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All actors could use a little Grandma late in their careers, an opportunity to take it on the road, unbuffered and unbridled, reminding us of their talents and what we always liked about them. Writer/director Paul Weitz's film fits that bill rather nicely for Lily Tomlin, who plays Elle Reid, recently dumped by her much younger girlfriend Olivia (Judy "say goodbye to these!" Greer). Tomlin is very good in Grandma, as is Julia Garner (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), who plays her preggo granddaughter Sage who needs $600 for, you know, a procedure, before the day is out. (Garner's Harpo Marx fright wig is actually her own hair but trust me it grows on you.) Good, too, is Marcia Gay Harden, who plays Sage's overbearing, workaholic mother Judy. In fact, the film is filled with strong female characters like Elle and Olivia and Sage and Judy, brought to life by a commanding cadre of performers. It's a drama and a comedy and a road movie rolled into one—a small one, not earth-shattering, but genuine. Sam Elliott gets a brief look-in as an embittered ex ("I always liked women, I just didn't like myself," Elle explains stoically), as does the deadbeat co-producer of Sage's fetus (Nat Wolff), but these boys are definitely on the side. Weitz, whose filmography has been frustratingly up (American Pie, In Good Company, About a Boy) and down (American Dreamz, Little Fockers, Down to Earth) over the years, delivers a spry script and some solid direction, allowing Tomlin and her fellow thesps to do some excellent work.
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Grantee Spotlight - State Bar honors Charlotte housing rights advocate and legal aid leader Ted Fillette
At its council meeting in Charlotte in July, the North Carolina State Bar presented its prestigious John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award, which honors exemplary service to North Carolina's legal profession, to Theodore O. "Ted" Fillette, a leading advocate for the housing rights of poor North Carolinians and a leader of Charlotte's civil legal aid community for more than 40 years. Fillette currently serves as assistant director of IOLTA grantee, Legal Aid of North Carolina, and senior managing attorney of its Charlotte office.
Since 1973, Ted Fillette has been a practicing civil legal aid lawyer in North Carolina. For all but one of those years, he has worked in Charlotte, providing free legal representation to low-income people confronting serious civil legal problems. Over his career, Fillette has established himself as one of the state's leading practitioners and fiercest advocates for the housing rights of the poor.
Ted has represented innumerable individual clients, served as counsel or co-counsel on precedent-setting cases in the state's highest courts and federal court, and fought in the policy arena to establish more just and equitable housing laws for all North Carolinians.
In his letter to the Bar supporting Fillette's nomination for the award, Henry E. Frye, North Carolina's first African-American supreme court chief justice, wrote of how he relied heavily on Fillette's expertise while attempting to reform the state's landlord-tenant laws as a member of the General Assembly in the '70s and '80s.
"Ted Fillette was the most dedicated and reliable resource for me during those years," Frye wrote. "I could rely upon him for, not only the accurate state of the current law, but also for information as to how the law operated in practice."
When Frye failed to reform the state's landlord-tenant law wholesale, Fillette convinced him to change the law piecemeal. "We were successful in doing so, and a lot of the credit was due to the hard work of Ted," Frye wrote. "His efforts to improve the law in North Carolina are worthy of national recognition!"
Fillette, a native of Mobile, Alabama, earned his bachelor's from Duke University in 1968 and then served in the Volunteers in Service to America program in Boston until 1970, when he started law school at Boston University. In 1973, after earning his juris doctorate, he came to Charlotte to start his career as a civil legal aid lawyer. That year, he joined the Legal Aid Society of Mecklenburg County as a staff attorney, a position he held until 1981, when he moved to New Bern to serve a one-year stint as litigation director at Pamlico Sound Legal Services. He returned to Charlotte in 1982 to work for Legal Services of Southern Piedmont as litigation director and deputy director, positions he held for the next 20 years.
In 2002, Legal Aid of North Carolina was founded when independent legal aid offices around the state joined forces to form a unified organization with a statewide mandate. Fillette joined the new organization as its assistant director and senior managing attorney of its Charlotte office, a position he holds to this day.
"Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of low-income North Carolinians, who may never have met Ted, nevertheless owe him a debt of gratitude for his decades of dedicated advocacy," said George Hausen, executive director of Legal Aid of North Carolina.
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Q: csv.writer adding quote to last term as well as extra line even with newline='' Prefacing this question by stating that my Python 3 code IS using newline = '' (which was an answer to similar questions), but the behavior is persisting.
This code reads in data from a really big comma delimited text file, buffers one day into a list, then writes that list to a csv file.  I'm getting this odd behavior at the ends of the rows:
Source data:
"27/56/4382","81:00:00","5464.4","5464.4","5464.4","3\r\n"
"27/56/4382","81:00:00","5464.4","5464.4","5464.4","3\r\n"
Output looks like this:
"27/56/4382","81:00:00","5464.4","5464.4","5464.4","3
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"27/56/4382","81:00:00","5464.4","5464.4","5464.4","3
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Code:
with open(readfilepath,newline='') as f:
for line in f:
        date1 = date2 # set date1 to date2 so don't get kicked out
        purchline= line # grab line
        parsedline = purchline.split(",") # split up line record
        date2 = parsedline[0] # grab date 2
        if (date1 == date2): # if day hasn't flipped, continue to build buffer
            daybuffer.append(parsedline)
        else:  # day has flipped.  write buffer to file, clear buffer, then append this line (don't lose line!)
            # create writefilepath
            writedate = datetime.datetime.strptime(date1,"%M/%d/%Y").strftime("%Y%M%d")
            writefilename = "poa" + writedate + "purRaw.txt"
            writefilepath = writedirectorypath + writefilename

            # write daybuffer to csvfile
            with open(writefilepath,'w',newline='') as writecsv:
                purchwriter = csv.writer(writecsv)
                purchwriter.writerows(daybuffer)

            # wipe out daybuffer
            del(daybuffer[:])
            # add last line to daybuffer
            daybuffer.append(parsedline)
            print("The day hath flipped.")

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Even as a high school student, Kobe was already attracting a lot of attention for his mad basketball skills. He did, however, have one thing in common with just about every other high school kid — a teensy little celebrity crush. A former classmate of Kobe's once recalled for the Philadelphia Inquirer how "he had one of those teen magazines and it had a picture of Brandy because she was on that show, Moesha. He showed me and he said, 'I'm gonna bring this girl to prom.
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Beyond Cybersecurity: We Should Talk about Cyberpeace
Oskar J Gstrein
Jun 3, 2021 Digital Transformation, International Security
Photo by Joshua Sortino/Unsplash - https://unsplash.com/photos/LqKhnDzSF-8
Cybersecurity is a complex concept. It essentially consists of the two terms 'cyber' and 'security', both of which are highly context-dependent. Cyber has its roots in the ancient Greek verb 'kybereo', which can be translated as to guide, steer, control, or govern. In the second half of the 20th century the emergence of 'Cybernetics' has paved the way for automated process management, which is closely related to the development of information technology systems. From the 1950s onward, the adoption of cybernetics as a sort of meta-ideology has had considerable impact on global politics during the 'Cold War'; while the Soviets hesitated to develop computers and decentralized information networks, the West has made this an essential element of economic and political hegemony. In that sense, there is an immediate connection between the cyber-domain and security.
While cybersecurity has many dimensions, for the sake of simplification it can be broken down in three areas:
cybercrime; which is targeting individuals with malicious intent, through either cyber-dependent or cyber-enabled methods.
cyberespionage; which is targeting private or public institutions to access classified information, trade secrets or intellectual property.
cyberwarfare; which is the attack on a state population and infrastructure by units that are either controlled or tolerated by another government.
While these three categories have become increasingly relevant and blended over the last decades, the dependency on reliable information technology throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has made cybersecurity a top priority for political decision-makers in the United States and Europe. Nevertheless, it is unlikely that the issue of security in the digital domain will be solved with more funding and resources alone. If we want cyberspace to be a place for peaceful and sustainable cooperation, we need to frame its governance differently.
Cyberspace is increasingly dangerous
The recent ransomware attack on the Colonial pipeline – the biggest in the United States, responsible for about 15 percent of the national oil supply – is just the most recent high-profile example demonstrating how connected and vulnerable critical infrastructure has become. While the pipeline restored operation on 13 May, the outage quickly resulted in a rise of gasoline prices, panic buying in affected regions, as well as closures of thousands of gas stations. Colonial paid DarkSide – the group allegedly responsible for the attack – 4.4 million US-Dollar in Bitcoin to restore operation. Similarly, over the last year hospitals, universities and water supply infrastructure have been attacked, with fatal consequences in the worst cases. Perhaps unsurprisingly, international organizations such as Interpol and Europol report a stark rise of the malicious use of cyberspace during COVID-19.
Attack versus Defense
This short summary paints a bleak picture, but the perspectives going forward are even more worrisome: permanently connected public and private infrastructure ('Smart City', 'Industry 4.0'), autonomous vehicles and continuing digital transformation will only increase the importance of this policy area. Security experts such as Bruce Schneier repeatedly highlight the necessity of 'smart' regulations to address the challenges. At the same time, the established culture and social dynamics are exacerbating risks: services and systems are developed taking out 'technical debt', which is prioritising short term (economic) gain over long-term interests such as security and privacy. Additionally, groups such as DarkSide benefit from public announcements that highlight flaws in their systems: they improve their attack strategies immediately, before potential victims are able to repair compromised systems or prevent future attacks. Finally, the exploration and sale of security vulnerabilities has become a viable business model for some companies.
Nobody talks about 'Cyberpeace'
This obsession with offensive and defensive capabilities is striking since it provides insight on the underlying motivation: while it seems perfectly acceptable that the cyber-domain has become the canvas for spectacular battle paintings, no political actor seems to feel the desire – or responsibility – to mandate a change of the genre. Such change certainly does not fit the narrative of the 'four internets', where 'openness is a vulnerability that can be exploited for misinformation or hacking, an opportunity taken by Russia, Iran and North Korea, among others.' One might question whether it is actually helpful to constantly stigmatize certain nations as villains. This practice is at odds with the idea of the internet as a (more) universal space, that is primarily dedicated to cooperation, collaboration and information exchange. At the same time, through increasing political and societal polarization it helps to build the momentum for the spiral of cyber-conflict, which is also catalyzed by the attack versus defense dynamic outlined. In order to be able to move into a different direction where decision-makers choose the route of cooperation over conflict, different governance strategies are required. This is where it could be useful to think about the achievement of cyberpeace as an overarching objective that goes beyond cybersecurity.
What is in the Regulatory Toolbox?
At the moment, Cyberpeace is mainly a topic for some civil society groups (e.g. FIfF, Cyberpeace Foundation). On a political level the concept surfaced briefly in September 2015 during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the United States. In an agreement that was immediately met with suspicion by some, the American and Chinese leaders agreed to stop cyberespionage, which would protect business and government secrets. It is currently unclear how relevant this initiative remains, especially since the relationship between the two parties has become much more difficult over the last years.
Most probably, the route towards cyberpeace requires incremental steps. One fundamental element is a (more) shared understanding of central concepts such as legitimate purposes and objectives of governmental surveillance, privacy, or more detailed standards for cybersecurity. Currently, there seems to be some momentum for enhanced transatlantic cooperation between the US and EU on cybersecurity standards. While multilateral attempts to establish such a broader understanding have so far failed on the level of the United Nations, other international organizations such as the Council of Europe have ongoing initiatives that are in principle open to countries all over the globe. For instance, the organization is currently working on a second additional protocol in time for the 20th anniversary of the Convention on Cybercrime in November 2021, which is also known as the 'Budapest Convention'.
International Standards: Obviously necessary, not realistic
On the one hand, it is clear that safe and trustworthy digital infrastructure will become more important in the coming years and that we are currently not able to deliver it. On the other hand, political decision-makers have not come to the conclusion that the security requirement is more important than the capability to carry out attacks. A good example to illustrate this contradictory position is the current discussion on encryption in the European Union. When it comes to protection against potential surveillance of United States security services, 'robust encryption' combined with legal agreements is required as a way to keep international data transfers private and secure. At the same time, the ministers of EU member states are thinking about ways to mandate the weakening of encryption to facilitate their own investigations. Perhaps this example highlights why reframing the discussion around cybersecurity might be useful: thinking beyond and towards cyberpeace could be useful in identifying and defining the objectives to strive towards, while putting the means that serve short-term interests of stakeholders in the background.
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Calvin University Chimes • October 14, 2012 • https://calvinchimes.org/2012/10/14/inauguration-week-begins-with-student-showcase/
Inauguration week begins with Student Showcase
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Connor Sterchi
Inauguration week kicked off Saturday with the Student Showcase, an event that featured a variety of acts and performances, including Dance Guild, Calvin's Got Talent and Rangeela.
The event took place in the Covenant Fine Arts Center and served as the beginning of the celebration for incoming president Michael Le Roy.
Paula Englin, coordinator of student organizations at Calvin, said that the purpose of Student Showcase is to give Le Roy a sample of some of the events and performances at Calvin.
"We're terming it 'initiation'," said Englin. "We wanted to kind of give Le Roy and his family a taste of some of the traditions at Calvin."
The idea for Student Showcase came about last year, when former student senate President Nana Owusu-Achau thought of the idea to showcase the wide variety of performances that Calvin has throughout the year.
"[Le Roy] has been so wonderful in interacting with the students, and he has just really taken the initiative to know students and to try to better understand their experience," said Englin.
"In some ways we want to further that relationship, and this is sort of a way for students to give back and reciprocate on some of the ways he's taken to get to know them by showing some of the things that they're passionate about," she continued.
After the show, Le Roy expressed delight and appreciation for Student Showcase.
"It was outstanding," said Le Roy. "It was so exciting and so fun to see such joy and celebration."
The showcase featured a variety of international and multicultural performances, which included Africapella, an Indian act and a Burmese act.
"I love all of the global culture representation," Le Roy said. "And there's just a fun loving spirit that just lifts my soul."
After the performances, Le Roy was asked to come up on stage, where he became the star of the show's final surprise act. The Student Showcase performers came back on stage to join Le Roy in dancing to the Cupid Shuffle.
"Yes, I was [surprised]," laughed Le Roy. "I never thought I was very good at dancing, so I'm being stretched."
Fitting with its name, Student Showcase was a student-led endeavor. Junior Rachel Mason was the director of Student Showcase.
"My favorite part of directing it was anticipating how good this show could be," said Mason.
"The acts we chose for this showcase are crowd favorites from Airband, Dance Guild, Rangeela, and Calvin's Got Talent," she continued. "I was excited that not only President LeRoy would get a little taste of what these shows are like, but also the new first year students as well. I'm hoping it gets them excited to come to these events and maybe participate in the future."
Senior Mallory McLaughlin oversaw the Dance Guild portion of the show.
McLaughlin held three practices for Dance Guild prior to the showcase. Some challenges for her included finding replacements for those who graduated and reorganizing dance formations. But she was happy with the end results.
"It all came together well," said McLaughlin. "It has been great getting this group back together and we could not be more excited to be a part of the showcase. In my group of audition co-ed hip hop, these dancers all love the chance to perform on stage in front of any crowd, having Le Roy and his family there is just an added bonus and incentive to perform our best. We're hoping it will encourage him to attend Dance Guild this fall."
Troy Vander Hoek, a performer in the "Three People and a Piano" act, was pleased with how Student Showcase encapsulated the variety of talent at Calvin.
"I think Student Showcase showcases — that's sort of cliché but I'll go with it — just how much talent is here," said Vander Hoek. "It's a great show not only for students but also for students' parents and grandparents."
But for Vander Hoek, Student Showcase's icing on the cake was when Le Roy unwittingly walked on stage to become the star of the final performance.
"To see the smile on his face while he was doing the Cupid Shuffle made my whole month of October," said Vander Hoek.


RICHARD FINN: Welcome, everybody, from both sides of the Atlantic to our World Marathon Majors conference call with the five race directors. We will have an opening comment or statement from two of our race directors, then we'll open it up to questions from all five race directors.
We have Carey Pinkowski, executive race director of the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon from Chicago; Guy Morse, executive director of the Boston Marathon speaking to us from Boston; Dave Bedford, race director of the Flora London Marathon speaking to us from London; Mark Milde, race director of the real,- Berlin Marathon speaking to us from Berlin; and here in New York, we have Mary Wittenberg, race director of the ING New York City Marathon.
It's my pleasure to turn it over now to Carey Pinkowski in Chicago.
CAREY PINKOWSKI: Thank you, Richard.
Good morning and afternoon to everyone. We are back together obviously after a four-month break with our spring events in Boston and London. There's some excitement building around the series as you're all aware as we prepare and move towards Berlin on September 24th, then Chicago on October 22nd. As you've seen, we have some of our marquee athletes, some of the greatest distance runners and marathon runners in the world that have already been announced. Obviously in Berlin, Mr. Gebrselassie and Ms. Noguchi; Paul Tergat and Deena Kastor in New York; Felix Limo in Chicago, which obviously illustrates the marquee athletes are continuing to compete in our events.
With our series moving forward, our group collectively and our collaborative efforts, there's been some visible things we've talked about. Mr. Bedford will discuss that. We've been continuing to discuss and work together on several issues on the forefront, but also behind the scenes I think our efforts and our partnerships have been very, very successful and things are coming on the horizon.
I think we'll add to the sport. It will be good for all of our events. I'm excited to continue this relationship and partnership.
What I'd like to do now is hand this over to David Bedford from London and give us a state of affairs on some of the issues and elements that we've been working on recently.
DAVE BEDFORD: Good afternoon, good morning as the case may be, to everybody.
This year is a slightly unusual year in the cycle of World Marathon Majors in that three years out of four we have a World Championships or Olympic Games that forms part of our scoring structure. We felt that this being the odd year out that it was probably useful to just touch base with people almost as a bridge between the spring and autumn events.
As you are all aware, World Marathon Majors is a very new organization, although the events that make it up have a massive amount of history and a massive amount of knowledge. We have, however, been working on a number of fronts from the spring through till now and we see this as an opportunity just to touch base with you on some of that.
You will know that we made an announcement about three months ago that the World Marathon Majors had committed themselves to a very strong position on athletes who were found positive of more than -- an offense that had more than a three-month penalty. Any athletes so inflicted would never be invited back to our events as elite athletes.
We have continued to develop that stance and have been working very strongly on joint contracts where each of the contracts that each of our marathons has with elite athletes has all the basic common principles. In other words, an athlete competing in Chicago or New York will have the same responsibilities as if they were in London or Berlin. We have already started working in our own way on drafts of those.
More importantly, within that there are a number of elements that would probably call in other sports a Code of Conduct which talks very much about what the events expect from athletes. Obviously, athletes want to know what they can expect from events the other way. I think we are now identifying that a Code of Conduct for athletes is very, very important.
And I think that as we've gone through this summer, and like the rest of our sport, I have been shocked to the core which I suppose is not an overexaggeration on the impact of in athletics, Justin Gatlin's announcement; in cycling, the Tour de France announcement; and of course the pending confirmation, the very real situation, real possibility that Marion Jones might have also, notwithstanding the starts she's taken since Sydney, or maybe beforehand, looks likely to be in.
That has caused us to strengthen our resolve. We have as a group of World Marathon Majors written to IAAF. We have copied into our own Federations, our own chief executives, and members from our own country who sit on IAAF council, reminding them of the stance that World Marathon Majors have taken on doping, and urging the IAAF to take significantly stronger action as we go forward in order to protect their part of the sport of athletics.
Marathon running has so far been fortunate perhaps, or maybe it's because of the resolve of individual members, not to have had such shocking announcements. We believe, however, that to sit there and to say that this does not impact on our state would be naive. And we believe that probably, and this is a personal view, but I know that certainly some of my colleagues will agree with me on this, that the time to believe that education is the way forward with athletes with drug abuse has gone and that the only thing that has a chance of having a significant impact on our sport is a significantly higher level of penalties, and we believe we have certainly shown the way there.
We don't necessarily want this conference to only concern itself with that. And we have continued, as you know in London we had a trial with great support from the shoe companies on the way our athletes looked, identifying athletes from different color vests. We have had number of meetings with shoe companies and believe that we are significantly closer now than at any other time to having a mutual view on how our athletes look not only within our own group but also with significant support from all of the major shoe companies.
That perhaps doesn't sound too much for the three months or so between the spring and autumn marathons, however you will note, those of you who have any idea about the politics of this world, that's kept us very busy. I hope it gives you a flavor for the fact that we continue to be a group of the best marathons in the world united in our belief that we are the best marathons, united in the belief that we have to continue to strive for perfection in our sport. On behalf of my colleagues, that's where we stand.
Q. I think everyone would like to maybe hear a little bit more from Dave on any specifics you have about the Code of Conduct, but I have another question also. You have like successful, well-established marathons with their own traditions, all that. I'm wondering, as time goes on, professionalism and growth, other things happen, how you struggle maybe to have to alter some of those traditions. I'm specifically thinking about the Boston Marathon. Guy, obviously you made a decision to abandon something that had been going on forever there, alter your start. I'm just wondering how much resistance you got from old-timers on that, what ultimately made you decide that it was a step you had to take.
GUY MORSE: First of all, the decisions to change the start procedures were unrelated to World Marathon Majors, for sure. You know, what we look at, as we have in the past, tradition is very important, but also progress is important. To be honest with you, we did not receive, at least to date we have not received a lot of hesitation or push-back on the earlier start. I think there's a common goal and a common agreement that an earlier start is better for the runners, especially on a warm day, which has been recently the case at several Bostons.
Also, you know, like a lot of other traditions, there are traditions for a reason but there's also a reason for change. Witness the one point in time when women weren't allowed to compete in Boston or elsewhere. That was a change that was overdue. We believe the start time was a change that is overdue both from the runners' point of view, which also goes to the medical concerns of the runners, and also from the community's point of view in our particular case.
As you know, it's on a Monday in Boston, quasi holiday, Patriots day, and traffic issues became paramount over the years. So in working with the communities along the course, eight cities and towns, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, it became clear that this change was ready to be made.
We've received virtually no resistance to it from the communities, and in fact most runners are embracing it as a refreshing change for Boston to keep us in the forefront of marathoning.
Q. A question for Dave Bedford. Could you elaborate a bit more on what you're saying about significantly higher levels of sanctions. Are you talking about you think it's time for a return to a lifetime ban? Can you clarify exactly what you mean by anybody with a three-month ban would not be allowed to take part in any of these marathons. Have I understood you correctly?
DAVE BEDFORD: Yes, correct. There was a time when I was an expert on this area from the position of UK athletics. If I'm not quite on the ball now, you'll forgive me, I hope.
The IAAF place doping infringements into two categories: a category that receives up to a three-month penalty for first offense, i.e., a more minor offense; and offenses over three months, which in the main are penalties of more than two years. Anyone that gets a second offense on a minor one would get two years the following time.
If we just go back in time for a minute and go back pretty close on 20 years, the position of certainly UK athletics, and myself at the time, was that there should be for the more serious offenses a lifetime ban from the (indiscernible). The IAAF in congress, trying to find a middle position that pulled people together throughout the world, finally settled on a four-year period. This was in the time of Primo Nebiolo, who was the then president. Four years later at the next opportunity, the four years came down to a two-year ban.
The view of the sport of athletics and the world governing body was very clear: they didn't want people in athletics to be treated any more harshly than perhaps people in other sports were, and there was a general view from the people in the anti-doping world that four years was a bit harsh for a first serious doping offense.
Running parallel to that was the view that what the sport of athletics needed was an education program to try to explain to youngsters that doping wasn't a good idea, was against the rules, et cetera. They hoped that dual approach was going to steer the tide of doping problems.
What we have seen, in my opinion, and I believe in the opinion of my colleagues, since then is that the majority of runners who have been found positive, if you like, have informally taken the view that something that only has a two-year ban for a first offense can't be that serious. The two-year ban itself suggests that the sport of athletics doesn't actually care too much.
In fact, if you listen to the comments of people like Ben Johnson, Jason Livingstone just recently, they have said that at the end of the day, no one cares.
When you look at the sport of athletics, and in particular track and field, see the declining audiences we have worldwide, and a decline in TV audiences even if the sport can get on television, it is pretty clear that the community, the world community who wants to watch athletics, is voting with its feet, and that it does matter.
This is the reason why the World Marathon Majors have absolutely taken a view that there is a no-tolerance policy with them for any of the major doping offenses. We will not invite people back.
RICHARD FINN: We'd like to have a little more clarification. Mary.
MARY WITTENBERG: Hello, everybody. Just to clarify, Dave gave a great background to where we're going with the World Marathon Majors.
As of now, any athlete that is issued a ban of over three months by the IAAF is not invited back to any of our races, World Marathon Majors, full stop. They are aren't eligible going forward for any prize money. They will not be issued special invitations. They will not be issued appearance money. They will not be given special starts.
Beyond that we are also advocating the IAAF, as Dave said, to look to extend the current two-year ban to a four-year ban. We're also urging the IAAF and working with them to campaign our national governments to make supplying and possessing drugs for use in the sport a criminal offense. Those are the sorts of things we're doing more behind the scenes. Our bottom line with the World Marathon Majors is once you're issued a ban, you're out of our races.
RICHARD FINN: Thank you, Mary.
Q. I'm wondering how you can ensure that drug testing and doping controls are going to be carried out consistently across all five, after we've heard yesterday at the IAAF meetings that three world records were not ratified because of problems with EPO testing. How can you make sure you maintain consistency?
DAVE BEDFORD: Who wants to answer that?
RICHARD FINN: Mary will take a first look, then Mark Milde will follow up.
MARY WITTENBERG: We all work closely with WADA on a world level and then our own individual agencies in our jurisdictions. In the United States, we work very closely with USADA, plan with them in advance of the event to make sure they have everything they need to ensure the process is clean for them. In addition, anything in our control we double-check to ensure that everybody on the staff understands the athletes are only offered closed bottles of liquid after the race. Our elite fluid stops are all policed, and only the athletes, the ones who put their liquids in, and otherwise we have a tight security system around the special fluids.
It's a full internal staff initiative to ensure that we are protecting everything the athlete has to drink or eat on the course. Then we work very closely with USADA to make sure they have everything they need to ensure the process goes well.
RICHARD FINN: Mark, would you like to add anything, since your race is first up?
MARK MILDE: Sure. As Mary said, we are working closely with each national federation to get the latest and highest standards for these tests, that we agreed upon each other, upon all of our five races that we will be doing at least 12 tests at our races, which includes the first three positions, men and women, then three more selected positions, people who took positions between four and 15. I believe in total we have 12 tests, which is more than is actually needed.
Yeah, we will also make sure that we do all the testing for all the drugs for which are known that can be - how shall I say? - the tests can recognize the traces of these drugs. I would like to remind you in 2001 we already started cooperating among the five of us, without being serious then, in introducing blood testing at that stage in order to get a handle on EPO doping.
RICHARD FINN: Thank you, Mark.
Q. I'd like to ask the three races involved about their decision to withdraw from AIMS, what the background and motivation for that was, what you hope to achieve through that.
DAVE BEDFORD: If I can go first.
One of my colleagues, Nick Bitel, was a board member of AIMS for more than a period of two years. He was concerned, and I won't go into any real detail, but he was concerned over issues of governance, over issues of the role that AIMS was actually having in the world of marathon running.
The board did not wish to make significant changes or, indeed, any changes significant or otherwise. We in London felt that in those circumstances, although we were a founder member, that it was not appropriate for us to belong to an organization that had a constitution that ignored it and worse. We saw in that situation it was appropriate for us to leave.
We have not left the sport of marathon running. We continue to be supportive in our race director programs of all other events, as indeed are New York and Chicago, who have also left. But there comes a point sometimes where if you can't resolve a matter politically and you are really concerned about what's happening at the core, the only thing you can do is to leave, and that's what we did.
RICHARD FINN: Mary Wittenberg from New York will add in a comment.
MARY WITTENBERG: I'd just add, this is a very important time for our sport. We see this as the moment to elevate it. Our tolerance for anything but excellence is no longer there. We're making bold moves, staring issues in the face, like the drug issue. This is yet another situation where Dave said it right, it would have been easier to sit back. But the right thing is to stand behind our initiatives to try to make the sport better. Our hope is that what comes out of this is actually a much more unified sport on a world level.
RICHARD FINN: Carey, would you want to add anything?
CAREY PINKOWSKI: As Dave mentioned, I think we were the second event to resign from AIMS. It was just some issues that were brought to our attention from London's chief executive, Nick Bitel. I mean, there was a window when those were to be addressed. They weren't addressed. We decided in support that we would withdraw from AIMS. My tenure of 16 years here in Chicago, we were a member of the event, but we thought it was in the best interest for us to support London and follow with our withdrawal from AIMS.
Q. I wanted to follow up on the question about EPO testing. Mark covered it a bit. What he was referring to is world records don't get ratified unless EPO is part of the testing. EPO testing is not always done because it's more expensive than just the regular battery of tests. Mark seemed to indicate that at least in Berlin every test includes EPO testing. I assume from that that the other events all that have ordered, when they order the testing, they make sure the EPO test is also done as well.
DAVE BEDFORD: From London's point of view, that is absolutely the case. In London we have moved away from blood testing beforehand, but we now take a urine sample from every single one of our contracted athletes in addition to the testing that we do on race day. The experts here believe that we have certainly the EPO line covered. If someone has taken part in our event and is using EPO, they will be caught.
Q. The question is actually on competition. One of the things we've seen in the marathon is very vibrant races, particularly in Boston and New York where time really doesn't matter, though the races where time does matter have seemed to follow the pattern somewhat of a track season that we have maybe 30 kilometers with pacers and then the competition, and the competition has not been really great as, say, in Boston as there have been no pacers. Have there been discussions focusing the races on competition? It's not really a championship like a World Championships or Olympics, the World Majors, but they are more of a competition than a race against time.
DAVE BEDFORD: There has been some discussion. I think that most of the events understand the point. I think that if you look, for example, at the record of London races over the last 10 years where my job is to put a field together that becomes competitive, has worked far more times than it hasn't.
The one area where I think all of us are a little bit nervous about is the move that we took in London to have men pacemakers in women's events, and that is certainly something that we have been discussing, and, of course, the pacemaking issue generally.
It seems to us on the general basis that providing pacemakers don't get deeply involved and overinvolved in the race, that a fast race will by and large produce a more honest overall performance and result than perhaps a slow 1500 meter race as an example where you go through three laps in 3:30.
At the end of the day, although we are a group of five marathons, we each of us have our own markets that we have to satisfy. The history of athletics is absolutely linked with the comparison of one generation to another through time, without timings in perhaps the way horse racing runs in this country I believe we would be a very, very different sport.
For us I think the opportunity we have a fast course, we have strong fields, and there is the opportunity from time to time to have a world record. As a former world record holder myself, I certainly think there is still a place in our sport for fast times and world records, but not at the cost of competition disappearing.
MARK MILDE: Maybe I can also add something to this.
We are usually one of the races which does have not these really deep fields. We need to concentrate more on several runners due to our budget and also to the competition there is in the autumn. We are looking at not only our big three marathon races, but also the Championships and also the Olympic Games. There are only so many world class athletes out there, so even if I wanted to, it's not possible to have a more competitive field than we already have.
But we also are trying to make it more exciting for the runners. This year, for example, we have Haile Gebrselassie, who wants to run as fast as he can. We also have somebody else in the race with Sammy Korir, who is the second fastest marathoner of all times at the moment. We also are trying, if it's possible, to have competitive fields, which was not the situation back in 2003 when Paul Tergat was running in Berlin and setting the current world record where there was not such a strong competition for this year.
GUY MORSE: Just to close that loop, I know we'll move on to the next question, but that really goes to the foundation of why we are together as a group of five. There's a true recognition of the individual events and what our priorities are. For example, in Boston it's all about the competition, not necessarily the time, no pacemakers, et cetera. Other races are different, and that's fine. We base this whole series on our differences and we're working to make sure as a group we do the right thing for the sport, yet we don't steal anything from our individual events, which make them all great.
Q. I wanted to ask, speaking of competition, if the fall races have begun to see some athletes making their race choices guided perhaps by their position in the World Marathon Majors rankings. Might be a little early for that, but have you started to see any signs of that?
MARY WITTENBERG: Yes, we definitely have seen that. When you look at the list of the current men and women on the leaderboard, you'll see the vast majority in our races this fall. I think a good example is Stefano Baldini. It's no surprise Stefano ran very well in London, ran a national record, then was committed for his country of Italy to run the European Championships. He won that in a strategic but challenging marathon. He immediately came out and said he'd like to run again in the fall, New York is a natural because it gives him the most amount of time of recovery. He's going to do everything he can to run. He'll make that decision in the next week or two. If it weren't for the Marathon Majors, this would be the year he would not run this fall. So he's an example.
Then as you run through the list, I know that Carey, Mark and I have heard from each of these athletes. They want to be in the mix as well as several others like Haile and Paul Tergat that are just dying to stake a place on the leaderboard.
CAREY PINKOWSKI: I definitely think there's an added incentive for athletes, when you are approaching athletes that you're interested in recruiting, that the series is an added value piece that helps in the process.
Q. Dave, can you say anything more specific, other than the drug issue, what the Code of Conduct you're looking for would include?
DAVE BEDFORD: It's really fairly basic stuff. We are trying to make sure that when an athlete comes to our events, that there is a common set of conditions that we as races are prepared to say we will deliver. There's a common set of responsibilities that we, the events, believe we should have. In other words, athletes perhaps who in the past from time to time maybe don't bother to show at a press conference or turn up late, we have difficulty in getting up-to-date information about a whole load of factors.
This is about us committing to the athletes and getting the athletes, and of course their agents, who are a key mover in this as well, accepting that we all have a responsibility for our sport, that this is our sport, that it's not just we put on the events and they have the athletes.
I think from the great support that we've had so far from all of the athletes' agents in the development of World Marathon Majors, we will start to see significant changes as we go forward.
It would be inappropriate at the second to start reading out some of those points, but I think as we go forward, people in the sport will naturally understand that the game has changed.
MARY WITTENBERG: Just by way of background, philosophically, what the whole Code of Conduct is set on is doing what we can to promote the sport with great integrity. So a number of provisions relate to the media side, to the fan side. Dave said it right, when you are talking about specifics, we're talking about sportsmanlike conduct, we're talking about punctuality, attendance at awards ceremonies which help develop the fan base, no wagers, no bribes, all the classic things you would expect in a Code of Conduct that aims to have a sport of integrity and one that we can promote around the world that we're seeking to do.
Q. Is the drug testing standardized throughout the five events? If not, do you envision doing this?
DAVE BEDFORD: We have committed already there would be a minimum amount of testing that each of our races will do, which is 12 tests at each marathon. That doesn't stop other marathons doing more than that.
All of us test for EPO as an example. There was an earlier question about that. All of us test for that. There have certainly been emails among ourselves, although no conclusion at the moment, about whether we shouldn't be extending the amount of testing.
I think at the same time as us calling for the IAAF to take a stronger stance, we also need to make sure that we aren't saying this is someone else's responsibility. I would imagine as we go forward that there would be an increased amount of testing, not because we believe that athletes in our sport are necessarily cheating, but to make sure that people know that if they are cheating they will get caught.
CAREY PINKOWSKI: I know in the U.S., New York, Boston, Chicago, our protocol is almost identical because obviously that's coordinated through USA Track and Field and USADA. As we talked about earlier, obviously we want to go further than that and increase those issues and maybe even deeper into the testing. There's been a consistency in the way that we do things in the U.S. due to the fact that we're all sanctioned by USA Track and Field.
GUY MORSE: Carey is right. We're pretty consistent across the board. But going forward, you can witness us becoming much more proactive and aggressive in this policy. We'll be lobbying, as David said, the International Federation and our own Federation to do more. We'll also look individually at ways to do more within our own races. The rules have changed and it's going to get more difficult but I think better for the sport in the long run.
DAVE BEDFORD: A postscript for me on that.
It seems for me the sport of athletics has a final chance to grasp this nettle. We really do hope that the amount of shock heard throughout the world from journalists, commentators who can clearly see the way our sport is going to go if we don't stem the tide here. We believe as bad as it is in some parts of our sport, there is a great opportunity here to send a new message and to turn that tide.
RICHARD FINN: Thank you very much. As a final wrap-up, we would like to thank everybody that joined us from both the United States and throughout the UK. We'd like to thank the five race directors for joining us on the call. Please contact all of the respective press officers for any follow-up questions.
As a look ahead, as the fall of the World Marathon Majors Series heats up, please mark off September 12th on your calendars. We are looking to have another World Marathon Majors conference call on September 12th, Tuesday, with athletes who will be running in the three fall races. Again, thank you very much for your time.


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McDonald's Gladstone Kin Kora is celebrating the milestones of two community legends and employees this month – Shane Banks and Paul Rahme.
Shane Banks has worked at McDonald's Gladstone Kin Kora for the last twenty years. He began his career at the restaurant when he was twenty-two years old. Shane works at the front counter in a hospitality role, ensuring his customers have the best possible dining experience. Shane has seen many changes in the business over the years, but his strong work ethic and unflappable personality have remained the same. Shane said he is excited to celebrate this special employment milestone. "I'm excited to celebrate twenty years working at McDonald's," he said. "I've been with the team for almost half my life, so the crew here certainly feel like another family."
Another staff member is also celebrating his tenth year of employment. Paul Rahme first began working at McDonald's Gladstone Kin Kora when he was sixteen years old. Paul, who has Down Syndrome, works in the dining room and is known by his customers for his great sense of humour. He even has individualised handshakes – a different one for each of his regulars.
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Our frozen planet is changing. In this final episode, we meet the scientists and people dedicating their lives to understanding what these changes mean, not just for the animals and people who live there, but for the world as a whole.
Our journey begins in the Arctic, where every summer huge quantities of ice calve from the edges of Greenland's melting glaciers. On top of the ice cap itself, glaciologist Alun Hubbard descends into a moulin to try to understand the mechanisms that are driving this historic loss of ice.
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Science may soon make the dream of traveling to Mars a reality, but how will we live once we get there? How will we manage our basic human needs of food, water, and shelter on a planet known for its barren surface conditions, high radiation levels, and toxic dirt?
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New Zealand plans spending spree to counter virus job losses
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, right, walks with Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters to the house for the budget delivery speech at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, May 14, 2020. New Zealand's government plans to borrow and spend vast amounts of money as it tries to keep unemployment below 10% in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. (Hagen Hopkins/Pool Photo via AP)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's government plans to borrow and spend vast amounts of money as it tries to keep unemployment below 10% in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson on Thursday unveiled a budget unlike any in the nation's history. Debt would shoot up from just over 20% of GDP to 54% by 2023, and thousands of jobs created by putting people to work building homes and improving the environment.
Still, the increased spending will not be enough to offset the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. Unemployment is expected to rise from just over 4% to nearly 10% by June. And Robertson acknowledged that tourism, which had accounted for about 10% of the economy, was not going to be the same for many years to come.
"We face a global economic and health crisis not seen since the Great Depression," Robertson said.
The budget was released on the same day the nation lifted most of its lockdown restrictions. Malls, retail stores and restaurants all reopened, and many people returned to their workplaces. That reflected the country's success to date in its attempts to eliminate the virus. Health authorities on Thursday reported zero new infections for the third day in a row. New Zealand has reported a total of about 1,500 confirmed infections and 21 deaths.
Under the budget plan, the government will spend 50 billion New Zealand dollars ($30 billion) over four years to help boost the economy.
The government had entered the crisis running a surplus and with its books in good shape compared to many other countries. Robertson said the crisis called for increased spending rather than cutting back.
"I'm not a fan of austerity," he said.
More than half of all workers in New Zealand are currently being subsidized by the government under a program that was quickly set up as the nation went into a strict lockdown in March. The budget would extend the scheme for hard-hit businesses.
The plan also calls for 11,000 environmental jobs to be created, some of them temporary. People would be put to work killing pests and restoring wetlands. And up to 8,000 new homes would be built, creating thousands of construction jobs. Spending would also be increased on everything from health care and education to school lunches and the postal service.
Opposition leader Simon Bridges said the plan lacked detail and accountability and would add the equivalent of a second mortgage of debt per household.
"It's our children and grandchildren who will be paying for it," Bridges said.
Lawmakers started discussions Thursday afternoon and were expected to approve the budget.


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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, National Security Policy, Volume XIX
7. Editorial Note
On January 27, the National Security Council, at its 234th meeting, adopted NSC 5502, "U.S. Policy Toward Russian Anti-Soviet Political Activities," January 11, and NSC 5505, "Exploitation of Soviet and European Satellite Vulnerabilities," January 18. (NSC Actions No. 1315 and 1314, respectively; Department of State S/S–NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, Records of Action by the National [Page 39]Security Council) The amended reports were approved by the President on January 31 and circulated as NSC 5502/1 and NSC 5505/1. For texts, see volume XXIV, pages 11 and 19.
List of Sources
United States National Security Policy (Documents 1-174)
Basic National Security Policy; Estimates of Threats to the National Security; Military Posture, Strategy, and Weapons Development; Missile Programs; Scientific and Technological Capabilities; Concern for Continental and Civil Defense; Status of Overseas Bases; Defense Budget; Coordination of Military, Economic, Political, Ideological, and Psychological Programs; Organization for National Security (Documents 1-174)
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International Draft Prospects International Commentary
Tiago Splitter: Back in Brazil
Pooh Jeter
by Giancarlo Giampietro
Tiago Splitter left Brazil in 2000 as just a promising 15 year old forward signed by Tau Cerámica. He played for small clubs in Spain until he was ready for big time competition. Unfortunately when he made Tau's team three seasons later, Euroleague games were banned from Brazilian TV, and fans here in the tropics were left only with the internet, a few National Team showdowns and a lot of hope.
With that in mind, you can imagine the joy when Brazilians saw the big fellow again, five years later, playing seven National Team games en route to the Tournament of Americas Cup in the Dominican Republic from August 24th to September 4th. Brazilians saw a coordinated and athletic player, who is mature well beyond his 20 years. In action alongside guys like Anderson Varejão, Rafael Araújo, Leandro Barbosa and Guilherme Giovannoni (Benneton Treviso-ITA), Tiago was clearly the most conscious player from the Brazilian team, which won all of their nine preparatory games (the first two were played in Uruguay). The last one of this series of friendly matches was against Team USA on Tuesday at Brusque, in Splitter's Home State of Santa Catarina. It was the third game between the two teams in four days.
Splitter averaged 13.6 points, 9 rebounds, 1 steal and 0.8 blocks in 25 minutes through the five game tournament in Brazil. He had 7 turnovers in these games, with four of them coming in just one game. You can make a case that he faced weak competition. That might be true, but it's not something that is in his control. Splitter showed that the likes of Jerome Beasley, Aaron McGhee, Kris Lang, Canadian Nate Doomemkamp and Juan Mendez, and Olympic champions Luis Gutierrez and Gabri Fernandez don't have any kind of business with him. Tiago, as a prospect, is pretty far away from these guys. "It is because of his personality and because he has been part of a team
that has played in the Euroleague final Four and ACB final play-off under one of
the toughest coaches in world", said his Spanish representative Arturo Ortega who asked to comment about his client's summer so far.
Despite his quick footwork, he didn't score a lot of points in low post/isolation situations, although this time that may be more linked to poor coaching than shyness from the young guy. It's a shame, but Brazilian game sets are mostly (or at least 95% of the time) oriented for perimeter players, even when the team has players like Splitter, Araújo, Varejão and Nenê in their roster. Denver's big man almost went crazy asking for the ball in his last appearance with the national team.
But Splitter at least played very well as a power forward facing the basket from the high post, which is a step forward for him compared with the seemingly offensively limited player we often saw in Spain last season. He was aggressive with his first step attacking the basket relentlessly, going to the free throw line many times since the defenders could only foul him to stop him. When they closed down the paint, the big news broke out: Splitter appeared to have recovered his "once-upon-a-time" shooting touch (that he clearly had in the past) from long distance. In the first games, he hesitated to shoot the ball even when he was totally open. But as this kind of situation occurred repeatedly, a switch in his mindset apparently occurred. In the last two games, he shot four three pointers and made three of them. And they came so easy, confidently and fluidly that I almost cried... However, his free throw is still inconsistent (16 from 28 attempts). "Most important is that he tries to be as complete as posible. Many times in the Euroleague or ACB games he does not have the freedom to show all his potential as his game is restricted to just help his team in certain areas. Proving that he is a good mid-range shooter will help him", said Arturo Ortega.
We know that DraftExpress' staff has already exhausted lauding his passing ability, fundamentals and basketball IQ, so we'll dare to be redundant here. It's very, very rare to see him make a bad decision with the ball. He made several good entry passes from the high to low post to Araújo, and provided most of his assists working around the basket. Varejão, with a sore right wrist, teamed only three times with Tiago. Indeed, they showed good chemistry, being very aggressive around the basket. With Cleveland's "Wild Thing" on the court, however, Splitter's playing time decreased along with his offensive opportunities.
When he was playing, though, he looked totally comfortable and was clearly the most intelligent and skilled player from Brazil. His best game came against the US last Saturday. Splitter was all over the court, hustling and showing outstanding footwork. He grabbed 11 rebounds, had 3 assists and scored 15 points. In the first quarter, while dribbling from left to right, he was shoved by the big man McGhee and still maintained control of the ball with his left hand supporting him on the floor. This is the coordination we are talking about from a 7 footer, keep in mind.
Tiago showed a lot of versatility and was even better in the open court, the fast break situations and basketball style that Brazil loves. In the last game against the US, half-way through the first quarter, he had a great sequence of plays. His first field goal was a dunk thanks to a great pass from Brazilian leader Marcelinho Machado (SG, 6'7, 1975). Next, he rejected a lay-up attempt from Isiah Victor, coming from the weak side. The block started another fast break from the local team, that ended with a Splitter running the floor and finishing the play himself, plus a foul.
Before this fantastic run, very early in the game, Tiago made two rare mistakes on the defensive end. First, he gave too much room and allowed Aaron McGhee to make a three pointer from the top of the paint. The second one occurred when he left his man to try to stop a Charlie Bell penetration: his reaction wasn't quick enough and he had to commit a foul against Isiah Victor, who still could make the basket behind him. But after that he turned it on and played strong until the three minute mark of the second quarter, leaving the court for the athletic and strong Estevam Ferreira (6'11, C, from 1978) -- think about a bigger and more polished version of Lucas Tischer.
Tiago returned to the court playing in the center position in the second half, with Marcelo Huertas, Leandro Barbosa, Marcelinho Machado and Murilo Becker (6'9, PF, 1983). He started hot making six points in the first four Brazilian possessions – with the brightest basket coming from another play with Machado in a give and go situation, which ended with a hard drive and the finish with the left hand this time. A player with great vision of the floor, Marcelinho meshed very well with Splitter executing the pick'n roll. In the third quarter of the second game against USA, the guard made a high lob pass to Splitter, who did a quick spin, left Beasley behind in the paint and made a terrific catch to complete a spectacular alley-oop, but without dunking.
This leads us to something that is not entirely clear about Tiago's game: he tends to play small under the basketball. He likes to use the backboard in his finesse lay-ups with soft touch -- that's fine -- but you rarely see him playing above the rim. It's not clear if it's a lack of explosiveness or aggressiveness. This concerns a little bit regarding how he will match up with the mean, high flying big men of the NBA. Even his open dunks aren't as strong as expected. This is most likely a matter of personality, and many have already wondered whether he is tough, mean and aggressive enough to achieve his full potential—on both ends of the floor—in the NBA. These are questions that Splitter must answer over the next year.
However, two very athletic plays on the defensive end conflitct this theory. During last Sunday's game, in São Paulo, the young guy terrorized Noel Felix, who tried to dunk hard on him in a fast break, but was stopped with a monster block from Splitter instead. In Tuesday's game, in the fourth quarter, he came out of nowhere and grabbed a sky high two handed defensive rebound over McGhee, who had better position. These are the type of aggressive moves scouts love to see out of such a mobile and skilled 7 footer, giving great hope for the future.
Just like in Spain, it's still on the defensive end that Splitter had the biggest impact on the game. Of course, that goes without too much surprise for the readers of this website. His lateral movement is exceptional and he's very calm and astute to contest the opposite player. I noticed, however, a difficulty in handling strong and undersized power forwards like the Canadian Juan Mendez. This undrafted NCAA star scored on Tiago three times by backing him down and using a left hook. It was a similar kind of attack that the kid suffered against Mike Batiste, from Panathinaikos, in a Euroleague game last season. Maybe it indicates that Splitter would be in big trouble against the New York Knicks right now.
Judging by the last two Games which were broadcasted on TV (not a given in such a football/soccer crazy country), Brazil expects big things from Tiago and consequently the National Team in the Dominican Republic. Brazil has more talent than anyone else in the competition and are considered the favorites for the Gold. Raptors center Rafael Araujo has left the squad and will not be participating because of an injury, meaning that Brazil will be asking Splitter to play a big role for them. Judging by the preparations, it looks like its youngest player is ready for the battle.
I went after Tiago on Sunday, talked about the alley-oop basket and quickly changed the course of the interview to the transition to NBA. When this process will be complete? The big fellow told me that he believes he'll cross the Atlantic Ocean before his contract ends in two years. "Tau won't lose me without compensation", Splitter said. Which I understand as: "When my contract expires, I'll surely leave for the NBA".
His Brazilian agents said that they aren't concerned about Pedrag Drobnjak's arrival. They believe that Splitter, Drobs, Luis Scola and Kornel David can coexist. "The team will dispute three tournaments, it requires depth", said Marcelo Maffia, from Interperformances. The same goes with Arturo Ortega: "Playing for a Euroleague team always means to share minutes with other good players at the same position. Splitter will learn a lot from his teammates and he will have enough playing time to show his capacity", said the Spanish agent.
Jerome Beasley F
Bucaneros Guaira
Kris Lang C
Juan Mendez PF
Michigan St
Charlie Bell SG
Lucas Tischer C
Marcelo Huertas PG
Murilo Becker PF/C
Mike Batiste PF
Rafael Araujo C
Luis Scola PF
Kornel David F


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iPoly High Earns California Gold Ribbon Schools Award
iPoly High School recently was honored for academic achievement under California's new Gold Ribbon Schools Awards Program.
iPoly High School, a college preparatory institution operated in partnership with Cal Poly Pomona, has been honored for academic achievement under California's new Gold Ribbon Schools Awards Program.
The California Gold Ribbon Schools Award was created to recognize schools in place of the California Distinguished Schools Program, which is on hiatus while education officials formulate a new assessment system. In 2013, iPoly also earned a Distinguished Schools award.
iPoly is one of only 180 high schools statewide to earn one of the awards, which were announced on May 14. It is run by the Los Angeles County Office of Education in partnership with Cal Poly Pomona and is situated on the university campus. The school gives a hands-on classroom experience to aspiring teachers in the College of Education & Integrative Studies.
To state their case for award consideration, iPoly students made a presentation about project-based learning during their four-year curriculum to a visitation team that assessed the school.
"We are very really excited about winning this award," said Principal Jennifer Flores. "It's great when people from the outside come to our school and see what the students have learned. I'm amazed to see how much these students have grown through the four years."
Schools applied for the award based on a model program the school has adopted that includes standards-based activities, projects, strategies and practices that can be replicated by other local districts. The new award targets middle and high schools this year, and will include elementary schools in 2016.
"These schools are academically successful, vibrant, and innovative centers of learning and teaching," said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson in making the announcement. "They provide great examples of the things educators are doing right — embracing rigorous academic standards, providing excellence and creativity in teaching, and creating a positive school climate."
The Gold Ribbon awards recognize California schools that have made gains in implementing the academic and performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education, including the California Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics, California English Language Development Standards, and Next Generation Science Standards.
iPoly High opened in 1993 with 12 students, and has since grown to 500 students representing more than 40 cities from Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Students represent the multicultural profile of Southern California.
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Professor Threatens to Give Student Bad Grade Because She's Pro-Life: "You are Wrong"
National | Micaiah Bilger | May 13, 2016 | 11:39AM | Washington, DC
College campuses are becoming a more hostile environment toward pro-lifers. Their displays have been vandalized, speakers shouted down, and projects harassed.
Now, a Colorado student says a professor threatened to give her a bad grade for making her pro-life advocacy the center of her photography project.
Rebecca Gonsalves attends college in Florida. This year, she took a film photography class, and her professor told her to base her final project on a subject she is passionate about. She chose to focus on being pro-life. Her project is a panel of black-and-white photos showing her holding pro-life signs, but her professor was not happy with it.
Lauren Castillo, the Rocky Mountains Regional Director for Students for Life, shared Gonsalves's story on her Facebook page:
My story line to go with the project: I AM more than what you see….I AM the prolife generation. I AM a prolife feminist. And I WILL NOT be silenced.
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I'm in a film photography class and our final is a creative self expression portrait. So before we do our portrait we have to get the idea approved by my professor so I went to him and told him I was having trouble coming up with an idea and he told me to do something I'm passionate about.
I told him I was passionate about abolishing abortion and that I'm very prolife and he told me not to do that as my final and I asked why and he said "because I I don't agree with your opinion and you are wrong" and I said "well the basis of our project is to do it on something you are passionate about it and this is what I am passionate about" and he said "well I don't care. I won't give you a good grade if you do it on that" and I told him that's discrimination and he said "call it what you want but I'm warning you" soooo naturally I based my entire project and story line around my photos on being prolife.
I went to the department head and told him about this and he apologized and reassured me that there will be extreme repercussions and to do the project on what I believe and he will make sure I don't get discriminated against. I will never compromise my beliefs for a grade. This fight is bigger than that
Castillo praised Gonsalves for not backing down in the face of her professor's threats.
"I am so proud of her for standing up to her awful professor who threatened to give her a bad grade for doing her project on being pro life! You go girl!" Castillo wrote.
LifeNews has reported numerous instances where pro-life college students faced harassment or discrimination because of their position. In the spring of 2015, six pro-life student groups with Students for Life had their projects vandalized or censored; but it did not stop them from continuing to spread the truth about unborn babies and abortion.
And that's what is so encouraging about the next generation. Despite the growing hostility, more students like Gonsalves are taking a courageous stand for the right to life for unborn babies. Even a poll from the pro-abortion group NARAL found that young pro-lifers are more enthusiastic and active in the cause than young pro-abortion activists. A 2013 poll from the National Opinion Research Center similarly found that young people under age 35 also are very pro-life.
Gonsalves told Live Action News that she was not discouraged by the experience. She said she wants to dedicate her life and career to the pro-life movement.
"… I won't back down from this fight," she said. "Not for [my professor], not for a grade, not for anyone. I think anyone would do the same for me."


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Un bacio prima di morire (A Kiss Before Dying) è un romanzo del 1953. È la prima opera dell'autore newyorkese Ira Levin.

Trama
Bud Corliss, un ambizioso studente, mette incinta Dorothy Kingship, una giovane ereditiera sua compagna di college.

Il padre della ragazza, Leo, un magnate del rame, si oppone però al matrimonio, minacciando di diseredarla. Bud allora la uccide, simulandone il suicidio ed eliminando chiunque sospetti di lui per poi fidanzarsi con Ellen, la sorella di Dorothy.

Ma ormai è in un vortice senza fine...

Edizioni in italiano
Ira Levin, Un bacio prima di morire, traduzione dall'Inglese di Bruno Tasso, Garzanti, Milano 1955
Ira Levin, Un bacio prima di morire: romanzo, Garzanti, Milano 1968
Ira Levin, Un bacio prima di morire, Garzanti, Milano 1976
Ira Levin, Un bacio prima di morire, traduzione di Bruno Tasso, Interno giallo, Milano 1991
Ira Levin, Un bacio prima di morire, traduzione di Bruno Tasso, A. Mondadori, Milano 1994
Ira Levin, Un bacio prima di morire, traduzione di Daniela De Lorenzo, SUR, Roma 2021

Al cinema

Nel 1956 ne fu tratto il film Giovani senza domani diretto da Gerd Oswald, con Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter e Joanne Woodward e nel 1991 il film  Un bacio prima di morire, diretto da James Dearden e interpretato da Matt Dillon e Sean Young.

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Collegamenti esterni

Romanzi di autori statunitensi
Romanzi noir

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