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Extreme driving pleasure requires first-class components. The basis is massive power, delivered in just the right doses. Then there's elasticity and stamina. First sprint, then maintain the speed. Decelerate briefly, then sprint again. Again and again, right up to the limit. The powerful powerplant in the BMW X5 M was built to achieve exactly this. With M TwinPower Turbo technology from BMW EfficientDynamics, consisting of Valvetronic, High Precision Injection and innovative turbocharging.


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The global state of digital advertising in 5 charts
May 3, 2017 by Jessica Davies
Digital media advertising may still be dogged by issues like fraud, brand safety and dodgy measurement, but that's not stopping the flow of ad dollars.
Digital advertising is expected to account for 77 cents of each new ad dollar in 2017, according to GroupM's "Interaction 2017" report, out this week. Unsurprisingly, Google and Facebook are leading the pack. More than two-thirds of global ad spend growth from 2012 to 2016 came from those two companies.
In 2016, Google and Facebook swallowed 20 percent of the entire global media advertising pie, according to Zenith's "Top Thirty Global Media Owners" report, also out this week.
And yet, a little sheen may have come off that lately, for Google at least. Confidentially, agency reps say Google has taken more of a hit from the YouTube crisis than it has admitted publicly. "There has been significant fallout from advertisers pulling spend from YouTube," said one media agency CEO who spoke on condition of anonymity. "There are a lot of advertisers who would normally spend on YouTube who are still not. Google's numbers are under pressure quarter on quarter."
Here's a look at the current state of global advertising spend, in five charts.
Google and Facebook set the pace
Google, under its holding group Alphabet, still leads Facebook, gobbling up $79.4 billion (£61.4 billion) in ad revenue in 2016, three times more than the social network, which took $26.9 billion (£21 billion) last year. In third place was Comcast, which took $12.9 billion (£10 billion) in ad revenue, according to the Zenith report.
Digital-only media owners took a decent chunk of the top 30 slots for biggest media owners by ad revenue. Among them were Verizon, Twitter, Yahoo, Microsoft and Baidu, which together generated $132.8 billion (£103 billion) in online ad revenue in 2016 — 73 percent of all digital ad spend and 24 percent of global ad spend across all media, according to Zenith.
"Zenith's new ranking demonstrates just how much the internet advertising platforms are setting the pace for global ad spend growth," said Jonathan Barnard, head of forecasting at Zenith.
Don't write off Twitter, though
With all the talk of the duopoly dominating spend and Snapchat being the latest digital darling, Twitter has moved somewhat to the sidelines, as evidenced by several reports showing its recent ad revenue drops. But from 2012 to 2016, Zenith showed Twitter grew the fastest, increasing ad revenues by 734 percent. Tencent is second, growing by 697 percent over the same period to $4.3 million (£3.3 million) in 2016, and Facebook is third, with 528 percent growth to $27 million (£21 million), according to Zenith.
Advertising growth is concentrated in big cities
Ten cities will contribute 11 percent of all growth in global ad spend between 2016 and 2019, according to a separate report from Zenith called "Advertising Expenditure Forecasts." Last year, $61 billion (£47.2 billion) was spent targeting the populations of these cities, and that's expected to rise to $69 billion (£53.4 billion) by 2019. New York takes the biggest chunk, with $15 billion (£12 billion) expected to be spent on advertising this year. Tokyo isn't far behind, with $13 billion (£10 billion) expected; London's spend is expected to be $8 billion (£6.2 billion.)
Despite uncertainty around how Brexit will affect ad spend, London is predicted to be the second-biggest contributor for growth by 2019, adding $968 million (£629 million) to the global ad market, according to the same forecast.
"People say it's uncertain times and that budgets are being pulled back, but I don't buy that," said Paul Mead, chairman of VCCP Media. "Everyone is trading on a week-by-week, month-by-month basis. They're not thinking about Brexit and other macro issues. Most of the larger brands know if you turn the tap off from an investment perspective, the revenue is affected."
TV's value endures
Digital ad spending has outpaced TV's in 10 markets to date: Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the U.K, according to GroupM, which predicts another five markets will cross the line in 2017 (Germany, France, Ireland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.)
And yet, TV is still relatively resilient, holding at 42 percent of ad spend in 2016.
The likelihood of programmatic TV generating real scale remains a distant promise. Likewise, addressable TV, in which data (like home location, purchasing behavior and income) is overlaid to ads that are inserted into linear TV ad slots, also still faces scale challenges.
It's a mobile world
Digital media's share of ad spend continues to grow, albeit slowly — it's projected to reach 33 percent of all media investment in 2017, compared to 30.7 percent in 2016. People are spending more time with media in general — eight hours a day in 2016, according to GroupM. While the average person consumed nine more minutes of media a day in 2016 versus 2015, people spent an extra 14 minutes specifically with online media during the same period because of mobile growth. While platforms like Snapchat aren't included in the report, they are top of mind.
"Google and Facebook attracted the vast majority of incremental digital ad investment growth in 2016," said Adam Smith, futures director at Group M. "In 2017, the industry will be watching closely to see how Snapchat or Amazon may creep into Facebook's and Google's value chain, and if the stronghold that Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent has in China can expand to international markets."
Source: GroupM.
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DURING the last seven years of the Patriotic Front government's administration under the late President Michael Sata and his successor President Edgar Lungu, a galaxy of multi-sectoral stellar performances have unfolded for all to behold, and like the philosopher of old observed, it is easy to become so familiar with them taken for granted.There has been much false commentary and hypocritical analysis vis-à-vis the current efforts by the Patriotic Front (PF) government to forge regional and international partnerships to benefit all Zambians. Unfortunately, these false commentaries and hypocritical analyses have to a larger extent received a muted response.
Undoubtedly, in the relatively short period from 2016 to present under the leadership of the PF, both the government and the fundamentals of the Zambian economy have strengthened their capacity to be efficient, effective, resilient, agile, forward-looking and focused with the view to attaining the targets set out in the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP), Vision 2030 and African Union (AU) Agenda 2063.
This intervening period has also witnessed unprecedented levels of infrastructure development in Zambia in a very short period of time.
To the objective observer, the face of Zambia is quickly and positively changing through infrastructure development – the precursor of inclusive economic growth.
The aforementioned infrastructure development and the strengthening of the core sectors of Government and the economy have not happened by accident, but by design.
It has been as a result of wise, sober, resilient and deliberate leadership by President Lungu, and his predecessor, the late President Sata.
In addition to the 7NDP, Vision 2030 and AU Agenda 2063, the government is guided by its manifesto, whose intended end result is to "significantly uplift the standard of living of all Zambians".
The battle against poverty and underdevelopment in Zambia is being won, but the war is certainly far from over. As a result, the government has set out as its task to build beneficial and long-term domestic, regional and international partnerships to bring about robust and inclusive economic development in Zambia.
i. Achieving national progress while maintaining peace and stability.
ii. Formulating and adhering to sound development policies, relevant in a Zambian context.
iii. Promoting balanced economic, political, cultural, social and ecological progress.
iv. Coordinating the implementation of national strategic policy documents and the PF manifesto towards the attainment of 7NDP, Vision 2030 and AU Agenda 2063 targets.
v. Stimulating and maintaining the momentum for stable and sound economic development.
vi. Significantly improving the living standards of Zambians.
vii. Fending off risks to inclusive, stable and appreciable economic growth.
In order to significantly improve the living standards of all Zambians, Government has embarked on several efforts at domestic, national, regional and international levels. For the PF, the war against underdevelopment in Zambia is being waged on all fronts, including the frontier to establish strategic partnerships at national, regional and international levels. These are briefly espoused in the following paragraphs.
i. Investment in agriculture: The areas of investment by Government include inter-alia: input support, promotion of high yielding crops, crop value addition, agriculture diversification programmes, irrigation systems as opposed to rain-fed agriculture, and so forth.
ii. Investment in health: A nation is its people. Therefore, for a nation to develop, its people have to live long, healthy and decent lives. The Zambia National Health Strategic Plan 2017-2021 provides a solid foundation for the successful attainment of Zambia's goal of being a prosperous, middle-income country by 2030. However, achieving this goal begins with transforming the country into a nation of healthy and productive people. It requires a paradigm shift and points to an all-encompassing dynamism in the management of health determinants by shifting the interface, which the public has with the health sector from the hospital bed to those who manage health determinants.
Investment in health include enacting the National Health Bill into Law to cover all Zambians while also building capacity of staff and strengthening health systems to combat disease, reduce maternal and infant mortality, and so on.
The PF has embarked on its quest to build the main driver of modern economies and human development – knowledge and skills. Already, the landmarks achieved are commendable, even though more work remains to be done in this area. For instance, prior to PF forming government, there were only three major public universities in Zambia – the University of Zambia, the Copperbelt University and Mulungushi University. Since then, several universities have been completed while others are in construction phase. Prime examples include the Robert Makasa University, King Lewanika University and others spread across Zambia.
iv. Investment in power, transport and ICT infrastructure: There can be no development without suitable power, transport (road, air, rail) and communication infrastructure. Based on this sound economic thinking, Government continues to modernise and build the capacity of Zambia's power, transport and communication infrastructure, through massive investment. The evidence is there for all see to see from Mongu–Senenga–Kalabo, and Solwezi to Chingola, as well as Kawambwa to Mporokoso, among others. The PF is demonstrating unbiased countrywide development.
v. Investment in safe drinking water, sanitation and affordable housing: Government is investing heavily securing safe drinking water, sanitation and affordable decent housing for all. President Lungu and the PF believe that this will prevent hundreds of deaths recorded annually – especially of infants – due to unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation and inhabitable shelter.
vi. Investment in climate resilience and environmental planning: This investment covers all key sectors of the economy including building eco-friendly, smart cities.
To end rural and urban poverty through the above (and other) interventions requires massive resources and support – both in terms of financial and technical resources. Needless to say, the former is scarcer than the latter in Zambia. Hence, the need for Zambia to adopt a multi-pronged approach.


Lauder Foundation marks 30 years of support for Jewish education in Europe.
Ronald Lauder, head of WJC.
JTA - The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, which funds Jewish educational programming in Central and Eastern Europe, is considering new strategies to perpetuate and institutionalize its successes on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.
"Education is the one thing we can give to our children," Ronald Lauder, president of the foundation, said Tuesday at a one-day symposium in New York for foundation professionals and Jewish community leaders from the United States and Europe.
Since its founding in 1987, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 young people have been impacted by its programs, according to Josh Spinner, the foundation's CEO. Among the institutions the foundation funds in Europe are a rabbinical school in Berlin; Jewish primary and secondary schools in Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Athens, Bulgaria, Warsaw, Moscow and Ukraine; summer camps throughout Europe; a business school in Vienna; and a Jewish gap year program for European Jewish high school graduates.
Lauder, a cosmetics magnate, real estate mogul, art collector and Jewish communal leader, said he decided to establish the foundation 30 years ago when, as the US ambassador to Austria, he realized while traveling around Europe that Jews were at risk of being lost to assimilation.
"I realized that the future of the Jewish people depended on one thing: Jewish education," said Lauder, who is also the longtime president of the World Jewish Congress.
Thirty years on, Lauder is seeking ways for the institutions he has supported to become more self-sufficient. It's a particular challenge in Eastern Europe, where community members are not wealthy and where there isn't a strong culture of local philanthropy. Lauder said he would also welcome other Western philanthropists getting involved in his work in order to reduce the institutions' heavy reliance on Lauder's own foundation.


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Portugal: Country in group of 14 in European circular bioeconomy network project
An ongoing European project, which brings together 19 partners from 14 countries and in Portugal includes the University of Coimbra (UC) and the Biomass Center for Energy (CBE), wants to create a European network of circular bioeconomy.
In a press release sent on Wednesday to the Lusa news agency, the UC explained that BioRural – which began in September 2022 and will last for three years, until 31 August 2025 – aims to "develop a framework to support the transition to a sustainable, regenerative and inclusive circular bioeconomy, throughout Europe".
The project, which has a budget of three million euros and also aims to "support innovation agents in the introduction of small-scale biotechnological solutions in rural areas", is led, at the University of Coimbra, by a team from the faculty of science and technology (FCTUC).
Cited in the press release, João Santos, PhD student and researcher at the department of mechanical engineering (DEM) of FCTUC, argued that rural Europe "urgently needs a paradigm shift".
"With the migration of an increasing number of people to urban centres in recent decades, the current demographic distribution is quite uneven. Rural areas are inhabited by 30% of the European population, even though they correspond to more than 80% of the territory," the researcher noted.
Moreover, according to José Baranda Ribeiro, professor of the department of mechanical engineering at FCTUC, "the economic activity of the European Union (EU) is largely dependent on linear production systems and non-renewable resources. Despite numerous attempts to reduce this dependence, the fact is that, for example, in 2018 alone, EU states produced 61.8 million tonnes of plastic."
According to the FCTUC team, the consequences of the combination of a linear economy and extensive urbanisation "have exacerbated some of the problems chronically experienced by populations in rural areas, namely the high risk of poverty, limited access to services and basic infrastructure and low levels of education", compared to other areas of the European Union.
Thus, BioRural intends to contribute to solving these economic, demographic and climate challenges, through the development and adoption of "inclusive solutions that will benefit all European rural areas", he added.
Also according to the FCTUC team, BioRural "exists to create and promote the conditions for cooperation" between several actors in the bioeconomy chain, from farmers, fishermen and foresters to private companies, local administrative authorities, schools, universities and training centres, among others.
"By taking advantage of activities such as awareness raising activities, training sessions, and others with a strong impact on the various actors, the BioRural project will make available to them the sources of knowledge currently available," said the researchers.
In a note published on its website, the biomass for energy centre (CBE), located in Miranda do Corvo, in the interior of the Coimbra region, defined BioRural as the "creation of a European working network in the area of rural bioeconomy, whose interest is to promote economic growth in rural areas, through bio-based solutions based on the circular economy concept".
According to the CBE, the strategies to operationalise BioRural include, among others, an "assessment of the current state of play of the European rural bioeconomy" in areas such as food and agriculture, forestry and natural habitats, aquatic systems, bioenergy and biomaterials and "identification of factors influencing the adoption of innovative bio-based solutions in rural areas".
The CBE explained that the 14 participating countries are divided into four regions (northwest, southwest, northeast and southeast), thus creating regional platforms for rural bioeconomy and then, by combining these four regions, BioRural aims to form a European network.
The recommended strategies also include the "identification, study and publication of successful cases of bio-based solutions in rural areas, in order to compile examples of good practice for similar projects", as well as the aid "in the transfer of knowledge and building of skills among stakeholders", with the promotion of workshops at national level, followed by workshops of regional bioeconomy platforms "and, finally, a European bioeconomy competition".
The BioRural project is coordinated by the Centre for Research and Technology (CERTH/Greece) and includes, in addition to the Portuguese partners, institutions from Germany, Denmark, Slovenia, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania.
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Minneapolis police to unveil anti-terrorism initiative for All-Star Game
If you see something unusual during the All-Star Game next week, the Minneapolis Police Department wants you to say something about it.
KSTP reports that the MPD Monday will release the video "See Something, Say Something" as part of its anti-terrorism initiative during next week's All-Star Game activities. The video urges people to recognize signs of a crime or terrorist activity.
In addition, KSTP says the MPD plans on adding more foot, bicycle and mounted patrols in and around Target Field to combat crime during the All-Star Game. Last month, Minneapolis and Metro Transit police also said it would be stepping up downtown patrols during festivities surrounding the All-Star game, Journal Minneapolis said.
Minneapolis isn't the first city to implement a "See Something, Say Something" initiative surrounding a major outdoor event this year.
The Los Angeles Daily News says Pasadena police produced a video for the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day; and the Department of Homeland Security implemented a public service campaign in New York and New Jersey surrounding Super Bowl XLVII.
See Something, Say Something is a national public safety initiative created by the DHS. It has also been implemented by the University of Minnesota Police Department.
MPD produced its See Something, Say Something video in conjunction with the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL), which is "dedicated to the prevention of terrorism through education, empowerment and engagement."
CELL previously produced a video for people to recognize eight signs of terrorism, hosted by NFL Hall of Fame Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway.
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Frequently Asked Questions for playing online bridge games. Please add to the bridge FAQ section by submitting your questions to bridgebob@playonlinebridge.com. Hopefully these commonly asked questions and answers can help those who know how to play the game of bridge and those just beginning to play bridge transition to playing online bridge.
What operating system do I need? Most of the online bridge games use Flash to run their software. Since Flash is commonly installed on most browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Chrome you should be able to access the game rooms from anywhere you have an Internet connection. Flash works on PC's running Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux machines so you should not have a problem with your operating system.
How do I join a game? The first step to playing online bridge games is to register an account at one of the sites. Choose a good username as that will be your visible name when you play. After you finish registering, log into the site and navigate to the playing page or in some cases download and install the gaming software onto your computer. The next step will be finding a table to play. In the lobby, you will see many games in progress and some games with open seats waiting for players to start. To join an online bridge game just find a seat at a table with a 'Join' button and click it. When the table is full with four players, you will be brought into the card playing room and the game will start.
Which online bridge site should I play at? Deciding where to play online depends on the type of game you are looking for. Yahoo and Pogo offer great places for casual games and those just learning the game. On the other hand, Bridge Base Online is the site used by tournament pros and players who take the game more competitively.
How do you bring up a yes or no for accepting a player? As the host of a table, when a player tries to join the game a message might appear asking if you would like to allow this player to join the table. This message will appear when a player tries to join your game
Do I need a full table to play? No, you can start the game with any number of the 4 seats set as computer players. The computer uses a fairly straight forward approach to bidding and game play. It is possible for players to join a game already in progress by taking over one of the seats occupied by the computer.
Does "watching" mean I can not join the game? Instead of being an active player in a game, you have the option of watching a game in progress. Many players will watch other players to study their style. If a game is in progress, you will have the option from the game lobby to observe that match. When creating a new table, players can choose options that limit the players that can join the game. If you do not meet the table hosts criteria for joining the game, then a watch button will be visible instead of a join button.
How can I play certain games in order to raise my rating? To raise your rating you will have to play rated games. As an option set by the table's host, rated games change your online bridge rating and unrated games will not affect your online bridge rating. Having success against higher rated players will have a bigger impact on your rating compared to similar success against players rated lower.
How do you chat during the game? Every site offers the ability to chat with the other players at the table, or if you are in the main lobby to chat with other people in the lobby. To chat at the table, find the white box on the playing screen and type your text into the box. When finished with your message, click the submit button or chat icon and your message will appear for everyone at the table to read. Similarly, if you are in the main lobby, you can send messages through the lobby's chat box which will be visible to anyone logged into the lobby screen. This is a good way to find players to join your game or to find games in need of players like you to join. You can also have a private chat by clicking on a player's name.
Is playing online bridge free? Most places you choose to play are going to be free, but some sites might charge a subscription to be a member. Even the free sites can make money to pay their expenses through advertising on the site and by hosting masterpoint tournaments that cost money to enter.
What is the most common way bridge is played? Contract bridge is the most common variety of the card game played. In contract bridge the declarer only earns points counting towards game and rubber for those tricks he bids and then makes with any overtricks earning bonus points.


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Portland Knifemaker Raises Money for 9/11 Charity by Creating Knives From Twin Towers Rubble
by Elisa Klein | Sep 11, 2021 | Events, Features, News
Portland, OR. Portland knifemaker Alex Horn has created several commemorative knives from the rubble of the Twin Towers and says, "On this day, 20 years ago, the steel inside of this knife fell from a great height." The proceeds from two knives will be donated to a charity called Tuesday's Children. The nonprofit is still working with families whose lives were forever changed when the towers were brought down by a terrorist attack on September 11th, 2001. Alex Horn says of the creative project, "I was considering where the steel came from and it definitely made me handle the steel with more care." The benefit auction will be on the knifemaker's Instagram starting on Saturday, September 11th, and the bidding will close at midnight, Monday, September 13th.
The knife being raffled off is a 10 1/2 inch knife with an Amboyna burr handle. It features a spacer of fossilized mammoth ivory and is valued at $1,500. Raffle tickets are $20.
The post went live on the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
The steel for the knives came from a large bearing salvaged from an elevator shaft found in the rubble of the Twin Towers. It was given to Horn by a fellow Portlander who had been gifted the steel by a friend who worked at the Twin Towers site.
The second knife will be auctioned off which will also take place on Alex Horn's Instagram. It has a buckeye burl handle with g-10 bolster.
In addition to 9/11 families, Tuesday's Children also works with families, "Who have been forever changed by terrorism, military conflict or mass violence."
Many people have reached out to Alex Horn. He is thanking them for their kind words and for sharing their stories saying, "It's been an honor."
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Your desire to help children and families whose lives have been impacted by traumatic loss means the world to us.
Thank you for being here for them today and on their long-term journeys toward healing, and to honor the memories of loved ones lost to terrorism, military conflict or mass violence.
There are so many ways you can personally make a difference – and engage your family, friends, company and school, too. You have the power to help families feel supported and hopeful again instead of isolated and at-risk. Please don't hesitate to give us a call or email [email protected] if you're not finding what you need here.
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A compact, on-deck mounted windlass providing functionality and efficiency. Manufactured for the harsh marine environment, the Genius GP2 2000 features a robust anodised marine grade alloy housing and a 316 grade stainless steel gypsy.
A compact, on-deck mounted windlass providing functionality and efficiency. Manufactured for the harsh marine environment, the Genius GP2 1500-2000 features a robust anodised marine grade alloy housing and a 316 grade stainless steel gypsy.
The DP2E Prince Series anchor windlass is equipped with an epicyclical gearbox, that provides much higher efficiency (40% compared to equivalent traditional gearboxes).
The DP1 Prince Series anchor winch has a 316 grade stainless steel base, gypsy and chain inspection lid combine with an aluminium lower gearbox structure and motor housing to create a lightweight yet strong vertical winch. DP1 model with gypsy and drum small top.
PT models are available in the standard PT windlass version, PTR complete with bow roller, or in a PTG tender recovery version.
For boats from 14-20m (46-66ft).
Vertical windlasses. AISI 316 grade stainless steel base. Available with and without capstan drum.
The Hector is the big brother of the Genius series of windlass. Comes with built-in solenoids for easy installation and is IP66 watertight.
The DP2 Prince is a lightweight yet strong vertical anchor winch with a 316 grade stainless steel base, gypsy and chain inspection lid, aluminum lower gearbox structure and motor housing.
A compact, on-deck mounted windlass providing functionality and efficiency. Manufactured for the harsh marine environment, the Genius 250 features a robust anodised marine grade alloy housing and chrome plated bronze gypsy.
The Viper gravity-fed S-Series Anchor Winch was developed by Bell Marine after three years of research and two years of field testing.
A rope only anchor winch that allows for easy installation. Also suitable for general line hauling applications on larger boats.


Voters will elect a mayor and choose from among six candidates looking to fill four Board of Aldermen seats in the Nov. 7 general election. Early voting in Orange County's municipal and city school board races starts Thursday, Oct. 19.
Q. What leadership skills or experience will be most helpful to you if elected?
Mike Benson: I have been a small business owner and operator for over 25 years. Twelve years have been as the owner of three successful restaurants (Café Saint-Ex and Bar Pilar in Washington, D.C., and Southern Rail for 10 years in the heart of downtown Carrboro). I have watched gentrification roll into neighborhoods and take away the character of those unique territories, replacing them with big-box chains. We must support our local businesses if we want to see them stay around.
Lydia Lavelle: I had years of municipal government experience working in Durham and serving on advisory boards in Durham and Carrboro before being elected in Carrboro, twice as alderman and twice as mayor. I serve on the following groups, which enhance my knowledge and opportunity to collaborate: Metropolitan Mayors Coalition (also on Executive Committee), Orange County Solid Waste Advisory Group, and Orange County Visitors Bureau Board of Directors. I am also a past chair/current alternate to the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO, a transportation planning group.
My time management and organizational skills are well-developed. I know how to run a meeting, and I am an open-minded, patient listener.
This is a critical time to have a seasoned mayor, given the recent challenges posed by federal and state governments. I am an experienced, responsive leader who is "always on," ready to act on behalf of the town of Carrboro.
Q. What was a mistake that you learned from and how do you think that lesson will help you if elected?
Mike Benson: Delegating too much authority and kicking the can down the road. We need to be proactive and act before problems become a crisis. In the restaurant business, you have to foresee problems or you will wind up getting behind (like making decisions on balancing payroll versus cutting back on services and making sure all taxes are up to date). I will act quickly to to address problems like affordable housing, parking, the state of the arts in Carrboro and the environment. Not hold meeting after meeting … committees formed and disbanded … action is needed. I will work with the Board of Aldermen to achieve results to support our business district, re-establish Carrboro as a hub for the arts, and think outside of the box for parking/light rail/bikeways.
Lydia Lavelle: I have had a few situations which have taught me to prepare beyond a first step. One example is that we have had several meetings that have unexpectedly gone late into the night. I have learned to anticipate when it looks like this might happen in an upcoming meeting, and I employ strategies and make adjustments to keep our meetings somewhat on schedule. However, this is often still a challenge.
Q. What is the town's biggest challenge and how would you address it?
Mike Benson: Gentrification is the greatest threat to Carrboro. Our town is uncommon, appealing and a great place to live … no matter what age you are. We must lead the state in pushing for alternative energy, securing a safe and free environment for all of our residents and preserving our amazing schools.
Lydia Lavelle: Maintaining affordability. Our town budget is based on commercial and residential property taxes, as well as sales tax. Property taxes fund the large majority. Carrboro is too small to attract a "big-box" store or a large plant; it is essential we support our local businesses to ensure their success. Carrboro leaders work to drive visitors and residents to local businesses by having downtown festivals and supporting downtown destinations. We approved construction of a second hotel downtown; it will result in more visitors to downtown and generate hotel tax that goes toward marketing and tourism efforts. We constantly assess access to downtown, including parking. Our Board has not increased our property tax rate in nine years. While we have no control over the real estate market, which drives housing and other costs, we can continue to work to increase our sales tax revenue while holding our tax rate steady.
Mike Benson: Yes. The rural buffer was created over 30 years ago when Carrboro was still a small community with affordable houses to rent or own.
Lydia Lavelle: No. It would be many years out, and we would be much more developed, before I would support adjusting the rural buffer.
Mike Benson: Yes. Economic incentives like access to high-speed internet (fiber), parking that has convenience to the downtown, stronger infrastructure like bicycle paths along the highway and rail tracks, partnering with the University of North Carolina to expand health care centers (like in existing shopping centers), and affordable housing.
Lydia Lavelle: No. I do not support spending Carrboro money to provide an economic incentive to attract a business to Carrboro; under certain conditions, my answer might be different if I was a state leader.
Mike Benson: No. The county tax structure leads to residents of incorporated municipalities subsidizing residents of unincorporated areas; the solution would be to have a separate tax district for the unincorporated areas to fund services they require. We need to address affordable housing immediately.
Lydia Lavelle: Yes. However, while our community is affordable for many who live here, it is not for many who do live here or who would like to live here.


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Red Sox lose on Mark Teixeira's walkoff grand slam, but still clinch AL East
By Bill BaerSep 28, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT
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The Red Sox can thank the Orioles for not having to fight to clinch the division on Thursday or later. The Orioles came from behind to defeat the Blue Jays 3-2 on Wednesday evening, clinching the AL East for the Red Sox.
A few minutes after that game went final, the Red Sox squandered a 3-0 lead taken in the eighth inning, culminating in a walk-off grand slam by Mark Teixeira in the bottom of the ninth inning. Closer Craig Kimbrel started the ninth, but didn't have control over any of his pitches. He allowed a leadoff single followed by three consecutive walks to force in a run. Joe Kelly relieved Kimbrel and seemed to be close to wriggling out of the jam, getting Starlin Castro to strike out looking and Didi Gregorius to pop up. But after starting Teixeira with a first-pitch curve ball for a strike, Teixera clobbered a 99 MPH fastball, sending it over the fence in right-center to end the game.
For the Yankees, the come-from-behind victory was crucial as it staved off Wild Card elimination for one more day.
This is the first time the Red Sox have clinched the AL East since 2013, also the last year they won the World Series.


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Did lady get pregnant in Lady and the Tramp?
Lady and the Tramp gets real about pregnancy
Well before Lady gets pregnant with puppies, another character in Lady and the Tramp is expecting: Darling. Lady doesn't understand this very normal thing at first, and younger viewers might not either.
Furthermore How much older is Tramp than Lady? Happy birthday to Lady and the Tramp, which turns 60 years old today! That's about 47 years older than the lifespan of the average pooch, in case you were wondering. To celebrate its 420th birthday (that's in dog years, of course), here are 14 things you might not know about this canine classic.
What is the tramps name at the end? Tramp Doesn't Have A Name
While other characters do refer to the dog as Tramp in the remake, he says he gets called Spot and Pooch, too. But he boasts that he's officially nameless. In fact, he even asks Lady, "Who needs a name?" This is likely due to his insecurity about not having a family.
Subsequently, What happens in the end of Lady and the Tramp? Lady and Tramp don't have any puppies by the film's end. Tramp is simply inducted into the family at the end of the new film with a collar. In the animated movie, Lady is shown tending to four puppies, three who look like Lady and a miniature Tramp, named Scamp.
What is the schnauzers name on Lady and the Tramp?
Lady enjoys a joyful life with the couple and befriends two local neighborhood dogs, a Scottish terrier named Jock , and a bloodhound named Trusty.
What's the schnauzers name in Lady and the Tramp?
What is tramps name at the end? Tramp Doesn't Have A Name
One major difference in the 2019 version is that the Tramp claims he doesn't have an official name. While other characters do refer to the dog as Tramp in the remake, he says he gets called Spot and Pooch, too. But he boasts that he's officially nameless.
What breed is peg from Lady and the Tramp? Peg is a possibly a Tibetan Spaniel mix and one of the dogs from the Dog Pound in Lady and the Tramp. She is named after and slightly resembles her voice actress, Peggy Lee. She is voiced by Janelle Monáe in the 2019 remake.
How does Lady and the Tramp end? Lady and Tramp don't have any puppies by the film's end. Tramp is simply inducted into the family at the end of the new film with a collar. In the animated movie, Lady is shown tending to four puppies, three who look like Lady and a miniature Tramp, named Scamp.
What did Tramp mean in the 50s?
Tramp: n. 1. A prostitute; a woman regarded as promiscuous. Okay, wait.
Does Tramp call Lady pidge? In the film, Tramp never calls Lady by her actual name. Instead, he calls her by the two nicknames: "Pigeon" ("Pidge" for short), and "Kid".
Will there be a remake of Lady and the Tramp 2?
Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure is a 2022 sequel to the 2019 live action Lady and the Tramp remake. It will be on Disney +.
Why is Jackie a girl in Lady and the Tramp? Jock is a Scottish terrier who appears in Lady and the Tramp and its sequel. He was voiced by the late Bill Thompson and currently by Jeff Bennett. In the remake, his gender is switched to female, he is renamed Jackie and voiced by Ashley Jensen.
Is jock in Lady and the Tramp a girl?
Jock in the 2019 film Jock appears as a female in the film remake, voiced by Ashley Jensen in the remake. Although she is called "Jock" in this version, her owner also calls her "Jacqueline" in this film.
Does Lady and the Tramp have a sad ending?
If you remember the end of the first film, Lady and Tramp started a family. At the end of that film, Trusty has a broken leg and after he recovers, he tells stories to Lady and Tramp's puppies. Instead, this film sees Tramp suffer from a broken leg and the duo don't start a family.
Is there a poodle in Lady and the Tramp? Champion Antoinette Fifi-Madelene-Marlene-Mathilde-Foch or Annie (for short) is a French Poodle friend of Scamp that only appear during a few strips of Scamp's Original Disney Comic Strips.
What does Tramp get named? Although Walt wanted his new character to be called Tramp, the animators feared that audiences would take offense in such a name, due to the word's sexual connotations ("the lady is a tramp".) So, they first called him Rags, then Bozo, before Walt insisted that Tramp would be fine.
Why are tramps called tramps?
Tramp is derived from a Middle English verb meaning to "walk with heavy footsteps" (cf. modern English trample) and "to go hiking". In Britain the term was widely used to refer to vagrants in the early Victorian period. The social reporter Henry Mayhew refers to it in his writings of the 1840s and 1850s.
Who is the voice of Darling in Lady and the Tramp?
Feature films Lady and the Tramp Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Voice Actor(s) Peggy Lee Barbara Goodson
How old is angel from Lady and the Tramp 2?
For an unknown reason Angel's left ear is folded. Scamp's and Angel's spaghetti dinner is a parody of Lady and Tramp's. For her size and age, she is possibly a pre-teen at age 12 (in human perspective).
What is the name of the Bulldog in Lady and the Tramp? Bull is a bulldog and one of the dogs from the Dog Pound in Lady and the Tramp.
Do tramps still exist?
Writing in 1877 Allan Pinkerton said: "The tramp has always existed in some form or other, and he will continue on his wanderings until the end of time; but there is no question that he has come into public notice, particularly in America, to a greater extent during the present decade than ever before."
Is the word tramp offensive? Tramp is an insulting word for a woman who is thought to have many sexual partners.
What is the difference between beggar and a tramp?
As nouns the difference between beggar and tramp
is that beggar is a person who begs while tramp is (pejorative) a homeless person, a vagabond.


In this 45-minute bass fishing instructional video, BASS tournament anglers Fred "Boom Boom" Roumbanis and Pete Gluszek are down at Lake El Salto, a big fish paradise, on a trip hosted by Angler's Inn Fishing Resort. Fred is a master of fishing swimbaits for bass. Growing up, he would see bass ready to feed as trout were stocked in local lakes. Fred Roumbanis learned not to be scared of throwing a bait that appears to be large. He won some of his early tournaments on swimbaits, and shares how you can gain confidence and change your perception about the size of swimbaits. Like Fred says, "They make the mouth big on a bass for a reason".
Seasonal patterns - Swimbaits are a year-round bait, Boom Boom will share what baits he uses and how he fishes the bait to trigger strikes in every season.
Water clarity - Find out what visibility/depth that Fred looks for, and how he continues to catch fish in dirtier water.
Boom Boom's Optimum Swimbaits - What makes this swimbait special, influences for the design & why it catches. You will also learn different ways to rig these swimbaits, including line, hook and weight recommendations.
When to set the hook - What Fred sees when fishing swimbaits is a lot of anglers set the hook prematurely. Learn the best time to set the hook and how to know when the bass has the bait.
Locations - "Where do I fish a swimbait?" is the question that many angler have. In this video, you will learn how to read the conditions to determine the best location to fish your swimbait, perhaps more so than what structure or cover you should target.
Gluszek and Roumbanis fish around beautiful El Salto in search of the pattern.
If you are just getting started with swimbaits, or have tried with little succes in the past, this video is a great way to learn how to fish a swimbait effectively. Because of it's size and the various ways it can be fished, the swimbait can be an intimidating lure for a lot of fishermen. Watch this video and let Fred Roumbanis share many of the secrets he's learned from years of fishing this lure and even designing the bait he uses to catch bass in this video.


An asparagus farmer who kept immigrant workers in conditions of "modern slavery" has been jailed for two and a half years.
Jose Janssen, 46, was found guilty of human trafficking and economic exploitation of Polish and Romanian seasonal workers on her premises in Someren, north Brabant.
Since 2005 authorities had pursued Janssen after she was found to be employing immigrants without papers and forcing them to live and work in degrading conditions.
Janssen was arrested in January last year at her home and computers, paperwork and E35,000 in cash seized. Her business has since been shut down.
By the time of her arrest she had already been fined more than half a million euros for breaches of employment law, including failing to report workplace accidents.
Police discovered 40 workers, mostly Romanians, who were housed in a filthy, non-fireproofed, windowless space and forbidden to leave the site.
They were paid as little as E5 an hour, with deductions for food and lodging, and forced to work for more than 12 hours a day.
In May 2009 a team of 15 researchers travelled to Poland, Romania and Portugal to gather evidence from former employees.
A 28-year-old Romanian man was also arrested in Someren on suspicion of collaborating with Janssen.


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November 10, 2011 by ingridsundberg
Five Publishers Give an Industry-Wide Picture
Editors Debra Dorfman, Beverly Horowitz, Jennifer Hunt, Allyn Johnston, and Julie Strauss-Gabel all spoke on a panel at the 2011 SCBWI LA Conference about the current state of the children's book industry. Big issues like self-publishing, e-books, and digital trends were discussed, but deep down it seems that content is king. The following is my transcription of the panel discussion. Please note that these are my notes and not direct quotes from the editors mouth.
Moderator: Please introduce yourself and your company.
Allyn Johnston: VP of Beach Lane Books which she runs with one other colleague. They put out 18-20 books per year. Mostly these are picture books for very young kids and a few middle grade or YA titles.
Julie Strauss Gabel: VP at Dutton Children's Books, which she has worked at for a decade. Dutton has moved to become a boutique company that does mostly MG and YA. She acquires 10-12 books per year (more YA now) and is looking for things that are literary and commercial.
Jennifer Hunt: VP at Dial Books for Young Readers. She just moved to this new company. Previously she worked as an editor at Little Brown. She is looking to build a high-quality literary book list and is interested in partnerships that broaden what a book can be.
Beverly Horowitz: VP at Delacorte Press. Delacorte has evolved over the years and is now focused on MG and a wide variety of YA. The Newbery winner this year came from Delacorte and is a debut author! Their books include Fallen to Maze Runner, but they're always looking for little gems (though that's not the norm). Looking for books that will translate into international fairs, and she likes voices from other cultures.
Debra Dorfman: VP at Scholastic where they do everything from baby books to YA. In fact, lots of YA recently. Her focus is on middle grade and chapter books. Her group does hardcover series' and works closely with book clubs/fair for paperback series'.
Moderator: Are there any genres that are endangered or growth spurting right now? (i.e. picture book, fantasy, etc.)
Beverly: With the demise of Borders we have to begin new thinking. Genres aren't going to die, but they do cycle. Certain strong genres lead the pack. Borders demise is a sad thing. There's an opportunity for independents to have great potential, but we should also not be afraid of the e-book. Be nimble! Big box stores are opening up to YA (stores like Walmart), though maybe not picture books yet. Everyone is going to need to re-think the business. With that, new ideas and opportunities will arise. The adult book world may have a harder time (in the short term).
Deb: I think there will be books moving to non-bookstore markets (mass retailers).
Beverly: Be optimistic AND realistic. Walmart and Target are not innovators. Don't be too tough on the electronic future.
Julie: There is not one way to publish a book to success. Not being in Target is not the end of the world. Each will find their way. If the content is there it will find its audience. Take your time. Target can be a skewed view of the YA market.
Jen: Kids are always at the forefront of innovation. Meanwhile books with a 30th anniversary edition is an example of content that stays. Content is king.
Beverly: Sometimes you can be before a trend. Some cycle and come around. As publishers we look to the backlist to repackage a book. Suddenly a repackaged book can become big as it's new to the audience ten years later. The kids market has a lot of turnover. Don't use the old system. It doesn't work anymore.
Moderator: What kind of skills does an author or illustrator need? What do you expect from them more than just the ability to write?
Deb: Put yourself out there. Websites, school visits, etc. Talk with your publisher. It helps if you create your own buzz.
Julie: Social media only works when it's genuine to who you are. Do you want to do it? Do what's natural to your marketing voice. Don't force yourself to blog and tweet. It's not what we expect. Do what's genuine.
Jen: I agree. There's a lot of anxiety for writers with social media. Focus on your writing.
Moderator: What about Self Publishing?
Deb: Amanda Hocking is a really interesting self publishing phenomenon. She's been selling her paranormal YA novel online for 99 cents and gotten herself a multi-million dollar contract out of it. There's a lot of different ways to do things now. In Japan girls are writing YA novels and texting them to each other. People are putting things online and when it gets enough hits publishers are taking notice. However, these guys are the outlier and not the norm.
Beverly: It's like Justin Bieber – he's an outlier.
Jen: Independent publishing can be good for under-represented communities. That's important. The LA Times did an article on the shifting face of what a family is and kids want to see themselves in print.
Julie: I firmly believe in voices finding their way. But beware of the "I submitted to some houses, got no's, so they must be idiots" attitude. I believe in editing, and gate keeping. The book can be better! Or maybe it's the 4th book you write that get's published. We need moments of personal honesty.
Moderator: How does New Media affect Picture books?
Allyn: I believe in the traditional format, e-book included. The enhanced book is distracting and disrupts the purity of words and pictures. I'm not interested in moving stuff unless it's about education.
Beverly: Can we put that in YA? These are questions being asked now. It's evolving. Some of those enhanced book elements may work better with an older audience.
Julie: The content (or value) isn't the book (the physical book). It's the editorial team, the intellectual property, etc. That is the value that goes into the content.
Beverly: As things get cheaper (iPads etc.) the technology changes. Even the homeless have ear-buds in their ears.
Deb: We are publishing all our YA books simultaneously in e-book and regular book, as well as a lot of MG. A lot of adults are buying and downloading YA today.
Moderator: Can you comment on the fact that NY Times Bestseller lists are not consistent? The hardcopy and e-books have different lists and are selling differently.
Beverly: Kids books are only 4% of the e-book market, while adult books have about 30-40%. We have a lot of room to grow.
Jen: Kids aren't mini-adults. They are going to interact with technology in their own way.
Beverly: Browsing is the part of the e-book technology that hasn't been figured out yet.
Moderator: Have you noticed a change in the reading habits of kids?
Deb: Looking to publish earlier chapter books, girls are jumping to chapter books rather than picture books.
Bev: I think it comes down to content. When someone says "My kid is reading Dostoevsky," sure they understand the words, but do they understand the content? There are emotional needs of a child that need to be nurtured.
Julie: They are sophisticated readers but not emotionally ready. What do we give them? It's a challenge. What are they ready for as a reader, but not as a person? We need to speak to the head and heart of a child. Older YA can be distinguished through voice or content. Some jump ship to adult books, but they don't "get it." They are not a mini-adults.
Jen: Something about the word "crossover" makes me bristle. I'd hate for us to ever not make the best book for that reader in the MG or YA market.
Moderator: Tell us about one of your upcoming books?
Deb: Ghost Buddy – it's funny, heartfelt, and funny!
Bev: All the Earth Thrown to the Sky – this is by an author who was originally an adult writer. It's literary, compelling, and a lovely story. It's a little game. I love the beauty of the writing and the passion.
Jen: Counting by Sevens is about exploring family identity and your place in the world.
Julie: I have two. The first is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. It will blow open everything you know about John Green. And The Disenchantments by Nina Lacour which is a road trip book about figuring out what happens next once you discover that you've grown up. There's a complexity and clarity in how she tells a story.
Allyn: 10 Little Caterpillars which is a poem picture book and Stars by Mary Lynne Rae which is an exploration of all things star.
Debra Dorfman is VP, Publisher Paperbacks, Non-Fiction & Licensed Publishing at Scholastic. She worked in the Scholastic Book Club division for twelve years, then move to Penguin Young Readers Group as President and Publisher of Grosset & Dunlap for seven years. In 2008, she came back to Scholastic. Some of her favorite books include Go, Dog, Go!, Stargirl, and Looking for Alaska.
Jennifer Hunt is VP of Acquisitions and Editor-at-Large for Dial Books. She was formerly Editorial director at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. She is the editor of many award winning books including The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacugalupi, and Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr.
Allyn Johnston is VP and Publisher of Beach Lane Books which focuses on emotionally engaging, lyrical, and highly visual picture books for young readers. Allyn has worked with Mem Fox, Lois Ehlert, Marla Frazee, Avi, and M.T. Anderson.
Beverly Horowitz is VP Publisher of Delacorte Press. She began her career in the editorial department of Little, Brown in Boston. She's held positions in all aspects of publishing including publicity and promotions, school and library marketing, and editorial. She has worked with Judy Blume, Louis Sachar, and many more!
Julie Strauss-Gabel is VP at Dutton Children's Books. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard University she worked at Hyperion Books and Clarion Books before joining Dutton in 1992. She has worked with the authors: John Green, Galye Forman, Stephanie Perkins, Nina LaCour, Lauren Myracle, and many more.
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2 thoughts on "Five Publishers Give an Industry-Wide Picture"
chris tugeau | November 10, 2011 at 6:24 pm
fabulous group and so insightful for artists and writers in the industry…. thanks for sharing…:)
Laura C. | November 11, 2011 at 5:23 pm
This was really interesting. Thank very much for the info, Ingrid! 😀


Sam Raimi is a director with whom you never quite know what you're going to get. With a back catalogue of extremely varying quality, the man who helmed the hilariously excellent Evil Dead trilogy, the exciting The Quick And The Dead and the solid Spider-Man 1 & 2 also gave birth to the hilariously silly Drag Me To Hell and the downright awful Spider-Man 3 (which incidentally were his last two films). With these successes and failures prominent in my mind, I went into Oz with fairly modest expectations. Having thought about it, that's probably one of the keys to having a great time.
The world of Oz has been around for well over half a century, dating right back to Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz in 1939, which is still regarded as one of the most influential and iconic films of all time. But even with such a well-established cinematic universe to stand on, Raimi has completely made it his own. He sends us hurtling into his world, in much the same way as James Franco's titular Oz, and instantly immerses us in all of the magic and wonder it holds. I've noticed over the years that this genre of magical fantasy adventure is often prone to failure, whether it's through a lack of character depth, over-reliance of special effects or quite often just an underwritten script (I'm thinking along the lines of The Last Airbender and the Pirates of the Caribbean and Narnia sequels), but where these films failed, Oz prevails. It's proper old-fashioned adventure that really has us care about the characters and the fate of the world, and above all has us believe in what we're seeing.
It's also surprisingly funny. The script, penned by Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire, is a clever and often witty beast which really understands the world it's delving into. That's not to mention the fact that almost everything Zach Braff says – both in this and in real life – is funny. In hindsight I should have expected the laughs that Braff would bring, but I still wouldn't have expected them to come so often. The film really misses him when he sort of gets pushed to the sidelines two-thirds of the way in.
James Franco, is he any good? The short answer is yes, he is, but his stoner-like giggling and slightly arrogant aura could be mistaken for lack of trying rather than doing what the role requires. It's actually a far more interesting character than you might expect. When it comes down to it, Oz is a pretty shallow, misogynistic and generally unlikable guy, yet somehow we can't help but root for him. Franco brings him an irresistible charm, and as his arc of redemption progresses, so does our warmth towards him. Further supporting cast members Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz provide solid (and beautiful) backing, but it is Michelle Williams who just sweeps us away. Playing Glinda the 'good witch', she just melts the screen, and more than once I wished I could somehow jump in and plant a kiss on her.
The cinematography is pretty wonderful. The film was shot by Peter Deming, whose previous credits as DoP have never exactly blown me away (take Scream, which is a great film, but you don't praise it on how good it looks), but with Oz he has captured some magic, cramming every frame with exuberance and sparkling, vibrant colours. Even the opening twenty or so minutes which are shot in black and white 4:3 (square frame) look great. Ironically, one of the best uses of 3D comes during this stage of the film, perhaps by chance or perhaps as a reminder from Raimi about how old the technology actually is, when a flame bursts through the screen towards us. And that leads us neatly once again into the discussion of 3D. I'll continue to talk about it until it's done well, but I'm not holding my breath. I saw Oz in the third dimension at the request of Zach Braff on Facebook, who said it was the best he's seen. I'll give him this: there are a few decent 'fly out of the screen' moments, and the light loss isn't too bad, but most of the time it's just non-existent. There's just not enough to warrant watching it in this format. It's not as annoying as it has been in some recent films because it's not really a distraction, it's just…nothing. There's no point.
The wicked witch in this outing isn't as creepy as she needs to be; definitely not on the same level as Margaret Hamilton's evil old crone in The Wizard of Oz. She used to TERRIFY me as a kid. Literally terrify me. Even though all it took was a bit of light rain to defeat her, she sent serious shivers down my innocent little spine and gave me many a sleepless night. Her not being as scary in this might just possibly have something to do with me not being a child anymore, but even so, the cackle she cackles did bear a small resemblance and consequently gave me a subtle reminder of how I used to feel as a child. A nice little homage to the original, if a slightly horrifying one.
This is a success from Raimi. He gives us two hours of genuine fun and adventure, and leaves us wanting more from this world (which we've already been confirmed to get). It may come as blasphemy to some, but I enjoyed it more than The Wizard of Oz, even if purely for the lack of Judy Garland's incessant screaming.
Yes I'll be going to see this – great review. It sounds a lot more fun than the original, in which I also, like you, found Judy Garland seriously annoying !


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Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA)
By Ranjini Sen
"I remember reading about how to make a water filter at home when I was in class seven," said Rowsonara Begum, a 53 year old resident of Bamunpara village in the Bilasipara block of Dhubri, Assam. An active member of Asha SHG and the Secretary of Sahayogi Village Organisation for the past three years, Rowsonara Begum is a pioneer of hope and change in her community.
Besides working on a myriad of social issues ranging from prohibiting child marriage and domestic violence in the village to campaigning against the rampant use of drugs and alcohol by youth and men in her community, she has amplified healthy sanitation practices and consistently advocated for the availability of clean water in the village.
"Our village is highly susceptible to floods. Every year, our area gets flooded not only destroying property and farms but also leaving behind our water sources contaminated and unfit for consumption," she tells us. Rowsonara was deeply troubled with the heavy iron content in the water as it was neither fit for drinking nor could it be used in other household chores.
In an attempt to find a solution to this problem, she resorted to her school science textbook where she had learned how to make a water filter at home. Initially, she made a multi-layer mud filter with coal, sand and rocks through which contaminated water would trickle down to a chamber that would hold clean water. She kept this water in a separate bowl and compared it with the unfiltered water to understand the difference between the two.
"The filtered water was drastically different from the unfiltered water. I kept both kinds of water in two bowls overnight. The next morning, the unfiltered water left reddish marks on the vessel while the clear, filter water did not leave any such trace," she explains the difference. This mud filter, although effective, did not last for a very long time and fell apart during a storm. Soon after, she built a cement filter following the same process which has been in use for the past couple of years.
Oxfam India, through their project, Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA), works on critical water quality issues in marginalised river-basin communities and seeks to learn from the knowledge and experiences of strong and inspiring community members like Rowsonara Begum. A few years ago, a series of TROSA-led awareness workshops and meetings were conducted in Bilasipara where Rowsonara Begum shared her experience of building the water filter with other members from in and around the area. Following this, quite a few people in the area also replicated the filter in their respective households and now have access to water that is better fit for consumption.
Rowsonara Begum is a champion of positive change and leadership in the community who leads by example and wishes to bring about deep transformative change on the ground.
A programme to understand and address challenges related to transboundary rivers and communities in these river basins.


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UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Petitioner, v. R. H. BOULIGNY, INC.
382 U.S. 145 (86 S.Ct. 272, 15 L.Ed.2d 217)
Argued: Oct. 21, 1965.
Decided: Nov. 22, 1965.
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Michael H. Gottesman, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.
Joseph W. Grier, Jr., Charlotte, N.C., for respondent.
Mr. Justice FORTAS delivered the opinion of the Court.
Respondent, a North Carolina corporation, brought this action in a North Carolina state court. It sought $200,000 in damages for defamation alleged to have occurred during the course of the United Steelworkers' campaign to unionize respondent's employees. The Steelworkers, an unincorporated labor union whose principal place of business purportedly is Pennsylvania, removed the case to a Federal District Court. 1 The union asserted not only federal-question jurisdiction, but that for purposes of the diversity jurisdiction it was a citizen of Pennsylvania, although some of its members were North Carolinians.
The corporation sought to have the case remanded to the state courts, contending that its complaint raised no federal questions and relying upon the generally prevailing principle that an unincorporated association's citizenship is that of each of its members. But the District Court retained jurisdiction. The District Judge noted 'a trend to treat unincorporated associations in the same manner as corporations and to treat them as citizens of the state wherein the principal office is located.' Divining 'no common sense reason for treating an unincorporated national labor union differently from a corporation,' he declined to follow what he styled 'the poorer reasoned but more firmly established rule' of Chapman v. Barney, 129 U.S. 677, 9 S.Ct. 426, 32 L.Ed. 800.
On interlocutory appeal the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed and directed that the case be remanded to the state courts. 336 F.2d 160. Certiorari was granted, 379 U.S. 958, 85 S.Ct. 666, 13 L.Ed.2d 554, so that we might decide whether an unincorporated labor union is to be treated as a citizen for purposes of federal diversity jurisdiction, without regard to the citizenship of its members. 2 Because we believe this properly a matter for legislative consideration which cannot adequately or appropriately be dealt with by this Court, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.
Article III, § 2, of the Constitution provides:
'The judicial Power shall extend * * * to Controversies * * * between Citizens of different States * * *.'
Congress lost no time in implementing the grant. In 1789 it provided for federal jurisdiction in suits 'between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State.' 3 There shortly arose the question as to whether a corporation—a creature of state law—is to be deemed a 'citizen' for purposes of the statute. This Court, through Chief Justice Marshall, initially responded in the negative, holding that a corporation was not a 'citizen' and that it might sue and be sued under the diversity statute only if none of its shareholders was a co-citizen of any opposing party. Bank of United States v. Deveaux, 5 Cranch 61, 3 L.Ed. 38. In 1844 the Court reversed itself and ruled that a corporation was to be treated as a citizen of the State which created it. Louisville, C. & C.R. Co. v. Letson, 2 How. 497, 11 L.Ed. 353. Ten years later, the Court reached the same result by a different approach. In a compromise destined to endure for over a century, 4 the Court indulged in the fiction that, although a corporation was not itself a citizen for diversity purposes, its shareholders would conclusively be presumed citizens of the incorporating State. Marshall v. Baltimore & O.R. Co., 16 How. 314, 14 L.Ed. 953.
Congress re-entered the lists in 1875, significantly expanding diversity jurisdiction by deleting the requirement imposed in 1789 that one of the parties must be a citizen of the forum State. 5 The resulting increase in the quantity of diversity litigation, however, cooled enthusiasts of the jurisdiction, and in 1887 and 1888 Congress enacted sharp curbs. It quadrupled the jurisdictional amount, confined the right of removal to nonresident defendants, reinstituted protections against jurisdiction by collusive assignment, and narrowed venue. 6
It was in this climate that the Court in 1889 decided Chapman v. Barney, supra. On its own motion the Court observed that plaintiff was a joint stock company and not a corporation or natural person. It held that although plaintiff was endowed by New York with capacity to sue, it could not be considered a 'citizen' for diversity purposes. 129 U.S., at 682, 9 S.Ct., at 427. 7
In recent years courts and commentators have reflected dissatisfaction with the rule of Chapman v. Barney. 8 The distinction between the 'personality' and 'citizenship' of corporations and that of labor unions and other unincorporated associations, it is increasingly argued, has become artificial and unreal. The mere fact that a corporation is endowed with a birth certificate is, they say, of no consequence. In truth and in fact, they point out, many voluntary associations and labor unions are indistinguishable from corporations in terms of the reality of function and structure, and to say that the latter are juridical persons and 'citizens' and the former are not is to base a distinction upon an inadequate and irrelevant difference. They assert, with considerable merit, that it is not good judicial administration, nor is it fair, to remit a labor union or other unincorporated association to vagaries of jurisdiction determined by the citizenship of its members and to disregard the fact that unions and associations may exist and have an identity and a local habitation of their own.
The force of these arguments in relation to the diversity jurisdiction is particularized by petitioner's showing in this case. Petitioner argues that one of the purposes underlying the jurisdiction—protection of the nonresident litigant from local prejudice—is especially applicable to the modern labor union. According to the argument, when the nonresident defendant is a major union, local juries may be tempted to favor local interests at its expense. Juries may also be influenced by the fear that unionization would adversely affect the economy of the community and its customs and practices in the field of race relations. In support of these contentions, petitioner has exhibited material showing that during organizational campaigns like that involved in this case, localities have been saturated with propaganda concerning such economic and racial fears. Extending diversity jurisdiction to unions, says petitioner, would make available the advantages of federal procedure, Article III judges less exposed to local pressures than their state court counterparts, juries selected from wider geographical areas, review in appellate courts reflecting a multistate perspective, and more effective review by this Court.
We are of the view that these arguments, however appealing, are addressed to an inappropriate forum, and that pleas for extension of the diversity jurisdicton to hitherto uncovered broad categories of litigants ought to be made to the Congress and not to the courts.
Petitioner urges that in People of Puerto Rico v. Russell & Co., 288 U.S. 476, 53 S.Ct. 447, 77 L.Ed. 903, we have heretofore breached the doctrinal wall of Chapman v. Barney and, that step having been taken, there is now no necessity for enlisting the assistance of Congress. But Russell does not furnish the precedent which petitioner seeks. The problem which it presented was that of fitting an exotic creation of the civil law, the sociedad en comandita, into a federal scheme which knew it not. The Organic Act of Pureto Rico conferred jurisdiction upon the federal court if all the parties on either side of a controversy were citizens of a foreign state or 'citizens of a State, Territory, or District of the United States not domiciled in Porto Rico.' 9 All of the sociedad's members were nonresidents of Puerto Rico, and jurisdiction lay in the federal court if they were the 'parties' to the action. But this Court held that the sociedad itself, not its members, was the party, doing so on a basis that is of no help to petitioner. It did so because, as Justice Stone stated for the Court, in '(t)he tradition of the civil law, as expressed in the Code of Puerto Rico,' 'the sociedad is consistently regarded as a juridical person.' 288 U.S., at 480—481, 53 S.Ct., at 448—449. Accordingly, the Court held that the sociedad, Russell & Co., was a citizen domiciled in Puerto Rico, within the meaning of the Organic Act, and ordered the case remanded to the insular courts. It should be noted that the effect of Russell was to contract jurisdiction of the federal court in Puerto Rico. 10
If we were to accept petitioner's urgent invitation to amend diversity jurisdiction so as to accommodate its case, we would be faced with difficulties which we could not adequately resolve. Even if the record here were adequate, we might well hesitate to assume that petitioner's situation is sufficiently representative or typical to form the predicate of a general principle. We should, for example, be obliged to fashion a test for ascertaining of which State the labor union is a citizen. Extending the jurisdiction to corporations raised no such problem, for the State of incorporation was a natural candidate, its arguable irrelevance in terms of the policies underlying the jurisdiction being outweighed by its certainty of application. But even that easy and apparent solution did not dispose of the problem; in 1958 Congress thought it necessary to enact legislation providing that corporations are citizens both of the State of incorporation and of the State in which their principal place of business is located. 11 Further, in contemplating a rule which would accommodate petitioner's claim, we are acutely aware of the complications arising from the circumstance that petitioner, like other labor unions, has local as well as national organizations and that these, perhaps, should be reckoned with in connection with 'citizenship' and its jurisdictional incidents. 12
Whether unincorporated labor unions ought to be assimilated to the status of corporations for diversity purposes, how such citizenship is to be determined, and what if any related rules ought to apply, are decisions which we believe suited to the legislative and not the judicial branch, regardless of our views as to the intrinsic merits of petitioner's argument—merits stoutly attested by widespread support for the recognition of labor unions as juridical personalities. 13
We affirm the decision below.
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28 U.S.C. 1441(a) (1964 ed.) provides: 'Except as otherwise expressly provided by Act of Congress, any civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction, may be removed by the defendant or the defendants, to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where such action is pending.'
Petitioner does not here challenge the Court of Appeals' finding with respect to the absence of federal-question jurisdiction. Mention of this finding is omitted from the 'statement of the case' portion of petitioner's brief. Instead, petitioner expresses an intention, on remand of this case, to raise a different issue—that libel suits brought against unions for conduct arising in the course of an organizational campaign are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board and may not be the subject of litigation, at least initially, in state or federal court. Compare Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114, 337 F.2d 68 (C.A.6th Cir.), cert. granted, 381 U.S. 923, 85 S.Ct. 1558, 14 L.Ed.2d 682, with Meyer v. Joint Council 53, Intern'l Bro. of Teamsters, etc., 416 Pa. 401, 206 A.2d 382, petition for cert. dismissed under Rule 60, 382 U.S. 897, 86 S.Ct. 193.
1 Stat. 78.
See 72 Stat. 415 (1958), 28 U.S.C. 1332(c), providing that: 'For the purposes of this section and section 1441 of this title, a corporation shall be deemed a citizen of any State by which it has been incorporated and of the State where it has its principal place of business.'
18 Stat. 470.
24 Stat. 552, 553, as amended by 25 Stat. 434. On the historical background of these changes in the diversity jurisdiction see generally, Moore and Weckstein, Diversity Jurisdiction: Past, Present, and Future, 43 Tex.L.Rev. 1 (1964); Moore and Weckstein, Corporations and Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction: A Supreme Court Fiction Revisited, 77 Harv.L.Rev. 1426 (1964); Hart and Wechsler, The Federal Courts and the Federal System 891—943 (1953).
Equally responsive to the congressional intent as manifested in 1887 and 1888 was the Court's decision in 1892 in Shaw v. Quincy Mining Co., 145 U.S. 444, 12 S.Ct. 935, 36 L.Ed. 768, holding that in a diversity suit a corporation could only be sued in the State of incorporation, even though its principal place of business was elsewhere.
See Mason v. American Express Co., 334 F.2d 392 (C.A.2d Cir.); 78 Harv.L.Rev. 1661 (1965); 53 Geo.L.J. 513 (1965); 65 Col.L.Rev. 162 (1965); American Fed. of Musicians v. Stein, 213 F.2d 679, 685—689 (C.A.6th Cir.), cert. denied, 348 U.S. 873, 75 S.Ct. 108, 99 L.Ed. 687, suggesting that a trial court might find a union to be a citizen for diversity purposes—a suggestion rejected on remand, 183 F.Supp. 99 (D.C.M.D.Tenn.); and Van Sant v. American Express Co., 169 F.2d 355 (C.A.3d Cir.); Comment, 1965 Duke LJ. 329; Note, Unions as Juridicial Persons, 66 Yale L.J. 712, 742—749 (1957). Cf. Swan v. First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 225 F.2d 745 (C.A.9th Cir.). But see Brocki v. American Express Co., 279 F.2d 785 (C.A.6th Cir.), cert. denied, 364 U.S. 871, 81 S.Ct. 113, 5 L.Ed.2d 92; Underwood v. Maloney, 256 F.2d 334 (C.A.3d Cir.), cert. denied, 358 U.S. 864, 79 S.Ct. 93, 3 L.Ed.2d 97; A. H. Bull Steamship Co. v. N.M.E.B.A., 250 F.2d 332 (C.A.2d Cir.), each of which takes a more conventional view.
The federal district court in Puerto Rico had jurisdiction 'of all cases cognizable in the district courts of the United States' and 'of all controversies where all of the parties on either side of the controversy are citizens or subjects of a foreign State or States, or citizens of a State, Territory, or District of the United States not domiciled in Porto Rico * * *,' § 41, Organic Act of Puerto Rico of 1917, 39 Stat. 965 (now 48 U.S.C. 863). See 70 Stat. 658 (1956), amending 28 U.S.C. 1332, relating to the treatment of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for diversity purposes.
As the Court noted in Russell, 288 U.S., at 482, 53 S.Ct., at 449, the effect of its decision was to prevent nonresidents from organizing sociedads to carry on business in Puerto Rico and then 'remove from the insular courts controversies arising under local law.' The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Mason, 334 F.2d, at 397, n. 8, seems to assert that Russell had the effect of broadening the diversity jurisdiction. We do not agree. At the time Russell was decided, Puerto Rico was not considered a 'State' for purposes of the federal diversity jurisdiction statute. Accordingly, a sociedad, although recognized as a citizen of Puerto Rico in Russell, could not avail itself of the general diversity statute.
See note 4, supra.
The American Law Institute has proposed that for diversity purposes unincorporated associations be deemed citizens of the States in which their principal places of business are located, but that they be disabled from initiating diversity litigation in States where they maintain 'local establishments.' ALI, Study of the Division of Jurisdiction Between State and Federal Courts, Proposed Final Draft No. 1 (1965), §§ 1301(b)(2) and 1302(b). Compare 29 U.S.C. 185(c), which provides: 'For the purposes of actions and proceedings by or against labor organizations in the district courts of the United States, district courts shall be deemed to have jurisdiction of a labor organization (1) in the district in which such organization maintains its principal office, or (2) in any district in which its duly authorized officers or agents are engaged in representing or acting for employee members.'
See, e.g., United Mines Workers of America v. Coronado Coal Co., 259 U.S. 344, 42 S.Ct. 570, 66 L.Ed. 975; Rule 17(b) of the Fed.Rules Civ.Proc; ALI, Study, supra; 3 Moore, Federal Practice 17.25 (2d ed., 1964); Note, Unions as Juridical Persons, 66 Yale L.J. 712 (1957). Cf. 78 Stat. 445 (1964), which amended 28 U.S.C. 1332(c) to confer citizenship upon insurers, 'whether incorporated or unincorporated,' involved in direct-action suits; Note, Developments in the Law—Judicial Control of Actions of Private Associations, 76 Harv.L.Rev. 983, 1080—1100 (1963).
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David Jordan
Published in June 2020
These days it's harder to focus on the long-term. With so much uncertainty about the impacts of the current global pandemic, it's understandable that we focus on tomorrow, next week or next month and possibly next year. But there are some problems that need a long-term view.
Take the increasing threat of desertification which is affecting so much of the world. This definitely is an issue where a long-term perspective is needed. As global temperatures rise, more of the planet is becoming vulnerable to desertification, which means that land, once used for producing food, becomes permanently degraded. It's a vicious circle. In the quest to grow food, land is cleared of natural vegetation becoming vulnerable to erosion. Throw in more erratic weather patterns such as drought and heavy rain and the same land loses its fertility and its capacity to grow crops is lost, often for good.
The answer is to start investing in land, bringing it into sustainable farming and producing nutritious food for people that would otherwise go hungry.
"We want to play our part in reducing and, where possible, halting the health threat of water scarcity and land degradation (especially in light of the impact COVID-19 is having on the world's most vulnerable dryland communities)."
Sand dams can support small-scale farming on land that needs some irrigation if crops are to flourish. Rather than large-scale land clearance, our approach is to locate productive land alongside natural vegetation and use good husbandry to build up soil fertility. I have seen first-hand how these small local initiatives work, with the double dividend of producing food and protecting land from degradation. Research carried out a few years ago confirmed that sand dams not only help communities grow crops effectively but they also reduce the impacts of droughts which are becoming more and more frequent in parts of the world.
The science is powerful but so too are the stories of those who live and work in these arid landscapes. Take Musila and Joyce, both members of the Wendo wa Matoki self-help group in southeast Kenya. The construction of a sand dam and training in climate-smart agriculture has meant that both Musila and Joyce can enjoy improved agricultural yields and develop the long-term health of both their families and the land that they farm.
We want to play our part in reducing and, where possible, halting the health threat of water scarcity and land degradation (especially in light of the impact COVID-19 is having on the world's most vulnerable dryland communities).
That's why, as we acknowledge World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought this month (June 17th), we are asking our supporters to join us in taking the long view and support our work in reducing global health threats with sand dams and access to clean water.
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Author: David Jordan