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Net Neutrality Timeline: 10 Events That Led to Dec. 14 FCC Meeting
Here's what you need to know before the vote.
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Net neutrality is center-stage as the Trump administration FCC eyes its removal, but this isn't the first time the war over internet service has waged loudly and publicly.
What started as a way to connect people and spread information has become an industry that's tightly regulated to ensure speed and access isn't sacrificed for corporate financial interests. Here are some of the events that have led to where we are in net neutrality today:
10: December 21, 2010: FCC Adopts First Net Neutrality Regulations
The FCC issues an "Open Internet Order" that states internet service providers have to be transparent and can't block or slow down consumer access to content. Under the Obama administration, this is the first step taken toward achieving net neutrality. However net neutrality advocates criticized the rules for not going far enough to prevent providers from creating priority "fast lanes."
9. June 1, 2014: Net Neutrality Debate Goes Viral
The FCC was tasked at the start of 2014 with developing new regulations for internet providers after the federal court struck down their original net neutrality rules, and was required to open the issue to public comments for four months. Enter John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight on HBO. "The FCC are literally inviting internet comments at this address," Oliver joked, before calling upon internet commenters to flood the FCC website with comments calling for the preservation of net neutrality. "With the help of Reddit, [the video] resulted in tens of thousands of Americans complaining to the Federal Communications Commission and crashing the FCC's online comment system," Slate reported a week later.
8. February 26, 2015: FCC Adopts Net Neutrality Rules
Led by chairman Tom Wheeler, the FCC approved a new set of net neutrality regulations that focus on maintaining an open internet away from business interests. The rules classified broadband internet service as a public utility, which means it's subject to government regulation the same as services like landline telephones.
7. June 14, 2016: U.S. Appeals Court Upheld Obama's Net Neutrality Rules
The Obama-era net neutrality rules survived a challenge from internet service providers in a case that went up to the U.S. appeals court.
"Today's ruling is a victory for consumers and innovators who deserve unfettered access to the entire web, and it ensures the internet remains a platform for unparalleled innovation, free expression and economic growth," Wheeler said in a statement. "After a decade of debate and legal battles, today's ruling affirms the Commission's ability to enforce the strongest possible internet protections – both on fixed and mobile networks – that will ensure the internet remains open, now and in the future."
The ruling gave legs to regulations that required broadband to be equally accessible to all consumers and prevented ISPs from charging for faster downloading speeds.
6. November 8, 2016: Donald Trump Elected President
It was no secret when Donald Trump was elected that he was against net neutrality, starting with a tweet from 2014 where Trump called Obama's internet regulations were a "power grab."
Trump also early on chose a known anti-net neutrality proponent, Jeffrey Eisenach, as an aide on his transition team to craft strategy on telecommunications and technology.
5. January 23, 2017: Ajit Pai appointed FCC Chairman
It didn't take long for Trump to appoint Republican Ajit Pai, who was a FCC commissioner, as the newest Chairman. A former member of Verizon's general counsel, Pai didn't beat around the bush in saying that he intended to repeal Obama's net neutrality rules that classified internet as a public utility. Pai has called net neutrality a "heavy-handed" and "unnecessary" regulation.
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4. March 23, 2017: Senate Overturns Obama's Consumer Protections
On March 28, congress sent to the White House a piece of legislation that would remove privacy measures set up by the FCC that kept internet usage data (browsing habits, app usage, locations, etc.) private from ISPs that would want to aggregate it and sell it to advertisers. While this didn't have to do with net neutrality, it signaled the FCC's new approach to letting businesses make money off consumers in new ways.
Reported NPR at the time: In a party-line 50-48 vote Thursday, senators approved a resolution to undo sweeping privacy rules adopted by the Obama-era Federal Communications Commission. If it becomes law, it would also prevent the FCC from setting similar rules again."
Go deeper: Congress Deletes Internet Privacy: 5 Things You Have to Know
Pai arrives for his confirmation hearing for a second term as chair of the commission before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill July 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla
3. April 26, 2017: Ajit Pai Announces Proposal to Repeal Net Neutrality
It didn't come as a surprise when Pai announced his plans to roll back another Obama net neutrality regulation. e announced that he intended to push the FCC to rescind the utility-like oversight of broadband providers. The FCC chairman released his proposed regulation in full the following day, outlining measures for ISPs to require people to pay for access to certain websites.
2. May 18, 2017: FCC Votes to Open Review of Net Neutrality Policy
The Republican-controlled FCC votes to review Pai's proposed dismantling of net neutrality, despite another public outcry spurred by Oliver.
Pai's proposal was titled "Restoring Internet Freedom," but his definition of freedom is that large ISP's will have the freedom to control internet access however they see fit, and the millions of consumers who use their services — many of whom don't have a choice of ISP — won't have the freedom to visit websites they want because those sites will load annoyingly slow. It also means that people won't have the freedom to start their own business online because their site won't load as quickly as established competition that's paid to have its site in an internet speed "fast lane."
The vote is set for an FCC on meeting on December 14.
1. July 12, 2017: Net Neutrality Day Sees Advocates Unite
Net neutrality advocates — everyday internet users, a number of tech giants, civil liberties activists, small business advocates — came together to unite against Pai and the pending repeal of net neutrality regulations.
The Net Neutrality Day of Action saw sites like Pornhub, OKCupid, Reddit, and Netflix display messages defending an open internet. Millions of comments were posted on the FCC system and hundreds of thousands signed petitions.
This paves the way for a series of protests planned in December before the FCC vote.


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Treating sepsis with vitamin C
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April 4, 2017 by Health News Team
Could vitamin C help treat sepsis? Some medical experts in Norfolk, Virginia, think so.
A recent study from Eastern Virginia Medical School saw surprising success with a treatment plan combining vitamin C with steroids. The outcomes were so stunning that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) gave the researcher $3.2 million to dig in a little deeper.
Sepsis, a condition caused by infection, is responsible for 258,000 deaths each year. Seniors and babies are at greatest risk. Symptoms range from shivering and fever to breathlessness and confusion. If untreated, it could lead to septic shock or death.
Ordinarily, sepsis is treated with IV fluids, antibiotics, vasopressors or steroids. The Eastern Virginia study found that the effectiveness of steroids improved when combined with high doses of intravenous vitamin C. It's a revelation that shot ripples of hope through medical communities worldwide.
"This study is very new," says Dr. Joseph Bellezzo, chair of emergency medicine at Sharp Memorial Hospital, noting that the doctor behind the study is well-regarded in medical circles and that new clinical trials may begin as a result of his work.
Given in very high doses, vitamin C can have negative effects — some as extreme as renal failure. But according to Bellezzo, "Vitamin C in doses suggested by the study has no negative impact at all. And unlike previous treatment trends, the cost is close to nothing." So the question now is: What's the harm in trying?
"Sepsis patients are very vitamin-depleted," says Dr. Bellezzo. "Knowing this, and knowing that vitamin C does no harm, and weighing the success of the study, it seems like something we should be actively looking at."
As an ER physician, Dr. Bellezo can't administer vitamin C unless his ICU counterparts continue the treatment post-ER. So he plans to work with them on establishing a protocol. "I want to test it out and measure outcomes," he says. "It can only help the patient, not harm them."
But Ashkan Khabazian, PharmD, a pharmacist at Sharp Memorial Hospital, is reluctant to call it a cure. He's seen trends like this one rise (and fall) before, and sees a need for more thorough, in-depth research. "I'm not saying we should rule it out," says Khabazian, "because vitamin C has benefits. But one single-center study isn't enough to completely change our practice."
When taken orally, vitamin C doesn't have much effect on the body; but administered intravenously, it can. By protecting the lining of your blood vessels and assisting chemicals that force your blood vessels to "squeeze," vitamin C can play a role in improving blood flow to the vital organs — a key element in the treatment of sepsis. Its role in clinical bedside medicine has been under-examined, and it hasn't been a major player since treating scurvy back in the day.
Although some hospitals are trying the protocol, Khabazian would like to see larger, randomized, controlled multi-center trials confirm the benefit found in the initial study before making vitamin C a regular part of sepsis treatment at Sharp.
We may have a ways to go before vitamin C shows its true value. But if proven successful, it will be worth the wait. A treatment that's low-risk, low-cost and effective? Seems too good to be true. And it just may be. But like any new medical breakthrough, we need to start somewhere.
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The Cuba myth
Kristian Niemietz
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Last week, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell gave a speech at the Rail and Maritime Transport (RMT) Union's "Garden Party for Cuba" event, attended, among other luminaries, by the Cuban ambassador. McDonnell made the following pledge:
"We're here in solidarity with the Cuban revolution […] I want to say this to our Cuban comrades. When […] a Labour government is elected, not if, we will be your staunchest allies to support the Cuban revolution. And that means the support, the political support of course, but it means also the support, financial and on trade […] We stand with you comrades."
This was greeted with chants of "Viva Cuba" and "Viva socialismo". Just two weeks earlier, when asked about the poor track record of socialism in Cuba, Venezuela and the former Soviet Union, McDonnell had declared that "it was never socialism".
So which one is it? Is Cuba socialist now, or not? Did it suddenly become socialist in the last two weeks, after 60 years of faux-socialism? Is it an on-and-off kind of socialism, which alternates between the real thing, and the fake version? Is it a Schrödinger's socialism?
However, while McDonnell's comments are an extreme example of Cuba flip-flopping, they are not wholly unrepresentative of the Left's ambiguity on this issue. We could see the same phenomenon writ large three years ago, after Fidel Castro's death, when some prominent figures on the Left praised Castro a great socialist hero, while others disputed his socialist credentials.
In this, Cuba is somewhat unusual. As I show in my book Socialism: The Failed idea That Never Dies, socialist experiments usually go through three stages, in terms of their reception by Western intellectuals. The first is a honeymoon period, during which they are widely held up as a glorious example of "real" socialism in action. The second is a period of angry defensiveness, during which some of the system's failures are acknowledged, but blamed on external constraints. The third stage is the stage of retroactive disowning: intellectuals now claim that the country in question was never socialist, and that it is a cheap strawman to even mention it.
The Western reception of the Soviet Union, Maoist China, Vietnam and, more recently, Venezuela followed this pattern to a tee. Cuba, in contrast, is a bit of an outlier, in that the country seems to be permanently stuck somewhere between stages two and three. It may no longer attract widespread enthusiasm, but Cuban socialism has never completely gone the way of Soviet, Maoist, Vietnamese or North Korean socialism.
What explains Cuba's special status?
Part of the reason has to be that the regime's achievements in terms of social progress are widely overestimated, including by its critics. It is true that Cuba ranks highly on measures like the Human Development Index. Life expectancy at birth is almost 80 years, there is virtually no adult illiteracy, and the child mortality rate stands at just 0.6 per cent of all live births.
However, this cannot simply be ascribed to 'socialism'. By regional standards, Cuba was already relatively highly developed before Castro. Around the time of the Revolution, life expectancy already stood at 63 years, which was 8 years above the average for Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole. Child mortality was already down to about 5 per cent, considerably lower than in any of the neighbouring countries for which data are available. Four out of five adults were already able to read and write, again a very high share by the standards of the region.
So it is nonsense to compare Cuba to Haiti or Guatemala, and declare it a great socialist triumph. With or without the Revolution, Cuba would never have been like Haiti or Guatemala. These are just not realistic counterfactuals. If we compare Cuba to countries that were also already quite highly developed at the time, such as Costa Rica or Uruguay, the gains look far less impressive. The best thing that one can say about Cuban socialism is that it did not reverse or choke off the social progress that was already being made.
Secondly, Cuba-romanticism developed at a time when dictatorial rule and economic underdevelopment were the norm, not the exception, in Latin America. Until the 1980s, the majority of Latin Americans lived under various right-wing, military dictatorships, and their economies went from crisis to crisis. Compared to those alternatives, it was far from obvious that the Cuban system was uniquely bad.
This is changed in the meantime. Most Latin American countries are now democratic middle-income countries, and many have made serious inroads in reducing poverty. But expectations in the West have not yet caught up, and Cuba is still held to lower standards than, for example, North Korea, where an obvious benchmark exists in the form of South Korea.
Last but not least, the absorption of Cuba iconography into "rebel chic" culture is another reason why Cuban socialism never became toxic in the West. When I see a Che Guevara poster or a Cuban flag, I cannot help thinking of my own 16-year-old self, trying too hard to be cool and edgy. As a result, I just can't take pro-Cuba guff entirely seriously. I cannot react to it in the way I probably would if it was a poster of Kim Il Sung, or a North Korean flag.
And so, Cuba's special status will probably endure. Not "real" socialism, sure. But not entirely unreal either.
This article was originally published on CapX.
Dr Kristian Niemietz
Head of Political Economy
Dr Kristian Niemietz is the IEA's Head of Political Economy. He is also a Fellow of the Age Endeavour Fellowship. Kristian studied Economics at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and the Universidad de Salamanca, graduating in 2007 as Diplom-Volkswirt (≈MSc in Economics). During his studies, he interned at the Central Bank of Bolivia (2004), the National Statistics Office of Paraguay (2005), and at the IEA (2006). In 2013, he completed a PhD in Political Economy at King's College London. Kristian previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Berlin-based Institute for Free Enterprise (IUF), and at King's College London, where he taught Economics throughout his postgraduate studies. He is a regular contributor to various journals in the UK, Germany and Switzerland.
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One feature of closed countries is that their published statistics are extremely doubtful.
I doubt that Cuba cares greatly if its life expectancy and child mortality figures are remotely correct. Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. But with their health statistics being pretty much what they hand their hat on, in terms of the glories of the revolution, I'd put money on them having been "improved".
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The Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027—which is currently underway—will largely determine the future post-Brexit UK-EU relationship on development.
Brexit has the potential to make the UK more autonomous in its aid allocation, promoting UK interests and agendas in countries of strategic value, but it would also allow the UK less influence with its European partners and internationally. It could prompt Member States to rally together and renew their efforts towards meeting their aid targets, but runs the risk of leaving a gaping hole in the EU's development budget—one that is looking increasingly harder to fill.
The big question then, is, can the UK and the EU find a new mutually beneficial way to work together?
There is no reason why they shouldn't be able to do so. Both share the same values, interests, and commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Both recognise that solving the big challenges of our time requires collaboration and collective action. Both need each other's expertise, finance, and instruments.
Unravelling the UK-EU web of obligations on development is not as complicated as in most other areas.
This is because of the system of "parallel competence" in development cooperation, by which the EU may undertake activities and conduct a common policy, but not prevent Member States from exercising their own policy. This is perceived as non-threatening to the interests or autonomy of Member States because the principle of parallel competencies only permits the voluntary acceptance of each Member State of any common analysis or strategy.
There is obvious value in the UK and EU maintaining the closest possible cooperation on development after Brexit.
The EU operates in 120 countries in the world and in all fragile states, many of which are strategically and historically important to the UK and where the UK does not have a presence. There has no doubt been a beneficial impact in terms of the EU as a mechanism to raise, pool, and coordinate aid and expertise. The EU can take higher fiduciary and reputational risks than the UK and has specific financial instruments and aid modalities that the UK may find politically unpalatable to implement, such as state-building contracts or budget support in fragile states, or the EU's Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights. In international negotiations, DFID was often more likely to secure objectives working through the EU than acting alone, especially given the tendency to adopt a "bloc" approach.
In the current financial framework 2014-2020, EU external action finance amounts to €96.8 billion—€66.3 billion under the budget (Heading 4 - Global Europe), plus €30.5 billion under the separate and voluntary off-budget 11th European Development Fund. The UK currently contributes approximately 12 percent of this amount. Even without the UK, the European Commission has already suggested that it would be looking for an increase in the current volume of financing for external action to more than €100 billion over the period for the EU to meet both its existing and new ambitions, including promoting stability and security around its borders, tackling the root causes of irregular migration and violent extremism and fostering regional cooperation on areas of mutual interest. This is going to be a stretch. In previous negotiations, external policy has always been considered lower down on the list of EU priorities and has thus suffered disproportionately from overall budget restrictions.
The boundaries between external and internal challenges have become porous. Instability, fragility, and conflict remain deeply entrenched with increased terrorist attacks closer to home creating a deep sense of insecurity; climate change continues unabated; global growth remains weak; multidimensional poverty persists; and inequality within countries is rising. All of this has a bearing on Europe's economic strength, sustainability, and solidarity.
The EU's credibility in terms of its values has been undermined both at home and abroad by growing inconsistencies between European principles and practices. Some member states have flouted European standards on democracy and the rule of law, while the growing use of aid money to contain and reduce migration at all costs has proved expensive, mostly ineffective and has raised criticisms that the EU is abandoning core human rights principles. Balancing EU values and interests in internal and external action, especially with a broader and more complex interconnected agenda will be a key challenge for the next MFF.
The EU has been damaged by its ill-preparedness and inability to manage shocks and respond to crises. Scrambling to secure necessary resources on external action required considerable time and led to a proliferation of ad-hoc funding mechanisms fragmenting the budget.
With the discussions underway for the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) post-2020 and Brexit negotiations running in parallel, everything is now up for grabs. A flexible, agile, and responsive EU is the stated aim from negotiators on both sides of the Channel but conceived differently: the EU wants the ability to shift its resources depending on where the next shock or crisis hits, or where the next strategic priority lies; the UK wants the ability to opt-in to various instruments and earmark funding for its own priorities.
DFID is offering to buy into some of the EU's development instruments post-Brexit, although this may come with a hefty price. In the December Joint Report agreed between the UK and the EU, the UK stated that it may wish to participate in some Union budgetary programmes of the new MFF post-2020 as a non-Member State. DFID has taken this a step further in its non-paper on "The EU beyond 2020: Future Development Instruments: a UK Perspective" to suggest that the new external action instruments should be designed in such a way so that they are open to third countries. It wants the possibility, as a non-EU member, to earmark funding for geographical regions and thematic instruments, with a seat at the governance table. While additional funds for shared priorities would be welcome from the EU's point of view—I have no doubt—institutional matters, like a seat at the governance table for a non-member, are likely to be the deal-breaker. The question is to what extent being denied a seat at the table is a deal-breaker for the UK.
My own view is that if the EU wants to keep one of the world's leading development actors in its corner, it needs to find a way to allow the UK to engage in and contribute to shaping its development policy even though it is outside the bloc. There are a variety of options. For example, this could be done through joint task forces or initiatives at the country level, participation in management committees, or in the EU's joint programming of development funds. It wouldn't be the same level of influence the UK once enjoyed at the strategic level, but still offers a foot through the door.
This would be a win-win outcome for both sides. For the UK, it would mean access to EU finances, ideas, and expertise. For the EU, it would mean access to UK finances, ideas, and expertise. For both, it would become a partnership based on shared values and interests.


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Q: Discussing results that follow from : $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{x_n}$ converges if and only if $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{1+x_n}$ converges The following result is a simple result but I think it reveals some interesting results as consequences.
Given a sequence $\{x_n\}$ of positive integers then the $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{x_n}$ converges if and only if $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{1+x_n}$ converges.
Proof is simple.
In each direction assuming one sum to be convergent we can show the other sum is bounded and since it monotone increases so it must converge.
It has some interesting consequences :
For example
since we know that the sum of the reciprocal of prime numbers diverges so this result tells us that given any integer $m$ and any integer $k \ge 2$ then there are infinitely many primes not of the form $n^k+m$.
Also from Brun's theorem we know that the sum of the reciprocal of the twin primes converge and hence we can deduce that given any integer $m$ there are infinitely many primes not at a distance of $m$ from some twin prime number.
With other sequences we get other interesting results.
So we can work on better versions of the result and applying it can give us some nice interesting results.
If possible please disucuss about this result and other things that follow from it.

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Jim Weekly, member of the Aurora Commandery 22, Knights Templar, the Aurora Council 45 Cryptic Masons and the Aurora Chapter 22 Royal Arch Masons, recently presented Cindy Worsley, executive director of Fox Valley Community Services, with donations from the local groups. The Knights Templar focus on humanitarian relief. The Masons believe in helping others, especially those who cannot help themselves. Donations from many organizations, such as these groups, support seniors in vital and independent living.
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Sydney Essentials: Circular Quay
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Circular Quay makes it wonderfully easy to tap into some of the best sights and attractions in Sydney.
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Circular Quay, the focal point of Sydney Harbour, is located on the small inlet Sydney Cove. From this vantage point visitors can take in some spectacular views of beautiful Sydney Harbour. Given the generous number of lodging and dining options in and around the quay, it serves admirably as a base of operations for exploring many of Sydney's most popular sights and attractions.
To the east, pathways to the iconic Sydney Opera House and famed Royal Botanic Gardens beckon. To the north, the majestic Sydney Harbour Bridge arches in the distance. When in port, luxury cruise ships can be seen moored at the cruise terminal located at Circular Quay. Just a short walk east across First Fleet Park, lies The Rocks, the oldest and one of the most intriguing parts of the city.
Situated near the business district, Circular Quay is fittingly a hub for local transportation. Harbour ferries leave from the docks every few minutes serving Sydney commuters and tourists alike. At the southern end stands the Circular Quay railway station from where NSW City Rail light-rail trains transport shoppers, tourists, and office workers to the suburbs and other distant parts of the cities. City bus stops and taxis are also nearby.
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While personal preference and interests govern what a Circular Quay visitor wishes to experience, there are some things that no one should miss. Five suggested sights and activities include;
Taking a Harbour Cruise. Luxury cocktail and dinner cruises are available from Captain Cook Cruises and leave at scheduled times from No. 6 Jetty. There is really no substitute for the views of the harbour sights available exclusively from the water. Yet those very same views and photo opportunities can be had by the budget-minded with passage on the Manly Ferry, departing Wharf 2 about every half-hour. Exact schedules can be obtained at the Sydney Ferries website.
Touring the Sydney Opera House. Attending a performance at the opera house can be a bit pricey, but the history and stories of this famed, architectural masterpiece can be savored by booking a spot on one of the fascinating and informative guided tours. Advance "early bird" bookings for the tour can be made in advance online at a substantially discounted price.
Touring The Rocks. This historic area was the place where the first Australian settlers stepped ashore in January 1788. Later it was the area where the convicts banished to Australia from England were housed and a warehouse district frequented by drunken sailors, prostitutes, and all-manner of unsavory cutthroats. Today trendy restaurants, fascinating museums, stylish pubs, souvenir shops, and tempting boutiques abound along the narrow, cobblestoned streets of this fascinating, historic district. A Sydney Visitor Centre is located in at the intersection of Argyle and Playfair streets where visitors can obtain maps, brochures, and information on tours.
Visiting the Beaches. No visit to Sydney would be complete without a visit to one or more of the famous, beautiful visits. Manly Beaches is one good choice and can conveniently be reached from Circular Quay via the Manly Ferry. Manly is perched on a beautiful peninsula surrounded on three sides by the Pacific Ocean and Sydney Harbour. One of the most famous and internationally known Sydney beaches is Bondi Beach, located east of the downtown central business district. Bondi has a definitely different atmosphere than Manly, more of a laidback, surfer feel. Visitors can expect the occasional topless female sunbathers at Bondi which isn't typical of Manly Beaches. Food, souvenir shops, and lodging are readily available in the immediate vicinity of both beach areas.
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"Cheng-Huai Chuang was introduced to fashion at a young age"
His parents owned a boutique in his home city of Taipei, Taiwan where he had the opportunity to dress mannequins and design window displays. Before moving to New York after high school to study at Parsons, he received attention from a prominent theater company, Van Body Theater (formerly, Chibody Theater Troupe), where he was invited to design costumes, as well as design for a fashion show at the Nan-Hai Art Gallery, part of National Taipei University.
Cheng launched his collection in 2011. Since launching his line, Cheng has been featured in publications such as V Magazine, Elle Taiwan, Dazed & Confused, Nylon, and Essence among others. Cheng garnered celebrity interest and dressed the likes of Carrie Underwood, Lady Gaga, Amy Schumer, Zendaya, Kat Graham, Brandy, Kelly Osbourne, Sky Ferreira, and La La Anthony.
TWELV Magazine sat down with Cheng on a beautiful spring day to get to know the up and coming designer.
--- CHENG-HUAI CHUANG INTERVIEW ---
1. Tell me about yourself, where did you grow up? Growing up, was there something that appealed to you about fashion/design and/or construction that led you to clothing specifically?
When I was growing up my parents owned a boutique in Taipei, Taiwan so that was my first introduction to fashion, I would say. I spent a lot of time in their store, other kids played with video games or played basketball. I played around dressing mannequins and watched how people shopped and I think that influenced and inspired me a lot. I always liked to see when people would buy the things I put together, it was very rewarding.
2. What was your first job?
I came to New York 10 years ago to study Fashion Design at Parsons and my first job was during that time. I worked with Marc Rancy, a Filipino designer, who mostly focused on bridal, and subsequently launched his collection in 2010 during New York Fashion Week.
3. How would you describe your personal style?
My personal style is simple, clean, casual, and I cannot live without skinny jeans.
4. Where have you lived and how has it influenced your understanding of fashion?
It has changed a little bit. Before I came here, I came here right after high school, where I read magazines a lot, but the style is so different. For example, for clothes, Asian girls don't dress as sexy. They play around with more patterns, colors, and layers.
5. Tell me about your creative process. In other words, how do you begin to design an article of clothing? How do you settle on materials, colors, and textures?
My inspiration mostly comes from movies, music, and New York. It's all about creating a character, creating a woman that people want to be. It's maybe not for everyone. My clothes are for women who want to be individuals, to stand out, and be in the spotlight. I'm often inspired by movie characters, because that's probably the first place women try and emulate their image from.
6. Can you describe the creation of a piece from its initial conception through to a final product?
My design process can start anytime, anywhere. I just start thinking about ideas, while walking around the city and seeing people, even on the subway. I can see the clothes a woman is wearing and how I would dress her. I'll go home and start sketching, I put together an idea of what she would wear if she were a 'Cheng woman.' I start to think about how to make patterns and really start from there, then I pick fabrics and create the item. I think I'm pretty good with visualizing how something will actually turn out, which is helpful.
7. Are there certain materials you like working with and why?
This collection has a lot of sequins. I love working with leather, chiffon, organza, and feathers. I like the hard feelings mixed with softer materials to bring out different feelings in a woman. Every girl has a different side to her.
8. Do you look to any sources (museums, other design arts, etc.) for design inspiration?
I mostly walk around galleries with my friends, sometimes in Chelsea. Of course watching people at the MET Gala. Even The Museum of Natural History, you can be inspired by culture and different things. Depends on my mood, but I like walking and experiencing different things.
9. What do you think are the elements of "good" clothing design?
I would say clothing that makes you feel good about yourself, clothes that make you feel how you want to feel, that's the most important element, that, and good fabric. You want to feel special and sexy, whoever you are.
10. What do you find to be the most rewarding, challenging, and frustrating aspects of what you do?
The challenging would be toning down crazy ideas, because they have to be wearable, not too costume-y, not too crazy, and not too over the top. When I finish a collection, when I show my lookbook, and then when showing it to the press - that's the first time I see a woman wearing my entire collection, with everything the way I want it, the accessories and everything. Sometimes you have crazy ideas you want to do but you have to think about people actually having to wear them.
11. How would you describe your customer?
My clothes are for a woman who's strong and knows what she wants. They want to live their lives and enjoy themselves. For sophisticated and a special kind of woman. They enjoy celebrating themselves.
12. What designers either in clothing or other arts do you most admire?
Of course McQueen and Gaultier. I love the detail more than the overall design. So it may be from an unexpected source. I think I'm more attracted to the detail than the design overall.
13. What is a "beautiful" piece of clothing to you? Is there such a thing as an "ugly" design? Is there a difference for you between men's and women's clothing design?
If I'm designing the Cheng woman for men, still sexy, confident, the clothes are like a statement piece. The clothes that are "ugly" are ones that you don't feel empowered wearing, that don't make you feel good about yourself.
14. How do you spend your free time?
I enjoy walking around, people watching, and going to restaurants. I love Japanese, Italian, and Chinese food. I also enjoy spending time at home, on the weekend. Reading books, listening to music, and reading magazines.
15. What new projects are you working on?
Right now I'm doing the collection for 5/6 years, seeing how it goes, we'll see after the show in September what's next. I'm preparing to work on my men's S/S 17 collection, I might do a show, finally! Right now clothes are what I'm feeling the most. But, if I were to branch out, I would also do shoes. I love New York, I will probably stay. Completely different elements in a small space, more personality, hot melting pot, always something going on. I love that you can walk a short distance and be in a totally different environment.
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Reprezentant Szwecji, srebrny medalista mistrzostw Europy w Chorwacji (2018), wicemistrz świata z 2021 (najlepszy lewoskrzydłowy tego turnieju).

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Wychowanek Önnereds HK, od 2005 grał w Redbergslids IK. W latach 2011–2013 był zawodnikiem HK Aranäs, w pierwszej połowie 2013 ponownie reprezentował barwy Önnereds HK. W lipcu 2013 przeszedł do SG Flensburg-Handewitt. W sezonie 2013/2014, w którym rzucił 21 bramek w 13 meczach, wygrał ze swoją drużyną Ligę Mistrzów. W sezonie 2014/2015 zdobył Puchar Niemiec – w rozegranym 10 maja 2015 spotkaniu finałowym z Magdeburgiem rzucił jednego gola. W sezonie 2017/2018, w którym rozegrał w Bundeslidze 34 mecze i zdobył 147 bramek, wywalczył mistrzostwo Niemiec. W sezonie 2017/2018 był także najlepszym strzelcem swojego zespołu w Lidze Mistrzów – w 18 spotkaniach rzucił 70 goli.

W 2011 zdobył brązowy medal  mistrzostw świata U-19 w Argentynie, w których zagrał w siedmiu meczach i rzucił 10 bramek. W 2012 uczestniczył w mistrzostwach Europy U-20 w Turcji, w których wystąpił w siedmiu spotkaniach i zdobył 21 goli.

W reprezentacji Szwecji zadebiutował 18 marca 2017 w meczu towarzyskim z Niemcami (27:25), w którym rzucił dwie bramki. W 2018 wywalczył srebrny medal mistrzostw Europy w Chorwacji, podczas których wystąpił w ośmiu meczach i zdobył 14 goli.

Sukcesy
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
 Liga Mistrzów: 2013/2014
 Mistrzostwo Niemiec: 2017/2018
 Puchar Niemiec: 2014/2015
 Superpuchar Niemiec: 2013

 Reprezentacja Szwecji
 1. miejsce w mistrzostwach Europy: 2022
 2. miejsce w mistrzostwach Europy: 2018
 2. miejsce w mistrzostwach świata: 2021 (w tym nagroda indywidualna dla najlepszego lewoskrzydłowego)
 3. miejsce w mistrzostwach świata U-19: 2011

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Piłkarze ręczni SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Reprezentanci Szwecji w piłce ręcznej
Urodzeni w 1993

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It was April 14, 1971 in the quarter houses. Three am on a Wednesday morning, when a dark figure left his house, crept across the moonlit courtyard, down the dark hallway and toward the front steps of Peraman and Victoria's home. The figure, a bulbous, paunchy figure, looked furtively left and right before steadily murmuring an incantation and pouring an oily substance onto the front steps. He wanted to turn away and disappear as fast as he could, but somehow his feet would not move. His eyes fixated on the cursed liquid seeping into the pavement, leaving a dark, slippery residue. What have I done?
From the corner of his peripheral vision, the fat Indian man noticed the shoe rack by the door, a rickety thing made out of wood. He had helped Peraman make the shoe rack for his five girls and wife. He turned his face away from the oil and toward the shoe rack, taking in the many pairs of tiny shoes with simple lace or flowers on them: slippers, sandals, work and school shoes, and the one pair of intricate-yet-sensible ivory-colored heels.
A surge of jealousy shot through his heart: Peraman's wife, Victoria Padmavathy. With a wife like Victoria, no one would disrespect him. Every husband in the quarter house wanted her; every wife envied her for the hold she seemed to have over their men. It wasn't because she flirted with them or that she was promiscuous in any way. No, she was the perfect wife. She got up early, made Peraman's tea and morning toast, packed some leftovers as lunch for him, stood by the door to send him off to work, and then did all the household chores. She even waited every night, after putting their five daughters to sleep, for Peraman to come home. She never caused problems like the other wives did. She was polite, courteous, and always had a smile for everyone. It wasn't fair. Peraman was never home. Never there to love her. He would love her, the man thought. He looked at the substance he had poured on the concrete floor. Maybe soon I will.
The man's mind wandered to his own wife. Mean spirited, lazy, and self-centered. She never did anything nice for him. She was always reprimanding him or getting him to do something he didn't want to do. The man crouched down, bitterly surveying his work, wrinkling up his nose at the putrid odor of the oil. Maybe, once Peraman is out of the way, I'd finally be able to stand up for myself and leave her for Victoria. Having finally found the strength to commit to what he had done, the man hoisted himself up. The sheer exertion from squatting and then standing to his feet caught the fat man off balance. Stumbling, he tripped on the step behind him and fell back on the ground. The soft thud brought his fears running back to him, and this time, it was his fear that picked him off the ground and helped him run off into the darkness.
Victoria lay in bed, her eyes staring straight up at the ceiling. She knew she shouldn't have eaten the last three slices of cake, but it was the first time she had managed to bake the perfect marble cake, and it had been almost three days since Josephine's seventh birthday. It seemed perfectly justifiable during dinnertime that she should finish it up. Now, however, she was regretting it. It was already three am, and still she couldn't sleep. Victoria turned her head to the left, to where Peraman was sleeping. His soft snores comforted her. Victoria liked having her husband beside her. Peraman had two jobs, and, although their family desperately needed the money, Victoria hated how often he wasn't with the family. As she looked at Peraman's sleeping face, the feeling she knew as the love she had for him twirled inside her heart.
She wondered what he saw in her. Peraman Joseph Subramaniyam had come to her father and asked him for her hand in marriage. He even agreed to her mother's wishes and converted from Hinduism to Catholicism for her. Why would a handsome Indian man want to marry a Chinese girl who was adopted into an Indian family? Interracial marriages weren't common in Singapore, although the country was home to the Chinese, Malays, and Indians. She believed it was because she had grown up with an Indian family, knowing the customs and traditions of an Indian and knowing what was expected out of an Indian woman. She also wasn't a stranger to the general belief that the fairer the woman, the prettier. She was, indeed, fairer than any of the Indian women who lived in the quarter houses, and yet, she seemed to have more knowledge on the customs of an Indian woman than many of the Indian wives she knew. Perhaps that was why Peraman wanted her–a woman able to fulfill the role of the perfect Indian wife.
But somewhere deep in her heart, Victoria hoped Peraman had married her for more than that.
Finally, Victoria's eyes began to close. Just as she was about to sleep, she heard a thud. It wasn't loud enough to wake Peraman or her daughters, but definitely loud enough for her to know she had not dreamt it. Quietly, she slipped out of bed to check the front door. Not seeing anything, she opened the door and walked out, barefoot. She walked down the step and looked down the dimly-lit corridor. Seeing no one, she turned around and walked back to her door. Her bare feet came in contact with the oil, causing her to slip. She quickly caught herself on the doorframe. Thanking God she hadn't fallen, she got a cloth out of the kitchen drawer, soaped it up, and wiped the oil off the ground. She noticed the oil smelt of rotten flowers. Gagging, she threw away the cloth and went back to bed, wondering where the oil had come from.
Victoria lay miserably in the hospital bed holding her mother's hand, knowing neither mother nor daughter would have another moment like this again. She wanted to tell her what she knew, but she couldn't find the courage to say it. Victoria thought back to the night when she had heard someone at the front door, the last night before everything changed. It was all because of that fat Indian man. Now, in her mind's eye, Victoria could still see and feel him sitting on her head, weighing her down as she did the morning after she'd woken up. She had always thought he liked her, maybe even loved her. He was always so quiet and kindly. Victoria had felt sad that he had been married to a tyrant of a woman and had always wanted to help alleviate his hardships somehow. Which was why she had tried to be nice to his wife, hoping that if she brought peace in her, somehow that peace would transcend to the man's home life. But no amount of kindness had been able to satiate the woman's jealousy and hatred toward Victoria. Mind your own business, you Chinese woman. Victoria flinched at the memory of the woman shouting at her. It must have been hell for him to live with her.
Victoria thought back to her own husband, Peraman. He may never be around, but at least he never shouted at her or forced her to do things he knew she didn't want to. In that way, she had been lucky. Victoria held on to that thought tightly. She had been lucky. All these years, she had nothing to complain about: she had a wonderful mother who loved her, five beautiful daughters who adored her, and a husband who never gave her reason to want anything. With that resolve, she finally spoke:
Amma, en talai vali. Kankalai tirakka mudiyatha. I will die soon. Yes, Amma, I will. And it is okay. I've had everything a person could want: beautiful angels for daughters, a man who loves me, and a mother who has fought for my life even before I was born. I am lucky, Amma. And when I die, the man, the dark skinned fat man that did this to me, will come to you and confess everything to you. He will tell you why he did what he did and how he did it. But, Amma, don't be too harsh on him. He hasn't had a life half as blessed as mine has been. And, Amma, for what he has done, he will die three days after I die.
It was an early Tuesday afternoon. Three days after he had gone to Madam Thailammai, Victoria's mother, to apologize to her. The fat man who poured the oil on Victoria's front step went to his construction job with a preoccupied mind and a broken heart. It had been three days since Victoria's death. April 17, 1971. He vowed to never forget that day for as long as he lived.
With shoulders slumped and tears threatening to surface, he remembered hearing his wife's gleeful yapping the night after he had poured the cursed oil onto Victoria's door step. His wife told him that he had finally done something right by her: Victoria had woken up unable to open her eyes, with a splitting headache, and nausea like a pregnant woman with twins. He heard his wife laugh cynically. That Bomoh definitely knows how to mess with someone's life. Serves her right for always poking into my business.
How could he have married such a cruel woman? Every night she'd pick a fight with one of the wives that lived in their area of the quarter houses. She was always arguing. Victoria was the only one who'd stand up to her, asking her to make peace instead of quarreling. Why fight? We women should be helping each other.
The fat man gritted his teeth and stared down the road, holding the green "go" sign and motioning with his hand for the bulldozer to back out towards him before turning the sign around, back to red.
He had gone to the hospital to visit Victoria the morning after she had been admitted. Peering into the room, he saw Victoria's mother sitting beside her, holding her hands. He wanted to hold her hands. Amma, en talai vali. Kankalai tirakka mudiyatha, he heard her say. He did that. He made her head hurt, he made her unable to open her eyes. His wife may have wanted him to get a petty spell from the Bomoh just to teach Victoria a small lesson, but he had thought that since Peraman was the first to leave in the morning, he would have stepped on the oil. Then Peraman would be cursed with the illness, while giving him the chance to be there for Victoria. How did everything go so wrong? Filled with guilt, the man had left the hospital. Now he wished he had stayed at the hospital instead of fleeing.
Regret filling his heart, the man looked up at the bulldozer, only to find it seconds away from him.


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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, March 11, 2014 – Yellowstone National Park makes its way onto a lot of bucket lists. With 2.2 million acres, nearly all of it wilderness, an abundance of marquis mammals, and the world's greatest collection of geothermal features, this is hardly a surprise. And right now, travelers are huddling around computers, staring at maps, thumbing through guidebooks and discussing what a dream vacation to Yellowstone looks like.
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"Yellowstone is a huge park with an extensive array of activities on foot, by vehicle, on water and horseback, and it can be overwhelming to try to decide where to stay, where to eat and what to do," said Rick Hoeninghausen, director of sales and marketing for concessioner Xanterra Parks & Resorts in Yellowstone. "For the best park visit understand that you won't see the whole park in a single visit, plan a few activities and then let the rest of the park experience just happen. Regardless of what you do and see in the park, it will be memorable."
Here are some things to know when researching a trip to Yellowstone:
Xanterra operates nine lodges with 2,200 guest rooms as well as 1,700 campsites at five campgrounds. Accommodations are priced to suit a variety of budgets.
Book lodging as soon as possible directly with Xanterra Parks & Resorts to avoid reservations fees charged by many third-party booking websites. Additionally, avoid using the big online travel agencies like Orbitz and Expedia. Despite what these websites may suggest, they only represent lodging and services outside the park.
Be aware that many hotels in gateway communities have the word "Yellowstone" in their names and it is not always clear that those hotels are located outside park boundaries.
It is fastest to book lodging with Xanterra online at YellowstoneNationalParkLodges.com. Travelers can also call Xanterra toll-free at (1) 866-GEYSERLAND (1-866-439-7375) or (1) 307-344-7311.
Lodges, campgrounds and restaurants open on a staggered schedule beginning with the opening of Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel and Old Faithful Snow Lodge on May 2. Lodges begin closing again in the fall with the final closure at Old Faithful Snow Lodge on Oct. 19.
Don't be discouraged if certain lodges have no availability. The park's most famous lodges like Old Faithful Inn and Lake Yellowstone Hotel are understandably the first to fill. Even if rooms aren't available in those hotels, travelers can experience those hotels by dining there or simply wandering the lobbies. All nine lodges are located close to the park's famous features. For example, Grant Village is close to the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake and Canyon Village is near the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Speaking of Canyon Village, Xanterra has undertaken a $70 million redevelopment of the Canyon Lodge & Cabins, which is presently the largest accommodation complex in the park. Although the area will be in "pardon our dust" mode for the next two years, Xanterra will be working hard to ensure that disruptions are kept to a minimum.
Lake Yellowstone Hotel is nearing completion of the second phase of a two-year renovation. This year's work is scheduled for completion in late June, and the newest rooms were only recently made available for reservations.
Be guided by your gateways. Many auto travelers from the East and Midwest enter the park through Cody, Wyo.; travelers from the South and Southwest often enter through Jackson, Wyo., travelers from California frequently enter the park through West Yellowstone, Mont. and travelers from the Northwest often arrive through Gardiner, Mont. Factoring in estimated arrival time, the nearest hotel to the gateway might be the best hotel for a first night's stay. The Yellowstone National Park Lodges website lists drive times and directions for each gateway.
Make meal reservations when you make room reservations. Guests who would like to experience the especially popular dining rooms in Lake Yellowstone Hotel, Old Faithful Inn, Old Faithful Snow Lodge and Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel should make table reservations in advance. There are many options for other full-service, cafeterias and quick-service restaurants too, and these do not require advance reservations. And once there, look for fresh, healthy menu options, reflecting Xanterra's commitment to offering travelers fresh, healthy and sustainable cuisine choices.
Choose and book a few experiences. Xanterra Parks & Resorts offers an array of more than 20 tours and experiences including the perennially popular Old West Dinner Cookout at Roosevelt Lodge, a one-hour scenic boat cruise, evening Lamar Valley Wildlife Excursion, one- and two-hour horseback trail rides from three different locations and the "Yellowstone in a Day" tour offering a comprehensive overview of park highlights.
Consider booking a package. Multi-day vacation packages are a great way to go because park experts have put together the itinerary based on the package themes, and guests can enjoy the park even more because trained interpretive guides do the driving and explain to guests what they are seeing. Xanterra offers three Adventure Packages and six Lodging & Learning packages. Packages include accommodations, some meals, in-park transportation and experiences. For example, the Wild About Yellowstone package includes four nights of lodging in four different hotels, some meals, in-park transportation and experiences like the dinner cookout and cruise.
Plan to visit the National Park Service Visitor Centers and museums. These remarkable gems operated by the National Park Service provide insights into many different topics with exhibits and films. Want to know more about the Yellowstone super volcano? Stop at the Canyon Visitor Education Center. Interested in geysers and hot springs? Plan to spend time at the Old Faithful Visitor Center.
Explore beyond the viewpoints. Yellowstone is comprised of 2.2 million acres, and only a small percentage of that land is developed with a road or building. There are more than 1,000 miles of trails in the park, and hiking is one of the best ways to see the park up close. The National Park Service says that only a small percentage of the park's millions of visitors annually venture away from viewpoints or boardwalks, so it is relatively easy to find solitude in the park simply by hiking a short way along a trail.
Find free and nearly free experiences. For example, Xanterra offers free walking tours of the historic Old Faithful Inn. And the National Park Service offers a variety of free ranger programs. Xanterra also offers a variety of affordable interpretive tours such as the 90-minute Geyser Gazers tour priced at $26 for adults and $13 for children.
Xanterra operates lodges, restaurants, tours and activities in Yellowstone. Travelers can make reservations online or call toll-free (1) 866-GEYSERLAND (1-866-439-7375) or (1) 307-344-7311.
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Xanterra Parks & Resorts is a diversified global travel and hospitality company. Known for its "Legendary Hospitality with a Softer Footprint," Xanterra Parks & Resorts® entities include lodges, restaurants, tours and activities in national and state parks and resorts as well as a cruise line, railway and tour operator. Xanterra Parks & Resorts has operations in the Grand Canyon, including Grand Canyon Railway in Williams, Ariz., and The Grand Hotel in Tusayan, Ariz.; Yellowstone; Zion; Crater Lake; Glacier, Rocky Mountain and Petrified Forest National Parks; Mount Rushmore National Memorial; Furnace Creek Resort in Death Valley National Park and five Ohio State Park Lodges as well as the Geneva Marina at Ohio's Geneva State Park. Xanterra Parks & Resorts also operates Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va., Windstar Cruises, VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations and Austin Adventures.
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