Home›Uncategorized›Some Observations on the Differences between N. American Sports and Soccer/Football in England
Some Observations on the Differences between N. American Sports and Soccer/Football in England
An anonymous reader and I have corresponded considerably over the past month or two about the economics of North American professional sports, as compared with English Soccer/Football, especially at the Premiership level. Much of what follows is lifted shamelessly (but with his permission) from his e-mail messages.
In the U.S., the only way for a city to get a major league team in any sport is to either get the league to expand or to lure a team away from another city. Both are expensive processes fraught with politics.
In England, a city can get a Premiership team by supporting its local lower-division (minor-league) team, increasing its revenues, hoping the team's managers use the revenues to buy the rights to good players, and winning enough games to get promoted to the Premiership. Expansion and moves are almost unheard of--why go through that when you could just build up the lower-division team in the area instead? (Wimbledon did move to Milton Keynes several years ago, but that was an anomaly.)
Furthermore, even if a city could purchase a franchise and move it, there is no guarantee they could keep it. The teams that finish at and near the bottom of the league each season are "relegated" to the next lower division. It'd be sort of like declaring Tampa Bay or Kansas City to be a AAA team if they finished last in a given season, and then promoting the top AAA team to the majors (Imagine what would happen if the Yankees finished last one season!). Or like promoting the best AA teams to AAA and relegating the worst ones to single A.
Needless to say, under the promotion and relegation system, the lower-division teams are always potential competitors; they definitely are not farm clubs for the top level clubs.
English football teams play in much older stadiums. From Wikipedia, here are lists of the home grounds of the 20 English Premier League (EPL) teams and the 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_stadiums
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_stadiums
A minority of EPL teams but a majority of MLB teams play in stadiums built since 1990. This difference is almost surely because the threat of moving is so much more credible in the U.S. than in England.
A lot of the English football stadiums are old, but a lot of the stands in the stadiums are new, and it's rare for a stand from before 1970 to still be in use. So renovation of the stadiums is common--it's entirely new stadiums that are uncommon. Since North American baseball teams usually scoff at offers to renovate their old stadiums and demand entirely new stadiums, this observation about stadiums and threats of moving is still true.
Geographic concentration in the EPL is much greater than that in MLB.
In the EPL, 19 or 20 teams are either in the London, Birmingham, Liverpool-Manchester, or Newcastle areas--the only exception is Portsmouth. The teams are much more dispersed in MLB. However the system of promoting the best football clubs to the next higher division and relegating the worst teams to a lower division means that geographic dispersion can change considerably, as it will next season. Two Birmingham-area teams (Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion) and one Newcastle-area team (Sunderland) are being relegated from the top division to the next lower division. In their places will be a team in Reading, a team in Sheffield and possibly (depending on how the playoffs go) a team in Leeds. Still more concentrated than in North American leagues, but not quite as drastic as it was this past season.
This difference is almost surely because it is difficult in U.S. major leagues to expand in or move to an area that is already served by a team. It took forever to get baseball in D.C. again because of the objections of the Orioles' owner. New Jersey could probably support a baseball team, but surely won't get one as long as the Yankees, Mets, and Phillies have any political clout. In England, on the other hand, if an area can support an extra-top division team, you're likely to see a lower-division team get supported and ultimately promoted to the top division--and there's not much that other top-division teams in the same area can do about it. So you get a lot more teams close to other teams and clustered in big population centers.
Under the English system of promotion and relegation, New York would almost surely have three, four, or more teams and Boston and Philadelphia would each have two (as they did into the 1950s), and that those teams would be better-supported than the existing single teams in Milwaukee and Kansas City.
Alternatively, if the NHL operated under the English system, would there be a restored Montreal Maroons to compete with the Canadiens?
Note that being in the Premiership League for English football is worth a great deal of money to a club. If they are relegated, they often disperse the star players for cash and try to rebuild. It boggles the mind to think of this arrangement in American baseball. I cannot imagine that a major league team would be willing to risk major loss of funds and status by being relegated to the minors.
The sharing of revenues in English football seems to lie somewhere between MLB and the NFL. Much of the television revenue is shared between the teams. But the clubs get to keep most of their other revenue sources. The result is that teams that draw huge numbers of fans have much higher revenues than the others. And of course those that win more tend to draw more fans both at home and away.
At the same time, the revenue sharing from television revenues means that even bad teams have a strong incentive to try to remain in the top league and not be relegated to lower divisions or leagues. This incentive makes some of the games between rum-dumbs near the end of the season almost as exciting as games between the top teams.
Running Nonsense
Closers v. Firemen
Short England
A Better Football Poll?
Portugal's Hangover
European football, soccer, stadium subsidies
Make Every Gym Session Count with These Game-Changing Workout Tips
Twins Officials Acknowledge Lack of Economic Boost from Stadiums


Microsoft Seeks Revocation of “Special Master” Process to Ensure Complete Fairness in DOJ Case
REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 23, 1997 — Microsoft Corp. today asked U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to revoke the appointment of a special master in the consent decree compliance case to ensure fairness and address a number of legal and procedural issues.
“The issues in this case are absolutely critical to Microsoft and the future of the entire software industry, so we need to be sure that this is a completely fair process,” said William H. Neukom, Microsoft’s senior vice president for law and corporate affairs. “Microsoft has concerns about the way the court created this special master position, so we are asking the court to reconsider its decision.”
In an order handed down Dec. 11, Judge Jackson ordered the appointment of a special master to receive evidence and propose findings of fact and conclusions of law for consideration by the court no later than May 31. In its motion filed with the District Court today, Microsoft cited a number of potential legal and procedural errors in the court’s action creating the special-master position. Most significantly, the motion said, the court exceeded its authority in delegating so much of the case to a special master.
“Under court rules, unless the parties consent, special masters can only be appointed for specific and limited purposes, which are not applicable in this case,” Neukom said. “These rules exist to protect the parties’ constitutional right to have their federal cases heard by a federal judge.”
Neukom said Microsoft might support the appointment of a more narrowly defined technical assistant to the court, to advise the court on complex questions involving software code or software industry business practices.
Neukom also expressed concern that – contrary to the usual procedures for appointment of a special master – Microsoft did not receive any notice that the court was contemplating the appointment of a special master, was not provided the opportunity to object, and was not given an opportunity to suggest candidates or review the qualifications of any candidates under consideration.
“The scope of the special master’s authority, and the procedure employed to identify the right person for the job, should be reconsidered to ensure that Microsoft’s rights are fairly protected,” Neukom said. Judge Jackson appointed Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard University professor, to be special master. In its brief, Microsoft cited several examples of Lessig’s writings to illustrate why the parties should be permitted to fully review the potential biases of special-master candidates before an appointment is made.


Mount Holyoke Alumna Establishes Networks for the Empowerment of Girls
Memory Bandera ’04. Photo courtesy of Memory Bandera ’04
Memory Bandera ’04 grew up in Zimbabwe and learned about Mount Holyoke from an admissions counselor with whom she was invited to meet. Bandera already had co-founded the Girl Child Network (GCN) of Zimbabwe, a nonprofit that promotes empowerment and education for girls. After earning a master’s degree in international relations at Suffolk University, she moved to Uganda to work for Youth Action International, a nonprofit that rebuilds war-torn communities in Africa. Today, Bandera is the director of programs at DefendDefenders, a nonprofit that provides emergency protection to human rights defenders in the East and Horn of Africa.
On the need for the Girl Child Network:
There were no girls in positions of leader-ship at my high school, and girls were not speaking up in class. Some of us started meeting after school, discussing injustices in the classroom. People started sharing experiences from their homes: sisters who weren’t able to continue with school because they were expected to stay home and do chores, experiences around abuse and sexual violence. The organization was made official just after I finished high school. We got our first grant from the US Embassy, enabling us to secure office equipment. Then we received a grant from the Global Fund for Women that provided funds for office rent and incubating activities. I left to go to Mount Holyoke, but the organization continued. GCN was the first organization to have village empowerment centers outside of the city.
We were working on programs to reintegrate former child soldiers. We needed something to address their needs. Memory Bandera ’04
On helping women in post-war Uganda:
When I came to Uganda I was working with Youth Action International, and we were focusing on conflict areas. I was working in the northern parts of Uganda, which were affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army for more than twenty years. They were abducting children, mostly, to take them into the bush and train them. And they were taking young girls, mostly teenagers, to be given to army commanders as wives. We were working on programs to reintegrate the former child soldiers. There was a whole category of people returning—girls who had children. That’s when I founded Girl Child Network Uganda. The entry point for those teen mothers was economic empowerment. Now there are programs for at-risk girls that focus on sexual violence prevention and response; a women’s role models program; and mentorship programs for young girls in the country.
On her job at DefendDefenders:
One thing I valued most [at Mount Holyoke] was Complex Organizations, taught by Professor Frederick McGinness. That really gave me different perspectives on managing companies. And because of my experience with GCN, which started in an informal way, I started thinking more about leadership in the nonprofit sector. At that point, I didn’t know that I’d end up doing this kind of work. All I knew was that I wanted to come back to the region and give back.
On the power of networks:
When I finished high school, I was selected for the United States Student Achievers Program (USAP), at the time run by the US Embassy. Students who were part of that program ended up at different colleges in the US. Alumni of the USAP program and MHC are two strong networks. And my current job has been a great platform for my career growth, as I work in a network organization with membership in eleven different countries within the East and Horn of Africa.
—Interview by Hannah Wallace ’95
This article appeared as “Establishing Networks for Girls” in the spring 2018 issue of the Alumnae Quarterly.
Tags: 10 minutes with, quarterly, spring 2018, ten minutes with
One response to “Mount Holyoke Alumna Establishes Networks for the Empowerment of Girls”
ellie greenberg says:
fabulous!! good luck…
Leave a Reply to ellie greenberg Cancel reply
Mount Holyoke Alumna Reduces Poverty in Her Native Country through Wholesome Dairy
Marie Cavosora ’91 is known as the resident “Dairy Godmother” at CalaBoo Dairyard, a social enterprise that she founded in her native Philippines last year. After a prosperous two decades in corporate America—working in advertising for brands such as Pepsi, Disney, and Kraft Foods—a spiritual crisis and journey of self-discovery led Cavosora back to her…... » Read More
Mount Holyoke Alumna Proves Universal Access to Legal Aid Reduces Poverty
“Our first year, I was doing all the casework myself, but now we have thirteen employees and have closed over nine hundred cases,” says Virginia Taylor ’08, cofounder of Bayview/Hunters Point Community Legal, a legal nonprofit she opened deliberately in the poorest area of San Francisco. Established with a friend from law school in 2013…... » Read More


Join a Hartwick Ensemble!
Our ensembles include students, faculty and staff, talented high school students and community members. Regardless of your major, Hartwick ensembles are open to you.
Wind Ensemble – Dr. Andrew Pease (T/Th 6-7:30 p.m.)
The Hartwick Wind Ensemble performs two standard concerts each semester. The music we play includes everything from the standard wind band repertoire to the latest in new repertoire, including new commissions written specifically for us. The Wind Ensemble also plays at the True Blue Weekend football game and is featured at Hartwick’s Commencement. This ensemble features opportunities for students to select music and for student conductors. No audition required.
Chamber Orchestra – Prof. Ben Aldridge (M/W 7:30-8:50 p.m.)
The Hartwick/SUNY-Oneonta Chamber Orchestra performs one program of full orchestral literature each semester in concerts at both Hartwick and SUNY. It is open to string, woodwind, brass, and percussion players from both campuses.
Jazz Band – Prof. Gregg Norris (W 7-9 p.m.)
This standard big band covers jazz classics from the swing era, as well as exploring music from other important genres, such as ballads, rock, cool jazz and Latin. The ensemble strives for an advanced level of performance, but accepts any individual willing to make the commitment to attending weekly rehearsals, semester concerts and other performance events organized throughout the year. Open to Hartwick students and faculty, talented high school students and community members.
Musical Theater Pit – Dr. Andrew Pease (J-Term)
Each J-term, the Music and Theater departments coordinate to stage a full musical. The Pit ensemble is open to any instrumentalists, depending on instrumentation needs. Recent productions include A Year with Frog and Toad, Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, and Chicago. More information on Hartwick Theatre Productions
Rock Ensemble – Prof. Evan Jagels (T or Th 7:45-8:45 p.m.)
The Rock Ensemble plays everything from Chuck Berry to Queen to Radiohead. No previous experience necessary, just a willingness to learn how to shred. Demand is high – contact Prof. Jagels to find out about auditioning.
Flute Choir – Dr. Ana Laura González (W 6:30-8:30 p.m.)
Featuring students from both Hartwick and SUNY-Oneonta, this small group plays chamber pieces for flutes of all sizes, from piccolo to bass flute. In addition to performing at standard concerts, this group also appears at special events on and off campus.
Brass Ensemble – Dr. Andrew Pease (T/Th 7:45-8:30 p.m.)
With a repertoire spanning nearly 500 years, this ensemble plays a diverse selection of music at events on and off campus, including open houses, college ceremonies, and concerts. Rehearsals feature a healthy dose of brass playing fundamentals.
Percussion Ensemble – Dr. Graeme Francis (T 12:20-2:20 p. m.)
Covering everything from African drumming to bowed vibraphone to snare duets, this diverse ensemble is open to students from all majors and backgrounds.
Jazz Combo – Prof. Evan Jagels (M 7-9 p.m.)
This small, eclectic group of musicians dives deep into music from all genres and periods of jazz, and also looks beyond jazz’s borders. Students in this ensemble work together to create their own arrangements, with an emphasis on improvisation.
College Choir – Prof. Steven Nanni (M/W 5:15-6:45 p.m.)
The College Choir is a mixed ensemble that sings repertoire from diverse time periods and styles, including both secular and sacred works from a variety of traditions. We champion the work of living composers through the premiering of newly commissioned works and regular performance of twenty-first century repertoire. Collaborations with other local ensembles, including the Catskill Choral Society and the Catskill Symphony expose students to a broad range of performance experiences. While some previous choral experience is helpful, it is not required. Voice placement auditions take place during the first week of classes each term.
Chamber Choir – Prof. Steven Nanni (T/Th 4:00-5:00 p.m.)
The Hartwick Chamber Choir is open to select singers by audition. Depending on the number of qualified voices in any given semester, the Chamber Choir may be a treble or mixed voice ensemble. Vocalists accepted into the chamber choir are expected to participate in the College Choir concurrently (with rare exception). Like the College Choir, the chamber choir sings repertoire from diverse time periods and styles. Due to the smaller size of the ensemble, singers work on more intimate repertoire, occasionally performing without a conductor. The Chamber Choir is often asked to sing for college events and community functions.
Opera/Musical Theater Scenes – Prof. Steven Nanni and Prof. Carol Castel (T/Th 2:30-4:00 p.m.)
This course is designed to familiarize students with vocal ensemble selections from the operatic and musical theater repertory through study, rehearsal, and live performance.
Musical Theater Production (J-Term)
Every January, the Music and Theater departments coordinate to stage a full musical. Auditions take place in the Fall and the production is rehearsed during the January term. Performances take place at the beginning of the spring term. Recent productions include A Year with Frog and Toad, Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, and Chicago. More information on Hartwick Theatre Productions
Not So Sharp – Student-Run A Cappella Ensemble
Not So Sharp is a select group (both music majors and non-majors) that performs a cappella music on Hartwick’s campus and surrounding areas. We aim to create a fun and inviting atmosphere for all levels of performers.
All of Hartwick’s ensembles are open to community members and talented local high school students with director approval based on an audition and the needs of each ensemble. The special opportunities below are specifically tailored to community involvement.
Honor Band – Dr. Andrew Pease (Saturday 10/26/19, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.)
The Hartwick College Honor Band brings high school students from around the region together for one Saturday in the fall for an intensive day of music on our beautiful campus with our faculty and students. Players also work with a distinguished guest conductor. The day culminates in an evening concert. Look for the online application early in the fall. See more at our Honor Band page.
Foothills Opera Experience – Prof. Steven Nanni – Returning Summer 2020
From interpretation of music, story and character to vocal and physical freedom and expression, this summer program promises to guide young vocalists to new levels of artistry and confidence. Check the Foothill Opera Experience website for 2020 information.


New Nature Tourism Partnership Debuts
By Turtle Island Restoration NetworkAugust 21, 2014Sea Turtles
By CHRIS O’SHEA ROPER | Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:15 am
There is a new partnership in Galveston focused on nature tourism, and it is preparing for an exciting and wide-open future.
Spurred by frequent requests from nature tourism organizations to work together, the Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council and the Galveston Bay Area Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists took the lead to launch this partnership to “create a network that will advocate for Galveston Island conservation and preservation through the economic and cultural value of nature tourism.”
Formally titled the Galveston Island Nature Tourism Partnership, it is becoming known as NTP, for short.
The group hosted Galveston Mayor Jim Yarbrough at its latest meeting and was pleased to note that the mayor is on the same page in terms of support for nature tourism on the island. In discussing his focus on infrastructure, the mayor indicated that cleaning up the “gateways” to the city, such as the Interstate 45 corridor and 61st and 71st streets, is important. And he noted that it is also important to nature tourists, who want to see a clean Galveston when they arrive.
When asked if he thought the City Council was informed and supportive of nature tourism in Galveston, the mayor responded, “You won’t have a hard sell in terms of promoting nature tourism with the city.”
The new Galveston Island Nature Tourism Partnership is made up of representatives of nonprofit organizations and public entities that provide nature tourism services, events and education to visitors and Galveston residents. Member organizations include Artist Boat, Audubon, Clean Galveston, Galveston Bay Foundation, Galveston BayKeepers, Galveston Island Tree Conservancy, Gulf of Mexico Foundation, Moody Gardens, Scenic Galveston, Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Surfrider Foundation, Texas Nature Conservancy, Galveston Parks Department, the Convention and Visitor Bureau, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston Island State Park and Friends of Galveston Island State Park.
To date, the group has partnered with Galveston.com to develop a calendar of nature tourism events for both guests and residents available through www.galvestonnaturetourism.org. Member organizations shared volunteers during events such as the Bucket Brigade to educate visitors on the benefits of sargassum, sponsored by the Park Board.
Other opportunities to collaborate included the volunteer response to the oil spill sponsored by Galveston Bay Foundation, trash pickup on the beach after July Fourth, sponsored by the Surfriders’ Foundation, and beach patrols sponsored by the Sea Turtle Restoration Project.
Partnership members have begun working on a series of “itineraries” for visitors to the island that reflect activities across organizations. In the coming months, the partnership will create a short list of goals for the coming year, including things like educating people on the value (including economic value) of nature tourism, creating a common language and message on nature tourism, and establishing a clear and ongoing dialogue with the City.
Many thanks to Mayor Yarbrough for his time and interest.
For additional information on the Galveston Island Nature Tourism Partnership, contact Julie Ann Brown at dir@gintc.org.


Oleg Grachev on living in Russia and the U.S.
by Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times
This article shared 1400 times since Fri Mar 30, 2018
Ever since Oleg Grachev was 10 years old, he had a dream of working on Wall Street. He has fulfulled that dream as J.P. Morgan's new investment banking analyst.
Grachev's journey to Wall Street began in his Russian hometown Blagoveshchensk, which borders China.
"I was graduating fourth grade and we had to write an essay to ourselves twenty years in the future," said Grachev. "At that point, I would watch news covering a lot of finance. I did not know what it all meant yet, but the dynamic and speed with which the markets moved seemed fascinating. I wanted to be one of those people in suits so I wrote about living in New York City, and working on Wall Street."
When Grachev started school, his goal was to succeed academically so he participated in academic Olympiads covering many subjects and the U.S. State Department Future Leaders Exchange Program ( FLEX ) competition where he won a scholarship during his junior year in high school.
A week after winning the scholarship, Grachev broke his neck at the end of a swimming practice. Doctors told his mom he might be paralyzed from the neck down. That did not stop him from recovering over a four-month period however, and a week after he was back on his feet, he boarded a plane to the United States.
Winning the FLEX scholarship allowed Grachev to spend his senior year as an exchange student living with a host family in Paw Paw, Illinois.
"That ended up being one of the most memorable and eye-opening experiences in my life," said Grachev. "Seeing what life is like beyond the big cities helped me understand a different side of America that I could not read about or see in the news."
After high school, Grachev said he was able to fulfill his dream of attending college in the United States due to a merit-based scholarship that cut tuition in half. He chose NIU because of its proximity to his host-family's town and the friends he made in high school.
In 2015, Grachev created a peer-mentor program at NIU to help other international students adjust to life in the United States. This stemmed from an interaction he had with another international student in college who was having trouble assimilating into American culture.
"The program will continue through the International Students and Faculty Office on campus," said Grachev. "This program created a tangible impact on campus bridging the gap between two communities further teaching how to appreciate different cultures and the differences between each other."
Coming to this country gave Grachev the ability to live his truth as an out gay man.
"Growing up in Russia, I always knew I was gay, but accepting that part of me was not easy in that social climate," said Grachev. "I was sorry for not being perfect, I was afraid that none of my dreams would ever come true, I was scared for my life and quite frankly, at that time I thought I was alone in this world. The possibility of me coming out was one of the reasons why I moved to the U.S. and was something I could not imagine doing in Russia."
Grachev came out to his host family and friends during his freshman year at NIU, and at the end of the first semester to his mom. He noted that since then it has been a work in progress for her to fully accept that he is gay.
On campus, he quickly got involved with Out for Undergrad ( O4U ). O4U focuses on advancing high-achieving undergraduate LGBTQ leaders in their professional lives. The group holds four annual conferences that guide students in industry-specific skills, coaching relationships and discussion about being LGBTQ-identified in the workplace.
"Involvement in O4U was instrumental in shaping me as an individual and a professional," said Grachev. "I remember in my first year ( 2015 ) I needed to find inspiration to be myself, gain friends among the LGBTQ community and build my professional network. O4U has given me that and so much more—it gave me family. It gave me the confidence to step out of my comfort zone and inspired me to honestly stand for what I believe in. That is why in my second year I became a campus ambassador—extending this opportunity to students on campus who needed it. Recently, I organized and hosted a happy hour for O4U alumni in Chicago and plan on further giving back to the organization as I embark on my career."
Due to Grachev's involvement with O4U, he learned about J.P. Morgan's Proud to Be program.
"This event, which takes place annually at J.P. Morgan's headquarters in New York City, gives students an opportunity to meet some of company's LGBTQ leaders, learn more about the firm and interview for one of the company's internship programs," said Grachev. "The interview process was an eye-opening experience that led to an internship in the Investment Banking Division, and consequently a full-time offer. The program connected me with the family of open and proud professionals, both junior and senior, from the Pride resource group that have became role models and mentors."
Indiana pols propose anti-conversion therapy bill
Indiana Stonewall Democrats issued a press release lauding state Sen. JD Ford (District 39) and state Rep. Sue Errington (District 26) for introducing a new bill to effectively end so-called "conversion therapy" practices across the state ...
National LGBTQ organizations call for Trump's removal from office
WORLD Lithuania outlook, HIV/AIDS and COVID, lawyer arrested, trans youth
Lithuania appears set to legalize same-sex civil partnerships next year, but same-sex marriage could be up to a decade away, according to Tomas Raskevicius—the country's only openly LGBT+ lawmaker, Reuters reported. "We're going to submit t ...
11th Circuit urged to reverse decision allowing LGBTQ youth conversion therapy
--From a Born Perfect press release - ATLANTA, GA — The Born Perfect campaign submitted a friend-of-the-court brief on Friday urging reversal of a recent decision by a three-judge federal panel validating the dangerous unethical practice known ...
SHOWBIZ Trans acting challenge, NYE parties, Charlize Theron, Diana Ross
Michael D. Cohen, with support from Nickelodeon, is launching the Trans Youth Acting Challenge, according to a press release. Trans and non-binary kids can submit audition self-tapes online (preferably through their parents), and the top 12 ...
Biden considering Buttigieg for high-profile ambassadorship
Axios reported that President-elect Joe Biden is considering a high-profile ambassadorship for former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg—possibly sending him to China. The outlet stated that Buttigieg—the openly gay 38-year-old former ...
Buffalo Grove LGBTQ+ teen named one of HRC's ambassadors
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Buffalo Grove teen Molly Pinta (she/her)—a 14-year-old who identifies as bisexual—has been named a member of the 2021 class of HRC Foundation Youth ...
THEATER Andre De Shields to help celebrate youth Dec. 9
Andre De Shields—a Grammy-, Emmy- and Tony-winning actor, director and educator, and the 2019 "Triple Crown" winner for his portrayal of Hermes in Hadestown—will be the keynote speaker of the Victory Gardens Theater event "Voices of ...
Same-sex parents are 7X more likely to raise adopted, foster children
--From a Williams Institute press release - A summary of data on same-sex parenting to inform reporting on Fulton v. City of Philadelphia On Nov. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. The case will ...
Booksellers launch "Boxed Out" campaign, a look at consumer choices
--From a press release - (New York, New York) 20% of independent bookstores across the country are in danger of closing. Today, theAmerican Booksellers Association launched the "Boxed Out" campaign to draw attention to the high stakes indie bookstores face this ...
Inclusive curriculum tools offered to schools during LGBTQ History Month
--From a press release - October is LGBTQ History Month, and a coalition of LGBTQ organizations are celebrating by making tools available to school administrators, educators, youth, and families to help implement the state's new Inclusive Curriculum Law. The Illinois Inclusiv ...
About Face Theatre announces 25th season of new work, digital performances
--From a press release - CHICAGO — About Face Theatre is excited to announce plans for its landmark 25th anniversary season. Featuring new and original works, the company will focus on using digital streaming and online tools for most of the ...
WORLD French plan, 'gay panic' defense, trans youth case, Northern Triangle
The French government unveiled a national plan to combat hatred and discrimination against LGBTQ people, and the initiative emphasises the importance of inclusive education in stamping out homophobia, RFI.fr reported. The three-year plan aims to make ...
Study shows young queer adults face high rates of discrimination
A new study from the progressive think tank the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the research group NORC at the University of Chicago reported that young queer adults face high rates of discrimination. The survey ...
Campus Pride announces 2020 Best of the Best LGBTQ-friendly colleges, universities
--From a press release - Campus Pride commemorates LGBTQ History Month and National Coming Out Day by releasing its 2020 BEST OF THE BEST LGBTQ-Friendly listing of colleges and universities. The announcement features forty campuses ...


Inside The Internet: 50 Years of Life Online • 2019
Waste of the Future
Innovations are emerging around the world to considerably reduce our waste: development of circular economies, the spread of composting, repair cafes, etc. So, what will it be like in 2050?
Volkswagen Mega Factory
Volkswagen’s Chattanooga facility, situated on 1,400 acres, is more than 3 million square feet. It employs about 3,500 people. In 2011, the Chattanooga plant became the first automobile manufacturing facility in the world to be certified LEED Platinum. More than 100,000 Atlas SUVs and 700,000 Passats have been manufactured at the plant.
What if aliens landed on Earth? Much of science fiction explores the moment of first contact – what will people do when the aliens land? From H. G. Wells’ pioneering The War of the Worlds to Independence Day, Men in Black, and District 9, Invasion deals with our fears of alien invasions of earth. David Tennant explains the appeal of Doctor Who’s Daleks and Cybermen while John Carpenter and Chris Carter explore the rich appeal of the paranoia fuelled by hidden aliens with The Thing and The X-Files. It also asks what if the monsters were our own creation? With the aid of rarely seen animation tests, Phil Tippett takes us behind the scenes in the creation of the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park. But not all invasions are hostile. Peter Coyote and Richard Dreyfuss discuss the creation of Spielberg’s spellbinding classics E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. There is more than one kind of invasion.
Part 3 • The Real History of Science Fiction • 2014 • Technology
How artificial intelligence is changing our society
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing our lives. It touches on all aspects of society - private life, business, security -- including in the spread of fake news and the challenges posed by the advent of autonomous weapons.
Hot Air Balloons, Synthetic Rubber, Metal Detectors
Explore the hidden history and super science of hot air balloons, synthetic rubber and metal detectors.
10/10 • Incredible Inventions • 2017 • Technology


You are at:Home»Art History»Art on the Edge at Real Art Ways
Art on the Edge at Real Art Ways
By Elizabeth Normen on	 January 16, 2018 Art History, Uncategorized
Unless otherwise noted, all images from the Real Art Ways Collection, Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library
By Will K. Wilkins
A couple of years ago I dropped into an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and, in a survey of performance art of the 1970s, saw a video of Mike Smith performing in downtown Hartford. Smith’s character Baby Ikki (the artist in a diaper and baby clothing) had been taped wandering into traffic and being led away by a befuddled policeman. This is not exactly the image of Hartford that likely comes to mind for most people.
In the mid-1970s downtown Hartford came alive with artistic exploration and innovation. Baby boomers were coming of age, affordable space was available in older buildings, and creative energy, much of it generated by young artists and musicians with some connection to the Hartford Art School or the Hartt School, was in the air.
Boomers had been influenced by the civil-rights movement and the anti-war movement. Change was seen as possible, and there was a sense among many that the culture would benefit from fresh organizations and enterprises that reflected the values and interests of a new generation. Real Art Ways, Peace Train, Sidewalk, Artworks Gallery, Company One, the Craftery Gallery, and the Artists Collective were all places where innovation and new perspectives were welcomed and encouraged.
Real Art Ways, founded in 1975, saw itself very much as the “avant-garde” wing of these new efforts. And, indeed, the organization’s presentations gave a Hartford a platform that supported forward-thinking visual artists, composers and musicians, performers, writers, and film and video artists. Building owner Henry Zachs provided the first low-cost space on Asylum Street that allowed Real Art Ways to get a foothold.
Notable artists presented early on by Real Art Ways included composer John Cage. His “Empty Words,” presented in 1981, was an all-night concert, available to National Public Radio outlets nationwide. In 1984 RAW hosted New Music America, a multi-day national festival that kicked off with musicians playing on the Amtrak train from New York; the festival brought scores of experimental musicians and composers to Hartford. And Ornette Coleman was featured in 1985 in a festival that included film and several of Ornette’s ensembles and emphasized his importance to improvisational music.
Real Art Ways moved into the old W.T. Grant’s department store space across from the Old State House in 1981. Along with the other organizations active then, RAW introduced downtown passers-by to sights and sounds that were probably jarring to the sensibilities of many. [See “When Artists Owned Hartford’s Street,” Vol. 3, #1.] But redevelopment moved the organization two more times before it landed at its present (and later expanded) location, 56 Arbor Street, in 1989.
Real Art Ways took a stand in the culture wars of the early 1990s and brought several talented artists who had been criticized for the content of their work to Hartford audiences. In 1990 RAW presented the “NEA 4”: Tim Miller, John Fleck, Holly Hughes, and Karen Finley. All four performance artists had jury recommendations for National Endowment for the Arts funding abruptly vetoed by the NEA chairman earlier that year. Sold-out shows at Real Art Ways breathed new life into the organization, and in particular generated support from the LGBT community.
Real Art Ways commissioned and produced several public art projects in Hartford neighborhoods, including, in 1991, Mel Chin’s “Ghost,” an evocation of Hartford’s first African-American congregation (now Faith Congregational Church) and Pepón Osorio’s “En la Barbería no se Llora” (“No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop”) in 1994, a street-level installation of the artist’s over-the-top version of an all-male Puerto Rican barbershop, installed on Hartford’s Park Street.
Real Art Ways is a unique Connecticut institution, where art and community are intertwined. And RAW itself can be seen as an art installation. Where else in the country can you find a welcoming place, in a city neighborhood, that presents new and innovative independent film, gallery exhibitions, social events, concerts, story telling, and spoken word—and brings together audiences from different backgrounds and perspectives?
For all the breakthrough performances and artists that have been presented here, it is the organization itself that might be the most significant breakthrough of all.
Will K. Wilkins is executive director of Real Art Ways.
Real Art Ways
56 Arbor Street, Hartford
Realartways.org
The archives of Real Art Ways are housed at the Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library. For more information visit hhc2.hplct.org/realartways.html.


As we start to round the corner into a new year, the figures and analyses we're seeing paint a pretty definitive picture for what IT departments and CTOs can expect in 2021.
Forrester predicts remote work will increase by 300% compared to pre-pandemic levels
At the tail end of October, Forrester published its 2021 predictions for the year ahead. Among the dynamics that they saw as having the most impact on firms in the coming year, remote work ranked in the top three along with HR technology and automation. (I highly recommend checking out the full Forrester guide. You can download it here.)
Specifically, a Forrester analyst had this to say:
"While there is no clear end point to the pandemic yet, the number of employees working remotely will begin to dwindle, eventually settling in at 300% of pre-pandemic levels at the minimum."
Although the word "dwindle" doesn't really capture what's ultimately a threefold increase, you still get the idea. The record numbers of permanent remote workers that we're seeing during the pandemic will fall from their current highs. But that will be nowhere close to the status quo that we saw before the arrival of COVID-19.
And most organizations will end up having some type of hybrid model where people come into an office part of the time, and work from home part of the time - so IT will still need to ensure those hybrid workers have access to all of their critical apps and systems on the days they work from home. Which leads us to our next stat...
Only 13% of companies are planning to return to a fully onsite workforce by 2022
Now that the viability of remote work is established, more companies than ever are acknowledging that it's here to stay. According to the 2019 Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index report, just over one-quarter (26%) of companies had zero employees working remotely full-time.
One year on, that figure has changed significantly. Just 7% of the more than 3,000 IT decision makers surveyed for the latest Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index said their companies have had no full-time employees working from home during the pandemic. And only 13% have resolved to stay that way by 2022.
In other words, global events, changing attitudes and the rise of digital workspace solutions have halved the number of companies that are still committed to no full-time remote employees. That's a huge shift in mindset over a very short period of time.
IT departments are clearly going to have to adapt to permanent work-from-home (WFH) and hybrid workplace models. That's probably why close to half of the IT leaders in Nutanix's report said that their priorities over the next 12 to 18 months will be improving their systems and supporting WFH capabilities.
Post-pandemic, 56% of workers would switch jobs to keep working remotely
Employers aren't the only ones who are banking on remote work being more commonplace. According to a survey of 602 full-time workers conducted by one desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) tech company, more than half (56%) of the respondents said they were planning to switch jobs if their employer didn't allow remote work after the pandemic.
That shows how much employees' attitudes have changed over the past eight months. What was once a perk is now looking more like a basic criterion for choosing a job. That's something companies will have to bear in mind when they're hiring.
Some other interesting factoids from that survey, summarized here by Forbes:
Almost all (97%) said they'd taken necessary steps to stay equally focused while working remotely. That puts some fears over WFH productivity to rest, although those employees will still need the right solutions to stay productive.
Well over half (63%) of the respondents warmed to the idea of self-employment during the pandemic; of those, 87% cited schedule flexibility as the main reason.
Of the full-time workers surveyed, 85% were intrigued by the idea of becoming a "digital nomad."
By the end of 2021, 80% of enterprises will accelerate their shift to a cloud-centric infrastructure
When IDC looked into its data-driven crystal ball, it saw that 8 out of every 10 enterprise-scale organizations would have some kind of mechanism in place to double their pre-pandemic rate of cloud migration by the end of 2021. That means they'll be adopting cloud-centric infrastructure and applications twice as fast as they did nine months ago.
The reason for that isn't surprising. The pandemic has exposed serious shortcomings in the resiliency, flexibility and scalability of many workplaces. To remain competitive and productive, they're having to re-evaluate their legacy software and figure out how to adapt it to a dynamic, distributed workforce.
In fact, IDC predicts that in 2022 digitally resilient enterprises will be 50% faster in responding to new conditions than their peers who just focus on maintaining the status quo.
What about you? Which of these remote work trends are you seeing play out in your own company? Were there any other remote work stats that caught your eye in November? Feel free to bring them to our attention in the comments below.


Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting (Paperback)
(Children - Parenting)
Kobo eBook (April 23rd, 2019): $11.99
Hardcover (April 23rd, 2019): $26.00
MP3 CD (April 1st, 2020): $14.99
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The perfect gift for new parents and grandparents this Mother’s Day: a bighearted book of wisdom, wit, and insight, celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and #1 bestselling author
“This tender book should be required reading for grandparents everywhere.”—Booklist (starred review)
“I am changing his diaper, he is kicking and complaining, his exhausted father has gone to the kitchen for a glass of water, his exhausted mother is prone on the couch. He weighs little more than a large sack of flour and yet he has laid waste to the living room: swaddles on the chair, a nursing pillow on the sofa, a car seat, a stroller. No one cares about order, he is our order, we revolve around him. And as I try to get in the creases of his thighs with a wipe, I look at his, let’s be honest, largely formless face and unfocused eyes and fall in love with him. Look at him and think, well, that’s taken care of, I will do anything for you as long as we both shall live, world without end, amen.”
Before blogs even existed, Anna Quindlen became a go-to writer on the joys and challenges of family, motherhood, and modern life, in her nationally syndicated column. Now she’s taking the next step and going full nana in the pages of this lively, beautiful, and moving book about being a grandmother. Quindlen offers thoughtful and telling observations about her new role, no longer mother and decision-maker but secondary character and support to the parents of her grandson. She writes, “Where I once led, I have to learn to follow.” Eventually a close friend provides words to live by: “Did they ask you?”
Candid, funny, frank, and illuminating, Quindlen’s singular voice has never been sharper or warmer. With the same insights she brought to motherhood in Living Out Loud and to growing older in Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, this new nana uses her own experiences to illuminate those of many others.
Praise for Nanaville
“Witty and thoughtful . . . Nanaville serves up enough vivid anecdotes and fresh insights—about childhood, about parenthood, about grandparenthood and about life—to make for a gratifying read.”—The New York Times
“Classic, bittersweet Quindlen . . . [Her] wonder at seeing her eldest child grow into his new role is lovely and moving. . . . The best parts of Nanaville are the charming vignettes of Quindlen's solo time with her grandson.”—NPR
Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of nine novels: Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, Miller’s Valley, and Alternate Side. Her memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, published in 2012, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her book A Short Guide to a Happy Life has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at The New York Times she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, Living Out Loud and Thinking Out Loud. Her Newsweek columns were collected in Loud and Clear.
“In Nanaville, Quindlen shares her honest and funny experiences with maneuvering through new territory as she learns the importance of stepping back, allowing Arthur’s parents to take the lead and carving a new role for herself.”—Time
“Grandparenting is new territory for this bestselling novelist and beloved former columnist, and as always in her warmly candid nonfiction, Quindlen voices concerns and celebrates high points with sensitivity and insight. As her life fills with unbreakable dishes, scattered Legos, and bite-sized treats, Quindlen savors a shared book, a held hand, a child’s laugh, and a relationship built on mutual love and respect. This tender book should be required reading for grandparents everywhere. . . . Quindlen has established a close rapport with readers as she shares her life experiences, and her latest will thrill loyal fans and draw a new audience.”—Booklist (starred review)
“In this wise and endearing book, former New York Times columnist Quindlen . . . addresses the subject of grandparenting, sharing her own experiences and advice. . . . The book is filled with Quindlen’s playful sense of humor (if her baby daughter had wanted to sleep upside down “like a bat,” she would have let her), along with thoughtful reflections on how parenting and grandparenting have changed (for instance, fathers are more involved, there’s a lot more baby gear to buy, and more people are living long enough to become grandparents). This heartfelt and delightful work will especially appeal to readers already living within their own versions of Nanaville.”—Publishers Weekly
“A first-time grandmother discovers joy and self-knowledge in her new role. Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist, columnist, and memoirist Quindlen . . . celebrates the gift of being a grandmother: a new experience, she writes, that gives her ‘a second chance, to see, to be, to understand the world, to look at it and reimagine my place in it, to feel as though I've made a mark.’ Besides reporting sweet anecdotes about her toddler grandson, the author reflects on her changing relationship with her son and daughter-in-law, an inevitable shift from being central in the lives of her children to a ‘peripheral place’ in a new family dynamic. . . .The author was sixty-four when her grandson was born; her grandmother was forty-seven when she had her first grandchild, yet grandparents seemed so much older then: ‘Our grandmothers were pre-gym, pre-Botox, pre–skinny jeans.’ They never kissed, hugged, or praised; they would never have gotten down on the floor to play with their dozens of grandchildren. . . . The author imparts sensible advice with self-deprecating humor and sincere gratitude for the bounty of her life. A warmhearted memoir sure to appeal to other new grandmothers—and Quindlen’s many fans.”—Kirkus Reviews
Family & Relationships / Parenting / Grandparenting
Compact Disc (April 23rd, 2019): $34.99
MP3 CD (April 23rd, 2019): $24.99


At the annual member’s meeting on September 26th, 2019, the NHNA membership adopted the following bylaws which are currently in effect. PDF version.
At our Annual Meeting on September 13, 2007 the membership adopted the bylaws shown below.
Section 3.01 updated and adopted at the Annual Meeting on September 26, 2013.
Numerous sections of these Bylaws updated and adopted at the Annual Meeting on September 27, 2018.
Article IX updated and adopted at the Annual Meeting on September 26, 2019.
NOB HILL NEIGHBORHOODS ASSOCIATION, INC.,
A NEW MEXICO NONPROFIT CORPORATION
ARTICLE I; NAME, OFFICE, and REGISTERED AGENT
Section 1.01 NAME
The name of the corporation is the Nob Hill Neighborhoods Association, Incorporated (the “Association”).
Section 1.02 REGISTERED OFFICE and AGENT
The corporation shall have and continuously maintain in the State of New Mexico a registered office and a registered agent, as required by law. The street address of the registered office and the registered agent shall be in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The registered office may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office of the corporation. The address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
PURPOSE AND BOUNDARIES
Section 2.01 PURPOSE
The purpose of the Association is to enhance and improve the quality of life for residents living within the Nob Hill area of the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico (“Nob Hill”) and to assure that the quality of life in Nob Hill reflects the social, environmental, and cultural needs, desires and interests of its residents. To fulfill this purpose, the Association has identified the following primary goals:
To strive to uphold good, efficient and beneficial community planning;
To protect the environment;
To promote the community welfare;
To preserve Nob Hill’s historic character and landmarks;
To undertake any other activities in addition to or in place of the goals stated in the Association’s bylaws that are in furtherance of the Association’s purpose.
These goals will be met by fostering communication among residents, neighbors, property and business owners and the City of Albuquerque (the “City”) as to plans, proposals, events, activities and issues that might affect Nob Hill by:
Attempting to inform all eligible members of the Association of issues that might affect Nob Hill;
Hosting community meetings and social and cultural events for all eligible members of the Association and the public;
Establishing an orderly and democratic means for making representative decisions;
Presenting an official position to the City, when providing a position is in the best interest of Nob Hill and the eligible members of the Association, identifying whether the position was reached by the board or the general membership of the Association;
Promoting safety in the community;
Undertaking other appropriate means in place of, or in addition to those listed above.
Section 2.02 BOUNDARIES
The boundaries of the Association are outlined on the map attached as Exhibit A to these bylaws. These boundaries are subject to change by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Directors then in office and voting at any duly constituted meeting of the Board of Directors.
Section 3.01 TERM
The membership year is from October 1 to September 30. Membership dues paid after June 1st will be considered as payment-in-full for the remainder of the current membership year and the following membership year as well; dues are not otherwise prorated. Dues may be pre-paid for additional years to maintain continuous membership.
Section 3.02 ELIGIBLE MEMBERS
The Association shall make full membership open to all persons residing within its boundaries and to all persons and legal entities owning property or having a place of business within its boundaries.
Section 3.03 DUES
To be recognized as a “Member” of the Association, any eligible person must pay membership dues of $10.00 annually, and any eligible legal entity must pay membership dues of $20.00 annually (“Dues”). Any otherwise eligible person or legal entity may request a waiver of its dues from the Board, and the Board may, in its discretion, grant a waiver to any such person or entity.
Section 3.04 BENEFITS
All Members are entitled to vote at any Annual Meeting or Special Membership Meeting. Otherwise, the Association acts in the best interests of the neighborhood and the community at large, not for the sole benefit of any particular neighbor or neighbors.
Section 3.05 TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
Any Member may, at any time, voluntarily terminate his, her or its membership. Memberships may not, however, be assigned. Should a Member fail to maintain his, her or its eligibility for membership as described in Article III, Section 3.02, that Member’s membership is terminated immediately upon failure to maintain such eligibility.
SECTION 3.06 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS
Members shall not receive compensation for their services. However, Members may be entitled to reimbursement of expenses, as may be determined by resolution of the Board to be just and reasonable.
Section 4.01 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
The annual meeting of Members (“Annual Meeting”) will be held during the month of September at a time and place fixed by the Board.
(a) Notice of Annual Meeting. The Board shall make a reasonable attempt to give written notice to every household and place of business within its boundaries of the Annual Meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the Annual Meeting. Examples of adequate notice are as follows: mail; delivered handbills; or a number of prominent signs.
(b) Notice to the City. No later than 60 days after the Annual Meeting, the Association shall send evidence of the meeting, including evidence of its advertisement to the City’s Office of Neighborhood Coordination.
(c) Authority to Call. The President, with consent of the Board of Directors, has authority to call the Annual Meeting consistent with these bylaws.
Section 4.02 SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
Special meetings of the Members (“Special Membership Meeting”) may be called for any purpose consistent with the Association’s articles of incorporation and bylaws.
(a) Notice of Special Membership Meetings. The Board shall make a reasonable attempt to give notice to all Members of the Special Membership Meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the Special Membership Meeting.
(b) Authority to Call. Special Membership Meetings may be called by the President, the Board of Directors, any two Directors, or any twenty (20) Members, provided that if the Special Membership Meeting is being called by the Members, they must notify the Directors prior to the Special Membership Meeting so that reasonable attempts may be made by the Board to notify all interested parties of the Special Membership Meeting.
Section 4.03 QUORUM
The presence, in person, of twenty (20) Members at any duly called and noticed Annual Meeting or Special Membership Meeting shall constitute a quorum. Any Annual Meeting or Special Membership Meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact the business of the Association, notwithstanding the subsequent loss of quorum, so long as any action taken by the Members is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.
Section 4.04 VOTING AT ANY ANNUAL MEETING OR SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the Members present at any Annual Meeting or Special Membership Meeting duly noticed at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as an act of the Association, except where otherwise provided in the Association’s bylaws or the laws of the state of New Mexico.
(a) Voting Privileges. Every person who, or legal entity that has satisfied all the requirements for Membership prior to the call of any vote at any Annual Meeting or Special Membership Meeting is entitled to cast one vote. A legal entity Member must designate in writing its voting representative at least 24 hours prior to casting a vote.
(b) Proxy Voting. With the exception that legal entities must designate their voting representatives prior to casting their votes, proxy voting is not allowed.
Section 5.01 CORPORATE POWERS
Subject to the provisions of New Mexico’s Nonprofit Corporation law, and any limitations in the Association’s articles of incorporation and bylaws, the business and affairs of the Association shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors (collectively the “Board” or “Board of Directors” and individually “Directors”). Without prejudice to these general powers, and subject to the same limitations, the Directors shall have the power to:
(a) Select and remove all officers, agents, and employees of the Association, prescribe any powers and duties for them that are consistent with law, with the articles of incorporation and with these bylaws, fix their compensation, and require from them security for faithful service;
(b) Conduct, manage and control the affairs and business of the Association and make such rules and regulations for the Association that are not inconsistent with law, with the articles of incorporation and with these bylaws, as they deem best.
Section 5.02 NUMBER AND QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
The authorized number of Directors of the Association shall be not fewer than six (6) and not more than fifteen (15). Only Members (see ARTICLE III) may serve as Directors on the Board.
Section 5.03 ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS
(a) The term of office for each Director, except those elected to fill vacancies as described in Article V, Section 5.04, is two (2) years. A term of two years shall mean any amount of time beginning with a Director’s election and qualification at an Annual Meeting and ending at the Annual Meeting two years later.
(b) All Directors’ terms which are due to expire at any Annual Meeting shall expire at 9:00 p.m. of the day of the Annual Meeting unless the Board fails to elect and qualify a willing successor. In such cases, the outgoing Director will continue to serve until the Director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified.
(c) A Director may serve no more than two consecutive terms. However, a Director who does not serve on the Board for a period of one year is again eligible to serve as a Director subject to the limitations in Section 5.03(a).
(d) Except to fill vacancies as described in Article V, Section 5.04, Directors shall be elected by the Members at the Annual Meeting in a fair and open process that is determined by the Board. Nominations for open positions shall be solicited prior to and at the Annual Meeting. Should the Members fail to elect a minimum number of Directors at the Annual Meeting, the President may call a Special Membership Meeting for the purpose of electing Directors.
(e) The term of any Director may be extended by the Members for up to one (1) year, upon recommendation of the Board for the sole purpose of restoring the inflow and outflow of Directors into positions on the Board at a rate sufficient to establish or maintain the principle of orderly replacement of Directors.
Section 5.04 VACANCIES
(a) A vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist on the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the death or resignation of any Director; (ii) the removal of a Director; (iii) an increase in the authorized number of Directors; (iv) the failure of the Members to elect the minimum number of Directors at the Annual Meeting.
(b) Vacancies in the Board may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, though less than a quorum, provided that the Board make reasonable attempts to notify the Members of the vacancy and solicit interested Members to fill the vacancy. Each Director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting.
(c) With respect to the provisions of Section 5.03, any Director elected to fill a vacant position on the Board may seek election as if it were his or her first term.
Section 5.05 PARTICIPATION OF DIRECTORS AND REMOVAL
Directors are expected to participate and lead the activities of the Association. Failure to attend required meetings, functions or activities may be cause for removal of any Director. Any Director may be removed by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Directors then in office at any duly noticed regular or special meeting of the Board where a quorum is present, or by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members present at any duly noticed Annual Meeting or Special Membership Meeting where a quorum is present.
Section 5.06 MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Regular meetings of the Board may be held at the time and place that has been designated by the Board. Directors must be notified of the time, date, and location of regular and special meetings. The Board shall maintain a policy for the notice of meetings, for the conduct of meetings, for the formulation of agendas, and for the time, date, and place of the meetings; this policy shall be available for review by all Members on the Association website. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President or any two Directors upon three days notice to the other Directors.
The presence in person of a majority of the Directors then in office constitutes a quorum. The Directors may continue to transact business at a meeting at which a quorum is initially present, notwithstanding the subsequent loss of quorum, so long as any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.
Section 5.08 BOARD ACTION
Each Director shall have one vote. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the Directors present at a meeting duly noticed at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board of Directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board may be taken without a meeting, if a majority of Directors consent in writing to that action. Such action by the majority consent of the Directors shall have the same force and effect as a majority vote of the Board of Directors. Such action will be ratified at the next meeting following the Directors’ consent in writing to that action.
Section 5.09 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Directors shall not receive compensation for their services. However, Directors may be entitled to reimbursement of expenses, as may be determined by resolution of the Board to be just and reasonable.
Section 5.10 NO LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS
No Director shall be personally liable for the debts, liabilities or obligations of the Association.
Section 6.01 NUMBER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS
The officers of the Association shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. Neither the Secretary nor the Treasurer may serve concurrently as the President. Officers must be Members of the Association.
Section 6.02 ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICERS
(a) The term of the officers is approximately one year, from the election date to the date of replacement or renewal at the meeting to elect new officers, except for vacancies that arise as described in section 6.05.
(b) The officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors, and each shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The election of new officers shall take place at the first regular Board meeting following the Annual Meeting, but not later than 30 days after the Annual Meeting. Each officer’s term ends upon: (i) removal (Section 6.03), (ii) resignation (Section 6.04), (iii) death, or (iv) replacement at the first regular Board meeting after the next Annual Meeting, if their term as a Director has ended.
Section 6.03 REMOVAL OF OFFICERS
Any officer may be removed, with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Directors then in office at any meeting of the Board.
Section 6.04 RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Association. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of the notice or at any time later specified in the notice. The acceptance of a resignation by the Association shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 6.05 VACANCIES IN OFFICES
A vacancy in any office shall be filled in the manner prescribed in Section 6.06(a).
Section 6.06 RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICERS
(a) President. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Association and shall, subject to the control of the Board, generally supervise, direct and control the business and the officers of the Association. The President shall preside at all Regular and Special Meetings of the Board of Directors and the Membership. The President shall, with the approval of a majority of the board of directors, appoint all standing and special committees which may consist of Directors, Members, and non-members, and shall be an ex-officio member of all committees. If a vacancy in any office exists, the President shall convene a meeting of the Board of Directors, pursuant to section 5.06, to elect a successor. The President shall make an annual report to the general membership at the annual meeting. The President shall also have other such duties and powers as prescribed by the Board or these bylaws.
(b) Vice President. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice President shall perform all duties of the President, and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to the restrictions upon, the President. The Vice President shall also have other suchduties and powers as prescribed by the Board or these bylaws.
(c) Secretary. The Secretary shall attend to the following:
(1) Minutes. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the Association’s office or other such place as the Board may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of the Board, the Members, or any committees. The minutes for each of these meetings shall include at a minimum the following: the type of meeting; the time and place of holding; whether regular or special; how notice was given, if required; the names of those Directors present and absent; the proceedings of the meeting.
(2) Notice. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Association required by the bylaws to be given.
(3) Public Information. The Secretary shall lead, manage and maintain the Association’s efforts to communicate with the Members and those eligible for membership.
(4) Other Duties. The Secretary shall, with the President, sign the Association’s annual report. The Secretary shall also have other such duties and powers as prescribed by the Board or these bylaws.
(d) Treasurer. The Treasurer shall attend to the following:
(1) Accounts. The Treasurer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Association. The books of accounts shall be open to inspection by any Director or Member at all reasonable times.
(2) Deposit and Disbursement of Money. The Treasurer shall collect all Dues and shall deposit all money and other valuables in the name of and credit to the Association with such depositories as may be designated by the Board. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Association as may be ordered by the Board and shall render to the Board, whenever they request it, an account of all the transactions of the Association and of the financial condition of the Association. The Treasurer shall furnish a current financial statement at the Annual Meeting.
(3) Membership Records. The Treasurer shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the Association’ s office or other such place as the Board may direct, a record of the Association’s Directors, officers and Members, including the names and addresses of each.
(4) Submission of Records to the City. The Treasurer shall annually submit, or cause to be submitted, to the City’s Office of Neighborhood Coordination and the City Councilor for District 6 the following information: the number of dues-paying Members of the Association or other evidence of the size of the Association’s active membership; the names, addresses and phone numbers of the Association’s Directors and Officers; no later than 60 days after the Annual Meeting, evidence of the Annual Meeting, including evidence of its advertisement.
(5) Annual Report. The Treasurer shall submit, or cause to be submitted, the Association’s annual report to the appropriate government agencies.
(6) Other Duties. The Treasurer shall be designated as the Registered Agent (Section 1.02). In the absence or disability of the President, and in the absence and disability of the Vice President, the Treasurer shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all restrictions upon, the President. The Board may call for an audit of the Association’s accounts. The Treasurer shall also have other such duties and powers as prescribed by the Board or these bylaws.
Section 6.07 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS
Officers shall not receive compensation for their services. However, officers may be entitled to reimbursement of expenses, as may be determined by resolution of the Board to be just and reasonable.
The Association’s fiscal year shall be January 1 through December 31.
The Association shall indemnify each Director and officer against expenses, costs and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, in which the Director or officer is made, or is threatened to be made, a party by reason of being or having been an officer or Director. The indemnification may include any amounts paid to satisfy a judgment or to compromise or settle a claim. The Director or officer will not be indemnified if he or she is adjudged to be liable on the basis that he or she has breached or failed to perform the duties of his or her office and the breach of failure to perform constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness. Advance indemnification may be allowed of a Director or officer for expenses to be incurred in connection with the defense of the action, suit or proceeding, provided that the Director or officer agrees to reimburse the Association if it is subsequently determined that the Director or officer was not entitled to indemnification.
INTEGRITY OF THE BOARD
Maintaining the integrity of the Board in meeting its mission of enhancing the quality of life of the neighborhood is a primary goal. The Directors, in accordance with their common interest of representing residents and property owners in the area, have the responsibility to discuss, evaluate, vote and take actions with respect to the impacts of their decisions in carrying out the Association’s purposes. Directors are expected to safeguard the reputation of the Association.
Section 9.01 POLITICAL ENDORSEMENTS
The Association, as an entity, shall not endorse any candidate for election or appointment. A Director may individually endorse a candidate and may identify themself as a Director, exercising diligence to communicate that it is not an endorsement by the Association. The endorsement shall not be part of business or discussion in Association meetings or communications.
Section 9.02 DIRECTORS ON BOARDS OF OUTSIDE GROUPS
The Association encourages Directors to participate on outside boards, commissions, coalitions and similar groups. When such an outside group has business before the Association the Director shall advise the Board of the facts and shall recuse themself from voting on the matter. If the Director does not recuse the Board shall have the option, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Directors present, to enforce recusal of the Director from voting on the matter.
Section 9.03 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Directors shall not use their position to benefit or promote their own or a client’s interests. If a Director has a direct personal, electoral, or financial interest, such as an interest in a development project, or representing a developer, or being on a development team for a proposed project, the Director shall be considered to have a conflict of interest, shall advise the Board of that conflict of interest, and shall recuse himself or herself from voting on that matter. If the Director does not recuse themself the Board shall have the option, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Directors present, to enforce recusal of the Director from voting on the matter.
These bylaws may be amended at any duly noticed Annual Meeting or Special Membership Meeting where a quorum is present by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members present at any such meeting, provided that each Member shall have been notified in writing of the proposed amendment(s) at least ten days prior to the meeting.


Supratherapeutic Vancomycin Levels: Risk Factors and Outcomes
Zonozi, Reza, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Reza Zonozi,
Wu, Aozhou, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Aozhou Wu,
Shin, Jung-Im, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Jung-Im Shin,
Secora, Alex M, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Alex M Secora,
Coresh, Josef, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Josef Coresh,
Chang, Alex R., Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States
Grams, Morgan, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Morgan Grams,
Vancomycin is a commonly administered intravenous (IV) antibiotic, and supratherapeutic levels of vancomycin may be an avoidable cause of nephrotoxicity. The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of, risk factors for, and outcomes after elevated levels of vancomycin.
There were 31,316 hospitalizations in which IV vancomycin was given between 2008 and 2014 among 21,166 people in the Geisinger Health System, a large, integrated, tertiary, rural health care system.
There were 12,713 hospitalizations with vancomycin monitoring, and 1.24% of these hospitalizations had a vancomycin level >50 mg/L. Among hospitalizations with >7 days duration of therapy, 2.65% had a vancomycin level >50 mg/L. The risk of vancomycin levels >50 mg/L was higher with younger age, female sex, black race, pre-hospitalization diuretic use, an ICU stay, sepsis, concurrent use of piperacillin-tazobactam, and higher doses of vancomycin (Table). Neither BMI nor eGFR was associated with vancomycin levels >50 mg/dL in adjusted analysis. Length of stay, acute kidney injury (AKI), and in-hospital mortality were all higher among persons with vancomycin levels >50 mg/L.
We identified modifiable risk factors for Vancomycin levels >50 mg/L, which were associated with greater in-hospital mortality, AKI, and length of stay.
Adjusted Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) of High Vancomycin Levels (>50 mg/L)
Predictor IRR (95% confidence interval) P-value
Age, per 10 years 0.76 (0.68 to 0.84) <0.001
Sex (female) 1.40 (1.00 to 1.94) 0.049
Race (Black) 2.04 (1.00 to 4.15) 0.049
Spline < 60 1.02 (0.86 to 1.21) 0.85
Spline ≥ 60 1.09 (0.94 to 1.27) 0.243
ICU 1.90 (1.33 to 2.71) <0.001
Sepsis 1.75 (1.26 to 2.42) 0.001
Use of pre-hospitalization diuretics 1.48 (1.00 to 2.19) 0.048
Concurrent use of piperacillin-tazobactam 1.44 (1.04 to 2.00) 0.029
Vancomycin dose (mg)
≤1000 1 (ref) -
1000-1500 2.83 (1.74 to 4.59) <0.001
>2000 3.08 (1.75 to 5.44) <0.001


Israeli Ambassador: I believe that the elections would show the will of the people of Azerbaijan”
“Free and independent elections are very important in a democratic society and it is very important that the constitution of Azerbaijan provides all citizens the right to vote. I believe that the elections would show the will of the people of Azerbaijan,” Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Azerbaijan Mr. Dan Stav has told sechki-2018.az. He noted that the presidential elections have also recently taken place in Armenia and Russia that are, along with Azerbaijan, important players in the region regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. “As Azerbaijan is the last of this states to have presidential election, I hope it would make positive impact on the efforts to peacefully settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.”
The Israeli Ambassador said that the elections are important in democratic countries. “It gives people an opportunity to express their thoughts and choose their representative and leaders for the upcoming years. In Azerbaijan, the president determines the foreign policy and has strong role in executing the internal policy and therefore, the presidential election is of pivotal importance for the country.”- Ambassador Dan Stav noted.
Azerbaijan’s CEC assesses debates of presidential candidates on TV
Experts of IPA CIS visit Central Election Commission


Dr. Nathan Riddle, D.C., C.C.W.P., PSc.D.
Owner of Riddle Wellness
Dr. Nathan Riddle, owner of Riddle Wellness, is a licensed Chiropractor and leading expert in family wellness, corrective spinal care, weight loss with metabolic reset, and nutrition serving the Rochester, New York community.
Dr. Riddle’s path toward Health and wellness started as he served in the Air Force and Air National Guard from 1994 – 2008. While still serving, he earned his Physical therapy assistant license and his Bachelor’s in Chiropractic from New York Chiropractic College. He then went to receive his doctorate in Chiropractic in 2007. While Dr. Riddle is the only Chiropractor in his region to hold a post-graduate certification in Science of Human Wellness, he is also certified in the Webster Technique, a method of balancing the pelvis in pregnant mothers to allow more room for the baby to develop. He has completed over 100 hours of training with doctors of spinal biophysics and since 2008, he has been in private practice.
Riddle Wellness specializes in Chiropractic, Spinal Decompression, Advanced Biostructural Digital Corrective X-rays, Acupuncture, ARP wave Neurotherapy, Custom orthotics, and Nutrition advice. Dr. Riddle’s practice offers the highest quality organic, live source supplementation and over the past 7 years, the addition of Wellness and Weight loss to the practice has radically transformed the lives of thousands of people in the Rochester, NY community. Not only has this system helped individuals understand the science behind weight loss, but the program has assisted to eliminate obesity related issues that people have suffered with all their lives.
Most recently, by obtaining his doctorate of pastoral science and medicine degree (PSC.D). Dr. Riddle has added Cannabidiol supplements (CBD) to his practice. As a PSc.D. licensee, Dr. Riddle does not practice conventional medicine. Along with getting to the root causes of patient’s imbalances, he uses high grade hemp tinctures from Pure Cannaceuticals and water from Quantum CBD H2O to create rapid shifts back to ideal health for the patient.
Dr. Riddle is dedicated to educating the community by contributing his time and offering workshops on how to experience true health naturally. He has presented lifesaving and transforming health care classes to local support groups, churches, athletic clubs, independent living facilities, and businesses. Through his continued devotion to progressive healthcare, Dr. Riddle’s passion for serving humanity shines.


Home › News › News Releases › FFRF wins major housing allowance challenge (again)
FFRF wins major housing allowance challenge (again)
A federal judge for a second time has ruled in favor of the historic challenge by the Freedom From Religion Foundation of a housing allowance in the tax code that uniquely privileges clergy.
At issue is the constitutionality of 26 U.S.C. § 107(2), a provision in the tax code that excludes from gross income a housing allowance paid to a "minister of the gospel."
Rep. Peter Mack, sponsor of the 1954 law challenged by FFRF, argued that ministers should be rewarded with a clergy allowance for "carrying on such a courageous fight against this [a godless and anti-religious world movement]." The clergy allowance is not a tax deduction but an exemption—allowing housing allowances paid as part of clergy salary to be subtracted from taxable income.
In 2013, U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled in FFRF's favor in its original challenge. Crabb's finding sent "shockwaves through the religious community," according to the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, which bitterly fought the ruling, along with just about every religious denomination in the country.
In November 2014, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out that victory—not on the merits but on the question of standing—arguing that Barker and Gaylor hadn't yet sought a refund of their housing allowance from the IRS. Accordingly, they sought them and when denied, went back to court.
FFRF, a national state/church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., renewed its historic challenge of the housing allowance in April 2016. Sued are Steve Mnuchin, , U.S. secretary of the treasury, and John Koskinen, IRS commissioner. The case also had religious intervenors as defendants.
Plaintiffs are FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, and Ian Gaylor, representing the estate of President Emerita Anne Nicol Gaylor, whose retirement was paid in part as a housing allowance.
"Although defendants try to characterize § 107(2) as an effort by Congress to treat ministers fairly and avoid religious entanglement, the plain language of the statute, its legislative history and its operation in practice all demonstrate a preference for ministers over secular employees," writes Crabb, for the Western District of Wisconsin.
"As I noted in the earlier lawsuit," Crabb writes, "there is no reasonable interpretation of the statute under which the phrase minister of the gospel could be construed to include employees of an organization whose purpose is to keep religion out of the public square."
Any reasonable observer would conclude that the purpose and effect of the statute is to provide financial assistance to one group of religious employees without any consideration to the secular employees who are similarly situated to ministers, Crabb noted. "Under current law, that type of provision violates the establishment clause," she adds.
"In reaching this conclusion, I do not mean to imply that any particular minister is undeserving of the exemption or does not have a financial need for one. The important point is that many equally deserving secular employees (as well as other kinds of religious employees) could benefit from the exemption as well, but they must satisfy much more
demanding requirements despite the lack of justification for the difference in treatment."
Crabb also discusses financial benefits to even wealthy ministers: ""Thus, an evangelist with a multimillion dollar home is entitled under § 107(2) to deduct the entire rental value of that home, even if it is not used for church purposes. ("Joel Osteen lives in a $10.5 million home and is entitled to exclude the fair rental value of that home so long as he spends that money on the home and his church allocates that amount to housing.")."
The benefit of the tax exemption to the clergy is enormous. The congressional Joint Committee on Taxation has reported that the exemption amounts to $700 million a year in lost revenue. Religion News Service calculated the allowance increases the take-home pay of some pastors by up to 10 percent. This is because churches benefit, since tax-free salaries lower their overhead. Christianity Today found that 84 percent of senior pastors receive a housing allowance of $20,000 to $38,000 in added (but not reported) compensation to their base salary.
"The manner in which our housing allowance has been used borders on clergy malpractice," William Thornton, a Georgia pastor and blogger, told Forbes magazine in 2013. "A growing subset of ministers who are very highly paid and who live in multimillion dollar mansions are able to exclude hundreds of thousands of dollars from income taxation."
Clergy are permitted to use the housing allowance not just for rent or mortgage, but for home improvements, including maintenance, home improvements and repairs, dishwashers, cable TV and phone fees, paint, towels, bedding, home décor, even personal computers and bank fees. They may be exempt from taxable income up to the fair market rental value of their home, particularly helping well-heeled pastors. The subsidy extends to churches, which can pay clergy less, as tax-free salaries go further.
FFRF's complaint alleges that the section "directly benefits ministers and churches, most significantly by lowering a minister's tax burden, while discriminating against the individual plaintiffs, who as the leaders of a nonreligious organization opposed to governmental endorsements of religion are denied the same benefit."
Crabb issued a declaration that the tax benefit is unconstitutional and directed the parties to file briefing on whether additional remedies are needed.
The district court victory is FFRF's third court victory in eight days. Last week a federal court in Pennsylvania agreed a Christian cross on a county seal and flag violates the constitutional separation of church and state and a federal court in Florida sided with FFRF, AU and ACLU in permitting an atheist invocation at the Brevard County Board.
The case was filed on behalf of FFRF by litigator Richard L. Bolton. Gaylor et al v. U.S. Treasury has case number 3:16-cv-00215.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wis., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational charity, is the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics), and has been working since 1978 to keep religion and government separate.
Current News Releases


(G)I-DLE partners with American label Republic Records to enter U.S. market
Alongside K-Pop groups TWICE, TXT and many high-profile pop stars
(G)I-DLE. Photo from Cube Entertainment
Korean pop girl group (G)I-DLE has partnered with the American label Republic Records, according to the group’s agency Cube Entertainment in Thursday, in pursuit of pushing into the U.S. market.
Home to several high-profile pop stars such as Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift, Republic Records is a division of Universal Music Group, which is also the partner of K-Pop groups TWICE and TXT in strengthening their ties with the American market.
Republic Records’s co-founder Avery Lipman said with regards to the news that the label was excited to partner with the group as it makes its highly anticipated U.S. debut. He also said (G)I-DLE’s latest mini-album “I Trust” will launch the six-piece act in the country and that the label has been striving to propel the group to global stardom.
On the other hand, Cube Entertainment’s CEO Ahn Woo-hyung said:
“We are glad to team up with Republic, a flagship label in the U.S., and hope (G)I-DLE can write a new history for K-pop under our collaboration.”
Earlier this year, (G)I-DLE also signed with the Los Angeles-based agency Asian Agent for its U.S. management duties.
The six-piece group dropped its third mini-album “I Trust,” with its title track “Oh my god,” on April 6. Leader Soyeon reportedly written all five tracks of the EP.
“I Trust” conquered iTunes album charts in a whopping 39 countries after release and the music video of “Oh my god” ― had amassed more than 3.5 million views on YouTube as of Thursday.
(G)I-DLE, composed of Miyeon, Minnie, Soojin, Soyeon, Yuqi and Shuhua, debuted with the song “LATATA” in 2018. They are considered as one of K-Pop’s monster rookies, being catapulted to fame after appearing on Mnet’s competition show “Queendom” last year. -HallyuLife.com
In this article:(G)I-DLE, Cube Entertainment, Republic Records
New date for PENTAGON’s online concert “WE L:VE” announced
A new date for PENTAGON concert has been set!


Diogo Jota: Maguire has a lot of quality but I know and trust Wolves defence
Wolves host Manchester United on Monday having beaten them twice at home last season.
Wolves forward Diogo Jota insists he would not swap captain Conor Coady for £80million Harry Maguire.
The Portuguese has backed his team-mate’s quality ahead of Manchester United’s visit to Molineux on Monday.
Maguire helped United keep their first clean sheet since February in their opening 4-0 win over Chelsea after becoming the world’s most expensive defender when he moved from Leicester earlier this month.
Fellow centre-back Coady, meanwhile, has been a focal point in Wolves’ rise from the Sky Bet Championship to the Europa League and, despite Maguire’s record-breaking transfer, Jota is siding with his skipper.
Asked if he would swap Maguire for Coady or any of the other Wolves defenders, Jota said: “That is some question! I think Harry Maguire has a lot of quality but I know the players that we have in our team and I trust them.”
England international Maguire was one of three summer recruits by United, along with Daniel James and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men look to improve on a largely disappointing 2018/19 campaign.
Jota added: “It (the £80m fee) is hard to explain. The market is unreal now in my opinion. But nothing to do with me, it is to do with the clubs and it is the moment we are living. We just have to respect that amount.
“It’s a new season. Solskjaer has had more time to work with his players, he’s made his own changes.
“In the transfer market they’ve tried to improve their team so we know it’s going to be very hard for us. We have to understand that we will face a very big team.”
Jota scored in Wolves’ two home wins over United last season when they dumped them out of the FA Cup just weeks before a 2-1 league victory.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side finished seventh, nine points behind sixth-placed United, last term as they qualified for Europe for the first time since 1980.
But despite being tipped to try to crack the top six Jota remained cautious about making predictions.
“I think it is too soon about the final classification. We got seventh place it’s true but it is very hard to get it again,” said the 22-year-old.
“We have loads of teams that spend more money than us, trying to achieve that position.
“So we have to realise it’s not going to be easy to get seventh. We go game by game and in the end we will see.”


Guang-Zhong Yang
Professor Guang-Zhong Yang is the founding dean of the Medical Robotics Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He was the founding director of the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London. Professor Yang is also the Chairman of the advisory board, the UK-RAS Network (http://ukras.org). Professor Yang’s main research interests are in medical imaging, sensing and robotics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, fellow of IEEE, IET, AIMBE, IAMBE, MICCAI, CGI and a recipient of the Royal Society Research Merit Award and listed in The Times Eureka ‘Top 100’ in British Science. Professor Yang is the founding editor of Science Robotics (http://robotics.sciencemag.org/) – a journal of the Science family dedicated to the latest advances in robotics and how it enables or underpins new scientific discoveries. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s 2017 New Year Honour for his contribution to biomedical engineering.
Current Appointment
Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dean, Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Editor-in-chief, Science Robotics
Chairman, British Association of Robots and Automatic Control Systems
Deputy Chairman, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London
Professor, Department of Computing, Imperial College, London
1988-1991 Imperial College, PhD, Computer Science
1982-1986 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, BSc
Nov 2019 - present Chair professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Dec 2017 - present Dean, Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Sept 2001 - Nov 2017 Chair in Medical Image Computing, Imperial College London, UK
Oct 2000 - Aug 2001 Reader, Department of Computing, Imperial College London, UK
April 1999 - Sept 2000 Lecturer, Department of Computing, Imperial College London, UK
Oct 1991 - April 1999 Principal Scientist, Royal Brompton Hospital London, UK
2017 - Dean, Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2010 – Co-Founder, Director, Robotic Assisted Microsurgery Laboratory
2010 – Deputy Chairman, Institute of Global Health Innovation
2008 - Co-Founder, Director, Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery
2006 – Chairman, Centre for Pervasive Sensing, Imperial College
2005-2010 Director of Imaging and Robotics, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College
2004-2006 Theme Leader in Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College
2003-2005 Chairman, Imperial College Imaging Sciences Centre
2002 – Founder and Co-Director, Wolfson Surgical Technology Laboratory
2001 – Founder and Director of Royal Society/Wolfson Foundation MIC Laboratory
1999 – Head of Visual Information Processing Group, Department of Computing, Imperial College London
FREng, Fellow the Royal Academy of Engineering
FIET, Fellow of The Institute of Engineering and Technology (formerly IEE)
FIEEE, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
FAIMBE, Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
FIAMBE, Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering
FCGI, Fellow of the City and Guilds Institute.