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The Supernatural World of Golden Age DC Comics
Super-Heroes, Magicians and Supernatural Features
The Golden Age of comics birthed a plethora of mystical characters, most of whom lifted their concepts straight from contemporary pop culture. There were occult detectives from pulp fiction, stage magicians in the funny pages, Far-East adepts on the radio, and turbaned hypnotists and sheikhs throughout the films of the era.
In fact, National's (DC) very first comic magazine, New Fun Comics #1 (Feb, 1935) introduced a long-running serial called "Bobby and Binks." These school kids looked into a magic crystal which sent them bouncing through time (they did not have "powers," per se).
A succession of DC's mystic heroes was led by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's groundbreaking Doctor Occult. Early magicians such as Nadir and Lando disappeared into obscurity while the Spectre and Dr. Fate have become iconic DC characters. Zatara and Sargon enjoyed long runs, and late in the Golden Age, Dr. Thirteen arrived to usher DC's supernatural world into a new era.
Some of these Golden Age mystics have their own detailed profiles:
Cosmic Teams covers the above characters' more recent histories in great detail, but is lighter on their Golden Age careers. For some great G.A. profiles, visit The Comics Archives: Doctor Fate • Johnny Thunder • The Spectre
Dr. Terrence Thirteen
Traci Thirteen (daughter)
Star-Spangled Comics #122 (Nov. 1951)
Dr. 13, the Ghost-Breaker
... Full profile coming soon ...
The term "ghost breaker" goes back to the early 20th century, in literature and film. Doctor Thirteen was preceded in comics by "Dr. Neff, the Original Ghost-Breaker," who first appeared in Street and Smith's Red Dragon Comics v.1 #3 (May 1948).
A sort of skeptical psychic detective, he worked with the Spectre and the Phantom Stranger. Has was reinterpreted in Vertigo Visions: Dr. Thirteen (Sept. 1998). This led to other appearances including the critically-acclaimed Tales of the Unexpected series (2007) by Brian Azzarello.
Traci 13
In 2003 girl sorceress, Traci 13 (Superman #189)
Appearances + References
- Mr. District Attorney #24 (Nov./Dec. 1951)
- The Phantom Stranger v.1 #2, 3, 7, 15, 17 (1969–71)
- Showcase #80 (Feb. 1969).
- Vertigo Visions: Dr. Thirteen #1 (1998)
- Star-Spangled Comics #122–130 (Nov. 1951–July 1952)
- Ghosts #95–102 (Dec. 1980–July 1981)
- Tales of the Unexpected v.2 #1–8 (2006–07)
Keith Everet, the Earl of Strethmere, aka Charles Collins, aka the Grim Ghost (post-Crisis)
Sensation Comics #1 (Jan. 1942)
The Gay Ghost
aka the Grim Ghost
Created by Gardner Fox and Howard Purcell
"The Gay Ghost" was a peculiar feature that debuted alongside Wonder Woman and Wildcat in the pages of Sensation Comics. These features were awarded roomy slots, the Ghost taking up 13 wordy pages per issue. When DC dropped its page counts from 60 to 52 in 1944, this feature was consigned to DC Limbo. The entire run was drawn by Howard Purcell, who drew many DC series through the early 1970s.
Given the character's name, it's no mystery why he was rarely used again. When the Ghost was honored with a spotlight in Who's Who in 1985, the editors couldn't bring themselves to perpetuate the "Gay" part of the name and dubbed him "The Grim Ghost" instead (it was time for post-Crisis revisions, after all).
Keith Everet was the Earl of Strethmere and lived in 18th century Ireland. He died in 1700, on the day that he rode to propose marriage to the lovely lady Deborah Wallace. Near her ancient castle of Connaught in Ulster, he was beset by rogues who shot him with a pistol and fled from the nobles. Deborah consoled him during his last breaths, but after his body expired, the Earl's ghost lingered with Deborah; she felt him with her like a wind.
As his killers were hung, Keith was drawn away by the spirits of his ancestors. They charged him with returning to Earth to conquer the evils of men — but he was ordered to wait for Deborah. When he returned to Ireland, 80 years had passed and Deborah was dead and buried! He haunted the castle and the locals occasionally recognized his ghost, so steered clear of the castle. Centuries passed until in 1941, when a young, American Deborah Wallace came to Connaught. She was the descendant of the Earl's love and was escorted by Charles Collins.
Collins was in love with Deborah but she didn't return his affections. That night history repeated itself as spies sought refuge in the castle and killed Charles. As he died, the ghost's mission was sealed. He was able to enter and reanimate Collins's body, and Deborah was none the wiser. She was quick to note the queer changes in his manner, and the Earl was intent on making Deborah love him. To finish the spies, created an ectoplasmic construction of his former self and appeared to the men as the Gay Ghost. The Ghost could pass through walls and fly, but could also solidify himself to affect the material world. "Charles" and Deborah returned to America, brining the Earl's portrait along with them. (Sensation Comics #1)
The Earl had trouble adjusting to modern life. He made a frightening attempt to drive an automobile, which upset Deborah. Thieves often targeted Deborah for her riches. To fight them, the Ghost left Charles's body, which became limp and had no pulse. He realized that a comatose body lying around was disconcerting to others and drew unwanted attention, so he began hiding the body out of sight. (#2)
Sometimes the Gay Ghost obeyed to the call of his "ancestral council," who give him special missions. They bid him to help England in the war effort, so Charles (a pilot) became approved by the U.S. Army to take a bomber to Britain. He volunteered for a rescue mission to northern France and as the Gay Ghost he single-handedly took down a Nazi supply unit. Word spread via Baron Von Molte back to Adolf Hitler himself. (#4)
Charles remained in Europe for a short time, provoking Nazi General Von Schlitzer to shave his head, don a mask and prosthetic arm that shot flames and become the Flaming Hand. (#5)
After returning to America, Charles became a test pilot (#7) and had many adventures in the air. He and Deborah shut down Blackie Stover, a drunk who made himself captain of a band of masked, black market fliers called the Vultures. (#8)
Debbie's affections for Charles apparently grew along with the danger. He joined the Army Air Corps and after a harrowing Japanese attack in the Midwest, she kisses him. (#9) Debbie's brother, George, also became a pilot and was possessed by a magician. (#11) Deborah also enlisted in a medical unit. Her ship was attacked by Germans but the Ghost caught their bombs midair and redirected them back on them. (#12)
He frequently engaged with Nazis both at home and abroad. When troops could not be mobilized to defend Greece, he entreated his elders to use their collective willpower to fight evil on Earth. The ghost army descended upon German air fleet, ripping through them in air and land. (#17)
Other adventures included Japanese spies (#18, 23), and Axis forces in pursuit of wild weapons. (#19, 24)
He met another real ghost in Mexico: the spirit of El Espada, who guarded magical waters of eternal life. The Gay Ghost helped him protect the place when men came to mine for copper. (#21)
Holding on to Life
In 1944, the series' concept began to wear and it exhibited several changes. It's unclear whether this was the result of writers because the strip rarely bore a writer's byline. The Gay Ghost's identity as the Earl of Strethmere was forgotten and he was introduced only as Charles Collins. Deborah disappeared and Collins hopped on to the FBI. His cases were frequently set in Gotham City, and the latter ones used the Gay Ghost as a mere of backdrop to intriguing tales. Howard Purcell's art and lettering became noticeably influenced by Jack Cole's "Plastic Man," with exaggerated type and more deliberate page compositions.
Charles Collins was summoned to Gotham City (with no more reason than his "fine record") and helped police solve tough cases involving gangsters. (#25-27)
The Gay Ghost's legend grew... Two thousand years into the future, students were given ancient comic books and learned about Superman Batman, Wonder Woman — and greatest of all, the Gay Ghost. The Ghost was still around at that time. (#30)
And in a tale set 13 years earlier, the Gay Ghost was depicted active as Charles Collins, involved with a young attorney who would become the governor. (This was a clear departure from previous "continuity.") (#31)
The ancient Egyptian "Curse of Hathoreb" inspired a tomb raider to mimic a ghostly mummy and raid an exhibit in Gotham. Collins found that the man dead of unknown causes — the ghost of Hathoreb himself? (#33)
The last Gay Ghost story was delayed five issues, as Sensation Comics shifted features, perhaps testing the best mix. Collins was back into the war effort, inspiring young boys to oppose Fifth Column organizers who vandalized churches with swastikas. (#38)
Contemporary writers have found no decent use for the Gay Ghost. When the character was featured in DC's encyclopedic celebration, Who's Who #9 (Nov. 1985) he was renamed the "Grim" Ghost, and appeared under that name in Secret Origins #42 (July 1989). Writer Grant Morrison ignored that when depicting the Gay Ghost in his reality-warping Animal Man #25 (July 1990). And James Robinson alluded to an untold adventure of the Justice Society, in which the the Gay Ghost might have participated. (Starman v.2 #62)
When the Gay Ghost left the body of Charles Collins, Collins would appear dead. His ghostly form could inhabit other unconscious people, remain immaterial and invisible, pass through walls, or become solid and affect the material world. When solid, the Gay Ghost demonstrated super-strength; he was known to change the course of missiles. He also grew to giant size and carried a plane into landing. As a ghost, he is immortal to some extent, and he can summon aid from his ghostly ancestors.
Appearances + References
- Comic Cavalcade #4 (Fall 1943)
- Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #9 (Nov. 1985)
- Secret Origins v.2 #42 (1989)
- Animal Man #25 (1990)
- Starman v.2 #62 (2000)
- Sensation Comics #1–13, 15–33, 38 (Jan. 1942–Feb. 1945)
Flash Comics #29 (May 1942)
The Ghost Patrol
... Full profile coming soon ...
Created by Ted Udall, Emmanuel Demby and Frank Harry
Appearances + References
- The Big All-American Comic Book (1944)
- Comic Cavalcade #1–2 (Winter 1942–Spring 1943)
- World's Finest Comics #208 (1971)
- Day of Vengeance #1 (2005)
- Day of Vengeance: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (2006)
- Shadowpact #5, 12
- Superman #663 (2007)
- Flash Comics #29–104 (May 1942–Feb. 1949)
World's Best Comics #1 (Spring 1941)
Lando, Man of Magic
Created by Howard Purcell
Created in the wake of super-hero Superman and super-magician Zatara (both of whom also appeared in World's Finest), there was little that "Lando, Man of Magic" could not do. This feature in World's Finest suffered from constant creative turnover and lasted for only seven installments. Penciller Howard Purcell drew the first three. Most stories were loaded with incredible feats, many of which might be explained as illusions (which was common for this time).
"Lando the Unknown" was a touring magician who possessed legitimate supernatural powers. When he went on vacation, he was approached by a woman who had news of spy activity on a nearby mountain top. The next day they both embarked for the mountain. When Lando was double-crossed by their guide, he effortlessly floated into the air to avoid harm. He flew to the summit then instead, and engaged with an Asian man, turning him into a duck. Lando also made himself invisible, immobilized a guard, and ultimately transformed all the enemy planes into junk. (World's Best Comics #1)
At the end of a large and successful performance, Lando disappeared in a cloud of vapor. During his downtime he was summoned to help a circus owner root out some saboteurs. Lando confounded them by walking upside down, manifesting water to quell a fire, and commanding an elephant to round up the bad men. (World's Finest Comics #2)
On an adventure to Central America, Lando took on foreign interests that sought to seize the Panama Canal. Their leader, the Hood, sicced his own witch doctor on Lando. The two used their powers to shrink each other, and produce snakes and lions, but Lando won out by trapping the Hood's boat in frozen water. (#3)
As artists changed each issue, Lando's suit and cape were also altered in ways, and sometimes he bore a goatee. In the Mexican jungle, he and fellow plane passengers fell prey to a giant monster called the Gargoyle. (#4)
Lando also used the power of a magic crystal, changed his appearance, transmuted elements, (#5) conjured money, and turned men into animals. (#6)
The last panel of his final appearance promised another installment, but the hero was never seen again. (#7)
Appearances + References
- World's Best/Finest Comics #1–7 (Spring 1941–Fall 1942)
New Adventure Comics #17 (July 1937)
Nadir, Master of Magic
Created by Will Ely
After Dr. Occult, the next original mystic to appear in the DC universe was Nadir, an exotic prince from the East who wore a traditional turban and black suit. The feature lasted a mere 14 issues and was created by Will Ely, who worked on other DC features through 1940. The first storyline was strung through eleven parts, not unusual for New Adventure Comics, which featured serials such as "The Golden Dragon," "She," and "The Monastery of the Blue God."
Nadir, the "Master of Magic" was a prince of India whose parents had died. This made him want to fight crime using "long-forgotten secrets of the Far East." He installed himself in luxury in New York City with his servant, Arcot. His associate, Sir Thomas Ellsworth, called upon him when a prized pearl was stolen. Nadir narrowly dodged a dagger en route, but used that knife in a magical rite to find the thief's location. (New Adventure Comics #17)
Nadir bathed the dagger in a special bath then placed the liquid in a ring that powered his crystal ball. At precisely 3 a.m., the ball divined the location of the thief, Henri Duprez. At Duprez's apartment, the prince used his "gleaming eyes," to compel Duprez to produce the pearl. (#18)
Duprez was double-crossed by his own bodyguard, Job, who locked Nadir in a stone cell. (#19) Arcot rescued his master and they used the crystal again. (#20) Their chase took them onto the seas, (#21) where Nadir was forced to swim to safety (he doffed his turban in order to "avoid questioning"). (#22)
Eventually Job was killed by the ship's greedy captain, (#24) and the captain was killed by the jewel fence. (#26) Nadir ju-jitsued his way back to the pearl and returned it to Sir Thomas. (#27)
Back home, Nadir used his mental powers to save movie star Marion Carver from an unwanted suitor. (#28) When Nadir concentrated, he produced a vision of Marion from within the man's mind. (#29)
In his final adventure, Nadir set out on a cruise vacation, but the ship was attacked by pirates. Nadir was strangled into unconsciousness and loaded into a car. The final panel promised, "To be continued." (#30)
This character made no further DC Comics appearances.
Appearances + References
- None
- New Adventure Comics #17–30 (July 1937–Sept. 1938)
John Sargent
David Sargent (grandson, Sargon II)
All-Star Squadron, Justice League of America
All-American Comics #26 (May 1941)
Sargon the Sorcerer
... Full profile to be researched ...
The name Sargon was not original...
John Sargent's father found an ancient Aztec(?) talisman called the Ruby of Life on an archaeological expedition. Little John touched the Ruby and bonded with it for life. This granted him formidable mystic abilities. He became a stage magician, Sargon (named after the first king of Assyria), thus hiding his powers in plain sight. The Ruby of Life often times moved Sargent to commit criminal acts.
Post-Golden Age
Following World War II, he came up against Dr. Fate, Dr. Occult and Zatara when he tried to enter the vaults of the Vatican City. Eventually, he succeeded and obtained the apple from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. (Swamp Thing #148) He planted this apple in the Black Forest (Freiburg, Germany) and let a tree grow for thirty years. In the meantime, he became more aware of the Ruby's evil influence and acted both as hero and villain. (Flash #186, DC Comics Presents #26) He even aided and became an honorary member of the Justice League. (Justice League of America #97-99)
He died nobly alongside Zatara (Swamp Thing #50), but his soul was restless and hovered in limbo. Eventually, he found a way into the body of a comatose man and summoned his niece, Grace Brady to him. As she arrived in Germany with his Ruby, so did the Swamp Thing. (Swamp Thing #148) Sargon used his influence over the people of Freiburg and made them commit suicide to feed the Tree of Knowledge with blood. (#149) Sargon then entered the light of the tree, but when the Swamp Thing cleansed the tree, he was trapped inside it between heaven and hell. His Ruby of Life was claimed by a man called "the Traveler." He claimed that the Ruby was to await the coming of a "star-child." (#150) He also appeared as a spirit to Tim Hunter. (Books of Magic #1)
His grip on magic is so strong that he appears able to thwart death anytime. He returned again to vex the Swamp Thing. (Swamp Thing v.4 #2-4) Apparently, the Spectre put the final nail in Sargon's coffin. The next time he appeared, the Ruby of Life was shattered.
Sargon II
From the realm of death, Sargent reached out to his only remaining relative, his grandson David Sargent. He bound David to the Ruby and bade him to find the missing shards. (Helmet of Fate: Sargon)
Appearances + References
- The Flash v.1 #186
- Green Lantern #37
- Justice League of America #98
- Swamp Thing v.2 #49–50, 148–150
- All-American Comics #26–50, 70 (May 1941–June 1943)
- Comic Cavalcade #3-16
- Sensation Comics #34–36,
Dr. Asquith Randolph
Wonder Woman v.2 Annual #3 (1992)
The White Magician
aka Mr. Magik
Created by William Messner-Loebs and John Dennis
... Full profile still to be researched...
Wartime hero created in 1992.
Appearances + References
- Wonder Woman v.2 #66, 71, 74, 75, 82, 84–87, 95–97, 99, 100
- None
Giovanni "John" Zatara
Sindella (wife, deceased), Zatanna Zatara (daughter)
All-Star Squadron
Action Comics #1 (June 1938)
... Full profile to be researched ...
Zatara might have languished in obscurity if his daughter, Zatanna, hadn't been become a staple of the Justice League in the 1970s. When Zatara's creator, Fred Guardineer, moved to Quality Comics, he worked on two other suited magicians, Merlin and Tor. Both of these characters also spoke their spells in backwards English. Quality characters are now part of the DC universe and this "brotherhood" was referenced when all three appeared in All-Star Comics v.2 #1 (1999).
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Solar Powered Medical Refrigerator, 55 liters
Pre-Qualified by the World Health Organization (WHO) the SunDanzer BFRV55 provides vaccine storage using solar direct-drive battery-free technology. Designed in conjunction with DIVAF and PATH, the BFRV55 solves a very important problem in the vaccine cold chain by eliminating the need for batteries.
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Ceylinco Insurance ranked as Sri Lanka's most Respected insurer
Ceylinco Insurance was ranked as the nation's most admired and respected insurer as announced by the LMD magazine in its 16th annual edition of the nation's Most Respected and admired entities. Ceylinco Insurance PLC comprises of the two dominant insurers in the country, Ceylinco General Insurance Ltd and Ceylinco Life Insurance Ltd. Both, Ceylinco General Insurance and Ceylinco Life Insurance maintain their supremacy as the market leaders in General and Life insurance respectively. Having climbed 14 positions from the previous year, Ceylinco Insurance remains in the 12th position amongst the Most Respected and admired entities in the country.
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CA Sri Lanka continues to champion integrated reporting
A team from John Keells Holdings PLC discusses the benefits of integrated reporting with IRCSL chairman Asite Talwatte.
President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka), Manil Jayesinghe recently continued to push companies in Sri Lanka to adopt integrated reporting and integrated thinking if companies were truly keen in remaining sustainable and successful in the long term.
Addressing a forum on integrated reporting organised by CA Sri Lanka recently, Jayesinghe urged companies and professionals to adopt the integrated reporting framework for their maximum benefit as it is an important stepping stone that will not only help organisations to bring about integrated reporting but also the key element behind it, which is integrated thinking.
"The world has shown us that profits alone is not the real driver, and we have so many things happening around in the world right now and today health and safety is the key priority for companies, and tomorrow it can be something else," he said.
Jayesinghe elaborated that profit is no longer the key benchmark of success as there were many other factors to consider in benchmarking success including environment, human capital, and society, among other factors. "It is important to make sure that your business is a sustainable business and for this integrated thinking needs to come through and by adopting integrated reporting, corporates will achieve this," he added.
Jayesinghe shared these thoughts during a discussion featuring John Keells Holdings PLC on their 'winning story' in adopting integrated reporting within the organisation.
He also highlighted that since the inception, CA Sri Lanka has recognised the importance of integrated reporting and has taken the leadership in popularising the concept of integrated reporting among corporates in Sri Lanka. "With new events taking place around the world as well as in Sri Lanka, I hope integrated reporting will have better visibility and companies will start adopting integrated reporting as one of their forms of reporting," he said.
He added that CA Sri Lanka has taken steps to provide all necessary technical, financial and institutional support to the Integrated Reporting Council of Sri Lanka (IRCSL) headed by Mr. Asite Talwatte to carry out the task of promoting integrated reporting and integrated thinking among corporates in Sri Lanka.
Delivering his company's success story in adopting integrated reporting, Mr. Mohan Thanthirige, Group Finance Controller of John Keells Holdings PLC highlighted that integrated reporting is articulating the different business processes where everyone can accept it.
"We felt that with our stakeholders getting more sophisticated, we too needed to step up in our reporting," he said. During the forum, it was highlighted that at numerous stakeholder engagement related studies conducted by John Keells Holdings, more and more stakeholders were asking questions in relation to non-finance that the conventional financial reporting seen in annual reports.
Mr. Thanthirige explained that it was important to look at what is best for one's organisation in terms of culture and infrastructure. "We did so many test runs and it was a long journey with failures and wins, to get here in terms of ensuring our integrated reporting was a success story," he added.
The forum concluded following a panel discussion which was moderated by Mr. Asite Talwatte, Chairman of the IRCSL. The panel session featured Mohan Thanthirige, Kalpa Munasinghe, Manager Group Finance, Eneeshya Perera, Manager Corporate Finance, Devmi Jayaweera, Assistant Manager – Sustainability, ERM and Group Sourcing, Daniella De Mel, Assistant Manager – Corporate Finance and Mayurika Silva, Assistant Manager – Group Finance.
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa advised the officials to divert both institutional and independent innovations to the production market immediately, with the assistance of investors.
Researches by a number of institutes had led to groundbreaking innovations that could eventually triumph in the global market. President stated that the production of these would earn foreign exchange income for the Sri Lankan economy and in addition the inventors would be further inspired in their innovations.
President made these remarks during a discussion with the State Ministry of Finance and Capital Markets and Public Enterprise Reforms with regard to its future activities at the Presidential Secretariat .
State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal noted that it has been observed that the interest rate, currency and market stability now remain at a satisfactory state and added that his ministry is enthusiastically striving to identify 10 new priorities in order to pave the way for a swift development in the economy.
When compared with the rest of the world, Sri Lanka has a favourable and appealing economy for foreign investors. "With the assistance of Sri Lanka's ambassadors abroad and a proper advertisement program, we should devise plans to attract foreign investors to our country". President added.
President highlighted the requirement of identifying investment opportunities and improving infrastructure facilities along with necessary prior approval accordingly.
It was also discussed to establish an office for pioneering foreign investors in the heart of Colombo.
President noted the significance of state institutes reaching out to village areas and bank loan accessibility for small scale and medium scale entrepreneurs that would ensure rapid development in the country.
President directed the officials to inquire into the feasibility of lowering prices for cement and steel in order to decrease construction cost in the country.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa stated that it is imperative to recover the background suitable for development that existed before 2015. He added that fragmentation of the lands used for coconut plantations should be banned immediately.
289 large scale projects have been launched in the country. Head of the Presidential Task Force for Economic Revival Basil Rajapaksa advised them to be completed immediately and added that the conclusion of planned development projects such as roads, water supply projects and school infrastructure facilities and other planned projects would boost the construction sector.
President showed the importance of planning the transactions of the share market so as to attract young and other local investors. "Use of Sinhala language for simplicity and clarity would easily attract the local investors into the share market", President added.
President advised the officials to take steps to compensate the investors who had invested in bankrupt finance companies. President further instructed them to ascertain the assets of these finance companies and compensate depositors accordingly.
Secretary to the President, P.B. Jayasundera, secretaries to the Cabinet and state ministries, Heads of the line Institutes were present at the discussion.
ComBank joins Sri Lanka Army 'Thuru Mithuru' project to drive Sri Lanka towards self sufficiency
(Left image) Commercial Bank Chairman Dharma Dheerasinghe and Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva at the exchanging of the agreement and (Right, top and bottom) senior representatives of the Bank and the Army at the presentation and the agricultural machinery and equipment donated to the "Thuru Mithuru Nawa Ratak" project.
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced a partnership with the Sri Lanka Army to financially support the second phase of the 'Thuru Mithuru Nawa Ratak' initiative designed to transform Sri Lanka into a country self-sufficient in essential food.
The second phase entails cultivating 125 acres of land with the involvement of 150 low-income farming families to grow various crops in line with national requirements under the close supervision of the Security Forces Headquarters of the Central Province. The Sri Lanka Army will provide the necessary facilities and skills, and disseminate knowledge regarding effective cultivation to encourage these families to cultivate their own lands and help build domestic agronomy.
The funds donated by Commercial Bank CSR Trust will go towards the purchase of agricultural machinery and equipment including hand tractors, mini cultivators, mini rotary slashers, and a tine tiller; irrigation facilities such as ten 1000-litre water tanks and nine water pumps and 620 kgs of carrot, bean and maize seeds.
Commenting on the Bank's involvement in this initiative, Commercial Bank Managing Director S. Renganathan said: "Commercial Bank has historically been one of the largest supporters of micro and SME in the agrarian sphere through the Bank's Agriculture and Micro Finance Units because we believe this sector is the backbone of the rural economy of Sri Lanka. By funding this noble initiative of the Sri Lanka Army, we are now part of a greater plan to propel Sri Lanka towards food security and self-sufficiency. This aligns well with our aspirations for the country."
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Working abroad is a great experience and if you don't understand why then read on and see. 🤗
1) Learning Possibilities
Whether it's something as obvious as learning another language or something that might be more related to your industry or profession, be it a procedure, process, policy, and regulations, the chance to work in another country can clearly expand your learning and development on a professional level. 🕴 Some reports indicate that a third of all international business executives are at a minimum bilingual. That's a clear-cut case of how language skills can have a tremendous impact on your power to keep climbing the career ladder. 📈 English is the first language for quite a few, which is something that makes Hong Kong a communications hub, given how widely spoken English is there. When you immerse yourself into a local environment that uses another language, the challenge of it all can prove quite rewarding. 😃
2) Networking Opportunities
According to Swisslink, who provides job ops in a range of nations, even though it only takes a few mouse clicks to connect online with overseas professionals, virtual relationships don't come close to the quality and depth that personal relationships can get when you work side by side with someone overseas. 🌉 When you get outside your normal environment, you're going to get a chance to work with stakeholders who might later become influential players. They might just come knocking on your door the next time a promotion or position opens up. Trust is a big factor in doing any business in Asia, and the ability to look someone in the eyes and gauge how much you can trust them doesn't happen on LinkedIn. 🙅
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When you negotiate any terms of your potential overseas assignment, you might get your employer to reward you for any risks you take by going to a different country. 😍 In many cases, a company will only offer you an overseas opportunity because they believe you have the capability to deliver things for them that no one else can. Being in that position should put you in a place to make a lot of money for making an international move. Expats across Hong Kong agree with this, as over 60 percent of them say they make more in Hong Kong as compared to their home countries. 🤑 That local figure contrasts with the global average of 45 percent. Other international compensation packages aren't quite the same as they are in Hong Kong, but if your business would like you to work overseas, consider it, as you'll have a bit of bargaining power in terms of the possible fiscal rewards. 💰
4) Keeping up with competition
International mobility assignments are expected to stay on the rise over the next half-decade, and those that get the opportunity to work internationally wind up coming up with more experience, more skills, and possibly deeper pockets. Putting an international assignment onto your resume will establish your career development, possibly being a cornerstone that future employees are looking for in leaders or promotions. 😮 The global economy is getting more competitive every day, and having some international exposure might wind up being a standard rather than something exceptional. Stay ahead of the curve. 😉
5) Make some memories
This one might be a bit sentimental, but the more variety you have in interactions with both people and environments, the more chances you have to make long-term memories and experiences that really fuel your career and passion for life. 😍 There are obvious benefits to working overseas in places like Hong Kong, but consider the adventures or cultural experiences you could have in places like Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, and India! 👍


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What is prejudice and how to deal with it? Simply put, if one thinks ill of some people just because they belong to some group, this is believed to be prejudice. There are various kinds of prejudice depending on what this prejudice is based on: racism (based on ethnicity or race), ageism (based on age), sexism (prejudice against women), and socioeconomic discrimination (based on class in a society). Despite the fact that confronting prejudice may seem a challenge and a virtually unattainable task, it can bring important benefits. Confronting prejudice may be effective through non-violent protesting, by increasing cultural awareness, as well as self-analysis and following moral rules in treating other people, as Dr Martin Luther King, K. Connie Kang, and Michael Kaufman suggest. Besides, prejudice may be confronted by ignoring people's bias and by working out a new understanding of yourself, as implied by Judith Ortiz Cofer and Aliza Kimhachandra. The views of these authors in relation to prejudice confrontation will be analyzed and summed up in this paper, with support from their essays "Three Ways of Meeting Oppression" (Martin Luther King Jr), "A Battle of Cultures" (Connie Kang), and "Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel" (Michael Kaufman), "Don't Misread My Signals" (Julie Ortiz Cofer),and "Banana" (Aliza Kinhachandra).
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The most effective way to handle racial prejudice is through non-violent protests and peaceful opposition. In his essay "Three Ways of Meeting Oppression", Dr Martin Luther King Jr explores the ways of dealing with white folk prejudice against the African-American people. In particular, King discusses the whole spectrum of actions that encompass both violent and non-violent protests, as well as inactivity. While there are three major strategies that may be used by the African Americans to gain equal rights, the author suggests that only one of them be worth applying. The best strategy to confront racism is through non-violent resistance. It has certain benefits if compared to two other characteristic ways: acquiescence and violence. By acquiescence or agreement, people resign themselves to being prisoners of oppression and to suffering because of lack of freedom. At the same time, as Martin Luther King proffers, acquiescence is nothing else but cooperation and agreement with the unjust system. If the oppressed (the people against whom the prejudice has been expressed) passively agree with their position, they become no less evil than the oppressor himself. To illustrate, "To accept passively an unjust system is to cooperate with that system; thereby the oppressed become as evil as the oppressor" (King).Want an expert to write a paper for you Talk to an operator now
Non-violence is the best way to confront the prejudice on the basis of race since it is neither physically aggressive nor submissive to wrong. It makes attempt to reconcile meanings of two opposite approaches: acquiescence and violence. At the same time, it does not have the extreme points that characterize both (King). The major benefit of non-violent confrontation is that it is aimed not against those who oppress but against the oppression itself. Indeed, non-violence enables any African American to confront the unfair system without ceasing to love this system's perpetrators.
Increasing cultural awareness is another way to confront prejudice when the latter is based on ethnic and cultural background. In "A Battle of Cultures", K. Connie Kang offers an insight into maltreatment of Koreans by the African American community in New York (Kang 389). The black population of the Flatbush area in Brooklyn attacks the Koreans who run stores in their neighborhood because they are dissatisfied with how Koreans treat them. As a result, three Vietnamese suffer (since they are mistaken for Koreans) and the Korean store gets broken into. The members of the black minority explain that Koreans have been rude and brusque to them, they have never smiled, and never invested money into the community which was the source of their profit. Here the cultural misunderstanding takes place, since to smile for a Korean is a very special thing reserved only to the nearest and dearest. Unlike African Americans, Koreans are not gregarious and for them to smile without any reason is weird. If they have been brusque, they explain, it has been related to an attempt of stealing on the part of some black community member. Evidently, raised by the principles of Confucianism, Koreans underestimate the importance of social conscience - the quality that makes democracy work. To confront the prejudice in both communities, cultural awareness should be raised. Indeed, as Kang writes, "What's missing in this inner-city drama is cultural insight" (Kang 380). Specifically, people living in the multicultural society should be educated about the specifics of various ethoses, so that they get rid of their prejudices and stereotypes. This may be done through inclusion of ethnically specific information into school textbooks in history or instructing Koreans about possible cultural challenges in the States, for example.
Finally, prejudice may be well confronted through changes within the person that come as a result of self-analysis and following moral rules when treating other people. While Michael Kaufman's essay "Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel" does not clearly point at some strategy of confronting the socioeconomic and ethnic prejudice, it implicitly suggests the way to handle violence through the personal experience of the author. Specifically, Kaufman comes to realize his own mistake, his Achilles hill, as a result of fair self-analysis and an attempt to look at the situation objectively. This, however, happens only after his stereotype about his Puerto Rican friend as a loser gets broken. In order to warn people against repeating his mistake, the author suggests identifying prejudice at the very point of its emergence. He is confident that socioeconomic and ethnic prejudices (his friend Hector was a Puerto Rican) develop at school, and they need to be handled right there. To illustrate, "the foundation was laid when I was 11, when I was in 7SP-1 and he was not, when I was in the IGC class and he was not." (Kaufman) It was at that time that the author could not find enough moral power to value his friend only because he belonged to a different cohort of students. This means that self-analysis and following rigorous morality while treating other people are good ways to confront prejudice.
Besides, prejudice may be confronted by ignoring people's bias and by working out a new understanding of yourself, as implied by Judith Ortiz Cofer and Aliza Kimhachandra. Specifically, in her essay "Don't Misread My Signals", Cofer implies that the best way to confront prejudice is to learn to ignore it. Cortez comes to the conclusion that prejudice and stereotyped attitude can hardly be changed by changes in the victims of prejudice. At the beginning of the essay, the author bitterly states: "you can leave the island of Puerto Rico, master the English language, and travel as far as you can, but if you are Latina, especially one who clearly belongs to Rita Moreno gene pool, the island travels with you." Ironically, prejudice and stereotypes do not have logical explanation. They appear to be inherent in people regardless of their social position or experience. Ortez describes some man, probably an executive, who treats her with bias at one metropolitan hotel. Although Ortez is wearing decent clothes, she is still met with an indecent song and an exclamation "Evita!" (Ortez).
Finally, one can learnt to deal with prejudice through developing a new understanding of oneself. The author of "Banana" describes herself as some hybrid – a mix of Asian and American heritage. She is equally capable of being both: both in the matter of thinking and acting. In the American society, which understands itself as a society of white people, it is important to be American. At the same time, the author would like to keep her Asian roots. Thus, she "began to act like both", "a unique mixture of East and West" (Kimhachandra).
To conclude, prejudice may well be confronted by peaceful and non-violent protests by the oppressed, by an increase in cultural awareness through education of community members, and by careful self-analysis and guidance by moral principles of treatment of other people. It can also be handled by ignoring biased attitude or working out a new understanding of yourself. This has been evidenced by the works discussed above.
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The Welding Technology program provides training in the basic and advanced skill levels of different welding processes which includes lecture and hands-on lab training under the close supervision of qualified instructors. A student who completes the program should have the knowledge and understanding of the most common welding processes (GMAW, SMAW, FCAW, GTAW, OAW, SAW), the ability to weld pipe and plate in all positions and of various thickness, in steel, stainless steel and aluminum as permitted by each individual course. Students will be exposed to standard welding procedures used in construction and industry as well as established safety standards and measures. The student should be able to use their knowledge to pass a Welder Performance Qualification Test (Certification) that is part of the major requirements of the program. Students will gain the knowledge and understanding of how to read and interpret welding blueprints as well as being required to utilize their welding skills to produce a fabricated project.
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Discovery of body in Woodbridge leads to homicide investigation (photos, map)
WOODBRIDGE -- The death of a man whose body was discovered in the back of a rental truck on Bethmour Road near Route 67 is being investigated as a homicide that happened in New Haven, according to New Haven Police.
The body found by police in the back of a U-Haul cargo truck, was apparently stabbed to death. The victim has been identified as Anthony Pesane, 31.
The driver of the truck has been identified as Marta Matejkowska, 29, and the passenger as Josue Rivera, 27. They have been taken into custody and arrested, Rivera for murder and Matejkowska for tampering with evidence. Rivera has confessed to the killing, police said.
Police said Pesane had been visiting Rivera. The homicide occurred at 344 Howard Ave., a multi-family home, in New Haven, several days ago. Police describe the crime as domestic in nature.
No other details have been released.
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The story began Monday evening when police responded to a report of a suspicious truck parked on Bethmour Road near Route 67. Further investigation revealed the body in the rear storage area of the truck.
Police Chief Eugene Marcucci said officers stopped the vehicle and "did outstanding police work by taking the initiative to ask the operators to check the back of the vehicle," Marcucci said.
The two occupants of the U-Haul consented to a search of the truck, and one officer detected a strong odor from the back of the vehicle, the chief said. Upon further review, the officer saw what looked like a body wrapped up in something, and police proceeded to take the two occupants into custody, Marcucci said.
If the occupants had not consented to a search of the back of the vehicle, it's possible they could have driven away with the body, Marcucci said. He said officers could only have initiated a search if they had probable cause or consent from the occupants.
Woodbridge resident Carl Tallberg's deck overlooks the active crime scene. He noticed some police at the location before he went to bed but awoke to a scene out of a television crime drama, with investigators in protective white suits removing items -- and the body -- from the cargo truck.
"When they pulled it out, it was wrapped in a rug and a sheet, but you could tell it was a body," Tallberg said. "That's when I stopped looking, just in case."
Sgt. Frank Cappiello said the body was taken to the medical examiner's office where an autopsy will be performed today or tomorrow.
It's suspected that more than the U-Haul occupants are involved in the incident, Marcucci said.
The investigation is being jointly handled by detectives from the Woodbridge and New Haven police departments, the New Haven State's Attorney's Office and the State Police Central District Major Crime Squad. Numerous officers remained on the scene Tuesday morning.


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So, you are in Tokyo! And it is highly likely that everything around you looks similar and you are rattled and confused about the buzz and the crowds! But is it really easy to get used to this apparent chaos and downloading the Tokyo Metro Subway app from Mapway will certainly help you to make sense about where you are and how to get to your destination.
SHIBUYA and HARAJUKU districts
Access to Shibuya and Harajuku is very easy following the Metro map – Shibuya is the last stop on the Ginza Line and is at the intersection of few other lines.
Tokyo is certainly the most fashion progressive place in the world and Harajuku and Shibuya are the most inspiring subculture fashion hubs that you will ever encounter.
SHIBUYA and the Gyaru girls
As most parts of Tokyo, Shibuya has its own fashion and lifestyle subculture. This is the Shibu-kaji, which means Shibuya casual. This subculture fashion trend has developed and grown from the 1970s onwards and had its roots in the Japanese tendencies to import style from Western cultures, especially the US: think Native American gear (leather fringes and turquoise and silver jewelry), cowboy boots and braided long hair, of course together with the Harajuku inspired trend of rainbow hair colours. And if Harajuku seems to be the trend hub that appeals most to teens and young people, Shibuya retail streets seem to have more recognition from the young professional Tokyoites, including celebrities and trend following crowds. One of the most recognized subculture trends in Shibuya is the Gyaru, a girly glamorous beach style – the followers tend to have tanned skin and surfer hair. It is said that the gyaru paradise is the Shibuya 109 department store. It is highly likely this is where you will find them.
Whilst I was in Shibuya, I have chosen to stay in an exclusively female capsule hotel. Japan is well known for maximizing every inch of space and minimalistic living.
The first ever capsule hotel opened in Osaka in 1979 and since then, the idea has been widely adopted. In Europe, the first capsule hotel opened in Belgium in 2014 and they continue to expand in other countries.
My capsule hotel stay was at the Nadeshika Hotel – I wanted to experience this as part of my immersion in all things Japanese. The concept itself is communal living with added privacy and a bit of high tech. The pods which constitute the private space for each traveller have individual lighting, entertainment and UBS ports for phone/ other equipment charging. Each guest also has a locker to put their valuables in. Nadeshika was a comfortable stay, with a sizeable onsen and very clean – however it was just that; don't look for luxury and upgrades in a capsule!
The best part of living in the heart of Shibuya is the proximity to the famous Shibuya crossing. Word is this is the busiest road crossing in the world and staying and watching for a while really strikes you that's true! The best thing to do is probably to go to the Starbucks on the second floor above the crossing and watch the spectacle… People watching – fabulous! And while in Shibuya, don't forget to pay homage to Hachiko's statue – the most faithful dog that has ever lived! The movie about 'Hachi: a Dog's tale' reduces me to tears every time I watch it! Maybe you should see the movie before you travel to Japan (if you have not watched it already).
It just happened that when I visited Harajuku (which is one stop away from Shibuya) it was around the New Year holiday. In Tokyo everything closes down during this time and on the first day of the New Year, the tradition is for everybody to visit shrines; Harajuku is home to the most important Shinto shrine in Tokyo, the Meiji Jingu shrine – apparently this has over 1 million visitors during the first days of the New Year. This is one of the biggest Shinto shrines in Japan and you should visit to understand the Japanese spiritual life and customs. Whether you follow Shintoism or not you are guaranteed to enjoy the peace and the serenity of this shrine which lays in the middle of a vast park (Yoyogi Koen) and a most beautiful Japanese garden.
While Ginza (which I talked about last week) is exclusive and sophisticated, populated by older, wealthier crowds, Harajuku is teens' haven, hungry for the unique and 'crazy'. HARAJUKU – where shall I start?!
Harajuku has risen in the 1990s as the representation of the fashion trends that expressed the Japanese sense of style and unique visualization of eclectic wearables. Harajuku is known as the 'youth capital' of Japan, where uber-trendy teens on a budget get together to set the pace in the fashion of the entire world. Yes, you heard me well!
Harajuku has three main areas with street styles that brought their innovative unique glamour to the attention of the entire world: Takeshita Street, the Ura – Harajuku with the Cat Street and Omotesando (although Omotesando these days has become more the street equivalent of the Paris' Champs-Elysees). The Harajuku street fashion has inspired decades of art, new fashion trends and ideas for designers everywhere. These trends continue to develop and evolve every day and new fashion stars rise from unknown street corners and niche shops.
Many of the subculture fashion trends here derive and take inspiration from the kawaii Japanese culture. The word 'kawaii' means literally 'cute', however it seems that used in the wider social context it expresses more encompassing qualities of desirability in the Japanese society; as fashion terminology, kawaii expresses stylish, cool.
Ura-Harajuku-kei styles have been born out of the 90s Japanese fashion brands and in time evolved with street and individual influences. It seems that each trend has an icon that sets the pace. From the Visual Kei trend, inspired by Japanese rock, punk and pop bands to the Mori Kei (mythical forest look) and the Fairy Kei (glamorized with 80s items reminiscent from My Little Pony, Barbie, Disney characters and Strawberry Shortcake).
One of the best known street fashion icons was few years ago the pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. There is a 2011 hit, 'PonPonPon' which is very much oozing the Ura-Harajuku/ Takeshita street brand – the set of the video was designed by Sebastian Masuda who is the designer of the iconic Japanese kawaii pop street style shop 6%DOKIDOKI which you certainly must peruse and enjoy and the Kawaii Monster Café (the Mushroom Disco room is awesome).
Another more current teen street fashion icon is Peco and her style is omnipresent in the brand of Bubbles which was founded in 2011 as a small shop and since then has grown a strong following. The Peco Kei style is a current kawaii style and the items look cute on the surface with some dark innuendos from the 1970s punk and 1990s riot trends, with current social media and internet memes influences. You can find the Bubbles shops in both Harajuku and Shibuya.
But most of all, in contemporary Harajuku there seems to be a revival of the 'Japanese' stereotype look that was first made famous in the 1970s by one of the biggest fashion icons of Japan – Sayoko Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi has toyed with the dark, manga look and she was muse and modeled for Japan's top designers like Kenzo Takada, Kansai Yamamoto and Issei Miyake. Yamaguchi thought the three most important elements of modeling were kimochi (feeling), katachi (style) and ugoki (movement). She called herself a wearist rather than a model and I guess what she meant by it was that attire symbolized the soul of the being itself and the being wearing the soul… 'on its sleeve'.
Although her style has been diluted and transformed during the past decades, the main features are still recognizable in the media and fashion subcultures of Harajuku. One of the new models that currently tries to revive Yamaguchi's style is Akimoto Kozue. And this subtrend is mixed with video games inspiration (Nintendo, Pikachu, Kirby), anime, manga and Japanese idols.
Another authentic subculture fashion style for Harajuku is the Lolita style. Lolita style started in the late 1970s with labels such as Pink House and Milk, however it probably had more impact starting 1990s. Pink House opened their first Lolita themed shop in 1979. Since then, they have continued to exist however they are not the purist Lolita style brand anymore and tend to be more commercial, more modern. The brand is being sold these days in the Odakyu department store in Shinjuku. Milk also continues to exist and sell Gothic Lolita gear; the main shop is located on Meiji Dori in Harajuku, on the way towards Shibuya.
Lolita has been and probably remains one of the most popular abroad however it seems that somehow popularity may have driven Lolitas more underground, in safer spaces where they continue expressing themselves away from the public eye and away from the tourist boom and exposure in Harajuku.
With presence on the streets or not, Gothic Lolitas (with dark, elegant look drawing on aristocratic European i.e. Edwardian and Victorian) Classic, Country, Sweet Lolitas (light feminine colors and big frilly dresses) and Wa Lolitas (who dress in Japanese fashion with traditional elements), the styles have caught the imagination of world fashion innovators promoting new trends in visual arts – especially street photography.
Unfortunately, today the street subcultures become more obsolete, as big fashion brands (H&M, Forever 21 etc) move in and squeeze out the real, authentic subcultures and trends. It feels like a real loss to the entire world and maybe these should be not more promoted, but more protected by the legislators.
And if you are on a budget and on the look for souvenirs, the best shops are also close by in Harajuku – one is the Daiso 100 Yen megastore in Harajuku where everything costs 100 Yen and you can find little household gems. The Oriental Bazaar is one of the biggest and most sought after souvenirs shops in Harajuku/ Omotesando. Not only this shop caters for every budget, but it is amazing to browse and locals also love the fabulous choices which are great value for money.
I hope my blog today gave you all the information you need to be a savvy tourist and fully enjoy Shibuya and Harajuku during your next Tokyo visit. In the event you don't plan to visit, I hope you enjoyed reading a bit about fashion history and subcultures in one the trendiest places on Earth. And next time when you see on the street an odd teen, out of place and different from anything else you have ever seen, just think how fortunate you are to come face to face with someone so special and fabulous!
My next blog will look at the places where you can enjoy Tokyo in the sky… Literally!
Run fast, run strong, run free! Until next week! Ta!
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Bubbles Harajuku, 1st floor, just off Meiji Dori, near LHP & Astro Hall, 4-32-12, 1F Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
6%DOKIDOKI, 2F, TX 101bldg. 4-28-16, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, dokidoki6.com
Kawaii Monster Café, YM square building 4F, 4-31-10, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, kawaiimonster.jpk
Milk Harajuku, 6-29-3, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Oriental Bazaar, 5−9−13, Jingumae, 150-0001, Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
Odakyu Department Store Shinjuku (for Pink House), 1-1-3 Nishi-shinjuku, 160-8001, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo , Japan
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Former Penn State Running Back Saquon Barkley Day in The House
Former Penn State running back Saquon Barkley visited the House today as March 14, 2018, was declared "Saquon Barkley Day" in Pennsylvania.
A graduate of Whitehall High School in Lehigh County, Saquon may be the top overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft. House Speaker Turzai said, "He is a very nice young man and I hope he has a very successful professional football career."


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Author: Abrahams Elihu
Published: 28/06/2010 - 612 pp Pages
Imprint / Publisher: World Scientific / World Scientific
Series: Updating ...
Book Type: Review Volume
In his groundbreaking paper "Absence of diffusion in certain random lattices (1958)", Philip W Anderson originated, described and developed the physical principles underlying the phenomenon of the localization of quantum objects due to disorder. Anderson's 1977 Nobel Prize citation featured that paper, which was fundamental for many subsequent developments in condensed matter physics and technical applications. After more than a half century, the subject continues to be of fundamental importance. In particular, in the last 25 years, the phenomenon of localization has proved to be crucial for the understanding of the quantum Hall effect, mesoscopic fluctuations in small conductors, some aspects of quantum chaotic behavior, and the localization and collective modes of electromagnetic and matter waves.This unique and invaluable volume celebrates the five decades of the impact of Anderson localization on modern physics. In addition to the historical perspective on its origin, the volume provides a comprehensive description of the experimental and theoretical aspects of Anderson localization, together with its application in various areas, which include disordered metals and the metal-insulator transition, mesoscopic physics, classical systems and light, strongly-correlated systems, and mathematical models.The volume is edited by E Abrahams, who has been a contributor in the field of localization. A distinguished group of experts, each of whom has left his mark on the developments of this fascinating theory, contribute their personal insights in this volume. They are: A Amir (Weizmann Institute of Science), P W Anderson (Princeton University), G Bergmann (University of Southern California), M Büttiker (University of Geneva), K Byczuk (University of Warsaw & University of Augsburg), J Cardy (University of Oxford), S Chakravarty (University of California, Los Angeles), V Dobrosavljevi (Florida State University), R C Dynes (University of California, San Diego), K B Efetov (Ruhr University Bochum), F Evers (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), A M Finkel'stein (Weizmann Institute of Science & Texas A&M University), A Genack (Queens College, CUNY), N Giordano (Purdue University), I V Gornyi (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), W Hofstetter (Goethe University Frankfurt), Y Imry (Weizmann Institute of Science), B Kramer (Jacobs University Bremen), S V Kravchenko (Northeastern University), A MacKinnon (Imperial College London), A D Mirlin (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), M Moskalets (NTU "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"), T Ohtsuki (Sophia University), P M Ostrovsky (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), A M M Pruisken (University of Amsterdam), T V Ramakrishnan (Indian Institute of Science), M P Sarachik (City College, CUNY), K Slevin (Osaka University), T Spencer (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), D J Thouless (University of Washington), D Vollhardt (University of Augsburg), J Wang (Queens College, CUNY), F J Wegner (Ruprecht-Karls-University) and P Wölfle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).
Thoughts on Localization (P W Anderson); Anderson Localization in the Seventies and Beyond (D Thouless); Intrinsic Electron Localization in Manganites (T V Ramakrishnan); Self-Consistent Theory of Anderson Localization: General Formalism and Applications (P Wölfle & D Vollhardt); Anderson Localization and Supersymmetry (K B Efetov); Anderson Transitions: Criticality, Symmetries and Topologies (A D Mirlin et al.); Scaling of von Neumann Entropy at the Anderson Transition (S Chakravarty); From Anderson Localization to Mesoscopic Physics (M Büttiker & M Moskalets); The Localization Transition at Finite Temperatures: Electric and Thermal Transport (Y Imry & A Amir); Localization and the Metal-Insulator Transition - Experimental Observations (R C Dynes); Weak Localization and Its Applications as an Experimental Tool (G Bergmann); Weak Localization and Electron-Electron Interaction Effects in Thin Metal Wires and Films (N Giordano); Inhomogeneous Fixed Point Ensembles Revisited (F J Wegner); Quantum Network Models and Classical Localization Problems (J Cardy); Mathematical Aspects of Anderson Localization (T Spencer); Finite Size Scaling Analysis of the Anderson Transition (B Kramer et al.); A Metal-Insulator Transition in 2D: Established Facts and Open Questions (S V Kravchenko & M P Sarachik); Disordered Electron Liquid with Interactions (A M Finkel'stein); Typical-Medium Theory of Mott-Anderson Localization (V Dobrosavljevi ); Anderson Localization vs. Mott-Hubbard Metal-Insulator Transition in Disordered, Interacting Lattice Fermion Systems (K Byczuk et al.); Topological Principles in the Theory of Anderson Localization (A M M Pruisken); Speckle Statistics in the Photon Localization Transition (A Z Genack & J Wang);
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G-Unit boss 50 Cent has reacted to the viral backlash the Academy Awards has received over its exclusion of African Americans in key categories this year and pleaded for host Chris Rock to not attend.
50 made his public plea on Instagram early Tuesday (January 19) morning.
West Coast rap veteran Snoop Dogg has shared his disgust in the Oscars on social media this week.
Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs issued a statement revealing her frustration Monday (January 18) and promised a change would come.
"I'd like to acknowledge the wonderful work of this year's nominees. While we celebrate their extraordinary achievements, I am both heartbroken and frustrated about the lack of inclusion," she said in statement issued Monday evening. "This is a difficult but important conversation, and it's time for big changes. The Academy is taking dramatic steps to alter the makeup of our membership. In the coming days and weeks we will conduct a review of our membership recruitment in order to bring about much-needed diversity in our 2016 class and beyond." (NY Daily News)
Movie director Spike Lee dished out his frustrations with the Oscars going with all-white nominees this awards season Monday (January 18).
We must stand in our power.
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Wait, Who are We Electing? ANUSA, Explained.
ANUSA elections are here, and candidates are lining up to ask for your vote, so they can do… what? Here's how the ANU Students' Association actually works, and what you're electing people to do.
What Does ANUSA Actually Do?
ANUSA works. In fact, most students would be shocked by how well ANUSA works, and how much it does for the undergraduate body. The people elected every year sit on many, many decision making bodies at ANU – from the committee that decides how to run a few language courses next year, to the literal University Council, which decides on topics like the Union Court Redevelopment or changing ATAR requirements.
And sure, ANUSA doesn't control ANU. But their voices are heard, and while you're safe in bed, they're pushing for change, or shutting down crazy ideas from ANU by pointing out how they would hurt for students. They are why we don't have Sunday exams, why we don't have incredibly high library fees, and why we have standardised late penalties. ANU may claim responsibility for the new sexual assault counselor, but it was ANUSA which pushed that program and agreed to fund it long before ANU.
If you've ever enjoyed an event run by a Club, a Department, or anything in O-Week or Bush Week, you've made use of the huge social program ANUSA funds and administrates. There is no student whose university experience isn't affected by ANUSA.
The Student Representative Council (SRC)
This council is like an unusual hybrid between a corporate board and a parliament. The SRC can control just about all of ANUSA: which political campaigns are run, how much money goes where, and what official positions ANUSA takes. There are 39 people on the SRC, but typically only 32 are directly elected: the Executive, the College Representatives, and the General Representatives.
Every two weeks, all the representatives get together somewhere on campus, and make decisions. They can fund a language diversity campaign, or condemn the Co-op bookshop, or approve a campaign against education cuts. Everyone we elect (with the important exception of ANU Council representative) sits on this council, and makes decisions which affect all of us.
The Executive
While it's technically true that the SRC controls ANUSA (the SRC can decide to make the Executive do whatever they want), the Executive is where the real power resides. These are by far the biggest and most important jobs – SRC meets infrequently and discusses broad principles, while most details of how ANUSA actually runs are in the Executive's hands. They are paid a living wage, and respond to situations as they unfold. They have far more control over ANUSA than any other position, but one representative has more than the rest: the President.
2017 Salary: $44,500
2017 Office Bearer: James Connolly
This is ANUSA's most important job. That's obvious, but what's not obvious is by how much it's the most important job. The President holds a lot of power in ANUSA.
The President manages the entire ANUSA staff, is responsible for the administrative affairs, and manages all the representatives. Essentially, every year we elect an undergrad to be CEO of a 2 million dollar organisation.
The President also speaks for ANUSA. Any media statements made by representatives have to be approved by the President, and while the SRC approves ANUSA's official positions, a reporter with a question will always be directed to the President.
Vice President
2017 Salary: $31,595
2017 Office Bearer: Eleanor Kay
The VP slot is a vital – but seldom understood or recognised – position. You've seen the parties, clubs, and protests, but you might not have known that ANUSA is constantly handling academic and pastoral cases from the student body. Any time a student feels they've been wronged by a course or the University, ANUSA will follow up their case, argue in their favour, and negotiate with the ANU bureaucracy to help them out. The Vice-President is responsible for that side of the Association.The VP also supports ANUSA's autonomous Departments, and manages the Bryan Kenyon student space.
Education Officer
2017 Salary: $17,800
2017 Office Bearer: Robyn Lewis (current); Jessy Wu (former)
Every now and then, the Government decides it doesn't like students. The Education Officer's job is to remind them that students vote. Protests, campaigns and rallies go alongside negotiations and community-building for ANUSA's chief political advocate.
The Education Officer is usually why baby boomer public servants see students in the Canberra Times, and where students who want to protest can go for resources and support. In 2014, when deregulation loomed, ANUSA's Education Officer sat before Federal Senators to discuss how students would be hurt.
Social Officer
2017 Salary: $17,800
2017 Office Bearer: Cameron Allan
The Social Officer has an insanely stressful job: organising O-Week, Bush Week, and the entire social calendar. Whoever's in the job has to organise a huge team of volunteers to plan dozens of events attended by thousands of students.
Importantly, the Social Officer we elect this year will not, in all likelihood, manage the Clubs Council. While the Social Officer has historically administered ANUSA's Clubs, the Clubs Council Executive is expected to remove that power from the Social portfolio, allowing the Officer to focus exclusively on event management.
General Secretary
2017 Salary: $17,800
2017 Office Bearer: Kat Reed
ANUSA is a big, bureaucratic machine, and the Gen Sec keeps the gears oiled. They run meetings, organise elections, and interpret the constitution – basically, they're in charge of the rules that keep the politics in place. A good Gen Sec likely won't stand out, because they're unbiased and run things smoothly. A General Secretary who is incompetent, malicious, or wants to push their own agenda is a dangerous thing for ANUSA: when you control what the rules mean, and how the rules are made, you can easily abuse that power.
2017 Salary: $17,800
2017 Office Bearer: Zhengxian (Harry) Feng
Over one million dollars in SSAF goes to ANUSA each year. The Treasurer is in charge of whether that money sits dormant in a bank account, or is invested responsibly and rewardingly to support ANUSA's activities. They produce the annual budget, and provide updates on the financial state of the Association.
A great and terrible threat hangs over every Treasurer. ANUSA operates in a golden age of millions in SSAF dollars – but the Government-mandated fee we all pay has seemed close to an axing several times in previous years. Every treasurer faces that danger, and every treasurer makes attempts to build a life raft against that terrifying prospect.
General Representatives
2017 Salary: $0
If you've ever wanted to both be a board member of a multi-million dollar organisation, and also a BBQ volunteer, Gen Rep is the job for you. This is the most ambiguous and most numerous SRC position. In essence, besides voting on the all-powerful SRC, Gen Reps' only defined job is to promote ANUSA's advocacy. Given the vacuum of clear responsibilities, Gen Reps perform a variety of roles, from hard-nosed independent hawks who constantly scrutinise the Executive; to helpful volunteers who run projects, support events, and generally get involved; to those who do little besides turn up to SRC.
College Representatives
2017 Salary: $0
Exams, courses, lectures and all else academic is considered and decided by Colleges just as much as by Chancellery. The College Reps, two for each College, sit on the decision-making committees and provide a student voice to students from that College. If you're frustrated about something a lecturer is doing to you, chances are it's the college reps who know how to fix things up.
College reps are unique among ANUSA positions in that only people from their College are allowed to vote for the position. So while Exec and Gen Rep candidates will hover around Union Court in the lead-up to the election, you'll likely see College Rep candidates in and around their particular school.
Department Officers
2017 Salary: Departments are given $15,000 to distribute among Officers and their Deputies
You probably won't see the representatives of minority communities on the ballot, but if you come to SRC you'll definitely hear from them. The heads of Departments are traditionally chosen within the Department community, and so go unopposed in the general election. However, if someone chooses to contest the Department's internal choice, there can be a balloted race. Technically, only students from the department, (e.g. queer* students, international students) can vote, but there's no policing: it's completely self-identified, which is part of why Departments prefer an internal process.
The Department Officers advocate for and support minority communities at ANU. As well as providing pastoral support to community members and meeting with University executives to promote their causes, many run their own autonomous common rooms on campus.
ANU Council Representative
This is a huge deal.
For years, the ANUSA President has sat on ANU Council, alongside Brian Schmidt, Gareth Evans, and all the other university bigwigs, where ANU's entire agenda is decided. Sure, on their own the President can't change a vote, but it's still a valuable voice at the highest possible level.
This year, for the first time ever, the ANU Council representative will be elected independently from the ANUSA President. Importantly, they can both still be the same person, and both Executive candidates have expressed that they will run. But they could be independent, or a Presidential candidate could be elected to Council but not President.


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Volume 37 - Article 56 | Pages 1793–1824
The wage penalty for motherhood: Evidence on discrimination from panel data and a survey experiment for Switzerland
|Date received:
|26 Jul 2017
|Date published:
|08 Dec 2017
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|division of household work, employers, motherhood, motherhood penalty, panel data, wage discrimination
Background: Survey-based research finds a sizeable unexplained wage gap between mothers and nonmothers in affluent countries. The source of this wage gap is unclear: It can stem either from the unobserved effects of motherhood on productivity or from employer discrimination against mothers.
Objective: This paper opens the black box of the motherhood wage gap by directly measuring discrimination in Switzerland based on two complementary methods.
Methods: We first use two longitudinal population surveys to establish the size of the wage residual for motherhood. We then run a factorial survey experiment among HR managers (N=714) whom we asked to assign a starting wage to the résumés of fictitious job candidates.
Results: The population surveys show an unexplained wage penalty per child of 4% to 8%. The factorial survey experiment shows that recruiters assign wages to mothers that are 2% to 3% below those of nonmothers. The wage penalty is larger for younger mothers, 6% for ages 40 and less, but disappears for older mothers or mothers in a blue-collar occupation.
Conclusions: The motherhood wage gap found in panel studies cannot be reduced to unobserved dimensions of work productivity. The experimental evidence shows that recruiters discriminate against mothers.
Contribution: Our paper's novelty is to uncover wage discrimination against mothers by combining two different methods. Our national panel surveys mirror the supply side of the labor market and provide us with strong external validity. The factorial survey experiment on recruiters informs on the demand side of the labor market and shows a causal effect.
Author's Affiliation
Daniel Oesch - Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
Oliver Lipps - Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS), Switzerland
Patrick McDonald - Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
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Schoolpop, an e-commerce site that raises money for public schools, has generated $47 million so far — proving that school fundraising can be big business, the Industry Standard reports.
"We have not seen any private funding of this magnitude for a company that is in fundraising," said Bob Wann, Schoolpop's CEO.
Investments in Schoolpop value the site at well over $100 million.
The nine-month-old online shopping mall – with investments valued at more than $100 million — sends 3 percent to 7 percent of a shopping tab to the shopper's choice of schools.
Consumers select from more than 200 merchants featured on the site, fsuch as Amazon.com and The Gap.
Schoolpop also takes a cut that is typically much smaller than what the school received.
So far, Schoolpop has signed up 16,000 schools – and hopes to boost that number to 50,000, the Standard reports.
A modest $600,000 was raised for the site's affiliated schools in the latest quarter, and backers who believe the site can raise much more hope to take the company public.
"People who have kids in school are a motivated and loyal group of consumers," said Schoolpop Chairman Bob Colligan.
He dismissed concerns that the site's public service image will be tarnished if it becomes too profitable, saying that dramatic changes in school funding will be accepted regardless of how much money the site makes in the process.


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This morning we left an old and dear friend behind us. We turned our backs on the Pacific Coast Highway and turned inland on Highway 128: 'Boonville 25 Miles'. It's a sweetly paved ribbon of road that's bordered on both sides by giant redwoods. They're the tallest trees that I've ever seen and quite possibly, the oldest too. They look like a ceremonial guard, pencil-straight with dark red tunics and pointed green helmets, proudly standing to attention and welcoming us into California's Anderson Valley. With the constant twisting of the asphalt beneath our wheels and the sweet heavy scent of the early morning forest, the dappled shade from the giant trees and the total absence of traffic, we're discovering another valid contender for the world's best motorcycling road. It's another road that I never want to end, but sadly, that desire for infinity has little to do with its beauty or suitability for motorcycles.
The road continues to twist but the redwoods gently thin as the bleached golden hills transform into luscious green vineyards: Handley Cellars, Roederer Estate, Husch Winery and Navarro Vineyards, all regimentally green and rustically polished. Between the numerous vineyards, sheep and horses graze in dusty meadows, and in ancient orchards, apples thrive on gnarly trees. Roadside signs, hand painted with lots of love and random apostrophes, announce the sale of fresh organic produce; apples, peaches, pears, figs, olives. This is clearly an abundant valley with good food, fine wines and more importantly, a soon to be united family. In perfect unison, we bank to the left passing a large wooden house and an invisible cloak of marijuana adds substance to the damp morning air. Life seems to be good around here.
Five miles short of Boonville, we slow to 30mph for the small town of Philo. The Post Office, Libby's Mexican Restaurant and Lemon's Market line one side of the street and on the other, a small gas station and a random cluster of slightly neglected wooden huts. The huts probably act as cheerless homes for migrant workers, Anderson's uncounted Mexicans, those who toil in the vineyards in the hope of building a brighter future for their families here in land of opportunity. There are perhaps five or six assorted huts and a couple of small single storey houses on either side of the road, but surely insufficient homes to justify this tiny no-horse town having its own bloody Post Office?
In a flash, the town of Philo is behind us and the road ahead begins to straighten. Beyond the eye catching white picket fence of Goldeneye Winery, we begin our final descent into Boonville. Arm doors and cross-check for landing.


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Here is another "process" post for those who are interested.
I started out by scanning through my several reference photos of Delicate Arch. I have been lucky enough to hike up to the arch twice so far in my lifetime, and I took several photos both times, so I have a lot of angles to choose from. Perhaps me and hubby will have a chance to hike up again in the next year or two before he reaches a point when that particular hike won't be possible for him (due to balance and fatigue issues with PD). But, I am glad to say we have done the hike together once and have pics to show for it!
I chose the reference photo I used on my last painting of Delicate since that is the one that was desired for the commission, but it's good to look through them all just to get "in the mood." :)
Next comes the sketch.
Techniques I like to use when sketching:
1-I print out an extra copy of my reference photo. Decide on the best composition and crop the photo the way I want it. Then I fold the photo into equal parts in order to create a grid.
2-I measure out the drawing space on my watercolor paper and make little marks along the sides to indicate the grid as well. I don't draw lines all the way across the paper because the more eraser marks you make, the more it wears down the natural feel of the paper and then you get undesired pooling of the paint in areas you didn't intend. So, I try to make as few erase marks as possible.
3-I use a 3H pencil to sketch and as light of lines as possible. It's acceptable for pencil lines to show through on your watercolor paper - at least in my world it is. :) Some artists do not like their lines to show and will erase them afterwards. I prefer to let them stay on the paper and show if they happen to show at the end. I was trained by artists who feel that the sketch is a part of the painting. I share that opinion.
4-Another trick to sketching when using a reference photo (besides the grid lines) is to sketch it upside down. This helps your mind see only shapes rather than trying to draw a picture of some "thing."
I take the paper and spray it down in my tub, both sides, using the shower head on a soft setting. If it is a smaller painting, I may just hold it under the tap. Either way, make sure both sides of the paper have been soaked with water...and be careful not to rip it while wet.
Then, lay the paper on the board or hard surface you are using as a stabilizer, and staple down the edges. (Sometimes I will also tape the edges after the paper has dried. Gives a nice edge effect after you are done with the painting to pull the tape off and see a nice white border. But, I didn't do that this time.
Once the paper is on the board, you will need to wait for it to dry. I usually wait overnight for mine.
The wet paper will have buckles and wrinkles in it - will make you nervous. But, not to worry. When it dries it will be flat. :)
The purpose of "stretching" is to allow the paper to soak up some water before laying on paint. Then the paper doesn't soak up as much of the pigment when you put your first washes down and you will have more vibrant colors.
I use masking fluid to mask out any white paper areas I might need to save (like snow or clouds), though sometimes you can paint around the whites rather than masking. Depends on your needs for the painting. Then, I start the process of washes, laying down the lightest colors first.
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Our principal club partner Carabao has launched a new campaign to help change perceptions of female football fans.
Together with photography collective This Fan Girl, Carabao has shot five diverse images of female England fans with the aim of getting them to the top of online search engine results, and change how female football fans are represented.
Carabao is calling on fans to share stories about the campaign on social media using the hashtag #WeAreFemaleFans.
Anna Cooke, Carabao brand manager said: 'This week the World Cup will kick off and be watched by millions of fans, male and female, yet it won't be long before the cameras are focusing gratuitously on female fans in the crowd and soon those images will feature online.
'Our campaign wants to tackle this and profile all female football fans, whatever their age, shape or size. All you have to do is share a link and soon these images will rocket up online searches and see female fans represented in the same way as men.'
Former Chelsea FC Women captain Katie Chapman, who retired this summer after helping the Blues to a second Super League and FA Cup Double, has also lent her support to the campaign. She said: 'All players come from a wide range of backgrounds, but I'm sure we'd all agree that we're football fans first and foremost. That's why I fully support Carabao's We Are Female Fans campaign as a fantastic step towards more diverse representation of female football.'
Amy Drucquer, founder of This Fan Girl, believes the campaign is an important step. She said: 'This is something we've felt passionately about since we started taking photos of female football fans in 2016. With the backing of Carabao, We Are Female Fans is set to take our project to the next level by effecting tangible and visible change.'
You can find out more here and show your support using #WeAreFemaleFans.