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The Best Song In The World Today
Stages of Grief For The 'BPP': Denial
In our last week at the Byrant Park Project, we're using music to move through the stages of grief as defined by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler Ross.
Today, I took the first one, denial, for which I played Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." It's a song that seems to be maybe just a mess of feelings until the very end, when Kurt Cobain sings, "a denial, a denial, a denial."
Now, as I'm listening to people around me prepping for their segments, I'm struck by how many songs could fit the bill. I think someone suggested "Walking on Sunshine" as an alternate for denial. Let's make a playlist. The stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Hit the comments, please.
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How can NPR shut down BPP? What will people do like that young man with ALS? I listen to BPP because BPP offers a fresh alternative to the CBC - the Chronically Boring Corporation - in the morning. Sigh. I'll miss you. Allison, I think you're a great host.
I second the above comment... the only damn NPR show that can target the growing 20 something's that the majority have gone to university, have disposable income and can relate to the staff on many levels.
The "BPP" would have been the first radio program I was willing to support without questioning. How the hell.. can NPR shut this program down??? An audience that NPR needs to keep abreast of what WE the 20's -- 30's want...this is blasphemy!!
The "BPP" is Refreshing! What a mistake NPR.
Keep you heads up BPP Crew and live every week like its Shark Week...(Next week actually is) I will miss you guys and hopefully our paths will cross again!
Ever go on vacation, and expect on return to work, stuff would have changed, and it didn't?
Well, for work it didn't this week, but shocked to turn on BPP this morning and learn of it's cancellation!!!
It's my fault, I can't go on vacation anymore.....
I came back to NPR because of the BPP. I love the BPP. In my opinion it is the coolest radio show. What will I do now? I guess I can listen to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" all day....
I was pleasantly surprised to find a radio show, much less one on NPR, that was relatively objective and non-partisan and wasn't hosted by a bunch of Baby Boomers. It hit a demographic that still isn't being sufficiently marketed to. You'll be missed.
still in denial here. somehow someway i keep hoping there will be a reprieve. where's the future of npr if a show like the bpp isn't allowed to get off the ground?
i like other npr shows, don't get me wrong. i was slow to come around to the bpp, it was too flashy and bubbly and i was so used to things that were staid and a wee bit boring. but this show really grew on me and i do think it's the only show that would appeal to a younger audience- as a 30 year old i'm not quite a representative of that younger audience myself, but as someone on the bubble it seems obvious that this sort of thing would pave the way towards younger listeners to npr stations.
Here are three suggestions for death knell songs for BPP. "Poor, poor pitiful me" - Linda Rhonstadt, "I'm a Loser" - The Beatles and "Funeral For A Friend" - Elton John.
Why, Why, Why?
SO disappointed to hear this morning of the BPP cancelation....What a great refreshing show... I don't get?!
I want my BPP
I want my BPP
Gotta install microwave radio
Custom satellite deliveries
We gotta move these news refrigerators
Gotta move these colour TV's
I shoulda learned to play the guitar
I shoulda learned to play them drums
Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Get your money for nothin' NPR for free
Look a' here
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on your NBC
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and your BBC
Money for commercials and your CNBC
Money for FOX News and your MSNBC
Look at that, look at that
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I want my, I want my, I want my BPP
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"She'll Come Back To Me" - CAKE
After all, the BPP will come back to NPR, right? Of course it will. No worries here.
Really nice segment, Laura.
anything from the soundtrack to "Beaches"... because I will forver deny that I saw that movie.
So glad to hear Allison's voice again, even if only for another week...
Denial - "We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters
Anger - "Somebody Kill Me Please" by Adam Sandler from The Wedding Singer, "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama
I'm skipping bargining and especially depression because one can really brought down just thinking about songs for that...
Acceptance - "Ooh Child" by The Five Stairsteps
WTF. This sux, great format and bam, it disappears. Move your show to the TWIT network, they can help you do it cheap.
I'm too much in denial to think of a song. The idea that next week this will all be gone just seems impossible....
I am SO angry and bummed about the cancellation of the BPP. NPR - PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO US! Why are you not listening to all of these pleas to keep the BPP??? I have listened to NPR for many, many years but I will no longer listen or donate if the BPP is cancelled.
The Smith's 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now' for depression. Actually, their entire body of work would probably fit, take your pick. It certaily summed up my feels when I saw your web page last Monday morning. "I Can See Clearly Now" would be good for acceptance.
Denial: "Alright" by Zap Mama. That song breaks my heart every time I hear it.
Laura, one of the best things I ever heard on the radio was a piece you did about jumping trains. It may have been a Best Song In The World Today. Any chance that you could work that back in this week so that I can save the podcast and play it over and over? Maybe that would be for the last (still can't believe it: denial) day.
Is is funding or ratings or a combination? Do they take into account satellite? We're in Indy and love your show (and we're old 45 and 54). Who can we complain to or send 50,000lbs of peanuts or something else like with Jericho?
Stolen from a piece in the Yale Herald (I'm a librarian, I source what I find:
Their songs for denial:
"Girlfriend in a Coma" - The Smiths
"I Don't Want You Anyway" - Look Blue Go Purple
The article describes a playlist for the five stages of grief, so might come in handy for the rest of the week.
Me? Still in denial, moving to anger, so this is a hard task you've given us. No harder, of course, then what you all are going through: the breakup of the BPP.
I am a 29 year old white male Alabamian who has GREATLY (note caps) appreciated and enjoyed the approach, perspective and delivery of the BPP. NPR executives (sounds strange) are making a tragic mistake taking you off air. I listen on Sirius everyday and will be looking for a show to replace, or rather, substitute for this ground-breaking radio/internet show. Ya'll keep your heads up and know that you will be missed.
bargaining: Call Me Call Me - Steve Conte
anger: Hit Me Baby One More Time - the Ahmet and Dweezil Zappa version.
depression: Chop Suey - System of a Down
acceptance: Don't Bother None - Mai Yamane (it's in english)
Here's a song that I think sums up the BPP for most of us. It's from a band that I heard about on a New Music Tuesday segment; a band I now love. It's Bummer Time by Be Your Own Pet.
"I woke up early just for you
I'd wait all week long for you too
And there you were on my t.v. [radio]
I thought you were there just for me"
i was driving into work this morning and this song popped on...
meiko - the saddest song in the world
it is fitting to the whole BPP going away...
NPR needs to move onto the next century. The BPP was refreshing to all drone of the other morning shows out there. What a mistake! Take a chance NPR...there ways to get funding...just have to ask for it...
Why oh why? Finally I had found a show that satisfied my need for news AND my love of pop culture AND cutting-edge music... I looked forward to the BPP every morning.. This really sux
There will now be a gaping hole in my morning commute. BPP will be greatly missed! This is shocking. BPP was my window to the world being that I do not watch television. It was not only informative but entertaining as well
A sincerely disappointed 23 yr old,
NPR- for those of us who are tired of being regularly insulted by the news media, please do not cancel BPP. I loved the amount of information I could get in a short amount of time without it having someone else's opinion being presented as fact. It is an outstanding show- from 55 year old white female.
I'm a regular listener (on Sirius) and even though I'm 20 years older than most of the target audience (age 53), I'm going to miss it as much as everyone else.
Denial Song: The Veronicas: "Mother Mother"
I really can't understand why, why, why, would NPR not continue to give BPP a chance. I am a 50 something and I LOVE the BPP, it gives me in depth conversations with people who always give me a different view of an issue. I even love the sports segments. I will miss you.
For acceptance, how about "She's Leaving Me (Because She Really Wants To)" by Lyle Lovett.
Hi Laura,
Your commentary was well-spoken. I am in denial, as well. What will fill the void that Bryant Park Project filled? As a 30 year old woman, who never listened to NPR before I discovered the Bryant Park Project online, please know that I will greatly miss the show. I think NPR is making a mistake. As a listener, I know I became a more informed, educated, and entertained person from the Bryant Park Project. It also directed me to many other NPR shows. Hopefully, they can bring it back for the online audience. I feel like NPR is acting like Metallica did when Napster came out. They are fighting the inevitable, and looking really uncool in the process.
I came to my South facing, South Florida office anxious to plug into the BPP's last week. What do you know, the air conditioning decided to die over the weekend and our office is a sweltering 90+ degrees. It is so hot we are not turning the lights on and working by the computer terminal and window light. The ONLY thing keeping me from breakingdown is the BPP. I will miss you all so much, even though you do not know me personally I feel like I am losing friends that I do not want to lose. The heat and humidity is making it hard to think so will have get back to you about my stage list.
BPP Haiku for the denial stage of grief. The pattern should be obvious.
Before Monday came,
Public radio seemed fine.
Perhaps it's a dream?
Paylist for the stages:
Denial, "It Ain't Me, Babe" by Bob Dylan;
Anger, "Everything About You" by Ugly Kid Joe;
Bargaining, "If I Could Turn Back Time" by Cher;
Depression, "This is the End" by the Doors;
Acceptance, "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt (yeah, yeah, it's been played to death, but the chorus ending works "For I must face the truth/I will be never with you").
Toward the end of her life, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross would often say that she wished she had never taught about the stages of grief. She was dismayed that so many people thought they would be fine once they checked each stage off the list. It's not like that -- we cycle in and out of these stages over and over, at varying levels of intensity, working with new waves of emotions that relate to that loss for THE REST OF OUR LIVES. The rest of our lives, NPR! Lives which might feel very long and empty without the BPP. We need you all to stay together, find a new venue, keep making us care!
Dear BBP
I wish there were something we could do to have the BPP continue. I just started listening, and I agree with the person who said the show brought me back to NPR.
So sorry to hear about the cancellation this morning...I truly enjoyed and looked forward to the show. You will be missed.
How sad the last week has been and how sad it will be in the weeks to come without BPP. I have LOVED Alison Stewart ever since she kept me sane during World News Now on ABC when I either couldn't sleep or had to leave early for work. I am probably on the upper end of BPP's target audience as I am nearing 40 - but the show drew me in from the start, first because of Alison and shortly after due to the refreshing way news was approached. Hey, it even motivated me to buy an MP3 player just so I could keep up with the times! I live in the upper Midwest and was not fortunate to have a station nearby that carried the show. But I downloaded it as often as i could, and live-streamed it on a few occasions. (Darn those government computers - I can't stream while at work!) Most of the time, I just logged onto the web site to read the news briefs and to catch the photos and video clips. I even took part in the BPP Book Club, a fantastic way to share thoughts on books without having to travel to a book store or suburbia to add my two cents.
There is a part of me that feels guilty. Maybe if I had logged on more, synced the podcast more frequently - the show could have been saved. I am sure there are many of us thinking the same thing. Most of all, I don't think this show was given a sufficient chance to make it. It was aired on so few stations and didn't have a chance to build the audience that NPR wanted. But boy, did they underestimate how passionate its fans are. I truly hope NPR reconsiders this BAD decision. But most of all, I want BPP and its talented staff to find a home that will welcome it, and support it; one that I and all the other fans can enjoy and support in turn. Please be sure to share with us ways to stay in touch and any news about a possible move to a better place. I will miss you all but hopefully only for a little while.
Since I lost my journalism job about three months ago, I feel your pain.
For that song of sad acceptance, I highly recommend "Up In A Puff Of Smoke" by Polly Brown. A great one-hit wonder tune and maybe the first real commercial disco hit back in the 1970s.
"Going up in a puff of smoke/and I'm all choked up inside/to see my dreams just turn into ashes/and all my hopes go up in a puff of smoke"
The runner-up tune is a somewhat retro tune from earlier this year. "About To Now" by Gary Yerkins.
"Denial" - Radiohead, House of Cards: http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/
I loved the show most of the time.
We'll miss you.
Denial - Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye."
Did you say 'no, this can't happen to me' /
And did you rush to the phone to call /
Was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind /
Saying maybe you didn't know him at all /
You didn't know him at all, oh, oh, you didn't know
They didn't know you at all, BPP. Oh, oh, they didn't know.
I'm so bummed. Since getting Sirius radio I've been hooked on BBP. Different, fresh, funny; a great antidote to NPR's traditional way of reporting news. I'm so not excited about having to go back to Talk of the Nation.
I second Radiohead's "House of Cards."


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We are officially engulfed in the throes of the holiday shopping rush. Thoughts of gift ideas, budgets and where to shop dance through our heads as we hunt for that perfect gift.
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Start the Old Town event a little earlier so people came come early, check it out and go watch the parade — or extend the hours so when you have thousands of people trolling the streets at the end of the parade they have a place to see another holiday event.
Instead of being upset about stepping on each others toes, get together as a group and find ways to make events beneficial to all sides and then combine efforts to better promote and accommodate each other. One example of this mode of thinking is when parade organizers changed their event's route to end at the overlook instead of the Gold Country Fairgrounds parking area, thus allowing attendees of the Country Christmas the ability to park in the fairgrounds parking lot and take a shuttle into Old Town.
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Government's conflicting and uncertain policy statements are further straining investment confidence into the local economy and inevitably hampering the country's Gross Domestic Output (GDP) growth and job creating ability. An example is the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill which is currently going through the parliamentary process. This amendment bill has come under severe scrutiny from industry stakeholders due to the lack of certainty and stability provided by the legislation. One of the concerns with the amendment bill is that explorers would not necessarily have the automatic right to mine deposits which they discover. There is also a push for mining companies to expand into benefication – something the industry is not geared to do. [8]
Similar concern has been heard from the retail sector, with Woolworths chairman Simon Susman stating that they are watching with deep concern the flow of restrictive, populist legislation being imposed on commerce in South Africa. [9] Various local economists and analysts have also echoed these sentiments.
In his address at the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Summit on 3 October, President Jacob Zuma stated, among other things, that the government encouraged the growth of more SMMEs owned by black people, women, youth and persons with disability in the six New Growth Path job drivers, being mining, agriculture, the green economy, tourism, manufacturing and infrastructure development. He also indicated that intervention by way of targeted financial support and localised state procurement has seen the revitalisation of industries such as train and bus building as well as clothing, textiles and footwear manufacturing. [10]
While this is true, foreign direct investment cannot be ignored and is crucial to ensure economic sustainability and prosperity, especially for a developing economy such as South Africa requiring capital investment for the promotion of infrastructure expansions and job creation. The U.S bond buying programme has provided investors with additional liquidity to invest in more risky, emerging market areas such as South African government bonds. However, these portfolio flows could just as easily be redirected elsewhere when the global economic environment changes to the detriment of South Africa. It is therefore up to policy makers to table clear and concise, investor friendly legislation which guarantees efficient production levels thereby ensuring the attractiveness of foreign long term investment in South Africa.
South African trade deficit widens
South Africa's deficit on its current account [11] widened unexpectedly to a 7 month high of R19.05 billion in August after the shortfall of R13.4 billion recorded in July this year. The July figure represented 6.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2013, up from a deficit of 5.8% of GDP observed in the first quarter. The globally acceptable level over the long term for a manageable deficit is agreed to be 3% of GDP. Like last month, the latest figure, released on 30 September was far worse than market expectations, with analysts' consensus expectation before the announcement being around the R12 billion level. [12]
Exporters could not benefit fully from the lower export prices achieved from the recent devaluation of the rand due to the strike action and associated loss in output especially seen in the mining and manufacturing sectors. The weak currency has also lead to inflated rand prices of necessary imports such as crude oil, minerals and base metals, further affecting the size of the trade deficit. [13] Globally, low demand growth from the Eurozone and China also continued to have an impact on the depressed trade figures.
With strike actions that should come to a close during the third quarter of this year, export volumes and therefore export earnings have the potential to increase on the back of the weakened rand that could help to reduce the current size of the trade deficit.
October is Global Month of Action on Energy, but are we on the right track?
With energy prices on the rise in South Africa and elsewhere, October has been deemed the Global Month of Action on Energy [14] , where organizations involved in generating energy and electricity are urged to consider environmental concerns and policymakers are urged to consider more renewable sources of energy. While increases in the costs of crude oil are blamed for production constraints, insufficient power supply and consequent rising production costs, coupled with increases in labour instability, have been cited as deterrents to investment, constraining economic growth in South Africa even more than the globally-influenced commodity prices, exchange rates, and export demand[15] .
Without adequate access to power, investment by large multinationals is limited. This places a huge burden on domestic companies to carry growth, something they may not be able to do on their own. Without finishing Eskom's coal-fired Medupi power station, South Africa is expected to grow at 3% Y-o-Y by 2015, when almost all economies, even in the Euro zone, are expected to recover to pre-financial crisis levels. Power constraints thus become a tipping point in investment terms, even more so that labour market unrest. Infrastructure challenges, access to electricity and water, and logistics costs are also contributing factors. In general, labour market issues stop new investments, but these other factors constrain existing investments or expansions with much more regularity. This is evidenced by the fact that while labour issues put a recent controversial damper on BMWs plans for a new car model production run in SA, electricity constraints were cited as the reason for a delay in the building of an aluminium plant in Coega. According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) 2011/12 report, foreign direct investment flows into South Africa decreased by 24 percent to $4.6 billion in 2012 from $6bn in 2011, with enormous volatility.
For these reasons, along with concerns around climate change, South Africa is moving towards a policy position to increase the use of renewable energy resources such as solar and wind power. Whether South Africa expects to be a leader or a follower in the renewables space is still up for debate, but progress is being made on plans for a 5GW solar park (the largest in the world). Currently, South Africa is planning a combined total of 56,359MW of new generation capacity over the next 20 years, with a mix of traditional and renewable-based energy generation. This mix is shown below:
Table 1: New-build energy mix over 20 years to 2030 [16]
This energy mix shows a greater commitment to renewable energy sources. But given that these are new technologies, many unproven at commercial scale, and only some of which able to absorb baseload responsibility, it might make sense to consider options for plugging the investment gap by providing quick access to additional power. Since coal is still a favoured technology in South Africa with which we have a comparative advantage in energy generation, it might make sense to continue to build coal-fired power plants, at least in the short-term, to overcome economic woes. South Africa still shows a preference for coal-fired power. This can be seen by considering the new-build technology mix of the Integrated Resource Plan, and subtracting generation components that are to be decommissioned by 2030:
Figure 1: Energy technology mix to 2030
This shows that while an ambitious renewable and nuclear build lies ahead, coal is still here to stay. This may be the logical choice. Environmentalists need to weigh in the negative externality cost of low investment in-country when considering energy generation options.
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The Broadcast Film Critics Association announced Tuesday their nominations for 2008 filmmaking, including a nod to animated feature WALL-E amongst the Best Picture choices.
The 14th Critics' Choice Awards will be given on January 8, 2009.
Besides WALL-E, Best Picture nominees include CHANGELING, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, THE DARK KNIGHT, DOUBT, FROST/NIXON, MILK, THE READER, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and THE WRESTLER.
Best Animated Feature nominees are: BOLT, KUNG FU PANDA, MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA, WALL-E and WALTZ WITH BASHIR.
WALTZ WITH BASHIR was also nominated for Best Foreign Film, along with A CHRISTMAS TALE, GOMORRAH, I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and MONGOL.
"Down to Earth" (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman) from WALL-E and "I Thought I Lost You" (performed Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele) from BOLT were among the nominees for Best Song. "Another Way to Die" from QUANTUM OF SOLACE, "Jaiho" from SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and "The Wrester" from THE WRESTLER were also nominated.


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wow! how did you manage to make people stand still while shooting??
Wow, I love this one.
It is the position that is spot-on mate! Happy new year!
great picture of beautiful Dubrovnik. Keep going!!! Pozdrav iz NYCa!
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Pockie Ninja players will want to check into the game on January 11th after Update 7 goes into effect. The free update will include the new Trial of Bravery, a 3v3 battle mode, and new Bloodline quests to improve ninja skills.
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Pamela has been working with SAMG since 2006. She is a very dedicated client service representative, who loves working with our clients and their pets. In her spare time she loves spending time with her family and two cats. She also enjoys gardening, stained glass and the ocean.
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Jenna started working in the Veterinary field in 2012, and joined our team in 2013. In addition to her duties as a client service representative, Jenna is also one of our hospital's Cat Champions, and is our Royal Canin nutritional counselor. She enjoys our regular clients and their pets, as well as working with the emergency cases that come in on her shifts. She loves all cats (and dogs!), especially geriatric pets and those with special needs. In her spare time, she volunteers at a feline shelter, reads non-fiction, talks to her husband working overseas, works on her personal spiritual development, and spend time at home with her own cats. Jenna's career goals include improving her Spanish and becoming a registered veterinary technician.
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Polly's Place schedules bicycle ride, fashion show fundraisersPublished 12:05am Thursday, August 11, 2011
Polly's Place, a home and healing center for abused women and children, has scheduled four major functions from September through November. These include a volunteer project and repair day Sept. 18; a bicycle fundraiser Oct. 2; and a silent auction and fashion show fundraiser Nov. 6.
Polly's Place also will observe "Domestic Violence Awareness Month" in October, featuring public education and other events.
Volunteers will work from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 18 to prepare for the arrival of several families at Polly's Place. Supplies, tools, food and drink will be provided.
The first annual "Pedal for Polly's Place" will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 2. The rain date is Oct. 9. The starting point will be Garden Hill Farms, 14643 Rangeline Rd., Buchanan. The course is a 20-mile loop, or a ride of approximately 45 minutes. This will be a noncompetitive ride along the scenic St. Joseph River and the Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve. There will be several turn around points along the course. Water and first aid stations will be available. Registration is $25 per person, with a special family rate, explained on the application. One hundred percent of the proceeds benefit Polly's Place.
There will be a celebration following the ride at the starting point, featuring food and prize drawings. Registration forms may be obtained by visiting local bicycle shops and other businesses. Contact the center at (269) 687-9822 for more information or to register. To register online, go to www.pollysplaceniles.org.
The Bell Building in downtown Niles is the site of the first annual silent auction, followed by a fashion show Nov. 6. This event kicks off at 3 p.m. Local clothing stores and amateur models are participating, with 100 percent of the proceeds to benefit Polly's Place.
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Polly's Place at (269) 687-9822.
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Acting Extraterritorially to Tame Multinational Corporations for Human Rights Violations: Who Should 'Bell the Cat'?
Deva, Surya, Melbourne Journal of International Law
[The continued impunity of multinational corporations ('MNCs') for human rights violations is driving the search for an effective as well as efficient regulatory model. Regulation of MNCs by home states through extraterritorial laws is a recent addition to the measures under review in this ongoing search. The presentation of a Bill in the United States House of Representatives on 7 June 2000 marked an attempt to adopt the extraterritorial model of regulation. This was soon followed by the introduction of a similar Bill in the Australian Senate on 6 September 2000. Though the fate of the US Bill remains undecided, in the case of the Australian Bill the Parliamentary Committee found it to be impracticable, unworkable, unnecessary and unwarranted. Within a theoretical framework of integrated legal responsibility, and in the context of multiple regulatory dilemmas, this article seeks to examine the provisions and the omissions of the two Bills. It argues that the legislative failures of the above Bills are instructive in at least three respects. Firstly. that it is legitimate for a state to impose and enforce internationally recognised human rights obligations upon the overseas activities of the corporations incorporated within its territory, as well as the overseas subsidiaries of such corporations, by enacting an extraterritorial law. Secondly, the failure of the Bills to become law should not be interpreted as a failure of the proposed model itself; if resort is to be had to any state-centric model of extraterritorial regulation, it is the 'home state' model of regulation which presents greater potential as compared to the "host state' model. Thirdly, extraterritorial regulation of MNCs, essentially being a variation of the municipal regulatory model, is not self-sufficient due to this model's inherent limitations, and therefore needs to be supplemented by an international regulatory mechanism.]
CONTENTS I Introduction: Backdrop of the Two Failed Attempts II Dilemma of Regulation: Who Should Regulate What, Where and How? III Extraterritorial Regulation of MNCs: Two Possibilities and Two Attempts A Basis of Extraterritorial Regulation of MNCs B Home State versus Host State Regulation: A Balance Sheet IV Two (Failed) Attempts: Comparing the Provisions and Omissions of the US and Australian Bills A Targeted Objects B Subject Matters Covered C Intended Beneficiaries D Measures for Reporting, Implementation and Enforcement E Omissions V Encountering the Apprehensions and Objections Raised by the Australian Parliamentary Committee A Unnecessary and Unwarranted B Impracticable 1 Business Disadvantage 2 Australian Standards 3 Discriminatory C Unworkable 1 Unworkably Wide Scope 2 Vague and Generic Standards 3 Extraterritoriality and the Fear of Friction or Conflict 4 Disparaging Foreign States and Laws 5 Reporting and Enforcement VI Will Extraterritorial Regulation Alone Prove to be Adequate? VII Conclusion: Lessons to be Learned
The debate on human rights is no longer confined to the 'individuals--states' matrix as many new actors, either as duty bearers or rights holders, have emerged, and are emerging, as part of the human rights paradigm. (1) In terms of duty bearers, one such addition is of corporations, though it is also suggested that they should be recognised as holders of human rights as well. (2) It is increasingly argued that corporations, though formed primarily to maximise profit, are under a legal as well as a moral obligation to respect and promote human rights. (3) Given that this argument is not always accepted 'in spirit', nor internalised by all corporations, there is a need to regulate those of their activities that have the potential to impinge upon human rights. …


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TLC's newest docudrama, Best Funeral Ever, may be all of those things rolled into one. The hourlong special could produce a full series, if the audience likes it. Best Funeral Ever chronicles the employees of the Dallas-based Golden Gate Funeral Home as they plan extravagant "home-going celebrations" for the dead.
Owner John Beckwith Jr. says, "If [the deceased] wanted to dunk a basketball, we can make that happen."
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Seattle's biggest indie-folk sextet The Head and the Heart have been spending this week's heat wave -- coincidentally some of the few days they've been in town since they launched their perpetual tour in 2010 -- churning out a holiday single. And they're doing their best to not let the heat get in the way of their holiday cheer.
"(Bassist Chris Zasche) actually brought in a Christmas sweater in the spirit," vocalist Jonathan Russell said over drinks in a sweaty Fremont bar yesterday, "and that lasted about an hour."The song -- the name and intended project will be announced in the fall -- is a jazz standard that's giving the band a chance to do some experimenting in the studio.
"I'm like, crooning a little bit," Russell says, "it's kind of fun."
"I was worried it was going to be an insufficient attempt to do a jazz standard," vocalist/guitarist Josiah Johnson says. "And I think that we screwed around with it enough that it's really rewarding."
The band launches what is likely to be their last headlining tour in support its self-titled, 2010 debut at the Paramount on September 15, and will stay on the road through the fall -- though maybe not long enough to warrant busting out a holiday single.
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How to Start Your Own Country: A Primer
Is Sealand better than Canada? Do micronations have tiny fights? Filmmaker Jody Shapiro explains the weird world of DIY democracies.
MJ: What's the difference between a micronation and your traditional aspiring nation or breakaway republic? Is Hutt River basically Abkhazia without the violence?
JS: It's really hard to tell. And that was sort of the idea of the film; one reason that we didn't go into some of the real-world scenarios—you know, you could talk about Palestine, or Somaliland, or Western Sahara—is we wanted to represent the idea that a country could be more than politics and policies and lines drawn in the sand, that maybe these things didn't matter so much on the surface.
MJ: What's the appeal? Is this mainly just a group of people who got way too into Risk?
JS: Well, you know, I take Prince Leonard [of Hutt River Principality] very seriously when he said he did it for survival. He formed a self-preservation government, which he claims was his right to do under the constitution, because his livelihood was threatened, and he felt that the only way to survive was to secede. Everybody's sort of got their reasons for doing it, I feel.
MJ: So there's not one unifying idea.
JS: The one thing I would say that unifies them is the nature of what makes a country a country. I originally thought it was a political question but I sort of realized through making this film that it is sort of a philosophical question. I think there is a lot of individual expression and a lot of defining who they are and this is sort of how they do it.
MJ: There are some pretty obvious steps to start your own country that everyone seems to know—a flag and a founding document, for instance. What do people tend to overlook?
JS: The responsibility of having a country. People have asked me after the film if I wanted to start my own country, and I'm very happy being a Canadian and have no desire. But there's a responsibility that comes with [starting your own country] that I don't think some people realize. Sealand gets requests from people looking for refugee status, leaving wartorn countries and hoping to get a passport because they see this as a country. If you take yourself seriously, there are other people in the world who are going to take you very seriously.
MJ: Starting your own country seems pretty straightforward in, say, Nevada or the Outback, where the government will just sort of smile and nod, like "Oh, this guy again." What happens when the mother country doesn't get the joke?
JS: It's definitely happened in the past. Like in Sealand, the UK government tried to shut them down, there was an actual court case, there was an actual battle plan essentially drawn up, and it was ruled that they were in international waters so the UK government had no jurisdiction over them. I think President Baugh knows that if he took it too seriously, the FBI could come knocking on his door and ask him to stop doing what he's doing. It's a risk these places run, but a lot of them find ways to express their sovereignty despite it.
MJ: The nation-state itself is a relatively recent development, within the last few hundred years—do you think micronations are the future?
JS: It's constantly evolving. I like the point that Gregory Green brings up in the film, which is that today, the way the world is so connected, online groups through the Internet are forming these communities that tend to be stronger than any community that certain countries can put together. Who knows what it means? One of the things that we didn't explore in this film that may be worthwhile exploring in another film is: What is the role of the UN or other supernational bodies in the future, with the way things are still evolving? Is it still relevant?
MJ: Should they be the future?
JS: I just don't think that there's any stopping it. Like you said, it's a relatively recent concept. It's something that I think more and more people feel they have a right to define—who they are and what they are—and fix rights and wrongs and stuff, and I think it's something that the masses are just gonna sort of move towards.
MJ: You travel to a bunch of places that our readers probably couldn't place on a map, plus the Free State of Caroline, which isn't even on a map. How did you make travel arrangements?
JS: Some of these places are hard to find. I say this with total seriousness: It took me three years to actually get Sealand's Prince Michael to do an interview. I had to apply for a visa, which got denied three times, to go visit him. We eventually got permission to enter the territorial waters of Sealand. They say if you don't have permission, be prepared to be questioned by the Sealand authorities. And if they feel like we're trespassing, they have their measures of dealing with it.
MJ: It's like certain parts of Idaho.
JS: Yeah, something like that [laughs]. But fortunately most of them are located near airports.
MJ: But what about going through airport security with these places on your passport?
JS: I'll be very honest about that one. I travel too much. And I travel to the United States a lot. So I was a little concerned; I didn't want to have any unrecognized stamps on my passport. So I actually didn't get my passport stamped from any of these places.
MJ: If Canada—in very un-Canadian fashion—were to ask you to leave, and you were left without a state, which micronation would you join?
JS: I'm already a citizen of the New Free State of Caroline. We had the world premier at the Toronto International Film festival, and [the president] said after the first couple of screenings, he had already received emails from 20 people who were in the audience, asking for citizenship. I was quite impressed by that. I'm not ready to move into President Baugh's backyard in Molossia.
MJ: Yeah, that sounds invasive. So along those lines, do family members and friends just go along with it?
JS: For the most part. The Seborga folks are all very serious. Even when we got there to film, there was discussion, they were a little nervous about us at first, even though we tried to arrange it beforehand. They actually put it to a vote to see if they would allow us to film once we got there.
A lot of these places are very concerned that they're not going to be taken seriously. My biggest thing with the film was I set off to make it by saying that I was going to treat each micronational leader with the respect that they felt they deserved as the head of state. I felt they had an interesting story, and an interesting history, and I thought [Seborga] was a nice example of a town that literally the entire population believed in this idea of them being an independent principality, of not recognizing Italy.
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'Political rage' hits home in Auburn
By: Jon Schultz, Journal Staff Writer
Presidential election has taken on a sometimes hostile tone
Everyone has heard of road rage, but how about "political rage?" That's the term Mark Rosen, vice president of the Auburn Area Democratic Club, used to describe two instances reported to the Journal in a month of a person being harassed for their Barack Obama bumper sticker. In one case, Terry Davis, a regional director of the Sierra Club and Auburn resident, said he returned to his car after a club meeting at the Placer County Library in Auburn to find two profanity-laced notes, one calling Obama a racial slur and the other saying "you need to leave just like him." In the other case, a man claims he and his wife were given the middle finger on the highway for their bumper sticker. Supporters of both parties said the level of animosity between the Republican and Democratic camps has reached a point they've never witnessed in past presidential elections. "I don't know how any normal person would react other than to just be appalled," Rosen said of the two harassment reports. "It's scary and it doesn't do any good. If anything, something like that is going to encourage us to be more polarized." With the first presidential debate tonight, polarized viewpoints will be brought to the forefront nationwide. Dianne Foster, vice president of the Auburn Area Republican Women, said she's never seen such hostility surrounding a presidential election. She said she hasn't heard of any supporters of Republican candidate Mitt Romney getting harassed and suggested people are acting out because of fear for where they think the country is headed under Obama, citing problems ranging from the economy to foreign affairs. When asked why this specific election has taken on a hostile tone among voters, she said this is the first time the United States has ever faced the reelection of a "socialist" president. "When you see … people expressing hostility on people's cars, I think that is unfortunate and wrong," Foster said. "People are so upset and angry, and they vent toward that person that is voting for Obama. They see that person as a threat to their own living style." Davis said he doesn't have a problem with people who oppose Obama because they believe he has socialist ideals, but when it takes on racial undertones – or a blatant slur in this case – that it really strikes him as "abhorrent." The notes shook his perception of his hometown, which he said he has come to know as a place with small-town values and differing political views but never outright racism. "For that to happen at our library, it almost feels like kind of a blow to the innocence of the town itself – that we harbor racists, that we're not just all good folk," said Davis, director of the Sierra Club's Mother Lode chapter which encompasses 24 California counties. Davis said he had "mixed feelings" about making the notes public, but a friend encouraged him that "this needs to get out." "People need to be aware of this and this is a subtext to this election," he said. "And we need to admit that this underlying racism does exist in our own town." Heidi Van Zant, an Auburn resident of 13 years and vice chair of the Sierra Club Placer Group, said learning about the notes on Davis' car has made her evaluate how she expresses her political endorsements. "It makes you concerned," Van Zant said. "Putting up something in my window at home – you might think twice about that now." In Alan Shuttleworth's case, when he said he received a middle finger while heading east on Interstate-80 near Rocklin, he thought maybe he had made a driving mistake but after discussing with his wife they could only figure one possible cause. Going the speed limit while in the center lane with no other cars around, the Obama sticker is the only reason they thought would have caused a man to pull alongside them and lean over his passenger seat to flip the bird and repeatedly honk his horn, said Shuttleworth, a Sierra College English professor and Colfax resident. He said he can't be 100 percent certain that was the man's intention, but it wouldn't be the first time his Obama-supporting Beetle received a negative reaction. Before the highway incident, a different man approached his wife in an Auburn parking lot to point out the sticker and say, "I feel sorry for you," he said. "I just don't remember people being as aggressive and angry about an election before," Shuttleworth said. "I never cared a lot for George W. (Bush), but never in a million years would I have done something so aggressive." Jon Schultz can be reached at email@example.com.


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Robert Charles Ewing, IIPublished 4:35pm Monday, October 29, 2012
Funeral Services for Robert Charles Ewing, II of Dadeville, AL will be Monday, October 29, 2012, at Oak Ridge Congregational Holiness Church at 3 PM. Burial will be in the Wise Memorial Garden. Rev. Don Sides will officiate. Visitation from 2 PM-3PM Monday, October 29, 2012, at Oak Ridge Congregational Holiness Church.
Mr. Ewing was born on May 15, 1962, and passed away on October 26, 2012, at the age of 50. He was preceded in death by his father Robert Charles Ewing and brother Kenneth W. Gray.
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(Christian Petersen/Getty Images)PALO ALTO, Calif. — Of all the players in U.S. Soccer, the one Jurgen Klinsmann knew most closely when he took the coach's job in 2011 was Landon Donovan. Back in January 2009, Klinsmann had been the manager at Bayern Munich and brought Donovan over on loan, telling his bosses at Bayern that this was the player he wanted most in the winter transfer window.Ultimately, Donovan didn't meet expectations and returned to MLS at the end of his loan. Bayern officials wondered why Klinsmann had put so much trust in Donovan when the manager's own job was on the line. Klinsmann was out at Bayern a few months later, and truth be told, he never entrusted his full faith in Donovan again.The process culminated in Klinsmann cutting Donovan from the U.S. World Cup squad on Thursday, effectively ending Donovan's sterling 14-year national team career at age 32. Donovan produced some remarkable international numbers—156 caps, five goals in three World Cups, a U.S.-record 57 goals overall—but Klinsmann never appeared fully comfortable with a player whose occasionally flagging will undoubtedly frustrated the World Cup-winning German.WAHL: 5 thoughts on Klinsmann's final World Cup rosterPart of the conflict was Donovan's fault. In early 2013, he took a three-month sabbatical from the sport, removing himself from contention for a World Cup qualifier when his teammates needed him. (The U.S. ended up losing that game in Honduras.) Donovan spent a week finding himself in Cambodia. He spoke candidly—sometimes too candidly for his own good—of finding it difficult to motivate himself to train hard every day.Yet it appeared that Donovan was back last summer after responding to Klinsmann's challenge, joining the U.S. B-team for the Gold Cup and winning the tournament as its most valuable player. Donovan's goal against Mexico in another dos-a-cero World Cup qualifier seemed to leave no doubt that he'd be playing in his fourth World Cup this summer.But then there were warning signs: Klinsmann yanking Donovan at halftime of a qualifier against Jamaica last October; Klinsmann benching Donovan for the U.S.-Mexico friendly last month, saying he hadn't trained well; and then Klinsmann telling ESPN that Donovan was "untouchable" among the U.S. soccer media, a sacred cow, when in reality that was not the case.STRAUS: So what of the 23 U.S. players going to Brazil? More surprises on Klinsmann's rosterThat's all hindsight now, though. When a bombshell decision comes down like this, so many people try to say it wasn't a surprise or "they knew it all along," pointing out those warning signs. But every player has them. If John Brooks had been one of the final cuts as expected, everyone would have pointed to his poor showing against Ukraine in March. Yet Brooks—surprisingly—wasn't cut."It has been an honor and privilege to have represented the U.S. national team in three World Cups," Donovan said in a statement. "I was looking forward to playing in Brazil and, as you can imagine, I am very disappointed with today's decision. Regardless, I will be cheering on my friends and teammates this summer, and I remain committed to helping grow soccer in the U.S. in the years to come."Klinsmann said nice things about Donovan's professionalism and noted it was the toughest decision of his coaching career. Then he added: "I just see some other players slightly ahead of him."And that's where Klinsmann's move has to be evaluated: In the present tense. Even allowing that Donovan isn't the player he once was, are the players that Klinsmann chose over Donovan actual upgrades for Brazil 2014? Brad Davis has a good left foot and takes effective set pieces, but would you rather bring him on as a sub than Donovan when you need a goal? Julian Green, 18, may be a star in 2018, but he has barely played any first-team soccer at club level. You're telling me you'd rather use him in a game than Donovan?At the forward position, Chris Wondolowski is MLS's greatest rags-to-riches story, but if you had the choice, you'd still pick Donovan.PHOTOS: U.S. Soccer fans through the years | World Cup qualifying road"For me, it's a very easy equation: If he's on the field, he's our top one or two players," U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard said of Donovan last Sunday. "That's just my opinion. Whether that means anything or not, I don't know. Landon's humble and I'm sure he feels that way, but for me he's easily one of our best players and he strikes fear in opponents."Added Donovan's LA Galaxy coach Bruce Arena, while speaking to the San Jose Mercury-News earlier this week: "If there are 23 better players than Landon, then we have a chance to win the World Cup."And while the present tense matters most, so does Donovan's experience on the sport's biggest stage. Only five players of the 23 on the final U.S. World Cup team have ever played in a World Cup before. Five. Nor would Donovan have been a locker-room problem if he wasn't starting in Brazil. The guy isn't a diva.It's possible that Klinsmann just has a different idea than everyone else of who the best players are out there. In his vote for last year's Ballon d'Or as the top player in the world, Klinsmann didn't include Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi in his top three. (Ronaldo ended up winning the award and will presumably be reminded of Klinsmann's snub before the U.S. plays Portugal in Brazil.)Yet when it comes to this World Cup, Klinsmann's opinion is the only one that matters on the field for this U.S. team. Dropping Donovan was undeniably bold, but now the coach will have to back it up. If the U.S. defies the odds and gets out of its group in Brazil, then Klinsmann will be a visionary. But if the U.S. goes three-and-out without bringing the best team possible? Then that's on Klinsi. Wahl: Leaving Donovan off of World Cup roster could be a mistake Sports Illustrated's Grant Wahl discusses Jurgen Klinsmann's bold decision to leave veteran Landon Donovan off the U.S. World Cup team. Comments