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Tooslow
Post subject: Challenger Series Info and Sign-up
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Location: Burtchville, Mi
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In addition to the top quality racing we plan to have for Season 33, BareBones Racing along with Wednesdays Aero 88 Series, will also be the sites for a new RTG pilot series called The Challenger Series. The Challenger series is a separate set of points to be run within the Main BareBones Series Mondays and separately within The Wednesday Aero 88 Series. Regardless of the night, the Challenger Series is NOT a separate race.
The premise for the Challenger series is simple. We want all our drivers to race, and not be frustrated because, for whatever reason, they don't feel competitive against some of our drivers, even though they are ALL fine quality clean drivers themselves. There is no substitute for turning actual laps, whether you're just getting the rust out or seeking to grow and improve your own individual racing talents. The Challenger series will give that group of drivers, if they choose to, an opportunity to do that, while at the same time having their own competition within their peer group.
Thus by those suggestions and league input, we are going to try out the Challenger "series within a series" concept, running within the main BareBones Racing and Aero 88 series next season.
We have drivers who will be willing to help people on an individual basis, with all sorts of tips from wheel settings, driving lines, strategy and more, if they would like.
Just to be clear, EVERYBODY who races on Mondays and Wednesdays will be part of the overall main BareBones Racing and Aero 88 series and it's points, just like it has always been and there will be an overall season champion and weekly winner as normal. NOBODY will be forced into the Challenger Series under any circumstances; this is only for drivers who wish to be in it based on the above. If you are already running speedways and intermediate tracks and have been contending for top five finishes, the Challenger Series within the main BareBones or Aero 88 Racing Series is not something you should sign up for. The Challenger Series will have its own victory lane each week and season champion crowned, so the Challenger drivers, while still racing in the overall series, will have their own "race within the main race" against each other, and thus extra incentive to keep turning those laps and either getting that rust out or making personal progress.
If you are interested in being part of the Challenger Series, here is a link that Terry has worked hard to put together for you and explains how the Challenger Series will work and how drivers can join or be removed from it.
VIEW THE INFO & RULES PAGE HERE
You must race in the BBR and/or Aero88 Series for 1 season with a minimum of 7 races between the 2 series before applying to the Challenger Series.
Post here to apply for the Challenger Series.
Please put your Car# and Race Name in your post.
Challenge Series Approved Drivers...Speedway Series Only
Car#.....Driver................Date/Season Approved
#003...David Canon............8/3/14 Season 33
#??.....Jason Scheck..........8/3/14 Season 33
#7.......Cy Jones................8/5/14 Season 33
#95.....Dave Earlywine........8/5/14 Season 33
#28.....Gord Quinn..............8/28/14 Season 33
#14.....Brian Hoag..............9/10/14 Season 33
#115....Sean Lockyer..........12/19/14 Season 34
#102....Rusty Little.............12/19/14 Season 34
#96.....Dave Robbins.............4/15/15 Season 35
#25.....Brian Bell.................8/19/15 Season 36
#18.....David Lawson...........8/31/15 Season 36
#6.......Wylye Cote...............3/28/16 Season 38
#103...Carson krenz.............8/12/16 Season 39
#30.....Mark Dillon Jr............1/4/17 Season 40
#007.....Doug Cady...............1/4/17 Season 40
#028.....Larry Ingram............1/4/17 Season 40
#08.....Glenn Harris..............1/12/17 Season 40
#12.....Lance Munksgard.......5/1/17 Season 41
#5.......Allen Martin...............12-18-17 Season 43
#49.....Bobby Farrell.............01-03-18 Season 43
#118....Dustin Roser.............05-01-18 Season 44
#29.....Brian Wolf................8/17/18 Season 45
#143...Bob Dixon................8/17/18 Season 45
#710...MannyD...................8/17/18 Season 45
#26.....Billy Ellisor...............12/28/18 Season 46
#037...Doug Lockrow...........12/28/18 Season 46
#45.....Bobby Farrell............12/28/18 Season 46
#86.....Jim Black.................12/28/18 Season 46
#24.....Joe DiSpirito.............04/26/19 Season 47
#38.....JT Mayhew................04/26/19 Season 47
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Jesse van Ruller: Here and There
By C. Andrew Hovan
It's no surprise that Jesse Van Ruller makes a strong statement as a mainstream soloist on his first Criss Cross release, Here and There. What is a bit confounding is that fact that it's taken so long for the Dutch native to find such a perfect forum for his talents. Back in 1995, the guitarist won that year's Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition (the first European artist to do so) and yet American audiences have yet to really pick up on van Ruller's talents. In the tradition of Tal Farlow, Herb Ellis, and Jim Hall, this young guitarist keeps the fast company of two different groupings, one in a quartet with David Hazeltine on piano and the other a sparse trio setting with just bass and drums.
Standards are the order of the day, although van Ruller offers a few tweaks here and there (no pun intended!) to keep things interesting, his electric hollow body producing a warm and fuzzy sound that is undeniably attractive. There's also a clear Tristano connection that raises its head on a teeming upbeat version of Lee Konitz's "Subconscious-Lee." They say that it's on a ballad that any jazzman worth his salt will stand out from the poseurs. If that's the case, then van Ruller stakes his claim on "Prelude to a Kiss," caressing Duke's melody with authority and confidence. As strong as these quartet performances may be, it's within the trio format that the guitarist really rises to the occasion, presenting solid chordal work along with solos that stay largely in the realm of single note runs. "In Walked Bud" and "Cedar's Blues" are both bristling with youthful exuberance, the latter bringing to a brisk close this accomplished effort.
No doubt that van Ruller is well on his way to becoming a formidable contender on the New York jazz scene, if he chooses to do so. Mainstream guitar fans will surely enjoy this swinging set while rejoicing at the arrival of a considerable new talent.
The Best Things In Life Are Free, Christina, Bye Bye Baby, Subconcious-Lee, Prelude to a Kiss, Debits and Credits, Everything I Love, In Walked Bud, Ballad of the Sad Young Men, Cedar's Blues
Jesse van Ruller (guitar), David Hazeltine (piano), Nat Reeves (bass), Joe Farnsworth (drums), Frans van Geest (bass on tracks 7-10), Willie Jones III (drums on tracks 7-10)
Title: Here and There | Year Released: 2002 | Record Label: Criss Cross
About Jesse van Ruller
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An avid audiophile and music collector, Hovan is a Cleveland-based writer/photographer/musician.


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Bill 41: Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
By Kate Gunn & Jesse Donovan
On October 24th, the Government of British Columbia introduced Bill 41 – 2019: Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. If passed, the new legislation will require the Province to embark on a process of legislative reform to ensure that provincial laws are consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
As Indigenous organizations have noted, the Bill constitutes an important step towards the full implementation of the UN Declaration, and has the potential to transform the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and the Province from one of conflict to partnership, collaboration and respect. The Bill passed first reading, and will proceed through the next steps of the legislative process before it can be proclaimed into law.
Bill 41 represents one of the first concrete steps in Canada towards the meaningful implementation of the UN Declaration. The Act is intended to affirm the application of the Declaration to the laws of BC, contribute to the implementation of the Declaration, and support the development of relationships between the provincial government and "Indigenous governing bodies" (defined as entities that are authorized to act on behalf of Indigenous Peoples that hold rights recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982).
If passed into law, the Act will require the provincial government, in consultation and cooperation with Indigenous Peoples, to take all measures necessary to ensure that provincial laws are consistent with the Declaration. It will also provide a framework for provincial ministers to enter into agreements with Indigenous governing bodies for the joint exercise of statutory decision-making powers. This provision, along with the rest of the Act, has the potential to establish a new approach on the part of the Province which recognizes Indigenous Peoples' laws and jurisdiction in respect of their ancestral lands.
The UN Declaration recognizes the inherent rights and freedoms of Indigenous Peoples and minimum standards which states are expected to meet in order to ensure those rights are protected. It was formally adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2007, following years of advocacy on the part of Indigenous Peoples throughout the world.
In Canada, the federal government refused to fully endorse the Declaration for almost 10 years following its adoption. Despite having finally committed to endorsing the Declaration "without qualification" in 2016, to date neither the federal nor provincial governments have successfully passed legislation which would bring domestic law in line with international standards. Instead, both levels of government have made repeated public commitments to pursuing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, while continuing to rely on legislation which is out of step with the principles enshrined in the Declaration. In BC and across Canada, the Crown frequently fails to adequately consult with Indigenous Peoples prior to making decisions which could adversely impact their rights.
First Nations families living on reserves face chronic discrimination in the provision of services, and Indigenous communities are left to grapple with the effects of megaprojects which have been authorized by federal and provincial governments without their consent.
After years of inaction, Bill 41 represents a real step towards the meaningful recognition and protection of the rights of Indigenous Peoples in BC.
Among the most significant aspects of the Bill is the establishment of a framework for shared decision-making between the Province and Indigenous governments. This provision will provide, for the first time, clear authority for provincial ministers to enter into arrangements with Indigenous governments for the sharing of power and authority over the management of Indigenous Peoples' ancestral lands and resources. This is a positive and critical step towards the meaningful implementation of the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent in domestic law.
While the significance of consent-based decision-making cannot be overstated, there are also other, often overlooked aspects of the Bill. For example, Article 28 of the Declaration provides that Indigenous Peoples have a right of redress, by means that can include restitution or equitable compensation, for lands, territories or resources which have been taken, occupied or damaged without their consent. In a province largely devoid of treaties, the enactment of provincial legislation consistent with Article 28 could play a significant role in the resolution of disputes regarding the taking of Indigenous Peoples' ancestral lands.
Additionally, requiring the Province to adopt laws consistent with the UN Declaration could provide protections for the rights of Indigenous Peoples beyond those recognized under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. The recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Aboriginal and Treaty rights under section 35 is frequently limited by restrictive interpretations by Canadian courts and by efforts on the part of the federal and provincial governments to deny the existence and exercise of those rights. By contrast, the rights of Indigenous Peoples affirmed in the Declaration are not limited to those that fall within the definition of section 35 rights under Canadian law. If the same is true for Bill 41, the new legislation will represent an important step towards recognizing and protecting the inherent rights of Indigenous Peoples which might not otherwise meet the stringent requirements developed in respect of section 35.
BC's proposed legislation is expected to be the first of its kind to be passed into law in Canada, and is likely to set the stage for further legislative reform across the country. As such, it provides an important opportunity for governments to move away from hollow rhetoric regarding the importance of reconciliation and towards meaningful reforms which acknowledge the historic and current authority of Indigenous Peoples in relation to their rights and territories.
The Bill is clear that changes to provincial legislation must be undertaken in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples. The question of whether the Bill is successful in achieving its purpose will depend, in large part, on the extent to which the Province works cooperatively with Indigenous governments to develop revised legislation which reflects the spirit and intent of the Declaration.
Importantly, the implementation of the UN Declaration cannot be achieved through legislative reform alone. Bill 41 represents one step towards a renewed relationship between the Province and Indigenous Peoples. Ultimately, however, the principles enshrined in the Declaration can only be fully realized if the provincial government, along with non-Indigenous people residing in BC, are willing to commit to reimagining a new future in which Indigenous Peoples' rights and decision-making authority are fully recognized and respected.
Kate Gunn, lawyer, is an associate at First Peoples Law Corporation. Kate recently completed her Master's of Law at the University of British Columbia. Her most recent academic essay, "Agreeing to Share: Treaty 3, History & the Courts," was published in the UBC Law Review last year.
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Microsoft's Press on OOXML: Admission of Misconduct
Posted in Formats, Microsoft, Office Suites, Open XML, Standard at 11:57 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Almost right from the horse's mouth…
The following find has been highlighted elsewhere, but a reader sent us a tip under the subject line "Microsoft partner channel openly (bald faced) celebrates corruption…"
To quote the body of this message:
"It's a pity this probably won't be enough proof for a jury, but I am sure the press will be delighted about it, and maybe the competition authorities as well…
"Source: http://rcpmag.com/blogs/weblog.aspx?blog=2075
"P.S.: I printed it to a PDF file in case they make the article offline in order to try to do the damage control… (I am sending it attached to you)"
From the article at hand (essentially in Microsoft's own press):
"Of course, we're sure that Microsoft, uh, strongly encouraged a few delegates from a few nations to change their votes — which lots of delegates did. And, really, OOXML's acceptance isn't all that big of a deal for partners and users, practically speaking; after all, Microsoft document formats are also de facto standards.
"But now, all of those government agencies charged with implementing standards-based computing are free to turn away from open source and run back to sweet mama Microsoft if they so choose. And whatever momentum open source had gained by taking the standards route in IT departments has certainly slowed — if not come to a screeching halt."
Thank you, RPC, for this one shiny gem. It will prove handy as a reference for future posts. To use the words of Fred Astaire, "they can't take that away from me." █
Microsoft-Funded Press Belittles Microsoft Crimes
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Cutbacks at Microsoft, More Canceled Products Rumoured (Corrected)
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Microsoft Has Been Rigging Votes/Polls for Ages
No Regrets at Microsoft After Abuses, ODF Still Snubbed
European Nations Give the Thumbs Down to Microsoft OOXML, Misconduct Noted
When Microsoft Shenanigans and Novell Stomp on Your Open Standards
The Somewhat Overlooked Menaces of OOXML, Demonstrated by News
Microsoft Bullies Over Software Patents, Takes a Hit Also
"Microsoft Against the World" Turned to "Process of Politicalisation"
Did Microsoft Attack IBM by Proxy to Restrain OOXML Critics?
Tomas de Torquemada said,
There you have it, all the proof you'll ever need – except for one small issue.
RCP is not a Microsoft owned publication, it belongs to 1105 Media Inc., whoever they are. They claim to have no legal affiliation with Microsoft whatsoever in their FAQ, and I'm guessing it would be illegal for them to claim that if it was not true.
So, it isn't exactally "from the horses mouth", just a noise from a horse with a similar sounding name.
Roy Schestowitz said,
That's why I wrote "Almost right from the horse's mouth…"
From Microsoft itself (the 'horse') we have already heard that it's "a simple matter of Microsoft's commercial interests."
SubSonica said,
In a second read the article seems to have a rather ironic tone, but nontheless what is true is that "turn away from open source and run back to sweet mama Microsoft " is exactly the sole purpose of MSOOXML an the whole ISO charade. Legal relationships aside, that channel partner publication is, no doubt, 99%+ aligned with Microsoft interests.
99%+ aligned with Microsoft interests.
Well, just watch that headline… Return of the Champ. Here is a good comment:
"April 03, 2008 | comment by Sean Keeney from Cheltenham, UK
This isn't a football game, it's a decision that will affect the archiving of a huge lump of our society's documents for years to come. Quit with the cheer leading idiocy. Also, I seem to remember George W proclaiming victory after a week of 'shock and awe'. Remind me how that turned out again? Microsoft have bought the battle, it doesn't mean they'll win the war."
"My, I hope the EU Commission reads that. You mean the goal of OOXML wasn't interoperability after all? It's for anticompetitive purposes? My stars. Who'd a thunk it?"
I have never seen RPC heckling Microsoft and I've been through literally hundreds of articles from there.


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Published: May 16, 2017, 3:56 pm
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Unlicensed after-hours bar In Southwest Houston shut down
HOUSTON – An unlicensed after-hours bar in Southwest Houston has been shut down.
Documents from a lawsuit state undercover police officers who arrived to serve a court order at Avani Lounge at 6603 Harwin Drive early Sunday morning found at least 600 club-goers drinking and partying inside.
Police say they also found coolers with beer and liquor.
Last week, a judge entered a temporary restraining order to close the bar.
The order says the bar will stay closed until a valid liquor license can be obtained.
Police say they found the club had been serving alcohol after 2 a.m.
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This section features articles about A Brief History of Women by Alan Ayckbourn and other authors. Click on the links in the right hand column below to read other articles.
This article by Alan Ayckbourn's Archivist Simon Murgatroyd was written for the world premiere of the play during 2017.
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by Simon Murgatroyd
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Sir Peter Hall once noted that Alan Ayckbourn's work provided a 'social document' of change during the second half of the 20th century.
More than that though, Ayckbourn has provided a theatrical record of how women in society have changed during the past 60 years, which has led to frequent praise for how he writes and portrays women.
He has always shied away from the term 'feminist writer', instead arguing that: "I think what I'm doing is trying to reflect women as they are."
Strong female characters have long been hallmarks of Ayckbourn's plays from Relatively Speaking (1967) through to A Brief History Of Women at the Stephen Joseph Theatre and The Divide at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2017.
The inspiration for this he largely credits to his mother: "I was brought up in a single-parent family with a mother who gave me a somewhat biased slant on the world from the woman's point of view. Most of her friends were women and I spent my formative years listening to women talking."
It's frequently noted how Ayckbourn, during the first two decades of his writing career, was deftly exploring gender issues to an extent not seen elsewhere in popular theatre of that period – even though it wasn't overt nor intended to grab attention but driven by a desire to write interesting and believable characters.
Even in his earliest success, Relatively Speaking (1967), we have recognisable female figures representing both the establishment and the young generation that embraced the women's movement of the '60s and '70s. In both Sheila and Ginny, the playwright is already picking at the scab of society's view of women.
Upper middle-class housewife Sheila is characteristic of an earlier period where women were still painted as the home-maker, rather than the younger generation of sexually liberated, professionally ambitious women represented by Ginny.
Yet even here, Ayckbourn is subverting convention, for only Sheila is able to figure out what is actually happening during the play and only she has the acumen to realise that Greg and Ginny are not entirely suited: "It'll be a disastrous marriage but great fun for them while it lasts."
Class expectations and how women's attitudes were changing are also explored in How The Other Half Loves (1969) with three different couples from different classes. And whilst middle class, Guardian-reading Teresa gets the most attention, it is working class Mary - seen only as a timid adjunct to her husband William - who has the most interesting journey, eventually turning the tables on her husband's apparent superiority with her declaration: "It's difficult for him, you see. He's never been wrong before."
The '70s are filled with memorable women in Ayckbourn's plays from Annie, Ruth and Sarah in The Norman Conquests (1973) through to the sisters Abigail and Dorcas in Sisterly Feelings (1979). However, Absurd Person Singular (1972) illustrates the start of an ongoing theme in Ayckbourn's work.
Whilst it features the singularly horrific couple of Sidney and Jane - a marriage built on mutual need and ambition rather than love - it is wretched Eva who vividly etches herself into memory. Her torrid relationship with husband Geoffrey leads to a second act dedicated to her attempting suicide, whilst those around remain oblivious. Here not only do we get the epitome of the Ayckbourn couple and the continuing Ayckbourn mantra that men and women are just not designed to live together successfully without compromise, but also what these dysfunctional relationships can drive people to.
Eva is just one of many Ayckbourn women taken to extremes by their relationships and lives, a theme which would later find its natural conclusion in Woman In Mind (1985), where the banalities of life as a vicar's wife whose son has left and with no clear identity of her own lead Susan to create a fantasy world in which she is central.
Escaping into fantasy in Ayckbourn's plays is always dangerous: Susan's joyless and sexless marriage and her perceived lack of support lead to a climatic breakdown as the walls between reality and fantasy collapse, the stage dimming to siren lights.
The debilitating effect men and marriage can have on women is a recurring feature of Ayckbourn's writing throughout the '70s and '80s, from Diana in Absent Friends (1974), barely coping in a loveless marriage once the children have left, to Vera in Just Between Ourselves (1976), driven into catatonia by an over-bearing mother-in-law and an utterly ineffectual husband whose idea of helping his wife is purely limited to DIY.
But the '70s also sees the rise of the woman pushing back, with Evelyn in Absent Friends rebelling against her marriage and having a perfunctory affair with her husband's best friend, likening it 'to being made love to by a sack of clammy cement'.
By the '80s, we see this progress further with the likes of Anita from A Small Family Business (1987) and Jill Rillington in Man Of The Moment (1988): women who are succeeding in a male-orientated world even if they have to dominate - literally in Anita's case - the men around them.
The portrayal of media professional Jill Rillington is particularly pertinent today, given the BBC's recent revelations about the vast gender pay-gap, as she's patently fought tooth and nail to get where she is and will do whatever is necessary to keep her place in this male-dominated business - even repurposing a celebrity death to suit the story she wants to tell.
Another decade, and just as Ayckbourn's plays began to expand into new areas such as the state of the nation, so his approach to women also altered.
Body Language (1990) focused on the on ever-pertinent issue of how women appear, and in today's parlance is a play which confronts body-shaming as a glamour model and obese journalist finds their lives altered when an accident leaves the wrong head on the wrong body. The relationship that develops from animosity to sisterhood and appreciation by the end of the play is a touching exploration of female friendship in a world where the men judge only by appearance.
In Wildest Dreams (1992), we have the first Ayckbourn LGBT character in Rick, a young woman who in her role-playing game life becomes the fearless warrior she desires to be in real life; and who finds momentary enlightenment in the first same-sex kiss in an Ayckbourn play following a fearless action. Sadly, she also discovers the sad truth that no matter who your partner is, anyone can be abusive and controlling.
A literal brief history of women takes place in Comic Potential (1998) when a female android essentially achieves sentience. The play has been interpreted as a history of the 'new woman' from the 19th century to the present day: suffrage, emancipation, recognition, equality and even - it is suggested - superiority.
She's a forbear of the women who dominate the plays of the '00s in such pieces as the Damsels In Distress trilogy (2001) which focus on strong young women in fraught situations with only their wits and courage to aid them; there may be a man at hand, but they're generally dragged along for the ride by the heroine, or are more of a hindrance to women who prove more than capable of dealing with anything life throws at them.
By the end of the decade, we essentially return to Sheila, but in a modern-day version. If I Were You (2006) and Life & Beth (2008) both celebrate mature women - Gill and Beth - whose lives have been dedicated to their marriages and have not been as fulfilling as they might have desired.
Both women's fantastical experiences offer the hope of a brighter, more liberated future. Gill swaps bodies with her husband allowing each to better appreciate then other, but making the sly observation that whereas a female will still be ignored in a male-dominated workplace, a woman in a man's body is far more efficient at solving the company's issues than any man.
Beth, meanwhile, has come to the end of a marriage after her husband's death: except he's not too keen to go, certain she cannot cope without him. Whether the ghost is real or imagined, the play is about a woman seen as just a wife but proving to herself and those around her that not only is she more than capable, she will likely bloom in her new found independence.
By the '10s, the Ayckbourn woman has become the dominant driving force in many of the plays such as Arrivals & Departures (2013) and Hero's Welcome (2015), which do not flinch from showing harsh realities - Ez's rape and subsequent pregnancy in Arrivals & Departure - but portray women who are either fiercely self-sufficient or have become the driving force and stronger partner within a marriage.
In Hero's Welcome, Baba arrives in the UK, shy and dependent on new husband Murray and barely speaking a word of English. By the climax there is no doubt that she is the rock on which Murray will rely and that there is little he can't achieve with her by his side.
We've travelled with with Alan Ayckbourn through 60 years and in A Brief History of Women, we have the chance to see even more remarkable women and a potted journey through six decades of another man's life: not just how women have changed in society, but how they have affected the course of that one man's life.
It's a remarkable journey.
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Melissa began with WEX in 1997 as a senior financial analyst for the financial technology service provider. She worked her way through numerous roles, including CFO and president of the Americas, and now holds its most senior position. Melissa served as CFO during the company's IPO in 2005 and has continued to spearhead WEX's dramatic growth, both organically and through acquisitions.
Born and raised in Maine, Melissa was recognized as Mainebiz's 2012 Woman to Watch and 2017 Business Leader of the Year. She won the tribute to Women in Industry Award from the Maine Women's Fund in 2015. She was also named PYMNTS.com's Most Innovative Women in Payments in 2014 and one of PaymentsSource's Most Influential Women in Payments in 2014 and 2019.
Melissa participates in extensive nonprofit work, including co-founding the Executive Women's Forum as well as sponsoring and participating in Tri for a Cure. In 2010, Melissa co-founded sheJAMS, an all-women training club that allows women to train together in a non-competitive spirit. Additionally, she serves on the Maine Health Board of Directors and is a former board member of the Dead River Company Board of Directors and the Center for Grieving Children. Melissa earned a bachelor's in business administration from the University of Maine.
What professional accomplishments are you most proud of?
For me, it's all about the people. I take the most satisfaction in creating and maintaining a great corporate environment in the midst of all our growth. I want to continue to make WEX a place where people really enjoy their work and are encouraged to grow and succeed.
Why have you decided to stay at WEX for so long?
Standing still is not in our DNA, and that fits with who I am. When we went public and I was the CFO, the company's market cap was $720 million. Today, it is over $7 billion. We've gone from being in one product primarily in the U.S. to a much more diverse enterprise with global operations.
What impact does your work have, beyond WEX?
My responsibility is to use the platform I have as CEO to help foster growth in communities. Our employees give time, we give money, and we are creating an environment where people don't just care about one another, but also about making sure the place we live in is thriving. That gives us all a sense of purpose.
How do you foster creative and innovative thinking?
Be incredibly open to people telling you that you're wrong—which happens to me with some frequency—then move from that point into something that may be even better.
What role models did you look to when developing your leadership skills and style?
My mother was my first role model; she had a career, as did my grandmother before her. I come from a long line of strong women, and my mom taught me to be willing to try. She felt strongly that women should be able to support themselves and is a huge advocate for the importance of education. I think the key is to form a relationship with those you can learn from. Be willing to share and seek advice.
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End Of Life Care Ethical Issues
"Decision-making for end-of-life care has earned paramount importance as it has capability to prolong human life with the support of medical technologies or can let the natural death process continue by foregoing the treatment option. Hence, end-of-life care is facing various ethical dilemmas" (Karnik & Kanekar, 2016). Due to advances in medical technology, the decisions regarding death and dying are changing. This advanced technology has caused the development of treatments that can intervene in the dying process and prolong life. "They are reshaping the circumstances of natural death and sustaining human lives" (Karnik & Kanekar, 2016). However, even though these advancements exist, it does not mean the patients will recover. It is
Theme Of Honor In Much Ado About Nothing
The process of reclaiming honor requires repeated repentance and redemption through reconciling with those who hold low his integrity. This possibility of restoring honor demonstrates that society has become more open to change and reconciliation, less rigid and confining. The gravity of honor and its loss has diminished in contemporary society because of an increased flexibility in repairing
Ethical Issues Doctor Assisted Suicide
The legal system is in place not only to protect our rights and administer justice, but to increase the quality of life in a society. By legalizing doctor-assisted suicide, the quality of life increases. First, more lives can be saved with the legalization of doctor-assisted suicide. Many diseases such as cancers can take away use of certain organs. By detecting incurable cancers earlier, it is possible to harvest organs such as kidneys (cancer.org, 2014).
Analysis Of Peter Singer's Solution To World Poverty
But this is another ethical question to
Ethical Issues In Biomedical Research
In biomedical and behavioural research, there can be issues that arise during the discovery of new processes and products, such as the ethicality of certain experiments and the results obtained. Back in the old times, when standards for conducting scientific research and experiments were not strictly adhered to, experiments conducted resulted in people or other living things being put in harm's way, to obtain a certain result or confirm a suspicion. While such experiments claimed to be justified because they were meant to advance medical knowledge, is it always right to make sacrifices for the greater good? In this essay, I will use some case studies to discuss ethical issues in biomedical research. A common ethical issue concerns the use
Nursing Ethical Dilemma
Background The ability to recognize, understand and treat symptoms related to illnesses, along with crafting the right questions in order to promote optimal care is considered a fine art in the field of healthcare. However, sensitive and time-critical conditions can pose questions that could challenge the status quo in relation to healthcare policy and decision making. Challenging circumstances often call for drastic measures that make difficult to decide right vs wrong. An ethical dilemma defines this decision-making process.
The Social Ecological Model
Policy-makers can cooperate with a range of organizations, health practitioners, and government departments at all levels in order to develop health policy that seeks to reduce health inequalities effectively before they can manifest themselves in poor health outcomes. The medical model – while it will always be around, and while it arguably should always be around – is somewhat of a quick-fix, short-term approach to a very serious and pervasive public health issue. The social-ecological model, though, is a much more forward thinking, long-term, and sustainable approach to dealing with this public health issue. It looks to the root causes of the issue – all of the social and economic determinants of health discussed in part 1 – and attempts to solve the problem at that level. This approach is far more useful for reducing health inequalities.
Ethics In Nursing
Indeed, it might be argued that this article highlights that it should be paid more attention to the necessity for ethical deliberations in emergency preparedness, planning and performance of nurses. Although, it is suggested that the future research into emerging issues is strongly necessitated and that the outcomes of the further research will be used to produce the evidence-based policy and practice in the emergency disaster management. Another example may be also presented. The article entitled Counterterrorism, Ethics, and Global Health written by Lisa Eckenwiler and Matthew Hunt raises the problem of the ethical issues that are environing the global health influence on present counterterrorism practice and policy (Johnstone & Turale, 2014).
Ten Concepts In Nursing Research
Clinical research is from acute to chronic care experience throughout life span. It involves health promotion and preventive care for individual, families and communities in different settings. It is important for nursing research to widen the scope in order to have a greater impact in future. The aspect of health promotion and preventive care are very important because some diseases are better prevented than treated and while some changes are irreversible such as aging are part of human experience. Health systems and outcomes research focuses on how health care delivery influences quality, cost and experience of patient.
Euthanasia Ethical Dilemmas
Consequentialist however, do seem to focused not only on the patients but the relative. But doe the consequence of euthanasia good to legalized it? This is the question that concern the
Sociology Personal Statement Essay
Broadly, I intend to analyze how social structure shapes the lives of individuals in terms of health and wellbeing. Recent advances in medical science especially biomedicine, stem cell therapy and reproductive technologies have created concerns about health accessibility and health equity along with ethical considerations. With a rapid growth in genetics and its intersection with the healthcare technologies, social ramification of these practices is bound to create avenues for more sociological investigations. I wish to elucidate both theoretically and empirically the health behavior with respect to new medical ideas including "geneticization" of medicine and commoditization of assisted reproductive techniques in different social strata. Other questions that intrigue me include how social marginalization impacts the intertwined issues of health and education of the population in the developing
Medicare In Health Care
This is where one type of plan will explain what is to be expected for users. Explaining the benefits is practically as important as the application itself: for determining the value of the health care may be "service dependent" ("Medicaid", 2015). Another important term that should be well known is clean claims. Clean claims identify the health professional, health facility, home health care provider or durable medical equipment provider that has given service to verify affiliation status. In short, it identifies a lot of the medical information to make it more transparent.
The Controversial Issue Of Assisted Suicide
Assisted suicide is a controversial issue made apparent by the media. Assisted suicide is the act of intentionally killing oneself with the assistance of another. This is very different from euthanasia. Euthanasia is when a person deliberately ends a life to spare them the suffering such as by lethal injection. Assisted suicide is when the physician provides the means for death, letting the patient administer the medication.
Is Physician Assisted Suicide Ethically Wrong
Physician assisted suicide is morally and ethically wrong due to the Hippocratic oath doctors take at the beginning of their term, and unlike euthanasia, it is therefore the patient that triggers the death and not a third party. Our culture subscribes to the notion of the "absolute sanctity of life", Western religions do not plainly forbid suicide, and assisted suicide would result in overall no harm on the society. The physician-assisted suicide controversy surrounds the idea that assisted suicide rests on the difference between dying with dignity and dying suffering. The ethical issues of physician-assisted suicide are both emotional and controversial. It is ethically permissible for a dying person who has chosen to escape the unbearable
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Julián Gayarre Mausoleum
The Julián Gayarre Mausoleum is in Roncal, a Pyrenean town 88 kilometres from Pamplona. This sculpted construction takes us back to the glorious era of the Navarrese tenor and the sculptor from Valencia who created it, Mariano Benlliure.
The mausoleum was exhibited at the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1900 where it won the Medal of Honour for Sculpture. It is hardly surprising that the then Queen Regent, María Cristina, wanted to install it next to the Royal Theatre in Madrid, but the tenor's family refused and it is now the star attraction of Roncal's small cemetery, eight hundred metres from the town in which the great Gayarre was born.
An essential visit in Roncal is the Mausoleum where the remains of tenor Julián Gayarre lie. The road leaves from the Town Hall, passing the spacious open-air fronton court and the schools -both gifts to the townsfolk from the tenor- taking you to the town's peaceful cemetery in which the restored mausoleum stands out, less than one kilometre from the centre.
The sculpture, designed by the prestigious artist Mariano Benlliure from Valencia, was installed in the cemetery of the Pyrenean town in 1901, eleven years after the tenor's death. The funerary monument, built from white and bronze marble, rises up in four levels and consists of a marble sarcophagus embellished on the façades by children, in very plain relief, singing librettos from the most famous operas performed by Gayarre.
On one side of the tomb is a female figure in bronze reclining in an abandoned pose with a lute, hiding her heartbroken face in a clear allusion to Music. The symbolic force of the mausoleum is completed by two more bronze figures; Harmony and Melody, who are balanced unsteadily on the slab of the tomb, holding up the bronze coffin in their hands. On top of the coffin, the figure of Fame leans over, as if wanting to hear the last notes from the tenor's voice, now silenced for ever.
The cemetery in Roncal is usually closed to visitors, but a visit to the mausoleum from the outside is well worth it.
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Declared a Site of Cultural Interest, in the town's cemetery 800 metres from the centre. Seen from the outside.
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The Battery
The Agenda: Scott sticks by Trump; Haley reflects on Matthew; Lots o' apartments
Clinton speech in S.C. figures in latest emails
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U.S. Sen. Tim Scott speaks at CPAC in 2014
Hillary Clinton's speech at a Goldman Sachs conference in S.C. figures in the latest round of leaked Clinton emails. Source: AP
5,500: The number of apartment units currently under development in the Charleston area, reportedly an all-time high. Source: P&C
In an interview with The State last week, Gov. Nikki Haley recalls her administration's handling of prep for Hurricane Matthew, the evacuation, and sleepless nights leading up to the storm's sweep across the Southeast. Source: The State
Greenville News headline: 'Devastation in the heart of agricultural South Carolina'
Berkeley County school district has reportedly been drawn into multiple sex abuse lawsuits over the past few years, paying out nearly $300,000 in settlements, more than any other local district. Source: P&C
Crawford Cook, a longtime political operative who advised Democratic S.C. governors from the 1960s into the 2000s, died over the weekend. Source: The State
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, the only black Republican in the U.S. Senate, is standing by his endorsement for Donald Trump, saying that the nation "is better off" with a Republican than a Democratic president, even when some have disqualified Trump as a "white identity politician." Source: New York Times


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The sustainable urban village on the highway to nowhere
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The Sustainable Urban Village on the Highway to Nowhere: A Project by Morgan State University's Design Studio 3
In support of the "Reconnect Communities" program initiated by the City of Baltimore and supported by the Biden Administration, Morgan State University students have been rethinking the Highway to Nowhere (H2NOW): a six-lane stretch of a highway that was never completed even after it displaced the predominantly Black residents of West Baltimore.
Funding from the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act is now being directed to removing the detritus of the highway and rebuilding community in the region. Architecture students from Morgan State University conducted a project in which they were asked to provide a new, positive perspective on this vast and abused area of Baltimore by providing scenarios of sustainability. This event will showcase three exceptional student proposals and an inside look at the students' design process along with comments from Baltimore City Planners Martin French and Renata Southard.
It will also attempt to draw conclusions: in a sincere effort to make this urban wasteland a better place and remedy the damage that has been done, students of Morgan State University have drawn upon a pedagogy of critical awareness to building with and for communities. It is our hope that the Biden administration will draw on these ideas to address the racialisation of America's urban geographies.
* This event will be held virtually on the EDC platform. To attend, please join our collective by creating an account. Make sure to sign in to your account, and click on the "Join Here" button below.
Martin French is a City Planner in the Land Use and Urban Design Division of the Baltimore City Planning Department. Before joining Planning, Martin worked for several decades in the subsidized housing field for the Housing Authority of Baltimore City and the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. His career started with a BA in Geography from Johns Hopkins University, and he has been a 50-year resident of the Baltimore area (20 of them in the City).
Renata Southard is a Design Planner in the Land Use and Urban Design division. Prior to joining the Department of Planning, Ren spent more than a decade in the private sector as a designer and project manager, working on adaptive reuse, multi-family, mixed-use and master planning projects. In her current role, Ren splits her time between Design Review and special projects, such as visioning for the Impact Investment Areas, coordinating across agencies, and providing technical design support.
Cristina Cassandra Murphy co-founded XCOOP (2009), a think tank that through its flexible and permeable approach, analyzes contemporary living and provides creative solutions within a wide range of disciplines. She is an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. Also, she has been Lecturer at the University of Arizona, Visiting Fellow at the Architecture School at Taliesin and Taliesin West, guest professor at the University of Central America of San Salvador (El Salvador), University of Mumbai, Academy of Architecture, also in Mumbai, UNICA of Cagliari (Italy), at the TUDelft and Guest Critic at the MIARD, Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam.
Samia Rab Kirchner is currently a tenured Associate Professor of Urban Design and Interim Chair of the Undergraduate Design Department at Morgan State University in Baltimore City. She has taught at the American University of Sharjah in the UAE, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Kirchner's research and practice focus on the (trans)formative role of water in City Design, Urban Regeneration and Redevelopment.
Uyiosa Aimufua is a 1st-year student at Morgan State University, studying Architecture in the 3+2 program. Some of her interests include horror movies and Legos/Lego building because they offer an amazing buildable collection!
Austin Tucker is a 2nd year Master of Architecture Student interested in spaces for retreat and reflection within the complexities of the urban environment. He comes from Charleston, SC and completed a degree in packaging design at Clemson University. In addition to his work at Morgan State, he also holds a full-time position planning spaces for wellness at CRGA Design in Baltimore.
Tyriq Charleus is a Historic Preservation Planner for Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation. Tyriq earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Architecture & Environmental Design from Morgan State University. Originally from the Washington DC area, Tyriq loves working in the Historic Preservation field because of all the uncovered knowledge that can be discovered daily. He fell in love with Baltimore City as he matriculated through Morgan State University and wanted to become an agent of change for communities. It is a goal for Tyriq to be a steward of knowledge for generations to come.
11.30 am Introduction Cristina Murphy
11.35 am About the Highway to Nowhere Martin French
12.00 pm Discussion with Martin French Open
12.10 pm Project Presentation: Urban Valley Austin Tucker
12.20 pm Project Presentation: The Red Corridor Uyiosa Aimufua
12.30 pm Project Presentation: The One Way Tyriq Charleus
12.40 pm Conclusions Renata Southard
and Samia Kitchner


The lost ring was her mother's — the mission was the receptionist's
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The parking garage was the last chance. She wandered around; discouraged, she started to head back toward the doors with a simple prayer: "Lord please give me eyes to see!"
Story by: Emily Jordan on January 12, 2023
We can all imagine it — walking through a parking garage, putting keys away, making sure we have what we need for a doctor appointment. If a ring, earring or something else slipped off, we probably wouldn't notice.
The woman arriving for her neurologist appointment was distraught. Tears running down her face, she rubbed her pinky finger. The ring she normally wore — an heirloom her mother had given her years earlier — was gone.
She had retraced her steps, looked in the ladies' room, everywhere she could think of. She was barely composed enough to check in for her appointment.
Melody "Mel" Lukenbill, the receptionist checking her in at Norton Neuroscience Institute – St. Matthews, was taken with the woman's emotion for something that clearly held such fond memories.
"Once I got her checked in, I thought 'OK, I am going to find this lady's ring one way or another,'" Mel said.
Her co-worker was ready to help other patients as they came in while Mel started looking.
A pinky ring in a parking garage
Could it have been lost in the hallway carpeting with its busy pattern? She looked.
In the bathroom trash buried under damp paper towels and other garbage? She emptied out the trash and sifted through it.
Maybe on the tile bathroom floor? She swept around with her stocking feet hoping it would skitter across the floor.
The parking garage was the last chance. She walked toward the parked cars with no idea which one was the patient's. She wandered around; discouraged, she started to head back toward the doors with a simple prayer: "Lord please give me eyes to see!"
Mel's eyes caught a sparkle on the floor. There was indeed something shiny over there.
'I was going to find that ring, and there it is'
"I went running over there, and sure enough it was this tiny little ring that I should have seen when I first came out the door, but there it was!"
When Mel returned to the office with the ring, the patient was still with neurologist Geeta A. Ganesh, M.D., MPH. Mel knocked on the door, and Dr. Ganesh opened it, a bit puzzled at the interruption.
Mel explained and held up the ring. The woman jumped from her seat, squealing, hugging Mel and crying tears of joy.
"I told her, 'Honey, I made it mission. I was going to find that ring, and there it is,'" Mel said.
The patient's gratitude was overwhelming. Her thank-you was enough for Mel, who wanted nothing more for simply doing what she thought anyone would do given the opportunity.
Caring with extra care
It wasn't the first time Mel had gone out of her way to help someone.
"If a patient walks in and they seem like they are needing a little extra, she gives it to them" said Stacy Raymer, practice manager and Mel's leader. "She makes sure they know she's paying attention and that she's there to help them through whatever it is that they're going through."
Helping others is what Mel is about.
"If I can give a person a little bit of what he has given me, God can use me to change the world. He can use me to change their life, change their circumstances, their everything," Mel said. "I can do it one person and one simple act at a time."


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Public Law 94-142. Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Public Law 94-145. Consumer Goods Pricing Act of 1975
Public Law 94-164. An Act to change certain income tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and for other purposes
Public Law 94-168. Metric Conversion Act of 1975
Public Law 94-210. Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
Public Law 94-239. Equal Credit Opportunity Act Amendments of 1976
Public Law 94-240. Consumer Leasing Act of 1976
Public Law 94-265. Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976
Public Law 94-295. Medical Device Amendments of 1976
Public Law 94-334. An Act to increase the temporary debt limit, and for other purposes…
Public Law 94-344. Joint Resolution to amend the joint resolution entitled ''Joint resolution to codify and emphasize existing rules and customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag of the United States of America''.
Public Law 94-409. Government in the Sunshine Act
Public Law 94-412. National Emergencies Act
Public Law 94-435. Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
Public Law 94-469. Toxic Substances Control Act
Public Law 94-479. Joint Resolution for appointment of George Washington to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States.
Public Law 94-482. An Act to extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, to extend and revise the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and for other purposes.
Public Law 94-503. Crime Control Act of 1976
Public Law 94-524. Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976
Public Law 94-531. An Act to amend the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971…
Public Law 94-541. Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976
Public Law 94-553. An Act for the general revision of the Copyright Law, Title 17 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
Public Law 94-554. Judicial Survivors' Annuities Reform Act
Public Law 94-579. Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
Public Law 94-580. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
Public Law 94-587. Water Resources Development Act of 1976
Public Law 94-588. National Forest Management Act of 1976
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Nanovic Institute Awards Laura Shannon Prize to Max Bergholz
Author: Connor Bran
The Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame has awarded the 2019 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies to Max Bergholz for his book Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan Community, published by Cornell University Press.
The Laura Shannon Prize, one of the preeminent prizes for European studies, is awarded each year to the best book that transcends a focus on any one country, state, or people to stimulate new ways of thinking about contemporary Europe as a whole. This year's cycle of the award considered books in history and social sciences published in 2016 or 2017.
Examining the intercommunal violence in a community on the border of Bosnia and Croatia, Violence as a Generative Force received high praise by the jury:
Restrained, humane, and beautifully written, and drawing intelligently on ethnography, psychology, and genocide studies, Violence as a Generative Force deserves to be read not only by Europeanists but by anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of mass violence. Max Bergholz shows violence was less a consequence of than a catalyst to ethnic identification and polarization. It was "generative" both in that it took on a dynamic of its own, and in that it could cement–and even fix in memory–ethnic identities that had been much more fluid and contingent. In this study, Bergholz asks us to think again about the sources, processes, and consequences of ethnic violence. When and why do neighbors turn on neighbors? From a careful reading of disparate and challenging sources, Bergholz reconstructs a shocking series of massacres and reprisals that took place in 1941 in the region of Kulen Vakuf in northwest Bosnia and that left many hundreds of men, women, and children dead. This was intimate violence: men shot, mutilated or cut the throats of people they often knew; they tossed their bodies into pits or rivers or burned them alive; they stole everything worth stealing and then razed houses and farms to the ground.
But at each stage of his often disturbing story, Bergholz shows how contingency, local relations, and even personal choice affected the course of events: we see how killings could begin when local hoodlums or opportunists were suddenly granted authority and guns; how opportunities for score-settling or looting led others to join in; how fears of reprisals or a desire for vengeance could escalate violence; how the presence or absence of a few particularly respected or determined individuals could tip the balance of who lived or died.
Max Bergholz is associate professor of history at Concordia University in Montreal, where he holds the James M. Stanford Professorship in Genocide and Human Rights Studies. His work focuses on microhistorical approaches to the history of modern Europe with an emphasis on the local dynamics of nationalism, intercommunal violence, and historical memory. He will visit Notre Dame during the fall semester of 2019 to accept the prize, deliver a public lecture, and meet with students and faculty.
The Shannon Prize jury also awarded honorable mention to both John R. Bowen, Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, for his book On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Shariʿa Councils, and to Yuri Slezkine, Jane K. Sather Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, for his book The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution; both books are published by Princeton University Press.
The jury commended On British Islam, stating:
On British Islam is a meticulous and erudite analysis of British Islam and its institutional manifestations. Blending ethnography, political science, and history, Bowen demonstrates how place of origin and kin networks, location, sect, gender, generation, interpretive traditions, and a host of other factors can influence the way key issues like divorce are adjudicated by Shari'a councils. In so doing, he demonstrates conclusively that local Islamic institutions function not as foreign, corrosive bodies undermining Britishness, but as important sites for the nurturing and preservation of Islamic identity and tradition that at the same time foster dynamic convergence to British legal norms and principles. The research is impeccable, and the broader conclusions speak to contemporary questions of great import and consequence in Britain and elsewhere.
The jury's final statement on Slezkine's The House of Government was equally enthusiastic:
Yuri Slezkine's The House of Government is a monumental achievement, the result of phenomenal and invariably resourceful research. Like Tolstoy's War and Peace or Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, it weaves together the stories of individuals, the drama of history, and a deep meditation on the human condition. Slezkine's beautifully presented study grabs the reader, who will care about what happens to the many people whose lives--and deaths--he animates as the Russian Revolution and the Stalinist era unfold. Drawing on a broad history of religious millenarianism, Slezkine offers the intriguing and controversial thesis that the Bolsheviks were just such a movement. They, too, expected an imminent apocalyptic transformation of human existence itself. Such was their certainty that they saw little need to nurture Bolshevik commitment in their own children, and when the revolution failed to inaugurate the millennium, they turned on each other in frustration in the Stalinist Great Terror. The logic of millenarianism thus allows us, according to Slezkine, to understand both Bolshevism's rise and its ultimate failure. The House of Government is a tour de force, and one that really matters.
The jury for this year's prize consisted of a distinguished group of scholars:
Ruth Abbey
Professor of Political Science
Jeffrey J. Anderson
Graf Goltz Professor and Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies
Alexander Martin
Charles Seymour Professor of History
Susan G. Pedersen
Gouverneur Morris Professor of History
Now in its tenth year, the Laura Shannon Prize is made possible through a generous endowment from Michael and Laura Shannon of Houston, Texas. Laura serves on the Nanovic Institute's Advisory Board and Michael, class of 1958, serves on Notre Dame's Graduate Studies and Research Advisory Council.
The Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame is committed to enriching the intellectual culture of Notre Dame by creating an integrated, interdisciplinary home for students and faculty to explore the evolving ideas, cultures, beliefs and institutions that shape Europe today. The Institute is an integral part of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs. For additional information about the Nanovic Institute and the Laura Shannon Prize, visit nanovic.nd.edu/prize.


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Day One (1989)
aka Day One
"This day will go down in history as a black mark against mankind."
Directed By: Joseph Sargent
Written By: Writer details not available
Starring: Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker, Hume Cronyn
Details: 141 mins PT141M · English
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Brian Dennehy Gen. Leslie Groves
David Strathairn J. Robert Oppenheimer
Michael Tucker Leo Szilard
Hume Cronyn James F. Byrnes
Richard Dysart President Harry S. Truman
Hal Holbrook Gen. George Marshall
John McMartin
Olek Krupa
Ron Frazier
Lawrence Dane
Joseph Sargent Director
When Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe he eventually arrives in the United States where, with the help of Albert Einstein, he persuades the Federal government to build an atomic bomb. General Leslie Groves selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard (whose idea was responsible for the progress made) has second thoughts about atomic weapons and debates how and when to use the bomb.
The film focuses on the organization and the politics of the whole affair, such as tensions between the scientists and the military, the communist affiliation of many scientists around that time, the (perceived) risks of espionage and the decision whether to use the bomb after Germany is defeated. Concerning the actual scientific work on the bomb, some of it is shown, but not explained, so an understanding of the workings of the bomb is needed to understand what is going on in that respect.
The story starts with Leo Szilard fleeing Germany on the last train out and trying to convince the military that a nuclear bomb can be built and that the Germans are already working on it. In England, his idea is filed and ignored, so he travels to the USA, but there too, he has to wait a year until something is done with it and Project Manhattan is started.
As Germany is being defeated and its scientists interrogated, it is found out that they have not even come close to constructing a nuclear bomb (partly due to bad cooperation by scientists). Despite the fact that no one has the technology now, and the original reason for project Manhattan is gone, work continues. Szilard, who first used Einstein to get his ideas about building a bomb across to the US leaders, now convinces him to join him in writing a letter to the president to do the opposite, namely not to build the bomb, in order to avoid an arms race. 68 scientists sign a petition, but that is held back by the military.
U.S. President Truman is faced with four options: peace talks (which would not have worked because the US did not want the Japanese to keep their emperor), a blockade (which was thought to be cowardly), an invasion (which could cost from 20,000 to a million lives), or dropping the bomb. Another consideration is that the USSR had said they would enter the war against Japan three months after the surrender of Germany and there is a fear that they might not leave. So Truman decides that the best course of action is to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, against the advice of General Eisenhower.
Release Dates:
DVD : 2007-11-13
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Greed, Corruption & Cover-Up At The NSA
Tuesday 9:47am: Hi baby, you have to listen to me carefully—I'm on a plane that's been hijacked. I'm on the plane; I'm calling from the plane. I want to tell you I love you and tell my children that I love them very much, and I'm so sorry babe. I don't know what to say—there are three guys and they've hijacked the plane.
Burning Books to screen documentary about whistleblower Bill Binney
By Jordan Canahai
Tuesday 9:47am: Hi baby, you have to listen to me carefully—I'm on a plane that's been hijacked. I'm on the plane; I'm calling from the plane. I want to tell you I love you and tell my children that I love them very much, and I'm so sorry babe. I don't know what to say—there are three guys and they've hijacked the plane. I'm trying to be calm but it's turned around and I've heard there are planes that have flown into the World Trade Center. I hope to be able to see your face again, baby. I love you. Goodbye…
A Good American opens with this cell phone recording of a frightened woman tearfully speaking these words on September 11, 2001. The film cuts to a profile shot of a sullen Bill Binney as he wearily but pointedly recalls horrific images from the World Trade Center on that fateful day. "The one's that affected me the most were the people diving off the building when it was burning. To be put in such a desperate state shows you the human reaction to those kinds of conditions. It was just revolting, and disgusting basically that we allowed it to happen."
Binney is a former highly placed intelligence official for the National Security Agency-turned-whistleblower, as well as the subject of director Friedrich Moser's fascinating, provocative documentary A Good American. If what Binney and Moser's documentary suggests is true, then not only should the NSA leadership have been able to prevent the terrorist attacks of 9/11, but their failure to do so was caused by arrogance, corruption, and greed of the highest order, all of which the agency has attempted to cover-up in the following years.
In documenting Binney's and others dealings with Military and National Security higher-ups, Moser unfolds one shocking revelation after another. Binney's NSA colleague Thomas Drake at one point recalls how a Senior Military Officer dismissed Osama bin Laden as "a raghead spouting off about a fatwa in the desert" in response to their intelligence reports on Al Qaeda in the late 90s. After the events of 9/11, Drake quotes his former NSA boss Maureen Baginski who reportedly said "9/11 was a gift to the NSA, we're gonna get all the money we need and then some."
Utilizing recent footage of Binney, straight-to-camera talking head interviews with him and his colleagues, and various news media excerpts, Moser's documentary recalls the work of Errol Morris in both style and subject matter. But while A Good American focuses largely on conspiracy theorizing and the specifics of Binney's claims, Moser also explores the life and career of his subject using the man's own words as well as those close to him.
The proud son of a WWII veteran, Binney grew up in Pennsylvania and studied Mathematics, his lifelong passion, at Penn State University. He volunteered for the Army during the Vietnam War, where his skills as a mathematician made him a proficient analyst and code breaker. Binney and Moser frequently return to the subject of Vietnam to reflect on how the Army's failure to predict and prepare for the Tet Offensive would foreshadow other mistakes made by U.S. Military leadership down the line.
Binney joined the NSA in 1970 as a Russia Specialist during the Cold War and it was through his pioneering work monitoring Soviet activity that he would learn the virtue of interpreting patterns between data (or "metadata"). Binney's methods placed emphasis not on attempting to understand the actual content of (largely encrypted) data, but rather analyzing patterns of who is talking to whom, how often, and when. It was during this time that Binney would eventually earn a reputation as the greatest codebreaker in U.S. history, going on to accurately predict the Soviet invasions of Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan and eventually rising to become technical director of the NSA.
Bill Binney in A Good American
After the fall of communism and the first World Trade Center attack of 1993, Binney realized that the NSA would need to adapt to new ways of communication offered by technological advances if they were to keep America safe from terrorism in the digital age. Operating with a small team made up of other NSA personnel (including interview subjects J. Kirk Wiebe, Ed Loomis, and Drake), Binney would begin work on Project Thin Thread, a cost effective, state-of-the-art surveillance system with built-in privacy protections that could monitor any electronic signal on Earth, filter it for targets, and render it in real time. "It was pretty clear that we were building the most powerful analysis tool that had been developed in history to monitor basically the entire world in near real-time," explained Binney. By 2000, the potentially game-changing computer program was fully functional.
Binney's basis for his claims in regards to the attacks of 9/11, the NSA's failures to prevent them, and their subsequent attempts to cover-up any wrongdoing while profiting from the aftermath, are based largely on events that would soon follow. Unimpressed with Thin Thread and believing it to be too inexpensive to form the basis for a 21st century surveillance system model, NSA director General Michael Hayden pushed Binney and his team aside and commissioned an entirely different project dubbed Trail Blazer. The publicly funded billion dollar expenditure (eventually deemed inefficient and a complete failure) would be developed in the private sector by the SAIC corporation, whose owners, shareholders, and assorted personnel included various former high-ranking NSA officials.
Moser's documentary goes on to paint an all-too-predictable portrait of institutional corruption and bureaucratic failure culminating with the tragic events of 9/11, occurring just three weeks after Thin Thread was officially abandoned. Rather than face repercussions for proving completely inept at predicting the terrorist attacks, Hayden and other NSA higher-ups were rewarded with promotions, while increased funding from congress ensured their corporate backers would make even greater profits ("We can milk this cow for 15 years," Binney recalls the vice president of SAIC telling a colleague at a board meeting.)
Binney would resign in October of 2001 and become a prominent whistleblower and outspoken critic of the NSA in following years, his intellectual hunger for new data giving way to his moral outrage at the hypocrisy perceived. In a cruel twist of irony, the NSA would proceed to use a modified version of the Thin Thread program without the privacy protections to spy on U.S. citizens following Binney's departure. At one point in the film a whistleblower attorney recalls her first meeting with Binney, who proceeded to explain to her that he would never deliberately commit suicide. At first she thought he was being overdramatic, but as he began to explain to her his knowledge of NSA activities, she began to understand why he would fear for his safety. While living at his private residence with his wife and son, Binney emerged from the shower one July morning in 2007 only to be greeted at gunpoint and arrested by heavily armed FBI agents who raided his home as part of an investigation against him.
As a subject for this kind of documentary, Binney proves a fascinating protagonist, speaking with determination and authority in a straightforward manner. One senses he's a man of unwavering conviction, a patriot and defender of truth and justice whose values aren't bound to any political ideology or the public mood. Whether or not Thin Thread would have prevented the attacks of 9/11 no one will ever know, but if nothing else A Good American makes the strong case that the United States needs individuals like Binney in prominent positions of authority. Binney's story is one of a gifted visionary and his small team of loyal experts who worked in obscurity to create something of great importance, only to be shut down by a selfish and self-serving power-hungry elite, and in telling that story Moser is able to touch on a host of issues that are just as relevant in our current geopolitical climate as they were 15 years ago.
A Good American is being screened in Buffalo thanks to the efforts of Burning Books and the Cultivate Cinema Circle (CCC), who have recently presented other critically-lauded documentaries of social and political significance such as How to Change the World and Almost Holy as part of their 2016 winter line-up. CCC founder and curator Jordan Smith first became aware of A Good American while serving as the social media coordinator for the DOC NYC Festival where the film made its North American Premiere. "I had previously been aware of Binney from the news and from Laura Poitras' short about Binney and the NSA, The Program, which was published by The New York Times' Op-Docs webseries, and her subsequent Oscar-winner Citizenfour, in which Binney makes an appearance. When I saw Moser's powerful and revealing follow-up which dives further into Binney's story and the NSA's dealings, it seemed like an obvious programming choice," says Smith.
Smith is also particularly excited to be able to showcase films in collaboration with Burning Books. "When we started looking for culturally rich and community focused organizations to collaborate with and venues to utilize, Burning Books was near the top of our list. I've long admired the hard work and wonderful programming Burning Books has brought to Buffalo. They also have a history of showing not only politically oriented documentaries, but works of non-fiction that strive for cinematic artistry and invention," says Smith. "Plus, Burning Books hosts the majority of their events for free. Who doesn't respect that?"
A Good American will have its Buffalo premiere as part of a special one-night free screening on March 16th at 8pm at Burning Books, 420 Connecticut St., Buffalo.
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Die Woche im Rückspiegel betrachtet | Lars Schall says:
[…] Dies spiegelt nicht die Privatmeinung von Drake wider; so lautete vielmehr die Einschätzung seiner direkten Vorgesetzten bei der NSA namens Maureen Baginski, die sagte: "9/11 war ein Geschenk an die NSA, wir werden das ganze Geld bekommen, das wir brauchen, und noch mehr als das." (Siehe für dieses Zitat hier.) […]
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Big purple dreams turn blue
Absolutely stunning news (courtesy of TVGuide Magazine) hitting the blogosphere: Crystal Chappell is returning to Days of Our Lives as Carly Manning.
I've said it before and will say it again: no one would be happier than me if Guiding Light finds a new home.
But the Otalia pairing was one of the biggest assets the show had, and obviously, Chappell's departure will have an impact on its chances to migrate to a new home or platform. (Chappell briefly talks about some of the behind-the-scenes elements of Otalia in the TVGuide Magazine interview; it sounds like she really wanted to stay or extend Otalia's run.)
I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but it looks more and more unlikely that Springfield will exist anywhere other than our memories (and YouTube) after September 18th.
I'm hoping that Otalia fans (myself included) have a rewarding payoff to the story come September.
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In addition to that it looks like Gina Tognoni will be leaving for OLTL. Not good news for GL at all.
Patrick, you and I have privately discussed how unlikely a reprieve for GL would be, and speculated that CC would sign with a West Coast soap….so this doesn't come as a huge shock to me. It saddens me, though: DOOL is unwatchable, and I certainly won't resume viewing just because of one actor.
I have to agree that no Otalia is the absolute death knell for GL. Intolerant haters who have resisted this story (I read a particularly hateful post saying the storyline was "preposterous", that is felt "forced" and that CC and JL had "no chemistry" together!) will have to face the cold, hard fact now: Otalia is one of the only true selling points GL ever had to use as a bargaining chip. There is nothing remarkable enough about any other GL story line or on-screen pairing to make it attractive to another network.
It's unfortunate the logical solution wasn't reached: Olivia, Natalia and Emma relocating to Oakdale to open a new Beacon. This would certainly have breathed some fresh, now life into ATWT. It would have been easy enough to bring GL's other big asset along for the ride: Kim Hughes runs a TV station, how hard would it have been to have Kim merge with WSPR and bring the wonderful Dinah to Oakdale?
I agree that Otalia was a big selling point, though I disagree that they are the only one. Unfortunately, GL's recent creative renaissance didn't really come until the last few months, and it was too little too late.
Otalia was the selling point for some networks. But it's possible (I hate the idea, but it's possible) that the Otalia content could have scared some of the possible homes away (the more conservative ones, like Hallmark Channel).
I love your ideas about bringing actors over, but I'm reluctant to see GL characters come to Oakdale. It's hit or miss to attach existing characters to a new canvas. ATWT did a shitty job with the AW actors, and ended up killing off the one character (Jake) that really worked. The other issue with a move is that a big chunk of the GL actors I'd want to see are over 35, and ATWT already doesn't utilize the vets they have.
I love me some Crystal Chappell, but I can only take DAYS in very small doses. Though a CC/Louise Sorel combo might just make me suffer though the Regina George-a-like (Melanie) that's hogging Salem these days.
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This is awesome news. As much as Bo/Hope are the "endgame", I really enjoyed the Bo/Carly saga. Also, Crystal had chemistry with BOTH Peter Reckell and Robert Kelker-Kelly. The woman just has IT, regardless if it's (chemistry) with a females, males, children, best friends, arch enemies, lovers, husbands, ex-husbands and budding new sapphic love.
I'm truly sorry for you, and other GL fans, that your long-time "soap home" appears to be dimming its lights for good. We all will walk that path, but I am sorry that it is your "turn" to do so.
Does this news, released about 3 months before the anticipated ending, help you move to the "acceptance" stage of grieving? I hope so. I hope you can celebrate these final three months from the perspective of joy, not regret.
I'm happy for Crystal Chappell, but this appears to be proof positive that Guiding Light won't be picked up by another outlet.
And then there were seven.
But Crystal…DAYS? **sigh** It really IS all about the paycheck, isn't it? LOL
Well, when DAYS bites the big one, use your leverage to get cast on Y&R! I wanna watch you!
I'm seriously afraid that Melanie's gonna be your nemesis on DAYS…and probably get the best of you in every storyline. Consult the writers!


Oscars 2019 presenters: Serena Williams, Barbra Streisand, Trevor Noah to introduce Best Picture nominees
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The Oscars are fast approaching, and we're learning more about which stars to expect at the star-studded event.
The Academy announced on Wednesday that an array of celebrities in and out of Hollywood, such as Serena Williams and Barbra Streisand, would be introducing the Best Picture nominees and reflecting on the films.
"We are thrilled to assemble this well-known array of film lovers to introduce and share their reflections on the Best Picture-nominated movies." -#Oscars producer Donna Gigliotti and co-producer and director Glenn Weiss https://t.co/xvic2lUPlB
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 20, 2019
Here are the celebrities who will be giving these special introductions:
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And the show only gets bigger. Some A-list celebrities who will be presenting at Hollywood's biggest night of the year include music superstars, past Oscar winners and actors with big films coming out soon. Jennifer Lopez, Whoopi Goldberg and Brie Larson (AKA Captain Marvel) were among the first batch of presenters. Another batch, which was announced on Tuesday, includes Michael B. Jordan, Tyler Perry and Michelle Yeoh.
The presenters aren't the only A-list celebrities who will be there: The performers list includes members of Queen, Bette Middler and Lady Gaga.
Excited to welcome these presenters to the #Oscars stage! https://t.co/T0fwPMQvcw
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