of white police officers and the clear majority were captured on electronic media.
Not since the days of Rodney King [in the early 1990s] has our country experienced or witnessed the scale of protests, rioting and demonstrations in the name of racial inequality. There is no doubt that the public had seen enough and action was demanded. Indeed, police departments across the country increased training, reformed existing policies, taught officers important de-escalation techniques, increased hiring and vowed their use of deadly force against blacks was not racially motivated. Whether it was or not, public perception held it was racially motivated because why hadn't any young white folk been asphyxiated to death merely for selling illegal cigarettes. Get the picture?
Twenty-two years earlier a jury in Simi Valley acquitted four Los Angeles police officers accused of beating Rodney King in March 1991 after a police pursuit in the San Fernando Valley. The acquittal ignited the infamous Los Angeles Riots, which resulted in 55 deaths, 2,300 people injured and 1,500 buildings left either damaged or destroyed.
In fact, here in our own hometown of Chicago, there exists a piece of litigation that could alter the course of police relations with our community. Over a five-year period of time, Chicago police officers (CPOs) were routinely using a police tactic referred to as "stop and frisk," popularized due to the fact that it is advertised as a method to keep guns and drugs off the street. It is lawful for a police officer to stop a private citizen on the public way if that officer has reasonable, articulable suspicion that either criminal activity is afoot or a crime is about to be committed. Without that, an officer has no basis to stop a citizen and is not allowed to frisk or go into the belongings of that citizen without consent, a warrant or probable cause for arrest.
Unfortunately, the data uncovered by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the lawsuit reveals that CPOs routinely used the stop-and-frisk tactic to target young black males to search them for guns or other illegal contraband. Over a two-year period within the five-year period, CPD officers whiffed 1,700,000 times in these stop and frisks – meaning NO arrests were made in any of those stops. Worse yet, 72% of the stops were of African-Americans whereas they make up less than 30% of the city's population. Whether the stop was in a predominantly black neighborhood or a white one, for example, the numbers did not match the defense that blacks are the ones who commit the majority of the crimes and, therefore, there was reasonable justification for stopping a disproportionate number of blacks over whites and Latinos.
One Chicago police superintendent lost his job because of the appearance his police department was racist. The head of the police oversight board lost his job, too. In fact, the entire board was dissolved in favor of a new one, which went into effect in September 2017. The current mayor is on thin ice with voter disapproval. However, during the last five years, even in the face of proclaimed reforms, the City of Chicago has been made responsible for over $300 million in awards and settlements because of police misconduct.
The time for hollow reform is over. The time for real reform has passed. The time to be real in what our government officials say is right now. The consequences may be dire in the face of the modern civil rights movement.
VIDEO: Romanucci Shares Why CPD Officer Should be Off Streets.
Antonio Romanucci is a founding partner, principal and trial lawyer in the Chicago-based tort litigation law firm of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, which has successfully recovered over $450 million dollars on behalf of victims. Mr. Romanucci concentrates his practice in wrongful death and personal injury, including police misconduct, aviation and the representation of victims of sexual abuse. He has been named a Top 100 Super Lawyer for 10 consecutive years in Illinois, a Leading Lawyer since 2004, and has a perfect Martindale Hubble AV rating and an AVVO rating of 10/10 along with being named a "Best Lawyer" by U.S. News and World Report.
A very balanced blog and well written. Glad to see Mr. Arellano mentioned for his excellent work and impact on the entire Fenwick community.


"Microsoft has begun teasing that it has a 'major' announcement to make at a media event next Monday, June 18, while one report states that the company will show off new ARM-based tablets running Windows RT," Slash Lane reports for AppleInsider.
MacDailyNews Take: Copying Apple is in Microsoft's DNA.
MS has a history of product demo flops, hmm, I wonder.
We'll see whether or not media attendees get any hands-on experience with these new tablets. If not, it's yet another rigged demo from the Redmond manipulators.
MS Windows 8 with gorilla-arm, touchscreen desktop monitors = epic fail.
It's only a matter of time before people realize what a colossal mistake this is.
If you hold any MS stock, sell now.
So, lets get this straight. With no knew ideas of their own,Microsoft had to wait for the Apple WWDC to finish to know what its roadmap was going to be. The behemoth photocopiers clanking away in a dark basement somewhere.
Not as much as Google's DNA….Google has copying Apple in its DNA.
We'll double the offer when you pay seperate shipping and handling. That's two WinRT tablets and two Ginsu knives all for the low price of your sanity!
But that's not all, if you call within the next 30 minutes, because we can't do this all day, we'll throw in, ABSOLUTELY FREE, two brand new copies of Windows Vista! Stop using that old antiquated Windows XP; step up to the modern OS with Windows Vista! You get it all; two WinRT tablets, two Ginsu knives AND the free gift!
Thanks Microsoft! Now I can commit seppuku in style!
I could use a tablet running windows for a couple of windows only programs that I need. It would allow me to remove boot camp from my MBA.
Windows RT can't run any legacy x86 apps. Its all metro or nothing.
Isn't there some iPad app that lets you remote desktop into a Windows machine, so effectively it's like the iPad is "running" Windows?
There are many. I use the free version of LogMeIn.
Don't have to have an account like log me in.
Makes fixing pc's so much easier, just download/install the client and tell me the code.
Get ready for Zune II!
I hope I can get one in sh*t brown to match my Zune. The Zune gets lonely in the bottom of my drawer.
That's not a drawer, it's a toilet, and I can't get mine* to flush down either.
* – For the record, I have no Zune.
I had a chance to use Windows 8 on a Dell based all in one with a touch screen. What a freaking mess. Gestures make no sense. Some you need to apply fast, some slow, some you hold and then move. The guy using it had to go to YouTube to find videos to see how the dreadful thing worked. I am not impressed at all.
Hey stop denigrating Ginsu knives, they are great and Mocrosft? They are the wind beneath my…….er, the wind beneath my…seat cushion.
They said the same thing about Vista and Windows 7.
they are right this time around, however the change we'll witness isn't the change they originally had in mind!
Who cares about Microsoft any more? Yawn.
Apple does care as while you are a committed disciple of Apple, there are 1.3 billion users of a variety of Windows platforms and 66 million Mac users. Apple does care as staying on top is all about supply and demand and Microsoft appear to be quite serious about being a handfull to deal with on several fronts. Just compare Skydrive to iCloud and you quickly realize that Apple better care.
Sure, and of those 1.3 billion actually use the OS by choice, purchased it, generate revenue for Microsoft. Thins are rapidly changing. If you don't believe me ask Nokia, RIM, the defunct Motorola, Dell, HP. You name it. Apple is #1 right now.
Your analogy is like comparing Honda to BMW. Sure, Honda sells a lot more cars, but what car is better?