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Alcohol Involvement in Fatal Crashes
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June 2001
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Kathryn Stewart
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LaFayette, California
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Final Report
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The Contracting Officer's Technical Representative for this project was Dr. Patty Ellison-Potter
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This report describes the different definitions of key elements in the measurement of alcohol involvement in crashes in 20 different countries. Specifically, countries differ in their definitions of alcohol involvement (e.g., driver only, driver and pedestrian(s), over legal BAC), fatality (e.g., 30 days following a crash, eight days, 12 months), time limits on alcohol testing (e.g., at the scene of the crash, a few hours after), percent of drivers tested, and the use of autopsy reports which are used for official statistics in some countries, but not others.
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Clearly the Taliban and al Qaeda are still around and continue to present a threat to the Kabul government by their continued acts of terrorism.
But their presence has less to do with failure by US and British forces to apprehend them, and far more to do with the lack of resources at Mr Karzai's disposal to win over his own people and keep promises to improve their lives - resources the West has been expected to deliver since January.
Mr Karzai was attacked in his home town of Kandahar.
Police named the would-be assassin as Abdur Rehman, from the Kajaki area of the southern province of Helmand,a former Taliban stronghold.
For Mr Karzai, it will prove equally irksome to be constantly reminded that the President, a Pathan tribal chief, was protected by US Special Forces and not his own people. The reality is that the majority Pathan population of Afghanistan has become increasingly estranged from the government in Kabul and from their only prominent representative in Kabul, the President himself.
The Pathans carry the huge burden that many of them supported the Taliban. Their self-esteem is at an all-time low and they now see themselves as victims of persecution by other ethnic groups, such as the powerful Tajik group in the government who dominate the military, the police and the intelligence services.
Taliban leaders still at large and the renegade extremist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar are feeding on this Pathan lack of self-esteem, preaching a new form of radical Islamic Pathan nationalism that, in the absence of economic improvement in their lives, is appealing to some.
The Tajik leaders are preparing for a massive commemoration on September 9, the first anniversary of the assassination of their leader Ahmad Shah Massoud by al Qaeda suicide bombers.
For many Pathans, such celebrations are only another reminder of how low they have fallen, that they have all too few heroes and that their lives have not changed.
The bomb blasts in Kabul may have more to do with delivering a message to the Tajiks than being a terrorist attempt to remind people of September 11.
The revival of Pathan nationalism has been further fuelled by the perception that the US military presence in Afghanistan favours the Tajiks and other ethnic groups who resisted the Taliban.
However, the essential message of the attacks was to the international community, and the Americans in particular, which has failed Afghanistan and the Afghan people after making so many promises that it would help to change people's lives. Telegraph
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Abstract: Depicts Kurdish rebel soldiers in Iraq. Includes slides of the Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani, and a printed article by William Carter relating to Kurdish resistance to the Iraqi government.
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extending constructions for block ciphers in the ideal
cipher model has so far received considerable attention. The
security of triple encryption was investigated in
[Luc98,BR06], longer cascades were considered in [GM09] and
a construction with comparable security as triple encryption
requiring only 2 block cipher calls, denoted 2-XOR-cascade,
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In this paper, we put the above results into perspective by
completing the picture of the investigated landscape in
various ways. We give the following attacks and security
lower bounds for constructions using a block cipher with key
length $k$ and block length $n$:
- For the plain cascade of odd (resp. even) length $l$ we
present a generic attack requiring roughly
$2^{k+\\frac{l-1}{l+1}n}$ (resp. $2^{k+\\frac{l-2}{l}n}$)
queries. This is a generalization of both the well-known
meet-in-the-middle attack on double encryption and the
attack on triple cascade given in [Luc98].
- For the general case of XOR-cascade of odd (resp. even)
length $l$ we prove security up to
$2^{k+\\frac{l-1}{l+1}n}$ (resp. $2^{k+\\frac{l-2}{l}n}$)
queries and also an improved bound $2^{k+\\frac{l-1}{l}n}$
for the special case $l\\in\\{3,4\\}$. This is achieved by
relating the problem to existing results in an independent
line of work on the security of key-alternating ciphers in
the random permutation model.
- Finally, for a natural class of sequential constructions
where block cipher encryptions are interleaved with
key-dependent permutations, we show a generic attack
requiring roughly $2^{k+\\frac{l-1}{l}n}$ queries. Since
XOR-cascades are sequential, this proves tightness of our
above result for XOR-cascades of length $l\\in\\{3,4\\}$ as
well as their optimal security within the class of
sequential constructions.
We consider three variants of RL-SFE providing different levels of security. As a stepping stone, we also formalize the notion of commit-first SFE (cf-SFE) wherein parties are committed to their inputs before each SFE execution. We provide compilers for transforming any cf-SFE protocol into each of the three RL-SFE variants. Our compilers are accompanied with simulation-based proofs of security in the standard model and show a clear tradeoff between the level of security offered and the overhead required. Moreover, motivated by the fact that in many client-server applications clients do not keep state, we also describe a general approach for transforming the resulting RL-SFE protocols into stateless ones.
As a case study, we take a closer look at the oblivious polynomial evaluation (OPE) protocol of Hazay and Lindell, show that it is commit-first and instantiate efficient rate-limited variants of it.
The simulation paradigm, introduced by Goldwasser, Micali and Rackoff, is of fundamental importance to modern cryptography. In a breakthrough work from 2001, Barak (FOCS\'01) introduced a novel non-black-box simulation technique. This technique enabled the construction of new cryptographic primitives, such as resettably-sound zero-knowledge arguments, that cannot be proven secure using just black-box simulation techniques.
The work of Barak and its follow-ups, however, all require stronger cryptographic hardness assumptions than the minimal assumption of one-way functions: the work of Barak requires the existence of collision-resistant hash functions, and a very recent result by Bitansky and Paneth (FOCS\'12) instead requires the existence of an Oblivious Transfer protocol.
In this work, we show how to perform non-black-box simulation assuming just the existence of one-way functions. In particular, we demonstrate the existence of a constant-round resettably-sound zero-knowledge argument based only on the existence of one-way functions. Using this technique, we determine necessary and sufficient assumptions for several other notions of resettable security of zero-knowledge proofs. An additional benefit of our approach is that it seemingly makes practical implementations of non-black-box zero-knowledge viable.
We propose a method for de-identification of images that effectively prevents face recognition software (using the most popular and effective algorithms) from identifying people, but still allows human recognition. We evaluate our method experimentally by adapting the CSU framework and using the FERET database. We show that we are able to achieve strong de-identification while maintaining reasonable image quality.
In this short note, we demonstrate that the existence of one-way functions implies the existence of an $\\omega(1)$-round simultaneously resettable witness indistinguishable argument.
schemes that would be vulnerable to linear algebra attacks were they
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Welcome to the reinvented peace. love. quinoa!
After months of collaboration and behind-the-scenes work, I am grateful for this beautiful new space to blog in.
Take a look around, familiarize yourself with the new features, and get settled in – check out the new design and layout, crafted by Melissa & Erin from Wooden Spoons Kitchen. (didn't they do a GREAT job??) I am SO thankful for M & E and I couldn't be happier with the service, design, support, and information that they offered me during this reinvention.
Now that we've finished this project, I can put all my time and energy in to blog posts (well, and moving….) again instead of cleaning up the back end! Yay!


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This doesn't have as much to do directly with Movie Hotties, other than the man I'm about to have a giggle at was once the main squeeze of a chick who has contributed music to several movie soundtracks and is in talks to appear in an acting capacity to THE LAST DRAGON remake.
Yes, that's right, Rihanna's previous man and convicted domestic abuse partner participated in a grand display of irony on Sunday when he sang the National Anthem at the Mayweather Vs Mosley boxing match. Now, if we're all to believe
Tila Tequila's Miss Tila's new and sensational, best on the planet celebrity blog (catch the slurred speech and wobbly moves on YouTube if you dare... I used to think she was occasionally cute and now I want to kick her in Perez Hilton's pussybone), we're all supposed to take the time to forgive Chris for his admitted offense of beating the crap out of a beautiful woman that he supposedly loved.
Brown received rather lukewarm responses from the crowd and took to his Twitter to say, "If I wasn't somewhat sane and love my fans and music so damn much I would give up.. but that's not why I was put on this earth..youll see


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Indicted Internet tycoon unveils new site
SYDNEY (AP) — Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website that promises users greater privacy and defies the U.S. prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy.
The colorful entrepreneur unveiled the "Mega" site ahead of a lavish gala and news conference at his New Zealand mansion on Sunday night, the anniversary of his arrest on racketeering charges related to his now-shuttered Megaupload file-sharing site. The site Dotcom started in 2005 was one of the most popular sites on the Web until U.S. prosecutors shut it down and accused him and several company officials of facilitating millions of illegal downloads.
In Dotcom's typical grandiose style, the launch party featured a tongue-in-cheek re-enactment of the dramatic raid on his home a year earlier, when New Zealand police swooped down in helicopters onto the mansion grounds and nabbed him in a safe room where he was hiding.
"Mega is going to be huge, and nothing will stop Mega — whoo!" a gleeful Dotcom bellowed from a giant stage set up in his yard, seconds before a helicopter roared overhead and faux police agents rappelled down the side of his mansion. Dotcom eventually ordered everyone to "stop this madness!" before breaking out into a dance alongside miniskirt-clad "guards" as music boomed.
Bravado aside, interest in the site was certainly high. Dotcom said half a million users registered for Mega in its first 14 hours.
U.S. authorities are trying to extradite the German-born Internet tycoon from New Zealand, where he is free on bail. Prosecutors say Dotcom made tens of millions of dollars while filmmakers and songwriters lost around $500 million in copyright revenue.
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I'm playing Splinter Cell 4 on my pc. The multiplayer is awesome. Although you need a high-end to play the game it realy worth upgrading or buying a new pc.
No, it's actually adding a lot of atmosphere to the game. I skipped a lot of the previews, so I was actually surprised that my infantry units could barely move through thick snow. Also, the addition of blizzards in the game is a nice touch, as you can't through artillery during it's presence and your units freeze even quicker when they are not in a bunker or close to a fire.
Only played a couple of games against the AI, so not familiar with all the new features yet. But so far I really like the new additions to the game. Now if I could only enhance the performance on my laptop...It struggles a bit on high settings, but maybe that's partially due to the beta code.
Tag speech, small guns and energy weapons.
fast shot and gifted are a must (on first playthrough).
str aint that necessary but don't keep it lower than five (six preferably)
Companions are fairly rubbish in F1 so i recommend lower charisma to max 4 (your speech skill affects more than charisma).
High agility and int. each 9.
with power of save and load luck aint that important either. so keep it at four and you should be fine.
Also @L_Noon
I'm going to break the cycle and say; to be honest you can pretty much go through the game with any build. I've done the first fallout as a pacifist and as a gun nut, a thief or with a silver tongue and all opened up new avenues.
So make a character you would want to play, maybe suggest a theme and we can advise on the 'best' starting package. Personally i liked a high speech character for the dialogue options, a high luck for the weird encounters and the bloody mess perk for the fantastic death animations.
Companions aren't limited by charisma in Fallout; that would be Fallout 2. Speaking of which, why are random encounters so difficult in F2? I'm starting to think outdoorsmanship is a worthwhile skill. The game as a whole tends to be incredibly frustrating. From the aforementioned random encounters, to Marcus slaughtering the rest of my companions whenever I go into combat. Other than that, the game is great, but it's getting under my skin.
It has been a while, but the number 1 rule for companions in Fallout 1 and 2 is: no burst weapons.
this link, if you haven't already. They will make your playthrough a lot more enjoyable. Secondly, go into options, turn on auto-run and put combat speed to maximum.
After that you have a lot of freedom in how to approach your build and almost any combination is viable, though some are definitely more powerful than others. Intelligence and Agility are the most important stats. Small Guns, Speech, Lockpicking and later on Energy Weapons are the best skills.
Most importantly, don't worry too much if you messed up a quest or angered an NPC. Despite its reputation, Fallout isn't too hard once you come to terms with the clunky UI. Don't forget that, apart from random encounters, you can almost always choose when to engage in combat. So if a particular fight gives you trouble, just gain a few levels and return.
Quick saving seems to have done the trick so far; it's a bit difficult to flee when you are surrounded by a dozen radscorpions or raiders. Other than that, I think I'm going to have to drop Sulik off if I don't want to run into problems with burst weapons anymore. Is there any decent, less destructive weapon I can get for Marcus? I've made it all the way to NCR.
Thanks for all your advice!


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RATIONALE: STI571 may interfere with the growth of cancer cells and may be effective treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of STI571 in treating patients who have accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia.
|Drug: imatinib mesylate
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of STI571 in Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Accelerated Phase
|Study Start Date:
|June 2000
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2003 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the safety of STI571 in patients with accelerated phase Philadelphia chromosome positive (or chromosome negative and Bcr/Abl positive) chronic myelogenous leukemia. II. Determine the rate of hematological response to this treatment in these patients. III. Determine the improvements in symptomatic parameters with this treatment in these patients. IV. Determine the cytogenetic response to this treatment in these patients. V. Determine the time to treatment failure in these patients after receiving this treatment.
OUTLINE: Patients receive oral STI571 daily. Treatment continues for at least 1 year in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who are considered to have benefited may continue treatment beyond 1 year.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Not determined
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Confirmed diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia in accelerated phase At least 15% but less than 30% blasts in blood or bone marrow At least 30% blasts plus promyelocytes in the peripheral blood or bone marrow At least 20% peripheral basophils Thrombocyte count less than 100,000/mm3 (unrelated to therapy) Patients must have never been in blastic phase Ph chromosome positive OR Ph chromosome negative and Bcr/Abl positive
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-3 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: See Disease Characteristics Blood counts recovered from any prior antileukemic agents Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (no greater than 3 times ULN if liver involvement suspected) AST and ALT no greater than 3 times ULN (no greater than 5 times ULN if liver involvement suspected) Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2 times ULN Cardiovascular: No grade 3 or 4 cardiac disease Other: No serious other concurrent medical condition Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective barrier contraception during and for at least 2 weeks after study for women and at least 3 months after study for men No history of noncompliance with medical regimens
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: At least 48 hours since prior interferon alfa Prior hematopoietic stem cell transplantation allowed if blood counts have recovered No concurrent biologic therapy Chemotherapy: At least 14 days since prior homoharringtonine At least 24 hours since prior hydroxyurea At least 7 days since prior low dose cytarabine (less than 30 mg/m2 every 12-24 hours daily) At least 14 days since prior moderate dose cytarabine (100-200 mg/m2 for 5-7 days) At least 28 days since prior high dose cytarabine (1-3 g/m2 every 12-24 hours for 6-12 doses) At least 21 days since prior anthracyclines, mitoxantrone, etoposide, methotrexate, or cyclophosphamide At least 6 weeks since prior busulfan No concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified Other: At least 28 days since prior other investigational agents No concurrent other investigational agents
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006052
|United States, New Jersey
|Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
|East Hanover, New Jersey, United States, 07936
|Study Chair:
|Ilana Monteleone
|Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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|NCT00006052 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|July 5, 2000
|Last Updated:
|January 30, 2014
Keywords provided by Novartis:
accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
chronic myelogenous leukemia, BCR-ABL1 positive
Philadelphia chromosome negative chronic myelogenous leukemia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia, Myeloid
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated Phase
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Imatinib Mesylate
Antineoplastic Agents
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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I'm doing another happy dance, though I've been much delayed in reading about it. Life got the best of me in December, and I'm finally catching up. In any case, another Find-A-Grave success story to share.
Thank you Mona for fulfilling this request. I LOVE seeing this stone and how ornate it is. Mildred Long Arnold (1892 - 1984) is a distant cousin through my grand uncle Frank Long and his wife Inez Stewart. All of these relatives are from Ohio.
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text: Hector E. Rodriguez holds a Doctor of Education degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Houston, a Master of Business Administration from Sam Houston State University, and Master of Education in Counseling from the University of Houston - Clear Lake. He is the author of, "The Effect of Family Values on Dual Language Students" which is the published version of his doctoral dissertation. He has over 25 years of experience as a teacher, counselor, and administrator in Texas public schools, and currently serves as the Director of Alternative Education for Austin ISD, Austin, Texas. Friday Night Lights was being filmed after hours on one of his campuses, and he was asked to do a cameo as an assistant principal.


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text: Many of the written blogs provided by the photographer Kristian Bertel provide commentary on a particular subject in India, others function as more personal online photo diaries. On the blog posts you can see a that a typical blog by the photographer combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic of photography. The photographer has on some of the photo blogs made the ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format which is an important contribution to the popularity of many picture blogs online. Most of the blogs are primarily with a focus on the photos, although some are textual of a specific theme. The structure of blogs by the photographer is focusing on the story behind the pictures, so the community of all blogs known as the blogosphere can get the background story of images from India. Since all blogs are online by definition, also when blogging about India, they may be seen as interconnected and socially networked, through blogrolls, comments, linkbacks which are refbacks, trackbacks or pingbacks and backlinks. Discussions of the photographer's photos in the blogosphere are occasionally used by the media as a gauge of public opinion on various issues. Because new, untapped communities of bloggers including travel bloggers and NGO's and their readers can emerge in the space of a few years, many people's attention to life in India in the blogosphere including the photos from India.


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LOS ANGELES – The massacre of 26 people, mostly young children, at a U.S. school has revived the perennial debate about the impact of violent video games on the warped minds of gunmen behind such tragedies.
Experts are divided over whether games with names such as "Thrill Kill" or "Manhunt: Executions" are blueprints for real-life violent behavior or harmless fantasies that allow young men to vent testosterone.
Some politicians have highlighted the role of violence in television, movies and video games — including Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, after 12 people were killed in a movie theater massacre near Denver in July.
"There might well be some direct connection between people who have some mental instability and when they go over the edge — they transport themselves, they become part of one of those video games," he told CNN.
Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed himself after massacring 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, was reportedly a fan of violent video games, including "Dynasty Warriors."
California banned the sale of violent video games to minors, but the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the law in June 2011, saying it violated the right to free speech, enshrined in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Experts and game developers say the evidence about such games' impact on players is mixed. "I'm rather tired of this argument. I'm sure you can find a study or two to support the claim that video games foster violence, but I'm sure you can also find studies that deny it," said specialist and game designer Greg Costikyan.
"In general, my impression is that the idea that media of any sort cause anything other than short-term and minor changes in proclivities to violent behavior has been thoroughly debunked."
But Brad Bushman, a professor of psychology at Ohio State University, said that players grow more aggressive the longer they play such games.
"It's like global warming. Ninety-five percent of scientists say that global warming is occurring, but you can always find a few scientists saying it's not occurring," he said, referring to experts who disagree.
"The same is true. I would say 95 percent of scientists believe that violent media, TV programs, movies, video games, increase aggression, and only 5 percent or even less believes they have no effect," he said. "They are outliers, they're not the norm."
Blood-drenched video games may well have a more harmful effect than violence in movies or TV shows, he said.
When you're playing a video game, "you're active. You're not just sitting on a couch watching other people. You are actively involved and people learn when they're actively involved.
"You're directly rewarded in a video game for behaving aggressively. . . . And you get to advance in the game. If you kill people you get points," he said.
But violent video games do not by themselves create crazed killers. "Shootings like the one in Connecticut are very rare and you cannot predict them," he said.
"But violent video games increase behavior that's not so rare, like yelling, hitting, pushing and being an aggressive driver," he said. "Maybe if you play violent video games you won't kill somebody, but how do you treat your friends, how do you treat strangers? There's never one cause. Violent video games are maybe one factor."
But Sen. Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, said that the Newtown massacre must spark not just debate, but action.
"It would be a travesty if we only looked at Friday's attack — as well as the many other senseless tragedies we've seen — in silence and refuse to act," he said.


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A WIRRAL charity helping children with celebral palsy is urging readers taking part in this year's coastal walk to help boost its funds.
Stick 'n' Step is appealing for supporters to step out in support of its cause on Sunday, May 11.
It costs the organisation £350,000 a year to run its centre in Liscard. The money is used to help provide free conductive education and support services for 70 children with cerebral palsy and their families.
Conductive education is a non-medical based developmental aid, helping young people learn new skills such as head control, moving around independently, sitting unaided and walking
Kerry Roe-Ely, Stick'n'Step's community and events fundraiser, said: "There was a noticeable presence of Stick 'n' Step fundraisers participating last year and collectively they raised more than £3,000.
"Together, our Wirral Walker's managed to fund one child's place to attend sessions here at Stick 'n' Step for a whole year – which helped make a difference to one child's life.
"This made a big contribution towards our annual fundraising requirement of £350,000 and we would love to match, if not increase, that amount this year.
"To do this we need your support. Please tell all your friends, colleagues and neighbours that we are recruiting an army of Stick 'n' Step walkers for the 2014 event."
Organised by the Rotary Club of North Wirral, the 15 mile picturesque stroll will see fundraisers walking from Seacombe Ferry Terminal to Wirral Country Park at Thurstaston.
Registration forms and more details forms are from www.sticknstep.org or www.wirralcoastalwalk.org


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Retailers are nervously gauging the spending mood of the wealthy as we head into the holiday season. The stock market has been rising pre-holiday, but that doesn't mean the greenbacks will be flowing at shopping sites this year. Many of the wealthy still feel chastened by the shaky economy, and are reining in the holiday spending and planning more time with family and friends.
According to the 2010 Survey of Affluence and Wealth in America by Harrison Group and American Express Publishing, gift-giving among those surveyed is expected to be flat. The average affluent family's budget for gifts is $2,093, less than 1 percent below the 2009 number. Instead, 30 percent will spend more time with family, while 18 percent expect to celebrate with friends. There's also some bad news for charity: A quarter of the respondents say they will donate less this year.
The survey, conducted during September, included 805 individuals with a household discretionary income of $100,000 and above.
Although spending is down, families indicate that they are less likely to feel deprived than they did before the recession, and they are happier and more successful in life and career. Further, 82 percent report that the recession has made them more resourceful, 88 percent have become more responsible in spending and 81 percent are more self-sufficient with their finances.
How are you feeling as we move into the holiday season? Will you spend more or less money this year than you did last year?
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Asserting that the U.S. is "the paradigmatic example of an irremediably racist state in international relations today," international legal authority Francis Boyle told a Chicago conference that the trauma endured by African-Americans brought here in chains has caused them to suffer "Intergenerational post-traumatic stress disorder (P.T.S.D.)."
Boyle told the IHRAAM Conference on "Civil Rights, Human Rights, & Self-Determination" April 20th at East-West University, Chicago, that it is customary in international law to pay such reparations but that an indictment he filed in 1992 with the U.S. Attorney in San Francisco and the U.S. Attorney General against the U.S. has gone unanswered.
Instead, he received a letter dated Feb. 5, 1993, from the Justice Department that said, "If you, or the Tribunal, have any evidence of the violation of federal criminal law, we ask that you provide that information to your local office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
Boyle filed that indictment as an outcome of his successful pleading before the International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples and Oppressed Nations in the U.S.A. initiated by the American Indian Movement and others.
IHRRAM is an acronym for the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities and is a non-governmental organization recognized by the United Nations. It was founded in 1985 at The Hague to help unrepresented people gain access to international law and its enforcement mechanisms.
The San Francisco Tribunal, composed of seven distinguished international jurists, ordered the U.S. to "cease and desist from the commission of the crimes" of which it was found guilty.
Boyle told the Chicago conference the U.S. has "illegally refused to apply the United Nations Decolonization Resolution of 1960 to the New Afrikan (Afro-American)People and to the Territories they principally inhabit."
Boyle, a professor of international law at the University of Illinois, Champaign, has served as counsel to Bosnia and Herzegovina and to the Provisional Government of the State of Palestine. He is the author of numerous books on the subject, including "Biowarfare and Terrorism"(Clarity).#
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Strong like the storm, cold like the snow - an honest, straightforward boy with few words, Yuras doesn't initiate conversations unless you prompt him to.
Yuras' strength will be your best asset. Don't expect much about everything else though. He can be found in the Ice Age.
Yuras: "I'm about to bury you before you get eaten by wild animals."
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Great weekend getaway: Majesty of the Seas Cruise Review by reeb4
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Great weekend getaway
Destination: Bahamas
Embarkation: Miami
We arrived at MIA around noon, and caught a cab to the port. I had heard that the Miami port was easy. We arrived, got in line for Platinum and above, and were on the ship in no time at all. We carried on, and by the time we got to our room, it was ready to go and we went to explore the options at the Windjammer. But first, for those worried about the description of "obstructed view" for the Deck 9 Superior Rooms, don't be...the rooms are larger than those below, and we had enough room to sleep, shower, etc. You aren't there to spend all day in the room, right? The "obstruction" was the life boats, but they are not right in the window, and only block your view if you are trying to look down. I preferred looking out, and the view was great.
We started with RCI back in the days of the Song of America (anyone remember her?) and I was really looking forward to that small More ship feel. Majesty (having undergone renovation in 2007) was in great shape and is a classy ship. We went to the Excursion desk first, and got our names on a wait list for a cabana for Coco Cay. By dinner, we wer told we had one. We ended up with a large one (four lounge chairs) facing the ship. I will do that every time from now on. Nice ice chest with a fruit plate, bottled waters and a bottle of champagne. Floating mats, snorkle equipment also included.
The Windjammer had better selection than I recalled on other cruises, and we had a good lunch to start off. After a couple of drinks to celebrate being there, and heading to Boleros for the life boat drill (easiest drill ever - no waiting outside with vest on, just go to your area (ours was Boleros) and check in. Listen to the announcements, and soon we were released.
We scheduled a couples massage for the first evening. Never done that before, and WOW, it was great. Pricey (even with the Crown & Anchor discount), but, what the heck, we were saving money by not having the kids there!!!!! It was so nice, we scheduled another for Sunday.
Afterward, we walked around the ship, and enjoyed ourselves until dinner. We opted for My Time dining. This needs a few wrinkles worked out, but overall, we were pleased. Our reservation was for 8:15, and each night we ate with the same couples at tables next to us, and enjoyed great conversation, while still having a nice dinner for two. Some complain about the food - I do not. I thought there were great options, it was prepared very well, and we enjoyed every dinner.
After dinner we ended up at Boleros for Salsa Night, and danced well into the evening. The band members gave lessons to a large group and then the music played and all had a great time.
On Saturday, we enjoyed the cabana at Coco Cay. The upgraded lunch was also very nice. We snorkeled, walked around (I do me AROUND) the island, and settled in for relaxation and champagne. Back on the ship we enjoyed the Crown & Anchor reception.
That evening, after dinner, we went to the Chorus Line Lounge for a juggling act. Entertaining and funny. We then went to the Pool Deck for the Midnight Buffet and Pool Dance Party. Late night, too much food, fun for all.
Sunday, we were in Nassau. We didn't want to shop, so we rented a scooter (Vespa) and rode over to Cabbage Beach near Atlantis. We enjoyed the water, and later, rode around town a bit until we stumbled on a small, local Regatta. Lots of local food vendors, local beer, and music.
As we headed back to the ship, we stopped briefly to get a few gifts, and called it a day.
More massage, more food, more fun...you get the idea.
Overall, Majesty is a fine ship. We really enjoyed the itinerary and would do it again (maybe even let the kids come next time). Less
Published 08/09/12
Cabin review: SO9056 Superior Ocean View Stateroom
I think the cabin was fine. Are they smaller than hotel rooms? Yes. Is there enough room? Yes. the Superior Outside rooms are about 25% larger. I do think that is important and if I was in a smaller cabin I think the difference would feel cramped. The view was fine. The life boats obstruct a view if you want to look down. Since the ocean view was looking out, I was not bothered at all. It would be tight on a longer cruise - small closets, small drawers/shelves, but for what is needed on a 3-nighter, it was fine. I'm a big guy, and the shower is tight, but usable.Read All Superior Ocean View Stateroom (SO) Reviews >>
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New Toccoa Municipal Court Judge Holds Court
The city of Toccoa's new Municipal Court Judge holds court for the first time.
New Municipal Court Judge Bob Sneed held his first session of city court Thursday at Toccoa City Hall.
The city commission voted unanimously on December 17 to appoint Sneed, a Lithonia lawyer, as the new municipal court judge.
He replaced Toccoa attorney Nina Svoren, who had served as the city's municipal court judge for the past two years.
According to Toccoa City Manager Mike Jackson, the city interviewed multiple candidates and Sneed's experience stood out and made him the best person for the job.
Jackson says that Sneed serves as a municipal court judge in 17 cities in northeast Georgia, including Toccoa, and has worked in municipal courts for 21 years.
Sneed currently serves as the Municipal Court Judge for cities including Clarkesville, Mt. Airy, Alto, and Baldwin, among others.


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The Society for Cinema and Media Studies is the leading scholarly organization in the United States dedicated to promoting a broad understanding of film, television, and related media through research and teaching grounded in the contemporary humanities tradition.
SCMS encourages excellence in scholarship and pedagogy and fosters critical inquiry into the global, national, and local circulation of cinema, television, and other related media. SCMS scholars situate these media in various contexts, including historical, theoretical, cultural, industrial, social, artistic, and psychological.
SCMS seeks to further media study within higher education and the wider cultural sphere, and to serve as a resource for scholars, teachers, administrators, and the public. SCMS works to maintain productive relationships with organizations in other nations, disciplines, and areas of media study; to foster dialogue between media industries and scholars; and to promote the preservation of our film, television, and media heritage. We encourage membership and participation of scholars and those in related positions not only in the US but around the world.
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies invites students, scholars, filmmakers, and others interested in cinema and media to join our community as individual or institutional members.
There are two types of SCMS membership: individual and institutional membership. Individual members receive four issues of Cinema Journal per membership year, and are invited to submit proposals to participate in the annual conference held in locations across the U.S. and abroad. Our website enables members to be in contact with colleagues, collaborators, and mentors. Our online Career Center allows members to access the most up-to-date job listings and gain access to useful insight from professionals about careers in cinema and media studies. Institutional members receive all of these benefits as well as the ability to send a member of their institution to the annual conference. Institutional members can also make use of our Career Center to post an unlimited number of job advertisements for their institutions. They may also feature their institution in our growing resource area online for graduate and undergraduate students interested in the field of cinema and media studies.
Individuals must first create a profile for the website before they can join. Three types of payment methods (funds must be paid in USD) are available: Credit Card via BLUEPAY, Checks, and Money Orders.
Select Payment Method:
(a) Credit Card (BLUEPAY): If you wish to pay by credit card, please follow the step-by-step instructions on the screen.
(b) Mail: If you wish to pay by check or money order (funds must be in USD), print the membership application and mail along with your payment to the address on the form.
Your membership expires on August 31 of each year. The SCMS membership year runs from September 1 through August 31 to accommodate the publication schedule for Cinema Journal. The University of Texas Press publishes one volume with four issues each year: Fall (No. 1), Winter (No. 2), Spring (No. 3) and Summer (No. 4).
If you join or renew after the new membership year has started, you will receive the next issue published, followed by any earlier issues. To ensure that you receive each issue of Cinema Journal, renew your membership before August 31 and keep your mailing address current on the website.
You can request a membership confirmation e-mail or change your membership on this page.
Click on the following links to access detailed instructions for updating your profile and changing your notification preferences.
Members elected to the Board of Directors and volunteers selected for the "Standing" and "Annual" Committees conduct daily SCMS business and planning, assisted by the SCMS staff. "Caucuses" and "Scholarly Interest Groups" also play vital roles in sustaining and developing the organization.
Members are encouraged to volunteer for service on the "Standing" and "Annual" Committees, and to participate as interested in the "Caucuses" and "Scholarly Interest Groups."
SCMS has by-laws to facilitate the governance and administration of the organization. The Society has also developed policies related to our professional practices, including teaching, publishing, and the reproduction of visual and aural materials.
The SCMS annual conference rotates between three regional locations—the East, Midwest, and West—to guarantee parity across our various U.S. constituencies. Cities are selected according to the following criteria (in no particular order): affordability, ease of access to reasonably priced transportation, host committee potential, and local attractions.
Occasionally, the Board elects to hold the conference outside of the United States. In such circumstances, the site is selected and the conference is scheduled according to the regional rotation already in place. For example, the London 2005 conference was held during the year that the conference was slated to be held in the east and the Vancouver 2006 conference was held the year that it was scheduled for the west.
The SCMS Board of Directors employs a conference consultant to collect bids from various hotels located in the conference city. Hotels are invited to make bids for the conference based on the specialized needs of SCMS, including total number of meeting rooms, exhibition space, room rates and quality of accommodations, and technology capabilities. Our conference consultant is charged with finding the most reasonable rates while also meeting our list of needs. The conference consultant is also responsible for negotiating rates for technology (including DVD players, monitors, and data projection in meeting rooms and, when possible, wireless capabilities).
There are several major ways that one can participate in the SCMS conference.
Workshops are limited to a maximum of 5 participants. They are distinct from panels in that they focus on field-specific topics with brief presentations by panelists that lead to focused and substantive discussion and debate among workshop participants and others attending the event. Workshop participants do not read papers. Workshops are intended to be dialogical and productive workspaces. Topics are typically focused on pedagogy, research strategies, and methodologies or may explore major intellectual issues/trends in the discipline.
No. Anyone can submit a proposal without being a current member of SCMS. If the proposal is accepted, individuals will need to become members of SCMS, register and pay the conference registration fee before the registration deadline. To submit a proposal or to be included as a presenter on a panel or a workshop proposal, individuals must be registered users of the website as temporary members.
Members may serve in only ONE role during the conference, such as participating in a workshop OR giving a paper on a panel. You may chair the panel or workshop in which you participate but may not serve as chair or respondent on another panel. (The exception is for invitations to participate in special events, such as the plenary session.) This allows a maximum number of members to participate in the annual conference
Paper presentations on panels should last no longer than 20 minutes. Because of the limited time (which includes both orally delivered material and any visual clips) most papers attempt to make only two or three major points. Clip time should be included in the total 20 minutes.
Please Note: Panel and Workshop Sessions are one hour and 45 minutes in length. When there are more than three or four presenters, the chair is responsible for allocating an equal amount of time for each. Sessions run concurrently and continuously throughout the day. Caucus, Scholarly Interest Group and committee meetings are scheduled throughout the day. Consequently rooms must be cleared promptly at the end of the time period to allow for the next panel, workshop or meeting.
To submit a proposal for the SCMS conference, individuals must register for the website before submitting a proposal online. If an individual is part of a panel or workshop, the organizer or chair is responsible for submitting all papers or participants within the panel or workshop. It is the individual's responsibility to send all the required information to the organizer for input. Individuals can submit open call paper proposals directly online but are limited to one proposal per individual. For submission requirements, examples and additional details about submitting a proposal online, please visit the "Submission Forms" topic located under the "Conference" topic.
Panel Chair: Whether he or she has organized the panel or volunteered to chair, the panel chair has three primary functions. First, the chair introduces the panel and the individual panelists. It is recommended that the chair contact the panelists prior to the conference to get a brief biographical statement that can be presented as an introduction. (This often includes information about affiliations, rank, recent publications, and current research interests.) Introductions of any individual should last no more than one minute. Second, the chair is responsible for insuring that panelists adhere to their time limit. The time limit for paper presentations is twenty minutes. Chairs will usually notify the presenter with a pre-arranged signal if he or she is approaching the time limit. It is the chair's responsibility to make sure that no presenter goes over the allotted time, which might impinge on the time of the other presenters. Third, the chair facilitates questions and discussion after all papers have been delivered. Finally, the chair also clears the room promptly to make way for the next session. The chair of a pre-constituted panel is responsible for informing her or his panelists that their panel has been accepted or rejected.
Workshop Chair: The workshop chair's role is similar to that of the panel chair, although the workshop chair is more active in facilitating dialogue between the workshop participants and among audience members.
No. Please give others the opportunity to chair by proposing only a single panel or workshop in which you act as chair.
A respondent is an individual who generally possesses specialized knowledge of the panel's topic. A respondent usually reads all of the papers prior to the conference and attempts to draw out particular lines of thought shared by the presentations to arrive at some broader conclusion.
Panels with four paper presentations should not have a respondent due to the time constraints of the one-hour and forty-five minute sessions. The audience usually serves in this role by asking questions and making comments about the papers. However, panels with three paper presentations should have a respondent to use the session time efficiently. Also if a presenter withdraws from a panel with only three presentations, a panel with a chair, two presenters, and a respondent is still viable.
Yes. Your proposal should indicate that your panel includes a respondent, and that individual's relevant information, when it is submitted.
No. It is assumed that the respondent provides objective feedback on the papers presented on the panel. As chair (and in most instances, organizer) of a panel, it is assumed you might not have the necessary distance from the papers to provide objective commentary.
You can propose only one paper for the conference. That paper can either be proposed as part of a pre-constituted panel or as part of the open call. You cannot propose the same paper on both a panel and as part of the open call. You must choose whether you would like your paper to be part of a pre-constituted panel, or if you want to propose it as part of the open call.
No more than two individuals from any single institution should be included in any proposed panel or workshop.
Optimum number of panelists: Four presenters (includes chair if presenting) or three presenters (includes chair if presenting) and a respondent. Panels with fewer than four presenters or more than four presenters are at a disadvantage in the selection process.
Workshop proposals should have five presenters only.
The Program Committee is charged with selecting the best proposals to create the annual conference program. The Program Committee has seventeen members including its chair. At least four members of this committee are also members of the SCMS Board of Directors. Other members of the Program Committee are selected from the SCMS membership to balance the diversity and expertise represented by the Committee as a whole. The individual who serves as Program Committee Chair alternates between the SCMS president-elect and a member of the Board of Directors. The Program Committee is made up entirely of volunteers. You, as a member of SCMS, may volunteer to serve on the Program Committee and are encouraged to do so.
Pre-constituted panels can be formed in two ways. In the first case, several individuals who are interested in forming a panel might meet at the conference, on-line, or through some other means. They discuss their panel, designate a chair, and send in their proposal as a pre-constituted panel -- usually consisting of four papers, or three papers and a respondent. In the second case, an individual may attempt to organize a panel by posting a call for papers on the conference "bulletin board" in the months prior to the proposal deadline. People contact the organizer with suggestions for papers, and the organizer selects those people she or he would like to participate on the panel. The organizer also informs those people who have not been selected in a timely fashion. The organizer then submits the panel by the proposal deadline.
The open call is the opportunity for individuals to submit papers that are not part of a pre-constituted panel. If an open call paper is accepted, members of the Program Committee and conference staff will assign it to an open call panel with other papers on similar topics or research methodologies.
At the conference there is no distinction made between panels that were pre-constituted and those that have been created through the open call.
After your proposal is submitted online, the Program Committee Chair then assigns the proposal to a team of two readers from the Program Committee. The readers evaluate the proposal individually and then compare their respective scores. Readers look for originality, scope, and depth of research, and attempt to assess whether the paper will make a contribution to the field. Secondarily, the readers consider whether the proposal has followed the rules for submission. A joint score is forwarded to the Program Committee Chair.
The Program Committee Chair will only weigh in on a decision in the event of a radically split vote (e.g., one committee member thinks a proposal is great, the other thinks it is terrible). The Chair does not overrule the decisions of the readers. The Program Committee Chair is responsible for creating panels from the open call and assigning the panels and workshops to time slots and rooms. Time and room assignments are based in some measure on equipment needs, and efforts are made not to have too many panels or workshops on similar topics competing in a single time slot or bunched together on a single day. Because of the complexity of putting the program together, requests for special times or days cannot be honored.
No. All proposals must go through the review procedure. You cannot substitute someone at a later point. It is useful to have a full complement of four presenters on pre-constituted panels so that if an individual does have to drop out you will still have a panel of three.
No. Your paper (or panel or workshop) was judged and accepted on the merits of the proposal. You cannot substitute something different after your proposal has been accepted.
It is expected that any paper presented at the SCMS Conference is original and has not been previously presented. Presenting material that has been accepted for publication in a journal or anthology, but which has not gone to print before the conference, is acceptable.
No. Please proof your proposal carefully. Due to the volume of papers, panels and workshops at the conference, it is not possible to make individual changes after submission.
Requests for times or days for paper presentations are not allowed due to the large number of participants.
This is not a good idea due to the volume of work faced by the SCMS Office when proposals are submitted.
Please submit proposals only if you plan to attend the conference. If you are unsure about whether you will have the time, be able to finish a paper, or get funding, perhaps it's best to wait until the next year to submit your proposal. It takes time to process, read, evaluate, and schedule every paper, panel, and workshop. When you put individuals through this work for a proposal that you don't deliver, you have wasted the Program Committee's time (which is done on a volunteer basis), as well as that of the SCMS Administrative Office.
There may be many reasons why a proposal was rejected. It is possible that the readers did not feel the proposal made a contribution to the field, or that it was one of several proposals on the same topic. It is possible that the proposal replicated work that was presented at a recent SCMS conference. Finally, it is possible that the proposal did not follow submission guidelines in some way. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of submissions, the Program Committee cannot respond to inquiries about rejections.
First, ask yourself whether you are carefully following all the submission procedures. Second, ask yourself if the work is original or if it is simply a rehash of existing work. Third, ask yourself if your proposal is suited for the SCMS conference or if it might not find a more logical fit with another conference (e.g., a conference on journalism, rhetoric, etc.). Finally, ask a peer who has been "successful" at having her or his papers or panels accepted to see copies of those proposals for tips.
No. All proposals are examined for their merits. The SCMS Program Committee welcomes proposals from individuals at all levels within the field of cinema and media studies as well as the work of independent scholars and researchers.
No. As above, all proposals are judged on their individual merits.
No. SCMS policy requires the paper author to be physically present at the conference to give the paper. Substitute readers are forbidden and Skype presentations are not permitted.
Sometimes things come up that may force you to cancel participation in the conference -- a health issue, a family emergency, etc. In such an event, contact the home office at email@example.com and the Chair of your panel or workshop immediately and inform them that you will not be able to participate in the conference. If you are the Chair of a panel or workshop you should also inform your panelists to see if one can step into your role as chair and then report this to the home office as well.
Obviously extenuating circumstances do crop up, but not to attend the conference without a legitimate reason when your proposal was accepted is unprofessional. If an individual habitually cancels, that individual may find her or his proposals will receive less favorable attention for future conferences. The registration fee refund deadline varies from year to year but is posted on the conference pages of the website. Unless the deadline has passed, please request a refund by email to email@example.com.
Yes. However, co-presented papers are given the same amount of time --20 minutes-- as papers presented by a single individual.
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You will not receive Cinema Journal if your membership has expired or if your mailing address has changed and you haven't updated your profile. The University of Texas Press downloads members' mailing addresses directly from the SCMS website membership data.
If your mailing address is correct at the time the issue is mailed and there is a delivery failure due to Post Office or carrier error, there will be no additional postage charge for a replacement issue. To request the issue be resent, contact the SCMS Office. The SCMS Office will confirm that your mailing address is current and authorize the University of Texas Press to send another issue.
When undeliverable issues are returned to the University of Texas Press, the US Post Office includes a label with the reason for the return (addressee unknown, forwarding order has expired, etc.). The new mailing address is often included but because the forwarding order has expired, the Post Office will not forward it without additional postage. When the SCMS Office staff members receive address corrections and undeliverable notices, they either suspend membership or update the address on the member's behalf and record the correction date. However, the University of Texas Press requires the additional postage to resend the issue to the new address.
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Throughout the year, SCMS conducts much of its organizational business via committees. There are two types of committees: Standing Committees and Annual Committees.Standing Committees carry a three-year term and focus on administrative and policy issues. Annual Committees focus on the specific tasks that occur within a calendar year, namely, conference organization and awards. Descriptions of SCMS committees can be found here.
Committee membership rotates on a regular basis, and each spring following the conference, the SCMS President issues a call for participation, inviting SCMS members to volunteer for committee service. You may respond directly to this invitation or simply let the Home Office know the committee(s) on which you would like to serve. In consultation with committee chairs, the SCMS Board of Directors works from the list of volunteers in order to staff committees.
Committee service is vital to the well-being and functioning of SCMS. Service on a committee brings you inside the organization in ways that go beyond attendance at the annual conference. Committee service provides an excellent way to interact with one's professional colleagues and contribute to the organization.
In general, committee service does not impose a heavy burden of time. Much of a committee's work throughout the year is transacted via email, and the annual activities report that each committee furnishes the Board of Directors is relatively brief. The professional, intellectual, and networking benefits of committee service far outweigh the time that is required.
While publishers and journal editors are invited to nominated books and essays for SCMS awards, individual SCMS members are encouraged to apply directly on their own behalf or to nominate other members. Application forms are submitted online by the annual August 1 deadline. Please see the Awards section of this website for full eligibility requirements and forms for each award.
No book may compete for more than one SCMS award.
To nominate someone for the Distinguished Career award, please submit a completed nomination form to the SCMS office by August 1. Nominations should include the following information: name, affiliation, mailing address, and email address of the nominee. Nominations must also include a statement in support of the nominee.
To nominate someone for the Pedagogy award, please submit a completed nomination form to the SCMS office by August 1. Nominations should include the following information: name, affiliation, mailing address, and email address of the nominee. Nominations must also include a statement in support of the nominee.
The deadline for all awards is August 1.
A Caucus is a group that seeks to address issues of racial, ethnic, gender, sexual, and class underrepresentation within the SCMS organization and in the academy at large.
No. While many Caucus members come from groups that have been underrepresented at SCMS and/or in the academy, what defines the Caucuses is a common political, social, cultural, and academic interest in tackling underrepresentation in terms of membership, scholarship, and networking opportunities.
No. Members are not required to join Caucuses.
You need to draft a petition to the SCMS Board of Directors. The petition must state the purpose of the caucus and include a list of members interested in creating the Caucus.
No. The Board of Directors, at its discretion, may approve or deny the formation of a Caucus.
As many as you would like to join.
Any member of the Society who is in good standing may join a Caucus.
Log in to the website, select the caucus's group page and then select the Join Group link at the top of the group page.
A Scholarly Interest Group is a group comprised of SCMS members who share an interest in a particular medium, a genre, a methodology, the media of a particular nation or region, or any other subcategory within the rubric of Cinema and Media Studies.
SIGs are formed and maintained to provide fellowship and networking opportunities for their members, and to support scholarship, pedagogy, and mentoring in that particular area within SCMS.
Any member of the Society who is in good standing may join a SIG.
Log in to the website, select the scholarly interest group's group page and then select the Join Group link at the top of the group page.
An SCMS member may join as many SIGs as s/he desires. There is no limit.
Each Scholarly Interest Group elects Co-Chairs who serve staggered terms of three years each.
Scholarly Interest Groups are granted $500.00 each year. These funds may be used to cover travel expenses for invited speakers at the group's annual meeting or at screenings accepted as part of the conference, exhibit tables for the conference, receptions, etc. If unexpended, these funds revert to the general SCMS fund at the end of each fiscal year.
Those SCMS members desiring to form a new Scholarly Interest Group must submit to the SCSM Board of Directors a mission statement, a list of its potential members (at least 25), and a copy of its bylaws. The Board of Directors may approve or deny the formation of a Scholarly Interest Group.
SCMS, as an established scholarly association, maintains records of its meetings, conferences, publications, and other activities since its original formation as the Society of Cinematologists (1959-1969) through its incarnation as the Society for Cinema Studies (1969-2002).
These records are archived at the Stanford University Archive. A finding aid is available and interested scholars should visit the Stanford University Archive website for more information about accessing the collection: https://library.stanford.edu/spc
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