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LOS ANGELES, Calif., - March 27, 2002 - ACTOR (A Commitment To Our Roots), the non-profit organization dedicated to helping older comic creators in need, is pleased to announce that writer/artist Sam Kieth is making a major donation to the fund. Kieth will donate all the original art from two books' worth of his current Wolverine/Hulk Marvel Comics mini-series to ACTOR. The other two books of the four-issue series will be donated to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF).
"I've always thought there are four pillars of the comic book industry," Kieth said. "The publishers, distributors, retailers and creators. The publishers and distributors are often large organizations, but retailers and creators stand by themselves on the front lines. By making this donation to ACTOR and the CBLDF, I hope I can help support the creative and retail pillars."
Kieth will use his usual art agent, Albert Moy Original Art, to turn the artwork into money. Albert Moy Original Art will sell the art via conventions and its Website at www.albertmoy.com starting Thursday, March 28 and continuing throughout 2002.
ACTOR Executive Committee member and Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada said, "I love Sam Kieth's art, and I'll probably buy some myself. Not a lot of people know this, but when we auctioned Sam's Hulk piece in the Twin Towers Fund 'Heroes' auction, it was so popular that three other people commissioned an identical piece from Sam. I was one of them. I'm sure this sale will raise a lot of money for ACTOR."
ACTOR Disbursement Committee Co-chairman and CrossGen Senior Artist George Pérez said, "What a truly awesome contribution! As an artist I know that Sam could have netted a substantial amount of money selling this artwork. After all, the Hulk and especially Wolverine are two of the greatest comic book icons in print today and Sam's rabid fan following would have assured him an enormous personal payday. The fact that Sam has decided to donate all that money to ACTOR speaks volumes not only for Sam's character and integrity, but the worthiness of ACTOR and all it represents. It's people like Sam that make me proud to be in this business.""
About ACTOR.
ACTOR (A Commitment to Our Roots) is dedicated to providing relief and support to many of the talented creators who helped found the comic book industry. Many Golden Age or Silver Age creators toiled in comics' earlier days for low pay and with a nonexistent pension plan. Today, many of these people who laid the groundwork that today's industry works on may be in financial need. Be it due to age, health, or just low salaries with no retirement plan, they may need a hand. ACTOR provides a safety net for former comic creators in need. ACTOR is dedicated to helping creators with emergency medical aid, financial support, and entrance back into paying work.
ACTOR's 501 (c) (3) paperwork, making it an official non-profit organization, was approved by the federal government in February, 2001.
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Chicago's Guaranteed Income Pilot Program, Explained
by Sky Patterson and City Bureau August 13, 2022 September 16, 2022
Illustration by David Alvarado/City Bureau
This story was originally published by City Bureau. Printed with permission.
Five hundred dollars, no strings attached. That's what the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot––one of the largest guaranteed income programs in the U.S.––plans to deliver to 5,000 low-income Chicagoans every month for a whole year. More than half of participants are already receiving the cash infusion.
Despite unemployment decreasing from last year and the Chicago minimum wage increasing to $15.40 per hour for some workers, advocates of the program say it is necessary because many Chicagoans are still struggling to make ends meet. At the same time, inflation has hit a four-decade high and the spike in the cost of goods has experts worrying poverty will rise, further increasing income inequality.
One solution? Cash assistance. The concept gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially after the federal government issued stimulus checks and Child Tax Credit payments to help Americans cope with the steep rise in unemployment and financial hardship. Experts say those payments, especially those for families, helped ease child poverty while they were in place.
Still, some economists worry guaranteed income programs will make inflation worse, further increasing the costs for food, gas and other essential items. Other economists dismiss that concern, arguing that current inflation is primarily driven by factors such as the war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions and staggering corporate profits.
Chicago isn't the only local government experimenting with cash assistance. The growing list also includes Minneapolis, St. Paul and Philadelphia. Cook County, which is running one of the largest publicly funded guaranteed income pilots in the country, has already committed to a permanent program after the pilot ends. The size of Chicago's and Cook County's programs could give researchers more of the evidence they need to determine if guaranteed income could work at the state and federal levels.
While it's still too early to draw conclusions from Chicago's program, here's what we know now.
Who applied?
The Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) received applications from all seventy-seven community areas during a three-week application process. In total, the City received more than thirty-five applications for each of the available spots in the program.
The median income of applicants was $14,000, according to DFSS. Women were the overwhelming majority of applicants, as were Black Chicagoans who made up sixty-eight percent of applicants. The majority of applicants said they were caregivers.
To Audra Wilson, president and CEO of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, this was unsurprising given that Black women are often the last to recover from economic recessions and "are more likely to face higher unemployment rates, disproportionate amounts of child care and domestic work and other economic inequities that were made worse by the pandemic."
According to a City Bureau analysis of applicant data, the majority of applications came from communities in the South and West sides, with the highest concentration of applicants––about 5%––in the Auburn Gresham area. Most applicants cited reduced hours of work, unemployment and leaving jobs for caregiving duties as reasons for applying for the program. More than 16,000 applicants said they were experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity.
City Bureau's analysis found that among those applicants, Black Chicagoans were disproportionately impacted. Of those who said they were homeless, more than 80% identified as Black. Separately, 83% of the people who cited housing insecurity, meaning they moved frequently or have no stable home, identified as Black.
How is Chicago's program administered?
DFSS and the Mayor's Office selected two nonprofits to administer the program. GiveDirectly—an international nonprofit primarily operating in East Africa—is the program's administrator. AidKit, a technology platform, is helping GiveDirectly deliver cash to residents.
DFSS began distributing payments to residents the last week of June. Recipients could choose to receive the money either through a bank deposit or a prepaid debit card, and this income will not be taxed.
How were participants chosen?
To be eligible, applicants had to report experiencing economic hardship from the pandemic and have a household income under $70,000 for a family of four. Applicants selected to participate in the pilot were chosen through a computer-generated randomization system. DFSS Commissioner Brandie Knazze said the system was designed so that low-income people living in areas most impacted by COVID-19 had a higher probability of being selected.
Harish Patel, director of Economic Security for Illinois and a manager of the Chicago Resilient Families Initiative Task Force that studied the scope of a guaranteed income pilot, said there are several benefits to choosing recipients randomly. A lottery system minimizes bias and corruption—two issues that could hurt trust in the program and damage long-term support. Randomization also allows researchers to draw conclusions about how the program affects low-income people from diverse backgrounds.
Who was chosen to participate in the program?
Knazze, the DFSS commissioner, said most selected participants were women and identified as parents or caregivers, closely mirroring the pool of applicants. More than half of the 5,000 participants are Black (sixty-seven percent) with nearly a quarter of participants identifying as Latinx (twnty-three percent). White Chicagoans make up sixteen percent of participants and Asian Chicagoans are the smallest racial category at three percentof participants.
In early July, DFSS distributed its first payments to 3,500 Chicagoans via direct deposits and prepaid debit cards. Others have received the money since then on a rolling basis. As of last week, DFSS was still working on enrolling a few hundred participants.
What do advocates for guaranteed income say?
So far, Chicago gets high marks from advocates for creating a program with few hoops to jump through. Administrative burdens, they argue, often shut some people from the aid. The application was available online in six languages and took around thirty minutes to complete. Applicants were not asked about their immigration status or criminal record. It asked about household size, demographics, education and other public benefits received. It also required proof of identity, income and residency through a mix of documents.
With the cost of living increasing and wages lagging behind inflation, some local experts believe that $500 per month will make a difference in the lives of Chicagoans experiencing deep poverty. While guaranteed income allows recipients to decide how and what to spend extra money on, experts say it is not the only solution—a broad social safety net and economic policies that help families make ends meet is also critical.
"This pilot, as important as it is, is not the only tool to be able to solve poverty––it is one of a series of actions that need to be taken to really alleviate poverty," said Wilson, the Shriver Center's president and CEO.
While advocates interviewed agree that $500 per month is limited, especially as prices rise, it still has the potential to help Chicagoans experiencing poverty.
"We hope that the pilot will allow people to catch their breath," Commissioner Knazze said. "We want to be able to allow them to have economic stability and mobility, to see financial gains, either through saving or achieving a personal goal, maybe an educational goal or savings."
Could the pilot become permanent?
It's unclear if the City has long-term plans to implement a permanent guaranteed income program and how that would be funded. When asked, the Mayor's Office said they are committed to partnering with the City Council to support residents using direct cash assistance in a future budget cycle. And DFSS Commissioner Knazze said results from the pilot will inform how the City runs its programs in the future.
About 3,000 of the 5,000 pilot recipients will participate in an optional study led by the University of Chicago's Inclusive Economy Lab, according to Carmelo Barbaro, the lab's executive director, which will evaluate the impact of the program on participants' financial health and general wellbeing. Researchers plan to use the results to provide recommendations for future programs.
Patel, the director of Economic Security for Illinois, said he hopes the pilot sheds light on the need for guaranteed income programs as an addition—not a replacement—of the social safety net. But, he said, the City and County could use the format of the cash-assistance program to make their existing network of programs better, simpler, with less paperwork and with fewer barriers for people.
The City expects to have some preliminary results in late 2023 or early 2024.
Longtime guaranteed income advocate Ameya Pawar believes that the Chicago pilot program will demonstrate the necessity and feasibility of a national program—something local advocates of guaranteed income agree on. His hope, he said, is that the Chicago demonstration along with the other demonstrations across the country will lead to a federal policy change.
Sky Patterson is a 2022 Summer Civic Reporting Fellow, along with Francisco Saúl Ramírez Pinedo, who contributed to this report. Sarah Conway, City Bureau's senior reporter covering jobs and the economy of survival in Chicago, also contributed. You can reach her with tips at sarah@citybureau.org.
This story was produced by City Bureau, a civic journalism lab based in Chicago. Learn more and get involved at www.citybureau.org.
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2021 U SPORTS Mitchell Family Alumni of the Year Awards nominees: Nancy Knowlton, Bishop's
Published: 18 May 2021, 02:11 PM 18 May 2021, 02:11 PM Last Update: 18 May 2021, 03:14 PM 18 May 2021, 03:14 PM
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New for 2021, the Mitchell Family Alumni of the Year Awards Presented by Makadiff Sports honours the long-time champions of the U SPORTS Athlete of the Year Program, The Honourable Lois and Doug Mitchell, and celebrates eight former varsity athletes who have become leaders in their communities, and recognizes the continued contributions by each alumnus to their alma mater. Winners will be announced virtually on Thursday, May 20.
nancy knowlton
Bishop's Gaiters
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Business Administration '75
Chartered Accountant '82
Nancy Knowlton was a cornerstone of the Gaiters' women's basketball team, leading the Quebec Universities Athletic Association (QUAA) in scoring in the 1972-73 and 1973-74, while also ranking as the top scoring leader in the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CIAU – now U SPORTS). During her stint with the program, she won two consecutive Quebec championships, en route to the Gaiters' first two appearances at the CIAU national championships in team history. In addition, Knowlton led Team Quebec to a silver medal at the 1975 Canada Winter Games and toured China as a member of the Canadian National Team. Upon pursuing graduate studies at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Knowlton again led the CIAU in scoring with the Huskies and accomplished the rare feat of being named Athlete of the Year at two different universities.
A leader in advancing education via technology, Knowlton founded SMART Technologies following graduation and served as its CEO – putting interactive whiteboards into millions of classrooms and boardrooms around the world. Together with her husband, David Martin, she also founded the SMARTer Kids Foundation in 2003 to provide grants reducing the price of SMART products to all accredited, not-for-profit educational institutions, museums, libraries and home schools in the United States and Canada. Knowlton and Martin later founded Nureva Inc., which offers a range of practical audio-conferencing systems that solve poor audio performance in meeting and learning spaces.
Looking to give back academically to her alma mater, Knowlton has been instrumental in the creation of two of the highest-impact programs for students at Bishop's – the Chancellor's Excellence Scholarships and the Bishop's Exceptional Student Talent (B.E.S.T.) Project Fund. The Chancellor's Excellence Scholarship program recognizes and rewards students with outstanding academic records who personify Bishop's fundamental values of integrity, curiosity, ambition, courage, self-discipline and community engagement. Recipients benefit from being paired with a mentor from the faculty or senior administration, are invited to participate in the university's annual Leadership Retreat and are invited to scholarly gatherings such as lecture receptions and events organized by the Chair in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence.
The B.E.S.T. Project Fund is the premier experiential learning opportunity at Bishop's. It assists students in determining their career paths and realizing their ambitions by making it possible for them to undertake transformative experiences that might not otherwise be available or accessible to them, particularly as undergraduates. Since the B.E.S.T. Project Fund was created in 2010, more than 130 students have been awarded funding to pursue a wide range of extraordinary and inspiring projects, in Canada and abroad.
Knowlton's awards for her contributions include being inducted into the Bishop's University Wall of Distinction (2008), the Gaiters women's basketball Team Award being named in her honour, along with receiving an Honorary Doctorate from both institutions, first in 2003 from Saint Mary's and later in 2009 from Bishop's.
"Nancy Knowlton epitomizes excellence. Her time as a Gaiter was outstanding; she was an Athlete of the Year and a true leader. What she did after graduation was even more remarkable. She is a pioneer in the business world and is someone we are extremely proud to call a Bishop's alumna."
Matt McBrine. - Director of Athletics and Recreation, Bishop's
2021 U SPORTS Mitchell Family Alumni of the Year Awards nominees: Israel Idonije, Manitoba


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Statement regarding State of Illinois budget
Negotiations toward a full-year state budget are now underway in Springfield. During this process, our government relations staff and I have been in constant discussions with Governor Rauner's staff and the legislature to ensure adequate funding and fiscal predictability for the University of Illinois.
The governor and legislators are to be commended for their efforts to reach compromise, and the U of I System stands ready to share the expertise of faculty and staff across our three universities in any way possible to help develop a workable plan to move Illinois forward.
In his budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 released on Feb. 15, Governor Rauner recommended:
A general funds appropriation for the U of I System of $550.1 million, a 15 percent – or $97 million – reduction from the $647.1 million appropriation received by the System in fiscal year 2015, the last time Illinois had a full-year budget.
A performance-based allocation that could partially offset the 15 percent cut, making it more like 10 percent below fiscal year 2015. The U of I System estimates that performance funding could restore $30 million to $35 million by achieving Illinois Board of Higher Education goals related to student success and degree completion.
A 10 percent increase in funding for the Monetary Award Program (MAP), which provides need-based financial aid to support Illinois students. MAP assistance for U of I System students totals approximately $60 million per year.
The above recommendations are for FY18. The legislature is also considering additional funding for FY17 (Senate Bill 0006), now that the stopgap has run out. Neither the legislature nor the governor has addressed funding for fiscal year 2016, however, when the U of I System received only $180 million, about 27 percent of its fiscal year 2015 appropriation.
Funding tied to performance is at the heart of groundbreaking legislation that the U of I System helped develop and introduce last year, called the Investment, Performance and Accountability Commitment (IPAC). IPAC would create a new, results-centered partnership between the University of Illinois and the state, providing adequate and predictable funding over a 5-year period. In turn, we would agree to meet tangible performance goals that support access and affordability for Illinois students while serving the needs of the state.
In the weeks to come, our team will continue to vigorously champion the U of I System's interests in Springfield, and work to build on the internal efficiencies that have maintained our excellence despite the state's ongoing budget impasse.
My thanks to all of your for your dedication, loyalty and support, and I will continue to update you as the budget process unfolds.
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Trump Justice Department stays strong against Anthem-Cigna merger appeal
Erica Teichert
The U.S. Justice Department and several states on Monday urged a federal appeals court not to overturn a decision blocking Anthem and Cigna's proposed $54 billion merger.
In a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Trump administration Justice Department said there was "overwhelming evidence" showing the blocked merger would never create any of the proposed efficiencies that Anthem touted.
"The evidence showed Anthem had no real plan to achieve these savings and every proffered strategy either foundered in the face of business realities or was disconnected from the merger itself (or both)," the brief said.
Anthem is trying to overturn a February preliminary injunction blocking the merger on the grounds that it would harm competition in the national employer market and in Richmond, Va. The insurer is facing resistance from federal and state government attorneys as well as its reluctant partner, Cigna.
Several groups worried that President Donald Trump's administration would soften its stance against the largest proposed merger in the health insurance industry's history. In a Delaware Chancery Court proceeding last month over the contested merger, Anthem's attorney Glenn Kurtz said that Vice President Mike Pencehad supported the merger when he was governor of Indiana.
Earlier this month, the American Medical Association called on the Justice Department to leave politics out of antitrust enforcement in the deal.
But those fears may have been overblown. The Justice Department's 85-page brief on Monday accused Anthem of attempting to "manufacture a policy debate." The federal agency said there was no compelling reason to overturn the preliminary injunction, and U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson was rightly skeptical of the $2.4 billion in savings Anthem claimed it would achieve.
"At the end of the day, the $2.4 billion in medical cost savings are purely aspirational and cannot justify the proposed merger," the Justice Department said.


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You CAN handle the truth! And, the truth is that this week's guest, Debra Norwood (The Laughter Lawyer), is not only an awesome human being, she's also doing incredible work that is changing the lives of people all around the globe! Take a moment to listen to this week's interview as she shares her work, her passion and a few laughs.
As an attorney, a mother and caregiver to an ailing parent, Debra Norwood knows what stress looks and feels like. She also knows where to look for answers to learn resilience and find joy and meaning in many of life's challenges. As a Certified Laughter Leader and Expert Level Practitioner with the World Laughter Tour, Debra guides her patrons by keynote speeches and workshops that highlight mindfulness exercises and a healthy dose of therapeutic humor and laughter. Her presentations to health professionals, attorneys and students are energizing and enlightening! As a result of the emotional clearing achieved through therapeutic laughter sessions, Debra is able to candidly address the more serious workplace and lifestyle issues that cause absenteeism, compassion fatigue and discouragement.
As a personal executive coach for attorneys and professionals, Debra is clearly passionate about sharing the latest advances in Psychoneuroimmunology. As a Certified Brain Health Coach with Amen Clinics, she loves to share the good news: there is now evidence that people can change their brains to effectively change their mood, perspective and ultimately, change their lives!
Debra's individual coaching helps professionals optimize their memory and cognitive abilities through brain exercises, meditation, mindfulness and nutritional supplements when needed. For serious issues of PTSD, ADD, addictions, depression and anxiety, Debra evaluates and recommends individuals for Amen Clinics brain SPECT scans to review if there is trauma or other causes to explain resistant mental health conditions. Through careful evaluation of her client's wishes and needs, Debra also creates individualized teams for crisis intervention. This supportive and comprehensive environment of empathy and trust helps her clients regain their humor, optimism, self-confidence and resilience.
Debra is a member of the Positive Psychology Association, The Association of Applied and Therapeutic Laughter (AATH) and has been endorsed by The Laughter Arts Foundation. As a goodwill ambassador for the Anasazi Foundation, Debra also helps with at-risk youth. She is considered a "Trailblazer" by the World Laughter Tour and is a transformative law advocate and contributor to the American Bar Association endorsed book by J.Kim Wight; Lawyers as Change-makers, coming out in 2017.
You can get more on Debra at www.debranorwood.com.


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With this is mind, the statement within the Q&A session that the Club of Rome had predicted the world would soon run out of oil and other resources appeared to be taken as a fact by all those highly educated and very "skeptical" people. Except, of course, it isn't a fact—it is pure fiction.
Luckily, anyone can prove my claim as true or false in a very simple manner (without resort to a discussion on the nature of truth): he or she can read the book (second hand copies of the original are available via Amazon here).
I will take you through the relevant pages and passages to prove my point; but I again stress: if you don't believe me, read the book.
The report for the Club of Rome, called The Limits to Growth, was written by a team of researchers at MIT who attempted to model the interaction between earth systems and human systems. The second chapter of the book is entitled "The Limits of Exponential Growth", and this chapter has seeded one of the most tenacious and insidious urban myths.
The core thesis presented is that consumption is growing exponentially, but supply is not. Accordingly, given a finite resource base, demand will bump up against a limit. A finite resource base does not mean a fixed resource base: it just means one that is not infinite.
The Limits to Growth team included a "what if" table to illustrate the thesis. This table (Table 4 in the book), labeled 'Nonrenewable Natural Resources', sets out the number of years a select group of resources will last based on various assumptions (click for larger image).
The 'Static Index' (Column 3) is the number of years a known resource will last at current consumption. The 'Exponential Index' (Column 5) is the number of years a known resource will last if consumption grows at the current growth rate. Finally, Column 6 arbitrarily multiplies the known resource base by five times to take account of future discoveries and then calculates how long the resource base will last assuming exponential growth in consumption demand.
So using the 'Static Index', petroleum will run out after 31 years; under the 'Exponential Index' 20 years; and the 'Five Times Known Resource Exponential Index' 50 years.
Of course the actual nonrenewable resource availability in the next few decades will be determined by factors much more complicated than can be explained by either the simple static reserve index or the exponential reserve index.
We have studied this problem with a detailed model that takes into account the many interrelationships among such factors as varying grades of ore, production costs, new mining technology, the elasticity of consumer demand, and substitution of other resources.
At first the annual consumption of chromium grows exponentially, and the stock of the resource is rapidly depleted. The price of chromium remains low and constant because new developments in mining technology allow efficient use of lower and lower grades of ore. As demand continues to increase, however, the advance of technology is not fast enough to counteract the rising costs of discovery, extraction, processing and distribution. Price begins to rise, slowly at first and then very rapidly. The higher price causes consumers to use chromium more efficiently whenever possible. After 125 years, about 5% of the original supply is available only at prohibitively high cost, and mining of new supplies has essentially fallen to zero.
Critically, a skeptic may be able to find fault empirically (perhaps The Limits to Growth is too pessimistic about the advance of technology), but they cannot criticise them for being unaware of price or substitutability. It is also important to note that the authors are not actually saying chromium will "run out" after 125 years. In their words, the "use of the resource is economically feasible" for 125 years—so after 125 years the resource becomes economically unfeasible to extract even if it still remains in the ground (that is, it hasn't actually run out).
Given present resource consumption rates and the projected increase in these rates, the great majority of the currently important nonrenewable resources will be extremely costly 100 years from now.
So now we have a truly testable proposition: the majority of nonrenewable resources will be extremely costly in the year 2072.
So, according to the Club of Rome, [petroleum] reserves should have been overdrawn by 50 billion barrels by 1990. In fact, by 1990 unexploited reserves amounted to 900 billion barrel — not accounting the tar shales, of which a single deposit in Alberta contains more than 550 billion barrels. The Club of Rome made similarly wrong predictions about natural gas, silver, tin, uranium, aluminium, copper, lead and zinc.
The concept of wrong predictions made by The Limits of Growth had become so widespread and entrenched that often it was not even necessary to provide details.
What we can say for sure is that the denigration action against The Limits to Growth was extremely successful because it played on some innate characteristics of the human mind; in particular to our tendency of believing what we want to believe and disbelieving what we do not want to believe. It is, in the end, the Cassandra Effect (and, of course, Cassandra was right).
The urban myth surrounding The Limits to Growth may be exceptionally hard to kill, but I would hope that any true "skeptic" would never disseminate the myth once becoming acquainted with the actual facts. One lives in hope.
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Thanks for explaining what the Club of Rome was actually talking about.
However I have to gently take issue with your criticism of Cafe Sci types, and skeptics/sceptics, for "nodding of heads and murmur[s] of approval" at a common fallacy (or, as you describe it, "urban myth"). Whilst I can no more speak for skeptics/cafe-sci-types than I can herd cats, it seems to me what distinguishes us from our fellow citizens is not being right about everything but being aware that we are ignorant and sometimes incorrect about things, and seeking (through our Cafe Scis and our SitPs) to become less wrong, and to cease disseminating myths, through acquainting ourselves with actual facts.
I trust you acquainted the folks at Cafe Sci with the facts to which you refer and that they – and Prof Rhodes – are now in the happy position of no longer entertaining that particular myth?
John. This is certainly not a criticism of Cafe Sci types. My point is that a folk memory can become so ingrained in a society that it becomes a generally accepted truth; accepted by even the most astute.
The questioner shot off in a different direction after mentioning the Club of Rome, so I didn't get an opportunity to interject. I will lend Chris my copy of "Limits to Growth" with the relevant passages highlighted; I am sure the Club of Rome makes a regular appearance in questions during his talks.
Ugo. Thanks for these kind words. And I must say I loved your book "The Limits to Growth Revisited". Was a revelation to me.


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The Common open for business - make it part of your routine
After eight-weeks and a $300,000 fit out, The Common, located in the Margarets Beach Resort complex in Gnarabup, is open for business.
The Common is a cool yet comfortable casual bar and bistro with a focus on locally brewed craft beer, delicious affordable bistro food and has wine served on tap.
It's Margaret River's newest venue and the third owned and operated by the Margaret River Hospitality Group (MRHG).
MRHG Managing Director Anthony Janssen said The Common was created with locals in mind, to provide them a place to eat, drink and hang out.
"Come in for a quick drink, a bite to eat, to celebrate a special occasion, or settle in for a long lunch, dinner and beyond, it doesn't matter – that's the sort of friendly casual coastal-bar-bistro vibe The Common has. If locals love it, then visitors to the region will love it too."
Janssen said that he project managed the new fit out and is thrilled with the result.
"The new oak flooring, polished concrete, new lighting and ceiling have completely changed how the place feels – it feels really warm and inviting, like going to a good friend's house," Janssen said.
"Best of all, we've built a new alfresco deck – The Common Deck – that has ocean views and is covered by an awning made from recycled timber that in time, will have beautiful coastal wisteria growing over it."
MRHG Executive Chef Tony Howell said that the menu is based on local seasonal produce.
"The menu is designed to be flexible to take full advantage of the exceptional produce we have access to in the Margaret River region and beyond," Howell said.
"We've created a menu that makes eating out affordable for locals as well as visitors – we're offering great dishes at really reasonable prices – the most expensive main is $35 and that's the Thai yellow curry broth with seafood.
"The rolling menu will change depending on what produce we can access and what's in season – it might be a special of zucchini flowers for a week, or it could be that spring lamb features on the menu for a couple of months.
"We've got two mains designed for two people to share and at $49 they're great value - Asian style sticky pork hock with wok tossed greens and jasmine rice, and 24-hour slow cooked beef short rib with roast pumpkin, charred corn and garlic potatoes."
Howell said he's thrilled to welcome Andy Foulsham who joins MRHG as head chef at The Common.
The Common has a craft beer focus – the heroes being the local brews that will be offered on tap.
"It's not only local beer, we have other Australian and international beer, a small and interesting list of wines by the glass and bottle, and wine on tap served via glass sight fonts from Swings and Roundabouts winery - buy a glass, half carafe or full sized carafe," Janssen said.
"We're really looking forward to establishing a new place for locals that offers quality hospitality experiences – that's the driving force behind everything we do at MRHG," the 33-year-old said.
Every AFL game featuring WA teams Fremantle and West Coast will be shown on the big screen with surround sound.
Janssen said that functions are already booked at The Common and he is excited to grow this side of the business.
The function spaces at The Common cater for up to 200 people in the bistro and 100 people cocktail-style in the separate Common Room. The Common Deck is also available and caters for 60.
The Common is open seven days per week from 4pm Monday to Friday, and from 12pm on weekends in off peak season, and will be open seven days per week from 12pm in peak season. Visit www.thecommonbistro.com.au for more.