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Worldwide, more than 780 million people lack access to potable drinking water and 2.5 billion live without proper sanitation. A team of Penn State graduate students are addressing this global health crisis with interdisciplinary solutions and innovative technologies.
In December 2012, Roland Cusick of civil and environmental engineering; Marta Hatzell of mechanical and nuclear engineering; and Michael Parks and Emily Smith-Greenaway of sociology proposed a simple solution for disinfecting wastewater to make it fit for drinking. The team won the grand prize of $10,000 through the Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award (SISCA) at Penn State sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company.
The proposed technology is based on a microbial fuel cell (MFC) design. The cells process wastewater and generate an electrical current. Natural bacteria consume biodegradable material and electrons flow into a conductive surface (anode). Electrons flow out of the anode, through an external circuit, and into a cathode where oxygen typically reacts to form water (H2O). The team's winning design efficiently converts electricity recovered from the anode into hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) instead of water in a separate chamber. The hydrogen peroxide can then be used to disinfect wastewater.
The team hopes to use the technology to improve drinking water and sanitation in Africa and to help local communities become more healthy and sustainable. Dow's SISCA program is designed precisely to promote this type of forward thinking in social and environmental responsibility. "If the world's greatest challenges were easy to solve, they would already be solved," says Neil Hawkins, vice president of global EH&S and sustainability at Dow.
"If the world's greatest challenges were easy to solve, they would already be solved,"
says Neil Hawkins, vice president of global EH&S and sustainability at Dow.
Penn State's winning team is now leveraging their prize money to continue research efforts and develop their proposed technology. The graduate student team has partnered with the Learning Factory's Capstone Design Program within the College of Engineering to sponsor a team of undergraduate engineering students. The Learning Factory student team is now developing the technology through a pilot project at Penn State's wastewater treatment plant.
"[Our] mission is to help bring the real-world into the classroom by providing engineering students with practical hands-on experience through industry-sponsored and client-based capstone design projects," says Mary Frecker, director of the Learning Factory. "The award-winning graduate student team is serving as the industrial client in this particular capstone project," she continues. "This is a unique, immersive learning opportunity for both the graduate and undergraduate student teams."
Through the pilot at the wastewater treatment plant, the Learning Factory students will work to develop the concept into a physical piece of affordable hardware. Undergraduates James McMullen, Harrison Askew, Alec Rishell, and Zachary Ryding and Brenden Hunter are all part of the development team. The implementation of this technology in developing regions could create a paradigm in which wastewater is considered a valuable resource rather than an environmental burden, potentially changing institutional incentives associated with wastewater and its treatment.
"[Our] mission is to help bring the real-world into the classroom by providing engineering students with practical hands-on experience through industry-sponsored and client-based capstone design projects,"
says Mary Frecker, director of the Learning Factory.
However, the Learning Factory student team working with the pilot project at Penn State are likely to encounter challenges unlike those that would be experienced in the developing world. "Penn state has a different type of waste stream," says Roland Cusick. "It is diluted with shower and kitchen sink water (or gray water), whereas in the developing world the waste stream would mostly be raw sewage."
Despite these challenges, disinfecting wastewater into potable water is only one aspect of the proposed device. "What we hope the students will do is build a simple fuel cell using only cheap materials that spontaneously generates electricity from wastewater," says Cusick. "The system could eventually provide residents of poor urban communities with cooking fuel, renewable electricity, sanitized fertilizer, and disinfected drinking water."
The produced electricity will allow residents of poor communities to charge other technologies such as cellphones or flashlights. "The real challenge for the students will be addressing cost, developing the flow-through system, demonstrating electricity production, and eventually looking at power storage capabilities," explains Cusick.
"What we hope to do is build a simple fuel cell using only cheap materials that spontaneously generates electricity from wastewater," says Roland Cusick. "The system could eventually provide residents of poor urban communities with cooking fuel, renewable electricity, sanitized fertilizer, and disinfected drinking water."
The capstone design project at Penn State will also give the award-winning student team the opportunity to gather baseline information and better project the potential benefits of the technology within communities in Africa. Using a portion of the award money from SISCA and outside funding, the team will send two of its members to Nairobi, Kenya, in October to the International Water Association Development Congress & Exhibition conference to establish partnerships for implementing the technology. The team has high hopes that attending this conference and the research being accomplished by the Learning Factory will lead to actual implementation of the technology in poor urban neighborhoods in Africa.
The team will take a community-driven approach during implementation. In addition to using sociological theory, demographic techniques and methodologies at all stages to influence the success of the intervention, the team will ensure that local community is engaged in the establishment and
construction of a community center that would house the technology. "Projects like these have failed in the past when local communities were not appropriately incorporated," says Parks. "This community- driven approach has implications beyond just the usage, regulation, and maintenance of the technology, as it has potential to contribute to the social sustainability of the local community."
The award-winning student team expressed many thanks to Dow Chemical and Penn State for the opportunity to realize their ideas through the SISCA program. "Successful sustainable development efforts geared toward addressing global challenges, such as providing the growing urban areas of the developing world with sustainable access to sanitation and drinking water, require both interdisciplinary action and knowledge," Parks explains. Cusick continues, "The competition provided incentive for us to seek out students from other departments, learn from each other, and think critically about how to make an idea translate into a useful product or tool for a developing world. Penn State has such a wealth of interdisciplinary knowledge, but we're all so isolated in our departments. Dow provided the monetary incentive to reach out to each other and learn from each other."
The SISCA program now has 17 participating universities across the globe providing students, like the Penn State team, with opportunities to apply creativity and innovation to various sustainability challenges. "That's why it's so important that we have collaboration," stresses Dow's Hawkins. "Bringing together the best thinking across the board and the University community, especially the students, is incredibly important. It spurs the creation of new, unusual ideas and approaches to solving these challenges."
A call for proposals event for the 2013 SISCA will take place on February 25, 2013, at 4 pm in Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center. Hank Foley, vice president of Research and dean of the Graduate School will kick off the event. Dow's Lou Graziano, director of University R&D Strategy, Sustainable Technologies & Innovation Sourcing, will attend to help interested students and faculty learn more about the program and hear from 2012 finalists and winning teams.
The 2013 SISCA program is administered by Penn State's Sustainability Institute. For more information about the program, please visit www.sustainability.psu.edu or contact Sharon Hoover, program coordinator at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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'Lincoln' movie topic of panel discussion Wednesday
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[November 27, 2012]
Lincoln Heritage Museum is hosting a
discussion Wednesday evening as a follow-up to the Steven Spielberg
movie "Lincoln." The event will provide an opportunity to further
explore the film's historical merit and accuracy. The movie has
enjoyed huge success nationally and locally since debuting on Nov.
The Lincoln Heritage Museum is located on the
campus of Lincoln College, the only college named for Lincoln in his
lifetime. The museum exhibits a rare and valuable collection of
artifacts that tell the story of the life and times of Abraham
In 2008 Lincoln College broke ground for the Lincoln Center, a
new multifaceted facility to feature a state-of-the-art museum, a
physical fitness and health center, a spacious gymnasium, a
multimedia classroom, and office space. The center opened in 2010,
with the new museum being the final phase of the building project.
Lincoln College hired Taylor Studios from Rantoul to design and
fabricate the museum. The design phase began in 2011, and the
opening is to be in the fall of 2013.
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The new museum will be on two floors, with approximately 4,000
square feet of exhibit space. That is approximately four times the
space of the current facility. The heart of the new museum's
storyline will be the Illinois story. The artifacts will remain
front and center to telling the Lincoln story, but the new museum
will feature more visual and interactive exhibits to draw the
visitor in as much as possible. Another key component of the new
museum will be the heavy integration of living history. Space will
be reserved in several galleries, showcasing Lincoln at different
periods in his life, for small audiences to "witness history" from
these actors.
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The U.S. Army is changing the way it tests soldiers' physical fitness. According to a news story on the Army website, the current physical fitness test (PT) will be replaced by two new tests: the Army Physical Readiness Test (APRT) and the Army Combat Readiness Test (ACRT).
The new tests are designed to work in conjunction with the Army Physical Readiness Training program that launched last August with the goal of offering soldiers training that better reflects the physical skills and abilities they need in the field. For example, while the PT consists of timed sit-ups and push-ups and a two-mile run, the ACRT includes modules such as a sprint in which the soldier carries a heavy ammo canister and a "casualty drag" that simulates the action of carrying a wounded soldier to safety.
Army officials say the new program and tests also address another issue—the decreased physical fitness of many of today's new recruits—better than the current PT, which has not changed in 30 years.
"We needed to come up with a program for the incoming young soldiers who were not as focused on health, fitness and nutrition," Lt. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Initial Military Training, at Fort Monroe, VA, said in the Army story.
The APRT and ACRT are being piloted at eight bases over the next few months. Testing standards will be developed during the trial periods at Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Fort Benning, GA; Fort Sill, OK; Fort Jackson, SC; Fort Bliss, TX; West Point, NY; Fort Bragg, NC; and Fort Lewis, WA. The website reported that the Army could roll out the new tests at all bases by October.


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Twitter Paints the Big Picture Around Embedded Tweets
Aug 20, 2013 2:32 PM PT
Twitter on Monday unveiled a new feature that adds related headlines to embedded tweets, an addition that will help to tell the "story behind the tweet," the company said.
"Starting today, you will see a new 'Related headlines' section on the permalink page of tweets that have been embedded on websites," explained Brian Wallerstein, a software engineer with the company. "It lists and links to websites where the tweet was embedded, making it easier to discover stories that provide more context."
So, embedded tweets will remain as they have been, but on the timelines of the Twitter users who originally tweeted them, the related headlines will be displayed as well.
Twitter used a tweet from NBA player Jason Collins to demonstrate the new features. In a tweet shortly after Collins came out as gay, he thanked his followers for the support he received that day and said he has chosen the "road less traveled." Below the tweet are now links to news stories that put his words into context -- they're the articles that detail his recent revelation that he is gay.
In addition to helping users understand the larger story behind individual tweets, the feature could help publishers drive clicks to articles and help to expand the ranks of their followers, Twitter said.
Twitter did not respond to our request for further details.
Adding Context
The new feature could appeal to one of Twitter's biggest user bases -- individual tweeters hoping that one of their 140-character comments on the social forum will gain them additional recognition, notoriety and followers, said Pim Bilderbeek, principal analyst at GigaOM Pro and founder of Bilderbeek Consulting.
At the same time, those are the users that might get the most upset if Twitter's algorithms mistakenly add incorrect context to a tweet, or if they add context to a "subtweet" -- Tweets that are used to anonymously vent about someone or something on Twitter without naming that person or company.
Still, considering that it's a public social network where publications and users are hoping their tweets get as many eyeballs as possible, the related headlines feature should be a hit, Bilderbeek said.
"I would think all users would love this, because it recognizes the importance of their tweet," he told the E-Commerce Times.
The new feature will also help casual Twitter users feel that they are part of the larger conversations that the site is hoping to cultivate, said Nipa Shah, president of Jenesys Group. As the site works to become the go-to spot to chat about national events, TV shows, breaking news and major sporting events, providing some context about the larger ongoing conversations can help pull in more engaged users.
"It's a great feature," Shah told the E-Commerce Times. "Users love getting related info in one place. Those who love Twitter and use it the right way should enjoy it."
Revenue Possibilities
As of now, Twitter's related headline feature is free. If it's popular going forward, though, it has the potential to be an additional revenue stream for Twitter, said Bilderbeek -- but the site will have to answer editorial questions about that money as they arise so it doesn't become a way for companies to get cheap sponsored content.
"There is a possible monetizing moment here," he explained. "Potentially Twitter could ask publications for money, because they promote the Web story the tweet was placed in. Advertorial or brand journalists could potentially also make use of this new feature, widening the monetizing opportunities but blurring the lines between paid, earned and owned media even further."


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As if the pseudo-religious nonsense of The Seventh Sign weren't enough, along comes The Unholy to further hasten the apocalypse.
In this one, an average New Orleans priest (played by English actor Ben Cross, from Chariots of Fire) discovers that he is not average at all—not after he survives a fall from a 17-story building without so much as a scratch.
This miraculous occurrence brings him to the attention of some church elders (Hal Holbrook and the late Trevor Howard) who walk around muttering things like, "He is the one." Cross is the one, it seems, to do battle with the antichrist, who emerges every year in the form of a beautiful woman in a diaphanous gown.
Most of the movie is taken up with Cross unraveling this mystery, which is somehow connected to a gang of Satan-worshippers down at the local S&M nightclub. The big finish is a special-effects extravaganza in the church, during which director Camilo Vila dabbles in a few Ken Russellesque images, with shaking walls and dry ice smoke, which means the church begins to resemble your basic heavy metal concert.
There are a few good lines of dialogue, the wackiest of which may be the stripper telling the priest, "I got a phone call from hell." She means it literally. He gets a call from hell himself, and it turns out the line is of full of interference. You might have guessed.
Bloodsport is an unabashed excuse to string together a bunch of shots of guys beating each other up. It's a vehicle for that "martial arts sensation" Jean-Claude Van Damme, who is participating in something called the Kumite, a secret competition in Hong Kong in which the world's best fighters come together and do some serious head-cracking. It's dangerous, and occasionally a fighter is killed on the mat, which leads one character to describe the event as being "Like a cockfight, but with people."
But the dialogue scenes are relatively brief, and the hits just keep on comin'. Which should be a boon to martial-arts enthusiasts, since the movie is full of chops and shouts and men kicking like the Rockettes.
This fellow Van Damme has a fairly uncomplicated screen presence, and physically he's an incredible specimen. He's so concentrated he seems to be from Mars, although he has a French accent. (Same difference.) He's fond of doing the 180-degree splits, the sight of which prompts his Neanderthal-American buddy to exclaim, "That hurts me just to look at it." Interestingly enough, he's just described the movie.
First published in the Herald, April 1988
Belgian accent. Belgian accent. Sorry, JCVD, but who knew at the time? The Unholy is a blank at this point, but one of the credited writers is Oscar-winner Philip Yordan, who has a whole lot of credits, including Johnny Guitar and The Big Combo.


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The multipurpose room at Willow Elementary School looked like a craft fair Wednesday night, but it was adults instead of kids playing with the markers, posters, plastic figures and even Legos.
SANDAG, Caltrans and the Metropolitan Transit System were hosting the second of four public workshops on the design for a new Intermodal Transportation Center at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The meeting was part of an ongoing study to improve access and traffic flow at the transit center, which serves trolleys, taxis, buses and pedestrians at the busy border crossing. The transit center is separate from the recently revamped Land Port of Entry for private vehicles and pedestrians.
Consultants shared results from a survey conducted at the first public workshop in January before putting attendees to work on their own models of what the new center could look like.
Joe Charest, vice president of San Diego-based consultant Katz & Associates, said it is clear from the survey that residents are enthusiastic about the project and favor an open-air design. He shared quotations from the surveys that called for something "iconic and efficient for all modes of travel" that will be both "grand and functional."
"Across a wide section of community members, a good portion of you think this is an extremely essential facility," Charest said. "We're not just talking about essential; we're talking about extremely essential. That bodes well for the process we're going through and where that will end up."
He said 90 percent of those surveyed felt it was critical for trolley and bus services to continue, and most said they would prefer to keep the facilities at street level, rather than above or below ground. Three-quarters want an open-space design with a plaza, and the same number said the center should have restaurant options.
A 78 percent majority said they feel it is "extremely important" to have shops and other commercial space at the new center, and 74 percent said paid parking facilities are a must. Other amenities they hope see include public art, shaded areas and benches, Charest said.
Charest added that most said access to the freeway will be important for the center.
"That certainly is an area where, if you're familiar with the area as we all are, traffic congestion is a pretty significant problem to be solved," he explained.
BAE Urban Economics principle Ron Golem broke down the site's potential for retail, lodging, meeting and office space, based on a studies and surveys of the transit center over the years.
Traffic at the border should be able to support between 30,000 and 150,000 square feet of retail space by 2020, he said.
Most of the shops and restaurants would need to be small, he said, because the average traveler will spent between 50 cents and $2 per day.
His data also suggest a 75-room hotel with substantial meeting space could do very well at the site, he said, adding that other possible uses at the site include a Southwestern College campus, a charter school and small offices for companies involved in cross-border trade.
Golem said that whatever design the community and consultants settle on will have to be phased in over time, and he urged residents to focus on making the new center a pleasant space that others want to be in.
"They don't want just a building to meet their needs," he said. "They want a place they enjoy being."
The 50 or so attendees then broke out in groups to design their ideal Intermodal Transportation Center. Resident Miguel Aguirre didn't need the plastic figures and foam core boards that the consultants provided, though. He brought in his own colorful Lego model, which measured about 4 feet long and 2 feet tall, complete with a subterranean element, a rooftop park and three towers for residential, hotel and office use. The design, which he says reflects what the community wants, is "destination-oriented" and includes more than 350,000 square feet of shops.
"I don't agree with the survey results," he explained. "I think they're being very conservative."
Community Planning Group member Matthew Paredes said that the transit center is a unique feature of the San Ysidro community, which is why so many care deeply about its future.


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A gunman blasted shots through the wall of a Pennsylvania municipal building during a meeting on Monday and then barged into the meeting room and killed three people before being tackled by a local official and possibly another person and shot with his own gun, a witness said.
State police in Lehighton confirmed the three deaths and said the gunman, identified as 59-year-old Rockne Newell, had an ongoing dispute with township officials over the possible condemnation of his unkempt property. They said about 15 to 18 residents and town officials were at the meeting place, a short drive from Newell's property, when the gunfire erupted.
The shooting, which injured at least two other people, happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. during Ross Township's monthly meeting, Monroe County emergency management director Guy Miller said. The gunman, who appeared to be "shooting randomly," was captured and was treated at a hospital, he said.
Two people died at the scene, and a third person died after being flown to a hospital. Police confirmed that at least one of the dead was a township official but declined to give additional details. A fourth person, a woman, was in surgery with undisclosed injuries.
Investigators said Newell began shooting as he approached the building and continued as he walked into and through it. He then went back out to his vehicle in the parking lot, retrieved a handgun and went back into the building, firing more shots, police said.
Pocono Record reporter Chris Reber said he was at the township building when a man armed with a long gun with a scope shot through a wall into the meeting place, in a rural area of northeastern Pennsylvania about 85 miles north of Philadelphia.
"The thing that got my attention: plaster flying out, blowing out through the walls. Witnesses would later tell me they saw pictures exploding away from the walls," Reber said in a first-person account told to his editors Marta Gouger and Chris Mele. "I heard more than 10 shots."
He said he crawled out to a hallway, exited the building and took cover behind a vehicle.
"The gunman was this guy wearing a blue Hawaiian shirt," he said. "I saw him go back out to his car, a silver Impala, and get another gun.
"It wasn't real to me until I went back inside and saw people bleeding."
A local official at the meeting grabbed the shooter and subdued him, Reber said.
"(West End Open Space Commission executive director) Bernie Kozen bear-hugged the gunman and took him down," Reber said. "He shot the shooter with his own gun."
State police said they believed two people may have subdued the gunman, who was shot in one of his legs.
U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, who represents the state's 17th District, said he was "appalled at the atrocities that claimed the lives of innocent citizens in Ross Township." He said he had heard about what Kozen did to prevent more bloodshed.
"Mr. Kozen is a true hero tonight," Cartwright said in an emailed statement.
Kozen's wife, reached by telephone at their home Monday night, said he wasn't there and she was unsure when he'd be back.
Newell had been in a long-running dispute with township officials over the dilapidated condition of his property, state police Capt. Edward Hoke said. The township supervisors voted in February 2012 to take legal action against Newell for violating zoning and sewer regulations, according to meeting minutes posted online.
The ramshackle property includes an old camper in the front yard filled with wooden pallets, pieces of what appear to be old railroad ties and trash. A garage leans and appears close to collapse, and a propane tank sits inside an old dog house.
State police, who guarded the property early Tuesday, were awaiting a search warrant so they could enter it.
In June, the Pocono Record wrote a story about what it said was an 18-year fight between the township and Newell over his property.
Monroe County Court in August 2012 sided with the township and ordered Newell to vacate and never again occupy or use the property unless he had the permits to do so. The report said Newell had been living out of a car and in abandoned buildings since being ordered to vacate.
Newell told the newspaper he was unemployed for years after an injury from a crash and had nowhere else to go.
"They have no right to kick me off my property," he told the newspaper. "They call my property an eyesore. When I bought it, it was one of only three properties on the entire road that didn't have what they call junk."
Newell was in police custody after being treated at the hospital Monday night and couldn't be reached for comment, and there was no telephone number listed for his property.
Ross Township has about 5,500 residents. According to its website, the board of supervisors meets at 7 p.m. on the first Monday of each month.
Associated Press writer Michael Rubinkam and photographer Chris Post contributed to this report.


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Fuld resumes action in return to Tropicana
ST. PETERSBURG -- Sam Fuld on Wednesday night against the Rays made his first start in center field for the Twins since he was claimed on waivers from the A's on Sunday. He ended up going 2-for-5 with an RBI single in a 6-4 win for the Twins in 12 innings.
It gave Fuld his first start since April 11, as he was in limbo for 10 days after being designated for assignment by Oakland on April 12. Fuld said he worked out on his own, including at his alma mater, Stanford, to stay in baseball shape after he was designated.
Wednesday night's start was also Fuld's first as an opponent at Tropicana Field after playing for the Rays from 2011-13.
"It's a little bit different because of the nerves that come with not playing for the last couple weeks," Fuld said before the game. "It's also that and you want to impress everybody. But it's just one game. I'm just more excited than anything to get back on the field."
Shortstop Eduardo Escobar also got the start at shortstop over Pedro Florimon while Chris Herrmann started in right field, with Chris Colabello getting the nod at designated hitter.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said it was important to mix up the lineup on Wednesday, including giving Fuld his first start with his new team.
"He's familiar with this ballpark, obviously," Gardenhire said. "He's sat out enough. So we wanted to get him in there and run around. Same with Escobar and Herrmann. Everybody has to play."


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At first glance the modest living room with parquet floor and track lighting resembles any space with an indifferent housekeeper: papers abound, stacks of paintings lean against walls, an indistinct jumble of items swallows a small table. But then Russell L. Goings starts pulling out what he calls his "stuff," and his home improbably transforms into a personal art gallery, one brimming with his extensive collection of work by Romare Bearden, the 20th-century artist best known for his soulful collages of African-American life. Bearden also happened to be Mr. Goings's longtime close friend.
Mr. Goings's Upper West Side apartment has just become a bit less crowded, however. Dozens of items from his collection are on loan to the 92nd Street Y for a multidisciplinary program that includes an art exhibition, a writers' panel, a dance and an educational program for children. The exhibition, beginning on Wednesday and running through Dec. 9, features watercolor and mixed-media works that make up the "Odyssey" series; portraits of people who helped shape African-American history and culture (including Crispus Attucks and John Brown); and a self-portrait made days before Bearden's death, at 75, in 1988.
The self-portrait, drawn on a page from a book of Jewish mysticism, has never been shown publicly, Mr. Goings said. The historical portraits have never been publicly displayed in New York, and this particular "Odyssey" (there is more than one version) has not been shown in its entirety in New York in more than 30 years, according to Y officials.
The downsizing is about to continue: Mr. Goings, who turned 80 this year, wants to sell the collection.
"I'm doing this because I am at the end of my life," he said recently. Pointing to the messy room, he added, "It's time to get a couch."
Well known in the art world for his collection, Mr. Goings has lived many other lives. He was a linebacker in the Canadian Football League and a black pioneer on Wall Street who founded First Harlem Securities. He became a published poet in 2009, with "The Children of Children Keep Coming: An Epic Griotsong," a book that includes the Bearden art that inspired Mr. Goings.
Mr. Goings first met Bearden in 1969, when he was chairman of the Studio Museum in Harlem, and Bearden sat on the board. Mr. Goings bought works from the artist and received some as gifts, assembling a collection that he numbers in the hundreds. During Bearden's final years, spent in faltering health, Mr. Goings served as caretaker, giving Bearden baths, feeding him and driving him around.
"What he did for me was that he allowed me to get inside of him," Mr. Goings said of his devotion to Bearden, known for his charisma and generosity. "And what I mean by that is he took me to museums, he took me to shows, he talked to me, he gave me all kinds of books and he taught me how to see."
Mr. Goings was ebullient the other day as he showed off four journals filled with Bearden's musings on a wide range of subjects, from jazz to Homer. They were nestled against a plastic container holding 40 hours of cassette tapes recording the two men conversing about many things, often as personal as Bearden's light skin color.
Mr. Goings also opened drawers and pulled out paintings: a 1956 collage called "First Circus"; Bearden's "left-handed drawings" (he trained himself to draw with his left hand, as bone cancer made him lose control in his right); and self-portraits sketched on porous white paper with a black felt-tip pen, made days before his death, showing him slumped in a chair.
Mr. Goings said that his loan to the 92nd Street Y was made partly to recognize the pivotal role Jews had played in his life. A Jewish therapist and Jewish school officials helped him as a child struggling with stuttering and dyslexia, he said, and a Jewish firm hired him on Wall Street, as other doors slammed shut.
"Every time I began to engage life in a way, I was given avenues and presented bridges by my Jewish brothers," Mr. Goings said. "I chose the 'Odyssey' and the historical pieces because they build bridges," he continued. "They expand awareness and speak to the universality of the 'Odyssey' and the African-American experience and the situation of how we, as African-Americans, are able to understand the suffering of Buchenwald and Auschwitz and the journey that comes afterward."
The exhibition, "Romare Bearden: The Paper of Truth: Works From the Collection of Russell Goings and Evelyn Boulware" (she is his longtime companion), also provides greater visibility for his holdings, just as Mr. Goings determines their future. Museum curators and a major university are among the institutions that have expressed interest in the collection, Mr. Goings said.
"It's a courtship," said Khalil Gibran Muhammad, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. "If we could acquire some strategic portion for its research value and exhibition value, it would be fabulous."
Mr. Goings said that the money the collection might bring was not his main motivation, adding that he may also donate some items. "Do I honor the notion that there is a greater responsibility to a trove that speaks to who we are as a people?" he asked rhetorically, when questioned about offers and prices. "I want it to go somewhere it will be seen, not put in a cellar. As you can see, I have more resources than revenue."
The collection is important to scholars because it shows the evolution of Bearden's ideas and technique, said Michael R. Chisolm, an art historian and fine-art appraiser in New York. He appraised Mr. Goings's collection about a year ago.
"Some of these things are quite revealing," he said, declining to divulge an estimated value for the collection, citing professional ethics. "He's got to make a decision — he's got all the work," Mr. Chisolm said of Mr. Goings. "What's going to happen?"
Mr. Goings said he would take his time deciding the future of his collection because of what is at stake. "I have this body of work that is part of the national treasure trove," he said. "I have to take care of it so my soul can rest. I've got to go meet Bearden. You know what he'll say to me: 'What did you do with my stuff?' I've got to be able to face him."
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This week's "Saturday Night Live" certainly channeled some holiday spirit as host and show alum Jimmy Fallon and musical guest Justin Timberlake reunited for a star-studded Christmas episode.
Timberlake appeared in a recurring, fan-favorite sketch, this time as a giant roll of wrapping paper. Competing with a vendor trying to gift wrap for charity (Aidy Bryant), Timberlake was ready to bring it on down to Wrappinville, and Fallon's human-sized gift bag jumped in to help drum up interest for their gift wrapping business.
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"Weekend Update" with Seth Meyers and Cecily Strong covered news ranging from North Korea's newest threat to the "Duck Dynasty" controversy.
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Strong reported that North Korea this week sent a threatening message to South Korea -- via fax, and joked that the regime has relics of the '90s laying around. She proceeded to show a picture of former NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman, who was in Pyongyang to train local basketball players.
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An upstate New York man booted from a bar for having sex retaliated by biting off a bartender's finger, police said.
Ernest Vannier, 38, of Fort Ann, N.Y., was being kicked out of the Daily Double in Glens Falls for allegedly having sex with a woman in the bar's smoking room Sunday morning at around 4 a.m., the Albany Times Union reported.
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Bayern loan Julian Green to Hamburg, sign Monchengladbach's Sinan Kurt
Bayern Munich have confirmed that Julian Green has joined Hamburg on a one-year loan deal after signing Sinan Kurt from Borussia Monchengladbach.
Green, 19, leaves Munich, who have brought in 18-year-old Kurt from Monchengladbach. Xherdan Shaqiri, however, has been told he is not allowed to leave the Bundesliga champions despite interest from several other clubs.
Green will spend the season at Hamburg to gain first-team experience in the Bundesliga, having struggled for opportunities under Pep Guardiola. The loan deal includes no option to make the deal permanent, according to Hamburger Abendblatt.
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The United States international made his debut for Bayern in the Champions League last season, but did not feature in the Bundesliga.
The transfer has the backing of United States head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who "is very keen on Hamburg," according to Green's father Jerry, who spoke to ESPN FC on Sunday.
"He knows the coach [Mirko Slomka]. He knows the people there. It's a great opportunity for Julian to play some games. He thinks this is going to be a good thing for Julian and the U.S. team," Jerry Green said.
However, Green will not be unveiled at Hamburg on Monday as he joins up with the United States squad ahead of their friendly against Czech Republic on Wednesday.
"He will not be here, because he travels to the national team. But he will arrive within the week," Hamburg CEO Dietmar Beiersdorfer told NDR Sportclub.
On Sunday, Bayern announced that they had reached an agreement with Borussia Monchengladbach for the transfer of Kurt -- a deal the 18-year-old has called "a dream move."
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Kurt will join his new teammates following his stint with the Germany under-19 squad this week and will find himself training alongside Shaqiri.
The Switzerland international was linked with a switch away from Bayern throughout the summer, but has not been allowed to leave.
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In celebration of Freedom of Speech Week (observed October 18-24), I would like to illuminate the life of one of America's first prominent, outspoken atheists, Charles Chilton Moore, a man who was jailed for blasphemy because the sensitive Bible Belt dwellers of his time just couldn't stomach a little competition.
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Senior Pastor Maury Davis of Cornerstone Church, a megachurch in Madison, today condemned President Obama on his Twitter feed for being "pro-Islam." He went on to say that he "can't imagine Christ saying one good thing about any other faith."
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Greetings, God is Pretend! I notice you haven't been active at Atheist Nexus lately. <sigh> Sometimes it can seem a bit fragmented, with different groups for every interest. Please consider a group for socializing, where we talk about whatever's on our minds, Hang With Friends. :D You might feel more at home.
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NEW YORK, Nov 5 (IFR) - Abbott's new pharmaceuticals business AbbVie Inc completed the biggest ever dollar-denominated debt issue in the US high-grade market on Monday, raising $14.7 billion in a six-part deal.
AbbVie, which will house Abbott's (ABT.N) proprietary pharmaceuticals business as part of the company's plan to split into two, sold notes with maturities ranging from three years to 30 years.
The "old" Abbott will focus on the company's medical devices, diagnostics and nutritional product businesses.
The deal came on a record day for dollar volume, with issuers selling a staggering $22.1 billion of debt on the eve of one of the tightest presidential elections in memory.
"With a deal of this size they could not afford to wait until after the election to get it done," said an investment-grade corporate credit strategist who has covered the Abbott spinoff.
"Whichever way the election goes it will have an effect on spreads, and Abbott couldn't afford to take a punt on the market changing."
Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale were active bookrunners on the Baa1/A rated deal.
Demand from investors was exceptionally strong, with book size heard as high as $47 billion.
"We're not too surprised to read that demand is high," said Carol Levenson, credit strategist at Gimme Credit.
"This deal was expected and provides a relatively rare opportunity to purchase a triple 'B' big pharma name."
Proceeds of the sale will be used to make a cash distribution to Abbott, as provided by the terms of the separation agreement, pay related fees and expenses, and for general corporate purposes.
Abbott last week said it had commenced a cash tender offering for $7.7 billion in outstanding notes.
The previous record for a pure US dollar-denominated deal was held by two other pharmaceuticals companies, according to Thomson Reuters/IFR data: Roche ROG.VX, which sold a $13.5 billion five-part deal in February 2009, and Pfizer Inc (PFE.N), which issued a $13.5 billion four-part deal in March 2009.
The Roche deal included a $3 billion one-year floater, which is too short a maturity to be counted toward the total.
GE Capital is in second position with an $11 billion three-part deal from March 2002, followed by WorldCom's $10.1 billion three-part deal from May 2001.
The AbbVie deal also eclipses the $9.8 billion four-part deal brought by United Technologies in May 2012, which until Monday had been the biggest deal of the year.
AbbVie sold $3.5 billion of three-year fixed-rated notes at Treasuries plus 85 basis points (bp), tighter than its launch price guidance of Treasuries plus 90 basis points area.
It sold $500 million of three-year floating-rate notes at Libor plus 76bp, in line with guidance.
The company also sold $4 billion of five-year notes at Treasuries plus 110bp, $1 billion of six-year notes at Treasuries plus 140bp, $3.1 billion of 10-year notes at Treasuries plus 130bp and $2.6 billion of 30-year notes at Treasuries plus 160bp.
Reporting By Christopher Reich and Andrea Johnson; Editing by Ciara Linnane and Marc Carnegie


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Tesla Recreated Mobileye Tech in 6 Months
"We had a bit of a dip, obviously because of the unexpectedly rapid transition away from MobilEye, where we would expect it to have the MobilEye chip on the board as we transition, but MobilEye refused to allow that, so then we had to basically recreate all the MobilEye functionality in about six months, which we did."
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- AnonymousMay 9, 2017 at 10:11 PM
Well, that is much more scary than impressive actually.ReplyDelete
I wonder how much effort has been put in functional safety in that short amount of time? It usually takes several years and many cars in large scale field verification/ validation to make a reliable and stable solution for ADAS applications which also works in all cases that can occur in real traffic. There will never be a 100% safe solution, but the larger the equipped fleet the more likely it is that majority of corner cases have been discovered and fixed – hence the safer it is. This is the huge advantage of Mobileye when working with the majority of global Tier1s and OEMs and consolidating the scene recording respectively to make their solution more robust.
Mr. Musk, we will see over time how well your own replacement works instead of Mobileye solution. Personally, while driving on same roads like Tesla cars, I don't need news headings like: "Tesla crash! …now even more severe". I will add extra space and distance whenever I see one in the future…


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natty dread wrote:Quick thing... on George Jacobs Sn., is the Sn. short for Senior?
If so, isn't it usually abbreviated as Sr. ?
Yes you are correct, natty. Good pick-up.
Funny how you can write something one way all your life and nobody says it's wrong.
I'd always thought Sr. was the abbrevioation for Sir or Sister (as in nun)..
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The Queen's birthplace to receive 100th Green Plaque
The birthplace of the Queen is to be honoured with the Westminster City Council's 100th Green Plaque. Queen Elizabeth was born at Bruton Street in London in 1926. The building is now an office. The Green Plaque is one of the ways the local authority is marking Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee.
The plaques recognise people who have made lasting contributions to society. The first one marked the life of Sir Winston Churchill. Other people whose lives have been highlighted by the honour, include Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edward Elgar, Jeremy Bentham and the Bee Gees.


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Every day we are given countless chances to bless each other and be blessed in return. Who can fail to see this truth, especially now in this season of beauty and abundance?
Every day we are given countless chances to bless each other and be blessed in return. Who can fail to see this truth, especially now in this season of beauty and abundance? Who can fail to see how true it is that everything we yearn for we already have, just in the sense of connection we often feel with one another? These are truths I have lately sensed in doing even the simplest things -- like greeting the bus driver, say, and asking how she is, then listening, really listening, to her answer. I see it when I stop to thank that high school kid bagging my groceries, who has already put in a long day at school and is now chained to his post here, doomed to ask "Paper or plastic?" of the customers whose apples and canned goods keep barreling down toward him. We see it if we speak to the mailman who connects us to the world, by sticking out our hand one day to say, "Hey, I'm Joe, by the way." And then maybe he will tell us his name and there we will both be, creating that spirit of easy amity that not only knits up the body politic but has the capacity to feed us every day of our lives. Fifteen years ago, I avoided our then-mailman because he seemed so gruff to me, with his clipped manner of speech. "This box is federal property!" he would bark if he saw that I'd left something in it for a friend to pick up. Then I learned that the young mother across the street was giving the guy glasses of lemonade all the time because he was such a sweetheart. Was I missing something? Well, yeah. So the next time we met, I began treating him as if I, too, knew all about this great sweetness of his, and sure enough, in no time at all we began having the nicest exchanges. He began to keep a watchful eye on our kitty, who had a habit of sneaking out to wander the neighborhood. "Go see your mother!" I once heard him cheerily call to her when he saw her ambling home after an hour's mousy pleasures. Once he came upon me and my then-fourth-grader on the front porch where we were working on his costume for the big day at school when he would dress up, fat suit and all, to become William Howard Taft, the president so vast they had to build a special bathtub for him in the White House. "William Howard Taft!" cried our mailman. "Later, he was chief justice of the Supreme Court, you know!' I had forgotten that if I ever knew it, but what I definitely did NOT know was that our former mailman was a history buff. So that year at Christmas I gave him a book on America at the time of the First World War, and the next time we met out front he said, "Hey, I'm reading your book! Did you know my father fought in that war, at 16 years old?" And of course I didn't know that either. But I know it now, as well as a whole lot more about the man, all because one day 15 years ago my eyes were opened by a neighbor more daringly friendly than myself. He is retired from the postal service now, but I ran into our old mailman just last week buying plants for his summer garden. To learn about that exchange or share your story, go to my blog "Exit Only" -- or just drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com or c/o Ravenscroft Press at Box 270 in Winchester, MA 01890. I'd love to hear from you!


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band and DJ. With the prominence of electronic music over the last decade bands in London became more and more influenced by DJs as opposed to other bands. The name itself comes from Americans abbreviating London Town to 'Loto' mixed with the short hand 'tech' coming from the obvious new technological influences.
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Experts from the financial community examine the industry's potential and discuss why they invested in health clubs.
"On Wall Street today, durable goods were down and high-tech stocks took another beating. But both the Dow and Nasdaq closed at record highs as heavy trading in commercial fitness facility stocks pushed all of them to their highest levels ever."
While it isn't likely that we'll be hearing business reports like this on CNN in the near future, the financial community has indeed taken greater notice of the commercial fitness facility industry. Last year, Brentwood Associates, a Los Angeles-based investment firm, formed a company to consolidate local chains into a national operation. Brockway Moran & Partners joined forces with a Gold's Gym licensee to acquire Gold's Gym Enterprises, the Venice, CA-based licensing company. Ongoing investment in Town Sports International has allowed the chain to grow to almost 100 units. And Fitness Holdings has used funds invested in it to become arguably the largest health club chain in the world.
How much the investments in these companies reflect the financial community's confidence in the entire fitness industry is difficult to determine. Certainly, investors and analysts see potential for growth with specific fitness providers. And they do point to favorable changes in demographics that could favor the industry as a whole. But for the most part, what has been attracting investors to fitness companies has been the vitality of the individual firms more than the industry itself.
For example, analysts who are bullish about Bally Total Fitness point to its potential to better leverage more revenue from existing members with, for instance, pro shop sales. Seth Weber, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, singled out Bally's heavy investment in its back office operation as one of the company's unique strengths to continue its growth.
Said another analyst who pointed to the strength of Bally's management team, while also giving a nod to demographic changes that could benefit the entire industry as well, "The best days for Bally are ahead of it."
Anaylsts do agree that there is good potential for the entire commercial fitness industry to grow. Paul Roukis, senior equity analyst at Sidoti & Company L.L.C., commented that an increasing appreciation of the benefits of fitness, especially by insurance providers, may fuel greater membership growth. Plus, an aging population should create more demand for fitness services.
Analysts maintain that the market has few serious risk factors. For example, because health club memberships are generally low-cost items, it's not expected that a weakened economy would have a major impact on the business.
But two concerns were targeted. Roukis said that there are some indications that the number of new facilities being developed is outpacing the demand for them. He also noted that the industry must develop better trained management. "As this industry becomes more professional, it's going to take more people with a different skill set to manage it."
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Invested in 24 Hour Fitness/part of Fitness Holdings Worldwide McCown DeLeeuw could see the consolidation coming. As the firm prepared to invest in the fitness industry, the fragmentation was impossible to ignore. At the time, approximately 12,000 clubs-mostly small, single operations-were in business across United States. And Bally Total Fitness, with its hundred of locations, loomed larger than them all.
McCown DeLeeuw believed that the industry needed more multi-club ownership, backed by the power of a brand that people recognize and respect. According to David King, managing partner with McCown DeLeeuw, clubs with brand names can outgrow industry standards. "They can outperform single clubs," he says. And they enjoy economies of scale that single clubs can't achieve.
Not only did fragmentation and economics favor multi-club ownership, an evolution in consumer perspectives indicated an increasing demand for fitness services, according to King. Aging baby boomers were looking at their health, and they were going to demand high value from health clubs. Only the clubs that could meet this demand could expect business from boomers.
With all of this in mind, McCown DeLeeuw went shopping. "We looked at the industry and did a lot of tire kicking," King says. The firm found what it wanted in the closing days of 1994: 24 Hour Fitness, a club chain that possessed the meaningful brand that McCown DeLeeuw desired.
Describing 24 Hour Fitness as one of the industry's "dominant players," King notes that the chain's management team knew how to build on its strengths and deal with its weaknesses. That latter skill especially left an impression. For example, to improve upon lost membership-arguably the industry's biggest challenge-24 Hour Fitness hired a Berkeley engineer who developed a system that helped measure retention. "They had focused on the problem and put processes into effect to deal with the issue," King says.
Although 24 Hour Fitness's management team gained McCown DeLeeuw's confidence, the firm still had worries about the industry. During the early days, McCown DeLeeuw wondered if the mounting interest in health and fitness was a long-term trend or a short-lived fad. Also, the industry's own reputation gave McCown DeLeeuw pause. "This is an industry beset by its aggressive selling practices," King notes.
Many of the risks that once raised questions with McCown DeLeeuw no longer apply today. Aggressive selling has cooled, King claims. And interest in exercise, particularly among the boomers, has not waned. Still, challenges do exist. King points out that it's difficult for a growing chain to create information (i.e., computer) systems that tie locations together. That's because clubs which are acquired never anticipated that they would become part of a larger entity, so they don't have the appropriate hardware in place. Therefore, in a fragmented industry, the system capacity isn't immediately available to run a large chain.
King describes management building as another challenge-that is, turning fitness enthusiasts into sophisticated managers who understand everything from service needs to balance sheets. He also notes that financing remains a problem, as the meaningful bank loans necessary to grow aren't readily available.
Despite this, McCown DeLeeuw has grown its investment considerably. Today, 24 Hour Fitness is part of Fitness Holdings Worldwide, a worldwide chain with approximately 350 clubs. This global company includes Sats, a large chain in Northern Europe, and California Fitness, an Asian chain.
And the company hasn't stopped yet. King expects his firm to make even more investments in the industry; in fact, he expects other investors to target this market as well. "We've seen a number come in the last couple of years," he says, "and I suspect we'll see more and more.
Show Me the Money
For more information on why commercial fitness is becoming an attractive investment opportunity, don't miss this special panel discussion at the IHRSA 2000 International Convention and Trade Show-Why The Financial Community is Bullish on the Club Industry.
Moderated by Rick Caro, chairman of Spectrum Clubs, the panel discussion will feature leading investors and financial analysts, including David Wong, managing director, Brentwood Associates; David King, managing director, McCown DeLeeuw; Michael Finkleman, managing director, BNP Credit Markets; and Paul Roukis, senior equity analyst, Sidoti & Co L.L.C.
The panel discussion will reveal:
* What has made the club industry attractive to private equity and large banking markets;
* What experts think are the key drivers for the industry over the next five years;
* The difference between the public and private markets;
* How real the consolidation market is and how it impacts you, and;
* The challenge of accessing the public and private equity and debt market.
Why The Financial Community is Bullish on the Club Industry, Session C38, will be held on Thursday, March 23, from 1:45 to 3 p.m.


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Gran Turismo tends to be the first chance the commoners get to drive a highly anticipated new car. The Nissan GT-R appeared camouflaged in GT5 before anyone actually got to drive it on the street.
It's the same with the 2014 Corvette. Before it debuted in the flesh, we had a chance to take a quick spin in a camouflaged Vette in Gran Turismo 5. We enjoyed it a lot.
Tomorrow the camo comes off. GT5 fans will be able to download the all new C7 Vette from the Playstation Store starting January, 15.
Get online early tomorrow and download the car. Then let us know what you think.


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Allen Park council approves move toward emergency manager
Council votes to explore process for financial review
The Allen Park City Council Tuesday voted unanimously to start the process that could put the city on track for an emergency financial manager.
Council members voted to draft a letter seeking the state to form a financial review team to determine if Allen Park faces a financial crisis. That could put the city in line for the appointment of an emergency financial manager.
Allen Park is suffering financially. The city is facing a growing deficit. The city saw a proposed movie studio project collapse after bonds were approved for the project.
Allen Park voters will be asked to approve a millage increase in May, but the city may need more assistance.
George Abick is one Allen Park resident who attended Tuesday's council meeting. He said the call for an emergency manager may be something the city needs.
"I think it's an obvious outcome to a sad situation and unfortunately the city finds itself in a position where it has to look at every alternative and this is one that has been a long time in coming so I support the idea of exploring it as soon as possible," Abick said.
The Allen Park city council will meet again next Tuesday evening to again discuss the plan for exploring a request for help from the state.
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Parliament has today passed legislation to ensure that the Government can respond quickly, appropriately and efficiently to immigration issues arising from the COVID-19 outbreak.
A Bill to temporarily amend immigration legislation to support the quick and efficient management of visa changes during COVID-19 is being introduced to Parliament tomorrow.
Travel restrictions, closing our border to almost all travelers came into force from 23:59 on Thursday 19 March 2020 (NZDT).
New Zealand has ratified the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, reinforcing our strong commitment to ending forced labour and other forms of modern slavery, Workplace Relations and
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We've improved border security with the NZeTA, New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority, which helps us to screen travellers for border and immigration risks off-shore before they travel to New Zealand. It was launched in August and became mandatory on 1 October 2019.
The Government has fixed an issue affecting how Immigration New Zealand has processed visa applications for culturally arranged marriages, which will now see a consistent process applied which ensures people with legitimate arranged marriages can visit New Zealand while also preventing any rorting of the system.
As part of its work to ensure businesses can get the skilled workers they need, the Coalition Government is re-opening and re-setting the Parent Category visa programme, Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says.
New Zealand playing its part in Asia-Pacific and globally are behind changes announced today to the Coalition Government's three year refugee quota policy, Immigration Minister Iain
Creating thriving regions and inclusive local communities is the aim of the Welcoming Communities programme being rolled out across the country, says Immigration Minister Iain Lees-G
This Coalition Government is making good progress in helping our regions to thrive by increasing the numbers of workers who can come to New Zealand to provide seasonal support and pr
The Government is making progress on building an inclusive, sustainable and productive economy by helping regions and businesses get the workers they need with a new temporary work visa process, announced today by Minister of Immigration Iain Lees-Galloway.
The government takes another step to improve border security today.
Today, on World Refugee Day, we take time to recognise the contribution refugees make to New Zealand, and thank those people, groups and agencies that support our former refugee communities, says Minister of Immigration Iain Lees-Galloway.
Parliament has today passed legislation enabling the collection of the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) from 1 July 2019. It will also enable digital processing of the New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA), which will be mandatory from 1 October this year.
Skills shortages lists are now more regionalised so we can build thriving and sustainable regions, says Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway who announces the new lists today.
Today, Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway joined with Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall and community groups to announce the city's selection as a new refugee resettlement location.
One million people have taken the opportunity to apply online for their Student, Work and Visitor Visas – a milestone achievement, says Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.
Making it easier for regions and industries to get the workers they need to flourish is at the heart of proposed changes to temporary work visas released for consultation today, says Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.
The Government's efforts to stamp out the exploitation of migrant workers will be guided by wide-ranging research beginning today, says Immigration and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.
The Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme cap will increase by 1,750 to 12,850, providing much-needed labour for the horticulture and viticulture industries in New Zealand, say Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni and Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.
New Zealand will lift the refugee quota from 1000 to 1500 within this political term, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today.
Minister Responsible for the NZSIS and GCSB, Hon Andrew Little, and Minister of Immigration Iain Lees-Galloway attended the annual Five Country Ministerial, held in the Gold Coast, Australia on 28-29 August.
That last-minute burden of filling out a departure card before taking flight for overseas will be a thing of the past come November, when travellers will no longer need to complete the bothersome documents, say Immigration Minister Iain-Lees Galloway and Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri.
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A Florida woman who appeared on several national television programs as a teen because of her uncontrollable hiccupping went on trial on a murder charge on Tuesday.
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) ? A Florida woman who appeared on several national television programs as a teen because of her uncontrollable hiccupping went on trial on a murder charge on Tuesday.
After a day of questioning dozens of people, prosecutors and attorneys for Jennifer Mee selected a jury of 12, plus four alternates. Pinellas County Judge Nancy Moate Ley told potential jurors that the trial would probably wrap up by the end of the week, and opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday morning.
Mee, who is 22, suffered from prolonged hiccups of up to 50 a minute in 2007. Videos of her hiccupping gained her national attention, as did her attempts to quell the problem. She tried home remedies and consulted medical specialists, a hypnotist and an acupuncturist, until the hiccups finally stopped on their own. She appeared on several TV shows and while on the "Today" show, was hugged by fellow guest and country music star Keith Urban.
Her 2010 arrest was her first.
The 22-year-old Mee is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Shannon Griffin, a 22-year-old Wal-Mart worker. Prosecutors say Mee lured Griffin to a St. Petersburg home under the pretense of buying marijuana ? but instead, two of Mee's friends robbed him at gunpoint. Griffin struggled with the suspects and was shot several times.
Detectives said Mee accepted a friend request from Griffin on a social networking website five or six days before the robbery, but it was unclear if Griffin had recognized her as the "hiccup girl."
Mee's co-defendant, LaRon Raiford, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in August. Lamont Newton, the other co-defendant who was also Mee's boyfriend at the time of the crime, has not yet gone to trial.
At issue is whether Mee is a bystander or the person who planned the robbery ? prosecutors say she played an active role in planning the robbery, which led to Griffin's death. Under Florida law, people can be convicted of murder if they commit a serious felony crime ? such as robbery ? and someone was killed as a result.
John Trevena, Mee's attorney, said his client suffered from Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that can cause involuntary movements and speech problems. He said that the hiccups were one symptom of Tourette's and that he will mention that during the trial.
"It won't be used as a direct cause for what occurred but it might help explain her errors in judgment and her often thoughtless response to law enforcement," said Trevena, who said that Mee did not participate in the robbery.
He added that his client has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and that he plans to explain that to the jury as well.
Trevena said Mee has been in jail pending trial since her October 2010 arrest ? much of that time in isolation because detention deputies say she is a high profile inmate.
Mee has experienced periodic bouts of hiccups while in jail, said Trevena, and she is being treated with a drug called thorazine, which treats psychotic disorders.
"It controls the hiccups," he said.
Mee wore a teal dress and her long, dark hair loose during the first day of the trial. She looked sadly at the potential jurors when the charge against her was read by the judge.
Mee is not facing the death penalty. If convicted, she will face life in prison without the possibility of parole.