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The worst sports transaction in world history
The headline may be hyperbole (Babe Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees? The Saints' trading their entire draft pick collection to get Ricky Williams? The Vikings sending their future to Dallas for Herschel Walker?)
But if you're making a list of bad pro sports player transactions, you must include the Packers' infamous "Lawrence Welk" trade, made today in 1974, for quarterback John Hadl. The trade is known as the "Lawrence Welk" trade because, the joke goes, it took "a-one and-a-two and-a-three" in draft picks. The truth, however, is far worse — two first-round draft picks, two second-round picks and a third-round pick to the Rams.
Hadl was a good quarterback in the American Football League for the high-flying San Diego Chargers …
… before being traded to the Los Angeles Rams:
Packer fans who don't remember this hideous decision (because the unconscious mind often blots out trauma) might well wonder what would possess someone to make that kind of trade. The answer is explained by Pete Jackel:
There was little time left on the morning of Oct. 22, 1974. The heat in Dan Devine's Lambeau Field office had reached tropical levels and this had nothing to do with where his thermostat was set.
He had to do something before it was too late.
In his mind, he had no choice but to place that long-distance call to Los Angeles.
For more than three years as the Green Bay Packers' coach, Devine had struggled to find a quarterback of the future. And on that Tuesday morning nearly 30 years ago, Devine's own future in Green Bay was never more imperiled as this quarterback subplot intensified to new heights.
Devine's Packers, who had followed up a miraculous 10-4 record in 1972 with a 5-7-2 disappointment in '73, were in serious trouble. The night before, a Watergate-weary nation had witnessed the listless Packers slump to 3-3 following a 10-9 loss to the Chicago Bears in a Monday night game at Soldier Field.
More distressingly, it had become obvious that Jerry Tagge, Devine's hand-picked quarterback of the future for the Packers – Tagge was drafted in the first round in 1972 -Ê was never going to succeed. The kid who had led Nebraska to back-to-back national championships in 1970 and '71 simply could not translate his limited passing skills to the NFL level.
And Devine, who doubled as general manager, no longer could afford to stay with a quarterback who had led the Packers to just three touchdowns in the previous 17 quarters. Not with a 19-22-4 record in Devine's three-plus seasons in Green Bay.
The heat was on.
"I can't say I saw him being panicky, but I feel he probably was about that time," said Packers historian Lee Remmel, who was in his first year as public relations director for the team in 1974. "Things were going badly and they got worse."
Had circumstances played out differently, the immensely talented Archie Manning, the No. 2 overall selection in the 1971 draft who had fallen out of favor with the pathetic New Orleans Saints, might have been Devine's savior. Devine had apparently agreed to a tentative trade the previous week to bring the then 25-year-old Manning to Green Bay, but fate intervened.
On the afternoon of Oct. 20, Bobby Scott -Manning's projected successor with the Saints – had gone down with a knee injury in a game against the Falcons at Atlanta and was lost indefinitely. The Saints had no choice but to go back to Manning, killing the deal with Green Bay and drastically altering history.
"We were playing in Atlanta and Scotty got hurt and that kind of nixed it," Manning said. "I was in the middle of all that trade stuff. I had heard it was Green Bay. I was being shopped and I remember there were several things going on with the Giants, 49ers, Packers, Saints and Rams."
Devine also had held discussions with Gil Brandt, then the player personnel director of the Dallas Cowboys, about 31-year-old Craig Morton. But Morton had mostly been a backup to first Don Meredith and then Roger Staubach since entering the league in 1965 and Devine desperately wanted an established starter.
This lingering issue just had to be resolved once and for all.
Scott Hunter hadn't worked out as the Packers' quarterback. Neither had Jim Del Gaizo, for whom Devine had been panicked into squandering two No. 2 draft picks to the Miami Dolphins in 1973. And Tagge, who finished 1974 with one touchdown pass and 10 interceptions, was a bust, too.
Enough was enough.
So on the morning of Oct. 22, 1974, a desperate Devine placed that call to Los Angeles.
And then he mortgaged a franchise's future, paying the staggering price of two No. 1 draft choices, two No. 2 picks and a No. 3 to the Rams for John Hadl.
As great as Hadl had been, he was 34 years old. And regardless of Hadl's credentials, there's no way anyone other than Devine could justify paying that price for a quarterback who was clearly in the twilight of his career.
It was a panic-inspired trade that stirred a buzz through the National Football League that persisted for weeks.
"It was one of those things where you couldn't believe anybody would do that," said Ron Wolf, then general manager of the Oakland Raiders.
"It was a hard trade for me to understand," Brandt said. "It was not a good trade for them (the Packers).
"What happens is, people make a trade because they feel that trade can maybe get them into the playoffs or win a championship for them. But I remember there were a lot of people who said, `I can't believe that Green Bay gave up that much for a 35-year-old quarterback.' "
And to this day, the lop-sided nature of that trade lingers in Green Bay.
"It was the worst trade in Packers history, without a doubt, and one of the worst in pro football history," Remmel said. "That trade deprived us of two No. 1 picks, two No. 2s and a No. 3. It was pretty hard for his successor, Bart Starr, to rebuild the football team without those premium draft choices."
The trade was made with the Rams, and Jackel provides an interesting detail:
Playing mostly during an era when rules made life so much more difficult for quarterbacks, Hadl passed for 33,503 yards and 244 touchdowns in a career that lasted from 1962-77. His primary receiver during his years with the San Diego Chargers was Lance Alworth, who was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1978.
While with the Chargers from 1962-72, Hadl developed into one of the great quarterbacks of the old American Football League. Five times he played in the Pro Bowl as a member of the Chargers. And a man who was one of the last NFL quarterbacks to wear a number higher than 19 (Hadl wore No. 21) passed for more than 3,000 yards in a season three times and threw for 20 or more touchdowns in a season six times while with San Diego.
Furthermore, the guy was indestructible, never missing a game during his 16-year career because of an injury. …
By 1973, though, Hadl was in need of a change of scenery. At least in part because of his difficult relationship with Chargers offensive coordinator Bob Schnelker – who went on to hold the same position with the Packers under Starr -ÊHadl was traded to the Rams for defensive end Coy Bacon and journeyman running back Bob Thomas prior to the 1973 season.
Bacon and Hadl were both coming off Pro Bowl seasons at the time. It would be the last time a trade involving players who had appeared in the Pro Bowl the previous season was consummated in the NFL until this year, when the Washington Redskins traded cornerback Champ Bailey to the Denver Broncos for running back Clinton Portis.
In what proved to be his only full season with the Rams, Hadl was clearly revitalized. Surrounded by talent that included wide receiver Harold Jackson and running backs Lawrence McCutcheon and Jim Bertelsen, Hadl earned NFC Most Valuable Player honors after passing for 2,008 yards and 22 touchdowns.
Behind Hadl, the Rams improved from 6-7-1 in 1972 to 12-2 in '73. It appeared the Rams, under first-year coach Chuck Knox, were entering a prosperous new era with Hadl at the controls.
"He meant everything to us that year," Knox said. "He was the Most Valuable Player offensively in the National Football League that year. The Rams had won very few games the year before and then we went 12-2. We lost two games that year with John Hadl at quarterback. We got beat by Minnesota 10-9 and we lost a tough game in Atlanta 15-13 when (Nick) Mike-Mayer kicked five field goals on us and we had a touchdown for an interception called back.
"John Hadl was an inspiration. He was a great player and he was just everything you could want in a quarterback and a person."
But the magic didn't last. Hadl seemed to be missing something in 1974, when the Rams lost two of their first five games. When he completed just six of 16 passes for 59 yards during a 17-6 loss to the Packers on a rain-swept day at Milwaukee County Stadium Oct. 13, Hadl was benched in favor of James Harris.
Nine days later, Hadl would become a Packer.
I remember the trade, though I do not remember Hadl's playing against the Packers just before he played for the Packers.
The trade gave the Rams three first-round draft picks, which they used to draft three players who were Rams for a long time — defensive tackle Mike Fanning, offensive guard Dennis Harrah and offensive tackle Doug France.
Meanwhile, the late Don Klosterman, the Rams' general manager, was giddy over his windfall from a desperate coach.
"Green Bay came to us with an offer you can't refuse," Klosterman said. "As Carroll Rosenbloom (the Rams owner at the time) has always said, we strive for continuity. The draft choices leave us in excellent shape."
While Klosterman and Rosenbloom are no longer around to speak of the trade from a historical context, Knox remembers it as one that the Rams simply couldn't pass up.
"They had a football coach there (Devine) who also had control of personnel," Knox said. "He could make trades or whatever and he didn't have to go through a lot of people. So he wanted a quarterback very badly and Carroll Rosenbloom and Don Klosterman decided that we would be able to get along – we had a very good football team. We had James Harris and (Ron) Jaworski and quarterbacks like that.
"So we decided that two ones, two twos and a three, that's probably one of the greatest trades made in the history of the National Football League. We got some good football players out of that mix and, in five years there, we won 54, lost 15, tied one and won a divisional title five straight years."
As for the 1974 Packers, well …
With Jack Concannon serving as stopgap quarterback as Hadl learned a new offense with the greatest of urgency, the Packers lost two more games to drop to 3-5, three games behind the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Central Division. When Hadl finally made his first start for the Packers Nov. 10 against the Bears at Milwaukee County Stadium, the division race was all but over.
Under Hadl's guidance, the Packers surged to three straight victories, but then lost their last three to finish 6-8. There was only so much Hadl could do with pedestrian receivers the likes of Barry Smith and Jon Staggers, with a rapidly fading John Brockington (who averaged just 3.3 yards per carry that season) lining up behind him.
During his abbreviated season with the Packers, Hadl completed 89 of 184 passes for 1,072 yards, with just three touchdowns and eight interceptions.
Devine's mistake was this: He greatly overestimated the talent that would surround Hadl when he pulled the trigger on the trade. That reality was underscored by the fact the Packers would have just two winning seasons (1978 and '82) between the time Devine left Green Bay in 1974 and Mike Holmgren arrived in 1992.
As for Hadl and Devine, well …
Devine's desperation move had failed. This partnership between Devine and Hadl had lasted just 54 days. …
"Let me tell you this one," Hadl said. "He was getting blown out in Green Bay and we were down in Atlanta for the last game and it was raining about a foot a second. Anyway, the game is over, we go in and I say, `Coach, I'm sorry this thing didn't work out.'
"He said, `John, don't worry about me. They're going to announce me as the head Notre Dame coach tomorrow.' I couldn't believe that. He knew that before that game was over!' "
Then came Bart Starr to replace Devine as coach and general manager:
Going into the 1975 season, there was reason to believe the old Hadl might re-emerge. Starr had been hired to replace Devine and it was a reasonable assumption that two of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history would combine to comprise an ultimate braintrust. …
Nothing, though, not the arrival of Starr and not the return of No. 21, could salvage this season. The reality was, the 1975 Packers almost had expansion-team talent with players on offense the likes Pat Matson, Keith Wortman and the over-the-hill Ernie McMillan, Bruce Van Dyke and Brockington.
Gale Gillingham, one of the greatest guards in NFL history, was so disgusted with the team's offensive direction that he sat out the 1975 season after Starr refused to trade demand. And Hadl, playing behind a makeshift line, was left to run for his life most of the season as he tried to pass to his new receivers, Ken Payne and Steve Odom.
"They were nice guys, but they just weren't NFL caliber, most of them," Hadl said. "We had Kenny Payne, who was a real tough kid. He was pretty good. Odom was fast. But there was the time factor throwing the ball. We didn't have a lot of time, so we had to adjust our routes a little bit and get rid of it a little bit quicker."
It was an unmitigated disaster. The Packers, losing eight of their first nine games, finished 4-10. And Hadl, playing his only full season in Green Bay, completed 191 of 353 passes for 2,095 yards, but with just six touchdowns and 21 interceptions.
Meanwhile, there was no help on the way. They had not drafted until the 47th pick in 1975. And if Starr had not traded future Hall-of-Fame linebacker Ted Hendricks to the Oakland Raiders for a first-round choice, the Packers wouldn't have made their first selection in 1976 until the 72nd pick.
Had Devine not panicked into overpaying for Hadl, the Packers would have been in position to draft such quality players as Dennis Harrah, Russ Francis, Louie Wright, Tom "Hollywood" Henderson, Fred Dean and Doug English.
Instead, what Devine left behind was utter chaos.
Ironically, during a time when Starr was trying to build something out of so little, Devine, who never could find a quarterback in Green Bay, found one at Notre Dame.
Maybe you heard of him. His name was Joe Montana.
Starr had to clean up Devine's mess by trading Hadl, former All-Pro cornerback Ken Ellis and two draft picks to Houston to get quarterback Lynn Dickey, which meant that Hadl cost five draft picks to acquire and a player and two more draft picks to get rid of him. One wonders how often Starr must have asked himself why he agreed to take the job without an available first-round draft pick for his first two seasons, though as with Devine and other Packer GM/coaches, Starr's draft record wasn't the greatest.
Dickey joined the Packers in 1976, then missed part of the 1977, all of the 1978, and part of the 1979 seasons after suffering a broken leg. Dickey didn't play a complete season until 1980, though he was one o the NFL's better quarterbacks of the early 1980s, once he had some actual talent around him.
If new quarterback Brett Hundley doesn't play well today, there will be great clamor to pick up a quarterback this week, since the Packers have a bye week. Be careful what you wish for.
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Steven Blier and the cast of HONORING STEPHEN SONDHEIM.
Legendary composer Stephen Sondheim was by no means alone earlier last month at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. Artistic Director Steven Blier and associate director Michael Barrett led an impressive cast in front of a sold out audience for the New York Festival of Song's annual benefit. 2017 marks the 29th season for the popular and critically acclaimed concert series.
Mr. Sondheim was the guest of honor and attended the 7 PM event with co-chairs Jamie Bernstein and Broadway's most successful producer, Hal Prince. The event, all of which featured songs from Sondheim's vast musical theater repertoire, was followed by dinner at '21' Club.
Raines, who was in the last Broadway staging of Follies, performed the psychologically and musically complex, "The Road You Didn't Take" from that show.
"The Girls of Summer", which found its way into the revue Marry Me A Little came next, performed by Lustig.
Blier introduced another song, "Talent" from a Sondheim show that has seen several incarnations: Gold!,Wise Guys, And Bounce have all been working titles for what is now known as Road Show. The musical tells the journey of two brothers on a quest from the Alaskan gold rush to the Florida real estate Boom. Hoffman performed the number, which speaks about a son's refusal to believe that art isn't a worthy endeavor.
Myers, along with the evening's cast, led a spunky rendition of "Broadway Baby" from Follies.
Blier provided an excellent balance of well-known songs as well as more obscure numbers leaving audiences with a beguiling night to remember.
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This is the first time since 2013 that the Autumn Statement has been combined with a Spending Review. Yesterday's speech was light on detail when it came to changes in the tax regime while concentrating on borrowing, debt, funding and cuts. Given this was the fourth opportunity in 12 months for the Government to officially tinker with the tax system the relatively uneventful statement from a tax perspective was welcome. However, we are left waiting for the Finance Bill 2016 to be published on 9 December 2015 to confirm that there are no surprises in the detail.
A consultation on the company distribution rules will be published later this year and the Transactions in Securities rules will be amended in light of perceived opportunities to convert income into capital to gain a tax advantage.
The government have said they intend to take action against those that have used or continue to use 'disguised remuneration schemes'. They commented that they will consider legislating in future Finance Bills to close down further new schemes intended to avoid tax on earned income with effect from 25 November 2015. Although a direct link was not drawn it would appear possible that this may stem from HMRC's recent successful appeal in the Rangers' Case which decided that payments to an EBT were redirected earnings and subject to PAYE and NIC. However with no detail as to the scope of the proposed measure taxpayers are left unable to judge whether action taken from today would fall foul of the legislation.
There was also comment that HMRC will continue to examine salary sacrifice arrangements. Again the Rangers case may have emboldened HMRC in this area.
Taxation of asset manager's performance based rewards was mentioned although only to note that legislation will soon be introduced to determine whether such rewards will be taxed as income or capital gains. The consultation closed on 30 September and we are yet to receive feedback. Further details and draft legislation should be forthcoming on 9 December 2015.
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EPA's Science Advisory Board and HR 1422
Posted on November 29, 2014 by pystew
The is the second in a series of articles about the Environmental Protection Agency. The first one detailed the EPA's beginnings and goals.
The Environment Protection Agency's role is to protect human life and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations to support laws passed by Congress. An important component of the EPA is the Science Advisory Board (SAB).
The Science Advisory Board is authorized to:
review the quality and relevance of the scientific and technical information being used by the EPA or proposed as the basis for Agency regulations;
review EPA research programs and plans;
provide science advice as requested by the EPA Administrator, and
advise the agency on broad scientific matters.
The Science Advisory Board is composed of 51 scientists. They have three year terms. Members go through an exhausting nomination process and have strict Ethics Requirements to adhere to. All SAB members have earned a Ph.D. and are considered as "experts" in their field. Most are employed by Universities, but some are employed by Corporations, including Dow Jones, Proctor and Gamble, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Others are employed by independent research corporations, non-profits, and scientific consulting firms. Registered lobbyists are not allowed on the SAB.
On November 18 the House approved HR 1422, or the "Science Advisory Board Reform Act". The bill was sponsored by Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT), chair of the House Sub Committee on the Environment. As a House Leader, Chair of a Sub Committee, and sponsor of this bill, it important to know Rep. Stewart's background to understand his motives:
Before first being elected to Congress in 2012, Stewart was an Air Force pilot; the owner, President and CEO of an energy and environmental consulting firm (Shipley Group); and an author. One book, Seven Miracles that Saved America, was a New York Times Bestseller. The book's premise is: "At critical times in our history…we literally had miracles where God intervened to save us." The book explains seven of these events.
Glen Beck is a strong supporter of Stewart, saying, ""If he wasn't running (for congress), I'd be trying to convince him to work for me." Beck's book promotional interview with Stewart gives us insight into their relationship, and Stewart's religious convictions.
Besides being a proud Climate Change denier, Stewart has stated in an interview in the St. George (Utah) News that "Energy regulations … is a boot on the throat of small business." He also said that the Environmental Protection Agency should dissolve, "The EPA thwarts energy development."
Rep. Stewart's Bill would "reform" the EPA's Science Advisory Board by placing more industry-employed scientists/consultants on it. It would also require 10% of the board members be employed by state, local or tribal governments. Both acts reduces number of independent scientists on the Board and threatens the quality of their work.
Claiming a Conflict of Interest, HR 1422 would prohibit the Independent Scientists from participating in "advisory activities that directly or indirectly involve review and evaluation of their own work." The bill would also make it more difficult for scientists who have applied for grants from the EPA to join the Board. It other words, HR 1422 stacks the deck towards the corporate hired guns while restricting the independent scientist community.
Stewart justifies the bill by saying "We're losing valuable insight and valuable guidance because we don't include them, (industry employed scientists) in the (Science Advisory Board) process. All we're asking is that there be some balance to those experts, and that there further be transparency and understanding of who was selected, why they were selected, and why others were excluded."
The Bill also proposes changes to require the EPA to increase it's transparency by:
changing the method of nominating SAB members
making different financial reports available to the public
making hazard assessments available to the SAB
publishing the SAB's advice, comments and views in Federal Register
requiring more and longer hearings to gather the public opinions on their projects
The Congressional Budget Office is estimating these requirements would cost just under $500,000 annually.
Stewart summarized, "There is a process that is broken. And it's through this bill we can not only improve that process, but also restore trust between the American people and the federal government."
Democrats on the subcommittee, and the Scientific Community sees this bill in a different light.
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) counter Stewart's argument with, "The supposed intent [of the bill] is to improve the process of selecting advisors, but in reality, the bill would allow the board to be stacked with industry representatives, while making it more difficult for academics to serve."
Andrew A. Rosenberg, Director of the Union of Concern Scientists, said in a letter to Congress. "This [bill] effectively turns the idea of conflict of interest on its head, with the bizarre presumption that corporate experts with direct financial interests are not conflicted while academics who work on these issues are. Of course, a scientist with expertise on topics the Science Advisory Board addresses likely will have done peer-reviewed studies [checks and balances] on that topic. That makes the scientist's evaluation more valuable, not less."
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) seemed to summarized the Democrat's thought, "I get it, you don't like science. And you don't like science that interferes with the interests of your corporate clients. But we need science to protect public health and the environment."
"While it sounds good to say you are increasing transparency, in reality this simply strengthens the role of special interests' biased interests in the process," said Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.).
The White House's response gives a good summary of the negatives of this bill. Relating to the provision which limits SAB members from citing their own work it states, "Determining the practical meaning of 'indirect' involvement will be difficult and consequently problematic to implement. The provisions on appointment of experts to the SAB and various other requirements could preclude the nomination of scientists with significant expertise in their fields."
HR 1422 passed, 229-191. Rep. Chris Gibson (R-NY19) was the only republican who voted against the bill. Four democrats (Rep.Nick Rahall (WV), Rep. John Barrow (GA), Rep. Jim Matheson (UT), Rep. Colin Peterson (MN) voted with the republicans to support the bill.
We know this is not just about transparency. According to OpenSecrets.org eleven organizations have registered to lobby HR 1422 in either 2013 or 2014 (or both). They range from business moguls Exxon Mobil and Ford Motor Company to the American Chemistry Council. Many others have supported it through announcements. HR 1422 is about less regulations and weakening the protection the EPA was charged to provide. The EPA's task is to protect public health, not corporate wealth.
There is little chance this bill will become law this year, but Congress gets more conservative in January and Industry gets more powerful. Who knows what will happen in 2016? They have already passed other anti-EPA bills (to be discussed in later articles). The Supreme Court will be reviewing a case that challenges EPA's Mercury Standards for Power Plants. The campaign against science has entered a new phase!
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How good would it have been if only tobacco company "scientists" had been allowed to explain the danger of smoking?
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This is such a good read – not for happy news, but for insightful reporting.
The only agenda on Republican minds is to blind the public with opposite world pronouncements from corporately paid "scientists". Heavens yes! let's have a "balance" against experts in the field of environmental issues. After all, now that government has been thoroughly denigrated by the GOP, won't it be easily explained – that science is also just a liberal bias?
As Stephen Colbert pointed out once, it's a well-known fact that reality has a strong liberal bias.
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While travelling to work on Waterloo Bridge in 1978, Markov, a Bulgarian dissident working for the BBC, collided with a man carrying an umbrella. Markov felt as if he had been stung by something, but thought no more about it. Three days later he died. What had looked like a curious accident became one of the most notorious stories of the Cold War.
Thirty years on it remains unsolved, but the film discovers shocking new information revealing that Scotland Yard interrogated the prime suspect in the case in 1993, and released him shortly afterwards.
The trail leads journalist Jack Hamilton to Copenhagen, where he discovers some surprising information about the man at the centre of the Georgi Markov murder.
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Life is what Life is, and it rarely decides to throw things at you when you expect it to.
My mother-in-law has been in the hospital for a few days now on a ventilator. They've decided to take her off of it today. There is no telling if she'll pass right away or start breathing on her own. She has pulmonary fibrosis, and hasn't been well for some time now.
Unfortunately, all this is coming at the same time as the Twific Meetup. I won't know what's going to happen until it does, and I still hope to be able to be there for part of the meetup, but everything is very much up in the air right now. I'll keep everyone posted here and on facebook as soon as I know more.


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Q: Adding migration options to previously created tables in rails I created a migration in rails using this command:
rails generate model Group name:string

and I ran rake db:migrate. Now I want to add some properties to the 'name' like uniqueness and a default value. What are my options to achieve that? do I have to create a new migration for that?
Also let's say I will generate a new model called 'Department' which also has a unique and a default value, is there a way to add these options to the command directly?

A: Good question. It sort of depends on a few things, like if you are collaborating with others on this project or it's just you.
If it's just you, and you don't mind losing all the Groups you have created, then you can rake db:rollback and modify your migration file. Note, rake db:rollback will only roll back 1 migration. To rollback x number of migrations, then rake db:rollback STEP=x will work for you.
If you are collaborating with others (or if this app is in production), I would recommend just creating another migration file.
rails g migration update_groups_name

def up
  change_column :groups, :name, :string, default: 'foo'
  add_index :groups, :name, unique: true
end

def down
  change_column_default :groups, :name, nil
  remove_index :groups, :name
end

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Professor Green column: on the death of a loved one
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Professor Green writes candidly and movingly about a death which deeply affected him, and how he has learned to take consolation in memory to help him through life. A remarkable column.
I don't speak to my Nan about her mother, my great grandmother Edie who passed when I was 13. My Nan's response was to put all of her possessions in bags and get rid of them. A rash decision but I can understand why she'd do it – it must have hurt too much to see all of her things but not to see her. I remember coming home the morning after she passed peacefully after a very brief stay in hospital. It had all began just a couple of days before when I noticed blood on her slipper. At first the doctor came round and thought nothing of it, but things worsened and when he returned an ambulance was called. I held her hand all the way to the hospital. I'll never forget telling her that she'll be alright, and her replying, "I can't fight forever."
At the age of 90 she'd seen two World Wars, one World Cup, survived being hit by a motor bike at 19, left with a metal plate in her leg, lived with diabetes, arthritis and survived two strokes, making a near full recovery after each. She may not have fought in the wars she lived through, but she was a soldier in every sense of the word.
Some of my earliest memories are of running into our living room to get beneath her blue blanket, the one I wish so much that my Nan hasn't thrown away. The one that I felt safe under. Nanny Edie was the one person who would tell me everything would be alright when I'd be in floods of tears over my absent father who I'd sit and wait for, looking out the window at every bus that stopped at the bus stop just a few feet from our living room window, day in, day out – and I'd believe her.
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Until she died, and I realised that sometimes not everything will be alright, that sometimes bad things happen, and you can lose the people dearest to you overnight. The world wasn't a safe place anymore.
And I wasn't as kind anymore. Or happy. Or secure. My anxiety heightened and I found coping mechanisms. Anger and anxiety going hand in hand I became angry, and scared. And aware.
Aware that life was temporary, that potentially everything and every relationship was. I lost trust in almost all relationships and continued to push everyone as far as I could just to see if they were going to be there for me.
There was no one that could tell 13 year old me that everything was going to be okay. Anyone who did was a liar, because I knew that sometimes it wasn't. If it was my great grandmother Nanny Edie would still be with me.
I still carry that child, that younger version of me around today. So young in fact that he can't yet think, all he can do is feel. We all carry this child around with us. Sometimes through death we lose the people or person who made that child feel safe and secure, then as adults we ignore what that child feels and stifle those emotions till they come out; and they always come out, usually at far greater detriment than they would if we listened to that child and allowed those feelings to the surface.
I don't have Nanny Edie to tell me everything will be okay anymore, but through maturity and a lot of unlearning I've come to realise that everything will be okay, and it's my job to remind that child I carry around inside me of that. To remember what's on the other side of the sadness, the guilt, the grief and the upset and to let those feelings out, knowing that on the other side things will be a little bit better, my load will be a little bit lighter and everything will be alright.
I never knew when I said goodbye to Nanny Edie before she slipped into a coma that it was the last goodbye. I ran out of the funeral directors crying my eyes out and couldn't say goodbye then either. I've always regretted that, so much: never saying goodbye.
Good then that I never needed to, because all of the time she spent with me made me into who I am. She never actually went anywhere, she's right here in what little good of me there is.
Grieving is hard, it's horrible, it's continuous – someone is never not dead once they've died. Death is as much a part of life as life. It can be what makes life a burden at times, but if it becomes the focus of your life you'll miss out on the living part.
It's something no one wants to talk about. That is, until they're given the chance, as I've come to realise by way of a hashtag which was to begin with just a line from the chorus of 'Photographs', a song I wrote with Chris Loco, Emily Warren and Rag 'N' Bone Man about the people we wished we had more photographs of and with.
The photographs I've seen have been beautiful, incredibly special moments normally reserved for those who know the people in the photos personally, but by way of a hashtag have become a way for people to also share the stories of the loved ones in them – some absolutely heartbreaking. It's become a way for people to grieve openly and securely amongst others who are grieving too.
That's the thing about grieving, it isn't something you ever stop, it's something you learn is part of life once you've encountered death.
I find it hard to believe we have had no other way of connecting via our grief, no day on which we can celebrate the lives of those we mourn to remind us it's okay to grieve, to stop us internalising our grief and sweeping it under the carpet until it manifests in a far more ugly way.
Maybe this is something we that grieve can change?
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30 Wise Sayings is an audio installation consisting of two voices emanating from separate speakers. The voice recite the 30 sayings attributed to King Solomon in The Book of Proverbs. Each wise saying is time stretched to last exactly one minute, distorting of the voices and giving them an unsettling quality.
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Q: Jquery Data attribute selector not working I have this element

The data-attribute conversationId is set dynamically like so:
$(".messages").data("conversationId", conversationId);

I am having issues using a selector to select this element by the data attribute.
$(".messages[data-conversationId=4]")

Returns empty array. Interestingly:
$(".messages").data("conversationId")

returns 4
What is wrong with my selector?

A: If you set your dynamic attribute via jquery's .data() you will have the above problem.
However, if you set the dynamic attribute via jquery's .attr() method, you won't have this problem
Example here: https://jsfiddle.net/6dn5wjL8/8/
HTML

testContent1

testContent2

JS:
// Will work
$("#test1").attr("data-conversationId", 4)
// Will not work
$("#test2").data("conversationId", 3)

alert("With selector .messages[data-conversationId=4] I found a div with this content: "+$(".messages[data-conversationId=4]").html())

alert("With selector .messages[data-conversationId=3] I found a div with this content: "+$(".messages[data-conversationId=3]").html())

A: I think with this statement
$('.message[data-conversationId=4]') , you are trying to select an element which has class message and who has data-conversationId as 4.
and this statement $(".message").data('conversationId'), in this example of yours would return undefined because in the markup you have mentioned it as data-conversationid=""
change the markup to data-conversationid="5" and check with the statement
$(".message").data('conversationId'),it would return 5
Hope this helps


Interbrand, a leading brand consulting agency, has released its latest annual report of the world's most valuable brands. As a sign of our times, the top 6 winners are tech companies. Not surprisingly, for the third consecutive year, Apple took the top spot with Google in second. Apple's value skyrocketed 43% over last year and is now valued at $170 billion. Google increased 12% to a valuation of $120 billion. The other four top tech companies are Microsoft ($67 billion), IBM ($65 billion), Samsung ($45 billion) and Amazon (up 29% to 38 billion and the first time in made the top ten). Facebook, described as a platform and not a tech company, moved up to number 23 ($22 billion, up 54%).
Interestingly, Apple and Google are also going electron to electron in competing for retail sales. And given the overall goal of tech companies to share in the online retail market, it's predicted that tracking consumer spending habits online is going to be one of the largest growth areas next year for digital media. The real race is predicted to be between Apple and Google, which alone are the only companies that can effectively scale in both the mobile advertising and mobile device markets. For more on this, see http://digiday.com/platforms/apple-ibeacon-google-tracking-retailers.


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ABLP Media Statement on UPP Shadow Cabinet
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The ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) has questioned the viability of a United Progressive Party (UPP) shadow cabinet, drawn from the nominated candidates which that opposition party has put forward for election.
One of the UPP candidates had been extremely critical of the quality of the candidates put forward by the UPP, previously; he expressed publicly his view that the UPP team lacked substance and would not be fit for cabinet positions.
The team put forward by the UPP in that pending election contained a few talented members/candidates, five years ago.
In the 2023 General Election, 12 days away, the UPP Team is bereft of talented members. For this reason, the UPP has not identified a "shadow cabinet," the ABLP believes.
Given the importance of assuring the Antigua and Barbuda electorate and people of the sufficiency of the competing, potential teams to govern Antigua and Barbuda, the ABLP calls on the UPP to tell the Antigua and Barbuda people which of its candidates will likely be given responsibility over which Ministerial portfolio.
The fear of the UPP in revealing its choices is based on the absent skill-sets, missing from the UPP team.
Although Mr. Lovell served as the Minister of Finance in the second term of the UPP, 2009 to 2014, his performance was so poor, that he ought not name himself to this position—not as a shadow minister!
The ABLP wonders aloud who would be the UPP Minister of Foreign Affairs, selected from among its 16 candidates.
All countries are very careful in their choice of a Foreign Minister, given the importance of inter-state relations in this rapidly evolving world.
The UPP does not have a viable candidate to fill this slot, nor any of the demanding portfolios.
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The ABLP is very much aware that Mr. Lovell has been addressing every subject-area raised by the media or by the UPP's political opponents, disallowing his colleague-candidates from addressing issues of any sort.
It is patently unfair to the electorate of Antigua and Barbuda for the UPP to attempt to conceal its inherent weaknesses from a prying public. Maybe Franz would serve as Foreign Minister, given his trail of "successes" in the USA.
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Somebody call Mike White, and tell him to reschedule his flight to Kyoto. We can all agree an upcoming season of HBO hit The White Lotus belongs in Asia. But while we're still in the location scouting stage, might I suggest the showrunner hunt a little closer to home? I assure you, season 3—or, hey,
Football, schmutball. Who cares about guys tackling each other when there's an actual living legend preparing to take the stage? Okay, a lot of people, but that's not the point. In case you haven't heard, Rihanna is headlining the halftime show at Super Bowl LVII, which is slated for Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Two yet-to-be-determined


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Tort Law for Paralegals: Edition 6
Neal R. BevansJun 2018
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
$120.00 $96.00 Ebook
Tort Law for Paralegals combines real-life examples with in-depth coverage of key topics. This time-tested text prepares students with practice-based assignments and a wealth of activities that reinforce the material. Students work with court forms and documents as they apply the law to a hypothetical case that unfolds throughout the text. Case excerpts in each chapter provide a basis for discussing legal theory and its applications. Ethics topics are also covered in each chapter.
Well-structured pedagogy reinforces this readable text. Each chapter features a variety of effective learning aids, including sample forms and documents as well as exercises that encourage students to apply what they have learned. The Skills You Need in the Real World feature in each chapter highlights specific paralegal skills, from locating expert witnesses to creating a trial notebook and billing for time
Significant changes in the law with regard to legal insanity, ultra-hazardous conditions, calculating damages, malpractice, and sexual harassment
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A fresh look at technology in today's modern law office
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Neal R. Bevans
Introduction to Law for Paralegals covers not only the theory but also the practical aspects of every day legal practice. This text prepares students for the transition from classroom to courtroom, offering balanced coverage of procedural concepts along with an introduction to specific areas of the law.
devotion to practical applications, such as legal research, ethics, trials, and appellate issues as well as substantive legal issues, ranging from personal injury and contracts to intellectual property clear, engaging writing style emphasis on practical skill acquisition which is discussed in conjunction with substantive legal issues reader-friendly design, with marginal definitions of key terms and phrases, inset boxes that explore various concepts, and chapter features such as "Skills You Need in the Real World" and "Issues at a Glance" that encapsulate important concepts. The text also includes numerous examples, figures, tables and hypotheticals to help students understand various legal issues and make effective use of different student learning styles excellent end-of-chapter activities, with chapter summaries, review questions, discussion questions, web references, ethics discussions,suggestions for further reading, sample documents, and "personality quizzes" that help students determine what area of the law is right for them shorter length and level of material makes this text the perfect choice for Associate's level paralegal courses
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Therese A. Cannon
Clearly written, and replete with design elements that facilitate study and review, the Concise Guide to Paralegal Ethics provides succinct coverage that focuses on the professional paralegal. Perfect for use in shorter courses, or substantive courses with an ethics component, the Fifth Edition provides timely and thorough coverage of all major legal ethics topics.
New to the Fifth Edition:
Discussion of how the ethics of technology affects paralegals in matters of confidentiality and privilege, competence, conflicts of interest, and advertising Changes in legal practice that add to the responsibilities of paralegals Refreshed review questions, discussion questions, hypotheticals, and projects
Professors and students will benefit from:
Consistent emphasis on how the rules of ethics affect paralegals Authoritative writing in a well-organized format Helpful overviews in every chapter Italicized key terms with corresponding definitions in the margins Review questions, hypotheticals, discussion points, and projects Relevant ethics codes, conveniently located in the Appendix
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Evidence for Paralegals: Edition 5
Joelyn D. Marlowe
Clearly written textbook that helps students understand how evidentiary principles are applied in real-life situations. Text focuses on the practical applications of the Federal rules of Evidence and how the rules relate to paralegal practice.
Covers a full range of topics, including gathering evidence, interviewing witnesses, and researching.Written from a real-life perspective, showing how actual practice works in local, state, and federal court.Pedagogy in text developed for paralegal students, and includes short case summaries, readable examples, marginal definitions of terms, marginal cross-references to the Rules of Evidence, review questions, and hypotheticals.Short, concise presentation is ideal for paralegal courses.Updated with changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence.Updated with new cases.New hypotheticals and discussion questions added.
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Complete introduction to real estate and property law, designed with the paralegal student in mind. This straightforward, student-friendly text lays out the basic foundations of the law, accompanied by real world examples. The author provides a solid foundation the basics of real estate law, including the practicalities of daily legal work. In a balanced approach, Bevans covers all the key topics paralegals need to know in an easy-to-read and engaging style that utilizes numerous examples and illustrations but never overwhelms the student.
Well-structured pedagogy reinforces this readable text. Each chapter features a variety of effective learning aids, including forms, edited cases, and a wealth of exercises for mastering the material and building practical paralegal skills. The revised Fifth Edition is thoroughly updated with changes in the law.
Updated procedures and documentation for real estate closings Current forms throughout the text Recent cases that signal changes in the law Fresh coverage of technology as used in the office, such as cloud computing, Adobe Acrobat and PDFs, Speech Recognition Software, and Electronic Billing
Richard Michael Fischl
Professors Fischl and Paul explain law school exams in ways no one
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21 February 2022 In News
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SLOCAT is the international multi-stakeholder partnership that enables collaborative knowledge and action for sustainable, low carbon transport and brings the voice of the movement into international climate change and sustainability processes. With a primary focus on land transport, and a geographic footprint targeted at the Global South; SLOCAT delivers on its mission through 3 mutually-reinforcing work streams; knowledge and policy analysis; advocacy and engagement, and dialogue and networking. The Partnership engages a vibrant international, multi-stakeholder ecosystem of over 90 entities across transport sector associations, knowledge and academia, governments, multilateral organisations, NGOs, philanthropy and industry; as well as a large community of world-class experts and change-makers.
The data analysis intern will support evidence-based knowledge production and advocacy on transport, climate change and sustainable development. S/he will support data collection, development of methodologies, and the production of knowledge products. The intern will work under the supervision of the Director of Data Analysis and Research.
Data collection:
Supports the collection of relevant data-sets on transport, climate change and sustainable development.
Supports the collection of new and the update of existing data-sets on relevant topics and compiles them in provided matrices.
Supports the maintenance of databases of the SLOCAT Secretariat.
Data analysis:
Supports quantitative and qualitative analysis by exploring new approaches.
Analyses and summarises data through indicators, visualisations and reports.
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Supports the development of knowledge products by synthesising data and summarising key insights and trends to maximise impact within the sustainable, low carbon transport movement.
Supports the translation of data into accessible, high quality knowledge products.
Master's degree in a relevant field (transport, geography, engineering, environment studies); relevant work experience in lieu of degree is accepted.
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Fluency in oral and written English. Other languages are an asset, particularly French and Spanish.
Detail-oriented and organised thinker who can juggle multiple, competing priorities.
Ability to work independently and across time zones.
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Haiti->Kentucky->Sacramento
Cassidy Myers
Haiti->Kentucky->Sacramento Mon, Jul 24, 2017
We all remember the devastating earthquake that ravaged the tiny Caribbean island of Haiti in 2010, but what you probably didn't know is that current Sacramento King and former Kentucky Wildcat, Skal Labissiere, was one of those Haitian children who was trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building.
As the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the western hemisphere's poorest country on January 12th, Skal's 3 story family home came crashing down on himself, his mom, and his younger brother, who were all in the family's living room when the shaking began.
With a collapsed wall leaning against his back and rubble all around him, Skal was forced to sit among the debris in a crouched position for over 3 hours before his dad and neighbors pulled him out. The prolonged crouching wrecked the limbs of a growing 13 year old (who's now 6'11"), leaving him unable to walk for weeks after.
With schools, homes, and city infrastructure in shambles, the devastating aftermath of the earthquake forced Skal's parents to make the gut-wrenching decision to send him to America to get an education and develop his basketball skills beyond the options available to him in Haiti.
By August of 2010, Skal had moved to Memphis, Tennessee and by July of the following year, he'd already begun receiving scholarship offers from major D1 programs. In 2015, he signed to play at Kentucky as the #1 high school recruit in the country and in 2016 he was picked in the first round of the NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings.
Becoming a professional athlete is an amazing success story by any standard, but for a kid who had his life literally crumble around him and moved to America without knowing a word of English, his is a story that surpasses every sports cliché you've ever heard.
Before this week, Skal hadn't been back to Port-Au-Prince since moving to Memphis in 2010. This week, with the help of the NBA and the Kings, he's back in his home country for the first annual Camp S.K.A.L. (Skills, Knowledge, and Life) to be a beacon of hope for a country that still hasn't recovered. In addition to his inaugural skills camp, Skal also donated the country's first heartbeat detection machine that will allow rescue teams to find people trapped in rubble after a natural disaster.
The Kings social media team has been putting out great videos of Skal's trip back to Haiti. If you're interested in following along and seeing more of his trip as he visits his old neighborhood and reunites with childhood friends, check out http://www.nba.com/kings/skal-returns-haiti.


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England captain Harry Kane backs Grenfell football team as it helps heal a torn community
"W10 and W11 is my home and these lads are my brothers"
Julia GregoryLocal Democracy Reporter
Grenfell AFC taking the knee in solidarity with the Black Live Matter campaign. Image: Sebastian Barros
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"When everyone comes together it's like a big force," says Grenfell United FC player Melv.
His team - set up in response to the tragedy three-and-a-half years ago - has just launched a new kit to help fund its work supporting those affected by the fire.
Grenfell Athletic has called up 72 people to pose wearing their new shirts, including England captain Harry Kane. One player for each of the people killed in the tragedy.
Players Kailume Backer and Zak Chebiouni in Grenfell Athletic FC kit. Image: Sebastian Barros
They also want to draw attention to their #FabricOfTheCommunity mantra.
The club has gone from strength to strength since it was set up by youth worker Rupert Taylor, who saw the people of the Grenfell area needed a positive outlet to help them through a time of unparalleled tragedy.
The team trains at Paddington Recreation Ground and plays in the Middlesex County league.
Harry Kane has lent his support to the team by wearing the new GAFC kit. Image: Sebastian Barros.
They've just launched home shirts in the distinctive shade of green which has become synonymous with the green for Grenfell - seen throughout North Kensington and in a green heart on the covering over the Tower.
It also represents the green heart-shaped badges now worn by many in the community.
There are also pewter away strips which the team wear when they travel to matches elsewhere. One of the team's highlights was playing the semi-professionals at Lanciano in central Italy.
The team's new kits include the iconic GAFC crest as well as a tribute to the 72 people who tragically lost their lives in the fire and supporters can buy them through Kitlocker.
Proceeds will be used to help launch women's and juniors' teams in the future.
Mr Taylor said: "We're so proud to release our brand new kits to the world and are absolutely blown away by the support we've received to date."
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"I was born and raised in this diverse area. It's both my house and my playground. W10 and W11 is my home and these lads are my brothers. This team is an outlet, a safety net for our family and together we enrich our community. Now, we're excited to take this grass roots football club to the next level".
He added: "It's been quite a difficult year and I see the team as a beacon of hope."
This spring lockdown forced an early end to the season. Whilst the team was unable to train together at the same ground, they kept on with their fitness training remotely over Zoom. Tennis player Ellie Griffiths led their training.
Imran Wahabi in Grenfell Athletic FC kit. Image: Sebastian Barros
"It was really good for them to be able to stay as fit as possible," said Mr Taylor.
And they had one-to-one chats and WhatsApp groups to help support them through lockdown before they got back to matches in October. However they were only able to play one league game before the return to lockdown.
But with everything they have gone through Mr Taylor said: "The chemistry between the players is very tight."
He said the players are all traumatised by what happened and the loss of loved ones and friends at Grenfell and support each other through thick and thin.
"Football is uplifting," he said.
"Grenfell United FC highlights what happened and it keeps it in hearts and minds and on the map."
He added: "What we want in our community is honesty. We want the truth and we want justice and we want change."
Joseph John. Image: Sebastian Barros
He praised the assistant manager Freddie Morris along with club chairman Alex Rivers and Andy Fowler for playing their role in "helping the players get through it".
He said: "We are a well-oiled machine now."
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And he'd love Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp to pass on some training tips.
He is confident that Grenfell Athletic is a team to watch in this year's league.
The team is a powerful force in helping the community heal. Image: Sebastian Barros
"We are setting each other targets to be better and are always aspiring to be better ourselves," he said.
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China's Efforts to Reduce Vehicle Emissions Change Gear
The culmination of last year's APEC Summit in Beijing delivered a climate accord between the United States and China. The agreement, received with mixed reviews, should perhaps be taken as a case of significance over substance. The deal signifies the first time China has agreed to peak its CO2 emissions, with President Xi Jinping calling for an 'energy revolution' in an effort to reach 'deep decarbonisation' of the global economy.
The accord states that China intends to peak CO2 emissions by 2030, making its best efforts to do so early. However, a study by China's Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) suggests slowing rates of urbanisation would already likely result in emissions peaking between 2025-2030. The 2014 UNEP's Emissions Gap Report also reveals that China is among a select group of nations on track to meeting emission-reduction goals by the end of the decade. Thus, those in the camp of cynics argue that the deal is watered down and too easy to achieve.
This however, does not limit reform on the ground. China's transport sector is receiving increasingly assertive measures as Beijing moves to address congestion and pollution.
Shenzhen, one of the usual plots for litmus testing reform, is the latest city to join Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and others in restricting car purchases. Beijing's cuts reduce the quota of license plates from 240,000 down to 150,000, with plans to issue just 90,000 to ordinary cars by 2017. Auto emissions in the city account for around 25-30% of PM2.5 particulate matter, as heavy traffic slows the average speed of motorists to 15km an hour.
Last year, central authorities pushed to remove 6 million vehicles failing to meet emissions standards off the roads. That's around the same number of vehicles currently on Beijing's roads. 2015 will see a further 5 million vehicles removed from the highly developed cluster regions of the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei zone.
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has extended clean vehicle subsidies due to expire in 2015 for a further 5 years. Under new draft rules, owners of electric cars, hybrids, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are entitled to receive subsidies of up to $8,834. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, year-on-year sales of electric and hybrid vehicles are increasing. Local carmakers produced 83,900 electric vehicles in 2014, a four-fold increase year-on-year, but still a tiny fraction of the industry's total production.
Public transport is also receiving renewed attention. By 2018 Beijing will replace 80% of public buses with new-energy and clean-fuel units. The Beijing Commission of Transport have announced plans for 13,825 buses, including 4,058 electric and 7,185 natural gas powered units will replace those running on gas and diesel. This month authorities tested new 18-meter long electric buses (nicknamed 'electric catfish') in the Fuwaidajie Transit Hub in Beijing.
However, without harsher measures, China looks likely to fall far short of its goal of having 5 million hybrid and electric cars on its roads by 2020. Several roadblocks are hindering Xi's 'energy revolution' in the transport sector.
Encouraging a shift to away from traditional transport is proving no easy task. Falling oil prices- at their lowest since 2009- have led to a surge in larger vehicles globally. Increases to Beijing's subway fares could also be considered another factor, small as it may be. Another issue is only locally manufactured vehicles are entitled to the announced subsidy. However, the real indifference appears to stem from a lack of charging infrastructure and embedded consumer behaviour. Servicing a large fleet of electric cars is difficult in most countries, but China's population is largely localised in apartment buildings making it difficult to charge cells. Furthermore, the country has no unified charging standards.
In order to boost clean vehicle usage, Beijing plans to establish 100 natural gas stations and over 2000 charging posts across the city. Trials for charging stations have also started along the Shanghai-Beijing expressway in a joint project between the State Grid Corporation and numerous companies. However, such a journey would require around 6 charges, with each charge requiring roughly half an hour. Although costing around half the price of a usual journey by car, it is obvious electric vehicles are less suited to longer trips.
The government is not acting alone.
In December, Boston Power, a global player in electric vehicle battery design and production, secured $290 million in local government support to expand the company's China facilities. The sector is also attracting new market entrants with Jia Yueting, founder of Leishi Internet Information and Technology Co. has developed an electric car with plans to rival the established Tesla, who already have 9 stores and service centers in six Chinese cities- the largest network outside of the United States.
Infrastructure development and new market entrants may be the kick-start needed to deliver change.
Mark Eels is the Climate Change and Energy Security Fellow for Young Australians in International Affairs.
This article can be republished with attribution under a Creative Commons Licence. Please email publications@youngausint.org.au for more information.
Image Credit: U.S. Embassy The Hague (Flickr: Creative Commons).


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History of the Ojibway People
William Warren
Minnesota Historical Society Press (2009)
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William W. Warren's History of the Ojibway People has long been recognized as a classic source on Ojibwe History and culture. Warren, the son of an Ojibwe woman, wrote his history in the hope of saving traditional stories for posterity even as he presented to the American public a sympathetic view of a people he believed were fast disappearing under the onslaught of a corrupt frontier populaton. He collected firsthand descriptions and stories from relatives, tribal leaders, and acquaintances and transcribed this oral history in terms that nineteenth-century whites could understand, focusing on warfare, tribal organizations, and political leaders.
First published in 1885 by the Minnesota Historical Society, the book has also been criticized by Native and non-Native scholars, many of whom do not take into account Warren's perspective, goals, and limitations. Now, for the first time since its initial publication, it is made available with new annotations researched and written by professor Theresa Schenck. A new introduction by Schenck also gives a clear and concise history of the text and of the author, firmly establishing a place for William Warren in the tradition of American Indian intellectual thought.
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