George was a veteran of the United States Army and was a retired owner/operator Truck Driver who dedicated the same level of love and respect to his family as he did to his truck driving Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 43 years In keeping with George’s wishes there will be no public visitation and a burial will be held at the convenience of the family at the Powhatan Point Cemetery Arrangements have been entrusted to Wilson Funeral Home To leave online condolences please visit www.wilsonfuneral homes.com Today's breaking news and more in your inbox | https://www.timesleaderonline.com | 200 S Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Photographer Ana María Arévalo Gosen returned to Venezuela after eight years away and began to document her country’s decline through the prism of women in the penal system it felt like stepping into a different world and the infrastructure of what was once one of Latin America’s most promising nations was crumbling That year, I began the project Días Eternos [Eternal Days] driven by my need to explore one of the root causes of the crisis in my country: the perpetual breakdown of the penitentiary system This is evident in the flawed ways criminals are sentenced crimes are investigated and minorities are judged This is one of the final images I took after two years visiting prisons and detention centres The photograph was taken in December 2018 in the Ana María Campos II prison in Maracaibo The women were preparing the net for volleyball Although they have access to provisions such as food and computer training programmes in this prison with frequent shortages of water and electricity Nearly two thirds (62%) of Venezuela’s total prison population is held in detention centres and often women having to mix in with male detainees Some of the women I spoke to that day said they felt guilty that they had escaped the inhumane conditions of the detention centres by being transferred to a state prison But in many ways life in the prisons is harsher. Women cannot have visitors or make phone calls. The prison enforces the government’s “reformation of the new woman” motto, requiring inmates to participate in military-style rituals, including saluting and reciting “Independence and socialist fatherland. We will live, and we will win. Chávez lives, and the fight continues.” Read moreWomen represent only 7.8% of the total prison population yet they endure some of the worst conditions Nearly all incarcerated women in Venezuela are mothers adding the emotional toll of separation from their children to their suffering Venezuelan law allows children to stay with their mothers until the age of three lack maternity wards or facilities for them to be together As women in Venezuela are often the primary breadwinners their imprisonment leaves children without the love of their mothers and crucial economic support This project looks at how the justice system across Latin America disproportionately affects the region’s poorest and most vulnerable people. What began in Venezuela has since expanded to Guatemala and El Salvador where I have also visited prisons to document the conditions for women I aim to continue working across the continent Justice is not only fractured in my country – it is lost across the region Ana María Arévalo Gosen is a Venezuelan photographer based in Madrid. Her visual storytelling focuses on women’s rights. 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Mr. Gosen has brought the letter to light and is offering it for sale. (For more information, contact Mr. Gosen at [email protected].) a letter like this would be immediately thrown into the fire after being read,” Mr and not because of references to Dear Fanny It’s because of passages later mentioning precise information on battles at sea during the Revolutionary War information presenting an immediate danger to writer and recipient alike Gosen said that if agents of the Crown had gotten their hands on this letter both men would have had a quick date with a British hangman The brothers were officers in the nascent American Navy defined as commanders of privately owned and armed vessels commissioned by a state targeting vessels of commerce commanded by the enemy “In his letter to Captain Thomas Updike Fosdick Captain Nicoll Fosdick recounts the latest maritime news at the start of 1783 ‘[W]e have been very Successful here Lately in our Arrivals Viz Wattles Brought an Acc[oun]t of the Ship Cato that Nath[anie]l Richards went in being Drove on Shore at the Fly in Holland by a Dutch Ship Drifting fowl of her as She Lay at Anchor the Day She Arrived & Lost her whole Cargo Uncle Mumford was a Large Freighter in Said Ship but had part of his Interest Insured.’” This passage shows the extent of the American Navy’s reach during the revolutionary War with accounts of action off the Netherlands he notes that Captain Thomas Updike Fosdick served in the militia company of Captain Nathan Hale (yes and participated in that unit’s exploits prior to Hale’s execution in late 1776 a week before the Battle of Fort Washington Thomas Fosdick drew a commendation from General George Washington for attempting to drive a fire-ship deep into the British forces assembling for the Battle of Fort Washington,” Mr “Thomas Updike Fosdick was taken prisoner in that battle and later paroled Fosdick returned to garrison duty guarding New London and was part of the 1781 fighting there that ended with the burning of the town.” Gosen has done significant research and unearthed evidence that Captain Nicoll Fosdick was He’s found a sworn affidavit in the National Archives dated 1833 that “One Peter Vaill filed an application for his Revolutionary War Pension and Land Benefits In his application he stated: ‘In the month of October 1780 I enlisted at New London as a marine for a cruise in the Privateer Randolph commanded by Captain Nicoll Fosdick …’ Vaill’s application gives an account of the engagements and prizes taken from the British during his voyage to the West Indies establishing Captain Nicoll Fosdick as a successful privateer commander.” It’s said that bravery is marching toward the sound of gunfire for a good cause; that’s exactly what Thomas Fosdick did after hearing reports of the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19 traveling from the Island to Massachusetts to enlist He rose to the rank of major and was the adjutant to Brigadier General John Glover fighting in many of the battles of the War Of Independence historian of the Shelter Island Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) during the Revolution when neighbors could be friend or foe Shelter Island had surprisingly uniform support for independence from the British the Island paid a dear price for their rebellion “American Portals,” there’s an account of Islanders’ commitment to the Revolution After George Washington’s defeat in August 1776 at the Battle of Long Island more than 1,000 revolutionary soldiers were captured Those prisoners of war were kept in hastily built prisons as well as on board prison ships anchored off the East End Some of those 1,000 patriots were from Shelter Island Why do my husband and I go to Florida during the winter Just a digital scorecard update every few holes the 8th annual “Island Roadside and Beach Cleanup” sponsored by the Lions Club,.. passed away from breast cancer surrounded by her family at her home in Los Angeles,.. 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Please feel free to share your comments below A GOP state representative from Ballwin has resigned suddenly for unspecified personal reasons It’s the latest reverberation for a legislature still reeling from scandals that led to two resignations last session Louis Public Radio that he was stepping down from his seat effectively immediately Gosen served as the chairman of the House Insurance Committee and represented a GOP-leaning district that included parts of western St “There’s been several rumors floating around the Capitol,” Gosen said It’s personal things that need to be handled between myself and my family And that’s where we’re addressing these issues now I didn’t want to add to any issues up here in the House with some of the ethics reform I didn’t want anything happening personal to play any role in any of that.” What Gosen is alluding to is a push from GOP leadership made that issue a priority after his predecessor resigned when it was revealed he exchanged sexually charged texts with interns also resigned last year after several interns accused him of sexual harassment Asked to elaborate on what his “personal reasons” for resigning were and if they included infidelity “If it was a business issue or a campaign issue I’d be glad to elaborate on it,” Gosen said Richardson said Gosen made the “right decision” resigning He signaled that Gosen had done something that warranted his departure from the legislature.  I said the actions of this body would not be defined by a few That’s why when I was made aware of the situation I asked him to resign last night,” Richardson said “I believe as I said on the first day of session that as ‘individuals we must be at our best and as an institution we must be better.’ We owe nothing less to our state and to the people we represent.” Richardson didn't provide more specificity on "the situation" he alluded to in his statement When asked if there was an ethics complaint filed "What I can tell you is we have a very firm process in place that will be followed to handle any and all complaints that get filed," Richardson said "There are also things that need to be addressed that extend beyond our specific ‘in the building’ policy consistent with that and consistent with the statement that I released this morning He made the right decision this morning to do that And that’s what we’re going to do today."  When asked if it gave him any pause that he was resigning for “personal reasons” only months after Diehl’s high-profile departure Gosen said: “I think this issue is substantially different than what was last year Gosen went onto say he had no regrets about running for the state legislature “I’ve enjoyed my time here very much,” Gosen said “I think the opportunity in the Missouri House and the Missouri Senate and any role up here in Jefferson City is an amazing opportunity We’ve got a group of great people up here from both sides of the aisle taking advantage of that opportunity to serve their constituents.” Gosen’s departure comes after Richardson instituted rules and regulations concerning its intern program – including mandatory sexual harassment training It also arose after House passed curbs on lobbyist gifts and restrictions on how quickly lawmakers can become lobbyists But when asked before Gosen’s resignation if lawmakers had learned from the resignations of Diehl and LeVota, state Sen. Jill Schupp struck a pessimistic tone. no matter where you go there are always some bad apples who take advantage of their position,” Schupp sometimes we forget that we are always accountable to the people I’d like to think that the better side of our nature takes over That’s simply not always going to be the case “I don’t know how long those lessons will be heeded.” Follow Jason Rosenbaum on Twitter: @jrosenbaum He was the devoted father of Michael Van Gosen and his wife Eileen; loving grandfather of Christopher Mahns and his wife Amy and David Mahns and his wife Jill; cherished great-grandfather of Luke and caring brother of Richard Van Gosen and his wife Ann Also survived by his nieces and nephews.Jim's life will be honored at the family owned Evans Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services - Bel Air where a funeral service will be held on the following day beginning at 10:00 am donations may be made in Jim's name to: American Sleep Apnea Association chair of the Select Committee on Insurance “I’ve decided to resign from the Missouri House,” Gosen said in a statement to the Missouri Times “With the current events going on at the Capitol it’s time for me to focus on my family I’ll have a more complete statement at a later date.” There have been many rumors circulating the Capitol this week leading up to the resignation There is a mandatory House Republican caucus meeting scheduled for 11:00 a.m Gosen has shown legislative success during his service sponsoring many successful bills impacting the insurance Gosen had three bill make it to the Senate for first read and Workforce Standards and Development committees Gosen previously served as vice chairman of insurance before becoming chairman of the House Insurance Committee Gosen has been employed at State Farm Insurance for the past 20 years and is also co-owner of Tin Mill Brewing Company in Hermann Gosen is a 1981 graduate of Hermann High School in Business Administration in 1985 and his M.B.A in 1989 from the University of Missouri – Columbia Don was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and a student assistant for the men’s basketball team while at Mizzou Gosen was in his third term in the House and had recently announced his intention to run for the office a fourth time Rachael Herndon was editor of The Missouri Times until 2019 She also produced This Week in Missouri Politics returning to political reporting after working as a campaign and legislative staffer she entered Missouri’s cannabis industry Case & Company Funeral Directors - Miller Freeland’s Derik Prast (19) kicks the ball during the Division 3 boys soccer district championship in Freeland (Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com)Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Hugh Bernreuter | hbernreu@mlive.comEthan Gosen and Derik Prast recorded hat tricks leading Freeland to an 8-0 win over Essexville Garber in a Tri-Valley Conference match Luke Farminer and Prast adding goals to give the Falcons a 4-0 halftime lead Prast and Gosen scored two more goals each in the second half for the final score Freeland takes a 1-0-1 record to Frankenmuth for a 4:30 p.m game Wednesday after opening the season with a 2-2 tie against Heritage If you would like your local high school sports news delivered free to your inbox daily, click here and sign up for one of our local high school sports newsletters Love reading about local sports? 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All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices Remnants of barracks of the Butugychag forced labour camp prisoners of Stalin’s gulags mined uranium that was used in the Soviet nuclear weapons program Elderly women celebrate the 101st anniversary of the Komsomol a political youth organization in the Soviet Union at the headquarters of the Communist Party in Magadan but the Komsomol appealed for workers to come from other areas of Russia and a city where Oskar Barnack changed the world,” Manfred Wagner states at Leica’s prize-giving ceremony for both the Hall of Fame and Oskar Barnack Award the industrial town is home to the renowned camera-maker which still manufactures in the same place that Barnack invented the compact 35mm camera in 1913 Wetzlar has expanded around Leica and its generational headquarters The purpose-built buildings in Leitz-Park are designed so as to allude to the appearance of a camera; the headquarters and factory curve like a loosely unrolled spool of film while the museum balcony is shaped like a classic Leica rangefinder camera blueprints create a patterned wallpaper circles are a recurring motif that reflects both the Leica logo and lenses built on-site visitors and workers alike playfully describe the park as ‘Leica Land’ a semi-professional theme park for camera enthusiasts named after the optics company’s second director now includes interactive and state-of-the-art permanent displays as well as an exhibition space devoted to award winners with artefacts such as early Leica models scattered throughout the rooms the Hall of Fame and Leica Oskar Barnack Award are exhibited within the park’s public spaces the Leica Oskar Barnack Award – or LOBA – selects a shortlist of nine photographers in the main category and four in the newcomer category Venezuelan photographer Ana María Arévalo Gosen’s series Días Eternos was announced as the 2021 winner German photographer Emile Ducke’s Kolyma – Along the Road of Bones won him the LOBA newcomer prize Ducke was raised in Germany but is based in Moscow His series Kolyma – Along the Road of Bones charts a 2000km strip of road in Kolyma and one of the coldest inhabited locations in the world The road was built between 1932 to 1953 by incarcerated Gulag workers during Stalin’s rule a part of history often deliberately overlooked by the Russian government they say it is winter for 12 months of the year the young photographer travelled the region through December – the harshest point of winter – creating both drone-made aerial shots and portraits of the locals “The remains of this time are sifting further and further into the snow,” he explains With many of the road’s workers now deceased memory and customs live on through the generations that call the territory home Generational memory runs through the piece as Ducke’s heartfelt approach to the tragic history keeps the past from sinking any further out of memory photography alone is not enough,” she explains “I refuse to be a photographer who does not get involved and I’m going to do everything I can to impact a change,” she adds Gosen is currently working to provide incarcerated women with better living conditions Leica celebrates the 60-year career of American photographer Ralph Gibson awarding him the 2021 Hall of Fame accolade A devout Leica-user and a relentless image-maker the 82-year old’s practice is on display across the headquarters with one of his more recent works becoming the Leica Image of the Year Gibson learned photography while in the US Navy and went on to train under the likes of Dorothea Lange and Robert Frank he moved away from photojournalism to begin his own semi-surreal style “There is no conventional moment of truth in my pictures the blending of form and content,” he explains Gibson’s oeuvre is not typified by a particular theme or concern but a clear aesthetic vision one that always reflects the man behind the camera “All my work is self-referential,” he states Find out more about the park and the gallery here leica-camera.com/Leitz-Park anamariaarevalogosen.com emileducke.de ralphgibson.com as well as a curator at the arts consultancy Artiq He studied a BA in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute followed by roles at British Journal of Photography and The Photographers' Gallery His words have featured in British Journal of Photography He is particularly interested in documentary ethics mixed with violence and crime rooted in society is accentuated inside the preventive detention centers The procedural delays are separating thousands of women from their families and children for months or even years The plight of women in Latin American prisons is little discussed yet it has repercussions for the entire region and violence destroys families and affects our society through how criminals are tried A woman's incarceration does not end with her; it affects an entire generation and women are left vulnerable and stigmatized for life the Ministry of Penitentiary Services has stopped transferring detainees to prisons thus keeping them in provisional detention centers managed by the municipal police or the national police This policy was intended to reduce the incidence of violence; however it has resulted in significant human rights violations can last for years while women await trial and sentencing Although the national police made an effort to open the first women-only detention center in 2021 most are still mixed and critically overcrowded they rely on outside help for emotional support and material aid to compensate for the State's inability to provide food In a country with permanent hyperinflation A woman in detention costs between 30$ and 60$ per week and the Venezuelan minimum wage is 8$ dollars Many plead guilty to escape detention centers this hope has been further frustrated by the "emergency regime" declared in March 2022 which launched a massive crackdown on suspected gang members As the country with the largest prison population in the world have led to the closure of the only women-only prisons A combination of poor policies and violent planning further marginalizes this population It accentuates the gravity of the situation women who undergo abortions risk long prison sentences as do those who suffer miscarriages or obstetric emergencies most Salvadorans have applauded this palliative vision of eliminating gangs rooted in society In a place where physical safety and economic opportunities are hard to come by many girls and young women join gangs for protection and control over their lives and see them as a refuge from violent and abusive families This imbalance in the justice system is not limited to these two countries 2022 was the year of arbitrary arrests of members of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) dismantled more than 50 corruption structures Despite being a country where 70% of the population is indigenous based on conciliation instead of punishment (although many ends in lynchings as part of the punishment imposed) are not legitimized by the constitution of this country Indigenous women who are not fluent in Spanish do not have a translator during state trials so they do not understand what is happening during their process of this gendered prison experience is motherhood; the detention centers are not adequate for mothers to be with their children sometimes isolated from them out of shame for them to see their living conditions the closure of the women's prison left them without a maternity ward and incommunicado with their children there is no prior psychological preparation for the separation from their children once they turn four years old This alienated motherhood affects their children and their entire family constellation photographing and exposing the women's prison experience is an urgent political intervention in human rights This work in progress intends to cover every country in Latin America I will go to the Caribbean Island of the Dominican Republic to cover the new government's initiatives to improve women's incarceration conditions Please enable Javascript to see this feature shares three lessons the chocolate brand learned on its journey to a better partnership with YouTube Choosing to work for Ferrero was among the easier decisions of my career The quality of its chocolates and the iconic place it held in my childhood drew me in then and has me here now I learned Ferrero has always been as committed to brand safety as it is to creating world-class confectionery this core brand principle was a simple proposition because the world’s leading media environments were heavily curated I would not have anticipated that our commitment to suitable content would disrupt our investments with one of the largest content platforms and an advertising mecca when reports revealed advertisements were appearing adjacent to inappropriate we were forced to rethink whether YouTube was the right platform for our brands Advertising comes with great responsibility; even though we had experienced strong performance on YouTube we quickly decided to pause our YouTube campaigns while Google took measures to create a safer platform For over a year, we chose not to advertise on YouTube, but we kept an eye on its progress. We saw significant improvements in its products and policies around the issue of brand safety, including the removal of egregious content from the platform and the strengthening of its community guidelines We also took note when YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki committed to responsibility as the company’s No we felt comfortable reopening conversations around advertising on YouTube our relationship with YouTube pivoted from a brand safety conversation to one more focused on brand suitability we resumed responsible advertising on YouTube We started with very restrictive suitability measures we used content-label exclusions to opt out of whole categories to ensure safety for our brand even though those restrictions came at the cost of audience reach but we felt this was a trade-off we had to make to protect our brand when we worked more closely with our Google team to further develop our content suitability playbook The goal of this process was to gain a clear understanding of how our suitability preferences matched up to YouTube’s controls and what had changed during the previous year We learned that we could adjust our approach on certain elements along with three key lessons we learned along the way We had been missing the opportunity to have our ads in front of many popular and trending videos eight of the Top 10 trending videos in Germany in 2020 fell under content labels that we had been excluding we learned that many of our restrictions were not leading to incremental safety improvements Beginning in 2018, we reviewed our exclusions and realized that we would be better managed through inventory modes while continuing to use inventory modes as our main “safety lever” in 2019 and beyond Because we were already protected by YouTube’s updated safety measures and technologies there was no longer a need for us to continue overlaying additional content label restrictions and overexcluding safe and popular inventory Whenever digital platforms, YouTube included, have struggled through brand safety crises, marketers have pulled back on the reins. Ferrero was no different. But YouTube has spent years enhancing its brand safety technologies, as evidenced by its Media Rating Council accreditation Knowing YouTube was the first digital platform to receive this stamp of approval for content-level brand safety made us feel comfortable loosening those reins and trusting that our brand would be protected YouTube’s technology now limits the need for advertisers to rely on controls for brand safety it allows us to use them for their intended purpose: suitability It would be easy to stop here and celebrate our successes the only sound approach is to repeatedly reassess Ferrero has instituted regular pulse checks to monitor how platforms live up to their responsibilities Safety is always top of mind for brand marketers But as the world’s largest content provider evolves brands should now feel empowered to pivot and focus instead on their own suitability settings not as a defensive fortification but as a set of dials they can use to calibrate an environment that aligns best with their values The result will be stronger growth and better ad performance without sacrificing safety or trust Click here to see Canada's most comprehensive listing of projects in conceptual and planning stages and the current chair of the Council of Ontario Construction Associations (COCA) is being inducted into the Grand Valley Construction Association’s (GVCA) Hall of Fame He was nominated unanimously by the board of the association “Don has worked really hard for the greater good of the overall industry,” said GVCA president Martha George “He has worked to make the industry a better place.” “We are thrilled here at COCA to learn that Don has been inducted into the Hall of Fame,” he said “I can’t think of anyone more worthy to receive this recognition He has made huge contributions at both COCA and the GVCA.” The Hall of Fame was established by the GVCA in 2006 to recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to both the betterment of the industry and the local community COCA chair lands on OCOT’s board of governors Gosen, who joined the GVCA board in 1999 and served as chair in 2007/2008, said he was taken by surprise when informed of his impending induction. “I never imagined my name would be put forward,” he said. “I remember when this (induction) process started. I have immense respect for those individuals who were previously recognized.” Last year, industry veteran Jack Ball, a former president of Ball Brothers Ltd. of Kitchener, Ont., was inducted. A graduate of Conestoga College’s engineering technologist program, Gosen joined Gosen Electric in 1977 after his father became ill and was no longer able to run the company which he had founded in 1956. “I came back to close up the company,” he recalled. “The word is that I’m not very good at closing things up.” In 1978, Gosen became president of the company, which is active in the industrial, institutional, commercial and residential sectors. In addition to serving at COCA and the GVCA, Gosen has also acted as president of the Ontario Electrical League and vice-chair of the Electrical Contractors Registration Agency. Late last year, he was appointed to the board of governors of the Ontario College of Trades. He has also served as a member of the Waterloo Region District School Board’s Fast Forward program, which gives students the opportunity to obtain experience in the workplace before leaving high school. Gosen plans to retire in mid-October, turning over the running of Gosen Electric to a new generation. The objective is to ensure the long-term health and success of the company “while operating to the benefit of our customers, staff, suppliers and the community,” he said. The changing of the guard at Gosen Electric will free up more time for Gosen’s responsibilities at COCA and elsewhere. Gosen is committed to serving a third year as chair of COCA, which is slated to hold its annual general meeting next month. “I really like the idea that I will still be involved in the industry,” he said. “I like working with Ian (Cunningham) and Sue (Ramsay) and enjoy our involvement at Queen’s Park. 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Send help right to the people and causes you care about Your donation is protected by the GoFundMe Giving Guarantee Ana María Arévalo Gosen was just 16 years old when she decided to terminate her pregnancy “Horrifying” and “traumatic” are the words the photographer uses to describe the procedure which is punishable by up to six years in prison in her native Venezuela coupled with high maternal death rates and poor access to contraceptives leave many young women like Gosen with few reproductive choices “I was working on another project in this pretrial detention centre in Venezuela when I realised that a lot of the teenagers detained there were mothers,” Gosen recalls “The reason they were in prison or detained was that they were accused of robbery they would tell you that they were hungry and that they didn’t have a choice but to commit the crime.” Gosen began to research these young women and others like them She describes what she discovered as a crisis in young motherhood With 96 cases per every 1,000 women aged between 15 and 19 the average rate of teenage pregnancy in Venezuela is double that of the rest of Latin America While this is not a new issue for Gosen’s home country it is one that remains underdiscussed and therefore unresolved The photographer began exploring this difficult topic documenting Venezuela’s young mothers and their families in the initmate photo essay The work was recently awarded the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award which is granted annually to a professional woman photographer whose work addresses an important social Gosen hopes the award grant of £2,500 will allow her to continue her work – and to focus on offering solutions to the many young women she’s met there is one 21-year-old second-time mother whose story sticks in her mind The photographer recalls the obstetric violence this young woman experienced the hospitals she gave birth in that had neither water nor light and the physical and emotional scars she was left with as a result “These conversations are really hard to have with them,” Gosen acknowledges in gaining the trust of Venezuela’s young mothers Grandmothers at 30 is a testament to the strength of the relationships she built the project’s images are impressive in their mundanity indicating a complete acceptance of Gosen’s presence they offer a striking juxtaposition between the blue skies of Venezuela cramped homes of the country’s young mothers Although these images are now award-winning the photographer has no plans to move on from Grandmothers at 30 – instead She is planning a documentary film that will be delivered to impacted communities wants to bring gynaecologists and obstetricians to schools and hopes to contribute to a change in Venezuela’s abortion laws I already got the therapy,” Gosen says passionately that’s one of the main reasons why I’m doing this now because I could have been one of these girls.” Louis-area legislator who recently resigned from the Missouri House is acknowledging he had an extramarital affair Don Gosen told The Associated Press on Friday that the woman was from southeast Missouri and never worked in government or as a lobbyist The married father of three says the relationship "went awry," and that it was his only extramarital affair Gosen resigned Wednesday after being asked to do so by House Speaker Todd Richardson He's the third lawmaker to resign under pressure in the past year then-House Speaker John Diehl resigned after acknowledging he exchanged sexually charged text messages with a Capitol intern Paul LeVota resigned after being accused of sexually harassing interns There are certain questions we hear more often than others The most frequent is whether to invest in content creators Why should a brand manager invest or increase investments in influencer marketing The answer lies in the effectiveness and unique characteristics of content creators themselves They are the creative and the channel all rolled into one It also lies in their ability to effectively tap into younger generations; their immunity to ad blindness; their deep engagement with audiences; and their proven ability to help brands sell more It’s also important to recognise one very important fact: consumers rarely communicate with brands and through that communication it is possible to gauge consumer sentiment content creators help brands build more personal consumer connections The most successful partnerships are those that involve the creators themselves No one wakes up in the morning wondering what a certain brand is up to keen to know what their favourite creators have been doing it is their content that captures people’s attention You’ve also got to banish any belief that working with content creators is a PR exercise and ticking some imaginary influencer marketing box It’s about shifting the focus to media and the creation of meaningful conversations We’re not talking ambiguous metrics such as reach and views here Deep engagement is what brands should be focusing on the vanity metrics of likes and comments are good for guiding consumer sentiment It’s far easier now to quantify that intent As more and more people begin their journey on social media on the discovery side of platforms Our role as a next-gen digital creators agency for brands is to help companies maximise the potential of content creators We do so by helping brands formulate ideas and using global data tools for analysing and measuring results and as the success and importance of content creators grows and on maintaining great relationships with content creators will create greater value for our clients Freeland’s Ethan Gosen (10) and John Glenn’s Carter Glaza (46) fight for possession over the ball during a soccer game on Wednesday .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Hugh Bernreuter | hbernreu@mlive.comEthan Gosen scored a hat trick including a pair of goals in the second half to help Freeland fend off West Branch Ogemaw Heights for a Division 3 boys soccer district semifinal win Tuesday The Falcons improved to 11-8-2 with the 6-2 win advancing to the district title game at 5 p.m Thursday at Gladwin against the 18-1 Flying G’s The Falcons took a 4-0 halftime lead on goals from Owen Senkowski Ogemaw Heights opened the second half with a pair of goals to cut the lead to 4-2 before Gosen scored two goals to put the game away Thursday’s winner advances to the Flint Powers regional against the winner of the Unionville-Sebewaing district final between Flint Powers and Frankenmuth to earn a trip to the Division 4 district final at Hemlock The Chargers take a 16-4-3 record into the final against Midland Calvary Baptist which earned a 4-2 overtime win Tuesday against Bad Axe to move to the 6 p.m The winner advances to the Clare regional against the winner of the McBain Northern Michigan Christian district Midland Dow shut out Traverse City Central to earn a spot in the Division 1 district final at Traverse City West Dow takes a 14-3-2 record into the final at 6 p.m Thursday against 17-1-1 Traverse City West which ended Heritage’s season with a 5-0 win The winner of Thursday’s final advances to the Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern regional against the winner of the East Kentwood district final between Rockford and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern shutting out the Chemics for a 1-0 win Tuesday in a Division 1 district semifinal at Big Rapids Midland’s season ends with a 10-7-3 record Alma, Frankenmuth, Chesaning post soccer district wins Big week for Vassar hitter nets Saginaw Athlete of Week honor .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Andy Hoag | ahoag@mlive.comALBEE TOWNSHIP MI -- Farmer Gary Gosen cannot walk and can barely speak right now but 300 acres of his corn fields in Saginaw County were harvested Friday recovering from recent surgery to remove a brain tumor about a dozen of his farmer friends got together Friday to help him the farmers took to Gosen's fields on West Verne near Bueche to harvest the remainder of his crop "Everybody is working to help this guy out," said Lee Dodak Gosen has battled melanoma for more than a year and recently completed chemotherapy He experienced a medical emergency while he was working last week and doctors that treated him discovered the brain tumor Doctors successfully removed the tumor last week "It's kind of neat that all of the farmers got together," Dodak said Assisting in the harvesting on Friday were: Gosen suffered from polio when he was a child and "He's worked hard all of his life," Dodak said "He's never said one bad word about a person That's why everybody likes him." -- Andy Hoag covers courts for MLive/The Saginaw News. Email him at ahoag@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter @awhoag \n m_gallery = \"farmers_harvest_corn_for_fello\";\n m_gallery_id = \"19033835\";\n m_gallery_title = \"Farmers harvest corn for fellow farmer Gary Gosen who is recovering from brain tumor surgery\";\n m_gallery_blog_id = \"4473\";\n m_gallery_creation_date = \"Friday 3:11 PM\";\n m_gallery_permalink = \"http://photos.mlive.com/4473/gallery/farmers_harvest_corn_for_fello/index.html\";\n m_gallery_json = \"https://blog.mlive.com/photogallery/4473/19033835.json\";\n m_gallery_pagetype = \"embed\";\n m_gallery_type = \"photo\";\n <\/script>\n Gallery: Farmers harvest corn for fellow farmer Gary Gosen who is recovering from brain tumor surgery © Ana María Arévalo Gosen Venezuelan photographer Ana María Arévalo Gosen has won the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) for her series Días Eternos which explores women’s prisons in Venezuela and El Salvador Ana María Arévalo Gosen has been unveiled as the winner of the 2021 Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) while German photographer Emile Ducke is the winner in the Newcomer category Venezuelan photographer Gosen’s series Días Eternos her 2017 study of women’s prisons in Venezuela and El Salvador She used a Leica Q to capture the women in their living conditions creating visual stories that open a dialogue into the consequences of imprisonment for both the subjects and Latin American society as a whole ‘In the portraits of the women in jail I’m concerned about the conditions of their imprisonment I don’t think I can change these women’s lives but at least through my work I can show that they exist,’ Gosen says The jury – assistant editor, photography, at The New York Times, Sandra M Stevenson; photographer Ralph Gibson; photographer and head of advocacy and education for Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative education and public affairs at the Royal Photographic Society Dr Michael Pritchard; and art director and chief representative for Leica Galleries International Karin Rehn-Kaufmann – chose Gosen as the recipient of the €40,000 prize money and Leica camera equipment In the Newcomer category for up-and-coming photographers under 30 Emile Ducke’s Kolyma – Along the Road of Bones series scooped the prize The series traces the route of Stalin-era gulag inmates along a remote highway in the Siberian region of Kolyma ‘Leica continues its commitment to supporting photographers around the world, portraying the relationship between man and the environment,’ says Leica UK’s managing director Jason Heward With around 100 top-notch international photography experts submitting their proposals the quality of the work presented has been outstanding ‘The humanity shown in the images from this year’s winner Her Días Eternos series documents the challenging living conditions of women in prisons in Venezuela and El Salvador and her thought-provoking images reveal the human rights aberration of these women’s imprisonment A powerful piece of work with immense visual impact and social voice.’ escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox leica-oskar-barnack-award.com Hannah Silver is the Art Watches & Jewellery Editor of Wallpaper* she has overseen offbeat design trends and in-depth profiles and written extensively across the worlds of culture and luxury. She enjoys meeting artists and designers viewing exhibitions and conducting interviews on her frequent travels.  .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Jan Holst | jholst@mlive.comJan HolstJust a bit of the memorabilia the Gritter family will have on display at the 100th anniversary of their arrival in America While the world recalls the tragic end of the one Grand Rapids family is celebrating its safe journey from Europe to the United States that same week Descendents of Gosen (George) and Wilhelmina Gritter are expecting more than 150 relatives at a gathering that will mark the 100th anniversary of the family's move to America at the exact same time as the Titanic made its infamous voyage The Rotterdam was one of the ships summoned to help but was too far away and its passengers didn't learn of the tragedy until after they reached America Among the precious pictures and scrapbooks the Gritter ancestors have kept is a carefully preserved newspaper copy headlining the event The Gritters lived in the village of Daarleveen where Gosen used his own boat to transport "turf," or bricks of dried peat used for fuel One of George's brothers came to America a year earlier and often wrote to encourage his family to follow calling the United States "the land of milk and honey." it was a no-go until George's boat sank It was difficult enough to leave her parents and siblings behind but Wilhelmina drew the line at leaving her older children Her determination to keep the family together was tested again when one of the children was pulled aside for more inspection at Ellis Island She vowed to return the entire family if Albert was sent back but in the end he was passed through the immigration inspection The Gritter family kept journals about that journey across the sea and loved sharing stories about the ship bunks Among the specific details are their surprise upon meeting a Polish family and realizing for the first time "not everyone spoke Dutch." One of the most memorable events aboard the Rotterdam was Gosen's Sunday service Since there wasn't a minister on board Reunion organizers are planning a brief reenactment of that service which took place on April 14 exactly 100 years to the day as the family celebration so I am sure it wasn't brief (then) but the re-enactment will be," said Ellen Gritter Walters one of Gosen and Wilhelmina's children The ship stories include celebrating two of the children's birthdays while on board and seeing the "beautiful lights of New York City between 4 and 5 a.m in the morning" and waiting to see the Statue of Liberty at dawn New York was never considered the final destination The family immediately boarded a train for a two day trip to Grand Rapids They had never seen a banana and one of the boys tried to bite into one with the peel on offering an "extra bright apple," which was really a tomato The Gritters were met at Union Station in Grand Rapids by their brother Everything they owned was stuffed into bed sheets carried part of the family belongings from the station to Grandville Avenue as they marched to their new home "Can you imagine the one that had to carry the chamber pot," said Ruth Sterkenburg The family stayed with friends and family for a bit but soon settled in their first American home on Coate Street SW just a short distance from Grandville Avenue Christian Reformed Church Early memories include going to Heckman's to get the odd-shaped and broken cookies for 15 cents a bag The stories are numerous and have been handed down by word-of-mouth and in journals and scrapbooks to the couple's 52 grandchildren most of whom reside in the greater Grand Rapids area The oldest living grandchild of Gosen and Wilhelmina is 93 and the youngest is 60 The family's  influence on the area is evident Two of the 12 children became prominent ministers in the Christian Reformed Church with both at one time serving as president of the denomination's Synod and one chairing the board of trustees at Calvin College Others became business men and many Grand Rapidians will remember the Gritters' butter and egg operations one of which is still operating in the Holland area One son was a longtime Grand Rapids city commissioner and had the honor of welcoming Queen Juliana when she came from the Netherlands to thank the United States for their help in WWII said that while Garrit was "told about the proper protocol he couldn't make himself bow to the queen so he reached out his hand and in perfect Dutch he said "I'm pleased to meet you." When she replied "You speak good Dutch," he responded "Just as good as you do." For his outspokenness Garrit was honored when the prince asked to be seated next to him for dinner The number of great and great-great grandchildren has not been calculated many of them will attend the 100th anniversary next week to share their memories The event program is fashioned after a boarding pass for the SS Rotterdam It carried 3,575 passengers -- 520 first-class In addition to the worship service with the same prayer and reflections as Gosen's used in 1912 the afternoon will offer a  drama of the journey to America a retelling of the story when Garritt  met the queen