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Cork reading posterOn Easter Monday 24th April, 1916, a group of some 1,000 Irishmen and women came into Dublin and occupied a series of buildings around the city. Their aim was to overthrow the British Government in Ireland by military force and to proclaim an Irish Republic. Over the next seven days, over 450 people died, 2,000 were wounded and the centre of Dublin largely destroyed by shelling. 15 of the leaders of the uprising were executed; a 16th was executed later that summer.

On the same day in April 1916, the second Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers was stationed in France, awaiting orders for the next big push that was to become the Battle of the Somme later that summer.

There’s no real information about how soon the news of events in Dublin filtered through to Irish troops serving in France, or what impact it might have had on their mood. There are few reports of mutinies in the weeks that followed the Easter Rising; indeed the first that Irish soldiers may have been aware of the changed sentiment at home that followed the mass executions and internment was during their next leave home. Writers such as Sebastian Barry (in novels such as A Long Long Way) have vividly evoked that change in sentiment, as men who’d left Ireland as heroes returned to a hostile and embittered response.

Included in their numbers was my grandfather, Michael McCann, who had enlisted in the British Army in November 1915 and who had transferred to France some time in April 2016. It’s probable that he had been put to work as part of the Pioneer Battalion of the Munsters, providing the hard labour that created roads, tracks, emplacements and dugouts in the Loos-Marzingarbe-Les Brébas area (source Fourteeneighten Research). But by July he had been involved in the action that became the Battle of the Somme, one of the Great War’s bloodiest conflicts.

Afterwards, hundreds if not thousands of returning Irish soldiers left the British Army and joined the ranks of the Irish Republican Army where they became active in a campaign against a Crown that they’d been defending only months before. My grandfather was one such; he discharged from the British Army in March 1918 (he’d been treated for shrapnel injuries in 1917) but joined the IRA in England in October 1917, possibly having first joined an organisation such as the Irish Self Determination League or the Irish Labour Party. By 1919 he was on active duty with the IRA, taking part in arson attacks and munitions raids; by 1921 he was arrested during an attempted raid on an explosives magazine in Middlesbrough, and sentenced to five years penal servitude in Parkhurst. The subsequent Treaty and amnesty led to his release and return to Ireland in early 1922, just in time for the Civil War where he fought as a Free State Army commandant.

The Civil War had its own share of atrocities, but here too we’ll never know how battle-hardened veterans like my grandfather reacted to them. He kept it bottled up; even his own children knew little of his exploits, other than those reported on by a frequently partisan press. My aunts and uncles described him as a ‘quiet man’ who kept his thoughts to himself. Fragments of his story came down from my grandmother; over the last few years I’ve tried to research to fill the gaps. My collections Trapping a Ghost and Her Father’s Daughter (Salmon Poetry 2014) include some of the poems that resulted.

It’s clear that my grandfather was typical of a whole generation of Irishmen who experienced utter horror and were unable to find an outlet for those experiences. Irish society had embraced another mythology; the narrative of Irish nationalism left no space for other Irishmen who also believed they were fighting for their country.

One of the best elements of this current decade of commemoration has been the re-emergence of their stories. Works like Lia Mills’s marvellous novel, Fallen (which will be the Belfast-Dublin Two Cities One Book choice from April) are exploring the reality of lives for the thousands of individuals and families whose lives were transformed for ever, both by violence at home, and violence on those distant green fields.

I’m incredibly lucky to be reading alongside Lia, and the marvellous Mary Morrissy, whose own novel The Rising of Bella Casey captured that tumultuous period of Irish history so well, as part of The Women and the Rising series at University College Cork on Thursday 3rd March. Further details on

I’ll also be leading a free creative writing workshop for the Open University on exploring family history  at Castletown House in Celbridge, Co. Kildare, in late April. Details on how to book a place are on

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Ink Pantry review of Her Father’s Daughter

Natalie Denny of Ink Pantry has reviewed Her Father’s Daughter for the Poetry Drawer section of the website.

‘My page has been empty for months. Forgive me for filling it.’

Nessa O’Mahony’s ‘My Father’s Daughter’ explores the nature of the imperishable and pronounced bonds between fathers and daughters. We embark upon a poetical journey, combining the autobiographical with the historical through two father-daughter relationships spanning two different periods of Irish history.

Nessa’s poetry is a raw and at times a painfully honest depiction of her family life, especially those memories surrounding her father and grandfather. The finished article is a commentary on love and loss including the reconstructive and subjective power of memory.

From ‘His Master’s Voice’ that looks at life through the eyes of the family pet to the powerful ‘Portrait of the Artist’s Father’ which is a personal invite to observing a dying man, Nessa holds little back in creating her images and exhuming her past.

The poem I identified most with was ‘Those Of Us Left’ which comments on the turbulent aftermath proceeding the death of a loved one. It resonates as it accurately portrays the confusion and stark anger which is very typical of grief but not as often spoken about. The gritty realism in the words leave you uncomfortable but enlightened.

The collection is split into five sections, each focusing on a different area. There is a whole part which utilises nature, weaving rich imagery and juxtaposition to refresh how we perceive sentient beings. There’s a particular reference used to different birds of prey which compares relationships with nature, providing interesting contrasts.

Nessa explores the idea of her own immortality in ‘Walking Stick’ when she details adopting the walking aid that was previously her father’s.The cyclical process of life is a running theme, particularly the role reversal of child to an adult in a parent’s latter stages of life. This is a experience many people have with their elderly parents which Nessa captures beautifully.

‘Her Father’s Daughter’ explores illness in ‘Waiting Room’ and the failing of mind and body while exploring the impact on relationships. It is a body of work that can transcend the ages and has something within that would resonate with many.

Overall the collection is a heartfelt, vivid and moving tribute.

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Beat up little seagull – old tunes and new in Baltimore and DC

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Kimberley also suggested that, while in Baltimore, I might like to meet some of the class groups to talk about Irish culture and poetry, so the reading tour took on a whole additional dimension as I cast about for subjects that would suit the different class groups, who study 20th century culture and ideas, creative writing and Irish studies. I felt rather privileged to get a chance to talk about my country, its writers and history, to groups of American students, and also rather daunted. I wanted to get the balance right – to be informative and accessible without being simplistic. In fact, many of these students turned out to be far more informed about Ireland and its history than I was, down to the expertise and dedication of teachers like Kimberley and Joan Weber, a writer and theatre in education specialist, who have immersed themselves in Irish culture over the years.

The reading at the Wright Theatre was great fun; the audience was attentive and informed and there was an excellent question and answer session at the end during which I was asked about my predilection for water-based imagery. It’s marvellous when readers notice something one hadn’t previously.

One of the best parts of visiting Baltimore was to get the chance to see it through the eyes of people who’ve lived their all their lives, or much of them. It is a beautiful city: a huge stretch of water (Chesapeake Bay) at its heart and extraordinary Victorian architecture at its centre. And I had wonderful tour guides. Both Kimberley and Joan are proud Baltimorians, and they taught me a great deal about its history, both distant and recent. The riots over the death in custody of Freddie Gray hadn’t happened yet (in fact, they broke out just a day or two after we left the city) but he had already died and both Kimberley and Joan had been speaking about the tensions simmering in a city where the ethnic divide stretches back to the ‘White Flight’ of the post MLK assassination- troubles of 1968 and beyond to the legacies of the Civil War itself. Indeed Joan and I had been discussing the difficulties caused by the failure to face up to Civil War legacies, both in her country and on our small island. So it was very distressing to see reports of the trouble flaring up in the days after our departure. Baltimore is just the latest in a long line of similar events, with the same issues at their core. I just hope that some longer term solutions can be found, if Americans are prepared to do the sort of ‘soul searching’ that President Obama was recommending in the aftermath of Gray’s death.

Throughout my visit, I referenced Randy Newman’s song ‘Baltimore’, which I’d heard constantly growing up in a Churchtown house with a brother who was one of his greatest fans. Oddly enough, Newman’s name rarely got more than a quizzical grunt when I mentioned him. Perhaps Baltimorians took his line ‘It’s hard to live’ at face value; in a place where the cannon on the hill is aimed directly into the centre of the town (another Civil War legacy) they do tend to have a long memory.

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Early birds catch the creative writing worm at Brewery Lane this Easter

I’m very excited to be taking part in a three-day writing workshop alongside the fabulous Ferdia MacAnna for the Brewery Lane Writers Weekend this Easter. It takes place from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th April (that’s the weekend after Easter) at the Brewery Lane Theatre, Carrick on Suir, Co. Tipperary.

Organiser Margaret O’Brien, one of the powerhouses behind the new Arvon-inspired The Story House writing workshops, tells me that there is an early bird offer of  €160 if paid by Thurs. 12th Feb. (It will be €175 after that date)

Ferdia and I will be offering a mix of facilitated workshops and one-to-one sessions and there’ll be opportunities for performance as well.

You can get more information, or book your space, by contacting Margaret directly via

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Fancy a free download?

To celebrate the publication of my first audio book, I’ve got a free code to offer to download the book from the Audible website. All you have to do to win the code is to respond to this post, or to the Facebook posting of this link. I’ll enter each name into a hat and email or Facebook the lucky individual – then all you need to do is write a little review telling the world what you think of Bar Talk. Sweet, eh?

You can visit the Audible Page for Bar Talk at

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Bar Talk – the Musical

That caught your attention, didn’t it?

Well there’s no actual singing, but lots of lyrics in the new audio book version of my first poetry collection, Bar Talk. You can download it here.

I was thrilled when Helen Shaw of Athena Media approached me with the suggestion of turning Bar Talk into an audio book. It hasn’t been in print for years (it was first published in 1999) and although an online version was available through creative commons due to the marvellous guys at Irish Literary Revival, it had disappeared from sight, by and large.

And audio is something different; a chance to hear the work as it was intended to be heard. So I enthusiastically agreed.

The whole process of recording it was fascinating. Athena’s terrific sound editor Amy Miller coached me through the whole process, reminding me that I should read as if I had one favourite listener in mind. Poetry is story, after all, so it really helped me to reconnect with the poems and the ideas behind them when I visualised the people who I first had in mind when I wrote them and told them the story again.

Some of those people are still in my life, thankfully, others long gone, so it was particularly poignant to get myself back into the mindset of the young woman I once was. I really rather liked her.

And one whole collection of poems takes only 49  minutes to listen to. Who knew?

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The Family of Things

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I have been enjoying a very creative collaboration with Helen Shaw and her colleagues at Athena Media. They’ve just released a kindle edition to my first book, Bar Talk, long since out of print since it was published in 1999, and we’re currently working on the audio edition with the terrific Amy Miller.

Athena produce all sorts of digital content, and are devising a series of podcasts on the theme of The Family of Things, where writers and artists talk about what formed them as creative people. I was delighted when Helen invited me to be the first subject for an interview, and what an interview it proved to be. She is an incredibly astute questioner and the experience of being ‘on the couch’ was both exhilarating and somewhat terrifying.

You can hear the results here – I’d love to know what you think.


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Koko master D’banj is no doubt a musical powerhouse not just in his native Nigeria, but on the African continent, with a slew of hits after hits that has earned him numerous awards both home and abroad. But all these were apparently a little short of earning him the MTV Iggy artist of the week as he lost to Rwandan-born, Belgium-based electro-pop singer, Iyadede, in an online poll that was conducted by the international music television’s site on January 31, 2012.

Sabrina Iyadede, who won the artist of the week poll, was born in Rwanda, but fled home during the mass murders in the 90’s to France and then to New York. Her style of music is described as a unique breed of soul-tinged versatile electro pop, evidenced in her LP ‘Talking to God.’

The contest had five international acts on its list, including; Iyadede, D’banj, Lady Leshur, Japanese Himuro Yoshiteru and Brazillian Lulina. They polled 36.46%, 32.37%, 17.85%, 0.98% and 12.33% respectively.

By this, the Rwandan born singer is to be featured on a tell-all interview with the music station as the prize for the contest which will be beamed live on the music channel to its viewers.

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New Federation House, now in its second decade of operation, is a non-profit organization dedicated to public education and is pleased to welcome you to our web site featuring biographies of Canadian Aboriginal leaders. The site is a work-in-progress and with your help we hope it will become a treasured resource for people in Canada and around the world. The selection process we used to create this web site and the published volume that it accompanies reflects individual Nations, past generations and the country’s vast regions.
We benefited from the wise counsel of a Native Advisory Committee and wish to convey our deepest appreciation to each member.

Many Native leaders have distinguished themselves in the history of Canada since Confederation; this site does not include them all but with your help we hope to expand our coverage to include as many individuals as possible in our profiles. We hope that visitors to the site will want to join us in expanding the contents of the site by communicating with us at
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This site accompanies a book the same title that contains original biographies
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This section gives you access to short biographies of many Native leaders chronologicaly, regionally, by topic, and by peoples
This section presents resources that will be of interest to educators

This section provides a place for people to express their ideas on Native leadership and also provides those working in Aboriginal communities with a means to showcase their work

Launch of the French Version a Hit with Montrealers

The Montreal launch of Chefs Autochtones du Canada took place on May 28, 2009 at the beautiful McCord Museum of Canadian History. Guests were greeted by Publisher Jean Chevrier and an invocation by Chief Andrew Delisle; joining us for the festivities was Ghislain Picard, Regional Chief for Quebec and Labrador of the Assembly of First Nations, who graced us with a powerful speech in Innu, French and English.
Click here for photos from the Montreal event.

Ottawa Book Launch a Great Success Despite the Weather

The Ottawa launch of Native Leaders of Canada took place on December 9, 2008 during the first major snow storm of the winter. Guests were greeted by a prayer by Elder Mary Lou Lahtail and welcoming comments from publisher, Jean Chevrier; we were joined by Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, whose kind words were greatly appreciated.
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The Western launch of Native Leaders of Canada took place on November 26, 2008 in Vancouver. Guests were greeted by an invocation from Elder Rose Point and a welcoming address from Chief Shawn Atleo, BC Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
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Receive a $30,000 Rebate if You Purchase a New Construction Home, Townhouse or Condo

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Have you bought a new construction property as an investment?  A new condo, townhome or house from a builder? If so, the CRA’s New Residential Rental Program Rebate is meant for investors like you to reclaim thousands that you have paid on final closing. Ultimately, this CRA program is designed to ensure you pay the same price for a new construction property as owner occupied purchasers do but reimbursing you the portion of the HST that is due for investors on final closing. There is much misinformation out there, so do not be misled on the HST Rebate works or on your eligibility. Investors are eligible for HST Rebates even if they have paid well over a million dollars for their preconstruction investment properties - the rebate merely maxes out at 24,000 and this only is paid from the Provincial government (the Federal rebate will be zero).  Unfortunatey, many investors read incorrect content online and believe that for expensive new construction properties there is no HST rebate.  This is not the case.
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The key difference between preconstructions units that are purchased as primary residences and those that are purchased as investments is that the investor must pay the HST on closing and apply for the rebate themselves. There are important eligibility requirements to understand before closing. In the case of the investor, one must have the cash upfront ($16,000 - $29,000) to pay on closing and this amount is reclaimed through the rebate filing. The issue here is that the investor must have the means to finance that amount paid for a period of 4 weeks to 6 months or longer, depending how well the HST Rebate application is received by CRA. This is precisely why you should speak to an expert prior to closing. There is a 74 page manual issued by CRA – call us instead. In addition to our HST rebate filing service, HST Relief also offers loans to finance the HST amount due on closing until we reclaim your HST.  For more information on what you should know about closing a new construction real estate investment, check out our clients’ FAQs with our team’s detailed answers posted here.

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  • Alexion Adds Paul A. Friedman, M.D. to Its Board of Directors

Alexion Adds Paul A. Friedman, M.D. to Its Board of Directors

- Former President and CEO of Incyte Corporation Brings Extensive R&D and Biotech Experience -

Thursday, September 14, 2017 4:30 pm EDT

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NEW HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) today announced that Paul A. Friedman, M.D. has been appointed to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors, succeeding R. Douglas Norby, who has retired as a Director following 18 years of service to the Company. Alexion also announced that Director Alvin S. Parven advised the Board that he does not plan to stand for re-election at the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders following 18 years of service as an Alexion director. Alexion’s Board of Directors has retained Spencer Stuart to conduct a search for an additional new Director.

Dr. Friedman is a well-known and highly-respected veteran of the biotech industry with deep experience in research, and both early and late clinical development. Over his more than 40-year career, Dr. Friedman has established a strong track record of building and leading R&D organizations, successfully expanding their pipelines of assets, overseeing the commercial development of innovative therapeutic products across a range of areas, and building shareholder value.

Dr. Friedman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Incyte Corporation, a leading biopharmaceuticals company, from 2001-2014 where he led a transformation of the business from genomics to a therapeutic focus establishing its foundation as a leader in oncology. He continues to serve on Incyte’s Board of Directors. Currently, Dr. Friedman serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., following its merger with Synta Pharmaceuticals Corporation in July 2016. Earlier in his career, Dr. Friedman held executive and R&D positions with DuPont Pharmaceuticals Research Laboratories, Merck Research Laboratories and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation. Dr. Friedman received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his B.S. in Biology from Princeton University.

David Brennan, Chairman of the Board, commented, “We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Friedman to the Alexion Board of Directors. Paul’s R&D expertise, executive experience, and extensive biotech background will be highly valuable as we continue to add directors with highly relevant experience, and as we execute on our refocused strategy to position Alexion for its next phase of growth under our new management team. As we welcome Paul onto the Board, we also want to express our deep appreciation to Doug Norby for his many contributions to Alexion during his tenure as a director, including serving as our lead independent director for a number of years. We also want to thank Al Parven for his 18 years of service and contributions while serving on Alexion’s Board. We wish Doug and Al all the best.”

Dr. Friedman added, “Alexion is an exciting company with significant strengths to build upon as the Company grows its rare disease business and focuses on expanding its pipeline through both internal innovation in complement and external R&D opportunities to deliver future growth. I look forward to contributing to Alexion’s future as a member of the Board of Directors.”

About Alexion

Alexion is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and delivering life-transforming therapies for patients with devastating and rare disorders. Alexion is the global leader in complement inhibition and has developed and commercializes the first and only approved complement inhibitor to treat patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), and refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG). In addition, Alexion has two highly innovative enzyme replacement therapies for patients with life-threatening and ultra-rare metabolic disorders, hypophosphatasia (HPP) and lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D). As the leader in complement biology for over 20 years, Alexion focuses its research efforts on novel molecules and targets in the complement cascade, and its development efforts on the core therapeutic areas of hematology, nephrology, neurology, and metabolic disorders. This press release and further information about Alexion can be found at: www.alexion.com .

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements often include words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "will," or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are subject to factors that may cause Alexion's results and plans to differ from those expected, including the risks set forth from time to time in Alexion's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the risks discussed in Alexion's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2017 and in our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Alexion does not intend to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, except when a duty arises under law.

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Shores Presents at Safe Patient Handling Conference

Dr. Lynne Shores, professor of nursing, was recently one of four presenters at the Safe Patient Handling Conference in Oklahoma City. Designed for nurses, nurse educators and other clinical leaders who are responsible for implementing and sustaining safe clinical work environments, the conference included evidence-based practices in patient handling and movement. Dr. Shores has become nationally recognized for teaching nursing students how to move patients safely by following set protocols, including the use of appropriate equipment. She has played a key role in introducing safe patient handling in the School of Nursing at Belmont. She has worked with peers at the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to implement core curriculum for teaching students about on-the-job safety. Dr. Shores has served on the National Advisory Committee for the ANA Handle With Care recognition program.


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Some online reviews are too good to be true; Cornell computers spot 'opinion spam'

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If you read online reviews before purchasing a product or service, you may not always be reading the truth. Review sites are becoming targets for "opinion spam" -- phony positive reviews created by sellers to help sell their products, or negative reviews meant to downgrade competitors.

The bad news: Human beings are lousy at identifying deceptive reviews. The good news: Cornell researchers are developing computer software that's pretty good at it. In a test on 800 reviews of Chicago hotels, a computer was able to pick out deceptive reviews with almost 90 percent accuracy. In the process, the researchers discovered an intriguing correspondence between the linguistic structure of deceptive reviews and fiction writing.

The work was reported at the 49th annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics in Portland, Ore., June 24, by Claire Cardie, professor of computer science; Jeff Hancock, associate professor of communication; and graduate students Myle Ott and Yejin Choi.

"While this is the first study of its kind, and there's a lot more to be done, I think our approach will eventually help review sites identify and eliminate these fraudulent reviews," Ott said.

The researchers created what they believe to be the first "gold standard" collection of opinion spam by asking a group of people to deliberately write false positive reviews of 20 Chicago hotels. These were compared with an equal number of carefully verifed truthful reviews.

As a first step, the researchers submitted a set of reviews to three human judges -- volunteer Cornell undergraduates -- who scored no better than chance in identifying deception. The three did not even agree on which reviews they thought were deceptive, reinforcing the conclusion that they were doing no better than chance. Historically, Ott noted, humans suffer from a "truth bias," assuming that what they are reading is true until they find evidence to the contrary. When people are trained at detecting deception they may become overly skeptical and report deception too often, still scoring at chance levels.

The researchers then applied computer analysis based on subtle features of text. Truthful hotel reviews, for example, are more likely to use concrete words relating to the hotel, like "bathroom," "check-in" or "price." Deceivers write more about things that set the scene, like "vacation," "business trip" or "my husband." Truth-tellers and deceivers also differ in the use of keywords referring to human behavior and personal life, and sometimes in features like the amount of punctuation or frequency of "large words." In parallel with previous analysis of imaginative vs. informative writing, deceivers use more verbs and truth-tellers use more nouns.

Using these approaches, the researchers trained a computer on a subset of true and false reviews, then tested it against the rest of the database. The best results, they found, came from combining keyword analysis with the ways certain words are combined in pairs. Adding these two scores identified deceptive reviews with 89.8 percent accuracy.

Ott cautions that the work so far is only validated for hotel reviews, and for that matter, only reviews of hotels in Chicago. The next step, he said, is to see if the techniques can be extended to other categories, starting perhaps with restaurants and eventually moving to consumer products. He also wants to look at negative reviews.

This sort of software might be used by review sites as a "first-round filter," Ott suggested. If, say, one particular hotel gets a lot of reviews that score as deceptive, the site should investigate further.

"Ultimately, cutting down on deception helps everyone," Ott said. "Customers need to be able to trust the reviews they read, and sellers need feedback on how best to improve their services."

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Governor Nelson Dayanghirang vows to allocate big funds for the hospital during its 45th Founding Anniversary on July 22.

Governor Nelson Dayanghirang vows to allocate big funds for the hospital during its 45th Founding Anniversary on July 22.

A much bigger budget awaits the Capitol-run Davao Oriental Provincial Medical Center next year as the new Governor Nelson Dayanghirang vows to allocate big funds for the hospital in order to further boost its services especially to the poor.

“Sa susunod na taon, isang pangako na dadagdagan natin ang pondo ng hospital partikular sa mga gamot na pangangailangan ng ating pasyente,” says Governor Dayanghirang who recently graced the provincial hospital’s 45th founding anniversary.

He also vowed to add regular items for nurses next year. “Uunahin natin ilagay sa posisyon ang matagal ng nanenerbisyo sa ating hospital. Titingnan natin ang performance. Yan ang isang pangako na bawat taon mag dagdag tayo ng plantilla position para sa ating mga nurses,” he adds.

Governor Dayanghirang vows to build from the sprawling and towering legacy of former Governor, now First District Rep. Corazon Malanyaon whom he described to have a “heart of a doctor to the barrios.”

“Words alone are worthless. Our love especially for the sick poor should not be just words and talk. It must be true love which shows itself in action. In less than a year after assuming her post, my predecessor, former Governor Corazon Malanyaon had first decongested the old provincial hospital by building a sprawling out-patient department building. And what followed next have pleasantly surprised everyone. Making true her campaign promise to transform the decrepit provincial hospital into a first-class public hospital for the poor, Governor Malanyaon used the huge mandate from her people by changing institutions that stood in the way of an effective response. Her energetic leadership took the bold and unprecedented step by making under-investment in public health care services a thing of the past. She proudly unveiled one of her biggest signature achievements: a new, modern and bigger Davao Oriental Provincial Medical Center, a 200-bed capacity hospital with state-of-the-art medical equipment,” says Governor Dayanghirang.

Gov. Nelson Dayanghirang hands over an award to one of the hopsital employees. Joining the governor (from L to R): Public Health Consultant Dr. Resuldo Malintad, OIC Chief of Hospital Dr. Hermingilda Nartatez, and Vice Governor Niño Sotero Uy.

“We are so impressed. This is a product of a genuine collaboration between very enlightened local executives and the Department of Health. It is not uncommon to see run-down hospital buildings in the provinces. It is also not uncommon to see government hospitals lacking in the necessary equipment as well as staff complement. You can see that change has started and I am so happy and proud to see that it is starting in our province. We all have witnessed the very strong commitment of former Governor Malanyaon to deliver a quality health care. We will continue that commitment. So I can confidently say that the people of Davao Oriental are in good hands. With the acquisition of new equipment and recruitment and training of better-qualified staff, the hospital is now capable of performing all procedures except those that are extremely specialized,” says the governor.

Governor Dayanghirang stressed that he envisioned the new provincial hospital to become a world-class public hospital “with gentle hands and compassion for the sick poor.”

“As our new hospital is now being benchmarked and awarded as an outstanding public hospital in the region, I earnestly call on our health care workers to enhance the hospital’s medical reputation because you are the heart of this new hospital that we envisioned to have gentle hands and compassion for the poor. After providing you with attractive salaries, I earnestly ask our health care workers to bring to the sick poor a great deal of loving care, attention and more understanding. Let us always strive to make especially the indigent patients feel special in this hospital. Alongside the creation of a new hospital in the capital City of Mati, we will also continue to upgrade the district hospitals in the towns of Cateel, Manay, Lupon and Governor Generoso,” says Governor Dayanghirang.

“The massive public expressions of gratitude for our health care program has made us to say that our efforts have truly created a strong impact that have significantly improved our people’s access to quality health care. We are also taking pride of the fact that our health program have also dramatically reduced malnutrition rate in the province. Davao Oriental used to have the highest malnutrition rate in the Davao Region. Now, the Department of Health has awarded our province for our outstanding public health programs, lauding us for transforming our status to become a model province with the lowest rate for malnutrition. Good governance and team work for a worthwhile vision has made it possible for us to attain extraordinary achievements that makes a difference in the lives and fortunes of the less privileged. Truly, our former Governor Cora Malanyaon have set the bar higher for her successor. We will continue to pay closer attention to the sentiments of the public for that is a genuine public service that is truly responsive to the needs of the people.” By FERDINAND ZUASOLA

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Posted: December 21, 2015 at 11:24 pm by , in Early Morning News

On October 14, 2015,  fifty-four South Asian detainees stopped eating as a statement against their detentions after having applied for asylum in the United States. The hunger strike set into motion other hunger strikes across the country including in Aurora where thirteen people joined on November 30th.

Friday was International Migrants Day. On Friday the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) held a press conference to honor all migrants and to demand the US fulfill obligations to recognize and uphold human rights for all.  First we hear from Gabriela Flora, and then Jennifer Piper, both with the AFSC in Denver. We also hear the voice of one detainee from inside detention.  According to the AFSC, he crossed fifteen countries to reach the US.   He was not named for his protection.  If he is deported and returned to his country, he fears he will be killed for exposing his individual human rights case.  We have voiced over his testimony because of the poor quality of the phone line:

The AFSC has just released a position paper on the detention of migrants in the US titled The Role of For-Profit Prison Corporations in Shaping U.S. Immigrant Detention & Deportation Policies.  The paper discusses the connection between immigration policy and mass incarceration and the investments that these corporations make to influence legislation through campaign contributions and lobbying.  The Congressionally-mandated bed quota imposed on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is especially challenged in the paper but also by other organizations who oversee the deprivation of human rights in this country.  Ninety-percent of ICE detention centers are for-profit facilities according to the organization Grassroots Leadership and Detention Watch Network who puts the cost to taxpayers at $2 billion a year.

The paper names current legislators who have received campaign contributions from the for-profit prison corporations GEO and the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) including Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Senator John McCain of Arizona, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, and topping the list for the amount of money accepted is Senator Lamar Alexander also of Tennessee who accepted $71,450 from the CCA according to a September 2015 report from Influence Explorer.

AFSC presented the cases of seventeen asylum seekers from Southeast Asia who all have been held in detention for over a year, and some more than two years.  Today, Human Rights Day, the group introduced to reporters the campaigns #EndtheQuota and #starvingforfreedom to call attention to policymakers the need to uphold human rights, and to take a closer look at the human rights violations that are documented to take place in US immigration prisons.


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Swimming the Mississippi
By Laurel Druley
Minnesota Public Radio
July 24, 2002

Martin Strel is a determined man. He aims to swim the length of the Mississippi River from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. The 48-year-old marathon swimmer began his journey on July 4. He's still certain he'll make it to New Orleans by his self-imposed target date of Sept. 7. We caught up with him this week in Winona.

Martin Strel prepares for Day 21 in the Mississippi. He began swimming from Lake Itasca on July 4. He says it will take 66 days to swim to New Orleans.
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Sunburned and sore, Martin Strel of Slovenia began Day 21 smiling. He's got a big swim ahead - both today and further down the river.

"Many lakes, many dams," he mutters in thickly accented English. "After St. Louis, yeah, snakes, maybe alligators, a lot of traffic from big ships, the big sun very strong."

But he's still eager to get in the water.

"Today good day. I'm very happy here in Winona."

He doesn't let on that he's in any pain, but his crew says he has trouble sleeping for more than four hours a night.

Strel faces many challenges in the swim, not least sunburn. His crew makes sure he's wearing lots of sunscreen.
(MPR Photo/Laurel Druley )

Martin's son, Borut, says he's seen his father swim the length of the Danube River. Martin Strel holds the world record for swimming the longest distance non-stop. Borut is confident his dad will make it to New Orleans on schedule. He laughs when asked if his dad is crazy.

"For me, not crazy, because I know him. But for other people they think this is crazy idea. But you'll see it's possible," saya Borut Strel.

When asked if he'd ever do a similar swim, Borut laughs again and shakes his head.

Borut is part of the six-member support team. Some travel with him in kayaks, others drive along in the support van. Team member David Hale says Strel has the right attitude - mind over body.

Strel holds the world record for the longest non-stop swim. He also holds the record for swimming the length of the Danube, and soon hopes to hold a similar record for swimming the Mississippi.
(MPR Photo/Laurel Druley)

"After watching him swim the upper part of the river, it erased any doubts in my mind," Hale says. "He's a real athlete. Every day it seems like he gets stronger. He's a machine."

But Strel says this swim is about more than athleticism. He's trying to send a message of friendship, peace and the importance of clean rivers.

On land, Strel looks out of his element. He's eager to get started on his 11-hour daily swim. But first he and his crew take a tour of We-no-nah Canoe, one of Strel's sponsors. Company owner Mike Cichanowski shows Strel and his team how his canoes are made. We-no-nah donated the canoes which are a vital part of the swim.

It's crew member Matthew Mohlke job to keep Strel out of danger.

"We're kind of his eyes and his ears," Mohlke says. "He's got his head down all the time. We've got one man on either side and another out in front, looking for any obstacles that Martin might encounter."

It takes a big team to help someone swim the Mississippi. Strel's crew includes three kayakers and a follow crew in the support van.
(MPR Photo/Laurel Druley)

Mohlke says Strel's already made it through some of the biggest challenges of the trip. Strel battled four-foot waves for 11 hours on Lake Pepin. But Mohlke says the worst part of the river will be at the end of Strel's journey.

"There's an area down in New Orleans called Cancer Alley. It's what they refer to as a dead zone," Mohlke says. "It's about 80 miles of oil, pollution, alligators. It's just awful. Martin will try to keep his head above water."

But that's going to be in about a month. Today's challenge is to get to La Crosse - about 35 miles.

Having finished the tour of the canoe company, Strel and his team load into the van and rush the put-in point. It's the lock and dam across the bridge in Wisconsin.

While his kayakers get ready and ease into the river, Borut rubs sunscreen on his father's face and neck. Strel's goggles seemed to have made a dent on the bridge of his nose.

A few people from Winona have come to see him off. He sits down on the dock, puts on his flippers and lowers his goggles.

"Good-bye!" He slips into the waters and pulls away with strong, even strokes.

He sets a steady pace for several miles. At one point Strel swims too close to the shore, getting dangerously near some rocks. The kayakers blow a whistle and shout for him to change course.

His teammates not only keep him in line but they keep him laughing, too. They pass a no-wake zone sign and Hale yells out, "Tell Martin not to make a wake!"

A passing sand barge throws about a three-foot wake, but causes no problem for the world-class swimmer.

Canoe designer Dave Kruger is paddling along for the morning. He's impressed by his speed.

"He'll be in La Crosse in no time," he says.

And then only 45 more days to go.


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Ufone offers BlackBerry Bold 9790

Ufone now offers BlackBerry Bold 9790 smartphone to its customers in Pakistan. Earlier we reported about the launch of BlackBerry Bold 9780 by Ufone, the latest in line.

This powerhouse of a phone gives a whole new experience of connectivity with the latest OS 7, 1 GHz processor, 768MB RAM, 8GB internal memory, QWERTY keyboard, precision-based optical trackpad and capacitive touch screen.

Packed with new technologies like Near Field Communication (NFC) and Augmented Reality (AR), the new BlackBerry Bold 9790, will change the way you interact with the world.

Available Features:
  • Display: 2.45" touch screen and 480 x 360 pixel resolution at 246ppi
  • Software: BlackBerry 7 OS
  • Memory: 8GB onboard, expandable up to 40GB via microSD card
  • Audio Playback: up to 33 hours
  • Video Playback: up to 6.3 hours
  • Camera: 5MP camera, flash, continuous auto focus, face detection, image stabilization, scene modes, 2x digital zoom, VGA video recording (640 x 480)
  • GPS: GPS Assisted, standalone and simultaneous GPS
  • Data: Wi-Fi® 2.4 GHz b/g/n, 5 GHz a/n
  • Network GSM: 1900/1800/900/850 MHz
  • Data: HSDPA (7.2 Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76 Mbps)
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With a crisp Liquid Graphics™ capacitive touch-screen and a beautiful backlit QWERTY keyboard, its users can smoothly switch between the two and enjoy the familiar convenience and performance of BlackBerry smartphones.

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The major problem is that it is a pain to keep all of them up-to-date. And it’s not like you can even just post something to all of your social networks and be done — take Facebook, where you not only might have a personal profile, but a business page and a business group. That’s three places right there!

Fortunately, things continue to evolve, and more and more social media sites are interconnecting.

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The simple answer: Post in one place and it appears on all of your social channels.

For example, I’m writing this post at news.panamacitypc.com, but it will appear on the following social channels automatically:

There are a number of additional channels I could post to, but those are the ones I’ve targeted for PanamaCityPC ((In other news, I’ve now repeated “PanamaCityPC” enough times that I’m sure you’re suffering from semantic satiation. hehe)).

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Stream RiFF RAFF’s New Album ‘Neon iCON’

By Annie Reuter

RiFF RAFF‘s new album Neon iCON doesn’t drop until next week but he’s giving fans an early listen today (June 20).

The album, which includes features by Childish Gambino, Mike PosnerMac Miller, Houston rap luminaries Slim Thug and Paul Wall, along with production from DJ Mustard, Harry Fraud and Diplo, is available for full stream on Soundcloud.

While there is no collaboration with Katy Perry, like previously reported, RiFF RAFF manages to keep things interesting as only he can do. He kicks of the album with the track “Introducing the Icon” where he raps, “B—ch I can sing a hook like Alicia Keys.” And he’s not kidding.

Meanwhile, in “Kokayne,” which was produced by Diplo, he manages to name drop Dolly Parton and AMP Radio’s Carson Daly in one breath.

Related: Riff Raff Apparently Recorded a Song With Katy Perry

In an interview with earlier this year, RiFF RAFF explained that the color scheme for his forthcoming release Neon iCON is Aqua-Berry; everything from his hair to his diamond-encrusted watch will embody the Aqua-Berry theme.

For his next album, tentatively titled Peach Panther, which he said will drop in June of 2015, it’s going to be, “Peach diamonds. They ain’t even come out yet.”

Listen to Neon iCON below. The album will be released June 26 via Mad Decent.

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Allan Jay Tuñacao has a boxing record of three wins, seven losses and eight draws, according to www.boxingrec.com. PHOTO FROM www.boxingrec.com

Allan Jay Tuñacao already had a boxing career in the Philippines, but the dream of making it big like boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao lured him to Sydney after a Filipino-Australian promised fights with huge prizes.

Tuñacao, who belongs to a family of boxers in Mandaue City, left for Australia in 2010, together with Jack Asis, Flash Villacora and Augusto Caesar Amonsot or “Czar Amonsot,” a Boholano who used to be with the ALA boxing stable in Cebu.

Their hopes vanished during their stay with their Sydney-based manager, Dido Bohol.

“We were made to sleep in the garage where it was very cold. We were treated like house help. They were like royalty being served. Someone did the dishes while another took care of the laundry and someone else cleaned their house,” Tuñacao said in an interview via Skype, a voice-over-IP service.

During his first fight in Australia, he received only A$600 (roughly P26,000) from the cash prize of A$3,000 (P128,000).  Bohol reportedly told him that the rest of the money went to payment for his expenses during his stay.

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Tuñacao said in an interview by Caro Meldrum-Hanna, which was aired on July 12 over Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) and posted on its website (http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/ 2013/s3801616.htm), that he became very sick and had nosebleeds early in the morning due to the extreme cold.

He cleaned the toilets every day, he said.

Tuñacao said that when he started asking questions, his boxing manager tried sending him back to the Philippines with only A$20 (P850) in his pocket.

Three months after the Filipino boxers’ arrival in Australia, he decided to run away. He sought the help of the Australian government which issued him a special visa.

ABC also interviewed Amonsot, who confirmed that he and the other boxers were made to stay in the garage.

Amonsot also said he won A$3,500 (P150,000) in a fight but received only A$650 (P28,000) from Bohol. The manager reportedly told him the rest of the amount was used to pay for his airfare to Australia and living expenses.

Tuñacao said he and the other boxers were still preparing the cases they would file against Bohol.

Bohol’s close friend, Christopher Tempora, defended the manager, saying the boxers were treated well.

“I was there a few months ago. There were boxers in his place. Two boxers. They were doing well, I don’t think they were maltreated,” Tempora said.

Part of the deal

Bohol, in the ABC report, denied the allegations. “That’s all b—-. We have the agreement, everything here. We have to sign a contract,” he was quoted as saying.

On the issue of prize money, he said that based on the contract signed by the boxers, they would get only A$200 (P8,500).

Despite the bitter experiences of Tuñacao and Amonsot, many young Filipino boxers still want to go abroad to try their luck.

“There are a lot of opportunities abroad. A lot of world title fights,” said John Riel Casimero, International Boxing Federation champion.

A Philippine Boxing Federation champion, Virgilio Silvano, said: “I want to go abroad, I believe I will be a world champion there.”

Boxing analyst Rene Bonsubre Jr. said the aspirants just wanted to have a better career abroad for their families, not minding all possible dangers they might encounter.

Bonsubre urged boxers to learn how to value money and save their earnings. A boxer’s career may last for only a few years, he said.

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Art historian Sharon Gerstel wins 2016 Runciman Book Prize

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Professor Sharon Gerstel of the UCLA Department of Art History has won the 2016 Runciman Book Prize for “Rural Lives and Landscapes in Late Byzantium” (Cambridge University Press, 2015).

The annual award is given by the Anglo-Hellenic League in London to recognize the best book focused on Greek or Hellenic culture. Gerstel received the award, which included a prize of £9,000, during a ceremony on June 14 at the organization’s Hellenic Centre. The award, which is named in honor of the life and legacy of Sir Steven Runciman, a leading scholar of Byzantine art, is sponsored by the Bank of Greece.

"The product of over 20 years of painstaking fieldwork in Greece, Sharon Gerstel’s 'Rural Lives and Landscapes in Late Byzantium' seeks to reconstruct the lives of the rural poor in Greece from a wide range of sources: from the material remains of settlements, from ethnographic research, from illustrated manuscripts – but especially perhaps from the wall paintings of countless small churches used continuously over the intervening centuries, but many now in a state of disrepair," said Professor Thomas Harrison of the School of Classics, University of St. Andrews and chair of the award judging panel, during the award presentation.

"Professor Gerstel’s book covers all aspects of rural life," he continued, "from physical labour to witchcraft or the role of gossip (one of the main sins in representations of the Last Judgement). What distinguishes her book, however, is her attempt – as she puts it in her opening – to view the Greek landscape ‘from the heart.’ This is an ambition that is amply fulfilled: Every page is imbued with a sense of duty to preserve the memory of the rural life that she describes, and to honor those individuals who guided her in her fieldwork. A delightful aspect of her book is the presence of so many people in her photographs ….   She manages, in essence, to summon up a whole world – real and imaginary – of past experience.”

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by John Ballantyne

News Weekly, July 10, 2010
Don't say we haven't been warned.

Our new Prime Minister is not the mainstream, centrist leader that the media want us to think she is. Julia Gillard comes with a lot of ideological baggage from her radical-left past.

For several years she has played down her past political affiliations, attempted to mainstream herself and altogether presented an agreeable image to the public.

So appealing is she that she has won plaudits from across the political spectrum, even from conservatives such as Christopher Pearson and Janet Albrechtsen.

The left-dominated media, no doubt with an eye on the forthcoming federal election, have bent over backwards to depict Julia Gillard as, if anything, a conservative. They have reminded us that she was brought to power with the help of Labor's right-wing factions. Thus, so the story goes, she will be beholden to Labor's right and not stray far from moderate policies.

In the past week, Julia Gillard herself has tried to connect with conservative voters, even going so far as to hint that she would be prepared to take a harder line on asylum-seekers.

This is all for public consumption before the election. What she will be like after an election victory, when she has her own mandate to govern and is no longer so beholden to Labor power-brokers, is another question altogether.

Then we will see just how much of her radicalism she has shed and whether she really is the centrist Labor figure she would like us to think she is.

Ms Gillard has long been a prominent figure of Labor's powerful left-wing feminist caucus, Emily's List, which was founded by two former Labor premiers, Joan Kirner (Victoria) and Carmen Lawrence (Western Australia).

The stated aim of Emily's List is to raise money to help "progressive", i.e., pro-abortion, women get elected to parliament.

"Emily" stands for Early Money Is Like Yeast. (News Weekly, September 1, 2007).

Joan Kirner, whom Ms Gillard has described as a mentor and friend, was one of the driving forces behind the passage of Victoria's notorious 2008 abortion laws, which not only decriminalised abortion, but legalised late-term abortions right through nine months of pregnancy.

Ms Gillard has been unswervingly faithful to radical feminist orthodoxy. In 2000, as a member of a House of Representatives standing committee on education, she adopted a very hostile tone towards two members of the public who presented scientific data about the biological and psychological differences between the sexes and the specific educational needs of boys. (News Weekly, February 17, 2007).

Julia Gillard's first foray into politics was in the early 1980s, when, as a university law student, she became active in the now-defunct Australian Union of Students (AUS).

The AUS was then totally dominated by the extreme left. In 1983 — the year she was elected AUS president — an AUS annual council defeated heavily a call to oppose "all acts of terrorism and political violence" (AUS Annual Council 1983: motion N28).

Furthermore, the AUS annual council declined to recognise the rights of religious clubs and societies at universities to "express their views on campus" or to have access to campus facilities (AUS Annual Council 1983: motion N34).

The AUS declared 1983 to be the International Year of the Lesbian.

It also adopted a policy on prostitution which said, in part: "Prostitution takes many forms and is not only the exchange of money for sex. … Prostitution in marriage is the transaction of sex in return for love, security and house-keeping." (Quoted by Helen Trinca, The Australian, April 6, 1984, p.7).

This bizarre statement made headlines across Australia. Anti-AUS student activists produced posters with the slogan: "AUS says your mother is a prostitute!"

By early 1984, not only Liberals, but moderate Labor and Jewish students, were campaigning vigorously to abolish the AUS. While Julia Gillard and her left-wing colleagues were defending the union, campus after campus was seceding from it, depriving it of funds and bringing about its rapid collapse.

From 1984 until 1993, Ms Gillard became a prominent figure in the militant left Socialist Forum, which had recently been formed by disaffected members of the Communist Party of Australia and Labor's left-wing. It sought, among other things, to remove Australia from the ANZUS alliance and to twin Melbourne with Leningrad (re-named St Petersburg since the fall of communism).

Julia Gillard has made light of her youthful radicalism, and has been painstakingly careful to present herself as a moderate.

It is worth remembering, however, what she once wrote for the Socialist Forum on how the extreme Left could advance its agenda by giving "strategic support for Labor governments".

She said: "We need to recognise the only possibility for major social change is under a long period of Labor administration. Within that administration the Left needs to be willing to participate to shape political outcomes, recognising the need to except (sic) often unpalatable compromises in the short term to bolster the prospect of future advance." (Quoted by Andrew Bolt, "Gillard's plan for power", Herald Sun, October 29, 2007).

Don't say we haven't been warned.

Helen Trinca, "New right now in vogue on the campus", The Australian, April 6, 1984, page 7.

Babette Francis, "My unhappy memories of Julia", News Weekly, February 17, 2007.
URL: www.newsweekly.com.au/articles/2007feb17_o.html

Babette Francis, "Emily's List — who and what are they?", News Weekly, September 1, 2007.
URL: www.newsweekly.com.au/articles/2007sep01_alp.html

Andrew Bolt blog, "More than just red hair", Herald Sun (Melbourne), October 19, 2007.
URL: http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/column_more_than_just_red_hair/

Andrew Bolt blog, "Gillard's plan for power", Herald Sun (Melbourne), October 29, 2007.
URL: http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/gillards_plan_for_power/

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Fans Give Howard Hero’s Welcome, Chant ‘We Want Dwight!’ As Magic Crush Nets

Big Man May One Day Be A Net, But In The Interim Drops 20 In Rout

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Dwight Howard aced his audition for the New Jersey Nets.

The Orlando center had 20 points and 17 rebounds, threw in a couple of blocks and dunks and had Nets’ fans chanting his name throughout the game in leading the Magic to a 108-91 victory on Wednesday night in what was certainly a showcase for next month’s trading-day deadline.

Here’s the situation heading into the March 15 deadline. Howard has asked to be traded and the Magic stand to lose the six-time All Star and the leading vote getter in this year’s exhibition game unless he signs an extension before becoming a free agent in July.

“Right now my only concern is winning games, playing as hard as I can every night,” said Howard, who rocked the rim several times with monster dunks in making 9 of 13 from the field.

“That’s the only thing I can control. I put all the other thoughts aside. The only thing I can control is what I do on the court.”

Many in the crowd of 15,364 did their best to recruit the seven-year veteran for the Brooklyn-bound Nets.

He got the loudest cheers in the pre-game introductions and many in the crowd had giants placards with his face on them, including one next to a placard that had the face of Nets All-Star guard Deron Williams.

“It’s a humbling experience,” Howard said. “I wish more people could see how it feels to go into another arena and have the big faces, the posters. It’s a blessing and a whole new experience. It feels good to have a great reception, not only here, but everywhere I go.”

Howard didn’t disappoint the fans in leading the Magic to their ninth straight win over the Nets, who proudly put posters of their new arena in the hall leading to the Magic locker room.

Nets center Brook Lopez, who has been rumored to be part of the package the Nets have dangled in front of Orlando, smiled when asked how the fans reacted.

“It was interesting,” said Lopez, who had 15 points in his second game back after surgery for a broken right foot. “It was definitely exciting. It brought great atmosphere to the game.”

Williams joked he was jealous about all the cheering for Howard.

“I might not re-sign here because of that,” said Williams, who had 23 points, six rebounds and eight assists to lead New Jersey, which headed into the All-Star break having lost 8 of 11.

Glen Davis, who hit his first seven shots, added 16 points for Orlando, which won for the eighth time in 11 games.

Rookie MarShon Brooks had a career-high 24 points for New Jersey, which basically lost the game in the opening 12 minutes.

Orlando shot 62.5 percent in the opening quarter and jumped to a 34-17 lead. The final 4:16 were the key with the Magic closing the quarter with a 13-2 spurt that came mostly with Howard sitting on the bench.

Davis hit all four of his shots and Jameer Nelson, who also had eight points in the period, hit a 3-pointer, one of 13 on the night by Orlando.

Nets’ fans started chanting: “We want Dwight” in the final minute and it continued late in the game.

Orlando increased the lead to 22 points in the second quarter, and the only time it was challenged was in the third quarter when Williams put on a show for Howard, his good buddy, hitting three straight 3-pointers and scoring 12 straight points to get the Nets within 67-57.

After New Jersey blew a couple of chances to get the lead under double figures, Orlando closed the quarter with a 16-9 spurt to take an 87-70 lead into the final quarter.

JJ Redick started and ended the run with 3-pointers and Chris Duhon, who came off the bench to slow down Williams on the defensive end, sandwiched two 3-pointers and a jumper in scoring eight straight points for the Magic.

Howard only played five minutes in the fourth quarter and then took in the adulation.

“Obviously people are excited over potential stuff,” said Magic forward Ryan Anderson, who added 14 points. “It’s something that we don’t let bother us or get in our heads. It’s what we expected. It’s going to happen at a lot of places because obviously we have the best guy in the NBA right now.”

Redick had 12 and Hedo Turkoglu and Nelson had 10 apiece for Orlando.

NOTES: Nets played without power forward Kris Humphries, who was sidelined with a strained left calf. … Nets F Shawne Williams had surgery earlier in the day to repair an old fracture and remove two small bone fragments in his left foot. He will miss the rest of the season. …With all the injuries, this was the Nets’ 17th starting lineup. …Orlando is 15-1 when it scores more than 100 points. … Williams’ streak of 25-point games ended at six, tied for second best in Nets history.

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Schwartz: Long Island’s Team? Stony Brook Making Strides With New AD

Shawn Heilbron Believes Seawolves Can Carve Out Big Niche On The Island

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The Nets left Long Island for New Jersey in 1977. Other sports franchises like the Arrows, Saints and Dragons have come and gone. Hofstra pulled the plug on its football program after the likes of Wayne Chrebet and Marques Colston put them on the map.

And now the Islanders, who captured the hearts of the community with four straight Stanley Cups from 1980-83 are leaving for Brooklyn after next season.

Long Island still has minor league baseball with the Ducks, pro lacrosse with the Lizards and soccer with the Cosmos and Rough Riders, but perhaps there’s another program that can compete for the local fan’s entertainment dollar.

New Stony Brook University athletic director Shawn Heilbron believes that Long Island can become “Seawolves Country.”

“I really do,” said Heilbron, who was introduced at a news conference back on May 9. “We will certainly work hard to be identified as Long Island’s team and we believe in the power of college athletics. We certainly see the opportunity exists now with the Islanders moving off the island.”

Heilbron takes over an athletic department that has enjoyed plenty of recent success. The football team stepped up to the Colonial Athletic Association this past season after winning back-to-back Big South titles and reaching the second round of the FCS playoffs twice.

While all of the teams are important to the university in their own way, football is the crown jewel in the eyes of the new boss.

“I think football success is paramount to any athletic department but certainly to Stony Brook,” said Heilbron, who comes to Long Island after serving as the senior athletic director for development at Oregon State.

Before joining Oregon State, Heilbron worked for UCLA from 2006 to 2011 and was responsible for more than $35 million in gifts to the school’s athletic department.

“Outside of the financial implication, it brings a school pride, it brings people together in a way that no other event can,” he said. “At UCLA and Oregon State, we really worked hard to position football because it can really impact all of the other sports.”

The men’s basketball team made it to the America East title game this past season while the women’s team earned a berth in the NIT. Many times, a new athletic director is faced with a rebuilding project, but Heilbron comes on board looking to build upon established success.

“That was definitely one of the selling points for me,” Heilbron said. “I’ve certainly have had opportunities to look at other positions, but the fact that there is a foundation in place and that there are great coaches, great staff, the teams are winning and having success and our student athletes are doing well academically, it was an ideal fit for me.”

Stony Brook athletics have certainly come a long way over the years. They have outstanding facilities including LaValle Stadium, the university’s 8,300 seat football venue, and Joe Nathan Field, home of the Seawolves baseball team that went to the 2012 College World Series and named after the long time major league closer and Stony Brook alum.

And this year, the basketball teams will move into the renovated Stony Brook Arena. At a cost of $21.1 million, the arena has been transformed into a state-of-the-art facility that will seat more than 4,000 fans.

The renovated Stony Brook Arena (credit: Stony Brook University)

The renovated Stony Brook Arena (credit: Stony Brook University)

It’s one thing to have top-notch teams, but it’s another thing to have attractive venues.

“The facilities are significant in terms of today’s recruiting efforts,” Heilbron said. “They play a key role. Really for me it’s about do we have what it takes to win conference championships? That’s going to be a goal for every single team and you have to have quality facilities.”

Heilbron’s introductory new conference was the first event at Stony Brook Arena. The modernized facility features video technology to enhance the fan experience, a new basketball court and upgraded practice courts, enhanced fan amenities, luxury suites and a VIP lounge with loge seating.

“I got goose bumps,” Heilbron said of walking into the arena for the first time. “That is the same reaction that recruits will have when they come. It should be the same reaction that fans have when they come into that beautiful arena. It’s one of the nicest facilities that I’ve been in.”

One of Heilbron’s responsibilities will be to grow the Stony Brook Seawolves brand — and that means making sure that everyone knows the meaning behind “Seawolf.”

According to the university website: “A Seawolf is a mythical sea creature and according to the legend of the Seawolf, anyone fortunate enough to view it was subject to good luck.”

When he was going through the interview process, Heilbron made sure that he knew the lay of the land. He had the answer ready just in case it came up in the process. But now that he’s been hired, he’s come up with a new definition.

“To me it stands for success, it stands for pride, it stands for integrity and it stands for winners,” said Heilbron. “That’s what we’re going to build that brand around and make sure when coaches recruit and when we’re trying to connect with fans on Long Island and in New York State.”

Heilbron is finishing up his responsibilities at Oregon State but is traveling to Long Island this week to interview candidates for Stony Brook’s women’s basketball head coaching vacancy. He will also attend Colonial Athletic Association and America East meetings before heading back to Oregon to tie up loose ends.

He hopes to move to Long Island full-time with his wife Bevin, sons Asher and Ramsey, and daughter Quinlan by the end of June. Coming to the metropolitan area was a big selling point in taking the job.

“My wife has always talked about wanting to live in New York,” said Heilbron. “We’ve been to the city many, many times and we’ve absolutely loved our experiences there. I do have cousins on Long Island. We’ve been there and been to a wedding and really have enjoyed it. It’s a place we see ourselves being for a long time.”

Heilbron is stepping into a pretty good, but challenging situation at Stony Brook. He’ll oversee an athletic department with good teams and fantastic facilities, but will have to roll up his sleeves and hit the ground running in taking the Seawolves to new heights.

That includes getting as many people as possible to learn what a Seawolf is and making exit 62 on the Long Island Expressway a popular destination for area sports fans.

Now is as good a time as any to “Get Your Red On!”

Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter @pschwartzcbsfan. You can also follow Stony Brook Athletics @SBAthletics and Shawn Heilbron @ShawnHeilbron.

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PA Online Gambling Lives On: Senate Budget Plan Counts On $200 Million From Gaming

Senate Republicans in Pennsylvania now officially have a plan to fill a $2 billion gap in the state budget, after working late into the night on Wednesday.

The good news for online gambling proponents is that plan features $200 million in new revenue from a yet-to-be-passed gaming expansion, according to The Associated Press. Any such package which would almost certainly have to include iGaming to generate that much money in the current fiscal year.

But there’s not much reason to celebrate quite yet.

PA, the budget and gaming

Republicans said they had a plan to balance the budget on Wednesday, mainly relying on:

  • New taxes
  • Borrowing against a multistate settlement with tobacco companies
  • The gaming expansion

Gov. Tom Wolf said he supported the plan. A Senate vote on the revenue package is likely to take place Thursday.

The inclusion of gaming — and almost certainly online gambling — in the plan is good news, but was also largely expected.

Here’s the bad news for PA online gambling

The Senate plan — and the future of PA online casinos and poker — faces plenty of hurdles:

  • The gaming package still hasn’t been passed or even finalized, and is the subject of debate between House and Senate leaders. It’s been stuck in the Senate for weeks.
  • The House appears not to have budged from its desire to legalize video gaming terminals in taverns around the state, an issue that is dead on arrival in the Senate.
  • It’s not clear if the House will even agree on the overall revenue plan, let alone the gaming portion of it.

A best-case scenario appears to be the House and Senate agreeing to a revenue package with gaming in it, with final legislation passing this fall.

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Wait, hasn’t PA done this before?

If all this sounds familiar, it’s probably because the state did the same thing last year.

The legislature and Wolf came to an agreement on revenue last year that counted on $100 millionfrom gaming and online gambling. Just like the Senate Republicans’ plan this year, lawmakers in 2016 promised to pass a gaming package in the fall. The only hiccup: They never did.

Things are certainly different this time around. Online gambling has been in the mix throughout the year and has seemingly become a less contentious part of negotiations.

Also in play: Pennsylvania faces a downgraded credit rating if it fails to balance the budget, something lawmakers seem to be very cognizant of in trying to come up with a plan. And there’s this, from the AP:

Failing to balance the budget could result in a freeze on some government spending, potentially affecting schools and counties that administer social service programs. Additionally, nearly $600 million in state aid to Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh, Temple and Lincoln universities and the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school remains in limbo.

The sense is that if the House and Senate agree on hundreds of millions of dollars from gambling, they can’t punt on it like they did last year. But it’s also far from a sure thing.

For now, a vote on the Senate is on tap. Then we’ll wait to see what the House does, if anything.

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