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March 2016, 36(3): 1431-1464. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2016.36.1431
Positive solutions of a nonlinear Schrödinger system with nonconstant potentials
Haidong Liu 1, and Zhaoli Liu 2,
College of Mathematics, Physics and Information Engineering, Jiaxing University, Zhejiang 314001, China
School of Mathematical Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Received November 2014 Revised June 2015 Published August 2015
Existence of a solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger system \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{aligned} & - \Delta u + V_1(x) u=\mu_1(x) u^3 + \beta(x) u v^2 \qquad\mbox{in}\ \mathbb{R}^N, \\ & - \Delta v + V_2(x) v=\beta(x) u^2 v + \mu_2(x) v^3 \qquad \mbox{in}\ \mathbb{R}^N, \\ & u>0,\ v>0,\quad u,\ v\in H^1(\mathbb{R}^N), \end{aligned} \right. \end{equation*} where $N=1,2,3$, and $V_j,\mu_j,\beta$ are continuous functions of $x\in\mathbb{R}^N$, is proved provided that either $V_j,\mu_j,\beta$ are invariant under the action of a finite subgroup of $O(N)$ or there is no such invariance assumption. In either case the result is obtained both for $\beta$ small and for $\beta$ large in terms of $V_j$ and $\mu_j$.
Keywords: variational methods., Nonlinear Schrödinger system.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35J50; Secondary: 35A1.
Citation: Haidong Liu, Zhaoli Liu. Positive solutions of a nonlinear Schrödinger system with nonconstant potentials. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2016, 36 (3) : 1431-1464. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2016.36.1431
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158. Memorandum to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)1
Washington, October 11, 1973.
Jordanian Effort to Coordinate with the Israelis the Movement into Syria of a Jordanian Armored Brigade
On 11 October 1973 Jordanian Prime Minister Zayd Rifa'i advised [less than 1 line not declassified] that King Husayn was in the process of sending a five-page message to Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir explaining his reasons for moving one Jordanian armored brigade into the northern front. The King's message will ask the Israelis to refrain from attacking this unit if at all possible.2 [2 lines not declassified]
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 137, Country Files, Middle East, Jordan/Rifai, January 3, 1973. Secret; Sensitive.↩
In his message to Meir, the King stated that Jordan was in an impossible position. He refused to commit his armed forces to a senseless war against Israel, but, on the other hand, if Jordan did not participate in some form, it would be castigated in the Arab world. Thus, "with a heavy heart," he had found a third alternative, which was to send a relatively small force into Syria to an area adjacent to Jordan's frontiers with Syria. This would not affect the outcome of the fighting there and would give Jordan the political cover it needed for remaining outside of the present conflict. Hussein emphasized that, most importantly, it would prevent Jordan and Israel from going to war against each other. (Ibid.) In an 8:10 p.m. telephone conversation with Dinitz on October 11, Kissinger told the Ambassador that Hussein, who was under enormous pressure, wanted to move a brigade into Syria "out of harms way." He said the Jordanians did not care what the Israelis did, but wanted to make sure that Israeli forces did not attack them. Dinitz asked if this was an infantry brigade, to which Kissinger replied that it was an armored brigade. Dinitz asked if they would fight or just stand there, and the Secretary responded that they would just stand there. The Ambassador said he would have to pass this on to his government. (Ibid., Kissinger Telephone Conversations, Transcripts (Telcons), Chronological File, Box 22) Printed in Kissinger, Crisis, pp. 190–192.↩
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HURRAY - NRE/ FCNR INTEREST TAX EXEMPTION CONTINUES 28.02.2005
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The definition of India as appearing in the domestic law and that appearing in various DTAAs is not the same. The domestic law, infect, is narrower in its scope. The Working Group is of the view that the
definition of India provided for in the DTAAs should be introduced in the Income Tax Act, 1961 also for the sake of uniformity. The Treaties Division in the ministry of External Affairs may be consulted in
this regard.
4.5.1 Section 10(4)(ii) excludes, in the case of an individual, from computation of income, interest accruing in a Non-Resident (External) Account. The exemption from tax is available only to non-resident India's
(NRIs). under the existing tax regime, non-residents do not pay any tax in India on the interest on such deposits. They may ordinarily be paying tax in the country where they are resident on such interest
income. In this manner tax in any case is being paid in the country of residence. The Working Group is of the view that with more than 65 DTAAs in place, there is no need for India to of exemption does not
really flow to the taxpayer but to the other country's treasury. The interest accruing on such deposits should be taxed at source in India at the DTAA rate and credit for the taxes paid can be claimed in the
country of residence by the NRIs as provided in DTAAs. In this manner double taxation in respect of the same income in the hands of the same individual would continue to file his return in the country of
residence along with his claim for credit of tax payable in India. The Working Group, therefore, recommends that the provision of section 10(4)(ii) be omitted.
4.5.2 In line with the above, the Working Group also recommends that the provisions of section 10(15)(iv)(fa) and section 10(15)(iv)(fa) be deleted which relate to interest on foreign currency deposits by banks and
interest on foreign currency loan taken by housing companies respectively.
Chapter XII-A of the I.T. Act deals with special provisions relating to certain incomes of NRIs. Income from long term capital gains or investment income from specified assets are taxable on a gross basis at
the rate of ten or twenty per cent respectively. With regard to such income they ordinarily should be paying full tax in the country of residence and getting credit for taxes paid in India. The tax should be
neutral to the residential status of a person. In addition the DTAAs take care that the NRis would not be taxed twice on the same income. On the basis of the above, the Working Group recommends the
abolition of Chapter XII-A in the I.T. Act.
4.13.3 There are certain provisions in the Act viz. section 194H, 194I, 1919J etc., which require tax to be deducted in respect of payments to any person (including non-residents) for payments of the nature of
commission, rent, professional fees, etc. Section 195 deals with all payments except interest on securities and salary payable to non-residents. The Working Group recommends that the payments referred
to in section 194H, 1941I, 194J etc. should exclude payments made to non-residents because they are covered by the provisions of section 195. This would obviate avoidable overlapping of the provisions.
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MEMORANDUM ON NON-RESIDENT TAXATION
CONCERNING NRIs, PIOs AND OVERSEAS INDIANS
This Memorandum is submitted to Government of Indiaon behalf of Confederation of Overseas Indians (In Formation)and prepared by key stakeholders: Praful Patel (London), Russi J. Patel, FCA and Bharatkumar Shah (UAE),Rajesh Kapadia, FCA and Rajesh Dhruva, FCA (India)
PART I: PROPOSED OMISSION OF TAX EXEMPTIONS
1 This has reference to the proposals contained in "Report of the Working Group on Non Resident Taxation".
2 Para 4.5.1 and 4.5.2 of the report propose omission of Section 10(4)(ii) and Section 10(15)(iv)(fa) whereby NRIs are granted tax exemption as regards interest income accruing on deposits held in Non
Resident External (NRE) account and Foreign Currency Non Resident (Bank) account [FCNR(B)], citing reasons as:
i. Such NRIs do not pay any tax in India, and.
ii. They ordinarily pay tax in country of their residence. Reference is also made about 65 Double Tax Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs ) in place
3 Certain vital facts seem to have skipped attention of the Working Group, while proposing deletion of exemption.
4 It is estimated that Non Resident deposits as on date amounts to approximately US$ 27 billion.
Of the total deposits, almost 50 % or more are held by NRIs / PIOs residing in Middle-East.
In the Middle-East, almost all the countries do not have personal taxation. e.g. there is no personal taxation in UAE which has a substantial share of NRI bank deposits in India.
As a matter of fact, tax exemption is an incentive for NRIs in Middle-East and many other countries to maintain said deposits in India.
This is evident from the fact that the NRIs in the Middle-East contributed almost 60 % of the collection of approximate US$ 4.5 billion of State Bank of India's Resurgent India Bonds (RIBs) issued in 1998 as also almost the same contribution out of app. US$ 5.75 billion. of State Bank of India's India Millennium Deposits (IMDs) issued in 2000. It may be noted that both the said investments were offered tax exemption in India.
5. It seems that the working group is also ignoring the fact that collection of tax has not been the primary objective of the Government of India in its offers and incentives to the Non Resident Indians from time to time. The Government also has the intention of promoting NRI investments into India and continuing their close relationship with the country of their origin.
PART II: DENIAL OF EQUITY & JUSTICE
6 It seems that the objective of taxing Non Residents has totally ignored the principle of equity and justice and commonly accepted principle of Promissory Estoppel.
7 It may be appreciated that NRIs have placed app. US$ 27 billion with various banks in India by way of Indian Rupee as also Foreign Currency deposits.
At the time of placing the deposits (for periods ranging from 6 months to 10 years), the NRIs have been given a promise and clear understanding by none other than the Government of India that the said
deposits will be exempt from Income Tax and Wealth Tax in India as is evident from offers of various banks in India.
8. Now, this abrupt deletion of provisions will not only shake the confidence of NRIs at large but also be a major disincentive for future NRI investments in India.
9 One more vital fact seems to be ignored. NRI deposits have been a strong and steady source contributing to the Nation's Foreign Exchange Resources. Last two decades have shown that app. a quarter of the external borrowings have been contributed by way of NRI deposits.
It is feared that the proposed changes in the tax provisions will not only see a flight of capital which may never return to India, but will also create a loss of faith, which may be difficult to recreate again by subsequent acts.
PART III: GLOBAL PRACTICE
10. The group also has not considered the fact that granting of tax exemption or concessions to "Non Residents" or "Not Ordinarily Residents" is common in advanced / developed countries too.
An example is exemption for interest on bank deposits claimed by an individual who is "Not Ordinarily Resident" in the U.K. by complying with certain formalities.
In the USA also, in case of Residents income arising / earned abroad is subjected to tax only when the same is received / remitted to USA.
In USA, in case of Non Resident Non–Citizens, Interest Income, Long Term Capital Gains and Short Term Capital Gains are exempt from tax.
PART IV: DELETION OF "RESIDENT BUT NOT ORDINARILY RESIDENT"
11. We have already made representation for continuation of the status of "Resident but Not Ordinarily Resident".
In furtherance, we are to inform that while dealing with topic in Para 4.3 (Chapter 4) various arguments are put forward by the Group.
However, it seems that the Group has not considered at all the plight of an NRI / PIO permanently residing outside India who might be treated as "Resident" in India by virtue of number of days stay exceeding statutory limits in India on account of personal / compulsory reasons – say health etc. Such Non Resident Indian, who has not come to India for settlement may become "Resident By Default", and will be required to file a tax return in India including his global income.
12. Herein again, the plight of NRIs residing in the Middle-East is the worst:
They do not have personal taxation in the Middle-East:
The income arising in the Middle-East will be subject to tax in India by virtue of such person becoming a "Resident By Default".
PART V: DELETION OF CHAPTER XII – A
13 Similarly, we strongly object to the removal of Chapter XIIA whereby Non Resident Indians are offered concessional tax rate of 20% and 10% respectively for investment income and capital gains on specified assets.
Russi J. Patel, FCA
Honorary Advisor to The Overseas Indians Economic Forum of UAE
NOT ORDINARILY RESIDENT
UNDER INDIAN INCOME TAX ACT, 1961
We would like to draw your attention to a recent controversial Gujarat High Court judgment on the "Not Ordinarily Resident" (NOR) status of a tax assessee in India. In our opinion the judgment has totally misinterpreted the relevant provisions of Section 6(6) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 with regard to the NOR status. We have been further informed by an eminent legal expert that the judgment has disregarded the commentaries of several learned authors and the ratio of judgments of four different High Courts pointed out during the course of the hearing. Moreover, there is no reference in the judgment to the West Bengal Commissioner's Circular favouring the assessee. It was also pointed out during the course of the hearing that in interpretation of a provision of Central statute different interpretations cannot be arrived at contrary to judgments of different States in India and uniformity should be maintained and even if two views are possible, in light of several Supreme Court judgments a view favouring the assessee should be preferred. This aspect is also ignored in the said judgment.
The judgment virtually makes the first part of Section 6(6) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which is reproduced herebelow, ineffective -
"6. For the purposes of this Act, -
(6) A person is said to be "not ordinarily resident" in India in any previous year if such person is –
(a) an individual who has not been resident in India in nine out of the ten previous years preceding that year, or has not during the seven previous years preceding that year been in India for a period of, or periods amounting in all to, seven hundred and thirty days or more."
The language of the Section is absolutely clear and leaves no ambiguity for any interpretation. At the cost of repetition it may be once again stated that the Section clearly provides that a person is stated to be "not ordinarily resident" if he has not been resident in India in nine out of ten previous years…HENCE, so long as an individual has not been resident in India in nine out of ten previous years, he will be treated as "not ordinarily resident".
The judgment holds that unless the assessee is not "resident" in India for all the nine years out of ten preceding years, he cannot be treated as "not ordinarily resident". The judgment runs totally counter to well established legal position accepted by four High Court judgments and even the circular of the Income Tax Department laying down that an assessee is "not ordinarily resident" unless he is resident in nine out of ten preceding years.
We have been given to understand that the Gujarat High Court judgment erroneously equates the phrase "not been resident in India" with "been not resident in India". It is the position of the word "not" that makes a world of difference.
Also, it is important to look into the intention of the legislation. For instance, Section 2 of the Income Tax Act, known as the definition section exhaustively gives the definitions of the various terms used in the Act. In this regard, it is interesting to note that Section 2(30) actually defines the term "non-resident". Now had Section 6(6) indeed been meant to be interpreted as the Gujarat High Court has done, why wouldn't the section simply use the term "non-resident" as it has already been defined in Section 2.
We would like to emphasise that most NRIs and particularly those returning to India from abroad are extremely upset and concerned about the consequences arising from this judgment in relation to their investment planning and asset protection matters.
Apart from the controversial Gujarat High Court judgment, referred to above, we have been informed that the revised Kelkar Report on Direct Taxes recommends the removal of the status "not ordinarily resident" from the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. This is a very serious development and we are certain that all NRIs living abroad would strongly object to the acceptance of this recommendation by the Government of India.
NOW, If the definition of "resident but not ordinarily resident" (R but NOR) is deleted, every NRI visiting India, irrespective of his circumstances, or personal compulsions, will be compelled to restrict his stay in India to less than 182 days in a financial year, as otherwise, he would become a "Resident" by default, and he would be subject to considerable inconvenience and losses including the following: (1) all his global income will be liable to tax in India; (2) He would loose all the benefits of tax exemptions available to "R but NOR", e.g. interest on Resident Foreign Currency (RFC) account; (3) An Overseas Corporate Body (OCB) owned and controlled by the concerned NRI may also be treated as a "Resident Company" and as a consequence, it will not be entitled to the existing tax benefits and other concessions.
AND by granting R but NOR tax exemptions many returning NRIs are also encouraged to bring all their savings from abroad to India for deposit in RFC account, thereby facilitating enhancement of our Country's foreign exchange reserves. If the said provision is removed, it is apprehended that many NRIs returning to India may be prompted to keep their funds outside India without declaring the same to the concerned authorities in India. This change may further create a ripple of fear and doubt in their minds which may affect their investment decisions in India and may also lead to the withdrawal of the technically qualified and competent NRI professionals from their assignments in India causing a serious setback in the economic progress of our country.
It must also be appreciated that although not many NRIs return home for permanent settlement, but the current provisions of the "R but NOR" status gives a kind of a comfortable feeling building confidence amongst the NRI community at large, to the effect that, if they return to India, their assets and funds can be brought and invested safely in India and the tax exemption on RFC account can play a crucial role in encouraging repatriation of their savings into India.
In view of the above representations, it is imperative that the Government and the concerned authorities should take immediate steps to confirm and retain the existing "R but NOR" provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which clearly indicate that any one who has been an NRI for atleast two successive years before his return to India, will be a "not ordinarily resident" for the next nine years, including the year of his return to India, and will accordingly be entitled to all corresponding tax benefits and concessions.
DUBAI: January 04, 2003. RUSSI J. PATEL


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By Ella L. Jones and Ollie J. Marinaccio, Crimson Staff Writers September 27, 2022
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As the lights come on, the audience hears chanting and gospel circling the stage while a young girl looks over a woman with the unmistakable silhouette of Tina Turner's iconic blond hair. The opening scene sets the tone of the production: centered on an adult Tina trying to stay true to her young self, hold onto the ones she loves, and stay committed to her faith, all while building a successful career.
"Tina" opened on Broadway in Nov. 2019, but like the rest of shows on at the time, experienced a shutdown that lasted over a year. In the summer of 2022, the show announced its closure on Broadway and set out to take on a national tour. On Wednesday, Sept. 21, the show made its debut at Boston's Citizens Bank Opera House.
The musical is a retelling of the life and career of Tina Turner, an iconic singer, performer, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. The audience is taken through her life starting from her childhood in Nutbush, Tennessee, adolescence in St. Louis, to life on the road with Ike Turner, their violent marriage and subsequent divorce. In the second half of the show, Tina exists as a solo artist, taking viewers through her struggle to establish herself separate from Ike and as the Tina known today.
The musical's strengths, unfortunately, don't lie in the plot. The storyline consists of short, loosely connected vignettes over a large timespan. The songs — which were not arranged in the order in which they were released — at times felt out of place in the narrative. That being said, the talent of the actors playing Tina, her grandmother, young Anna-Mae, and her mother strengthened the performance enough for audiences to sometimes turn a blid eye at the shortcomings of the plot.
The true hook of the whole show is the incredible range of voices the cast brings. Stunningly, one of the cleanest and most powerful voices on stage is that of Little Anna-Mae, played by Ayvah Johnson. In an early scene at church, Little Anna-Mae belts out her first chillingly impressive notes. In the span of only a few minutes, she manages to express the complex rollercoaster of emotions of a young child who longs to feel joy, but is put through hell over many years.
Similarly to young Anna-Mae, Gran Georgeanna plays a pivotal part in Tina's life, reappearing in moments of reflection or doubt. Ann Nesby, who plays the character, is herself a well-established actress and musical artist, a six-time Grammy solo nominee and two-time winner with her group, Sounds of Blackness. These two characters in particular set teenage Anna-Mae, before Ike names her Tina, to become a deeply passionate young woman ready to pursue her dreams at all costs.
Zurin Villanueva, like Tina herself, is phenomenal. She carries the show on her shoulders as a powerhouse in nearly every song, morphing her voice to age as Tina's voice did through her decades of music-making. If this musical were a Tina Turner cover concert by Villanueva and the band, it might well have been an even greater hit.
The musical doesn't shy away from trying to show how Turner's life was affected by abusive men, from her father to her marriage with Ike Turner. Unfortunately, not all the actors were up to the task of delivering seriousness and the attention necessary to portray these relationships. Especially the portrayal of Ike Turner by Garrett Turner, which at times felt unserious, creates a character who was more strange than evil. Throughout the show, Ike speaks and sings in a gravel voice, adding an air of comedy to incredibly serious interactions.
In the end, much of Tina's life story is lost to the effort of making a complicated, R-rated story into something digestible and PG. This simplification paired with the inconsistency between song and dialogue makes events from Tina Turner's actual life hard to distinguish from her imaginary and emotional world. However, the plot does well in the scenes where the awareness of awkwardness is clear, like when Tina and Irwin fall for each other to the backtrack of the non-Tina demo of "What's Love Got to Do with It."
Despite the plot's shortcomings, the performance of well-loved songs shines through. As Villanueva, Nesby, and Johnson sang, the audience was transported back in time — as if hearing Tina Turner herself through each moment of her life.
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List of High Courts
Alphabetically by name of associated country:
Supreme Court of Bangladesh (composed of High Court division and Appellate division)
Royal High Court of Bhutan
High people's courts in People's Republic of China
Court of High Commission (ecclesiastical court in England)
High Court of Justice (England and Wales)
High Court of Fiji
High Court (France)
High Court (Germany)
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High Court (Hong Kong)
High Courts of India, several courts
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High Court (Isle of Man)
Supreme Court of Israel (serves as an Appellate court and as the High Court of Justice)
High Courts of Japan
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High Court of Lesotho
High Courts of Malaysia
High Court of Maldives (Not the supreme Court)
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Cheeky, vibrant and fresh – Bran Nue Dae is a nutty and delightful musical set during the late-sixties in the dusty and remote town of Broome, an old pearling port located way up the west coast of Australia.
Ostensibly the coming-of-age story of the Aboriginal musician/playwright, Jimmy Chi, the tale was first seen as a stage musical (incredibly, Australia"™s first Aboriginal musical) almost twenty years ago.
It"™s the Summer of 1969 and young Willie (local boy Rocky McKenzie) is preoccupied with slacking off in his idyllic home town of Broome – fishing, hanging out with his mates and pursuing Rosie (Jessica Mauboy), a girl he"™s sweet on. But his evangelical mother (Ningali Lawford-Wolf) dreams of her boy becoming a priest, and so she sends him back to the religious mission down in the big city (Perth) for further schooling. After being punished for an act of youthful rebellion by the severe Father Benedictus (Geoffrey Rush), Willie runs away from the mission. On his long journey back home, our hero encounters an assortment of colorful characters.
Bran Nue Dae is an energetic and culturally-rich story, and all this is reflected in the way it is told. From the light and fun songs and off-the-wall dance numbers, to the wacky characters, situations and sound effects – even the film"™s highly saturated color palette of the gorgeous cinematography and stunning red earth landscapes – it all adds up to a fun and sweet movie musical experience.
Director Rachel Perkins, an activist indigenous filmmaker, shaped the screenplay with playwright Reg Cribb, based on the original musical by its central creator, Jimmy Chi.
The film also stars character actors well-known to Australian audiences, such as Ernie Dingo as the lovable larrikin Uncle Tadpole, also Magda Szubanski and Deborah Mailman.
Theatrically released in Australia at the beginning of this year, Bran Nue Dae debuted with a staggering $2.5mill in its opening week, going on to gross over $7mill, making it one of the most successful Australian films of all time.
Bran Nue Dae has a vivacious energy all of its own and is a fun way to gain a little insight into a sadly under-represented slice of the indigenous Australian community.
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The Best Kids' Books About Juneteenth, According To Black Teachers
June 17, 2022 by admin 0 Comments
St. Mary's College of California, Outschool, He Is Me Institute, Montclair State University, Overcoming Racism
Left to right: Bedford Palmer, Angela Moody, Robert Hendricks, Leslie Wilson and Matthew Kincaid.
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For adults, attempting to process America's grotesque and ongoing relationship with enslavement can be overwhelming — never mind if you're a child. And, if you're a white parent, days like Juneteenth might prompt complex conversations that you might not know how to have, but are critical to have nonetheless.
Robert J. Hendricks III, an educator based in Boston and founder of He Is Me, a non-profit geared toward empowering Black men in and toward teaching, told HuffPost that utilizing books as teaching tools for parents can be a great option, especially in moments in which you don't have sufficient language.
Childhood might actually be the best time to begin the work of holistically looking at the Black experience, especially in world largely observed through a white-only lens, said Bedford Palmer II, a licensed psychologist, associate professor at St. Mary's College and author of the children's book "Black Joy: A Healthy Conversation About Race."
"White children should learn about Black experiences [because] the ignorance of the realities of racism makes white children vulnerable to picking up racist beliefs and behaviors," Palmer told HuffPost.
Without these critical moments of learning, he explained, white children are left with an inability to understand the systems of oppression that they will be asked to participate in, whether overtly or subconsciously.
"Not a single kid in this world caused racism and engaged in enslaving people. However, it is important for them to understand how they are impacted by those things."
– Robert J. Hendricks III
Hendricks said that packaging the topic of the white experience versus the Black experience as "right or wrong" is a bad start. Instead, he suggests emphasizing the fact that everyone, no matter their race, is inextricably linked to history, even in the present day.
"Not a single kid in this world caused racism and engaged in enslaving people. However, it is important for them to understand how they are impacted by those things," Hendricks said. "Having that full picture is, I think, the most important way for a kid to understand truly what we mean when we talk about the Black experience and can help them in understanding their own experience as well."
If you're wondering whether historically accurate discussions are appropriate for younger children, Angela Moody, a children's school teacher with the online online education platform, Outschool, pointed out that "Black children aren't afforded the privilege of only hearing what's comfortable and palatable. If they can handle certain topics, so can other children."
Juneteenth is intended to commemorate Black liberation from enslavement in the United States, but it certainly wasn't the ending of racism in this country. Hendricks says the children's books you choose should stray away from being overly white-centered or overly celebratory from the Black perspective.
"Look for books that paint the picture so a child can really see and feel what it's like in order to become more appreciative of different people. Then they can jump into some of those more direct conversations, or maybe they will even need them less because they just get it," he said.
The bridge between clumsy discussions and acknowledging an existing system seeped in inequities is difficult to cross, but it's not impossible.
"If parents normalize these kinds of conversations early, it can actually make them less uncomfortable. It will also create a more understanding and empathetic world," Moody said.
You can keep scrolling to see some of Moody's Juneteenth book suggestions for kids as well as some other top picks by Black educators, just in time to commemorate the ending of enslavement in America and the beginning of a greater understanding.
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For Children Ages 4 Through 10
A beautifully illustrated picture book that discusses ancestry
"Juneteenth for Mazie," written and illustrated by award-winning author Floyd Cooper, made it on nearly every educator's list of recommended books for elementary school-age children. It follows a young girl named Mazie that, through hearing about the day her enslaved ancestors were freed, also learns about some of the struggles that led to that point.
"This can be used for kids between the ages of 4 and 10 or even older. It gives a great introduction to why we celebrate the holiday and some basic ways that it can be celebrated," Moody said.
$5.53 at Bookshop.org$5.95 at Amazon$5.95 at Barnes & Noble
A grade schooler-friendly historical account of enslavement in America
This comprehensive and historical account for children was recommended by Leslie Wilson, a professor of history and associate dean of the college of humanities and social sciences at Montclair State University. Colorfully illustrated and accompanied by a visual timeline of events, "The History of Juneteenth" by Arlisha Norwood helps to answer for young readers the "how" and "why" of Juneteenth, as well as asking thought-provoking questions about how the history of Juneteenth affects the world they live in today. There's even a quiz at the end of the book to help test your kiddo's knowledge about what they just learned.
$7.43 at Bookshop.org$7.99 at Amazon$7.99 at Target
A true retelling about the grandmother of Juneteenth and her intended vision for this day
"'Opal Lee And What It Means To Be Free' by Alice Fay Duncan focuses on Opal Lee and her vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone. It is a simple book for young readers to learn her true story and specific history about the Juneteenth holiday," Palmer told HuffPost.
Opal Lee was responsible for spearheading the movement into making Juneteenth a nationally recognized holiday, Wilson said. This children's book, which focuses on themes of determination and persistence, tells of how even when enslaved people became emancipated, they were still anything but free.
$16.43 at Bookshop.org$11.98 at Amazon$17.99 at Barnes
A lyrical children's book that chronicles the modern consequences of slavery
Told through powerful verse and striking illustrations, 'Born On The Water' is part of a larger chronicle mentioned later on in this list ("The 1619 Project") and follows a young student who learns of her ancestral connection to enslavement after receiving a family tree assignment at school.
"It recounts the experiential history of enslavement through a grandmother's story of how her ancestors were stolen from good lives and how they survived. It provides readers with vivid images of cruelty of slavery and the hope of rebellion," Palmer said.
$17.66 at Bookshop.org$14.99 at Amazon$14.99 at Barnes & Noble
For teens and young adults
A heartbreaking chapter book about a Black boy killed by the police
According to Hendricks, "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes is an evocative story that will resonate with teens and young adults. Drawing connections throughout history, the book tells the story of a 12-year old boy who is shot and killed by the police who mistake his toy gun for a real one. At its core, this book is about recognizing historical racism and how it impacts the current lives of Black youth.
A visionary science fiction novel about a woman transported to the antebellum South
Matthew Kincaid, a former educator and founder, CEO and chief consulting officer of Overcoming Racism, recommended this science fiction novel that follows a young woman who is snatched abruptly from her home in present-day California and transported to the horrors of antebellum South. Written by Octavia E. Butler, who brought us incredible works like "Parable Of The Sower," "Kindred" focuses on the impacts of racism, sexism and white supremacy, then and now.
$14.88 at Bookshop.org$13.99 at Amazon
An unflinching autobiography about one woman's adolescence in slavery
Kincaid also recommended this 19th century personal account of a young girl's adolescence spent enslaved in North Carolina and her eventual escape. "Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl," written by Harriet Jacobs, navigates the difficult terrain of being both Black and a woman while also calling on white women to understand how the threat of sexual violence uniquely shapes Black women's lives.
$13.95 at Bookshop.org$4.99 at Amazon
For high schoolers and beyond
A Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir that weaves together a family story and American history
Annette Gordon-Reed's "On Juneteenth," suggested by Wilson, is part origin story and part dramatic family memoir. The narrator shares personal anecdotes combined with historical facts to tell the overarching story of enslaved people brought to Civil War-era-Texas, the race-based economy of the time and the day when Major General Gordon Granger announced the end of legalized slavery in the state.
$14.83 at Bookshop$11.19 at Amazon
A journalistic endeavor that explores the origins of slavery and the ways it permeates the present
Previously recommended to HuffPost as a must-read, and now again by Kincaid, "The 1619 Project," created by Nikole Hannah-Jones, is an extensive catalogue of essays, poems and pieces of fiction that show how the racist sentiments that informed slavery reach contemporary American society in every facet, from health care to politics to capitalism.
$38 at Bookshop.org$22.80 at Amazon
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Ripple's XRP, however, appears not to be changing much, making its closest competitor in market cap – Ethereum – gain more ground to reclaim its #2 position.
The movement of Bitcoin's price has been a major determinant when it comes to the movement of other cryptos. If it gains steadily, other coins follow suit. If it loses value, the same thing happens.
This time around, Bitcoin price recorded considerable growth, with most coins also following suit. However, one crypto that remained behind, showing very little momentum is XRP. Over the last few days, it has lost about 1.53% loss over bitcoin and a 0% change over USD. It lost its $0.31 support level again.
If this rate is anything to go by, then it's no surprise to see Ripple losing ground and Ethereum eventually reclaiming its 2nd position in market capitalization ranking without a lot of effort.
With Ripple signing new partnerships right left and center, it's difficult to tell just why it's not gaining momentum as many people would have expected. XCH4NGE, a peer-to-peer service that uses XRP and other coins, announced that it would expand to 20 more countries, something that may affect the prices slightly.
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The integration of Drift and Shippo could be beneficial to both parties because Drift would benefit from being associated with a larger company such as Shippo while Shippo would benefit from having access to more markets such as those found in Asia, South America, and Europe due to Drift's worldwide popularity in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. The two companies could also work together to provide better quality services when it comes to shipping packages across the world in general rather than only within the borders of one country or region like North America and Europe in particular due to Shippo having access to more than 13 million businesses and 100 carriers in its database while Drift has access to more than 1 million businesses and 60 carriers in its database when it comes to shipping packages within North America specifically instead of just within one country such as Canada or the United States itself where Shippo is based at while Drift is not based anywhere in particular but can be accessed by anyone in any country or state or province across the US, UK, Australia, and Canada where there is Internet access available to connect to their servers and websites so that people can use their services even though they may not be located near each other geographically speaking so long as they have Internet access available to them so that they can use these services whenever they need them whenever they want them whenever they feel like using them so long as they have access to the Internet instead of needing someone else to use their services for them whenever they need them whenever they want them whenever they feel like using them whenever they need something done for them whenever they want something done for them whenever they feel like doing something for themselves whenever they want something done for themselves whenever they feel like doing something for someone else whenever someone else needs something done for them whenever someone else wants something done for them whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for someone else whenever someone else feels like doing something for someone else whenever someone else feels like doing something for someone else whenever someone else feels like doing something for someone else whenever someone else feels like doing something for someone else whenever someone else feels like doing something for someone else whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves whenever someone else feels like doing something for themselves wherever anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever when ever anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime anytime


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A university sells its soul to appease Australia's resources sector
By Mark Beeson
Henry Kissinger famously suggested that the fights in academia are so vicious because the stakes are so small.
There's something in that, no doubt. But many of my colleagues at the University of Western Australia are about to be summarily sacked, for no other reason, apparently, than university leaders have historically been unable to balance the books.
The University of Western Australia's independence is being eroded as it panders to the state's resources sector. Credit:Trevor Collens
Stakes really don't get much higher than getting the chop for no fault of your own after spending decades acquiring intellectual capital that can't be easily redeployed elsewhere.
An instructive lesson for the next generation of scholars – if there is one – currently toiling over their PhDs.
Whether UWA is actually as indebted as it claims is a surprisingly moot point given that net income actually seems to have been in surplus for the last 10 years.
Nevertheless, the current vice chancellor and his administrative team not only think the budget's in crisis, but that sacking large numbers of the faculty is also the best way to address it.
Many people have drawn attention to the short-sighted and self-destructive nature of such plans: what's the point of actually going to university if there's no one interesting to learn from, let alone with an international reputation in something like the politics of climate change, for example?
If that's not a 'relevant' subject of interest to a generation of increasingly anxious young people, it's hard to know what is.
And yet, it is precisely these sorts of scholars who are targeted for dismissal. By contrast, other areas of research – archaeology, geography, and anything that furthers the interests and image of the mining and resource sector – are showered with money.
At one level, the results are rather risible. Rio Tinto, for example, has funded a named chair in 'Rock Art Studies'.
What could possibly be more admirable and good for the image of a foreign multinational company – especially one that has demolished a 46,000-year-old sacred site – than paying for more research on what's left of our collective cultural inheritance?
Given the sensitivity about 'foreign influence' these days, though, it's striking that UWA is very keen to accept funding from the resource sector, even when Rio's biggest shareholder is the Aluminium Corporation of China.
Rio's far from alone, though. On the contrary, other corporate connections and research collaborations include prominent resource majors such as BHP, Woodside, Alcoa, Chevron, and, of course, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group.
Perhaps any VC who has been hired to balance the books might scramble to ingratiate himself with WA's plutocratic captains of industry, or more accurately, the resource sector.
It might also be wise not to complain too loudly when the likes of Rio behave badly, or when the university is expected to prioritise the 'needs' of a mining sector that is plainly wealthy enough to do its own research.
It's not necessary to be paranoid to detect a more subtle and pervasive influence on the intellectual life of UWA and the society of which it's a part, either. Mining industry representatives from Rio, BHP, and Woodside are part of UWA's governing senate, for example.
Murdoch University even appointed a prominent resource figure, David Flanagan, to be its chancellor – an event that helped precipitate Murdoch's death spiral into academic mediocrity.
To be clear, I am not suggesting that the mining lobby secretly conspires with the VC, or the local political class for that matter, to determine WA's policy agenda.
They don't need to: their political and economic importance ensures that their interests are accommodated, especially when they are such generous funders of research.
The new Industrial Transformation Training Centre, which is designed to 'transform asset maintenance for Australia's resources sector' is one of a number of such resource-oriented research centres around UWA.
No doubt there is much to be said for a vibrant resource sector, even if it doesn't actually create many jobs, and the wealth it generates is very unevenly distributed. It is, however, emblematic of the potentially pernicious impact wealthy sponsors may have on supposedly independent institutions.
Perhaps any VC would feel to compelled to align their university with business interests in the wake of declining levels and state and federal government funding, not to mention reduced income from overseas students.
But if this comes at the cost of shaping the research agenda of the university along less politically contentious lines, then it's not unreasonable to be concerned, and not just for self-interested reasons.
We have seen how academics have been marginalised, even muzzled in China, Turkey, Hungary and elsewhere, to reflect the ideological preferences of powerful economic and political elites.
If the arguments in favour of freedom of expression aren't made by a diverse community of scholars in universities, why would we expect them to be made elsewhere in civil society?
Perhaps UWA's senior leadership should recall that the university's admirable motto is 'seek wisdom', not seek funding.
Mark Beeson is Professor of International Politics at the University of Western Australia.


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SANAA Kazuyo Sejima Ryue Nishizawa
Typologies Pavilion Ephemeral Architecture
City London
Photographer Iwan Baan Roland Halbe
Held up by delicate supports, the temporary pavilion's lightweight, undulating, aluminum-clad wooden roof floats among the trees of Kensington Gardens, reflecting the landscape on its mirror surface.
Ephemeral Architecture Iwan Baan Kazuyo Sejima London Pavilion Roland Halbe Ryue Nishizawa SANAA Serpentine Pavilion United Kingdom
New National Gallery and Ludwig Museum
SANAA Hungary The project is understood as an extension of the park rather than as a building itself. The open ground level and the slightly sloping stacked terraces that configure the museum ensure that the complex can be accessed from any given point. The roofs
Circle of Interaction, Nanjing
SANAA China A circular path, the trajectory of which finds support against a wall, together with nine independent pieces located at different points of the landscape, outline a 'circle of interaction', the concept which has served to name this house within the e
EPFL Rolex Learning Center, Lausanne (project stage)
SANAA Switzerland The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is located on the shore of Lake Geneva, a site of extraordinary beauty by the French Alps. The result of a competition called in 2004, the Learning Center has been designed to endow the university communit
EPFL Rolex Learning Center, Lausanne
SANAA Switzerland The campus of the École Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne is on Lake Leman's shores, with views of the Alps. The spirit of the EPFL is based on the collaboration among universities, so eliminating the boundaries between them was one of the principle
Maritime Museum, Shenzhen
SANAA China The Japanese firm SANAA, founded by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, has won the competition to build the Maritime Museum in the Dapeng area of the city of Shenzhen. Its scheme, titled 'The Cloud on the Ocean,' was one of 88 entries that came from 2
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
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La Samaritaine, Paris
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Tsuruoka Cultural Center
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Hitachi City Hall
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Novartis Campus Office Building, Basilea
SANAA Switzerland Sitting on the south border of the Novartis Campus, this simple office block functions as a boundary between the facilities of the pharmaceutical company and a park that connects them to the city of Basel. The building, a rectangular prism with an in
Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
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O-Museum, Nagano
SANAA Japan The museum of Ogasawara is located in the Shiroyama mountain range, in Nagano Prefecture and in the center of the island of Honshu, the largest one of the chain that forms this Japanese archipelago. The volume goes upon a solitary plateau, halfway be
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Betsy Devos's confirmation hearing was quite a spectacle, what with its "gotcha" questions, grizzled answers, and endless debates about precedent and procedure. But for all of the theatrics, one useful outcome of this process is already apparent: It has surfaced an important debate about the appropriate contours of school-choice policy.
As I argued last month, my sense is that the differences within education reform's big tent aren't as significant as the commentary might let on. We all support giving parents the power to choose schools other than those assigned to children by their local district; the question is how wide their range of choices should be.
It also appears to me that some of the differences of opinion come from an out-of-date understanding of various choice mechanisms. Most significantly, some of our friends—as well as our foes—have an iPod-era view of vouchers that needs to be brought into the Uber age.
That may have been the case decades ago, when vouchers first burst onto the scene in Milwaukee and Cleveland. Participating students were not generally required to take exams—certainly not state exams—and even if they were, the results were not released by schools in ways that would inform parental choices or lead to administrative actions for chronically low performing schools. And, to be fair, that's still the case for some voucher and tax credit scholarship programs, where test-based accountability requirements remain light to nonexistent.
In Louisiana, participating private schools that serve more than forty voucher students must administer all of the state tests to them. They then receive a "scholarship cohort index" score that's used to determine whether they can continue to accept new students. Louisiana state superintendent John White has already triggered the provision to keep several schools from accepting new voucher-bearing pupils.
So if you oppose vouchers because of lack of accountability, it may be time to change your position.
To be sure, many charter-school supporters object to private-school choice for two other reasons: Because some private schools aren't open to everyone, and because some private schools are religious. Let's examine each concern in turn.
The first stems from the fact that many voucher programs allow private schools to maintain their admissions standards. (Not all of them, though—Louisiana's and Milwaukee's participating private schools must accept interested voucher students via lottery.) And for good reason. Pragmatically, we know from survey research commissioned by Fordham that many private schools won't participate in voucher programs if they can't control their admissions—and it's impossible to run a voucher program without private schools, unless you want only desperate, lower performing schools to participate. This appears to have convinced some of Louisiana's better private schools not to participate, and may explain why the state's results to date have been disappointing.
But I can also defend selective enrollment on the merits. We've allowed selective-admission "exam schools" to operate within the public education system for over a hundred years. We don't blush about selective enrollment at the higher education level. And we know that many low-income students—especially strivers and high achievers—are not well served in classrooms with students that are three, four, or five grade levels apart at any given time, or that are overseen by administrators unwilling to enforce discipline standards. Giving low-income students the chance to be in an environment with high academic and behavioral standards strikes me as a victory for equity, not a loss.
As for religion, I surely understand the discomfort many have about un-separating church and state. Yet, again, we tend to be inconsistent on these matters. We let churches run Head Start centers and Pell-eligible colleges and universities. So it's OK for four year olds and eighteen year olds but not for kids in between?
More compelling, though, is the evidence that religious schools can provide important social capital and character development to students, especially when their larger communities are struggling with a lack of healthy institutions and moral authority.
Catholic schools, in particular, have long been flagged by social scientists for their strong graduation and college-going rates. These worthy long-term outcomes—which tend to be more significant in people's lives than any short-term test-score gains—likely reflect Catholic schools' focus on discipline and character as much as academics. In the early 1980s, James Coleman and his colleagues found that Catholic-school students were significantly more likely to report that their schools' approach to discipline was "excellent or good" than their public-school peers. Later research by Anthony Bryk confirmed this view with Catholic-school administrators, who were much less likely to report student-behavior problems than their public-school colleagues.
A 2012 study by David Figlio and Jens Ludwig found that Catholic high-school students were less likely to participate in risky behaviors, including teen sexual activity, arrests, and the use of cocaine. They speculated why this might be so. One possibility is the most obvious: Catholic schools put the fear of God into their students. Religious instruction, said Figlio and Ludwig, "could affect students' 'tastes' for misbehavior, or increase the perceived costs of misbehavior by defining a number of activities as sins that have eternal consequences." And of course there is the role of positive peer pressure—by "exposing them to more pro-social peer groups," particularly by selecting out and/or expelling students more likely to engage in risky behaviors.
I would never require students to attend religious schools. But neither do I see the moral argument for barring them from such schools, just because of their parents' inability to pay.
So if you find yourself with spare time on your hands while you wait for the Senate's verdict on Betsy DeVos, consider doing a little homework about the voucher programs you think you oppose. You might come away with a new appreciation for their work, and maybe even a new position going forward.
An earlier version of this post originally appeared on Flypaper.
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Cats. Shaggy, fluffy, sleek or bag puss faced. Ginger, black, pie bald, brown, grey, white, spotted or multi-coloured. Old, young and mothers nursing kittens. Every other doorway in Essaouria seemed to have been claimed by one of the fat indolent creatures who snoozed the day away as the tourists and locals wandered by. Animal lovers (and my sister) would be proud that Essaourians love their cats and look after them well. I often saw many kindnesses to the animals, especially when stray kittens tottered down the street clearly lost and alone. But the cats alone do not make a trip to this seaside town worthwhile. The artisan population, excellent weather for kite surfing, yearly music festival, arts and crafts bent, ancient and manageable Medina and much more relaxed attitude make it a good spot to stay for a few days. It is heralded as a mini Marrakesh but I feel that it is more of an alternative to the city. It was a relief to walk through old lanes, markets and shopping areas without the roar of motorbikes threatening to run me down. Rules about clothing are more relaxed and it was relief that I donned shorter pants and a sleeveless top without having to worry about offending the local population. In fact many of the Moroccans who holiday/live here wear jeans, tight clothes and some women walk around without headscarfs.
People are much friendlier , they hassle you less and don't seem to mind about street photography. The medina is much easier to negotiate and once i found my bearings took a lot of pleasure in exploring the lanes and alley ways and finding new places to sit drink coffee and watch the world go by. Arts, crafts and music are important here and may of the shops keepers take pride in explaining how their crafts originated and the meanings of patterns, music. In fact I got a detailed history of the origins of Bauka from Abdul when we visited his music shop and even though I paid a little extra for the cd i bought (forgot to bargain) it was worth it for the potted history, his obvious love of music and the detailed photos and information he gave on the annual music festivals.
As we stayed 8 nights the shop keepers soon recognised our faces and most stopped inviting us in to 'look inside'. Unfortunately the drug dealers (or police undercover) persisted and dubious looking men still sidled up to us hissing quietly 'Hashish? Marijauna? '. Of course they weren't subtle at all and anyone with a brain could have seen what was going down. Fed up with being targeted Mitch was a little abrupt with one youth that sloped up to us whilst we were meandering around the Medina.
"I DO NOT WANT DRUGS. OK?" I TOLD YOU ONCE BEFORE, NOW GO AWAY" Mitch stated in a very loud voice that could be heard by the surrounding crowd. Then repeated himself at full volume.
The youth took off shouting curses back at us in an equally loud tone and the shopkeepers just smiled knowingly.
Later that evening after watching the sun set, whilst sitting on the ramparts of the fort walls in front of a 16 century scrolled canon made in Seville a man came up to us bearing a tray of pastries.
"Yes, if I go away" and he did, without one single curse thrown back in our direction.


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The Sustainable Markets Foundation Wheel of Fortune
BY Tom Shepstone	Feb. 09, 2013 17
The Sustainable Markets Foundation is behind much of the supposedly organic opposition to natural gas development in upstate New York and is using money from the Park Foundation and the Rockefellers to fund the effort with management and coordinative help from Walter Hang.
Why would a non-profit organization spending $4 million per year to "promote environmental protection, energy efficiency, consumer protection, health and safety and good government" not have a website? How can an institution with such a broad mission reach people in our high-tech world where social media is king not have an internet presence? It's strange, indeed, but that is the stated purpose of a group called the Sustainable Markets Foundation and, yet, it has no website, no Facebook page, no Twitter account or much of anything else in the way of a media presence. How can this be? Could it have another purpose? And, what about that strange name?
The only time one really hears much about the Sustainable Markets Foundation, is when it's name shows up on the donation pages of various causes and enterprises in these sorts of statements:
Makes checks payable to: Sustainable Markets Foundation (write GAS FREE SENECA on check memo line)
Please direct that checks be made out to Sustainable Markets Foundation, with "Flowback Project" in the note field, mailed c/o The Flowback, 3364 State Route 12, Clinton, New York 13323.
Make checks Payable to: Sustainable Markets Foundation, 45 W. 36th st. 6th floor, suit 1600 New York N.Y. 10018, *In Memo Write: Frack Free Genesee
To donate by check, please make the check payable to our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor "Sustainable Markets Foundation," with Frack Action Fund in the memo. Mail checks to: Sustainable Markets Foundation at 45 West 36th Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10018-7635.
To make a tax-deductible donation, please make your check or money order out to "Sustainable Markets Foundation", with "CPNY" in the memo field, and send by postal mail to: Coalition to Protect New York, PO Box 302, Watkins Glen, NY 14891
The Sustainable Markets Foundation, as one can see from this list, is a 501(c)3 charity for rent, otherwise known as a "fiscal sponsor." Entities such as this typically charges a fee of 3-8% for acting as a pass-through funding mechanism to allow other unincorporated groups to get the benefits of tax-exemption for donations without the costs of being tax-exempt themselves (incorporating, registering with the IRS, filing annual 990 returns, etc.) or the burden of telling the world how their money is spent, as is the case with a 501(c)3 itself.
Theoretically, the fiscal sponsor assumes all the responsibilities of reporting activities for the groups it serves as a pass-through but there are several loopholes. Grants of $5,000 or less don't have to be reported, for example, and, therefore, an unincorporated group that passes along money third-hand doesn't have to tell anyone what it did with the money or even much about itself. The tax-exempt money flows in and out with little way to know who's involved, their agendas or their special interests. A large donor can, using this technique, funnel money to very amorphous groups with virtually no accountability. The Tides Foundation, for example, which is closely connected with NRDC and the Heinz Endowments, is a master at doing this.
We can't be sure how much of this the Sustainable Markets Foundation is doing because their 990 return for 2010 indicates no program service revenue, which is where one would expect to find their fiscal sponsor charge revenue. We do know they are collecting and funneling money to a wide variety of supposedly grass roots organizations attacking economic development and the livelihoods of ordinary New Yorkers from across the upstate region. The list tells us that much.
The Sustainable Markets Foundation itself is funded by the Rockefeller Family Fund, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Park Foundation and the Energy Foundation, for example. The Park Foundation gave it $200,000 in 2012, in four separate grants. One was for the benefit of Frack Action ($60,000), and another funded Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (that's Tony Ingraffea's group) for $40,000. Still another $100,000 was spent on two grants to "help coordinate the broad movement of opposition to shale gas drilling in New York" and "continued Marcellus Shale-related activities in New York, including research, advocacy, media outreach, internet mapping, and a grassroots organizing campaign."
Particularly interesting, is the fact all these groups are intertwined. The NRDC receives money from the Rockefellers. The Rockefeller Family Fund gets money from the Energy Foundation, which also gives to the NRDC. The Park Foundation funds the NRDC and everyone on the planet fighting natural gas development. And, so it goes, like a big spinning Wheel of Fortune; where it lands no one knows but it's the same relatively few elitist institutions all the time, just landing different places with every spin.
The Sustainable Markets Foundation wheel of fortune also stopped spinning at the name of Walter Hang. We discussed this in earlier posts when we noted Walter's business, Toxic Targeting, had been the recipient of some large fees from the foundation. We also explained his connection to Ralph Nader and the whole world of Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG), which are rainmakers for trial lawyers and where Jay Halfon of the Sustainable Markets Foundation reigns as king of the hill. We did not realize the extent to which Walter Hang has been funded by this group until we did a review of further records of the foundation. Take a look at these excerpts from their 990 returns:
The 2011 return has yet to be filed, but the 2008-2010 returns indicated Walter Hang's firm received $781,250 from the Sustainable Markets Foundation. This is apparently what he meant when we appeared together last year on a Baruch College panel discussing hydraulic fracturing and he casually announced he had been funded by the Rockefellers when he started his business. Yes, he was very well funded indeed and you don't get three quarters of a million dollars from the Rockefellers for nothing. Walter's work in producing easily debunked studies of supposed DEC failures, his petition drives, his interviews with Amy Goodman, his public speaking, his rallies, his databases, his New York Times contributions and his appearances on television as an expert have all apparently been financed by the Rockefellers, the Parks and their ilk with a little help from his trial lawyers friends in the PIRG world.
This follows the pattern, of course. Sandra Steingraber has been financed by the Heinz Endowments and the combination of that entity, the Park Foundation, the Rockefellers and a few other very wealthy elites (not to mention Yoko Ono) who have financed every bit of the campaign against natural gas development in New York State. They are the crème de la crème of NIMBYs, a special class all onto themselves who portray one another as crusaders for holy causes with the support of a collection of trust funders who view the residents of the areas they want to protect as poor rubes.
The Sustainable Markets Foundation is one of their tools in this campaign. It takes money from the Park Foundation and the Rockefellers and effectively launders it, passing it out to unincorporated groups with little to no accountability to the public that exempts it from taxation. It then hires Walter Hang to provide project management and coordination. Simultaneously, affiliated groups such as the NRDC, also a Rockefeller stepchild, coordinate their activities with it and insert themselves into the heart of policymaking at the highest levels. They don't need a website or any social media because their mission is to manipulate others into acting on their behalf.
One only needs to follow the money. The Park and Rockefeller families are trying to keep natural gas development out of certain parts of New York State, the parts where they are busy doing their own thing; the Finger Lakes and the Catskills. The NRDC and its own stepchildren, the Open Space Institute and the Catskill Mountainkeeper, are essentially Rockefeller entities. They are controlled by the same folks who have created a private preserve of tens of thousands of acres for themselves in the Lew Beach area of Delaware, Sullivan and Ulster Counties, where there are virtually no permanent residents but they do have a country store where you can buy a Patagonia rain jacket for $269.
These folks would love to keep expanding this private preserve for their own private enjoyment (and with government money where they can) without the interference of natural gas development and the higher land prices and reluctance to sell that it would bring. They're not interested in the sustainability of anything but their own way of life at the top, and the less rabble around the better, from their perspective. The wheel of fortune stopped at their names long ago and they are determined to stop it from spinning for anyone but themselves. That's what they mean by a "sustainable market."
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