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US Army website hacked as Obama demands cyber law
A hacker group backing the Syrian government claimed responsibility for hacking the official website of the US Army, just hours after President Obama called for new cybersecurity laws at the G-7 summit in Germany.
Army.mil was still down Monday afternoon. Loading a cached version of the site resulted in pop-ups proclaiming the site was "Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army," and messages such as "Stop training the terrorists!" and "Your government is corrupt don't listen to it!" reported the National Journal.
Avoid using www.army.mil for the time being.
The web site is currently down, reportedly from being hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army. Posted by Fort Bragg, N.C. on Monday, 8 June 2015
Hackers calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army swiftly took responsibility for the attack, posting images on their Twitter account.
One of #SEA messages left on the US Army website. #SEA #USArmy pic.twitter.com/jIA7HN9jXt
— SyrianElectronicArmy (@Official_SEA16) June 8, 2015
Another image indicated the hackers used the Limelight content management system's control panel to take control of the site.
#SEA pic.twitter.com/hl5PNa9tNn
US Army officials said the website was taken down temporarily, after its home page was compromised. "The Army took appropriate preventative measure to ensure there was no breach of Army data," Army spokesman Brigadier General Malcolm Frost said in a statement.
Monday's attack may have been the first breach of a website directly operated by the US military. In January, a group calling itself the "Cyber Caliphate" hijacked the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), posting links to documents they claimed to be confidential files pilfered from US military computers.
CENTCOM said its operational military networks "were not compromised and there was no operational impact," and denied any leaks of classified information, adding that it considered the hack "purely as a case of cybervandalism."
Last week, the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) admitted to a major cyber-attack in April, compromising the personal information of four million federal employees. While US officials blamed China for the hack, Beijing dismissed the claims as "not responsible" and "counterproductive."
Hours after Obama warned that hacks are going to get worse, @Official_SEA16 appears to have hacked the Army's website http://t.co/fjJBrV4Hbb
— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) June 8, 2015
See also: Right Beneath Your Feet: The Hidden Reality of Deep Underground Military Bases
Addressing the OPM hack at the G-7 summit in Germany, US President Barack Obama urged Congress to move forward on cybersecurity laws that the White House has been pushing for.
"Both state and non-state actors are sending everything they've got at trying to breach these systems," Obama said, adding that state actors were "probing for intelligence or, in some cases, trying to bring down systems in pursuit of their various foreign policy objectives."
"In either case, we're going to have to be much more aggressive, much more attentive than we have been," Obama added.
US agents used a computer virus called Stuxnet to tamper with the nuclear programs in Iran during 2009 and 2010. Another Stuxnet attack was launched against North Korea, US officials recently admitted, but without success.
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Why Canada's money-laundering problem is far bigger than we think
Opinion: Our money laundering laws are a mess, which means even more of the world's dirty money will be redirected here
Kevin Comeau, Special to Financial Post
May 28, 2019 • May 28, 2019 • 4 minute read • Join the conversation
B.C. will soon have a public registry of beneficial ownership for real estate, which will likely redirect more dirty money to those large-city provinces that fail to follow B.C.'s lead. Photo by Postmedia file photo
On May 9, an expert panel on money laundering issued its report, Combatting Money Laundering in BC Real Estate, in which it estimated 2018 money laundering in Canada at $46.7 billion. In a recent C.D. Howe Institute report, titled Why We Fail to Catch Money Launderers 99.9% of the Time, I estimate money laundering in Canada at $100 billion to $130 billion. Who's right?
Actually, it doesn't matter. Both estimates are massive. They sound an alarm for action, and we now turn to our federal and provincial leaders to implement a public registry of beneficial ownership, as recommended by both reports.
Why Canada's money-laundering problem is far bigger than we think Back to video
Unfortunately, instead of action, some officials have attacked the panel report for its surprising allocation of money laundering among the provinces (for example, Alberta's share was 55 per cent greater than British Columbia's) and that likely misallocation is being used to undermine the credibility of its estimated national amount.
Terence Corcoran: This overhyped 'money laundering' panic threatens to rob us of rights
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When it comes to money laundering in real estate, there are more unknowns than knowns
Let's be clear. The report's estimate of $46.7 billion is very conservative. And any misallocation of that amount among the provinces is not the panel's fault. It's Canada's.
To estimate money laundering in Canada and B.C., the panel used the Utrecht model. It begins with a global estimate of money laundering based on UN crime statistics as reported by each country. It then allocates that money among countries, including Canada, based on their own crime rates and an attractiveness index that attempts to measure how attractive a country is to money launderers of another country.
To measure that attractiveness, the model restricts its variables to rudimentary data that are available for even failed states and secretive nations. For instance, in "determining a country's policy towards money laundering," the model gives Canada its best rating simply because we've never been blacklisted by FATF, the international body for anti-money-laundering standards.
That simplicity can accurately tell you how Canada compares to Haiti and Iran, but it doesn't tell you how weak our laws are compared to other Western liberal democracies. And, as I argue in the C.D. Howe Institute report, that's the most relevant determinant of our attractiveness to international money launderers.
I estimate money laundering in Canada at $100 billion to $130 billion.
Criminals from corrupt and authoritarian regimes fear keeping their illicit assets in their home countries because someone closer to power may confiscate those assets. They reduce that risk by investing their dirty money in Western liberal democracies where the rule of law prevents arbitrary confiscation.
Unfortunately, Canada's anti-money-laundering laws are among the weakest of Western liberal democracies. We not only don't have a public registry of beneficial ownership; we generally don't require any beneficial ownership disclosure whatsoever.
That makes us a doubly attractive target for international money launderers. Our weak anti-money-laundering laws protect money launderers from detection and prosecution, and our strong rule of law protects their assets from arbitrary confiscation.
The model doesn't adjust for either of those key factors, which suggests its $46.7-billion national estimate is very low.
In fairness to the model, the standard practice of conducting a final check on the accuracy of its estimates and allocations was made impossible because Canada's intelligence agency for money laundering was unable to provide basic anti-money-laundering information.
The Parq Vancouver hotel and casino. Vancouver-area casinos for years had been accepting millions of dollars in questionable cash from gamblers showing up with suitcases and hockey bags bulging with bills, according to B.C. Attorney General David Eby. Photo by Darryl Dyck / Bloomberg
When the panel asked FINTRAC for its collected suspicious-transaction reports on a country-by country and province-by-province basis, FINTRAC admitted it was unable to do either. Since the model's first use in 2005, Canada is the only country whose intelligence agency for money laundering lacked such capability.
That information would have indicated where the dirty money was likely coming from and which provinces were targeted most. And if the suspicious-transaction reports indicated a high level of dirty money was coming from authoritarian and corrupt regimes, such as China, Russia and several Middle Eastern countries, as opposed to a low corruption country such as the U.S., upward adjustments could have been made not only to the $46.7 billion national estimate, but also to the allocations to provinces with large cities that would be culturally familiar to Chinese, Russian and Middle Eastern crooks.
Our anti-money-laundering laws are a mess. And as more countries implement public registries of beneficial ownership, more of the world's dirty money will be redirected to Canada.
The same will likely happen among our provinces. B.C. will soon have a public registry of beneficial ownership for real estate, which will likely redirect more dirty money to those large-city provinces that fail to follow B.C.'s lead.
That puts Canada, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta on notice that higher levels of laundered money are coming their way. The call for a public registry has never been louder.
• Kevin Comeau is a retired lawyer who has written on policy and legislative proposals to combat money laundering in Canada. He is a member of Transparency International Canada's Working Group on Beneficial Ownership Transparency.

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I love these old favorites and love how they add so much life to a home. I too have 'bonfire' but because of my mild California climate, it is outdoors through the year. Of course it will go dormant soon. I LOVE it when it bursts through the soil and begins to flaunt its stuff. Hurrah!
We heat with wood and the indoor plants love the pan of water that sits on the stove all winter long. Now, if the weather would get above freezing I would be happier also!


Happy Sunday y'all! I bet last night was a night to remember huh? I know my Saturday's can usually end up as nights to remember. I thought after last night I would retell one of my 'tipsy' stories.
Last time we spoke I told y'all about Benny* (Haven't read it? CLICK HERE). The bartender who stole my heart the night that he asked me out to dance to spanish music but I quickly embarrassed myself with my incapability to dance. Well let's fast forward a few months and let me tell you about real embarrassment.
After I gave Benny my number he never texted me, that is, until a month later. Let's keep in mind that I had seen him plenty of times after our first encounter. I went almost every thursday to the bar that he worked at and we spent the whole time talking and flirting. I, obviously, thought he was so into me.
I mean how could he not be right? I was practically throwing myself at him. I would ask him out and he would stand me up. I would text him and he wouldn't text me days on end but the moment I would arrive at the bar the next week I would get a "You look beautiful tonight" text. Pfft.
This was Benny and I's whole relationship game, the whole time our fling ran, he would ignore my texts but give me his undivided attention to me at the bar. He was completely available, emotionally and physically when we had plans, that was until it came to the day that we had our plans. I lost interest after a while so my replies became short and very rare.
I went to the bar one last Thursday. I went in wearing a shirt that had white and mesh stripes, black tights, black booties, and a plaid shirt wrapped around my waist. The moment I walked in Benny grabbed me and hugged me but it just wasn't the same.
I looked at my forgotten night through snapchat, mortified. I avoided my usual spot for a month after that because I was so embarrassed about what happened that night. When I finally returned, a month or so later, I was ready to face him. I was sure my drunk night had been blended into any other night and no longer stood out.
I went up to the bar ordered my usual drink, a carreta (it's club soda, lime, salt, and some tequila), my ultimate favorite drink! He knew very well that was my favorite and I was the only customer that knew about it so even if I didn't ask him for it he knew it was mine. He brought out my drink when I had clearly asked another bartender.
I apologized for my awkward and very forceful approach because that is not who I am. He just kept laughing and telling me that it was totally fine and the only reason he didn't kiss me was because he didn't want to take advantage of me (Which I obviously appreciate).
I know what you're thinking, 'Karla, your whole life is a mess,' and let me tell you I completely, 100 percent, agree with you. I always make a fool out of myself, I fall for someone way too quickly, and I get drunk way too often, but at the end of all those mistakes I love where I am at the moment.
On a scale of 1-10 how embarrassed are you for me?


Smashing Pumpkins will release the first single from their new album 'Adore' on May 18.
The first cut from the long-awaited album is 'Ava Adore' and will be backed by 'Czarini' on the vinyl seven-inch. CD and cassette versions will include the extra track 'Once In A While'.
The 15-track 'Adore', recorded in Los Angeles and Chicago, is released on June 1 and features the following songs: 'To Sheila', 'Ava Adore', 'Perfect', 'Daphne Descends', 'Once Upon A Time', 'Tear', 'Crestfallen', 'Appels And Oranjes', 'Pug', 'The Tale Of Dusty And Pistol Pete', 'Annie-Dog', 'Shame', 'Behold! The Nightmare', 'For Martha' and 'Blank Page'.
It has been announced that Lisa Germano will play violin with the Pumpkins at their London Shepherd's Bush Empire show on May 23. Kenny Aronoff, John Mellencamp's longtime drummer, is also playing with the band on live dates.


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Other Poetry Workshops
In addition to giving poetry readings, the following are selected activities and workshops I can provide relating to poetry, including and other than haiku. Most of these presentations include handouts, and some include a PowerPoint presentation.
Poetry Readings — I can provide poetry readings focusing on my haiku, tanka, translations, longer poetry (serious and humourous), or in any combination, and can combine readings of my poetry, or the poetry of others, with workshops and panel discussions. To see examples of my poetry, please visit the following pages: Collaborations, Haibun, Haiga, Haiku and Senryu, Poems, Rengay, Sequences, and Translations.
Poetry Walks — I am experienced at leading outdoor nature walks to inspire poetry, as well as in indoor or urban settings, such as in art galleries to generate ekphrastic poetry in response to artwork.
"Poets Wanted: Dead or Alive"— Two-hour presentations featuring the biographies and poems of famous poets of varied literary traditions, including videos, discussion, and the reading and sharing of poems. Poets I have covered (each with their own two-hour presentation) include Maya Angelou, Bashō (haiku poet), E. E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Allen Ginsberg, Issa (haiku poet), Denise Levertov, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, Sylvia Plath, Theodore Roethke, Rumi, Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein, William Stafford, Wallace Stevens, Rabindranath Tagore, Dylan Thomas, and William Carlos Williams, with more in the works, such as Mary Oliver, W. S. Merwin, Lewis Carroll, Lorine Niedecker, T. S. Eliot, Cid Corman, Tomas Tranströmer, Shiki, Buson, William Shakespeare, and others. See "Poets Wanted: Dead or Alive."
"All About Oulipo" — An overview of absurdist and arbitrarily restrictive writing exercises as a pathway to fresh creative expression, focusing on poetry. Also covers the role of chance and randomness, and writing prompts. Includes, handouts, example poems, and sharing.
"Ten Ways to Improve Your Poetry with Haiku" — A sampling of haiku techniques and how these techniques can be applied to longer poetry (and even fiction) to add extra depth and variety. Includes the use of concrete sensory imagery, the difference between observation and inference, immediacy and accessibility, formal devices, form, seasonal references, juxtaposition, and more.
"E. E. Cummings Master Class" — An all-day or multiple-evening class that explores the poetry of E. E. Cummings (find out why I'm actually capitalizing that correctly), divided into such categories as sonnets, love poems, visual/concrete poems, political poems, poems about childhood, and more, plus a session for writing similar poems of your own.
"To Say the Least: An Introduction to Short Poetry Forms" — A taste of such forms as haiku, senryu, tanka, triolet, cinquain, double dactyls, and much more, with example poems, and time to try writing them ourselves. With optional sharing and discussion.
"One Hundred Poets" — An introduction to the poems and poets of the classic Japanese text, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, made popular in Japan by a card game played every New Year, using translations from 100 Poets: Passions of the Imperial Court (Tokyo: PIE Books, 2008), which I cotranslated with Emiko Miyashita. Includes a translation of ours that appeared on the back of 150,000,000 U.S. postage stamps in 2012. Can be tailored to focus on love poems, poems of Japanese geographical or cultural interest, or other topics (limited by the poems themselves).
"The Seed of the Human Heart: Introducing Tanka" — Most people know haiku, but what is tanka? Tanka helped to spawn haiku, yet has a history that's almost a thousand years older. This overview of the history and techniques of tanka poetry includes time for writing and sharing/feedback. In 2000, I founded the Tanka Society of America, the first and largest tanka organization outside Japan.
"Writing Poems About Poetry" — What's the difference between poems about poetry and the true ars poetica, a poem about how to write poetry? Or is there no difference? This workshop explores the distinction with copious examples for discussion, plus writing exercises.


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Chapter 1356 – Grand Finale
The Arab Empire claimed to have 1.5 million troops.
Of course, that was just a number.
Based on the intel from the frontlines, not only did they use backward equipment, they even lacked training and were ill-disciplined. They also lacked actual combat experience and were a weak bunch.
Ouyang Shuo ordered the removal of 500 thousand men, who would be arranged to retire. They would help to make up for the lack of labor in the Arab region. 500 thousand more were made to change jobs to enter the railroad soldier system to help construct railroads for the Empire.
The best 500 thousand were organized into the 1st and 2nd legion corps of the West Asia warzone.
This entire process would probably take one to two months.
At the same time, after the West Asia legion corps moved into the Arab Empire, the 1st and 2nd South Asia legion corps would withdraw from Arab Empire territory.
Their new camp location would be the Caesar Dynasty border.
Considering everything, apart from the three proper legion corps in the West Asia warzone, there were four temporarily formed legion corps in West Asia, totaling at 1.75 million people.
This was a relatively shocking military power.
If Great Xia went all out to attack the Caesar Dynasty, the latter would definitely be unable to take it.
The European situation became uncertain.
The Arab Empire surrendering to Great Xia caused the global landscape to shake.
A large-scale global reshuffling was underway.
5th month, 16th day, the day after the Arab Empire surrendered, the Ottoman Dynasty and Romanov Dynasty's war ended.
The two sides expressed that they would use negotiation as a method to peacefully settle their conflict.
It was easy to see that the bosses of Europe realized that compared to their internal battle, the Great Xia around them had already become a giant beast that was staring intently at them.
At such a moment, if they still fought internally, Great Xia would laugh till all its teeth fell out.
This ceasefire was just a start for the reorganization of the European dynasties.
Especially Silver Hand's number 1, Jack's grandfather. The joint meeting he initiated helped to alert all the other dynasties.
All sides started to probe one another and compromise.
Weirdly, for some reason, the alliance meeting did not end in an actual cooperation structure. All sides only expressed that they would pay attention. They did not follow number 1's suggestion to use the Dawson Dynasty as a core to build a global empire to go against Great Xia.
Caesar and the other kings were not fools.
The Europe war that lasted for two years saw the Silver Hand camp go from the ascendency to great defeat. Although Great Xia had interfered, the Dawson Dynasty's lack of action could not be overlooked.
The Dawson Dynasty that was the pillar of Silver Hand and was alone outside of Asia and Europe did not provide any actual help to the European battlefield.
On the contrary, it did not help because it was working to unify North America.
In Caesar's words, "The truth is already in front of all of us. Compared to the overall interests of the organization, personal interests are more important to Dawson."
Under such circumstances, who would agree with the Dawson Dynasty's proposal of building a global empire with them at the core?
None of them were fools!
Only when one contributed would one receive returns.
The Dawson Dynasty did not take up the corresponding responsibility but wanted to reap the biggest profits, how could that be possible?
On the contrary, Manstein's suggestion tempted Caesar and Pushkin.
After the meeting ended, the three European pillars bumped heads and had a secret meeting to discuss the future of Europe.
The motto they shouted out was, "Europe belongs to Europeans!"
They were planning to work together to kick away the Dawson Dynasty, whose reputation had fallen to the ground, to create a brand new European continent.
This was a really smart plan.
Gaia 10th year, 5th month, 20th day, a piece of news exploded out through the world.
The Ottoman Dynasty, Romanov Dynasty, and Caesar Dynasty made a joint statement. They would join together and form a Super dynasty – the Europa Empire.
Ottoman King Manstein would be the Europa Empire emperor. Caesar and Pushkin would possess the authority of kings and would become the two pillars of the Empire.
The moment the Europa Empire was established, it upgraded to become the world's third Emperor Dynasty, taking the European continent for itself.
Following which, 5th month, 21st day, Africa's Bantu Dynasty announced its submission to the Europa Empire. The Bantu King would become the third king of the Empire.
It was easy to see that because they formed the Empire in a rush, the internal relationships were not totally decided. The running system of the Europa Empire was similar to the already destroyed Great Zhou, having signs of an enfeoffment system.
This was a miraculous match with Europe in history.
With that, the Europa Empire jumped to become a super empire crossing Africa, Asia, and Europe. Its overall strength exceeded the Dawson Dynasty's, becoming the second empire only beneath Great Xia.
Not only that, but the Europa Empire was a new dynasty that went beyond the control of Silver Hand and Azure Badge. It was the first merger between the two organizations.
In a traditional sense, Silver Hand and Azure Badge had withered away and would dissipate; a new camp model with dynasties at its core replaced them.
The global landscape would welcome a new super reshuffling, resulting in one super strong and two strong empires.
The Great Xia Empire was naturally the supreme overlord, a global giant worthy of its name. On the other hand, the Europa Empire and the Dawson Dynasty were strong in Europe and North America respectively.
The Darkness empire was located at a secluded corner and did not have any room for expansion.
As for the Indian Empire, it was barely breathing in the global landscape. Whether it could continue to survive or how long it could survive for would depend on Great Xia's attitude.
In the global landscape, the only contestable land would be Central Africa.
The Great Xia Empire, the Europa Empire, and the Dawson Dynasty each owned large amounts of land in Africa. Congo in Central Africa was the only contestable land, and it was the buffer zone between the three empires.
The future wars would be even more turbulent.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the 6th month.
6th month, 3rd day, 10 am, the intergalactic squadron smoothly arrived in the space outside of the resource planet.
Hence, the time to separate had arrived.
Ouyang Shuo did not give a riling goodbye speech or hold a grand ceremony. That afternoon, he quietly ordered the Great Xia spaceship and the China spaceship to break away from the main group and head toward an unknown path.
These two spaceships disappeared into the vast space under the eyes of the players across the entire world.
A new page in humanity's history was being written.
After setting off, the exploration team, including Ouyang Shuo, rarely appeared in the game world. They spent all their time on the spaceship to discuss specific exploration plans.
After the exploration team left, the game world became really cold with very few waves and ripples.
That was obviously a false image.
In the road to conquest, fights were endless and would never stop.
Gaia 10th year, 9th month. After four months of management, Great Xia's organization of West Asia officially came to an end. The wounds from war had slowly healed up.
Along with many merchants swarming in, the West Asia Governor-General House welcomed unprecedented level of prosperity.
The mining of oil resources in the Persian Gulf were listed into the empire's plan and would become the new engine behind the Empire's industrialization. It would bring them to new heights.
After stabilizing West Asia, opening up the Asia-European path had risen up the priority list. The Empire did not mind pumping in huge amounts of resources to complete this land traffic miracle construction within two to three years.
The six squadrons of the Empire had completed their change of equipment, taking full control of the world's oceans.
Ocean trading numbers were reaching new records every day.
Along with the Great Xia currency becoming the global currency, Great Xia was slowly becoming the rule maker of global trade rules as well as the engine of the global economy.
In pArcticular, the China region became the economic center of the world.
The Great Xia Bank was proceeding toward their target of being the bank of the world.
The road to industrialization on the shoreline cities was soaring quickly. New technologies were created daily, and many different products were released. The Great Xia Empire was evolving from an agriculture empire into an industrialization empire.
The Asia-Europe-Africa railroad being constructed would help to connect the entirety of Asia, Europe, and Africa into one, opening up a water Silk Road.
With the help from both the land and the sea, the distance between the Empire's mainland and overseas territory became shorter and shorter.
In comparison, the Dawson Dynasty that occupied North America did not have ocean authority in their last lives, and they did not have overseas allies or crucial overseas territory either. Even their basic overseas trade depended on Great Xia.
As such, the Dawson Dynasty's influence in the world was falling by the day.
If this continued, the Dawson Dynasty would walk the same path as the Darkness empire and become ostracized in the future, walking at the edges of the main current of the world.
In the future, the Asia, Europe, and Africa giant continent would be the true center of the world.
Beneath the global prosperity, the darkness of war had not faded completely.
9th month, 1st day, basically without any prior signs, the Great Xia Empire suddenly declared war on the Europa Empire.
The moment news of this came out, the world was shocked.
The moment the top empire declared war on the second greatest empire, a world war would ensue.
Normal civilians did not know what to do; they were all terrified.
The Great Xia Army was mobilized.
The North Asia legion corps, Great Xia Phoenix legion corps, and Beijiang legion corps were mobilized under the leadership of warzone commander Li Mu. They crossed the north border and charged into the Siberia Region.
In the Middle East, the 1st and 2nd legion corps of the South Asia legion corps, the 1st and 2nd West Asia legion corps, and even the Bear legion corps under the West Asia warzone moved toward the European border.
Looking at the situation, a huge storm was heading directly toward the newly formed Europa Empire.
Not only that, but in Africa, the North Africa legion corps under the Africa warzone moved toward West Africa under the Europa Empire, seemingly ready to attack.
In Europe, the West and North Europe legion corps under the House of Tudor Jiedushi also eagerly prepared for war.
On the seas, the Mediterranean Squadron and the Atlantic Squadron were increasing their patrol of crucial naval routes, purposely locking down the entire exit route of the Europa Empire.
The war situation was started right at the trigger.
This made the newly formed Europa Empire really nervous.
After only four months of meshing together, although the Europa Empire had passed its most dangerous period, many internal matters were not totally cleaned out.
After all, how could it be easy for the two camps to merge together?
In pArcticular, to the Ottoman Dynasty people in the core region, the Spanish, French, Italians, and Russians were enemies; a blood hatred existed between them.
One must know that the two years of war had halved the number of Ottoman civilians.
Facing the all-out attack of Great Xia, the Europa Empire was not enough confidence to dare to wage war; they were afraid of dragging the entire empire into the mires of war.
As for the Dawson Dynasty, it was happy to just be a bystander.
The formation of the Europa Empire meant that the Dawson Dynasty was cut out of the Europe system. It hurt Jack greatly, leaving him even more furious than when Great Xia bested them.
At such a time, it would be good enough if Jack did not butt in. Why would he try to help them out?
Once the two empires started an all-out war, one or two days would not be enough to reach a conclusion. If it were short, it would take one to two years, and it could even last for several years.
This was the best chance for the Dawson Dynasty to rise up once more.
Jack could not understand why Great Xia would get hot-headed and choose such a time to suddenly declare war on the Europa Empire. Jack thought. 'Still so young, so rash.'
Jack looked down on the queen in power.
There were rumors that Great Xia declared war now because of this queen. The goal was to use a seismic battle to confirm the prestige and authority of Great Xia.
9th month, 5th day, the Europa Empire panicked and sent an envoy with Caesar at the head to the imperial city to try to mediate the conflict between the two sides.
They were really worried that Great Xia's queen was being young and rash and truly did not mind starting an all-out war.
Hence, the Europa Empire hoped to use negotiations to stop the war from happening.
At the start, Great Xia's attitude was really firm; they showed a no negotiation attitude, wanting to meet on the battlefield to settle the score. As a result, Caesar and the others panicked, and he stayed uneasily in the imperial capital.
To alleviate the conflict, Caesar thought of one person. It was the former Federation President and current head advisor of the Great Xia Administrative Mentor Court. Caesar thought about asking him to help out.
Old Chen was the core consultant of the queen; he had the rights to speak.
Old Chen, who cared about old friends, once again acted as the persuader. In the end, he managed to convince the Great Xia queen to agree to start negotiations.
Even then, the Great Xia side was menacing.
Honglu Temple head Zhang Yi represented the Imperial Court to raise two conditions to the Europa Empire- give up West Africa and the Siberia region.
When Caesar heard that, his brows furrowed. Great Xia was truly greedy.
In terms of land mass, the two regions Great Xia requested took up more than half of the Europa Empire. Siberia alone was bigger than the entire European continent.
Of course, Siberia had vast land but little people, but its strategic value was much greater than its practical value.
A point that could not be neglected was the oil resources of Siberia. It was the core engine supporting the Europa Empire's industrialization; this was the hardest thing for the Europa Empire to give up.
As for West Africa, it was the Europa Empire's important support point in Africa.
If they handed it over, their influence in Africa would wane drastically, resulting in Great Xia being the sole boss of the area. In the future, they would probably fail to even keep South Africa.
Hence, the Europa Empire had no reason to give up either region.
Caesar could not make a decision, so he could only seek advice from the Empire.
In the next week, the representatives of both sides began arduous negotiations. Meanwhile, Great Xia did not stop their advance and behaved aggressively on the battlefield.
In North Asia, the Phoenix legion corps proceeded up the Ural Mountains.
The Ural Mountains were the separating line between Asia and Europe, located between the east European plains and the Siberian plains. The intentions behind the Phoenix legion corps entering the Ural Mountains was obvious – they wanted to cut up the Siberia region.
On the contrary, as a result of the European war prior to this, they had close to zero troops in Siberia. Previously, to attack the Ottoman Dynasty, the Romanov army was gathered in the east European plains.
This situation of few troops in Siberia occurred after the game map was reset.
Before this, in the 10 times expanded Siberia, not to mention defending, but even communication was a problem.
This gave the Great Xia Army a chance.
The Great Xia Army's advance pushed the Europa Empire onto the back foot.
9th month, 15th day, Great Xia's South Asia 1st and 2nd legion corps entered the original Caesar Dynasty area to directly attack the Europa Empire's core land.
The West Asia 1st and 2nd legion corps were running around at the border.
Looking at the situation, Great Xia was determined to get what they wanted; before doing so, they would not stop.
All of a sudden, the Europa Empire faced a never seen before crisis.
At the crucial juncture, after doing an all-round evaluation of the war, the Europa Empire finally compromised, deciding to give up the Siberia Region in exchange for peace.
Manstein was sharp. He knew that Great Xia's true goal was to take down Siberia to unify Asia.
As for West Africa, it was just a subitem to increase their negotiation chips.
If they truly wanted West Africa, Great Xia could have made use of the chaos in Europe last year to send troops to take it down rather than wait till now.
As expected, Great Xia agreed to the Europa Empire's conditions.
10th month, 1st day, both sides officially signed the Ural agreement. The Europa Empire was willing to give up the Siberia Region in exchange for a five year promise of Great Xia not using force against them.
The moment this agreement came into effect, the European continent would welcome a period of peace.
In the next five years, trade cooperation and culture exchange would replace war and become the main thing of Asia, Europe, and Africa and even the entire world.
The world of peace that everyone had hoped for finally descended.
As long as Great Xia and the Europa Empire maintained their composure and did not start up war, the Dawson Dynasty and the Darkness empire would not dare to have any funny thoughts.
When Jack heard the news, he felt lost.
It was then he realized that he had belittled the Great Xia Queen.
From start to finish, Great Xia's performance was just to take down Siberia and unify Asia. They had never intended to start an all-out war. Hence, Jack had been happy for nothing.
The compromise between the Europa Empire and Great Xia also showed clearly that the control of the world was in the hands of these two empires.
The Dawson Dynasty's situation of being ostracized was becoming clearer by the day.
Jack was lost while someone else was afraid. The afraid person was Darkness empire king Keisuke Honda. The day he learned of the Ural agreement, he sent an envoy to Great Xia.
Keisuke Honda expressed that the Darkness empire was willing to be friendly with Great Xia forever. Moreover, they would return Hawaii to express their kind intentions.
At this point, Hawaii returned to the arms of Great Xia under such theatrical circumstances.
10th month, 5th day, Great Xia's regent queen published a series of appointments to arrange the Siberia Region.
Imperial decree, the North Asia Governor-General House will be established in the Siberia Region. The west, central, and east Siberia provinces will be under it.
The Beijiang Governor-General House was removed while the Beiyuan and Liaojin provinces were listed under the Imperial Court's direct rule.
The relevant people in the Beijiang Governor-General House would be moved over to the North Asia Governor-General House. Original Beiyuan Governor-General Xiong Ba would continue to be the North Asia Governor-General. Original Beiyuan Secretary-General Wei Lao was also shifted over.
The North Asia warzone was naturally shifted over to the North Asia Governor-General House.
At the same time, the Privy Court also set up a disarmament plan. Based on the situation, they would try to slowly disarm or change the occupations of the soldiers of the two legion corps of both the South Asia and West Asia legion corps.
Of course, disarmament was disarmament, and Great Xia would never relax their control over the reserve troops.
With Great Xia's military foundation, if a world war broke out, they would be able to gather five million troops with combat experience from their reserves in a short amount of time.
This was also one of the foundations that protected Great Xia's rule.
Along with industrialization proceeding quickly, the weapons update and change era had arrived. New weapons were born every day. As a result, the style of war was slowly changing.
The number of soldiers would not be the main factor deciding military might.
This was of course a story for the future.
The meaning of Siberia to Great Xia was not limited to unifying Asia or having another overseas land.
The greater meaning was them obtaining another oil resource point.
Currently, 70% of the oil resources in the world were in the hands of Great Xia, giving them the power to control oil prices.
This added another chip that helped the Great Xia currency globalize.
Along with globalization proceeding, in the future, the Great Xia currency would break away from gold and become connected with crude oil, which was also called black gold.
Great Xia had already completed the strategic arrangements for this matter.
Apart from that, establishing the North Asia Governor-General House helped to wipe out another border concern of Great Xia. The north side had a natural barrier in the Ural Mountains, so it was basically safe.
Additionally, after taking down Siberia, the Great Xia navy could control the Bering Straits and enter the Arctic Ocean to further strengthen their ocean power.
In the future, Great Xia would create the Arctic Ocean Squadron to strengthen their control of the Arctic.
Through the Arctic Ocean, Great Xia could connect with the House of Tudor Jiedushi. From a strategic position, they would surround the Europa Empire.
Its strategic meaning was exceptional.
If one thought a little further, after controlling the Siberia Region, it became possible for Great Xia to attack North America from another direction. For example, they could strike the Alaska Region.
With that, along with the America Governor-General House, Great Xia could create a north-south pincer of the Dawson Dynasty.
All in all, although the expansion value of Siberia was not huge, it helped to make up for the weakest link in Great Xia's global strategy, perfecting their global plan.
This also made Great Xia's global overlord position unassailable.
As a result, it was not hard to understand why Great Xia did not mind starting an all-out war to take Siberia from the hands of the Europa Empire.
This strategic arrangement had been decided long ago in the year end military meeting of the 9th year.
The in charge Bing'e executed this strategy really well, making Ouyang Shuo who was paying attention to this matter really happy. He felt that he had not wasted his time developing Bing'er.
Many years of development were finally bearing fruit.
Gaia 10th year, 12th month, 30th day, galaxy, Great Xia spaceship.
Ouyang Shuo sat at the captain seat. On the transparent screen in front of him, the galaxy outside was there for him to see.
At the middle of his screen was a giant green planet.
This was Planet Hope, a super planet that was covered in 65% forest.
After half a year of traveling, the exploration team had finally reached the space outside of Planet Hope. They were about to begin a whole new exploration journey. Thinking about this, Ouyang Shuo found it difficult to hide the excitement in his heart.
The once hidden hot blood and adventuring passion was boiling once more.
Looking at this stunning planet, the excitement and ambition he held in the bottom of his heart burned once more.
The shine of this planet helped to bring out his deepest memories.
At that moment, Ouyang Shuo was thinking about way too much.
With the host of emotions from his adventure gamemode life, the fury of being betrayed, the emotions and shock of being revived, and the fear and lost he felt when building Shanhai Village.
The days of fighting, the hot-blooded wars, and the carefully thought out plots. Every time, he led Great Xia from one peak to the next.
Suddenly, all of it disappeared.
Like dust, it was wiped off from Ouyang Shuo's heart and became a thing of the past.
"Real men do not talk about the past!"
Looking at the eye-catching Planet Hope, Ouyang Shuo only wished for this to be a new start.
Thinking about this, Ouyang Shuo got up and turned around with gusto. He looked at the officials and generals behind him. Jiang Shang, Zhang Liang, Wei Yang, Fan Li, Jia Xu, Black Snake, Baiqi, Han Xin, Ran Min, Er'lai, Xue Rengui, and Chang Yuchun were all present.
In the game world, they had fought at Ouyang Shuo's side and had earned many historical merits.
Great Xia was already standing at the peak of the world.
Now, they had tossed aside everything from the game world, starting from scratch. Ouyang Shuo was ready to start a more arduous and exciting historical journey.
Between ruler and servant, they were connected in their hearts.
Ouyang Shuo's passion was at its peak, and his entire aura was changing. His eyes swept across his officials and generals as he said solemnly, "Ministers, are all of you willing to follow me once more, to fight the world again?"
When Jiang Shang and the heard saw that, they all knelt on the ground on one knee. Their gazes were unwavering as they swore in unison.
"We will follow your majesty to the death!"
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I came up with this article where I can describe how we can create minified version of our js and css file.
In my previous article I have talked about what is Microsoft's Web Optimization Framework and how to use this framework in Asp.net web form application. There are two pillars of this framework bundling and minification. So this framework automatically handles the minification of files and loading of minified file or normal file according to configuration. But if you are not using this framework in your application then obviously you need to minify js and css file .So by keeping this thing in mind I came up with this article where I can describe how we can create minified version of our js and css file. There are lots of tools present in market for doing this task but for the sake of simplicity I am going to use here Visual Studio 2012's Web Essential extension tool. It is very user-friendly and we do not want to use any third party tool.
In order to use this tool you need to download this tool from here. You will get WebEssentials2012.vsix file, Install it. It will automatically integrate with your visual studio 2012.
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Right click on whichever css file you want to minify. Here I clicked on site.css. You will get option of "Web Essentials"
Web essential tool will generate minify css file with name of site.min.css.
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May 10, 2019, 07:40am EDT |
PayPal Is Still Steadfastly 'Blockchain Over Bitcoin' But Cryptocurrency Pressure Is Growing
Darryn PollockContributor
John Rainey, chief financial officer and executive vice president of PayPal Holdings Inc.... [+] Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
© 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP
Before much was known about cryptocurrencies, PayPal was the go-to for any digital transferring of cash. However, as the mainstream has woken to bitcoin and its related cryptocurrency industry, the online payments giant has been forced to take note.
PayPal's perception of bitcoin, cryptocurrency in general, as well as the underlying blockchain technology, has been quite fluid and ever-changing. There have been suggestions from a co-founder of the company that bitcoin is a scam, while there have also been recent predictions from a board member that Bitcoin could surge 250 times its current value.
The latest from PayPal, with regards to their stance on the entire ecosystem, is that they are still much more pro blockchain while still not being fully vested in the cryptocurrency side of things; this according to their CFO John Rainey.
A need for maturing
Speaking about the company's future cryptocurrency plans in an interview with Yahoo Finance, Rainey said:
"We have teams clearly working on blockchain and cryptocurrency as well, and we want to take part in that in whatever form that takes in the future — I just think it's a little early on right now [for bitcoin]," Rainey said.
PayPal has dipped a toe into the bitcoin market before, and perhaps their experience in that very new and raw market was enough to spook them. The firm previously allowed its merchants to accept bitcoin as a form of payment, but subsequently saw the instability and volatility of the currency.
"If a merchant accepted that [bitcoin] they would quickly convert it to a more stable currency like the euro or dollar," Rainey added.
There are a few pieces of evidence to suggest that PayPal, today, is showing signs of interest in getting involved in both blockchain and bitcoin - the former more so than the latter - because, as the CFO has stated, they want to be a part of whichever is the future.
To this end, the evidence of PayPal's blockchain involvement is more obvious as most of the growth in the ecosystem currently has been in enterprise blockchain use cases and adoption.
A prime, and recent example, of PayPal's involvement in the blockchain space is the firm's investment in a blockchain technology startup known as Cambridge Blockchain. The startup focuses on empowering individuals to decentralize the storage of their online digital identities without requiring intermediaries.
Some cryptocurrency cases
While the investment in Cambridge Blockchain indicates a keen and direct interest in building towards blockchain opportunities for PayPal in the future, there are also some indications that the payment company does not want to move away from any potential cryptocurrency growth, integration, and adoption.
Patents seem to be one way in which PayPal is looking to keep abreast of the space with the firm, In mid-April of this year, winning a cybersecurity patent for a system entitled: "Techniques for cryptocurrency ransomware detection and mitigation." The intention with this patent is to improve the detection of ransomware and prevent it from locking up users' access to their files.
Even more relevant to the blockchains space is, last year, PayPal filed another patent to increase the speed of cryptocurrency payments by using secondary private keys to reduce wait times for transactions between merchants and consumers.
Rightly Blockchain over bitcoin
The notion of 'blockchain over bitcoin' is not that unusual. Many institutionalized, or traditional, enterprises and organizations have quickly noted the benefits of blockchain technology, but have in the same breath expressed their concerns over the speculative cryptocurrency space.
However, a lot of these concerns and the questioning of bitcoin and the related cryptocurrencies has to do with the maturation of the market. Bitcoin has only come into the mainstream spotlight in the last two or three years and in that time there has been a notable speculators bubble that burst.
PayPal has felt the sting of the immature market before, which was prone to such swings of volatility that in their experience merchants were racing to be rid of the ever-changing asset. Conversely, blockchain, as more of a pure technology, does not have to have the direct financial ties to cryptocurrency and thus is far more enticing to companies and enterprises that are looking to utilize it as a tool for efficiency and growth.
Darryn Pollock
I am an award-winning journalist that has covered a variety of topics from finance to economics, technology, and even sport. With the emergence of Blockchain technology
I am an award-winning journalist that has covered a variety of topics from finance to economics, technology, and even sport. With the emergence of Blockchain technology and the rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies I have focused my efforts towards this fascinating and important ecosystem. I also have a legal background, and as such, have a keen interest in the regulation and adoption of Blockchain & cryptocurrency, as well as innovative and disruptive uses for this revolutionary digital solution. I have written for a number of online publications on Blockchain & cryptocurrencies and their impact globally.


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TDRS-M Spacecraft Arrival
NASA/ Kim Shiflett2017-06-23
NASA's TDRS-M satellite arrives inside its shipping container at Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Florida, aboard a U.S. Air Force transport aircraft. The spacecraft will be transported to the nearby Astrotech facility, also in Titusville, for preflight processing. The TDRS-M is the latest spacecraft destined for the agency's constellation of communications satellites that allows nearly continuous contact with orbiting spacecraft ranging from the International Space Station and Hubble Space Telescope to the array of scientific observatories. Liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to take place from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 9:02 a.m. EDT Aug. 3, 2017.
Title: TDRS-M Spacecraft Arrival
Creator: NASA/ Kim Shiflett
Location: Tico Airport, Titusville Florida
Platform A South Arrival
Sonic Booms in Atmospheric Turbulence (SonicBAT) Testing
GOES-S Offload from C-5 Aircraft
Volunteers portraying injured astronauts are loaded onto a helicopter as part of an emergency exit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Technicians monitor the progress as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes or RBSP spacecraft B is lowered to a horizontal position.
The first set of Ogive panels for the Orion Launch Abort System arrives by truck at the Launch Abort System Facility.
The crew could use to exit the pad if an emergency ever occurred prior to launch.
No. 2 is undergoing testing at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Air Force rescue team members load the volunteer "injured astronaut" on a stretcher into a helicopter for evacuation to a hospital during the exercise


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Q: Derivation of output impedance of emitter follower or common collector amplifier (using Thevenin's Theorem ?) I was going through the AC equivalent circuit of Common Collector Amplifier from ELECTRONIC PRINCIPLES BY MALVINO 3RD EDITION and I came across the analysis for the output impedance of the circuit. Now if we look intuitively in the diagram from FIG 8-4(a) we can easily reach figure 8-4 (b) no problem at that...
Then from Figure 8-4(b) we reach 8-4(c) by Thevenization at the base...
But we cant get the diagram of (d) from (c) by Thevenization at the point Vout ....
where am I wrong? please correct me or show me the logic. They have applied KVL in the base emitter loop and then from the expression of the current they have constructed the circuit of figure (d) which has the beta-ac.
But Thevenization gives (Rs||R1||R2 +re')||RE ....
Please help me...
I am new to electronics.
Do i need to apply Zout=Vout/Iout...
What is the problem in applying Thevenin's theorem?

Update: I felt that due to the approximations of ic nearly equals ie and hence ib nearly equals ie/ß, we need to remodel the circuit of figure 8-4 (c) a bit as shown

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
The modified version is:

simulate this circuit

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Another Interstate Tractor-Trailer Crash Near Savannah Leaves Five Dead
By Goldstein Hayes & Lina, LLC
Recently, a serious tractor-trailer crash occurred near Savannah. This one killed five after a tractor-trailer smashed into two cars and then caught fire, as traffic was halted by construction on the interstate. Authorities believe that the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel. Witnesses at the scene told police that they observed a truck drifting from lane to lane, and then crashing into the vehicles in front of it just before catching fire. The crash occurred on Interstate 16, a few miles west of Savannah, where Interstate 16 meets 95, and closed the highway for several hours.
Police Chief Mark Revenew said "it's too early to tell, but early indications are the driver may have fallen asleep. Three people died in one car struck by the tractor-trailer, while two others were killed in a second car that ended up crushed between the big truck and another eighteen-wheeler." The driver of the tractor-trailer that struck the other vehicles survived with no serious injuries. This newest crash is eerily similar to one that happened less than a month ago on the same highway, less than 20 miles away.
Last month, five nursing students from Georgia Southern University were killed on Interstate 16 in a seven-vehicle collision. The collision involved two tractor-trailers and five-passenger vehicles. Authorities believe that in this case, just like the latest crash, one of the tractor-trailers crashed into another vehicle, and then it rolled over a smaller passenger car that burst into flames. The tractor-trailer stopped rolling when it crashed into the back of a tanker vehicle.
The victims of the latest crash were identified as 72-year-old Glenda Adams of Cohutta and 71-year-old Jerry Earnest of Varnell in the first car, and Wendy Melton, 39 or Reidsville, Virgil Moody, 19 of Hagan, and Brittanie Altman, 16 of Claxton in the second car. The victims died on Tuesday afternoon.
These crashes on I-16 are calling attention to the problem of distracted driving, particularly by truck drivers, who tend to remain behind the wheel for extended periods of time. Authorities are investigating whether the driver fell asleep at the wheel, but it is too soon to tell officially. Georgia State Patrol Sergeant 1st Class Chris Nease said that the two crashes are "so eerily similar, looking at them overall, it's scary. The biggest problem with most people is they're just being inattentive and distracted, and not necessarily by cellphones. It can be anything."
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France TV
A big brand idea for a public-service broadcaster, based on the simple power of human touch.
France 2 is the biggest channel of the French state broadcaster, France Télévisions. In good times and bad, France 2 is the channel people turn to when it really matters.
The channel realised that their country was becoming more and more divided by issues like religion, wealth and gender. In a world where everybody talks more but communicates less, it's never been more important to bring people together.
Despite growing audience share, France 2 was perceived as "out-of-touch" with its audience. Our brief was to create a new brand idea that reflects France 2 in a modern and progressive way.
Our solution was simple, but powerful. We wanted people to recognise the power of the human touch, from a reassuring hand on the shoulder to a loving embrace.
We street-cast real people in real relationships to stay true to the idea of real and authentic connections.
Touch-sensitive logo
Our touch-sensitive logo manifests differently on the screen depending on who touches it.
It also acts as a brand mechanic that connects France 2 with its programming and talent.
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Francois-Paul Journe is worldwide renowned for his exceptional classic mechanical movements. It might, therefore, sound strange at first to hear about an electromechanical watch from him.
The fact is that the new élégante, a watch that F.P. Journe has designed and conceived listening to women's needs and desires for years, introduces a revolutionary horological concept with a truly innovative electromechanical movement.
It took 8 years of research for F.P. Journe to create a movement that could offer the comfort of use of an electromechanical watch with femininity and elegance. The electronic components were developed by a Swiss engineer, including the microprocessor specifically created for the watch.
A mechanical motion detector, visible on the dial at 5 o'clock, detects when the watch is not worn putting it in stand by mode after 30 minutes.
While the microprocessor continues to keep time, the mechanical parts - gears, rotors and hands - stop moving in order to save energy. When the élégante is worn again, it automatically sets itself to the correct time, taking the shortest path - either clockwise or counter clockwise - so saving energy also in this phase. Thanks to this solution, the élégante guarantees 10 years of use if worn and up to 18 years in standby mode.
Faithful to a tradition of perfectly finished movements, F.P. Journe does not renounce to display the nicely decorated electromechanical movement through the sapphire case back. A heart adorns the back of the movement, showing the location of the microprocessor. All the mechanical elements of the élégante movement are manufactured by F.P. Journe.
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Kristine Ann Schulz
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Surgery 2018
1526 Hosp South, Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710
kristine.schulz@duke.edu (919) 681-2137
Education, Training, & Certifications
DrPH, Loma Linda University 2015
M.P.H., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 1994
Duke Appointment History
Consulting Associate in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Surgery 2009 - 2018
Addressing Barriers to Adult Hearing Healthcare awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2020
The CHEER Network awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2018
Resources for Mentorship of Clinician Scientists in Hearing and Balance Disorders awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2015
Publications & Artistic Works
Jang, David W., Cecily Abraham, Derek D. Cyr, Kristine Schulz, Ralph Abi Hachem, and David L. Witsell. "Preoperative Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis Prior to Office Balloon Sinus Dilation: A 2011-2014 MarketScan® Analysis." Am J Rhinol Allergy 33, no. 4 (July 2019): 347–53. https://doi.org/10.1177/1945892419829335.
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McCoul, Edward D., Heather M. Weinreich, Hillary Mulder, Li-Xing Man, Kristine Schulz, and Jennifer J. Shin. "Health Care Utilization and Prescribing Patterns for Adult Eustachian Tube Dysfunction." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 160, no. 6 (June 2019): 1071–80. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599819826959.
Denneny, James C., Derek D. Cyr, David L. Witsell, Jean Brereton, and Kristine Schulz. "A pathway to value-based care of chronic rhinosinusitis using a claims database." Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol 4, no. 1 (February 2019): 193–206. https://doi.org/10.1002/lio2.232.
Witsell, David L., Hillary Mulder, Steven Rauch, Kristine A. Schulz, and Debara L. Tucci. "Steroid Use for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A CHEER Network Study." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 159, no. 5 (November 2018): 895–99. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599818785142.
Jang, David W., Cecily Abraham, Derek D. Cyr, Kristine Schulz, Ralph Abi Hachem, and David L. Witsell. "Balloon Catheter Dilation of the Sinuses: A 2011-2014 MarketScan Analysis." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, August 7, 2018, 194599818791811. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599818791811.
Crowson, Matthew G., Hillary Mulder, Derek D. Cyr, Alan W. Langman, Walter T. Lee, Kourosh Parham, Melissa A. Pynnonen, et al. "Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Is Not a Sentinel Event for Acute Myocardial Infarction." Otol Neurotol 39, no. 7 (August 2018): e518–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000001868.
Schulz, Kristine A., Elnaz Esmati, Frederick A. Godley, Claude L. Hill, Ashkan Monfared, Michael Teixido, Debara L. Tucci, and David L. Witsell. "Patterns of Migraine Disease in Otolaryngology: A CHEER Network Study." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 159, no. 1 (July 2018): 42–50. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599818764387.
Tao, Joy, Kristine Schulz, Donna B. Jeffe, and Judith E. C. Lieu. "Validations of the OM-6 Parent-Proxy Survey for Infants/Toddlers with Otitis Media." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 158, no. 5 (May 2018): 934–41. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599817750372.
Crowson, Matthew G., Kristine Schulz, Alex Ulvila, and David L. Witsell. "Payer database and geospatial analysis to evaluate practice patterns in treating allergy in North Carolina." Am J Otolaryngol 39, no. 1 (January 2018): 20–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2017.10.004.
Chapurin, Nikita, Melissa A. Pynnonen, Rhonda Roberts, Kristine Schulz, Jennifer J. Shin, David L. Witsell, Kourosh Parham, et al. "CHEER National Study of Chronic Rhinosinusitis Practice Patterns: Disease Comorbidities and Factors Associated with Surgery." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 156, no. 4 (April 2017): 751–56. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599817691476.
Sajisevi, Mirabelle, Kristine Schulz, Derek D. Cyr, Daniel Wojdyla, Richard M. Rosenfeld, Debara Tucci, and David L. Witsell. "Nonadherence to Guideline Recommendations for Tympanostomy Tube Insertion in Children Based on Mega-database Claims Analysis." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 156, no. 1 (January 2017): 87–95. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599816669499.
Crowson, Matthew G., Kristine Schulz, and Debara L. Tucci. "Access to Health Care and Hearing Evaluation in US Adults." Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 125, no. 9 (September 2016): 716–21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003489416649972.
Crowson, Matthew G., Kristine Schulz, and Debara L. Tucci. "National Utilization and Forecasting of Ototopical Antibiotics: Medicaid Data Versus "Dr. Google"." Otol Neurotol 37, no. 8 (September 2016): 1049–54. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000001115.
Bellmunt, Angela M., Rhonda Roberts, Walter T. Lee, Kris Schulz, Melissa A. Pynnonen, Matthew G. Crowson, David Witsell, et al. "Does an Otolaryngology-Specific Database Have Added Value? A Comparative Feasibility Analysis." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 155, no. 1 (July 2016): 56–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599816651036.
Crowson, Matthew G., Kristine Schulz, Kourosh Parham, Andrea Vambutas, David Witsell, Walter T. Lee, Jennifer J. Shin, et al. "Ménière's Disease: A CHEER Database Study of Local and Regional Patient Encounter and Procedure Patterns." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 155, no. 1 (July 2016): 15–21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599815617752.
Lee, Walter T., David L. Witsell, Kourosh Parham, Jennifer J. Shin, Nikita Chapurin, Melissa A. Pynnonen, Alan Langman, et al. "Tonsillectomy Bleed Rates across the CHEER Practice Research Network: Pursuing Guideline Adherence and Quality Improvement." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 155, no. 1 (July 2016): 28–32. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599816630523.
Parham, Kourosh, Nikita Chapurin, Kris Schulz, Jennifer J. Shin, Melissa A. Pynnonen, David L. Witsell, Alan Langman, et al. "Thyroid Disease and Surgery in CHEER: The Nation's Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Practice-Based Network." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 155, no. 1 (July 2016): 22–27. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599815627641.
Piker, Erin G., Kris Schulz, Kourosh Parham, Andrea Vambutas, David Witsell, Debara Tucci, Jennifer J. Shin, et al. "Variation in the Use of Vestibular Diagnostic Testing for Patients Presenting to Otolaryngology Clinics with Dizziness." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 155, no. 1 (July 2016): 42–47. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599816650173.
Schulz, Kristine A., Naomi Modeste, Jerry Lee, Rhonda Roberts, Gabrielle H. Saunders, and David L. Witsell. "Factors influencing pursuit of hearing evaluation: Enhancing the health belief model with perceived burden from hearing loss on communication partners." Int J Audiol 55 Suppl 3 (July 2016): S69–78. https://doi.org/10.3109/14992027.2015.1136437.
Witsell, David L., Tawfiq Khoury, Kristine A. Schulz, Robert Stachler, Debara L. Tucci, and Daniel Wojdyla. "Evaluation of Compliance for Treatment of Sudden Hearing Loss: A CHEER Network Study." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 155, no. 1 (July 2016): 48–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599816650175.
Crowson, Matthew G., Kristine C. Schulz, and Debara L. Tucci. "Provider and patient drivers of ototopical antibiotic prescription variability." Am J Otolaryngol 36, no. 6 (November 2015): 814–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2015.07.001.
Frank-Ito, Dennis O., Kristine Schulz, Gina Vess, and David L. Witsell. "Changes in aerodynamics during vocal cord dysfunction." Comput Biol Med 57 (February 2015): 116–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2014.12.004.
Blank, Sarah J., David J. Grindler, Kristine A. Schulz, David L. Witsell, and Judith E. C. Lieu. "Caregiver Quality of Life Is Related to Severity of Otitis Media in Children." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 151, no. 2 (August 2014): 348–53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599814531912.
Grindler, David J., Sarah J. Blank, Kristine A. Schulz, David L. Witsell, and Judith E. C. Lieu. "Impact of Otitis Media Severity on Children's Quality of Life." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 151, no. 2 (August 2014): 333–40. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599814525576.
Witsell, David L., Kristine A. Schulz, Walter T. Lee, and Karen Chiswell. "An analysis of registered clinical trials in otolaryngology from 2007 to 2010: ClinicalTrials.gov." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 149, no. 5 (November 2013): 692–99. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599813506545.
Schulz, Kristine, Liana Puscas, Debara Tucci, Charles Woodard, David Witsell, Ramon M. Esclamado, and Walter T. Lee. "Surgical Training and Education in Promoting Professionalism: a comparative assessment of virtue-based leadership development in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residents." Med Educ Online 18 (October 29, 2013): 22440. https://doi.org/10.3402/meo.v18i0.22440.
Rocke, Daniel J., Walter T. Lee, Halton W. Beumer, Donald H. Taylor, Kristine Schulz, Steven Thomas, and Liana Puscas. "Physician allocation of Medicare resources for patients with advanced cancer." J Palliat Med 16, no. 8 (August 2013): 857–66. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2012.0636.
Schulz, Kristine, Liana Puscas, Debara Tucci, Charles Woodard, David Witsell, Ramon M. Esclamado, and Walter T. Lee. "Surgical Training and Education in Promoting Professionalism: a comparative assessment of virtue-based leadership development in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residents." Med Educ Online 18, no. 1 (January 2013): 22440. https://doi.org/10.3402/meo.v18i0.22440.
Schulz, Kristine A., John S. Rhee, Jean M. Brereton, Carla L. Zema, and David L. Witsell. "Consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems surgical care survey: benefits and challenges." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147, no. 4 (October 2012): 671–77. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599812452834.
Witsell, David L., Kristine A. Schulz, Kathy Moore, Debara L. Tucci, and Debara L. CHEER Investigators. "Implementation and testing of research infrastructure for practice-based research in hearing and communication disorders." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 145, no. 4 (October 2011): 565–71. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599811406369.
Witsell, David L., Steven D. Rauch, Debara L. Tucci, Steven A. Telian, Peter S. Roland, Anh T. Nguyen-Huynh, and Kristine Schulz. "The Otology Data Collection project: report from the CHEER network." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 145, no. 4 (October 2011): 572–80. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599811416063.
Weaver, Edward M., B Tucker Woodson, Bevan Yueh, Timothy Smith, Michael G. Stewart, Maureen Hannley, Kristine Schulz, Milesh M. Patel, David Witsell, and David SLEEP Study Investigators. "Studying Life Effects & Effectiveness of Palatopharyngoplasty (SLEEP) study: subjective outcomes of isolated uvulopalatopharyngoplasty." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 144, no. 4 (April 2011): 623–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599810394982.
Varni, James W., Christine A. Limbers, Katie Neighbors, Kris Schulz, Judith E. C. Lieu, Robert W. Heffer, Krista Tuzinkiewicz, Rita Mangione-Smith, Jerry J. Zimmerman, and Estella M. Alonso. "The PedsQL™ Infant Scales: feasibility, internal consistency reliability, and validity in healthy and ill infants." Qual Life Res 20, no. 1 (February 2011): 45–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9730-5.
Simera, Iveta, David Moher, Allison Hirst, John Hoey, Kenneth F. Schulz, and Douglas G. Altman. "Transparent and accurate reporting increases reliability, utility, and impact of your research: reporting guidelines and the EQUATOR Network." Bmc Med 8 (April 26, 2010): 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-8-24.
Tucci, Debara L., Kristine Schulz, and David L. Witsell. "Building a national research network for clinical investigations in otology and neurotology." Otol Neurotol 31, no. 2 (February 2010): 190–95. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181c9940c.
Patel, Milesh M., Lee Eisenberg, David Witsell, and Kristine A. Schulz. "Assessment of acute otitis externa and otitis media with effusion performance measures in otolaryngology practices." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 139, no. 4 (October 2008): 490–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otohns.2008.07.030.
Schulz, Kristine A., Naomi Modeste, Jerry W. Lee, Rhonda Roberts, Gabrielle H. Saunders, and David L. Witsell. "Burden of Hearing Loss on Communication Partners and Its Influence on Pursuit of Hearing Evaluation." Ear Hear 38, no. 5 (n.d.): e285–91. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000421.
Lee, Walter T., Kristine Schulz, David Witsell, and Ramon Esclamado. "Channelling Aristotle: virtue-based professionalism training during residency." Med Educ, November 2012. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.12000.
Witsell, D. L., D. L. Tucci, and K. Schulz. "Response to "a call for systematic data collection in tinnitus patients," from Michael landgrebe and berthold langguth." Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, February 2012. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599811430044.
Tucci, D. L., K. A. Schulz, J. M. Schreibstein, and D. L. Witsell. "Practice-Based Research in Your Practice." In Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 147:P13, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599812449008a13.
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Aim: The work was initiated to assess efficacy of training and achievement of therapy targets in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus in 'Diabetes Schools'.
Method: The five-day training course was conducted in 'Type 1 Diabetes School' at the Scientific-Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Diseases, Kazakhstan Public Health Ministry (Almaty). The training was conducted by means of a structured program containing all appropriate sections. Before and after training course all participants were tested with a questionnaire containing 30 key questions for self-control. On the basis of the findings children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus were divided into groups. 54 of 80 children and 38 of 57 adolescents were preliminary trained, 26 children and 19 adolescents got no training. Carbohydrate metabolism was assessed according to the level of glycemia (laboratory and self-monitoring with the Akku-check Nano swab). DCA Vantage Siemens (USA) was used to measure glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) by means of latex agglutination inhibition. Certified by the National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program this method became the reference one. It helps demonstrate the predicting role of HbA1c level as a criterion for assessment of chronic glycemia and achievement of therapy targets in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Results: Frequency of target HbA1c level (≤7.5%) achievement in the trained patients was 68%. Among children who got no preliminary training target HbA1c level was found in 12%. Among trained adolescents 58% achieved compensation. The target HbA1c level was found in 11% of adolescents who got no training.
Conclusion: Frequency of target HbA1c level (≤7.5%) achievement was found in 68% of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus having received preliminary training at 'Diabetes School' to be significantly higher (P<0.001) than the one in the group of patients who got no preliminary training (12%). Among adolescents target HbA1c level achievement was observed in 58% of the trained patients to be significantly higher (P<0.001) as compared with those who got no preliminary training (11%). Better compensation and higher frequency of target HbA1c level achievement in children as compared with those among adolescents confirms the role of family in the type 1 diabetes mellitus control.


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Genedata Selects Panasas ActiveStor to Improve DNA Sequence Data Analysis Workflow
Panasas, Inc.
SUNNYVALE, California, June 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasas, Inc., the leader in hybrid scale-out NAS for technical research and enterprise customers, today announced that Genedata has chosen Panasas ActiveStor ® 14 to improve the performance of its RNA/DNA sequence data analysis.
Genedata develops and markets software solutions for the statistical analysis and scientific interpretation of extremely large biological datasets. They analyze data that requires immense throughput, such as typically found within the pharmaceutical, industrial, biotechnological and agro biotechnological worlds. Companies within those fields use Genedata's software systems in their R&D processes to identify causes of diseases, profile molecules for their mode of action, stratify patient populations or select the best strain for production or breeding.
"When analyzing RNA/DNA data, the typical bottleneck within the data processing pipeline is the IO bandwidth of the mapped short read from disk. A single patient sample may easily reach hundreds of gigabytes per sample and has to be passed through several times during statistical analysis," commented Dr. Marc Flesch, Product Manager, Genedata. "CPU bottlenecks are typically overcome by increasing the size of the compute nodes. However, IO bandwidth shortcomings in shared-disk software designs normally remain. We overcame this issue with the scale-out NAS solution from Panasas."
"We are delighted that Gendata has chosen Panasas to satisfy its high performance storage requirements," said Anthony Yeates, Vice President of EMEA Sales at Panasas. "ActiveStor's scalable hybrid architecture provides unmatched price performance for this type of application. In addition, it has proven to be very easy to maintain."
Supplying 19 of the top 20 pharmaceutical and 5 out of the top 6 agro-biotechnological companies, Genedata's software solution is well known for its scalability and high performance. Choosing Panasas ActiveStor® 14 ensures they can stay ahead of the curve by exploiting its flexible capacity upgrade allowing Genedata to react to new customer projects, helping save money and time.
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Genedata transforms data into intelligence with a portfolio of advanced software solutions, which make research data accessible and understandable and research processes more efficient. These solutions are used worldwide by leading pharmaceutical, industrial, and agricultural biotechnology companies as well as academic research organizations. Genedata innovations enable scientific discovery that fights disease and improves health and quality of life worldwide. Founded in 1997, Genedata is headquartered in Switzerland, and has offices in Germany, Japan, and the US. www.genedata.com
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Rare dinosaur nests with 256 eggs discovered in MP's Narmada valley
The eggs, which ranged between 15 cm and 17 cm in diameter, likely belonged to a number of titanosaur species
Updated At: Jan 21, 2023 09:09 PM (IST)
Fossilised femur bone and fossilised eggs of titanosaur found in Lower Narmada Valley in Dhar District of Madhya Pradesh. The fossils are on display at the India International Science Festival in Bhopal. PTI Photo
Bhopal, January 21
Paleontologists have reported a rare discovery of closely located dinosaur nests and 256 eggs of the herbivorous titanosaurs in the Narmada valley in Madhya Pradesh.
Researchers from the Delhi University and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Mohanpur-Kolkata and Bhopal have also reported discovery of ovum-in-ovo or multi-shell eggs in Bagh and Kukshi areas in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.
The findings were published in PLoS One research journal this week by Harsha Dhiman, Vishal Verma, and Guntupalli Prasad, among others.
A study of the nests and eggs has revealed intimate details about the lives of the long-necked sauropods that walked the region more than 66 million years ago.
"The eggs were found from the estuary formed at a place where the Tethys Sea merged with the Narmada when Seychelles had broken away from the Indian plate. The separation of Seychelles had led to the incursion of the Tethys Sea 400 kms inside the Narmada Valley," Verma, who works in the Higher Secondary School, Bakaner, Dhar district, told PTI here.
He said the nests found in the Narmada valley were close to each other. Generally the nests are located at some distance from each other.
Verma, considered the driving force behind a series of discoveries of dinosaur fossils in Narmada, said the reason behind multi-shell eggs could be the inability of the mother to find favourable conditions for laying eggs.
"In such conditions, the eggs remain in the oviduct and the shell formation begins again. There could also have been instances of a dinosaur dying before laying eggs," Verma said.
The eggs, which ranged between 15 cm and 17 cm in diameter, likely belonged to a number of titanosaur species.
The number of eggs in each nest ranged from one to 20.
"During the field investigations carried out between 2017 and 2020, we found extensive hatcheries of dinosaurs in Bagh and Kukshi areas in Dhar District, MP, notably from the villages Akhada, Dholiya Raipuriya, Jhaba, Jamniapura, and Padlya," the researchers said.
They said the region falls between the eastern most Lameta exposures at Jabalpur in upper Narmada in valley central India and Balasinor in the west in lower Narmada valley in western central India.
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The Just Transition(s) Online Forum is an initiative of the Just Transition Research Collaborative that collects stories on the Just Transition to low-carbon development. Bringing together a range of experts working on different aspects of this transition, it showcases different case studies, narratives and approaches to the Just Transition and their implications for equity and social justice.
With the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change, the international community has committed to bold and ambitious steps for tackling sustainability and global warming. Bringing together a wide range of stakeholders from governments, private sector and civil society, these global and universal agreements are being seen as sending "unambiguous signals that the world will shift its economic and social activity toward more climate-friendly and sustainable pathways".
While both the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement are significant diplomatic milestones, the greatest challenge still lies ahead: urgently and actually achieving the goals and targets that the international community has set out for itself. In other words, what are the resources, processes and actors that need to be mobilized? And how do we mobilize them in order to set the world on a pathway that secures a sustainable low-carbon future?
The Just Transition — the idea that justice and equity must form an integral part of the transition towards a low-carbon world — is one of a handful of concepts emerging as we collectively strive to address these important questions. Since the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) and the adoption of the Paris Agreement, we have seen a proliferation of references to Just Transition in policy circles, among NGOs, think tanks, philanthropic foundations, as well as business interests. At the last COP in Bonn (COP23), one only had to stroll through the "Bonn Zone" civil society space and listen in on the side events to appreciate the Just Transition concept's growing popularity within the climate community.
How can we explain this growing interest in the Just Transition concept? Its inclusion in the preamble of the Paris Agreement certainly has something to do with it. So does the current economic and political climate; a climate marked by rampant inequalities, growing defiance towards political elites, and the ensuing revival of populist, xenophobic, nationalist, anti-climate, "jobs vs. environment" discourses. This revival is especially visible among industrial, low-income communities whose livelihoods — and even lives — are most at risk from the effects of both climate change and, in some cases, the very policies developed to address it. For some, the Just Transition concept, by focusing on the justice and equity dimensions of the shift towards a low-carbon world, can inform a new and powerful narrative. A narrative of hope, tolerance and justice. A narrative that is both aspirational and grounded in peoples' actual lived experiences. A narrative that acts as a beacon to guide collective action while simultaneously giving rise to tangible alternatives on the ground.
Not all stakeholders, however, share the same idea of what a Just Transition should look like, or how and by whom it should be accomplished. Instead of leading to an alignment of peoples' views, the concept's growing popularity has actually led to an expansion of its meanings. This, in turn, has created the conditions for struggles to impose a given understanding of what the Just Transition should actually mean. The growing number of references to Just Transition undoubtedly signals a desire to further root social and equity concerns into the climate and development debates. While this should be welcomed, it also poses a challenge for stakeholders as it makes it more difficult to clearly identify what Just Transition stands for, who is behind it and what is the underlying theory of change. Is Just Transition simply another "buzzword"? Should we take it seriously? Can it play a positive role in the international climate and sustainable development debates?
Launched by the Just Transition Research Collaborative (JTRC), the Just Transition(s) forum seeks to address what it identifies as a need: to connect the social sciences and humanities with the Just Transition concept and those who use it, and with the climate and development conversation more broadly. Too often, these conversations have been dominated by economists and climate scientists, and have merely paid lip service to the social and human implications of the climate crisis and the measures to address it.
The Just Transition debate is unique in that it brings together a wide range of stakeholders — states, businesses, unions, environmental and development groups, foundations — around the equity and justice dimensions of climate change. It raises important questions: What kind of transition do we want? In the interests of whom? To what ends? Questions that inevitably imply a deeper discussion on the meaning of "justice" in the age of climate change. The social sciences and humanities are in a unique position to address these and other issues.
Through a combination of concrete case studies and more conceptual analyses, the forum acts as a shared space for academics and other interested parties to share their views (and voice their concerns) on the Just Transition, its meanings, its current uses and its potential. We want this space to be as interactive as possible, so please feel free to share your reactions or Just Transition-related stories and analyses.
The Just Transition(s) Online Forum is hosted jointly by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, the University of London Institute in Paris, the International Social Science Council, and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung — New York Office.
This think piece was prepared by Edouard Morena who is a Lecturer in French and European politics and history at University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP). Over the past six years, he has been actively monitoring non-state actors' involvement in international environmental and development processes — and in particular the UNCSD and UNFCCC. His publications include "The Price of Climate Action: Philanthropic Foundations in the International Climate Debate" (Palgrave, 2016) and "Globalising the Climate: COP21 and the Climatisation of Global Debates" (Routledge, 2017).
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The Ideology of the Veil: Fundamentally Misogynistic or Fundamentally Misunderstood?
Karina Jougla (CC '16) is majoring in Comparative Literature and Society with a concentration in Statistics. She is a John Jay Scholar in the Columbia Undergraduate Scholars Program. Interested in social justice issues including education, climate change, and gender equality, Karina is involved in America Reads, Barnard Columbia Divest, and the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign. Karina grew up in Carpinteria, California, and her favorite book since childhood is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.