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Life since Gardening Australia
Stephen Ryan February 11, 2013
I thought that for my first blog on the GardenDrum it would be a good idea to let you all know what has been going on in my life since ABC's Gardening Australia and the magazine no longer wanted me. In later blogs I intend concentrating on showcasing interesting and rare plants.
I have gone back to concentrating on my nursery 'Dicksonia Rare Plants' at Mt. Macedon in Victoria, which may be a surprise to those of you that watched the show and didn't know I had a nursery background. In fact I grew up with a family nursery in which I worked from the age of 10 when my dad opened a retail and wholesale business in 1966. I began collecting rare and unusual plants from the pocket money my father gave me and in 1980 opened my own nursery specialising in rare plants, which are my true passion.
Since Gardening Australia I have picked up a job writing for a New Zealand magazine called the 'Weekend Gardener' and am doing similar pieces for them that I used to do for Gardening Australia magazine. So check it out if you can.
Tugurium
With spare time on my hands I have also started writing another book, which will be on the development of my own garden 'Tugurium' as well as putting into words my history, practices, principles and philosophies.
I am also working hard in my garden, which for those who didn't know was the set for all my work on the T.V. program. The next opening of Tugurium will be on the 22nd and 23rd of June for Open Gardens Australia so why not come a see me. It will be fun to do a mid winter opening.
With Emma
Community radio with Melbourne's 3CR keeps me busy every second Sunday, a gig I've been doing for something in excess of 25 years, so if you are outside the range of the program why not link into 3CR via your computer and download the podcasts. It is one and three quarter hours of advert free full on gardening and at the risk of seeming immodest is the best gardening talk back out there. With some of the country's best specialist growers as panellists your questions can always be answered. For those in the range of the station it is 855 on the A.M. dial.
I used to consider myself fairly computer illiterate but have recently published my own website, which will feature a new plant about once a week. You can catch up with the site at stephenryan.com.au or even check me out on Twitter (@StephenGRyan). I am also doing lots of talks for horticultural societies and garden clubs so if you belong to one you may like to consider getting in touch via my website to have me come and speak to your group.
[Congratulations to Vireya, who has won a signed copy of Stephen's fabulous book Dicksonia Rare Plants Manual, in the Feb 18 draw.]
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About Stephen Ryan
Stephen Ryan grew up and still lives at Mt. Macedon in Victoria where he has run his nursery Dicksonia Rare Plants since 1980. He was for 3 years host of Gardening Australia on ABC TV and is a regular on Melbourne's 3CR. Sunday garden program. He has written 4 books and innumerable articles for magazines both in Australia and abroad and is also a sought-after speaker at garden clubs.
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38 thoughts on "Life since Gardening Australia"
Erica on February 11, 2013 at 12:08 pm said:
Great to see you back Stephen! Looking forward to hearing more about rare plants.
Stephen Ryan on February 11, 2013 at 6:06 pm said:
To all of you that took the time to post a comment all I can say is thank you. It is gratifying to know that one is not forgotten!
Regards to all Stephen
Maggiew Magee on February 16, 2013 at 5:02 pm said:
Hi Stephen, I never knew you were on the tv but am full of appreciation for your contributions on the 3CR gardening show
Kim Woods Rabbidge on February 11, 2013 at 2:14 pm said:
Great Stephen – you'll be another great asset to this amazing blog site!
Christina Tassell on February 11, 2013 at 2:28 pm said:
You are sorely missed!
We are not so keen on the bearded one (what is growing in there?)
I will be logging onto your website in the future.
grim on February 11, 2013 at 2:31 pm said:
Onya Stephen.
Nice pooch that is one tail.
I could not belive it one day you are on the telly the next gone, someone works in weird ways hey .
All the best G.
Sandi Pullman on March 10, 2013 at 11:30 am said:
Hi G
You should see my cats tail, it is a beauty too! Nothing like a good fluffy tail!
Dave on February 11, 2013 at 2:32 pm said:
Great to see you back Stephen! I always enjoyed your laid back approach and your gentle humour on your Gardening Australia segments and was really dissappointed when I heard they'd given you the boot! (Can't stand the guy who replaced you!!) Look forward to hearing/seeing more from you in future!
Del Thomas on February 11, 2013 at 2:32 pm said:
It's great to see you here and to catch up on what you have been up to, I was sooo disappointed when you left the ABC gardening and quite frankly I hardly ever watch the show now, I have great respect for your horticultural knowledge and feel that was a great loss to the show, I look forward to seeing more of your posts here.
You may not remember me (though we have met a number of times) but you might remember the launch of the National Grow Me Instead booklets at the HMA dinner a few years ago. I followed Elwyn Swane into the role of project manager.
anyway, best of luck for the future.
peta trahar on February 11, 2013 at 2:34 pm said:
Good to hear from you. Beth, Peter and I hope you can make it up to the Collectors' Plant Fair at Clarendon on April 13-14. Your talk a few years back was very popular. Lots of really interesting plants on offer and the Saunders from Silverhill Seeds South Africa presenting. You seem to be keeping busy, and…..love the dog!!
Peta Trahar
susanoong on February 11, 2013 at 2:45 pm said:
Hi Stephen, Wonderful to see that you're out and about spreading your infectious passion for rare plants. I'll be keenly watching out for your future posts. FYI: I checked out your website but it took an eternity to load. Could that be something to do with the graphics? Great pics.
Julie Thomson on February 11, 2013 at 3:10 pm said:
Lovely to see you again, Stephen. Glad we are blog buddies, now. Your knowledge and passion will be well appreciated here.
Lois Fordham on February 11, 2013 at 3:16 pm said:
Good to know that your life post GA has continued to be very interesting. I'll download those 3CR podcasts – that sort of advice is just what I am looking for.
Great to see you on Garden Drum. Hopefully this one will be a long and happy association.
Vicki Boxell on February 11, 2013 at 3:17 pm said:
I miss seeing your lovely garden and rare plants on the tv. Glad you are happy and still following your passion. Cute corgi too. From the sands of Fremantle we say hi to your Victorian garden.
SpicyRedHead on February 11, 2013 at 3:40 pm said:
Great to catch up on what you've been up to in 'Life after the ABC' I really enjoyed you presenting the program. Very surprised and saddened when you were replaced. We are up in Sydney, but looking at trying to get down there in June to view your beautiful garden. Good Luck with the book.
Tom lantry on February 11, 2013 at 4:01 pm said:
Congratulations great background into your practical experience since 10 year old ,I also know from experience that we are lucky to have been introduced to plants at an early age .Like you I learn something every day often from unlikely sources .best of luck for the future . I will keep in touch via your wonderful new web page.
Regards Tom
Wendy on February 11, 2013 at 4:21 pm said:
Great to hear your voice again & to hear you are writing another book – I shall keep my eyes peeled for it as I am a big fan of yours. I think the ABC toned you down far too much, it seemed you weren't able to express yourself in that witty, outrageous and fun way that is your signature. – The Stephen we know and love. I'm off to see your website now.
Hi Stephen
What a Lovely surprise. So glad you are BACK and doing okay. You look really relaxed and healthy. Your pup looks like a rascally rascal with those big beautiful eyes.
I have joined the local bowling club thanks to that christmas party at Middle Park.
This is a fabulous blog, one of the best.
Cheers Sandi P.
I couldn't agree more with you, Wendy. I used to answer the emails for the viewers at Gardening Australia and my most favourite were Stephens pets, especially the dogs. Viewers were most concerned about them if they didn't see them reguarly. Also thought they should have their own spin off segement.
Pamela McKimmie on February 11, 2013 at 4:29 pm said:
What a joy to find Stephen and all his inspiring information in Garden Drum. Sadly, with so many gardening publications fading from the scene, we gardeners must depend on computer links for our garden "hits" these days. We will follow Stephen's updates with great interest.
Carol Wright on February 11, 2013 at 5:12 pm said:
Hi there, so great to know you are still around, even better to realise you will be available on Garden Drum. Your garden was always an inspiration, you have been greatly missed. Looking forward to hearing more on this site and will be looking up your web site too. Thanks for the very many pleasurable garden info you have given in the past.
anne latreille on February 11, 2013 at 5:29 pm said:
Hi Stephen. What a great way to keep in touch! We will all learn heaps and have a bit of fun as well.
Lois on February 11, 2013 at 7:52 pm said:
Miss you on Gardening Australia but listen to 3cr every Sunday and
always pleased when you are on.It's the best garden show on radio
and even better because I get breakfast in bed.Look forward to hearing more from you.
Lois D.
Diane Russell on February 11, 2013 at 9:24 pm said:
Hi! Stephen,I am a tad behind in catching up on my Garden Drum "blog" reading BUT what a lovely surprise now I have caught up, to see you are now to be a regular GD blogger. I had the absolute pleasure to meet both yourself and Jennifer Stackhouse in Sydney at GA's 20th Magazine anniversary only to find out not long after you were both to be made redundant from the show and magazine. 🙁 SO pleased to read all about what you are now doing I will certainly be adding your garden/nursery opening in June to my "wish list" to visit as we are not far away at beautiful Ballarat 🙂 I also hope we can pick up 3CR on the radio but if not I can download the podcasts and look forward to hearing them, also will check out your website 🙂 I am in a gardening club here in Ballarat (cacti and succulent) MAYBE one day I will be lucky enough to hear you talk at our club (will have to speak to our President he organises all our talks. 🙂
Kindest Regards… Diane Russell
Helen on February 11, 2013 at 10:54 pm said:
Couldn't believe it, Stephen, when suddenly you were no longer there. Good presenters are a rare breed. Very best wishes for all your future plans. I look forward to keeping up with you.
Garden Drum is so special, it's great that you have joined the team. Helen
Deryn Thorpe on February 12, 2013 at 1:09 am said:
Wonderful that you are now on this website and that you have updated us all with what you have been up to. I miss your depth of knowledge on Gardening Australia but now have a way to follow you as all gardeners love growing or induging in the fantasy of growing rare plants
Sue Torlach on February 12, 2013 at 1:32 am said:
Hi Stephen – onwards and upwards! Look forward to hearing more about your beautiful Tugurium which I visited as part of the Landscape Conference bus tour in 2011. We from sunny Perth were astounded at the snow in spring experience up there in Mt. Macedon. 😉 It was great to meet you and experience your warmth and wit! Good luck with all your endeavours.
Sue Torlach
helen mck on February 12, 2013 at 12:32 pm said:
Your depth of knowledge as a true plantsman is widely respected throughout the horticultural industry… but apparently (and ironically) not in media boardrooms where people who know zip about horticulture make decisions about what gardeners want and need! So it's great to see you here, and all the best with your own website as well!
Vireya on February 13, 2013 at 1:12 pm said:
I was unaware of the 3CR show and podcast, so will definitely go and check it out!
Ruth on February 13, 2013 at 2:23 pm said:
I am delighted to find you again. I miss you on Gardening Australia and your articles in the magazine. I really appreciate how you communicate your extensive knowledge of plants, specially interesting and unusual ones that I would not normally encounter. I am so pleased that I can continue to read your articles on this website. I look forward to your posts and will certainly be downloading the 3CR podcasts from now on…thank you for the link.
Snooks on February 13, 2013 at 6:34 pm said:
Good to hear from Stephen again and to know that he is so active in passing on his knowledge to other gardeners. I always enjoyed his presentations, particularly those items using his garden,Tugurium as the location and would love to visit sometime. It was good to see that his dogs enjoyed gardening too. All best wishes for the book and all your other endeavours.
Julie Sherlock on February 15, 2013 at 3:16 pm said:
Good to hear you are going well. I loved seeing the snippets of your garden on the show, it looks an amazing place. I enjoyed the interesting plants you featured and look forward to your book.
Eugene on February 26, 2013 at 12:46 pm said:
Like others have said, it was a real shame to see you go and the Bewildered Bewhiskered Hedge that replaced you !!!!!
……shame Aunty shame….
Lisa Ellis on March 4, 2013 at 3:21 pm said:
Well done Stephen!
Looking forward to reading your articles here on The Drum.
Big pat for Emma too!
Stephen Ryan on March 4, 2013 at 5:26 pm said:
Emma now patted!
Augusta on April 18, 2013 at 8:49 pm said:
Hello Stephen – another of your many fans here. I too was so disappointed when you were no longer presenting Gardening Australia. We looked forward to the program every week and to your charming and erudite presence – you were by far our favorite presenter and we would have been happy to go on watching you for years. Don't watch it anymore – the new presenter is just too annoying so it's great to find you on Garden Drum and on your new website. I have a number of your books and return to them often so looking forward to your new one and hope to visit your fascinating garden one day! We grew up with a Corgi so loved the shot of you with Emma. All the very best.
keV dale on May 19, 2014 at 8:49 am said:
Hi Stephen I'm from England I'm gardening mad desperately trying to get my gardening business up and running my gardening website is quint.simple site.com log on to the retford gardener composting allotment news I also want to be a gardening writer so if you know anybody who needs a gardening writer let me know thanks mate yours sincerely keV dale
Kate Jenkinson on June 16, 2018 at 5:57 pm said:
Hi Stephen Soooo enjoyed your talk at GDO today. Only discovered the 3CR show last year!! and you are right it is the best one. Especially as the commercial Saturday show is lucky to get more that 1 call/30 minutes on.


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Hi Frances, thanks for the blog post. I absolutely agree about openness for openness' sake, but do think you've missed something here.
Blog posts are by their nature ephemeral and contingent. Academic journal articles, as far as I understand them, are supposed to be the opposite of this. There's problems with blogging – of course there are – but these are out in the open. With academic journals, on the other hand, there's a supposition that what's going on behind the scenes if fair, rigorous and (usually) anonymous.
What I've been trying to call attention to recently is that academic journals were created to solve a problem. That problem no longer exists. Instead, perversely, they are now used as a stick with which to beat academics through things such as the REF.
As I mentioned in a subsequent blog post, I'm absolutely in favour of peer review. I think it's *so* important that I don't think that the power relations should remain hidden. Alan Cann's experiment in open peer review was great in that it showed how transparency has problems as well in terms of your 'mates' becoming an echo chamber.
I haven't got the solution, but as someone who's just finished a doctorate and has little interest in being published by journals, I certainly think there's a crisis of relevance here.
Thanks for your comment Doug. I think that you are overly generalising about academic journals – they may become redundant but Open Access is a chance by which they can become something different and the Elsevier nonsense in the states shows how contested this is. Blog posts may be ephemeral from Google Reader perspective but they are pretty persistent from a search perspective – many bloggers value their personal archive.
http://francesbell.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/what-cant-we-say-what-dont-we-say/ We can infer power relations in operation from our personal observation but need good critical qualitative research from rich studies and theory development to find how they play out.
Initiatives like your open thesis, Alan's Blog publication and hypothes.is are very welcome but crying out for proper evaluation and research.
slightly tangential to your discussion but have you seen this article.
I retweeted earlier.Might be useful.
Power differences are inevitable and are bound to impact on behaviours – what I find really creepy is when we are supposed to pretend openness fully reveals these differences and their impact.
I would like to add another couple of ideas to the mix. Once is about style and register; the other about purpose.
I think blogs and journal can and will co-exist. They offer the opportunity to develop different styles of communication. The register used is consequently very different. In a blog, you develop a rather passionate view about a topic – the blogs that share a very 'dry' perspective often in times do not 'stick' and soon disappear. A journal article is far more formal, shares a structure that has been implicitly established for that kind of communication genre and is more detailed in communicating the process of research or developing new theoretical directions and concepts.
Personally, the blog helps me think, as I get access to a distributed, random community that might decide to develop my ideas (or might ignore them – both as a statement and exercise of power!!). The article represents the refinement of that thinking, condensed in a more complex narrative which publishers might decide to publish or not ( both as a statement and exercise of power!!).
I think there is space for both narratives as they serve different purposes.
The journal article had a purpose when it was first invented. 'Philosophical transactions' was in part launched to try to overcome the silos the Republic of letters and personal networks created. Knowledge was being shared and enhanced within closed circles. Letters, as the conduit of the time, limited communication to 1-2-1 most of the times. The aggregation of the missives in a journal and its printed format allowed for a wider distribution (of power!?). Also, its price was so cheap that even the lay reading community had access to it. There was an attempt to break those intellectual silos. That was the purpose.
Then the commercial printing came along and got academics to buy into their business…literally!! University's pay to have access to the work of their staff (That has been VERY dis-empowering). Open access has come to restore the purpose and dignity of making academic knowledge more accessible. And although we are still not fully there, we are heading in that direction.
the way I see it, blogs serve the purpose (and the ideal) of making the researcher more accessible to the public. They offer a new outlet for thinking and discussion, for engagement and communication which journals fail to provide. They are more colloquial and approachable in tone and style.They are a good platform to fulfil one of the purposes of academia: to inform the public/society.
Both display power relations that are not going away because of the medium used. Whether it might be more visible in blogs than in journals, nothing stops others from exercising their power and condition in the same shameless way. The 'cliques' of the 17th century are still around!!
Yes, agree with Christina, especially that I am keen to develop a mechanism to engage all academics in particularly those who don't see themselves as researchers.
I suppose blog posts could offer a space for those rejected paper ideas for which the reviewers did not see the merit in academic publication but the author still benefits from sharing practical insights?
The wider question for me would be – how can we encourage more of our colleagues to start blogging?
that's an interesting point. Yet, by phrasing it like that you are hinting at blogging as a second rated platform for dissemination for research. That is not however a perspective I share.
I see blogging as a crucial part of conducting researching, of communicating our ideas and practice, of creating dialog in rather more informal and fluid ways than a journal article is able to provide and achieve. I also see blogging as a form of creating a new 'image' of the researcher as an engaged intellectual who takes part in public discourse by using the media of their times.
Having been working with researchers for more than 5 years – I think we encourage by example. Effective use of blogging comes from within. It works better when people want it than when we offer it to them…because that's when they come to genuinely seek your support and mentoring. Those have been the most successful cases. Also, let's just remind ourselves the web has only become mainstream 17 years ago (shows I have been reading Naughton @francesbell 😉 ) and blogging is even more recent. Change is not a linear process and I have witnessed a much greater interest for these new channels of communication is the last year alone than the previous 4 … so things are starting to move…and they are moving faster all the time.
1. Audience – as well as being a researcher I'm a practitioner of medicine and education and a student. My blog lets me communicate with those audiences. Different people will be interested in different parts of me and therefore different posts. My blog is about me, but a journal is about a subject.
2. I manage how I am presented on my blog. I also manage the story of a research paper. But in a journal my work will not be so closely linked to who I am.
3. I would like to be able to publish any research published in a journal also published on my blog.
Lot more thinking to do on this!
Anne these are great points!
In my mind, management and self-presentation takes us to 'digital identity' – maybe too vague a term but one worth exploring. It will be important to investigate McLuhan's claim: 'we shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." I wonder, how in turn our identity is shaped and reified online, especially when the social and professional spheres are combined. That is a significant change from how academics represented their practice before people started to gain access to such communication channels.
I am also all for to making research open and accessible to different platforms. Some open access journals allow this by giving authors the right to choose the license they want to attribute to their work (so is the case of FirstMonday). I wish all academic publications were open and followed the gold open access route. The green route is not as liberating to say the least!
Thanks for your comments @AnneMarie. I like the point about who and what. How would you like to report your research on your blog ? repost whole article or interpret it?
thanks Frances, we will reblog and comply with license.
Dear all – thanks for a great discussion. Marvelous points raised. One thing that I may have missed is the changing nature and "validation" of scholarship. A number of years ago your academic standing or the gravitas of your contribution to the field was determined by your scholarly contributions in books and peer-reviewed journals. Despite advances in "open" scholarship, this is still the dominant discourse with regard to research ratings, etc.
On the other hand, blogging and Twitter has opened up spaces for a different type of scholarship. On the one hand it is the extreme form of allowing your work to be peer reviewed. On the other hand, it would seem as if our value as "open" scholars are then determined by the number of followers and the number of responses?
very valuable points, but as you have hinted at these are still early days and therefore open scholarship is a concept that only 'exists' in the world of a few scholars. Institutions are way behind the curve regarding this matter. They continue to go by the conventions that have made academia what it *still* is today – an institution with long lasting traditions that seem hard to die.
And if on one hand we want to keep pushing the boundaries in order to see things changing, on the other hand we need to keep following the norms in order to keep relevant in the institution we aim to transform. It's a tricky one, isn't it? As you have experienced yourself all of the things that excite us (all this participation and engagement online) is not necessarily advocated by the people who 'assess' scholarship. Policy needs to be updated to accommodate different, alternative forms of scholarship.
Unfortunately, towards the eyes of the institution, a remarkable scholar is not that one who blogs or tweets about their research, nor even one who has published 5 papers in open access journals so that their knowledge can reach farther and wider; the remarkable scholar is still the one who follows the rules and submits their two papers to 3 or 4 star journals to which their institution might not even be able to subscribe given the recent cuts in budget!
I would value anyone's comments on a recent experience I had with a peer-reviewed journal. I had posted, on a wordpress blog, a version of a paper under review by them. They disallowed the paper from publication by them because of this. Their criteria for the denial was based on this definition: "Redundant or duplicate publication is publication of data, tables, figures, or any other content that substantially overlaps with other material published previously or to be published in the future." I did not include any verbiage in the blog piece about submission to the journal.
I have used the blog to "send" versions of my work to buddies for review and comment prior to submission to peer-reviewed journals. I didn't consider it publication per se. My institution has no policy regarding personal blogs as long as they don't violate HIPAA (I'm an academic neurologist). So, simply, is a wordpress blog, with no advertising, no active dissemination, no intent to violate an embargo, a criteria for denial of a previously accepted piece?
This is a really interesting point Norm. There are no universal laws for the reuse of ones own material though published materials may be subject to copyright and/ or licensing restriictions.
The journal should work within its own guidelines and so it might be worth checking those out. Interestingly, I would imagine that many bloggers would like to claim their posts as 'publications'. The issues for peer-reviewed journals would be around originality and compliance with copyright/ licensing. Could I ask if the journal was Open Access and what its copyright arrangements are?
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As a retrospective on the Winter Quarter, I'd like to share a series of lesson plans from "How to Solve Problems with Books." These activities and conversations moved us through our assignment sequence (Research Memo, Advice from the Victorians, and Creating a Five-Year Plan) and helped us to structure a dialogue between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries. I break down the lesson plans by author to demonstrate specific ways in which Victorian texts can speak to our present moment. Pertinent to the advocacy goals of WhatEvery1Says, our conversations, mediated through the voices of the Victorians, often turned to a collective reflection on collegiate education and the role, accessibility, promise, and limitations of the humanities.
One of our first texts for the quarter was Thomas Carlyle's 1829 essay "Signs of the Times," a crucial early diagnosis of the industrial nineteenth-century as the "Mechanical Age." In class, I organized the students into small groups and had each group 1) pick a passage, 2) comment on what remains true in the twenty-first century and what has changed, and 3) think about how we might characterize the present moment to write our own "Signs of the Times." The ensuing conversation focused productively on the relative balance of the spiritual and the material – two key factors for Carlyle – in our own society and in the nineteenth century. Of particular interest was the way in which students saw this relationship manifesting in their own educations, including the economic pressures that students often feel to choose majors that will lead to well-paying jobs, rather than choosing majors as a form of self-fulfillment. Carlyle thus opened the door for us to talk about the position of a humanities class within the complex economic, social, and cultural fabric of our own times.
Our discussion of John Ruskin's "The Nature of Gothic" and William Morris's "Useful Work versus Useless Toil" hinged on the idea of enjoying what you do. For both Ruskin and Morris, taking pleasure in labor and having creative ownership over one's work is a key ingredient for human dignity and self-expression. I asked students about this idea in the context of their own educations: do you enjoy what you study on a daily basis? Is that an important rubric for you in choosing a major? Continuing our discussion of Carlyle, students saw the goals of education as torn between making money versus pursuing a passion, and they recognized clearly that there are different expectations for different cultural and socio-economic communities. To study what you love is a privilege in many cases, whereas to study what will give you a stable career is a necessity. As a class, we then asked what it would take for our current education system to help people to do work that they enjoy, as an explicit goal. This led us to the poignant conclusion, still drawing from Ruskin and Morris, that the economic and social foundation must be in place first before artistry and pleasure can be a part of everyone's work. It is not enough to say to the individual, "Follow your dream" or "Study what makes you happy"; rather, we must find systemic ways to make those dreams and that happiness attainable.
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, I assigned The Communist Manifesto of Marx and Engels alongside Dr. King's "Economic and Social Bill of Rights," a lesser-known piece from his late-career focus, the Poor People's Campaign. I presented Marx/Engels and King as two different responses to the same problem of poverty and class difference. Whereas The Communist Manifesto advocates for a violent assertion of mass equality through the revolutionary overthrow of existing governments, King's is the voice of peace and reform, offering ways to work within a system to change it nonviolently. King's piece resonated strongly with students, and, though fifty years old, felt for many as though it could have been written today. The "Economic and Social Bill of Rights" therefore provided a helpful historical mediator for us between the present of 2019 and the nineteenth century. Starting with King gave us a way to explore Marx and Engels as well, drawing out comparisons between the approach, tone, style, and politics of each piece.
Drawing from work in other classes, particularly in the social sciences, students recognized in this language the common formulation of the "bootstraps myth" of the American Dream, which often has great potency in the context of a college education ("study hard and you'll have a better life"). The challenge of a conversation like this is to help students to recognize systemic inequalities, while still remaining positive about their own prospects. A key focus for us, ultimately, was the role that literary fictions can play in combating and complicating social fictions: studying literature can allow us to identify narratives that we see in the society around us, can help us to understand how such narratives are sustained, as well as how they might be used for good or ill, and can guide us in changing the story ourselves.
As we neared the end of Gaskell's North and South, I assigned George Eliot's "Address to Working Men, by Felix Holt" as a companion piece, which led us to a productive week's discussion about the relative social impact of revolution versus reform. Eliot's "Address" was written as a follow-up essay to her own industrial novel, Felix Holt, in the context of the Second Reform Bill of 1867, which expanded the franchise in England to many new working-class voters. Both Eliot and Gaskell are often taken as relatively conservative Victorian voices in the spectrum of political possibility. Though their novels do include important radical elements, most often focused through the lens of gender and centering on strong-voiced, self-willed heroines, both North and South and the "Address to Working Men" ultimately advocate for reform rather than revolution on the level of class, proposing social changes that would be palatable to a middle-class readership and that privilege individual sympathy and cross-class dialogue over mass political action. As we unpacked the inner logics of Eliot's and Gaskell's texts, we asked, most fundamentally, "Is this good advice?" This question helped us to broach a conversation about activism in the twenty-first century, as students considered the efficacy, benefits, and limitations of slow change. The positions of art and of a university education were, once again, a focus. Eliot, through Felix, advocates against "hasty measures" that might jeopardize the "security" of the "treasure of knowledge, science, poetry, refinement of thought, feeling, and manners, great memories and the interpretation of great records, which is carried on from the minds of one generation to the minds of another" (and which has historically been the province of the rich). The "treasure," in other words, sounds an awful lot like a liberal arts education. My students recognized a tension in this passage; on the one hand, "poetry" and "manners" seem elitist and expendable when faced with the bare survivalist need to get a job with your degree. To privilege the "treasure" is also, for Eliot, to privilege "the classes who hold the treasures of knowledge." But there is still a deep attractiveness to the collegiate ideal, namely, that such knowledge and such passion are worth preserving, institutionally, for the enjoyment of generations to come. This recognition led us into a discussion of the accessibility and political power of the arts and humanities more generally, both in the nineteenth century and today.
Oscar Wilde: How Do You Solve a Problem with a Book?
On the first day of class, I handed out index cards to each student and asked everyone to meditate on the title of our class. What does it mean to solve a problem with a book? I asked students to share responses with the larger group and then I collected all of the index cards. Towards the end of the quarter, I handed the cards back and asked students to revisit their original impressions. Had their perceptions changed in any way based on our class discussions and assignments? I planned the conversation to coincide with our final readings for the quarter: selections from Oscar Wilde. Wilde is a key figure of Aestheticism, a late nineteenth-century artistic movement most often associated with the phrase "Art for Art's sake" – the idea that art's beauty is more important than its usefulness. Wilde's writing (including the "Preface" to The Picture of Dorian Gray, "The Possibilities of the Useful," Wilde's 1891 letter to Bernulf Clegg, and "The Soul of Man Under Socialism,") allowed us to examine the socially-engaged premise of our class and to consider different modes of interacting with art, such as application vs. appreciation. The question of "how do we solve a problem with a book" can therefore modulate into a more fundamental question: "Should we solve problems with books at all?" The spectrum of answers to this question, both in Wilde's own work and among my students' views, provided a rich conversation through which to consider the whole of our work for the quarter.
One of our most successful classes was the day that our second assignment, "Advice from the Victorians," was due (in which students impersonated Victorian figures – real people or fictional characters – responding to twenty-first-century issues). I asked students to bring in hard copies of their assignments and we structured the class around three questions: 1) Reflect on your teammates' impersonations and the strategies they used. 2) Think about how your Board of Advisors might get along with each other. What conversations would they have? 3) Start thinking about Part 1 of your Five-Year Plan: How would you respond to the advice from your Victorians? Students had time for small group discussion first with their teams and then had the opportunity to share their impersonations and ideas with the full class, oscillating between their own voices and those of the Victorians. Everyone had a chance to speak, and we were also able to discuss how the assignment affected their reading process. Students who chose fictional characters felt more invested in that character as they continued the novels, and students who chose authors commented that they felt a greater understanding of that author's style and thought process, now that they had tried to do it themselves. All in all, asking students to imagine how the Victorians might interact with each other (even in fantastical relationships, such as how a fictional character would talk to a real historical figure) was a fun way to encourage students to engage both with the Victorians and with their classmates. The activity also showcased the unique lens that a literature class can bring to a historical conversation.
From these conversations and others throughout the quarter, I have learned immeasurably from my students. As I think back, what most impressed me was my students' readiness to reflect on their own experiences in conjunction with Victorian literature, and, relatedly, their quickness to break down binaries in favor of continuum. When we talked about Carlyle, it wasn't just "money" vs "morals" – with Wilde, not a simple either/or of "appreciation" vs "application" – but, rather, a whole host of possibilities between the poles. If the Victorians – the voices of industrialism – can teach us anything, it is perhaps that navigating our way through smoke and fog necessitates a careful attention to detail, to nuance, to emotion, to ethics, and, most of all, to art. Growing from the experiences of a century, flawed as it was, that saw the birth of most of the industries and institutions that still govern our lives, the Victorians' belief in the humanities should strongly motivate our own.
With thanks to my students and to all the teachers who have inspired me along the way!


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Future Is Now: Britain's Royal Navy Is Getting a New Submarine Drone
May 6, 2020 Topic: Security Region: Europe Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: BritainRoyal NavySubmarine DroneXLUUVManta Drone
The future is here.
by Caleb Larson Follow @calebmlarson on Twitter L
The British Royal Navy announced awarding a contract for an unmanned submarine—a drone—that will be 30 meters long, or about 100 feet, and have a 3,000 kilometer—1,900 mile —range. The builder, Submergence Group & M Subs Ltd are based in the UK and Texas.
The Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, or XLUUV 'Manta' as it is also known, weighs a slight 8.9 tons, can dive to 305 meters, and is intended for short-term missions under 48 hours, according to a company website. The Manta's propulsion is provided by "advanced motor technology to directly drive the main propeller," which could mean a diesel-electric or air-independent propulsion system.
Development was quite accelerated, the time from prototype to final product took a startlingly fast 14 months. Given the size of the Manta, it may likely stick to littoral, or costal operations, rather than the deepwater missions larger manned submarines are capable of. (Although the small hull detentions could be indicative of its role as a technology demonstrator rather than a finalized design.) The Manta is based on the company's previous MORAY unmanned submarine, which is significantly larger, at about 77 tons.
In a press release, First Sea Lord Admiral Tony Radakin stated that 2019 was a busy year for the Royal Navy. "In 2019 we saw the highest Russian activity in the North Atlantic for over 30 years. Submarines are getting quieter, more capable and harder to detect." The Manta, which will eventually be armed, is intended to augment the Royal Navy's submarine force.
The Royal Navy is joining the U.S. Navy in the XLUUV club, which is pursuing XLUUV designs from both Lockheed Martin and Boeing. While just building underwater UUVs is not so hard, improving doctrine and tactics is. Being an early part of the underwater drone scene will allow the U.K. to be ahead of the curve when it comes to working out inevitable kinks in the design. Still, some challenges remain.
It is unclear how the XLUUVs will communicate with the surface. Underwater signal transmission suffers from a number of complicating factors, so keeping a man-in-the-loop like how airborne drones are commanded may be difficult—and begs the question, once armed, will XLUUVs pull the trigger on targets themselves?
Radakin ended on a positive note, stating "There is a great deal going on here. But I am confident that we are heading in the right direction, pursuing modern solutions, modern ways of working, delivering solutions to traditional problems in a modern way." In a nod to increasingly mature naval technology, he said, "we will continue to evolve, both nationally and in company with our allies."
Caleb Larson holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy. He lives in Berlin and writes on U.S. and Russian foreign and defense policy, German politics, and culture.
Source URL:https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/future-now-britains-royal-navy-getting-new-submarine-drone-151426


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John Choi made history on January 3, 2011, when he was sworn in as the first Korean-American chief prosecutor in the country. Since taking office, John has become a state and national leader in the fight against sex trafficking. John's innovative approach to holding abusers accountable, while working collaboratively with advocacy agencies to help victims, has transformed the way government intervenes in domestic violence and sex trafficking situations. In addition, John has been a champion of engaging men to prevent violence against women and children; successfully advanced legislation to reunite families when it's in foster children's best interest; implemented new performance-based outcomes for juvenile diversion programs; developed the use of lethality assessment protocols and GPS technology to keep domestic violence victims safe; created pre-charge diversion for adults; and established a Veterans Court.
Throughout his public tenure, John has been innovative in reforming and finding efficiencies in the criminal justice system. In his previous capacity as Saint Paul City Attorney, John was recognized with the International Municipal Lawyers Association's top award for distinguished public service. Prior to his successful career in the public sector, John spent a decade in private practice, making partner in six years while focused on government relations, administrative law, municipal law and civil litigation. John holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Marquette University, a J.D. from Hamline University School of Law and was a Humphrey Fellow at the University of Minnesota.
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Spurs: Antonio Conte must ruthlessly ditch Hugo Lloris
by Robbie Walls share
Tottenham Hotspur are currently enduring something of a rut at present, with Antonio Conte's side having now failed to win any of their past three games in all competitions, including Wednesday's frustrating draw with Sporting Lisbon.
While the obvious talking point from that Champions League showdown was the denial of a late 'winner' for the home side at N17, following a lengthy and contentious VAR review, that has perhaps overshadowed what was an underwhelming display from the Lilywhites on the night, particularly during the first half.
One figure who no doubt failed to make his mark was the returning Lucas Moura, with the Brazilian speedster having looked 'rusty' on what was just his first start of the season, in the words of football.london's Rob Guest.
The 30-year-old – who has been hampered by a calf injury so far this season – notably lost possession 22 times from his 51 touches on the night, while also completing just one of his five attempted dribbles before he was hooked in the closing stages.
82% duels lost: Spurs' 82-touch waster was "made to look very stupid" vs Sporting - opinion
Forget VAR: "Poor" Spurs flop who lost possession 19x let Conte down again vs Sporting - opinion
Conte could land his next N'Golo Kante in Spurs swoop for "world-class" £120k-p/w gem - opinion
Imagine him and Kane: Paratici could form "deadly" Spurs duo in swoop for £67m machine - opinion
That display may well have been expected as a result of the forward's recent lack of action, however, with it perhaps unfair to judge the £13.5m-rated man too harshly as he steps up his return to full fitness.
The same cannot be said of teammate Hugo Lloris, however, with the long-serving Frenchman having little excuse for his worrying displays of late, after once again coming under fire for his role in the away side's opener last night.
The 35-year-old 'keeper was undone by a long-range strike from former Spurs youth product Marcus Edwards, with talkSPORT pundit Gabby Agbonlahor suggesting that the veteran ace has "got to do better".
Although the World Cup-winning stopper would go on to make a handful of typically vital saves to keep his side in the game, the 139-cap man also produced a rash moment in the second half after charging out of his goal at one stage, with journalist Jonathan Veal stating that the club captain "had gone walkabout".
The £100k-per-week leader had also grabbed the headlines for all the wrong reasons in the defeat to Newcastle United just a few days earlier, playing his part in Callum Wilson's opener after failing to adequately clear his lines – albeit while potentially being fouled – having then seen Miguel Almiron's effort squirm underneath him soon after.
At what age did Kane make his debut for Tottenham?
Despite the experienced figure's lengthy service for the club over the years – in which he has racked up 433 appearances in all competitions since arriving a decade ago – there may well be concerns creeping in as to whether his powers are on the wane, with broadcaster Alan Brazil stating that he is "worried" about the player's current form.
Amid recent talk of a potential move for Atletico Madrid colossus, Jan Oblak, it remains to be seen just what Lloris' long-term future will be at Tottenham.
In the short-term, should Conte deem his skipper to have become something of a liability, the Italian may well have to be ruthless and ditch the club stalwart moving forward, starting with Saturday's trip to Bournemouth.


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Q: CodeIgniter - Unable to access session in helper This is really driving me mad. I have used this without any issues in the past.
So I have a Codeigniter installation, in which I have autoloaded session. I am also also autoloading a helper named "site" (site_helper.php).
Now in site_helper I do the following:
function checkLogin(){
  $ci = &get_instance();
  $session = $ci->session->user['id']; //this line throws errow
}

checkLogin();

What I get as result is:
A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined property: Welcome::$session
Filename: helpers/site_helper.php
Line Number: 15

If you are wondering what "welcome" is, its my default controller. This has worked well in other sites I have worked on. I am at a total loss what the issue is here.
Any help is appreciated!

A: Have you tried
Filename: application/helpers/Site_helper.php "First letter must all ways be upper case"
if ( ! function_exists('checkLogin'))
{
    protected $CI;

    function checkLogin(){
      $this->CI =& get_instance();

      $this->CI->load->library('session');

      // This only returns the id does not set it.
      return $this->CI->session->userdata('id');
    }

}

http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/ancillary_classes.html
Then on the controller
public function somefunction()
{
   $this->load->helper('site');

   // Test only
   echo checkLogin();
}

Make sure you have set your session save path I use the cache folder. This is the way I have set up mine. With folder permission 0700
$config['sess_driver'] = 'files';
$config['sess_cookie_name'] = 'ci_session';
$config['sess_expiration'] = 7200;
$config['sess_save_path'] = APPPATH . 'cache/session/';
$config['sess_match_ip'] = TRUE;
$config['sess_time_to_update'] = 300;
$config['sess_regenerate_destroy'] = TRUE;

A: $ci->session->user['id'];
//replace with
$ci->session->userdata("session_variable_name");

If it doesn't work please follow below
Please check with your PHP version,
I have also faced the same issue and then I got to know that I was building the application in Codeigniter 2 and PHP 5.6 and I check with Codeigniter 2.0 and PHP 7.3 version I got this Issue. So I tried with PHP 5.6 version and it worked.

A: Maybe you might have forgotten to load the session library

    function checkLogin(){
      $ci = &get_instance();

      //load the session library
      $ci->load->library('session');

      $session = $ci->session->user['id']; //this line throws errow
    }

A: Make Sure you have auto load session libaray in autoload.php file

Autoload.php
  : $autoload['libraries'] = array('session');

For Accessing the session variable :
 $CI = & get_instance();
//or you can load library in the site helper also
 $CI->load->library('email');
 $data = $CI->session->all_userdata();

Add

print_r($data)

. You will get useful results.

A: This is how I did knowing that I have a "logged_in" is the session key when authenticating in the Login.php controller
function isLoggedIn()
{
    $ci = &get_instance();
    $ci->load->library('session');
    $session =  $ci->session->userdata('logged_in');
    return (!empty($session))  ? true : false;
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Small trees up to ca. 20 m tall and 30 cm dbh, reproductive from 7 m tall and 4 cm dbh. Twigs solid, glabrous to hairy. Stipules ovate, semi-persistent, erect to spreading, not surrounding the twigs completely, 6-10 mm long by 3-5 mm wide. Petioles glabrous to hairy, up to ca. 12 cm long. Leaves alternate, ovate, peltate or not, 9-18 cm long by 4.5-11 cm wide, length/width-ratio 1.18-2.07; secondary veins 8-10, usually ending in the margin, sometimes looping; leaf base rounded to cordate (also when peltate), peltate margin length (when present) 0.1-1.2 cm; leaf margin with conspicuous glands; leaf upper surface glabrous, with 2-6 basal nectary glands on basal veins, some distance from petiole insertion; leaf lower surface hairy, not or only sparsely gland dotted. Staminate inflorescences branched; flowers clustered per bracteole; bracteoles with entire margins. Pistillate inflorescences branched; fruits 9-10 mm wide, 4(-5)-locular, one glandular patch on each carpel wall developing into very long horn-like appendages.
Usually in gaps or along forest edges up to an elevation of 2300 m.


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This is Poloz's first public address since the BoC delivered back to back 25bps hikes in July & September.
BoC officials spoke en masse in the run up to the Jul decision to indicate that a hike was on the table. BoC deputy Lane pushed back against the recent CAD strength in an address made last week so this is one particular area generating focus heading in to the address.
Markets currently price a circa 40% chance of a hike at the BoC's October meeting, and a circa 90% chance of further tightening is priced by year end.
Focus will be placed on the BoC governor's speech as it is his first address since the Bank delivered a second consecutive 25bps hike at the start of the month.
A swift and very deliberate swing in rhetoric indicated that the BoC was willing to hike back in July. While markets priced a virtually even chance of a September hike heading in to the most recent decision (following strong economic data), the BoC ultimately delivered further tightening. In the wake of the move the Bank came under widespread criticism over its closed doors policy (i.e. no communication) between the two hikes.
The deputy governor remained upbeat on the data front. He noted that growth was becoming "broad and self-sustaining." Lane went on to note that in his view "each meeting is live," while he stressed importance of data-dependence. He didn't touch on inflation in any great depth, and the subsequent CPI release showed a small miss on the headline figures, although the average of the three core measures saw some upside surprise.
Following the early summer swing in rhetoric and broad based recent criticism, markets await Poloz's upcoming comments 1) because he is the governor and has not made any public addresses for so long, and 2) to see if he sides with Deputy governor Lane on any of the matters he addressed last week, which could in turn point towards the central bank being uncomfortable with the recent CAD strength.
Yesterday, Canadian Finance Minister Morneau stated that he sees "higher interest rates ahead" and he noted that that "the Canadian economy can do well with the currency at current levels." This pushed back against recent chatter which had suggested that government officials were unhappy with the recent BoC tightening as it has led to notable CAD appreciation.
Markets currently price a circa 40% chance of a hike at the BoC's October meeting, and a circa 90% chance of a hike is priced by year end.
CIBC: The Deputy Governor tried to get markets back into the slow 'Lane' in terms of rate hike expectations and their impact on the C$. Governor Poloz could take an even clearer stance on that this week. By downplaying those expectations for further BoC hikes this year, at the same time that the Fed has left a December hike firmly on the table, two-year yield spreads will move back in favour of the US and pull the loonie down from recent lofty levels.
RBC: BoC Governor Poloz speaks publicly for the first time since the July 12th MPR on Wednesday. It should be closely watched for discussion on both the recent rate hike on September 6th and BoC views on a possible hike at the October 25th rate meeting and MPR release. Poloz should have seen preliminary results of the next Business Outlook Survey (released on October 16th) by the time of the speech, with the summer BOS release seeming to be instrumental in the BoC's hawkish shift in June. No topic has been released yet for the speech, but there will be a press conference that follows nonetheless.
Scotiabank: Bear in mind that the audience will be drawn from an area of the country that is among the most directly affected by soft commodity prices. Newfoundland's economy is forecast to contract by 1.7% this year and 0.4% next year even while Alberta's economy (also energy dependent) is registering improved growth this year and next. If the know-your audience rule of thumb applies, then—while it's almost pure conjecture in the absence of a speech topic—it may be reasonable to think that a cautious message will be delivered. Don't expect fist-pumping and pompoms in celebration of how wonderfully the economies are performing in, say, Ontario, Quebec and BC. With the next hike forecast for December by Scotia Economics and markets and the September 6th BoC statement having left the door open for further hikes conditional upon the evolution of data, a stronger emphasis upon the conditionality of hiking again after material data has been gathered may be applied next week.


With school having ended recently, my days have slowed down. I have much more time to myself, and plenty of time to think. The other day, while in conversation with someone, I felt uncomfortably comfortable. Chatting away with someone I barely know is not usually within my comfort zone. Yet, this time it was.


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LWG Interview with Jane Brautigam, City Manager – Boulder, CO on the Importance of Embracing Your Career
LWG Interview with Jane Brautigam, City Manager – Boulder, CO on Being the Next ICMA President Elect, Social Resilience and the Importance of Embracing Your Career
By LWG Editor
League CAO, Pam Antil recently spoke with newly selected ICMA President Elect Jane Brautigam (City Manager, Boulder, CO). Pam and Jane spoke about the concept of social resilience, the ICMA Task Force on Women in the Profession Report and working full-time while raising children. Here is the interview:
Pam: Congratulations on being selected President Elect for ICMA. What inspired you to take on this important role for the ICMA Executive Board?
Jane: One of the things that is true in our world is that if you ask people to do something, they usually say yes. A couple of people asked me to run for the President Elect position. I was honored to be asked and said yes. I feel that now is the time for more women to step up. As one of "the first" woman a few time over forty years – first female city attorney, first female city manager, etc. I wanted to step up to represent all of the women in our profession. I hope in some way that inspires other women to go for city manager positions or seats on the ICMA Board even if they would be the first woman in some cases.
Pam: A few years have gone by since the release of the 2014 ICMA Task Force on Women in the Profession, since you were on the Board at that time, what are your thoughts on the report 4 years later?
Jane: I love the work that the Task Force did. What struck me about the report was the part about how women need to feel they have ticked ALL of the requirement boxes" before they apply for a senior level position. Whereas, men appear to be more confident even if only a few of the requirement boxes are ticked. In fact, I discussed this with my daughter Jessica who is also in the public sector and a planner by trade.
About a year after the report came out, I was talking to my daughter who had been the long ranger planner in Aspen at the time and was contemplating applying to be the community development director. She was telling me that she wasn't sure she should apply because she didn't feel she met all of the requirements. Specifically, that she had not managed people in her career. I told her that her internal reaction of "not doing enough" was normal and I urged her to read the Task Force Report. After reading the report she was inspired to go for it and got the job. Talking to me as her mom was good, but reading the research and understanding the need for women to step forward even if they don't have all the boxes checked was helpful to her. It made me even more proud to be a part of the ICMA Board when the Task Force Report was adopted.
Pam: How did your career in public service begin?
Jane: When I went to law school in the early 1970's we were so proud that 20 percent of our class was women. That was historic in the 70's. Today about 50 percent of those in law school are women. I was reminded recently while watching the movie, RBG, the obligation I felt in law school to make something of this special spot in law school that I had achieved. I needed to own my career and be a professional woman because back in the day people would say, 'you took a space that a man could have had.' As one of only a few women at that time it was critical to make something of that. I never wanted anyone to think they made a mistake when they picked me to be in my law school class. This obligation has been sitting on my shoulders my entire career. It's part of the reason why I applied to be the President of ICMA. I feel the obligation to show that women can do it!
Pam: Why do you think there aren't more women in the city/county Manager seats across the country?
Jane: My belief is that the selectors are elected officials and that in the 1990's and early 2000's did not have the vision that a woman could be a city manager. I think that is changing. I'm seeing more women getting selected in great candidate pools with men and women. It's an evolution. The elected officials aren't in our field and don't really see the great women and people of color in our field. They see the people in their neighborhood, their kid's soccer practice, etc. and don't always see the amazing people out there serving their communities. But, I feel this is changing.
One of the things the Task Force Report also suggested was getting in front of more elected officials at National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors and state leagues to talk about bias in the hiring processes across the country, gender balance and like seeing the League of Women in Government taking on that role. This is an area where the League and ICMA can work together to educate more elected officials about the value of diversity and inclusion in hiring. Elected officials need to see more women in senior roles so that it becomes the norm. I hope we will be seeing more of this in the not too distant future.
Pam: Looking forward, what do you want to achieve during your term as President?
Jane: In 2013 there was a really big and unexpected flood in our community of Boulder, CO. There was a lot of devastation to the region due to the flooding. We had a lot of property damage, but no one was hurt. As we were moving towards recovery, we realized through the work we did on resiliency after the flood, that one of the chronic stresses on the community is people don't know their neighbor. We had lots of calls during the flooding to volunteer to help, but we had nothing formally set up. So I started thinking about the idea of "social resilience." When I am President, it is something I'd like to start a conversation about nationally.
As local governments, we need our residents to feel like they belong to the community and have friends they can call upon in times of trouble. Somewhere along the way this concept has been lost in many communities. I saw this on a trip for ICMA in Wellington, New Zealand. They had developed a program to go to the small towns around Wellington to talk about building community in those small towns. I thought this was a brilliant idea. So after the 2013 floods, we brought the colleagues from Wellington to Boulder to talk to us about how they created this concept of resiliency. As a result, we created a new program called 'Better Together' in which we do a training of 3-4 weeks with people on how each of their neighborhoods to create a social network so in times of trouble you have a group of people to count on and a resiliency plan for your neighborhood. That's what I want to talk about during my term.
Pam: How do you scale that training citywide?
Jane: We are still figuring that out! What we tried to do was roll out a pilot program via a local not-for-profit in town, but they found that they couldn't scale throughout a bigger portion of the city. So we are pulling it back to the City of Boulder and we are working on what to do next to better scale it after learning from the pilot program. We are in the beginning phases of that process now. One key is a strong volunteer program which I learned back when I was city manager in Dublin, OH. Boulder now has a volunteer coordinator which will help. We will keep working to bring all of these pieces together to try to take the work we are doing with our volunteers to scale a broader network citywide.
This connects well with conversations about social equity across the nation. Lots of exciting ideas intersect. That's what I'm excited about and where I'm coming from. People are drawn to ideas that look towards the future.
Pam: What advice do you give to young women who want to be a city/county managers some day?
Jane: My advice is that they say 'yes' to opportunities. Hopefully, they are in organizations that ask them to do more. You have to be a person who says 'yes' to new things being asked of them. Being positive, optimistic and looking towards the future are attributes that great city managers have and look for in others. When people are stepping up and going the extra mile they are seen as rising stars. A career path can then be seen by city managers for those that step up.
Pam: You worked full-time, first as a City Attorney and then City Manager, while raising kids – what advice do you have for others balancing work and family?
Jane: I was a city attorney for part of the time my kids were young. The whole time I worked. I did it because I love working and love public service. I grew up thinking there were no barriers for me as a woman and that it was part of my responsibility to own the gifts that I have and use them in the world. I found that I had the ability to go to work and feel fulfilled and then go home and also have family fulfillment. It's inspiring for children to see their mom is somebody who is capable, does lots of things and also has a life of their own. Years later when my daughter was in grad school she told me she leaned and was grateful for the strength she saw in me growing up. Embrace your career because your kids will be so proud of you. Kids need to see you embrace your own life so they can see how awesome life is. I really believe that.
Jane S. Brautigam is an ICMA Credentialed Manager and was appointed city manager of Boulder, CO in October 2008. She is the city's first female manager in its 90-year history. Before joining the City of Boulder, Brautigam was city manager for Dublin, Ohio from 2002 to 2008. Previously, she worked as the city manager (2000 to 2002) and city attorney (1996 to 2000) for Loveland, CO.; city attorney (1988 to 1995) and assistant city attorney (1985 to 1988) for Greenwood Village, CO.; and as assistant county attorney for Boulder County (1983 to 1985). Brautigam earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from Allegheny College and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Pamela "Pam" W. Antil has over 25 years of experience directly managing and advising local government agencies across the country including small and large cities such as San Jose, CA, Ann Arbor, MI and Palo Alto, CA. Currently, she is the Assistant City Administrator for the City of Santa Barbara, CA.
Ms. Antil has been recognized for her published articles and papers on a variety of topics including advancing women in local government; the future of policing in the United States; business networking; innovation and design thinking; post-merger/operational due diligence in the private sector; and use of social media by local government. An avid networker herself and early adopter of social media in government, Ms. Antil founded the Municipal Managers group on LinkedIn in 2007, which has over 12,000 members today and the League of Women in Government in 2015, supporting the advancement of women in local government.
Pam is an active member of the International City/County Management Association, Cal-ICMA, Alliance for Innovation, Municipal Management Assistants of Northern & Southern California, BJA Executive Session on Police Leadership, Emerging Local Government Leaders as well as serves as a Board Member for Women Leading Government CA and President of the League of Women in Government. Pam is an ICMA Credentialed Manager, has a Bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University and a Master of Public Administration degree from California State University.
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Starting June 27, 2014, Nene will be headlining Cirque Du Soliel 'Zumanity' in Las Vegas and she recently shared more photos of the outrageous costumes and hairstyles that she'll be rocking onstage.


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