How Can Placemaking Help Create Safer Cities for Women?
The UN Women Safe Cities Global Leaders' Forum in June 2015 brought together over 200 professionals from around the globe to share and discuss evidence-based approaches, practices, and tools to help create safe cities for women and girls. The event took place in New Delhi, India, a city in which over 90 percent of women and girls have experienced sexual harassment throughout their lifetimes. The Safe Cities Global Initiative focuses specifically on these major threats to safety.
How safe a city is directly related to how safe a city feels. The effect of the built environment on a city's safety and security is a conversation that Cynthia Nikitin engaged with UN Women back in 2011. Moving well beyond issues of regulation and policing, this argument states that safety should be given prime consideration while shaping our cities and towns - right from the start. Time and again we have seen how mega-developments and transportation infrastructure can create walls within cities that divide people and places almost as powerfully as natural barriers like rivers or mountain cliffs. In such cases, the public realm becomes a mere afterthought - a collection of residual spaces and undesirable alleys and nooks that ultimately create an unsafe environment for residents.
UN Women, along with several other global advocacy groups, has been supporting numerous NGOs in India that have been leaders in the process of creating community-based guidelines for safer cities. In their reports (see Jagori, Breakthrough, and Akshara, for example), urban planning and design often emerges as a key intervention area. With their concrete advice, evidence, and action items, these reports should be instrumental in creating safer cities. Instead, many of their recommendations fail to make their way into professional practice while the reports gather dust in planning libraries or remain buried on obscure websites. This has created a gap between theory and implementation, and a lack of follow-up research. It is also due in part to the impenetrable policy frameworks in most cities, where the process of adding even the simplest of new policies continues to be an uphill battle. These issues are compounded by traditional, top-down approaches to planning and design. In the absence of a clear understanding of a community's values, challenges and needs, it is almost impossible to create an active, attractive and safe neighborhood or city. This is where placemaking comes in, and my presentation focused on the huge impact a community-driven process can have on safety.
The two-day forum in Delhi was packed with case presentations, success stories, and lessons for better planning and design, based on UN Women's work in cities throughout the world.
Incorporating case studies and PPS resources, these principles also contain recommendations from Jagori's report on safe and inclusive cities and Akshara's work with public spaces in Mumbai.
The community is the expert: A long standing PPS recommendation is to start any planning process with the community. It is important to get women and girls to the table in order to understand their unique challenges in public spaces. And not just women, but men and boys (see UN Women's He for She campaign).
Every place needs a variety of reasons to be there: Public spaces should have a rich variety of uses, programs, and amenities that come to life at different times of the day (and night) and cater to all groups within a community. This is a powerful way of breaking boundaries and reemphasizing the collective ownership of the public realm.
And a variety of things to do, especially for children: People tend to skip or cut through spaces they have no reason to be in for an extended period of time. Public spaces need reasons for people to linger, some thing to do for everyone. From a safety perspective, creating interactive and engaging uses for children with ancillary uses for adults is an extremely powerful technique. The story of Burnside Park in Providence, RI, USA is a great example of this technique in action.
Places need to be comfortable: There are several factors that play a role in comfort, including adequate lighting, places to sit (alone and in groups), and shelter from inclement weather. However, prospect and refuge remains the most important aspect of safe and inviting spaces. The ability to see around you while having your own space is of great importance, especially if you are with other women or children. Another significant contributor to comfort is the presence of other people; this connects to Jane Jacobs' idea of "eyes on the street."
Public space can be a stage: Public spaces set the stage for life and activity in our cities. They should encourage people to use them as a stage for performances, speeches, and other forms of communal gatherings that call for an accessible and neutral ground.
Everyone needs amenities and facilities: The places where people linger are the ones that contain key amenities. It is important to keep safety for everyone in mind while deciding what amenities to choose or reject. Access to clean drinking water and accessible restrooms are important for nearly every public space.
Spaces need to be easy to get to and easy to leave: Women around the world have different preferences for mobility.While thinking about (and designing) parks, plazas, streets and other types of public spaces, we must think of them as a unified whole. A great park is only as safe and inviting as the narrow and dank alley leading up to it. Public spaces should, however, be accessible by all means of transportation, including by foot. Visible, abundant, and readable wayfinding is universally desirable. Clearly marked and lit exits, safe havens integrated into the public realm, and means to establish emergency contact are extremely important. More guidance on several of these topics is available on the UN-Women website.
Focus on positive uses, and not the negative ones: Positive activities have the power to push out negative uses. This strategy has been applied in numerous places around the globe, including the previously drug ridden and vastly misused Bryant Park in New York City. Once they have taken root, uses and programs that engage and empower the people of a community can swiftly take over the public realm, eliminating many of its negative uses.
Create opportunities to make a living: This strategy enables women to be stakeholders in the public realm by providing them opportunities to base their livelihoods in places. This can be achieved by promoting local arts, makers, and vendors and giving them a platform for retail. When people's livelihoods are attached to their public spaces, they become the stewards of the space and help clean, maintain, and police it.
Ensure programs for families and groups: Special programs that cater to large groups and families enhance safety in the public realm. These programs can also be attached to the shared cultural values and occasions to make them more robust. It is important to keep such programs democratic.
Be flexible and diverse: There is no ideal way of designing and programming a space to attract a diverse user base. The "best" plan for placemaking is one that results from extensive and continuous community participation and which is flexible enough to accommodate shifting users, preferences, and values over time.
Think lighter, quicker, cheaper: Some of the most successful solutions to issues of safety and security in the public realm can be kicked off in a lighter, quicker, cheaper way. Take Safecity's pin the creeps initiative as an example, which builds on social media platforms to give people an opportunity to report suspicious activity and abuse in their public spaces by pinning an anonymous tip onto the map. Small, community based improvement projects are then selected based on this information, which not only makes the space better but also empowers the community through the process.
The arts are a powerful medium for expression, communication, education, transformation, shaping culture ("popular" culture as well as "traditional" culture), for "visualizing the invisible," and for enabling environments for safer cities.
Well designed public spaces are important as an opportunity to display the arts, for performances, discussions, for claiming rights, and for making issues "visible" by just being physically present.
Both social and traditional media can help convey and spread powerful messages in a short amount of time. See video below, called "Whose Fault Is It," created in Cairo through the UN-Women safe cities program, for an example of how these outlets can and should be used to our advantage.
It is important to think outside the box in thinking about how the arts can be integrated into safe cities for women and girls, whether through programming, as a tool for empowerment, as therapy for vulnerable populations, or as a way of showcasing positive outcomes.
Arts-based interventions can serve as a catalyst for generating more support by other stakeholders and partners.
The progress made by the advocacy world has not been matched by practice in the world of urban planning and design. There is much knowledge and research on what makes a safe city, and groups like UN Women are working day and night to institutionalize better planning. But it is on us, the planners and designers, to create better places from the get-go. The long-held "repair attitude" among designers and practitioners has created too many places in need of fixing. It is time to put the planning back into planning by practicing what we preach, and by putting these tools to use and participating in global movements like "Safe Cities Global Initiative" in order to avoid the mistakes of the past and to create safe and comfortable cities for everyone.


The event includes luncheon and raffles as a fundraiser for a military care package campaign.
CARLETON — The Auxiliary to Carleton Post 4093, Veterans of Foreign Wars, is holding a Freedom Festival April 10 at the post home here to promote patriotism in the community.
The event starts at noon at the post, 700 Carleton-Rockwood Rd. at the junction with I-275. It is open to the public.
Tickets are $7 a person and can be obtained by calling Chris at 734-654-9216.
There will be a luncheon, raffles and exhibits showcasing the veterans' organization and chairmanships. The auxiliary will also hold a brief ceremony to recognize local newspaper personalities, said Lesli Gillies, president of the auxiliary.
"We had the luncheon last year, but this is the first time we've added other things," Gillies said Thursday.
Further information is available by contacting Gillies by e-mailing Navdoc87@gmail.com.
Proceeds from the event will go to assist the auxiliary with sending more than 50 "care" packages to servicemen and women serving overseas.
The packages will contain supplies of personal hygiene products, stationery, games, food and snacks that were collected by students at four area schools — Eyler, Ritter and Sterling Elementary Schools and St. Patrick Catholic Grade School in Carleton. The students collected more than 13,000 items for the troops, Gillies said.


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National TV Schedule Is Out For The NHL
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in Game Seven of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at HP Pavilion on May 12, 2011 in San Jose, California.Getty Images
So the national television game schedules were released by the NHL on Thursday, and all in all it's what you would expect. It features a lot of the Red Wings, Bruins, Capitals, Flyers, Blackhawks, Rangers and Penguins — the usual suspects.
It's clear why they are on the tube so much. They have earned it with their play on the ice and the fan support off it. It's only smart business for a league that is the lowest of the USA's four major sports leagues in interest and viewership.
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But how about the teams making the fewest appearance? It's some of what you'd expect. The Columbus Blue Jackets, at this point, will not grace the networks of NBC or Versus (or whatever the station will be named this season), not even once. The Florida Panthers will be seen nationwide on one occasion — a date with the Penguins. Those are pretty understandable. It would be nice to see a little more of them, but it makes sense. They are rebuilt rosters, but have been bad for some time and don't exactly have large followings (we're being kind).
Next on the list, though, is the Nashville Predators. The Preds will be seen on national TV just twice. The only thing against the Preds is that they are in a small, southern market. But the quality of the team warrants a few more games than this. It's possible they will get flexed onto national coverage late in the season, but either way, it's a shame they are being left out save two games. After all, the Predators did make it into the second round of the playoffs last season, hockey's equivalent of the Elite Eight.
While upset, the people over at the Section 303 blog, a Predators destination, aren't surprised by the stiff.
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Staying in the Western Conference, the Minnesota Wild will get quite a bit more air time despite not making the playoffs for the third straight season last year. In all, the Wild will be broadcast from sea to shining sea 10 times.
Here are the U.S. channel schedules, starting with NBC. I hope you like the Keystone State battles. (Source: NHL.com)
NBC schedule
Day Date Visitor Home Eastern time Notes
Fri. 11/25 Detroit Boston 1 p.m. N/A
Mon. 1/2 N.Y. Rangers Philadelphia 1 p.m. Winter Classic
Sat. 1/14 Chicago Detroit 12:30 p.m. N/A
Sun. 1/22 Boston Philadelphia 3 p.m. N/A
Sun. 1/22 Washington Pittsburgh 3 p.m. N/A
Sun. 2/12 Washington N.Y. Rangers 3 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sun. 2/12 Philadelphia Detroit 7:30 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sun. 2/19 Pittsburgh Buffalo 12:30 p.m. N/A
Sun. 2/19 San Jose Detroit 12:30 p.m. N/A
Sun. 2/19 St. Louis Chicago 3 p.m. N/A
Sun. 2/19 Boston Minnesota 3 p.m. N/A
Sun. 3/4 Boston N.Y. Rangers 3 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sun. 3/4 Philadelphia Washington 7 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sun. 3/11 Los Angeles Chicago 7 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sun. 3/11 Boston Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sun. 3/18 Pittsburgh Philadelphia 3 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sun. 3/18 Washington Chicago 7 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sun. 4/1/ Boston N.Y. Rangers 3 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sun. 4/1 Philadelphia Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sat. 4/7 Buffalo Boston 3 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sat. 4/7 Washington N.Y. Rangers 3 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sat. 4/7 Philadelphia Pittsburgh 4 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Sun. 4/7 Chicago Detroit 4 p.m. NBC/VS Flex
Now here's the full schedule for Versus/NBC Sports Network.
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Finally, here's how it will go on the NHL Network.

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That's what I did in Skyrim, to the point I never finished it.
Don't sweat it, Ganon is pretty easy.
^^ Huh. Interesting that you play that way in linear games, it's just anything more open-ended for me.
X-3 is right, BotW Ganon is a cakewalk if you've already done the Divine Beasts.
Not really, more like an emptier Skyrim with less to do and no RPG elements, but with some annoyances tacked on like weapon degradation and stamina (which aren't necessarily bad concepts but they're poorly implemented).
I'd really argue against the notion that there's less to do in BotW than in Skyrim, but I already know that you and I are looking for different things in open world games.
in other words, you don't want the game to end?
^^^^ Well, I mean it seems to me that there's less to do, not necessarily that what's there is of lesser quality. I mean the RPG elements themselves lend Skyrim to a number of very unique playthroughs, let alone all of the missions, guilds, and dialogue options, etc. My opinion won't hold much weight until I finish BotW though.
I love starting new games, personally. I now have the unfortunate habit that I will force myself to finish them ever if I'm not having fun.
Are you doing any kind of special SM64 run right now, DZ? Like only half-pressing the A button or something?
im actually not playing sm64 right now, but i did do that with sm64ds a while back. i got up to 53 stars without pressing jump, and i beat the game using only three B presses total.
i think with TAS you could beat the game with 1 B press (currently, bowser in the sky requires B to be held and released. interestingly, the actual pressing of the button isn't actually required except to facilitate the hold and release). there is an integer overflow glitch in many stages where you can essentially collect any object by simply waiting hundreds of years next to something that continuously produces objects that yoshi can eat. i doubt this can be used in bowser in the sky however, as i've yet to see anyone use it.


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Recent single 'Love My Name' starts the album, admittedly with the typical jaunty guitar expected from the band, but even with that it sits as a fantastic song. Simple as it may be, it's far catchier than some of the lad-rock revival bands coming forth now could ever be, and even better it gives you a sense of the force the band could have live these days.
By the time you get through the album, to another stand out track 'Human Again' it begins to feel just a bit same-y. Not enough to put you off the album, and considering we're now the shuffle generation, how many of you will listen to the album all they way through anyway?
Ending on my personal favourite track 'Glasshouse' - a gentler number, yet with all the spiky guitars and shout-along lyrics that you'd expect - it does a brilliant job of leaving the listener wanting more. With its closing refrain of "I tried not to be here" alongside keyboard pips and crashing drums, it has the power to stay in your head for days, and that's me speaking from experience.
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Settlement reached in secret Jackson taping case
FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, US singer Michael Jackson speaks at a press conference at the London O2 Arena. Celebrity attorney Mark Geragos and his partner have settled a lawsuit against the owner of a private jet company that secretly recorded Michael Jackson's flight to turn himself in on child molestation charges. Attorneys say the settlement calls for a $2.5 million judgment to be entered against Jeffrey Borer, the owner of now-defunct XtraJet. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Celebrity attorney Mark Geragos and his law partner have settled a lawsuit for $2.5 million against the owner of a defunct charter jet company that secretly recorded the men and Michael Jackson as they flew from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara for the pop star to turn himself in on child molestation charges.
The amount awarded to Geragos and partner Pat Harris will be difficult to collect because defendant Jeffrey Borer is insolvent, his attorney Lloyd Hirschbaum said. The agreement was reached Friday, the last court day before a re-trial in the case was scheduled to begin to determine how much Geragos and Harris were owed.
Borer attempted to sell the video, which contains no audio, of the flight to media outlets after Jackson's surrender. Geragos, Harris and their attorney Brian Kabateck have argued that the lawyers had an expectation of privacy on the private jet that flew them and Jackson from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara in November 2003. The video, which has never been released, also violated the attorney-client privilege, the said.
An appeals court in 2010 threw out a judge's $20 million award to the attorneys and instead offered them $750,000.
Geragos' attorney Brian Kabateck said he was pleased with the settlement sum and would work vigorously to collect it. He said the amount will send a strong message.
Borer and an associate pleaded guilty to conspiracy two years ago for videotaping Jackson and his lawyers as they flew to the pop star's surrender on molestation charges. A jury later acquitted Jackson of 14 charges in the case.
Hirschbaum argued Monday that Geragos didn't have any provable damages, but the settlement avoided a three to four day retrial.
Geragos, Harris and Jackson filed the invasion-of-privacy suit against Borer and XtraJet in November 2003. Jackson dropped out as a plaintiff in April 2005.
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PXI Strain Gauge Simulator Module 2-Channel, 350 Ohm
The 40-265 range consists of 6, 4 or 2 channel modules (this version is the 2-channel, 1.5) that simulate the operation of a range of strain gauges making it ideal for testing strain gauge meters and a wide variety of industrial control systems. The range provides a simple way of replacing in house developed sensors with a low cost simulator having excellent performance. The 40-265 uses the same resistor bridge techniques that real life strain gauges are based on, ensuring accurate emulation under all conditions. Each simulator channel includes an independent input for the Excitation Voltage and a bridge output. The Excitation Voltage port can be driven by an AC or a DC source. The bridge circuit includes three fixed resistors and a fourth programmable resistor that can be adjusted over a narrow resistance range with fine adjustment capability and excellent accuracy. The adjustment range provided is sufficient to simulate quarter, half or full bridge circuits. The standard bridge impedances are 350, 1k, 1.5k, 2k and 3k. These modules are extremely simple to use, the variable resistor element can be programmed using a simple resistance call. The module supplies the user with the resistance value required to balance the bridge, and the resistance call to the simulator can be varied above and below this value to simulate extension and compression of the strain gauge resistor.
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Hey peeps. I planned to post something different today, but then things happened and I decided to move up my post for the Japanese Garden. Why? Because I've been listening to my AAPI community and what's happening in our country is appalling. I just happened to plan our trip to the garden right after the horrendous tragedy that happened in Atlanta where 8 people were killed, 6 of which were Asian-Americans.
This was a hate crime, pure and simple, no matter how the media wants to frame it. A white guy having a "bad day" is no excuse for murder. I've had lots of bad days, but I have never bought a gun to take out my frustrations. Like a rational human being, I eat garbage food and cry while I watch bad TV. Other normal people go running, or call a friend, or even play video games.
If you've been following me for the last year or so, you know how much I care about civil rights and being anti-racist. You also probably know that I have Japanese heritage and I travel not just to have fun and try new food, but to immerse myself in new cultures and learn more about the world and people in general. I don't tolerate racism and I try very hard to understand ways I might be contributing to the oppression of POC and how I can change the way I act and live to grow as a person.
As someone who just looks white, it's difficult to have conversations with other people in the AAPI community without seeming like an outsider. And while I have not faced the horrific racism that many of them have, I have seen this racism and discrimination surrounding my father and his family for having a different color skin.
The Portland Japanese Garden is a lovely respite from everything in life, overlooking the city. I feel bad for not visiting more often. In fact, I visited twice when I first moved to Oregon (in the mid-90s) and haven't gone back since. The variety of greens are meant to be soothing and it really works. Though there are so many things happening in the world right now, it allowed me to just walk and relax and focus on the calm around me.
I booked the first admission of the day, and while there were more people than I anticipated, it was easy to take a step away for a moment and find yourself alone again. Almost all my photos only have nature in them, or just the two of us. Normally, this isn't possible.
Even though it wasn't warm or sunny out, the mix of plants, trees, water features, and many steps can really take your mind off things and/or give you time to reflect on life or nature. We've also been talking about a trip to Japan in the near future that this gave us some inspiration for such a trip.
Japanese tea house
This tea house was so sweet and quaint and made me remember just how small many Japanese are, myself included. I joked with Eric that he was going to feel so uncomfortable and like a giant when we visit, especially if things are comparable size-wise to their little shelters, delicate structures, and this tea house.
When you stroll through the garden, it's sort of impossible to think of anything about Japan and its people besides the beauty of it. There's brilliance in every bridge, stone step, and other structure.
This zig zag bridge is one of my favorite things. It's so close to the water, it feels like part of nature, the barrier doesn't obstruct your view of the rocks and fish, and it made me feel kind of tall.
As you can see there weren't any people on the bridge or surrounding area when we arrived. We did stand off to the side while I took some photos and let people go ahead. There were probably 10 or 12 other people there when the above picture was taken, and a lot of those people hung out for quite a while near the water, because it was really chill and gorgeous.
How are there even people who see things like this and hate on people who build such things? I have never understood racism, but I understand it even less when I visit countries and see the way people live and then come home and see the same people holding on to traditions and foods and way of life. These differences make our country great and interesting made it what it is today. It's the white supremacy that ruins it for all of us, whether you're aware of it happening or not. And if you don't believe that, even after reading my views on the police brutality, voting rights, and the ongoing BLM protests, then I'm not sure what you're even doing here.
If you want to support the AAPI community more than you already do, here are some great resources for educating yourself, being a better ally, where to donate, how to get involved, and more. At the very least, check out your local Asian grocery store or pick up something at the Asian-owned coffee shop or restaurant you love and tip well. You'll enjoy it that much more.
Before I go, I want to leave off on a lighter note regarding travel. I know more and more people are getting vaccinated, and we'll all be eligible sooner than we anticipated, but we still need to remain safe. There are still no travel advisories, because we need to remember that not everyone is vaccinated and not everything is open either. In light of that, I am still focusing on socially-distant, responsible, mostly-outdoor travel. Because of that, you'll still see photos of me wearing a mask, doing more things like the Chinese Garden and the Japanese Garden and staycations and street art, and road trips until travel restrictions have officially eased. If nothing else, most outdoor landmarks are in parks and are totally free. I'll be posting more outdoor shots on my Instagram account as well, too.
What is one of your favorite things you've done while in quarantine? Have you found something cool in your city that you didn't know about before?


Twenty-five new trail markers have been installed along Ontario's portion of the Trans Canada Trail, the world's longest network of recreational trails. The trail markers provide Indigenous communities and organizations an opportunity to share their stories in their own words and educate trail users about Indigenous history and culture in Ontario.
Ontario provided $250,000 to the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto to administer the Indigenous trail markers project. With Ontario's support, members from Aboriginal Leadership Partners and the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto worked with Indigenous communities and organizations, municipalities and land owners on the design and installation of the trail markers.
Supporting education about Indigenous history and culture is one of many steps on Ontario's journey of healing and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. It reflects the government's commitment to work with Indigenous partners, creating a better future for everyone in the province.
Trail markers are used to communicate directional, cultural or educational information along trails. These 25 Indigenous trail markers are plaques that highlight the history and culture of Indigenous communities in Ontario – from ancestral settlements and treaties to trail networks created by hunters, traders and diplomats.
Ontario has more than 80,000 km of trails that support recreation, tourism, and active transportation.
The Aboriginal Leadership Partners is a group comprised of key regional Indigenous leaders, communities and organizations. Members that participated in this project include the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, Six Nations of the Grand River, Huron-Wendat Nation, the Métis Nation of Ontario, and the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres.
Ontario's response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report's Calls to Action, The Journey Together: Ontario's Commitment to Reconciliation committed to enhancing public education and awareness of Indigenous perspectives, history and culture.
The United Nations' International Day of the World's Indigenous People is August 9 and marks the anniversary of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations and the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.


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The Serious STI Complication That Can Affect Your Fertility
Rikki Speck
Sexually-transmitted infections can wreak havoc on future child-bearing plans — and your child's life — if you're not careful. The biggest fertility-killing culprit is a serious complication that can arise if a bacterial STI (like gonorrhea or chlamydia) is left untreated. It's called pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and both men and women can get it.
Women, though, are believed to be most at risk."Essentially the infection ravages the pelvis," said Toronto fertility doctor Marjorie Dixon. "I see it all the time, sadly." It develops in 10 to 15 per cent of women with untreated chlamydia, according to University of Toronto epidemiologist Dionne Gesink. What's perhaps most concerning, though, is that you may not even realize you have it.
PID Prevalence
It develops in 10 to 15 percent of women with untreated chlamydia, according to University of Toronto epidemiologist Dionne Gesink. What's perhaps most concerning, though, is that you may not even realize you have it.
Up to 70 per cent of women and 50 percent of men have no symptoms of chlamydia after infection. Most women infected with gonorrhea are also asymptomatic. So the consequences of PID may not be felt until it's too late."'Silent' PID may cause the most damage, including permanent damage, to the fallopian tubes and uterus, which can lead to infertility."
One in eight (12 per cent of) women who have a history of PID will have trouble getting pregnant, Gesink says. They're also at greater risk of an ectopic pregnancy, which is when the fetus develops outside the uterus. Five per cent of the total population of women have PID, Gesink adds.
However, it's hard to say what percentage of them have it from a previous bout of chlamydia or gonorrhea because of the various symptoms causing by PID. Various ailments include non-STI bacterial infections like bacterial vaginosis, endometriosis, and intrauterine devices (IUDs).Gesink says IUD problems "are usually limited to the first three weeks after insertion."
How does PID cause damage?
Gesink explains PID causes the pelvis to swell and pushes organs together. As they touch, a sticky web is formed that will prevent sperm from reaching the egg because it won't be able to make its way up through the now-blocked Fallopian tubes.
"You can think of it like a little kid playing with gum in your hands. The gum sticks to both sides of your hands and when you pull your hands apart and get this web."
Even after the PID is treated and the swelling goes down, the "gumming" remains.While women won't necessarily feel the web forming, those who do have symptoms may feel pain (which in some cases can become chronic) and experience fever as well as an unusual discharge. Some will feel pain or bleed during sex. They may also see spotting between periods and feel a burning sensation while peeing.
Getting treatment for it won't reverse the damage to one's pelvic anatomy, according to Gesink. Surgery to improve the blocked tubes might help. However, Gesink says it can also sometimes create scarring that leaves its blockage.
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID occurs when pathogenic organisms migrate upward from the urethra and cervix into the upper genital tract. PID can lead to infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pain. Doctors often prescribe at least two broad- spectrum antibiotics for PID because it is hard to identify the organisms responsibly.
In men, Gesink says, chlamydia or gonorrhea can cause chronic inflammation of the urethra which is "like PID but for men."
It can reportedly cause the urethra to narrow and limit sperm flow. In some cases it can also creep its way up the urethra into the epididymis (a tube behind the testes that stores and carries sperm) leading to inflammation of the epididymis called epididymitis which is "also like PID for men."
So how can you prevent it?
The length of time it takes for gonorrhea or chlamydia to turn into PID depends on the person, Gesink says."Some women can develop PID within a matter of days."
"This is why it's important to get tested. If you don't have symptoms, it doesn't mean you're infection-free."
The sooner an STI is treated, the less chance there is for PID to develop and for extensive damage to occur.
"There's one other easy way to avoid this whole ordeal." Tell the men to wear rubber booties," Dixon said. "Always, always, always."
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Surrounded by a multiple pieced gallery of alternate coloured woods. And having 2 inset serpentine bronze handles which are joined by slotted pins, not screws.
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Robert Spielman, Tax & Business Services Partner, Quoted in CFO.com Article "Election Tax Preview: Small Biz's Fiscal Cliff"
By: Kathleen Hoffelder
Featured: Robert Spielman, Partner, Tax & Business
With Bush-era tax cuts expiring and election uncertainty in full throttle, small manufacturers are facing the possible loss of bonus depreciation and other anxieties.
When Michael Retzer, controller of Strohwig Industries, a Richfield, Wisconsin-based tooling and machining manufacturer mostly serving the auto industry, thinks about the upcoming election, he immediately goes on the defensive. "For us, our planning is to play it close to the vest instead of going out willy-nilly build-it-and-they-will-come. We can't take that tack anymore," he says.
That caution doesn't apply to soliciting new business. Instead, the company's just won't be as proactive if there is indeed another term for President Obama, who plans to raise taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 annually.
Robert Spielman, tax and business-services partner at Marcum, an accounting advisory firm, explains it is almost certain that taxes will go up for small and middle-market S corporations. The highest individual tax rates are expected to jump, particularly with the tax cuts enacted under former President George W. Bush expiring. "If tax rates go up, then their income tax will go up," he says. About 85% of manufacturers today are S corporations.
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The Return of SO FRESH! A Night of 80's & 90's Old School Hip Hop and R&B Classics!
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Time: September 22, 2012 at 10pm to September 23, 2012 at 2am
Location: Shine Lounge, San Francisco, CA
Street: 1337 Mission Street
City/State: San Francisco, CA
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Latest Activity: Sep 5, 2012
After taking a one year hiatus, we've decided to bring it back due to the overwhelming popular demand we have gotten from this event. We want to thank everyone for all their support and requests to bring this party back! So as they say, ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE!
Socialite Promotions presents an exclusive Old School Hip Hop and R&B Classics party! THE RETURN OF...SO FRESH! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND at at a brand new location! SHINE LOUNGE in San Francisco!
We're taking it back to the Old School once again! Bust out those Adidas jump suits and Adidas Shell Toe sneakers with fat laces, the cross colors and Kangol bucket hats with fat gold rope chains!
For those of you who have been to our past SO FRESH parties, you know this party is one not to miss! SO FRESH will be strictly a night of Old School Hip Hop and R&B Classics from the late 80's to the 1990's! If you grew up listening to this "Golden era" of Hip Hop and R&B, then you need to be at SO FRESH inside Shine Lounge in San Francisco!
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Our well known veteran DJ's who have been tearin up the turntables for over 2 decades, will be mixing up all of the hottest tracks from artist such as:
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Come dance, drink and watch some of the freshest Old School movies from back in the day on a gigantic 15 foot video screen!
Free before 10:30PM and $5 Cover Until 11PM w/Guest List! Email your full names to: SoFresh@SocialitePro.com You are welcome to send us as many names as you would like! Also please mention this website in your email!
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Mexican corn dip is a family favorite and usually disappears faster than it should. My easy Mexican corn dip recipe features Mexicorn, roasted green chilies as well as shredded cheese. I serve my Mexican corn dip with Fritos but any scoop-able chip will work. Now you know how to make Mexican corn dip!
If you like a dip appetizer or snack, you will want to make pizza dip on the grill! If you want to dip more chips scoop up my favorite black bean salsa recipe.
This dip is great for not only football games and potlucks but for munching on while watching Netflix. I will say that this dip is truly addictive!
The jalapeno pepper is completely optional, but I highly recommend it.
The Mexi-corn in found next to the regular canned corn. Don't forget to drain the water off of the Mexi-corn. The dip will be too 'loose' if you don't drain the water off of the corn.
Allow the dip to chill out in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Over night is best but it is rare I can wait that long.
I am a huge fan of the Fritos Scoops! The shape is perfect and the corn crunch is the perfect compliment to this dip. Also…get the party size bag….you will need it.
But if you can't find Fritos Scoops! go for a cup shaped corn chip. I have done traditional tortilla chips and while they are good, and will work in a pinch, a corn chip is NEEDED for this recipe.
Truth be told, I don't normally garnish the dip with shredded cheese and extra sliced green onions BUT for the sake of pretty pictures, I did just this once.
I love this! My mom use to make something similar. I prefer the fresh corn over the canned corn.


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This kindergarten class has raised and set free 18 orphaned turtles
By Gus Contreras,
Kathryn Fox
SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:
A kindergarten class in Stone Harbor, N.J., recently said bon voyage to a group of 18 orphaned turtles.
LISA FERGUSON: All right. You stand right here. We're going to drop them here in the mud.
PFEIFFER: These students are part of a program that for more than 20 years has saved thousands of diamond terrapin turtles.
The teeny tiny kindergarteners meet the teeny tiny turtles at the beginning of the school year. The kids help raise the turtles, then set them free around this time every year. Lisa Ferguson is director of research and conservation at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor.
FERGUSON: They live in this community, so it's important that they understand the threats to the species, their biology, what's important to them. And then at the end of that year, they come visit us for a program. They get T-shirts that have turtle crossing on it, and then they get a chance to release their turtles back to the marsh.
KELLY: They even sell cookies throughout the year with the proceeds going to diamond terrapin conservation.
PFEIFFER: These little turtles are originally harvested as eggs from their mothers who were killed near the shore where they nest. The babies are raised in captivity for a year. That gives them time to mature before being returned to the wild.
FERGUSON: When it comes time to release them, they're much larger, but so are the kindergartners. They've been through a year of school. They're more confident. Some of them are very excited, and some of them a little bit more hesitant to hold them. But we help get the job done. They get to wave them - wave goodbye, wish them well. And it's usually a pretty fantastic event of the year. For us, it's kind of a highlight of the season.
PFEIFFER: About 500 turtles are killed on New Jersey roads each year. Ferguson says unfortunately, the program can't replenish all of the turtles lost.
KELLY: But to help the long-term prospects of the species, they incubate hatchlings at a specific temperature to ensure they develop into females. And then...
FERGUSON: We will release typically around 150 to 200 turtles. So we get to kind of watch these head starters and other wild turtles over the course of their lives and learn about their patterns, their conservation needs. There are a lot of threats to marsh - salt marshes with flooding, sea level rise, climate change and try to understand habitat availability and how those changes are affecting the population.
KELLY: Ferguson hopes the kids in her program eventually will grow up to be lifelong turtle lovers. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Arab Bank found liable over Hamas attacks, US jury says
By YONAH JEREMY BOB, FRANK G. RUNYEON
In a historic verdict, an 11 member jury on Monday found Arab Bank liable for knowingly providing financial services to Hamas - the first time a financial institution has ever been held civilly liable for supporting terrorism.
The Arab Bank trial took place in a federal court in Brooklyn for the last five weeks and revisited some of Hamas' worst terror attacks, including the August 2001 Sbarro suicide bombing in Jerusalem killing or wounding 130 and a range of 24 horrid terror attacks during the Second Intifada.297 plaintiffs who were injured or are family members of those murdered in the 24 terror attacks from 1998-2004 financed via Saudi Arabia and Hezbollah's al-Shahid Foundation sued the bank in 2004 for allowing itself to be used as a conduit for the terror funds.
The 10 year history of intense legal battles, included trying to get the bank's "secret" client documents located in Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinian areas.
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Myanmar's ruling party meets to map out future
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Members urged to build on reforms, work in interests of the people
Myanmar's ruling party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, opened its first party conference in the capital Nay Pyi Taw on Sunday as it vows for a major leadership change and expansion to win public support.
Observers said the ruling party is feeling pressures from both outside and inside to narrow the gap with the main opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi, as the country is to hold a next general election in 2015 under the constitution.
President Thein Sein, who is the party's former chairman, was present briefly at the opening session of the conference to greet the party members, and party sources said the party will lay down its future policy and elect a new party leadership during the four-day conference.
Members of the USDP were urged to work in the interests of the people, building on reforms that have swept the country under the current administration.
"As we move toward the implementation of a democratic system for the benefit of the people, the USDP and all its members are required to participate enthusiastically wherever they are," the party's vice-president Shwe Mann told around 1,500 delegates in the capital.
Shwe Mann told delegates that the conference would transform the USDP into a people's party, urging all members to take part in the changes.
The party's central executive committee is expected to be expanded during the meeting.
Xu Liping, a researcher of Southeast Asian studies at the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the ruling party is facing mounting pressure for future reforms.
"Washington and European countries are of a major driving force for a deepening democratic reform, and the domestic public opinion shows overwhelming support for the major opposition National League for Democracy Party, which poses a serious challenge (to the ruling party)," Xu said.
USDP, once claimed as having a membership of more than 16 million, was transformed from the former military-backed social organization established in 1993 with some then government leaders being members of the central panel.
In the November 2010 general election contested by 37 political parties with the absence of the opposition National League for Democracy, the USDP won the majority of 883 parliamentary seats (76.5 percent) out of a total of 1,154 at three levels.
Yet in the April by-elections, the USDP gained one seat with the House of Nationalities out of 45 open parliamentary seats, while the NLD swept 43.
During the four-day party conference, the ruling USDP is seeking more seats for the reformists within the party, a move that shows willingness for further reforms, and the reformist posture is also intended to follow public demand for enhancing living standards, Xu said.
One senior party member, who asked not to be named, told AFP that the changes would give the party "new blood".
"Reforming the party will be the significant thing of this first conference," he said, adding that Shwe Mann was expected to be elected as acting chairman during the meeting.
But observers say electoral success will be a formidable challenge for the USDP if it is pitted against the NLD in a free and fair vote.
The ruling party's vow for changes has also been interpreted as a response to doubts from parties outside the country, and it shows that the party "has the capability for substantial reform", Xu Liping said.
During his weeklong visit from Sept 24 to 30 to the United States, Thein Sein repeated his dedication to democratic transition, describing the US recognition as an encouragement to the country to continue on its chosen path.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Thein Sein that the US is watching the steady reform process implemented by the president and his cabinet and is responding to every step of Myanmar to acknowledge the reform efforts and to encourage further reform.
In recognition of the reform process, the US took a step to normalize commercial relations between the two countries by easing US restrictions on the import of goods from Myanmar.
Suu Kyi also left Myanmar earlier in mid-September to visit the US.
"Thein Sein and Suu Kyi's visits to the US have showed the trend that reform is irreversible," said Xu, the Chinese researcher.
Last week, Suu Kyi said she had "the courage to be president" if elected, signaling her willingness to take the top job.
Thein Sein has said in an interview with BBC later that he would accept Suu Kyi as president if she was elected.
Win Than, a USDP member of parliament, told BBC his party could not afford to stand still.
"We must not resist change now. If we don't change, we will lag behind. We have gone through several parliamentary sessions, and we now know what people want and what they don't," he said.
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Tipping the Balance
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Xiaoron Ma's work focuses on the ideology that the value of jewellery is determined not only by its materials, but also the stories and emotions behind the piece, and the value it brings to the individual and society. During their MA project, Ma uses jewellery as an instrument to represent the imbalance of power in the context of marriage in Chinese culture. Ma is inspired by her parents' divorce combined with people's attitudes about marriage and social phenomena across China.
Ma's works are presented in four different elements, made using various different materials such as resin, ceramic and plated metals. Using materials such as feathers and stones to represent the imbalance, Ma lets gravity do the work of symbolising power.
Activism, Craft and Value, Jewellery, Relationships, Resin, Symbolism
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Q: What is it like being new on the high school baseball team?
A: Having not played baseball since seventh grade, I was not really sure what to expect when joining the baseball team. However, the transition has been relatively easy due to how some of the players on the team were my teammates on the basketball team, so they helped me out with a lot in the beginning of the process.
Q: What is your biggest strength as a player?
A: I feel like my biggest strength as a player is my speed. I have always been a fast player in any sport I play, so I am looking forward to using my speed to my advantage during games.
Q: What is your biggest weakness as a player?
A: I am still getting used to all the new signs, fundamentals and mechanics.
Q: What's your favorite position on the baseball field?
A: I really enjoy playing centerfield and leftfield.
Q: If you had an introductory song that would play when you came up to bat, what would it be?
A: If I had an intro song, it would be "Stronger" by Kanye West because it makes people feel stronger, hence the name.
Q: If you could give yourself a nickname, what would it be?
A: If I had to have a nickname, it would be "cheetah" because of how they use their speed to their advantage.
Q: What are your personal goals for the season?
A: My personal goal for this season is to maintain at least a .250 batting average, because hitting is one part of my game I feel I need to work on the most.
Q: What is your favorite part so far about playing for GOA's high school baseball team?
A: My favorite part of playing for a GOA team would have to be how all my teammates are Jewish, which may not seem like much, but I have never played on a sports team with other Jews. Not that it has ever gotten in the way of anything, as I was not ever mistreated for my religion, but it just feels good to have teammates that have a lot in common with you.
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When a theater designer reads a play, the words of the script magically transform themselves into colors, shapes, lines, textures, images of light, personal memories and feelings, paint, and fabrics. But how? Is it magic and luck, or years of training, intuition, and imagination…or all of these things combined? A designer's process is in the discovery of the who, what, where, how, and why that evolves out of a careful study of the script and a research process that inspires the final vision. Our goal is to move from the dramatic text to a theatrical event that drives the story and stirs the senses.
One of the misconceptions of theater artist work displayed as gallery art is considering all of the sketching, model construction, and rendering work that we do with pencil, pen, paper, paint, and glue as the finished artwork at all. These articles on display are merely the working ideas and the products of a concept or an approach to a play production. The finished artwork of a theater artist is ephemeral and is truly only experienced in the moment of performance with the audience present. The actual artwork has already come and gone, yet these artifacts remain.
Gregory Pulver has been practicing theater from his first community theater production at the age of five. He has a BA in Theater Performance and Dance and an MFA in Costume Design and Choreography. He has worked as a theater maker primarily in the west and Chicago. He was a professor at Western Washington University for 16 years and has been at UP for 7 years. He is a Resident Artist at Artist Repertory Theater where he designs costumes for several productions a year.
Larry Larsen has been involved in the theater since his on-stage appearance in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" in the 5th Grade. He has a BA in Drama and Business, and an MFA in Theatre Design. He has worked as a professional designer in the Pacific Northwest for 30 years and has designed for most of the professional theaters in Portland including ART, Broadway Rose, Third Rail Rep, Portland Revels, and PAC. He has taught at UP for 24 years and is an Academic Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences.
Scenic Rendering of "Renaissance Christmas Revels"


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The changes that have swept across the Arab world could usher in a new era of economic growth after years of inequality and joblessness, economists say, if leaders can resist pressure from the very protesters whose rage has reshaped the region.
"The problem is how do you in short run satisfy the economic demands of the people who were in the streets protesting?" said Mohsin Khan, the International Monetary Fund's former director for the Middle East who is now a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
"My worry in the short run is the return to populist policy, back-tracking and undoing reforms," he said.
Interim leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, where a wave of protests fueled by chronic unemployment and deprivation forced leaders from power, are now grappling with pent-up frustration of millions of people longing for more economic opportunity.
In Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, leaders of political dynasties are facing challenges from their own citizens taking to the streets, while Muammar Gaddafi is seeking to defy an international military campaign and hold on to power in Libya.
Leaders of more affluent, oil-producing nations like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are seeking to keep a lid on simmering discontent with handouts and new public sector work schemes.
The IMF, in the aftermath of the massive protests that shuttered businesses and scared away tourists, expects more vulnerable non-oil-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa to suffer this year, with growth slowing to 2 percent.
Oil-exporting nations are expected to fare better, with average 2011 growth rates seen at 5 percent.
The Fund believes that the political change facing the region's leaders could eventually — if governance and inequality are addressed — "actually help them realize their latent potential," said Masood Ahmed, the IMF's Middle East director.
Economists say that would require repairing some of the region's historic handicaps: making it easier for businesses to flourish, improving education systems mismatched with local job markets, shaking up bloated government institutions, and possibly privatizing calcified state enterprises.
"The immediate challenge is to make progress on their social agenda, promote social cohesion, and restore confidence without risking fiscal instability," Ahmed said in a briefing ahead of the IMF and World Bank's annual spring meetings.
But economists fear the region's leaders, both those coming into power and those struggling to hang on to it, might dent prospects for long-term growth if they are tempted to roll back reforms in a bid to stave off perpetual protests.
They warn against further handouts or moves to increase subsidies for food and fuel, expand state payrolls or take other measures they believe would deter investment, damage public finances and erode global economic confidence.
Failure to act could carry its own risks, warned Wael Ghonim, the young Google executive who became a hero of the activist movement in Egypt.
"As an Egyptian I am really concerned that a counter-revolution could happen if people are not able to fulfill their basic needs," Ghonim, 30, told Reuters.
Perhaps the most daunting challenge for regional leaders will be creating jobs for the millions of unemployed youths.
Fariborz Ghadar, an expert at the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the area stretching from North Africa to Pakistan would have to create at least 8 million jobs a year just to keep joblessness at current levels — over five times the number of jobs created in the United States in a year.
"That's not going to happen. No matter what regime is in power there is going to be a substantial amount of dissatisfaction" without major outside aid, Ghadar said.
At a time of uncertainty, the clock may be working against the prospects for sustainable growth. "However legitimate the claims and desires for jobs, it takes time," Williamson said.


Our piece on teaching kids about money was included in both the Carnival of the Capitalists and the Carnival of Personal Finance. Also included in these two carnivals were "Howard Stern is Underpaid" and "Online Bank Routing and Contact Information," both from fivecentnickel.com.
The Best of Me Symphony, which is up at The Owner's Manual, includes "Glasses for a Three Year Old." Also included is "Discount Disney World Tickets" from fivecentnickel.com.
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Above: EA's esports broadcast studio is at its headquarters in Redwood City.
The EA Broadcast Center at EA's headquarters in Redwood City, California, represents a multimillion-dollar investment in the future of competitive gaming, said Todd Sitrin, senior vice president of the competitive gaming division at EA, in an interview with GamesBeat.
Above: EA invested millions in its competitive gaming broadcast studio.
The studio is split into two parts, one with a stage and audience seating and another part that serves as a players lounge. The studio has more than 60 screens and monitors, 200 light fixtures, multiple spectator cameras, and a four-person shoutcaster desk with built-in monitors.
The lounge is designed as a New York loft, and it is outfitted with robot cams and directional microphones to catch all the moments. The control room is quite fancy too, with the ability to stage digital broadcasts and shows for linear TV on channels such as ESPN.
Above: The control room for the EA Competitive Gaming Studio.
EA will use the studio as much as it can in the years ahead, perhaps even renting it out to people like me, who can take on all comers in games like Apex Legends.
The EA Broadcast Center will host its inaugural event on March 15 to March 17 with the Madden NFL 19 Challenge, the longest running Madden competition and third EA Major in the Madden NFL 19 Championship Series.
Beginning today, 16 finalists will descend upon the new studio to compete in a live competition format and face off for the $190,000 prize purse.
Above: Players can compete with each other while shoutcasters commentate.
Previously, EA would take the show on the road, spending a lot of money on event locations and event organizers to run competitions.
Having it on the EA campus will also bring cyberathletes to the EA campus and create a lot of excitement within the staff about esports.
Joe Lynch, head of broadcast at EA said in an interview that the studio has all the "toys" that broadcasters need to put on great shows.
Of course, you can't broadcast an entire battle royale game within the studio, as games like Apex Legends have 60 players at the same time. The studio has room for an audience of about 50 people.


Qatar said on June 11 that citizens of its Gulf neighbors are welcome to stay despite the ongoing blockage by regional Arab nations and other countries.
Pakistani officials say gunmen killed two police officers and wounded another in an attack in the southwestern province of Balochistan.
French voters go to the polls on June 11, with the new party of President Emmanuel Macron looking to get off to a strong start in the first of two rounds of a parliamentary election.
U.S. officials have confirmed that three U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on June 10.
U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron called British Prime Minister Theresa May on June 9 to voice support as she struggles to form a new government.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on June 9 dismissed charges that Qatar supports terrorism and called for an end of the economic blockade on the small Persian Gulf nation by its Arab neighbors.


Our next regular monthly post meeting will be held in the Veterans Memorial Building, 22 W. Broadway, Meridian on March 19, 2019. A free dinner and social hour will begin at 1800, with the meeting to follow at 1900. All Legion members, their guests, and prospective members are invited and encouraged to attend.
The April SAL squadron meeting will be held on April 9, 2019 in the Veterans Memorial Building, 22 W. Broadway, Meridian. We will have a free dinner and social hour starting at 1800. The regular meeting will start at 1900. This will be a very important meeting, as we will be accepting nominations for the upcoming officer elections.
For more information, please contact one of the squadron officers.